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-{"answer":"I give them something , and they 're sick again . '' Massachi and her family are among homeowners in more than a dozen states who allege Chinese drywall has emitted corrosive gases they believe have given them health problems . Homeowners also allege the gases corrode metal components including copper wiring , causing air conditioners and other household systems to fail . Read about homeowners ' allegations '' The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says most of the complaints have come from Florida , where the concerns emerged last year . But consumers also have filed complaints in Louisiana , Virginia , Wisconsin , Ohio , Alabama , Mississippi , California , Washington , Wyoming , Arizona , Tennessee and Washington , D.C. . The Florida Department of Health says complaints it received -- more than 330 as of Tuesday -- generally involve homes built between 2004 and 2007 . A study done for the Florida health department by private laboratory Unified Engineering Inc. found that samples of certain Chinese drywall gave off a sulfurous odor from `` volatile sulfur compounds '' when exposed to extreme heat and moisture . It also found that vapors `` in the residential","question":"PARKLAND , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Yorelle Haroush fled a million-dollar South Florida home this week , chased out , she said , by drywall made in China that 's emitting vapors that smell like rotten eggs . Amy Massachi hugs her pregnant niece , Yorelle Haroush , as she prepares to move this week . `` It 's making me sick . Physically , mentally and emotionally , making me sick , '' said the 18-year-old , who is pregnant with her first child . Haroush lives with her aunt Amy Massachi and her four siblings and cousins in the house . They believe a year 's worth of upper respiratory infections , antibiotics , bloody noses and sickness have been caused by the walls . Their doctor said they need to get out of the $ 1.2 million estate in Parkland , Florida , northwest of Fort Lauderdale . `` I said , ` you ca n't stay there anymore , because you 're sick every minute , ' '' the family 's longtime physician , Dr. Ross Nochimson , told CNN . `` They 're sick on a weekly basis . Earaches , sore throat ."}
-{"answer":"son-in-law , who lives in an apartment in one of the barns . After he opened the door and 3 feet of water flooded into the apartment , he called the Wellhams and told them the horses needed to be moved . See photos of flooding in Georgia '' The family scrambled , putting two horses into a trailer and hauling it to the house , then leading several show horses onto high ground behind the house , Self said . The other horses remained on two acres of unflooded pasture near Sweetwater Creek , and the family went back to the house , she said . `` They thought they 'd be fine till daylight , '' she said . But when they looked out again when it was light , the horses were in neck-deep water trying to swim to safety , Self said . A neighbor said the creek had risen at the rate of 1 foot every 20 minutes . `` We all got here and we swam out the ones that could swim out , '' she said . Though they got two horses out that way , `` we thought all five babies and","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least three horses -- two yearlings and a mare -- were among the victims of the flood that inundated much of Georgia Monday . Floodwaters hit the ranch of Ed and Nancy Wellham on Monday . At least three horses died there . Jerrie Self said she called her parents , Ed and Nancy Wellham , on Sunday night to warn them to prepare their 13 horses housed in two barns and pastures on their 60-acre ranch in Powder Springs , Georgia , half an hour northwest of Atlanta . `` I told them , ` You might want to start getting your stuff out of the barns ; I think it 's going to get bad , '' the 40-year-old construction finance manager told CNN in a telephone interview . `` They had no idea how fast it was gon na come . '' On Sunday night , Self 's parents , Ed , 60 , and Nancy , 59 , made sure the horses were in the barns or on high ground and then went to sleep , she said . At 3 a.m. Monday , the storm awakened their"}
-{"answer":", MDC officials said their polling showed Tsvangirai clearly defeating Mugabe , who at 84 is the only president Zimbabwe has had since it gained independence from Britain in 1980 . But after delaying the release of results for more than a week , the country 's electoral commission -- which is made up of Mugabe appointees -- said that although Tsvangirai got more votes , he did n't top the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff . MDC supporters had already reported violence against them by police , military members and other supporters of Mugabe 's Zanu-PF party . But in the weeks leading up to the runoff , the reports increased in frequency and intensity . More than 70 people were killed in attacks since the election , according to the MDC . Mugabe 's supporters have claimed that those attacks were against his party members , a claim international observers , including the United Nations , have disputed . Watch victims say they were taken to torture camps '' Tsvangirai and other party leaders were repeatedly arrested by police or detained on their way to political rallies . And reports of beatings and other intimidation tactics","question":"HARARE , Zimbabwe -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With polls closed for a Zimbabwe runoff that opposition politicians and international observers call a sham , alleged torture victims who support former candidate Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday that they back his decision to pull out of the race . Many of the injured being treated at a private hospital in Harare , Zimbabwe , asked not to be identified . `` It 's a good move by my president , Morgan Tsvangirai , '' said a 26-year-old Movement for Democratic Change activist who said he was forced to stand on hot coals and had boiling water poured on him about a week ago . `` There 's no use going for an election . '' The man , who displayed a large , pale , blistered patch on his back , asked not to be identified -- as did others being treated at a private hospital in Harare -- for fear of further attacks by gangs supportive of President Robert Mugabe . All of the victims said they were taken to `` torture bases '' by the gangs , made up of young men and soldiers . In the March 29 election"}
-{"answer":"assuming that the accused attacker had only targeted this sorority 's alumnae . `` We do n't want to give a false sense of security to any other group that 's out there , '' he said . According to Corinth Police Capt. Greg Wilkerson , all the assaults occurred in `` residential settings '' between 9:15 p.m. and 4 a.m. when the victims were alone . The alleged attack in his city , 35 miles northwest of Dallas , took place on October 14 . The late-night setting , the fact the victims were often asleep and the alleged assailant 's `` attempts to conceal his identity '' make it challenging to definitively identify the attacker , said Wilkerson . He noted that the Corinth police department is currently processing DNA evidence , as are other police departments . Still , Wilkerson said that the suspect 's physical traits -- weighing from 275 to 300 pounds and between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-9 tall , in his department 's estimation , and balding or with a close-shaven head -- were common , as were other characteristics like what he called the man 's distinctive `` swagger '' as shown in the","question":"Plano , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Texas police are hunting for a man they believe broke into the homes of four former members of the same sorority , then sexually assaulted them . The alleged attacks took place over a span of months , and occurred in the Texas cities of Plano , Coppell and Corinth , according to police . No one has been named yet as a suspect , though Plano police last week released a video -- dated in April -- showing a man they believe is responsible for all four assaults . The alleged victims -- all black females in their mid-50s to mid-60s -- offered similar descriptions of their assailant as a stout , black male in his late 30s to mid-40s . And all were alumnae of the same sorority : Delta Sigma Theta . `` He made it obvious to our victims that he knew information ... about them personally , '' said Plano police spokesman Andre Smith , adding that none of the women believe they knew their attacker in advance . While ceding the sorority membership is a `` common denominator '' of all four cases , Smith cautioned against"}
-{"answer":"few Spanish-language music artists , including Alex Cuba , Juan Luis Guerra , Julieta Venegas and La Mala Rodriguez , as well as English-language artist Josh Groban . The first single off the album , '' Manos Al Aire , '' made history as it marked the first time a North American artist reached No. 1 on Billboard 's Hot Latin Songs chart with a song that was originally written in Spanish , rather than a translated version of an English-language song . Furtado spoke with CNN about her passion for Spanish , why she feels like an artist reborn and the career path she hopes to take . CNN : What was the inspiration for the new album ? Nelly Furtado : There were so many inspirations . The language was the biggest inspiration . I 've sang so much in Spanish in the past , and also Portuguese . I get a lot of joy in singing in Latin languages . It expresses the Latin side of me . Watch Furtado talk about her new album '' My parents were born in Portugal and they raised us in Canada . We grew up speaking Portuguese and then I","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Singer Nelly Furtado is trying to cross over in a direction many artists do n't ordinarily take . Singer Nelly Furtado says she enjoys diversity in music and broadening her fan base . With `` Mi Plan , '' the Grammy Award-winning singer is taping into a brand new market and fan base , almost a decade after she came to fame in 2000 with the single `` I 'm Like a Bird . '' While the Canadian-born singer -- whose parents are Portuguese -- has sung in Spanish before , `` Mi Plan '' is the first time she has recorded an entire album in Spanish , a language she said she learned as a teen . It 's seems like a natural progression for Furtado , an artist often noted for diversity in her sound . A few years after her breakthrough , Furtado teamed up with superproducer Timbaland for her 2006 album `` Loose , '' a collaboration that gained her scores of hip-hop and R&B fans as well , and spawned hits such as `` Promiscuous '' and `` Say It Right . '' `` Mi Plan '' pairs her with a"}
-{"answer":"feet , nearly 22 feet above flood stage and almost a foot above the previous record of 40.1 feet , set in 1897 . Watch Fargo 's mayor explain why disaster could be averted '' Sandbagging operations , which have churned furiously throughout the week , continued Friday , drawing praise from local and state officials , including North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven . `` North Dakotans have come together in a big , big way . Our volunteers are doing a magnificent job building this flood protection and we want to say thank you to them , '' he said . `` There 's a sense of perseverance and resolve and determination . '' Buses and evacuation staging areas have been staged west of Fargo , Hoeven said , and hundreds of people already have evacuated Fargo neighborhoods , hospitals and a nursing home . Watch how volunteers are battling the rising water '' Fargo Deputy Mayor Tim Mahoney said authorities were evacuating the city 's `` vulnerable populations '' and were asking for voluntary evacuations in sites near retaining dikes . The National Weather Service predicted the river would reach 42 feet Saturday , and forecasts indicated it","question":"FARGO , North Dakota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fifteen helicopters from the U.S. Northern Command along with active-duty military personnel are being sent to Fargo , North Dakota , to assist the state as it prepares for record flooding , a U.S. military official told CNN . Valley Water Rescue volunteers patrol the Fargo area in search of people who need help evacuating Friday . The military personnel being sent to Fargo are from a `` contingency response force '' made up of active-duty troops , the official said . Above-freezing temperatures , followed by heavy rains this week , caused the Red River to swell and surpass its 1897 record of 40.1 feet early Friday morning . The swollen river threatened to rise further as the city 's mayor vowed to `` go down swinging . `` Right now , we think the river is beginning to crest , '' said Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker . `` As long as we stay under 42 feet , I think we got a chance ; if we go over 42 , there 's going to be some more evacuations . '' As of 8:15 p.m. , the river churned at 40.78"}
-{"answer":"days are ahead . The value of water is starting to become apparent in America . Over the past three years a drought has affected large swaths of the country , and conflicts over water usage may become commonplace in the future , climatologists say . `` Our focus is oil , but the critical need for water is going to make water the most significant natural resource that we 're going to have to worry about in the future , '' says Larry Fillmer , executive director of the Natural Resources Management & Development Institute at Auburn University in Alabama . At least 36 states expect to face water shortages within the next five years , according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office . According to the National Drought Mitigation Center , several regions in particular have been hit hard : the Southeast , Southwest and the West . Texas , Georgia and South Carolina have suffered the worst droughts this year , the agency said . Yet most people do n't need scientists to tell them there 's a water shortage . Plenty of cities have implemented water bans while state squabbles over water usage","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Marjorye Heeney knew something was wrong when she saw a bulging cloud of black dust darken the sky . Drought-like conditions dried this Kern River bed last year near Bakersfield , California . She then heard an eerie , train-like whistle as fierce winds rattled her front door and windows . When she looked outside , hordes of grasshoppers and crows swarmed over her father 's barren farm . After the storm broke , her father walked outside and muttered curses as he scanned the horizon for rain clouds . `` I can remember my dad just watching the sky so closely , '' Heeney says . `` A sprinkle would excite him so much . '' That 's how Heeney , now 83 , describes growing up on an Oklahoma farm during the Dust Bowl storms in the 1930s . For much of that decade , `` black blizzards '' -- formed by a prolonged drought and poor farming techniques -- ravaged much of the nation . Now a new generation of Americans is again anxiously looking to the sky . Drought has returned to the United States , and some warn that more tough"}
-{"answer":"regrets . `` The surgery brought my risks down to 95 to 100 percent , '' she said . `` If I had a lumpectomy , I would have early estrogen menopause for at least two years , and I want to have children . '' Besides , she told PEOPLE , her breasts do n't define who she is as a person or as a professional in the entertainment industry . `` I did n't give two sh ** s about my breasts . I did n't care that at the Golden Globes , I would n't be able to show cleavage , '' she said . `` A lot of people were shocked . They said , ` Are you sure you want to do this ? Think about the life you lead and the fabulous dresses and that 's part of your job . It could put your job in jeopardy . ' And I thought , if I ever have a job that is defined by my breasts and some gorgeous gown then I 'm in the wrong business . '' It also helps that her husband has been by her side throughout her health scare","question":"-LRB- PEOPLE.com -RRB- -- Three and a half weeks since having a double mastectomy , Giuliana Rancic says she 's `` doing better than I anticipated in recovery . '' While that 's great news for the E! host , she also says her breast cancer ordeal has changed her life for the better `` in so many ways . '' `` I never thought my marriage could be stronger , or I could be closer to -LSB- my husband -RSB- Bill , '' she told PEOPLE at an E! Luncheon on Saturday for the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena , Calif. . She 's also become more religious . `` We go to church every Sunday . And we did before , but it never meant as much as it does now , '' Rancic , 37 , says . `` We prayed on our own , but now we prayed together and you 'll never know how much that means until you do it . Bill and I have changed our lives in that one way . '' As for the decision to have the surgery , which removed both her breasts , she has no"}
-{"answer":"requirement under international humanitarian law to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian injury and loss of life . '' Last week , an Israel Defense Forces spokesman told CNN : `` I can tell you with certainty that white phosphorus is absolutely not being used . '' Now , however , Israeli officials have a different response to questions about the possible use of phosphorus : `` Any munitions that Israel is using are in accordance with international law . Israel does not specify the types of munitions or the types of operations it is conducting . '' Still , a doctor familiar with the material said it is not possible to tell , based on pictures of burns , whether white phosphorus was responsible . `` Dead tissue pretty much looks the same , '' said Dr. Peter Grossman , president of the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks , California . The chemical `` can burn down houses and cause horrific burns when it touches the skin , '' said Marc Garlasco , senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch . Since January 3 , when Israel began its ground offensive in Gaza , news reports have","question":"JERUSALEM -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The international group Human Rights Watch is accusing Israel of firing weapons containing white phosphorus into Gaza . The group demands that the alleged practice cease . Israel is declining to say whether bursts like this over Gaza involve white phosphorus . The group 's researchers in Israel `` observed multiple air-bursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus over what appeared to be the Gaza City\/Jabaliya area '' on Friday and Saturday , the organization said on its Web site . `` Israel appeared to be using white phosphorus as an ` obscurant ' -LSB- a chemical used to hide military operations -RSB- , a permissible use in principle '' under the laws of war , the HRW posting said . `` However , white phosphorus has a significant , incidental , incendiary effect that can severely burn people and set structures , fields , and other civilian objects in the vicinity on fire , '' the posting said . `` The potential for harm to civilians is magnified by Gaza 's high population density , among the highest in the world . '' HRW said the use of white phosphorus in Gaza would violate `` the"}
-{"answer":"and even lightning have been mentioned as possible causes of the crash , potentially triggering a failure of the plane 's technical systems . But aviation experts cautioned that weather alone would not normally cause a crash . Planes routinely fly through large storms , using the sensitive radar on board to navigate through specific storm cells . When conditions are severe enough , planes can easily deviate around or above storms , experts say . In addition to Flight 447 , Air France had four other Paris-bound flights that left in the same broad time frame from that part of the world , according to an airline spokesman . One flight left Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , at 4:20 p.m. . At that same moment , another Air France flight left nearby Sao Paulo . A third Air France flight left Buenos Aires , Argentina , at 5:50 p.m. , also heading for Paris . A final Air France flight left Sao Paulo at 7:10 p.m. , almost exactly when the doomed flight took off from Rio . All of these flights took a similar route toward Paris , heading first toward Recife on the east coast of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 12 airplanes shared the trans-Atlantic sky with doomed Air France Flight 447 , but none reported any problems , deepening the mystery surrounding the cause of the plane 's disappearance . Image released by the Brazilian Air Force shows oil slicks in the water near a debris site . Airlines confirmed that at least a dozen aircraft departed roughly at the same time and traversed approximately the same route , but did not report problematic weather conditions . This has led some aviation experts to suggest that technical problems on the airplane might be the main cause of the crash , though they may have combined with weather conditions to create serious problems . The new information raises more questions than answers about Air France 447 , believed to have plunged into the Atlantic Ocean somewhere between the coasts of Brazil and West Africa on May 31 , presumably killing all 228 aboard . The plane 's computer system reported a series of technical problems about four hours after takeoff and immediately after entering a large storm system a few hundred miles from the far eastern coast of Brazil . Severe winds , updrafts"}
-{"answer":". '' `` The big government , the big debt , Obama-Pelosi-Reid spending spree is over . You 're fired , '' she said , prompting cheers from the crowd . Are you there or at another Tea Party ? Share your video , images Palin 's speech Saturday echoed many of her recent appearances at Tea Party events as she promoted `` common sense conservative values '' and decried `` elites in Washington '' and big government spending . She addressed recent criticism of a post on her Facebook page that called for conservatives not to retreat in the wake of the health care vote , but `` reload . '' Some critics have suggested the post encouraged violent acts against those who voted in favor of the legislation . `` Let 's clear the air right now , '' she said . `` We 're not inciting violence . Do n't get sucked into the lame-stream media lies about Americans standing up for freedom . it 's a bunch of bunk that the media is trying to feed you . Do n't let them try to divert '' attention from the issue . Other expected speakers included Gov.","question":"Searchlight , Nevada -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin kicked off a Tea Party rally Saturday in Sen. Harry Reid 's hometown , encouraging disgruntled Americans to `` take back our country '' while attacking what she called the `` Obama-Pelosi-Reid spending spree . '' `` There 's no better place to kick off the Tea Party Express than Harry Reid 's hometown , '' Palin said at the rally , dubbed `` Showdown in Searchlight , '' aimed at conjuring up support for the Senate Majority Leader 's defeat in November elections . Activists -- some of whom are calling the gathering the largest retirement party in the world -- hope it will carry a strong symbolic message . Reid , the Senate majority leader , is credited with helping push through Congress the controversial health care bill that President Barack Obama signed Tuesday , as well as the `` fixes '' measure that passed Thursday . `` Washington has broken faith with the people that they are to be serving , '' Palin told the crowd , which numbered in the thousands . Palin said the message to government leaders was `` loud and clear"}
-{"answer":"in the barn , manure drops into a 19,000-gallon tank . The slurry then moves into the digester , which is 16 feet deep and 70 feet in diameter . It 's heated there for about 16 days while the bacteria break down the organic matter in order to produce methane gas . That gas is burned in two engine generators to make electricity . See an interactive explaining the process '' Heat created by the generators keeps the digester hot , heats the buildings around the farm and helps provide hot water . The electricity is used to power this farm and a dozen neighboring homes , Saylor said . And there 's still some left over , which he sells back to the grid . Overall , the poo power helps Saylor 's bottom line . `` In savings , there 's $ 200,000 a year , in either extra income from sale of electricity or cost offsets , '' he said . `` So you 're talking about system project costs of over a million dollars to build the system but a payback of five years or less . '' Before he installed the system , the","question":"ROCKWOOD , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Four generations of Saylors have worked the family 's dairy farm for nearly a century , but for the past three years , the cows have been doing something besides providing milk : They 've been helping power the place . `` The farm used to get a lot of complaints , '' says farmer Shawn Saylor . `` It used to stink a lot . '' Growing up on the sprawling spread 90 minutes from Pittsburgh , 36-year-old farmer Shawn Saylor developed into a self-described science buff . So it was no surprise that , when faced with rising energy costs , Saylor turned to technology . He tapped into an abundant and easily accessible energy source : manure from about 600 cows . Watch how cow poo powers the farm '' `` It 's a pretty simple process . There 's not really a lot to it , '' Saylor said . `` Manure comes from the cows , and there 's energy left in the manure . '' The process is known as anaerobic digestion , and here 's how it works : With the help of a mechanical scraper"}
-{"answer":"snowstorm in Virginia Beach , located about 20 minutes from Norfolk , usually yields about 4 to 5 inches of snow , Bernstein said . But by 8 a.m. , snowfall had well surpassed the norm . `` Nobody is really out on the roads , '' he said . `` They 've closed off ramps and on ramps in downtown Norfolk . '' See pictures from Virginia Beach on iReport.com Washington and Baltimore , Maryland , were expected to get 4 to 6 inches of snow . Motorists were being warned to stay off the roadways , D.C. officials said . Forecasters warned that gusty winds in several states may topple ice laden trees and power lines . A Home Depot store in Spartanburg , South Carolina , saw a run on generators , fire logs and ice-melting chemicals Friday , and Spartanburg County called in extra dispatchers to handle emergency calls , CNN affiliate WYFF reported . Watch the snow pile up in Tennessee Several inches of sleet covered the ground in the town of Travelers Rest , South Carolina , WYFF 's Sean Muserallo reported . Brian Wood of Marietta , South Carolina , told WYFF his","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A storm has barreled into the Southeast and sections of the Northeast , coating power lines and roads with ice and leaving thousands without power . More heavy snow was predicted for Mid-Atlantic cities , some of which already have record amounts , the National Weather Service said Saturday . Asheville , North Carolina , recorded 11 inches of snow on Friday . The weather service said less than a half-inch of snow should fall during the day , turning to freezing drizzle at night . There was an ice storm warning for the Carolinas until midnight . `` Ice accumulations of one-quarter to one-half inch are expected , '' forecasters said . `` Elevated surfaces such as trees , power lines and highway bridges and overpasses will accumulate ice most easily . '' North Carolina 's Department of Transportation asked motorists to avoid all unnecessary travel . The town of Cary , North Carolina , canceled its Winter Wonderland festival because of the storm . A foot of snow was expected in parts of Virginia , where iReporter William Bernstein , Jr. said people are `` just not used to this . '' A typical"}
-{"answer":"joint burials was first suggested to her by an elderly neighbor who died at the age of 77 , a year before John 's death , she said . `` Mrs. Winchcombe had seven cats and wanted to be buried with all of them when she died . It was certainly an unusual request , '' Lally said . `` We had to apply for permission to extend our license to burying humans as well as animals , but it was wonderful that we could carry out her last wishes . '' Since then , Lally has seen an increasing number of pet owners in the UK seeking joint burials . There are currently only half a dozen cemeteries in the UK that allow pets to be buried in the same plot as their owners , but in January , Lincolnshire council became the latest authority to grant planning permission for a joint site . `` I think there has been more interest recently because people are starting to realize it is possible , '' Lally said . One of her customers is animal lover Carole Mundy , 54 , who has reserved a plot for herself and her husband","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Like many people , widow Penny Lally plans to be buried alongside her family . But in her case , that includes a menagerie of family pets . Her husband , John , who died of cancer three years ago at the age of 64 , is already buried with their horse Super Sam , Blot the cat , Muppet the dog , and even Brian the bird . `` I often tell people that John has a canary singing in his ear , a cat purring at his feet , a dog at his side and a horse to ride on when he likes , '' Lally said . `` I know some people might find this strange , but I loved my pets and wanted them all to be close to me and my husband and to each other . '' Lally , 66 , runs a pet crematorium and woodland burial place in Penwith , Cornwall , in southwestern England . She has buried more than 30 owners alongside their animals and has over 100 more plots reserved for pets and their owners , she said . The idea of"}
-{"answer":"Dr. Karen Maples of the Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center in California , the woman who delivered eight babies in five minutes said she would soon make public the details of her `` miraculous experience . '' `` We understand that you are all curious about the arrival of the octuplets , and we appreciate your respect for our family 's privacy , '' she said . `` The babies continue to grow strong every day and make good progress . My family and I are ecstatic about all of their arrivals . '' `` Needless to say , the eighth was a surprise to us all , but a blessing as well , '' she added . The six boys and two girls -- ranging in weight from 1 pound , 8 ounces to 3 pounds , 4 ounces -- are doing well following their Caesarean-section delivery at the Bellflower hospital , doctors said . They were born nine weeks premature . Dr. Mandhir Gupta , a neonatalist , said all but one of the octuplets are now breathing on their own . That baby might be taken off breathing equipment Friday . Caring for eight premature babies is","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The mother of a woman who gave birth on Monday to octuplets said her daughter already has six children at home and was undergoing fertility treatment . Dr. Karen Maples is part of the large team of doctors and nurses that helped deliver the octuplets . The Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday that Angela Suleman said her daughter had the embryos implanted last year , resulting in the eight births . `` They all happened to take , '' Suleman told the Times . `` I looked at those babies . They are so tiny and so beautiful . '' The woman declined to have the number of embryos reduced when she discovered she was carrying multiples , the Times reported . The six older siblings range from ages 7 to 2 , according to the newspaper . Suleman said she was concerned about her daughter 's homecoming because her husband , a contract worker , is due to return to Iraq . In the meantime , the mother , who remains unidentified , appealed for privacy while she recovers from giving birth , medical officials said Thursday . In her written statement delivered by"}
-{"answer":"statement . He warned that communities everywhere would `` reap the negative consequences , '' but that the `` poorest people and most vulnerable communities will suffer most . '' A number of events were held around the world Saturday to mark the International Day of Biodiversity . A garden was created along Paris ' Champs-Elysees , children in Brazil were encouraged to dress up as animals , and the European Environment Agency unveiled a `` living wall '' at its headquarters in Copenhagen , Denmark . The release of a top 10 list species for 2009 continues an annual tradition that marks the anniversary of the birth of Carolus Linnaeus , who initiated the modern system of classifying plants and animals . The new list , issued by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University , was chosen from 18,225 species new to science in 2008 , the most recent year for which data has been compiled . They come from Africa , Indonesia , Madagascar , Myanmar , New Zealand , the Philippines , Thailand , the U.S. and Uruguay . The new discoveries include a golden orb spider able to spin webs of more","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A flat-faced frogfish , bug-eating slug and carnivorous sea sponge are some of the top new species named by scientists . They appear on a `` top 10 '' list of new species released Saturday amid warnings from the United Nations that the world is not doing enough to protect vulnerable eco-systems . `` Biodiversity loss is moving ecological systems ever closer to tipping point beyond which they will no longer be able to fulfill their vital functions , '' said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the International Day for Biological Diversity , which is being marked in 11 countries . More coverage : Environment A report released in late April by researchers from the United Nations Environment Program showed that world leaders had failed on a 2002 commitment to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010 . It found that since 1970 animal populations had dropped 30 percent , the area covered by mangroves and sea grasses was down 20 percent and the coverage of living corals had fallen 40 percent . `` The deadline has arrived , yet the deterioration of our natural resources continues apace , '' the secretary-general said in a"}
-{"answer":"major metro areas like Atlanta . So it 's no surprise Atlanta has become a prime target for bank robberies , FBI spokesman Stephen Emmett told CNN . Watch Hotlanta or Heistlanta ? '' `` This goes hand in hand with those figures , '' Emmett said . Atlanta 's rapid growth over the last decade has also been a factor . A recent Atlanta Business Chronicle article reported that metro Atlanta has 26 more banks than in all of North Carolina -- roughly one bank for every 3,500 people in the region . See photos of bank heists in metro Atlanta '' `` We would attribute a lot of that -LSB- bank robberies -RSB- to the growth and the fact that the banking industry has matched that growth with an increase in bank branches throughout the area , '' Emmett said . Atlanta 's rise in bank heists comes just as Los Angeles has aggressively countered once out-of-control bank robberies . Los Angeles has gone from more than 500 bank robberies in the mid-2000s to this year 's 338 , the FBI stats show . According to the FBI , its Atlanta field division reported 350 bank robberies in","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was an image that got the nation talking : Two giggling young women in oversized sunglasses robbing a bank . The `` Barbie Bandits '' helped their hometown earn the dubious distinction as the nation 's bank robbery capital . Here one of the so-called `` Barbie Bandits '' is captured on surveillance video at a surburban Atlanta bank . Atlanta 's FBI field division topped Los Angeles in reporting the most bank heists , with 350 for the 12 months ending September 30 , 2007 , according to the FBI , which annually names areas most prone to bank robberies . The Los Angeles area was No. 2 with 338 heists , followed by Philadelphia with 316 . Just Thursday , two suspects overpowered a security guard at an Atlanta , Georgia , bank , took his gun , robbed the bank and fled with money in hand , police said . Eventually , police shot one of the suspects in an exchange of gunfire . Two more armed bank robberies took place in metro Atlanta Friday . The FBI says violent crime is up across the nation , especially in"}
-{"answer":"was supposed to receive the full amount first , but the scenario was changed into him receiving $ 100,000 -LSB- in U.S. dollars -RSB- as a down payment , and the rest of the money would be delivered after the renewal of the contract , '' according to the commission 's account . `` Orders were issued to security forces to deploy undercover in Karrada district '' in central Baghdad . Watch more about Iraq 's war against corruption '' The statement said the security forces did not know who the target was and their orders were in coordination with the Integrity Commission 's operations room . The commission said that five minutes before the arrest , the head of the commission , Judge Rahim al-Agili , informed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that a high-ranking government official had taken a bribe . The commission said al-Maliki responded by saying : `` I do not want to know his name , carry out the operation even if the wanted individual is Nuri al-Maliki . ... Whether he is from the Dawa party , a Sadrist , or a member of ISCI -LSB- all Shiite political parties , including that of","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iraq 's deputy minister of transport has been arrested after investigators taped him taking a $ 100,000 bribe , the Iraqi Integrity Commission said Monday . It 's the latest sting aimed at what many Iraqis say is rampant corruption in the country . The anti-corruption body said Monday this was the first time such a high-level Iraqi official was caught in the act of taking a bribe . The announcement , made on the commission 's Web site , said investigators detained Deputy Minister Adnan al-Obaidi last Wednesday . A spokesman for the Ministry of Transport , Aqeel Kawthar , told CNN on Monday that the deputy minister took office August 10 , and his arrest came as a surprise to the ministry . He said there were no indications that al-Obaidi might be corrupt before this incident , but he said the Ministry of Transport `` supports and congratulates '' the Integrity Commission 's work . A foreign security firm had approached the Integrity Commission alleging that al-Obaidi had asked for a bribe of $ 500,000 to renew the firm 's contract , the commission said . `` The deputy minister"}
-{"answer":"have had a penalty when Tomas Rosicky was pulled down , but soon afterwards they found themselves behind again . Hesitancy between Campbell and Fabianski led to the keeper picking up the ball just inside the penalty area . With Campbell still debating the decision , claiming it was not a deliberate back-pass , Porto took the free-kick immediately - which Micael quickly tapped to Falcao for the Colombian to roll the ball into an empty net . Porto pressed hard for a third ahead of the second leg in London but Arsenal held out to limit their losses . Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger accused referee Martin Hansson of a `` massive mistake '' after his side 's defeat . `` I believe it -LRB- the back-pass -RRB- was accidental , Sol touched it accidentally , '' Wenger told ITV1 . `` And the referee should give us time to build the wall . '' In the other last 16 clash on Wednesday , Bayern Munich clinched a 2-1 win over 10-man Fiorentina in the Allianz Arena . Arjen Robben put the Bundesliga side ahead with a penalty just before halftime , but Per Kroldrup gave the Italian visitors a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski made two sorry blunders as Arsenal crashed to a 2-1 defeat in their Champions League last 16 clash against Porto at Estadio do Dragao . Fabianski , standing in for the injured Manuel Almunia saw a soft shot go past him for Porto 's opener . Comeback defender Sol Campbell quickly leveled for Arsenal but it was his back-pass which was picked up by Fabianski to concede a free kick which led to Porto 's winner in the second half . Porto were ahead after just 11 minutes as he was horribly caught out of position by a low right wing cross cum shot from Silvestre Varela which deflected off his diving body and over the line . In an open game , Arsenal were quickly level as Thomas Vermaelen and then Tomas Rosicky worked a Samir Nasri corner to Campbell who headed home from close range on 16 minutes . It was Campbell 's first goal for Arsenal since the 2006 Champions League final . Fabianski mixed brilliance with his mistakes as he did well to keep out a fine shot from Micael on 29 minutes . Arsenal thought they should"}
-{"answer":"managers and above all our customers . This Free Slam Day has exceeded our expectations in every way . '' iReport.com : Miami customers line up for Denny 's meal Denny 's does n't disclose specific cost information , but including the cost of the food , the Super Bowl spot and other production costs , the promotion cost the company roughly $ 5 million , it said . The Grand Slam started as a baseball-related promotion in Atlanta , Georgia , in the mid-1970s and has been served chainwide since 1977 . Its normal price varies by market but averages around $ 5.99 . Denny 's said it sells 12.5 million Grand Slams a year . At the normal average price of $ 5.99 , Denny 's gave away meals Tuesday with a retail value of $ 11.9 million . But the goodwill value could be priceless . iReport.com : Vouchers run out at Georgia Denny 's `` The key is to get the guest to come back , '' Troy Morgan , a Denny 's franchisee in Sacramento , California , told CNN affiliate KCRA-TV . `` So , we show them great hospitality and we 're confident","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Denny 's restaurants served about 2 million free Grand Slam breakfasts during its eight-hour promotional giveaway on Tuesday , the company reported Wednesday . Cooks fill the pass-through window with Grand Slam breakfasts Tuesday at a Denny 's in Emeryville , California . The company used a commercial during the third quarter of Sunday 's Super Bowl to announce it would give away its signature breakfast from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday , and the response was spectacular . Media outlets across North America reported lines of customers stretching outside and around restaurants and strangers crowding together into booths to take advantage of the special . The restaurant chain 's approximately 1,500 stores served an average of 130 Grand Slams per hour to customers who waited an average of 60 minutes for their free pancakes , eggs , bacon and sausage , the company said . `` We had an extraordinary day , '' Denny 's CEO Nelson Marchioli said when the promotion was over . `` We were hoping to reconnect with millions of Americans today , and we did . `` We have received the most heartwarming comments from our servers , our"}
-{"answer":"gallery of celebrity custody battles '' Kessler has represented quite a few clients involved in celebrity divorce cases , including Tameka Foster Raymond -LRB- who is in the midst of a divorce with superstar singer Usher -RRB- and rapper Mack 10 -LRB- ex-husband of TLC member Tionne `` T-Boz '' Watkins -RRB- , as well as some high-profile paternity and child support lawsuits . Celebrities often want to protect their reputations and the wrong sound bite can ruin that , Kessler said . Yet , at the same time , it can be difficult for the famous to take direction , he said . `` They are so used to being in charge of their own destiny and being able to decide what 's best for them that it 's very hard for them to listen to attorneys , accountants or anyone that is trying to advise them , '' Kessler said . Viewers have questioned who , if anyone , Jon and Kate Gosselin are taking cues from in their very public marital battle . In May , Kate defended her husband against rumors that he had been cheating on her and stepping out while she stayed home with","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They say that breaking up is hard to do , especially when millions of eyes are there to witness every caustic comment and verbal volley . Kate and Jon Gosselin are going through a very public and contentious divorce . No one knows that better than Jon and Kate Gosselin , whose divorce is playing out on a world stage , complete with tabloid covers , he-said-she-said television appearances and court orders . Such public spats can do a great deal of harm , said divorce attorney Randall M. Kessler , who 's handled several celebrity cases . `` I just gave a presentation where I said , ` When can press hurt you ? It 's when clients start talking , ' '' Kessler said . `` The hard thing for -LSB- famous people -RSB- to do is to not speak out , because they are so used to everything they say being quoted and helping them , but this is the opposite . Talking about a divorce is never good . '' The Gosselins join a growing list of celebrities whose marital woes have been well-documented by the media and paparazzi . See a"}
-{"answer":", CBS , NBC and Fox were parties in the case . A federal appeals court in New York had ruled in their favor , calling the commission 's policy `` arbitrary and capricious . '' The commission then appealed to the Supreme Court , seeking restoration of its power to penalize the networks airing `` indecent '' speech , even if it is broadcast only one time , and even if it does not describe a specific sex act . The high court agreed to some extent . `` Even when used as an expletive , the F-word 's power to insult and offend derives from its sexual meaning , '' wrote Scalia . Such language is heard with greater , albeit varying frequency on cable television , the Internet , and satellite radio , which do not use public airwaves . But the federal government is charged with responding to viewer complaints when `` indecent '' language reaches broadcast television and radio , which is subject to greater regulation . That is especially relevant during daytime and early evening hours , when larger numbers of families and younger viewers may be watching . The FCC 's acting chairman","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday federal regulators have the authority to clamp down on the broadcast TV networks that air isolated cases of profanity , known as `` fleeting expletives . '' The Supreme Court ruled federal regulators can stop TV networks from airing profanity . The 5-4 vote was a victory for Bush-era officials who pushed fines and sanctions when racy images and language reached the airwaves . Controversial words have been aired in scripted and unscripted instances on all the major over-the-air networks in the past six years -- dating back to when the Federal Communications Commission began considering a stronger , no-tolerance policy . `` It suffices the new policy is permissible under the statute , there are good reasons for it , and the agency believes it to be better , '' said Justice Antonin Scalia , writing for the conservative majority . The high court , however , refused to decide whether the commission 's policy violates the First Amendment guarantee of free speech , only the agency 's enforcement power . The justices ordered the free-speech aspect to be reviewed again by a federal appeals court . ABC"}
-{"answer":"another 10 years to have a baby . It was `` harder than labor '' telling her parents she was pregnant . `` Well , we were sitting on the couch , my best friend and Levi , and we had my parents come and sit on the couch , too . And we had my sisters go upstairs , '' Bristol said . `` And we just sat them down , and I just -- I could n't even say it . I was just sick to my stomach . `` And so finally , my best friend just , like , blurted it out . And it was just , like -- I do n't even remember it because it was just , like , something I do n't want to remember . '' Todd and Sarah Palin were `` scared just because I have to -- I had to grow up a lot faster than they ever would have imagined , '' Bristol said . Her parents insisted that she and her boyfriend hash out a `` game plan '' immediately . And now her parents and relatives are all pitching in to help take care of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In her first interview since giving birth , the teenage daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said having a child is not `` glamorous , '' and that telling young people to be abstinent is `` not realistic at all . '' Bristol Palin says `` everyone should just wait 10 years '' to have a baby , rather than when you 're young . `` It 's just , like , I 'm not living for myself anymore . It 's , like , for another person , so it 's different , '' Bristol Palin told Fox News ' Greta Van Susteren . `` And just you 're up all night . And it 's not glamorous at all , '' she said . `` Like , your whole priorities change after having a baby . '' The 18-year-old , who gave birth in late December , said she is being helped tremendously by her mother , grandmother , cousins and other family members . She is engaged to teen father Levi Johnston , who is now working for his father and trying to complete school , but said she wishes that she waited"}
-{"answer":"says more than 70 percent of Nigeria lives on less than a dollar a day -- the population is among the 20 poorest in the world . Nigeria 's federal government and oil companies split oil profits roughly 60-40 . The money is then supposed to make its way down to the local governments to fund various projects , but little money actually reaches its intended destination . The country 's anti-corruption agency estimates between $ 300 billion to $ 400 billion has been stolen or wasted over the last 50 years . `` Our policy on kidnapping high value oil workers from Western Europe and North America remains unchanged and will continue to form an integral part of our pressure strategy in the emancipation struggle in 2009 , '' MEND said in its statement . Watch special correspondent Lisa Ling meet militant group in a secret location A spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office said the government was aware of the pictures . `` We call for their immediate and unconditional release and will remain in close contact with their families , '' the spokeswoman said , though she declined to elaborate on whether the families had seen the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Nigerian militant group released pictures Sunday of two Britons identified as captive oil workers , saying the men were `` alive and well '' and that more such Western workers would be taken hostage if the country does not stop exporting its oil wealth . The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta released this image of two men it claims are British hostages . The photos , sent in an e-mail by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta -LRB- MEND -RRB- , show the men , identified as Robin Barry Hughes and Matthew John Maguire , standing on a dirt path wearing dirty shorts and flip flops . The pictures were `` recent , '' MEND said in a written statement , but it is unclear when they were taken . MEND , formed in 2005 , has taken American and European oil workers hostages in the past . The group is calling for more of the African nation 's oil wealth to be pumped into the region -- instead of going to foreign investors -- and the release of political prisoners . The United States Agency for International Development"}
-{"answer":"thing , '' he said . From a census standpoint , being of Hispanic or Latino origin means a person identifies himself in one of four listed categories : Mexican , Puerto Rican , Cuban or `` other Spanish , Hispanic or Latino '' origin . In the latter more open-ended category , respondents can write in specific origins , such as Salvadoran , Argentinean or Dominican . According to a Pew Hispanic Center\/Kaiser Family Foundation survey in 2002 , that is how most Latinos choose to identify themselves . When asked which terms they would use first to describe themselves , 54 percent said they primarily identify themselves in terms of their or their parents ' country of origin . About one quarter choose `` Latino '' or `` Hispanic , '' and 21 percent chose `` American . '' But the broader terms -- Latino , Hispanic -- are the ones tossed about when the media want to discuss a `` trend among Latinos , '' or when a politician appeals to the `` Hispanic vote . '' The U.S. government came up with the term `` Hispanic '' in the 1970s to generally refer to people who","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hispanics are described as the largest minority group in the United States , as a burgeoning force in the electorate and as an untapped frontier of the business market . Yet these descriptions belie the complexity of the 44 million people to whom they refer . Susana Clar , with daughters Vanessa -LRB- left -RRB- and Virna -LRB- center -RRB- , says the labels `` Hispanic '' and `` Latino '' are limiting . Even the terms used to name them -- Hispanics , Hispanic-Americans , Latinos , Latino-Americans , the Spanish-surnamed -- too tightly package the people categorized by those definitions , some observers say . `` We are mixed and we are many things , '' said Phillip Rodriguez , a documentary filmmaker . Many of his films , such as `` Los Angeles Now '' and `` Brown is the New Green : George Lopez and the American Dream , '' explore the experience and identity of Latinos in the United States . Latinos `` very often do n't share language , do n't share class circumstances , do n't share education ; it 's very difficult to speak about them as one"}
-{"answer":"A single bullet struck her chest , and Neda was dead . On Monday , Long Island University announced it was awarding a 2009 George Polk Award , one of journalism 's highest honors , to the unknown videographer who captured Neda 's final moments -- her collapse on the street and her death . The New York Times reports that this is the first time in the 61-year history of the prestigious awards that judges have given the honor to work done anonymously . `` This video footage was seen by millions and became an iconic image of the Iranian resistance , '' John Darnton , curator of the Polk Awards , told the newspaper . `` We do n't know who took it or who uploaded it , but we do know it has news value . This award celebrates the fact that , in today 's world , a brave bystander with a cellphone camera can use video-sharing and social networking sites to deliver news . '' The New York Times : Polk award winners include anonymous video uploader George Polk Awards in Journalism : 2009 winners CNN : Neda was ` like an angel , '","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Neda Agha-Soltan : The night before she was killed on the streets of Tehran , the woman the world would come to know simply as Neda had a dream . `` There was a war going on , '' she told her mother , Hajar Rostami , the next morning , `` and I was in the front . '' Neda 's mother had joined her in the street protests that erupted after Iran 's disputed June 12 presidential election . But on that fateful morning , she told her daughter she could n't go with her . As Neda prepared to leave , the mother told CNN last November , she was filled with anxiety . `` I told her to be very careful , and she said she would . '' On June 20 , Neda , 26 , headed to Tehran 's Nilofar Square , where thousands of protesters gathered . Tear gas was lobbed at the crowd . Her eyes burning , Neda headed to a medical clinic to get them washed . Neda later walked toward her car , parked on a side street not far from the heated protests ."}
-{"answer":"shock around the world that would immediately say to the speculators , hey , U.S. is serious . President -LSB- Bush -RSB- said something yesterday about this . I did n't hear him , but I think that 's good news . But we should set a specific target . The presidential candidates should be out there on the postings saying let 's increase domestic production by 2 to 3 million barrels a day . That would be something that would put money back into this country , jobs back into this country , and it would bring more supply toward the Americans who need it . ROBERTS : The president is advocating more drilling on U.S. territory . Is n't it true that globally we 're starting to reach a peak in production and that within maybe a decade or two oil production will begin to decrease ? HOFMEISTER : Well , I think there is some argument -LSB- that -RSB- with convenient , easy oil we will peak sometime in the next decade . I think Shell sees that coming , but in terms of total oil supply to the world , we 're a long way from","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gasoline prices set a record for the 16th consecutive day Wednesday . A gallon of gas cost an average of $ 3.62 , according to AAA , and much more in some markets . Shell Oil Co. . President John Hofmeister says a boost in U.S. production would startle the world market . All three presidential candidates have weighed in on the issue , and President Bush on Tuesday addressed it during a news conference . John Hofmeister , president of Shell Oil Co. , the U.S. division of Royal Dutch Shell , addressed rising gasoline prices during an interview Wednesday with John Roberts on CNN 's `` American Morning . '' ROBERTS : What do you say to people who are in this budget crunch of trying to fill up the family car ? HOFMEISTER : I say we need more gas to be produced in this country . I 've been saying that for three years , ever since I took this position -LSB- as president of Shell -RSB- . If the U.S. set a goal to produce 2 to 3 million barrels more a day in this country , we would send a"}
-{"answer":"on with the others and forget what has happened . '' Forgetting and forgiving everything she lost , everything she witnessed . `` Women and girls were raped , and I saw it all , '' she told CNN . `` The men and boys were beaten and then slaughtered . They told others to dig a hole , get in , then they piled earth on top of them , while they were still alive . '' Watch Mukantabana say how she survived '' Yet today , Mukantabana shares her future and her family meals with Bizimana , the killer she knew , and his wife , her friend Mukanyndwi . Bizimana did spend seven years in jail . He then went before a tribal gathering , part of a return to traditional ways by the new government in 2002 with Rwanda 's justice system unable to cope and process hundreds of thousands of imprisoned perpetrators . The government decided that the master planners and worst perpetrators would face formal justice . But lower-level killers were allowed to publicly confess and apologize to the families of their victims at gacaca courts , where elders would hear grievances and decide","question":"GITARAMA , Rwanda -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What does Macy 's have to do with healing from genocide ? Nothing and everything . Iphigenia Mukantabana sits with Jean-Bosco Bizimana , her family 's killer , at her home after church . Fourteen years after Hutu extremists killed between 800,000 and 1 million people -- mostly Tutsis -- in a devastating slaughter , Rwandan women are weaving peace baskets for sale at Macy 's in the United States . Not only does the work bring them a regular salary , the business is also fostering reconciliation between victim and perpetrator . Iphigenia Mukantabana , a master weaver , sits in front of her house in Gitarama -- an hour from the capital , Kigali -- making beautiful baskets with her friend Epiphania Mukanyndwi . In 1994 , Mukantabana 's husband and five of her children were hacked and clubbed to death by marauding Hutu militias . Among her family 's killers was Jean-Bosco Bizimana , Mukanyndwi 's husband . `` In my heart , the dead are dead , and they can not come back again , '' Mukantabana said of those she lost . `` So I have to get"}
-{"answer":", starts a nationwide tour this weekend in Atlanta . Its mission is to remind Americans of the sacrifices made by their fathers and grandfathers over the skies of Europe . It 's also sure to spark the memories of servicemen who flew in them . Lawing 's plane went down on the outskirts of Berlin in 1945 . Two of his crew mates never got out of the plane . As he tells a small crowd the story at Atlanta 's Peachtree DeKalb Airport , he is overcome with emotion and walks away briefly to gather himself . When he returns , Lawing talks about how he was captured on the ground and spent the next several months as a prisoner of war before U.S. Gen. George Patton 's Third Army freed him . Lawing is one of two veteran bomber crew members who have been invited out to the airport by the Liberty Foundation . The foundation is responsible for resurrecting and flying this B-17 , often referred to as the `` Flying Fortress '' because of the 13 machine guns carried aboard the plane . Of the 12,732 B-17s built during the war years , only 12","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Wendell Lawing 's eyes light up as the 88-year-old man talks about his last flight in a B-17 bomber . Wendell Lawing , 88 , recently flew on a B-17 for the first time since World War II . `` We were going to Berlin , and we were flying around 20,000 feet . Suddenly , Me 109s headed out of the clouds , '' said the Atlanta native , referring to Germany 's Messerschmitt fighter aircraft . `` We had a big fight , a running fight , and I personally saw my waist gunner shoot down one of those Me 109s right outside the window . '' Seconds later , his bomber was struck in the plane 's radio room . Lawing , who was the radio operator , already had moved farther back in the plane . `` I was back at the waist gun . Otherwise , I would n't be here today . We were set afire , and I was told to bail out , and I bailed out . '' The Liberty Belle , a restored World War II-era B-17 like the one Lawing flew in"}
-{"answer":"would have empathy for those whose cases come before the court . As impressive as Sotomayor 's life story is , it remains to be seen whether she truly has the much-talked-about `` empathy '' for Hispanic values and dreams . If Sotomayor is truly representative of our values , she will understand that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in the Hispanic community and is our best hope for moving Hispanic households solidly into the ranks of the American middle class . In a study earlier this year , HispanTelligence , the research arm of Hispanic Business magazine , confirmed that there are at least 2.2 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the U.S. , generating about $ 388 billion in combined revenue . Empathy with the lives of millions of Hispanics today means that she must appreciate the impact of federal , state and municipal tax and regulatory schemes on individuals and small businesses alike . Her writings should reflect the view that access to the marketplace is a constitutional guarantee no less important than freedoms of speech , religion or assembly . If she understands the hopes and aspirations of the Hispanic community , she should have a","question":"Leslie Sanchez is a Republican political strategist and co-chair of the Hispanic Alliance for Prosperity Institute -LRB- www.hapinstitute.net -RRB- , a pro-business advocacy organization . She was director of the Bush administration 's White House Initiative on Hispanic Education from 2001 to 2003 and is CEO of the Impacto Group , which specializes in market research about women and Hispanics . Leslie Sanchez says it remains to be seen if Sotomayor agrees with the broader Hispanic community 's values . WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Obama administration has no intention of pushing comprehensive immigration reform any time soon , but with his nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court , the president may have found a suitable consolation prize for the Hispanic community . A prize is due . Hispanics gave 67 percent of their votes to President Obama , delivering key states like Colorado , Nevada and New Mexico to his electoral column , and sending him two new Democratic senators and three new House Democrats from those states alone . But the problem with identity politics is that not just any Hispanic will do . Obama made clear he wanted to pick a justice who"}
-{"answer":"reputed captain in the Gambino family -- was involved in a sports gambling enterprise that relied in part on toll-free telephones , Brown alleged . Meanwhile , four members of the Gambino family are charged with eight crimes involving murder , according to the indictment . Those charges include the felony murder of Jose Delgado Rivera , who was shot and killed in an armored truck during a robbery in 1990 . `` Today we are able to bring closure to crimes from the past that have never been forgotten , '' Campbell said . He said the crimes span back over three decades . Watch feds say they 've ` cut off the head ' of crime family '' Key to the Gambino arrests Thursday was a member of the Attorney General 's Organized Crime Task Force who infiltrated the Gambino family and recorded hundred of hours of conversations , said John Milgrim , a spokesman for the attorney general . Forty-five of those charged are already in custody , police said . Arrests were made in New York City ; Long Island , New York ; and New Jersey . `` It is as unrelenting as weeds that","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A massive anti-Mafia sweep that stretched from New York to Sicily has not only cut off the head of the Gambino crime family but lopped off `` the shoulders and chest '' too , prosecutors said Thursday . John `` Jackie the Nose '' D'Amico , shown in 1992 , is one of 62 people indicted . Sixty-two members of the Gambino , Genovese and Bonanno families face 80 charges , ranging from money laundering to illegal gambling and murder . `` These charges strike at the very core of the Gambino family , '' said Benton Campbell , United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York . The Gambino family profited from extortion within the New York construction industry and its labor unions , according to the charges . Watch the perp walk '' Several companies allegedly paid a `` mob tax '' in return for `` protection '' and `` permission to operate , '' said Gordon Heddell , inspector general of the U.S. Department of Labor . Other charges involve an alleged illegal gambling ring , said Richard Brown , Queens County district attorney . Nicholas Corozzo -- a"}
-{"answer":"but it is just that originality that attracted Hunter , an Academy Award winner whose eclectic career has included projects as varied as the films `` Raising Arizona , '' `` Broadcast News '' and the animated `` The Incredibles . '' See the significant roles Hunter has played '' The actress said she continues to be attracted to playing Hanadarko because it allows her to explore emotions and attitudes that a lot of roles these days simply are n't offering . `` She wants to have conversations about sex , she wants to have conversations about faith , '' Hunter said . `` She is very comfortable with the darkness in herself and with the darkness in others and I want to talk about that . There are not a lot of opportunities to have that conversation in features . '' It is n't surprising that Hunter was able to find such a rich , creative playground at TNT . The network -LRB- which is owned by the parent company of CNN -RRB- has carved a niche for itself as a destination for critically acclaimed and popular dramas . That reputation has been strengthened by the popularity of shows","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Holly Hunter does n't take roles based on what she thinks viewers want to see . Holly Hunter plays a tough detective grappling with issues of faith in TNT 's `` Saving Grace . '' `` I have , frankly , very few expectations when it comes to audience , '' the acclaimed actress said . `` I 've done features , I 've done stage and I 've done television movies . '' `` I 'm used to having the experience of perhaps missing an audience where your feature , for some reason or another , may not have a large audience , while some of my features have found large audiences , so I am used to both . My expectations are adaptable and they are low . '' Hunter need not worry , because she has a hit on her hands with TNT 's `` Saving Grace , '' which is soon to debut its third season . The television drama follows the decidedly messy life of Oklahoma City Police Detective Grace Hanadarko , who lives and works hard while being shadowed by a no-nonsense angel . The premise may sound unusual ,"}
-{"answer":"out and rip off all the ` Support Your Troops ' bumper stickers . If you want to support your troops , give them a job . '' Ca n't argue with that . After what American soldiers , sailors , airmen and Marines are asked to sacrifice , there is something melancholy about the thought of them coming home and having trouble finding a way to support their families . The nation is likely to work on a solution to this honorably and in good faith . There was a time , during parallel circumstances , when that was n't the case . It was one of the darkest moments in American history , and few people speak about it anymore . The shorthand for it was `` the Bonus Army . '' In the spring and summer of 1932 , with the Great Depression gripping the country , tens of thousands of World War I veterans and their families gathered in Washington to demand what they felt they had been promised . They set up shantytowns , and vowed to stay put until their entreaties were met . The federal government had , in 1924 , issued service","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- We have a tendency , when things in the news get bad , to tell ourselves that it 's never been quite this dismal before . We are tempted , when disputes become particularly acrimonious , to believe that the current bitterness is unprecedented . So it 's beneficial , once in a while , to look at our current problems in light of what has gone before . And to remember just how much the United States has endured . The newspaper USA Today reported last week that there has been a sharp increase in the unemployment rate for male veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars . The paper said that such unemployment has tripled since the recession began , having reached 15 percent last month . More than 250,000 of the male veterans were said to be unemployed last month , with another 400,000 having left the workforce for various reasons : to raise children , or attend college , or because they have just stopped trying to find work . Joe Davis , a spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars , said : `` It makes you almost want to go"}
-{"answer":"today 's headlines , but for history 's judgment , '' she said . `` And I am quite certain that when the final chapters are written and it 's clear that Saddam Hussein 's Iraq is gone in favor of an Iraq that is favorable to the future of the Middle East ; when the history is written of a U.S.-China relationship that is better than it 's ever been ; an India relationship that is deeper and better than it 's ever been ; a relationship with Brazil and other countries of the left of Latin America , better than it 's ever been ... `` When one looks at what we 've been able to do in terms of changing the conversation in the Middle East about democracy and values , this administration will be judged well , and I 'll wait for history 's judgment and not today 's headlines . '' Asked by CBS ' Rita Braver why some former diplomats say Americans are disliked around the world , Rice said that 's `` just not true . '' `` I know what U.S. policy has achieved . And so I do n't know what","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that despite President Bush 's low approval ratings , people will soon '' start to thank this president for what he 's done . '' Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says `` there is no greater honor than to serve this country , '' `` So we can sit here and talk about the long record , but what I would say to you is that this president has faced tougher circumstances than perhaps at any time since the end of World War II , and he has delivered policies that are going to stand the test of time , '' Rice said in an interview that aired on CBS ' `` Sunday Morning . '' The secretary of state brushed off reports that suggest the United States ' image is suffering abroad . She praised the administration 's ability to change the conversation in the Middle East . `` This is n't a popularity contest . I 'm sorry , it is n't . What the administration is responsible to do is to make good choices about Americans ' interests and values in the long run -- not for"}
-{"answer":"heading to southern Europe , Egypt 's Middle East News Agency reported Monday . The migrants were believed to be headed for the Italian island of Lampedusa , where 37,000 landed last year , according to IOM spokesman Jean-Philippe Chauzy , who said many African migrants converge on Libya en route to Europe . Italian coast guards said an Italian tugboat working for an offshore oil companies in the Libyan seas picked up 350 people on Sunday and carried them to Libya with the help of the Italian military . The U.N. refugee agency , aware of the reports , said they came at the `` beginning of the smuggling season in the Mediterranean . '' The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said details remain sketchy about what happened , but one boat among several vessels leaving Libya for Italy went down and hundreds are reported missing . It said the mishap occurred near the Libyan coast . It said some Egyptian nationals were rescued and bodies were recovered and that those aboard included Africans from the northern and the sub-Saharan regions . High Commissioner Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that the tragedy reflects the desperation of people to escape","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- High winds and heavy seas capsized a boat filled with African migrants heading for Europe off the coast of Libya Monday -- with more than 200 feared dead , the International Organization for Migration in Geneva , Switzerland , said Tuesday . A group of 227 migrants sits on a fishing vessel in Malta last month after arriving from Somalia . Jemini Pandya , IOM spokeswoman , said a boat carrying 250 people capsized north of the Libyan coast , with at least 20 confirmed dead and 23 rescued . Another boat with around 350 migrants was rescued . She said the rescued migrants were taken to two centers in the Libyan city of Tripoli . They included Egyptians , Somalis , Ghanians , Nigerians , Tunisians , Eritreans , Algerians , and Moroccans . There were also passengers from Asia -- Bangladeshis , Syrians , Indians , and Pakistanis , she said . She said there may be two other vessels in the Mediterranean carrying migrants . The initial reports that two vessels capsized proved to be incorrect , Pandya said . Watch as migrants are feared drowned '' The vessels departed Sunday and were"}
-{"answer":"pilot Devlin made and received 21 cell phone calls in addition to surfing the web using a company laptop during his more than two hours at the wheel . The NTSB released its final report on June 21 . The incident was `` another tragic example of the deadliness of distraction , '' Deborah Hersman , chairwoman of the NTSB , said after the final report showed several people involved were on the cell phones or computers . After the accident , Devlin initially told his superiors and the Coast Guard that he was dealing with a serious family medical emergency involving his 6-year-old son . The sightseeing duck boat was anchored in the shipping channel after being shut down because the boat 's operator saw smoke and feared an on-board fire . Lawyers who represented the families of the two victims released a statement Thursday saying the families `` are gratified that Federal prosecutors have acted to hold one of the responsible parties accountable in this tragedy that should have been avoided . '' The statement from attorneys Robert J. Mongeluzzi , Andrew Duffy , Peter Ronai and Holly Ostrov Ronai added that the families `` expect the corporations","question":"Philadelphia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The pilot of a tugboat towing a barge that crashed into a sightseeing `` duck boat '' -- killing two tourists -- intends to plead guilty to a charge stemming from the July 2010 accident , federal prosecutors said Thursday Matthew R. Devlin , 35 , of Catskill , New York , has agreed to plead guilty to one count of misconduct of a ship operator causing death , according to a statement from the office of the U.S. attorney for eastern Pennsylvania . He also will surrender his ship \u00b9 s mate license , the statement said . Devlin could be sentenced to up to 46 months in prison , the statement said . No sentencing date was given . The plea agreement closes the case , the statement said . Two tourists from Hungary -- one 16 years old , the other 20 -- died when a 250-foot sludge barge towed by the tugboat overran a disabled 33-foot `` Ride the Ducks '' tour boat on the Delaware River , plunging the amphibious vessel and its 35 passengers and two crew members underwater . According to National Transportation Safety Board findings , tugboat"}
-{"answer":"to the White House Web site . Judge Paul Gluchowski , who works with the Prince William County Juvenile Drug Court in Virginia , dismissed the notion that a drug treatment program is the easy way out . Watch what it 's like inside the drug court '' If anyone thinks that , he said he 'd tell them they should `` come and talk to some of the participants . A lot of them probably wish they never agreed to undergo drug court . And a lot of them have given up because it 's too hard . '' Those who slip up in drug court can be forced to wear ankle-monitoring bracelets or put into juvenile detention . `` If they do n't give up , then when it comes time for graduation and you see the shine on their face , when you know that they have accomplished something , and they know that . That 's what it 's all about , '' Gluchowski said . Vice President Joe Biden stressed the importance of drug courts and prisoner re-entry programs when he announced Kerlikowske 's position in March , saying they `` can serve as the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon talk tough about cracking down on the deadly drug war , the United States is changing tactics in the battle against illegal narcotics at home . Legalizing marijuana is off the table , the White House says . The man Obama picked to be the new `` drug czar , '' Gil Kerlikowske , has made it clear that the United States is going to do a better job of treating addicts to try to reduce the demand for narcotics . Kerlikowske , 59 , is a military veteran with 36 years of law enforcement experience . The drug czar oversees an agency that sets the country 's drug-control strategy . The White House and Congress want to see more drug courts , and increased funding for the program 250 percent in the spending bill signed in March . It 's a campaign pledge that the Obama administration thinks will give nonviolent offenders `` a chance to serve their sentence , where appropriate , in the type of drug rehabilitation programs that have proven to work better than a prison term in changing bad behavior , '' according"}
-{"answer":"his other brother entered the military shortly after Jared was killed -- to honor his sacrifice . `` Their decision to join the military was motivated by a love for their brother and a desire to serve their country , '' the priest told mourners Friday . `` The death of Jared touched him deeply . Losing a brother and a friend made a profound impact on him , and brought to his attention the seasons of war and grief and loss . '' Jeff Hubbard spoke to reporters Thursday ahead of the funeral , struggling to find words to describe how much his youngest son meant to him and his family . `` I want everybody to remember and celebrate Nate in their own way , the way they want , '' he said . `` We want him honored , remembered and celebrated -- he was a great , great young man . Wonderful young man . '' Tragically , the Hubbards have gone through this anguish before . In 2004 their son , Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Hubbard , was on patrol in Iraq with his best friend and fellow Marine , Jeremiah Baro -- also from","question":"CLOVIS , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jeff Hubbard fought back tears as he talked about his boy -- a `` great , great young man '' who was killed last week in Iraq in a helicopter crash . It 's the second time he 's had to bury a son killed in the Iraq war . Jeff and Peggy Hubbard with sons Army Spc. Jason Hubbard , left , and Cpl. Nathan Hubbard . This time , it was made even more tragic . His third son , also a soldier in Iraq , was immediately on the scene of last week 's helicopter crash and watched as soldiers carried the remains of his brother , 21-year-old Army Cpl. Nathan Hubbard , from the crash site . Nathan 's flag-draped coffin arrived in Fresno earlier this week and eventually to his hometown of Clovis . Watch `` We love you Nate '' '' Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday to remember Nathan at St. Anthony of Padua , the same church where his oldest brother 's funeral was held in 2004 . Nathan will be laid to rest at Clovis Cemetery , beside his brother , Jared . Nathan and"}
-{"answer":"Mansfield , the north-Central Ohio city where the girl and her mother live . `` I am very happy that my granddaughter 's coming home , '' said Mary Watson , Haylee 's grandmother . `` And I just want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart . '' Watson , 24 , and Potter , 27 , were arrested without incident and held by the San Diego County Sheriff 's Department . When asked their reaction , Elliott said , `` I believe a little shocked that we were able to find them . '' Potter and Watson were still using the same vehicle , a 1980s blue Chevrolet pickup truck they drove from Ohio , Elliott said . Watson 's hair was a bit darker and Potter also changed his appearance slightly . Authorities had feared Haylee was endangered . Potter , a sex offender , had escaped a half-way house on May 28 , the day the girl and her mother fell out of sight . Countless tips came in while they were missing but one in particular led to the breakthrough on Tuesday , Elliott said without elaborating . But a tip","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 4-year-old Ohio girl who vanished more than three weeks ago was found alive and in good condition , halfway across the country in southern California , authorities said . Haylee Donathan was found with her mother and her mother 's boyfriend , fugitive sex offender Robbie Potter . Haylee Donathan , her mother Candace Watson and Robbie Potter were discovered hiding for the past week at The Morning Star Ranch , a retreat in Valley Center , near San Diego , said Peter Elliott , United States Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio . Potter is a registered sex offender , officials said . He was being sought by the U.S. Marshal 's Service . Late Tuesday Haylee was in the custody of a children 's protective services agency in the San Diego County area , Elliott said . She was doing well but may have chicken pox , he added . `` We understand she is healthy and happy and I believe , waiting to come back to her grandmother here , '' he said . Watch authorities announce their find '' The journey west took them more than two thousand miles from"}
-{"answer":"Schweder , 65 , went for her usual morning walk Saturday down Howard Thaxton Road , the narrow dirt lane that runs alongside the couple 's property . The dogs were familiar in the area , investigators say , having been left behind when the person who had been caring for some of them moved out of a home at the end of the lane . Authorities theorize that halfway down the lane , about a quarter-mile from her home , Sherry Schweder was confronted by the dogs , which knocked her down and killed her . Her husband , retired UGA language professor Lothar Schweder , became concerned when she did n't return and went out in their Honda CRX to look for her . When he found her lying in the lane and got out to shoo away the dogs , they attacked and killed him too , investigators believe . Although no blood was seen on the dogs , other evidence and autopsy results convince authorities that the pack killed the Schweders , said Jim Fullington , special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation 's office in nearby Athens . Watch what investigators learned","question":"LEXINGTON , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A pack of dogs brought down and killed an animal-loving couple last weekend in rural northeastern Georgia , and a similar tragedy could occur anywhere dogs roam freely , authorities say . Two dogs from the pack that killed two people await euthanasia Tuesday at a shelter in northeast Georgia . Sheriff 's deputies , code enforcement officers and other officials spent most of Monday and Tuesday rounding up 11 adult dogs and five puppies , Oglethorpe County Sheriff 's Capt. Shalon Huff said . One more was trapped Wednesday morning , leaving one still to be captured , she said . `` We 're just lucky this has n't happened before , '' said Susan Fornash , director of the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter in Danielsville , where the captured dogs were held before being euthanized Tuesday under orders from a local judge . `` We 've had people bring in a dog because it killed a goat or chased their horses or something like that . And to me , that was just the forerunner of something like this . '' Investigators say they believe that University of Georgia librarian Sherry"}
-{"answer":"type of Heinz cereal and wasabi crackers were recalled after they were found to contain excessive melamine . Test results for another 40 samples of baby food are pending , said Hong Kong 's Centre for Food Safety . Earlier Friday , the maker of a widely distributed Chinese candy linked to the melamine scandal said it would stop selling the confection in China . The manufacturer , Guanshengyan , had already recalled exports of White Rabbit Creamy Candies , and food-safety authorities worldwide have pulled them from shelves . On Thursday , the European Union joined authorities worldwide in banning the import of Chinese milk products for children . Chinese authorities have arrested 18 people in a nationwide investigation . They include two brothers who face charges of selling contaminated milk ; the brothers could face death if convicted , according to China Daily , a state-run newspaper . Watch Chinese government reaction '' The raw milk used to produce powdered baby formula had been watered down , and the chemical melamine was added so it would pass quality checks , the newspaper said . Adding melamine makes a product seem to have a higher protein level . Melamine","question":"TOKYO , Japan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Japanese food corporation has recalled five products after determining they contained the chemical melamine that has been blamed for the deaths of four children and sickening thousands of others . Officials stresses though that there were no reports of anyone becoming ill from consuming the sweets , which were made with ingredients imported from China , according to a representative of Tokyo 's Marudai Food . The recall was issued several days ago . Tests found a ratio of 37 milligrams of melamine per kilogram of the products , the company said Friday . Japan is the latest country to report products tainted with melamine after thousands of Chinese children fell ill . The illnesses were traced to infant formula to which the toxic chemical had been added in Chinese dairy plants . Nearly 53,000 children in China have been sickened by the formula or other products containing melamine . Four babies have died , and five Hong Kong children have suffered melamine-related illnesses . Dozens of countries have banned or recalled Chinese milk products . Watch how the scandal has spread beyond milk '' Hong Kong officials said Friday that a"}
-{"answer":"PC world . '' Still , Apple has avoided making even deeper price cuts , thanks to the juicy profit margins already baked into its products , the availability of cheap components , and the fact that the company also makes money by selling apps and music to iPhone and iPod owners . All of these factors mean that Apple has room to comfortably trim prices even further , if it deems it necessary . For instance , the company dropped the price of its now low-end smartphone , the iPhone 3G , to just $ 100 with a two-year contract . But that cut does n't cost Apple as much as it might appear , given that the company still gets a carrier subsidy of several hundred dollars for each iPhone . Apple 's computers have historically been priced well above the average PC . However , Apple 's first quarter of 2009 market-share numbers suggest the company is struggling to compete as a premium brand name in the face of the economic recession . In the first quarter of 2009 , Apple 's U.S. notebook market share shrank 0.4 percent compared to the same quarter a year earlier","question":"-LRB- WIRED -RRB- -- Apple has traditionally held its ground as a premium computer manufacturer , but it might just be getting sucked into a recession-prompted price war . A worker helps a customer with a MacBook Pro laptop at an Apple store in San Francisco , California . The company 's recent MacBook price cuts signify its reluctant conformity to the economic downturn . At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday , Apple shaved hundreds of dollars off its MacBook models . The high-end , 15-inch MacBook Pros dropped from $ 2,000 to $ 1,700 . And the price of the unibody MacBook -LRB- now renamed the 13-inch MacBook Pro -RRB- fell from $ 1,300 to $ 1,200 . Apple 's most inexpensive MacBook , the lone white model , remains $ 1,000 . `` For a while they 've been ignoring what 's been happening in the economy , '' said Richard Shim , an IDC analyst . `` This is an indication that they 're realizing that the first quarter did n't go as well as it has for them historically . I think this puts them closer in mind about what 's going on in the"}
-{"answer":"house was gone , but Kruger says he believes there 's reason why he survived . `` I think God was holding my leg , beating my ass , teaching me that I had n't been doing everything he wanted me to do , '' he said . Pam Whitaker was volunteering at a hospital in Lafayette that night as dozens came in with injuries from the tornadoes and storms that raked across the South . Whitaker was cleaning one man 's feet to check for cuts when the patient told her the address of a house that had been destroyed . `` I just went white . I said , ` That 's my house ! ' '' Whitaker recalled Thursday . `` And he said , ` Hon , you do n't even have a toothpick or splinter left . ' '' Watch Whitaker describe her frightening night '' Kruger , Whitaker and others across the region tried Thursday to put their lives back together in a swath of the South where tornadoes killed at least 56 people . It was the deadliest tornado outbreak in the United States in more than 20 years . The storms ripped","question":"LAFAYETTE , Tennessee -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- James Kruger was watching election results Tuesday night in Lafayette , Tennessee , when a warning appeared on his TV screen : A tornado was headed straight toward his town . Then the lights went out . James Kruger survived after Tuesday night 's storm blew his house away above him in Lafayette , Tennessee . He put on sweat pants , grabbed a flashlight , drank a shot of whiskey , `` and then I heard this noise , '' Kruger said Thursday . He headed for a door , `` and all of a sudden I heard the glass breaking and it was sucking , '' he said . `` When I tried to shut the door , -LSB- it -RSB- seemed like the door was lifting up . So I just dove and I lay flat on the floor . '' Lying there , everything in the house flew over him , scraping and banging his back , Kruger said . Then the chaos stopped . `` I was laying in the dirt . There was no floor . No nothing . '' Watch Kruger tell his story '' The"}
-{"answer":"`` I think he 's gon na win this one , '' she said . `` Before there were protests on Main Street and marches on Capitol Hill , there was the maverick of the Senate , fighting for us . '' Palin railed against the health care legislation , saying that McCain fought against `` Obamacare . '' And McCain , speaking after Palin , said the bill will be repealed . `` It is historic that it is also the first time that on a pure partisan basis a major piece of legislation has been passed and it is going to be historic because it is going to be repealed and replaced , '' he said . `` And it is going to be done soon . '' Palin 's remarks at the rally were preceded by an op-ed piece in Friday 's Arizona Republic . She wrote that she respected McCain long before she was his running mate , a theme she reiterated in her public appearance . Read the full article `` I admired his tireless crusade against the old pork-barrel-spending , earmarking-backroom-dealing ways of D.C. that make a whole lot of us pretty ill ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin spoke Friday at a rally for her former running mate , Sen. John McCain , urging voters to support the senator in his re-election bid in Arizona . The rally , in Tucson , Arizona , was their first joint public appearance since McCain conceded the 2008 presidential election . McCain faces a primary challenge from former Rep. J.D. Hayworth and has come under criticism for being too moderate on a variety of issues , including immigration . Several leading Tea Party activists in Arizona have decided not to endorse McCain or Hayworth , criticizing both of their records while serving in Congress . But some national Tea Party members came out this week in support of Hayworth . While several said they were not upset with Palin 's endorsement of McCain , a few said they were disappointed . The enthusiastic crowd greeted Palin with shouts of `` Sarah , Sarah , '' as she , her husband , Todd , and McCain took the stage . `` Everybody here , supporting John McCain , we are all part of that Tea Party movement , '' Palin said ."}
-{"answer":"young people `` do n't care about health care reform . '' Young adults between the ages of 19 and 29 represent nearly a third of the entire uninsured population , and two-thirds of those uninsured young people reported going without necessary medical care because of costs in 2007 , according to research for the Commonwealth Fund . More than half of all young adults have low incomes -LRB- below 200 percent of the federal poverty level , $ 21,660 for a single person in 2009 -RRB- , and low-income young adults are more than 2.5 times as likely to be uninsured as higher-income young adults , according to the Urban Institute . And contrary to popular belief that young people see themselves as invincible college students who choose to remain uninsured , 56 percent of uninsured young adults between the ages of 19 and 29 are full-time workers who are half as likely to be covered by their employer as older workers . Millennials regarded health care reform as one of their top concerns during the 2008 election campaign , according to the Rock the Vote Poll of 18 - to 29-year-olds , conducted in February 2008 by Lake","question":"Editor 's note : Erica Williams is deputy director of Campus Progress , a project of the Center for American Progress , a Washington-based organization that describes itself as dedicated to progressive causes . She works to engage the millennial generation and communities such as people of color , women and people of faith in the political process . She can be found at ericawilliamsonline.com and on Twitter at @ericawilliamsdc . Erica Williams says the idea that young people do n't care about the health care issue is wrong . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As Congress returns to Capitol Hill , back from a recess of contentious town halls on health care reform , one new voice has the potential to break through the seemingly endless deadlock : the voice of young Americans . Just Thursday , there were more than 880,000 Facebook status updates posted with the meme of a demand for health care reform , generated organically and spread virally from young people and other Facebook users across the country . Some are regarding this as the first symbolic demonstration of young people 's engagement in the debate despite the common , and categorically false , notion that"}
-{"answer":"but not for Rick Warren and those who agree with his marriage views -RRB- in a piece published on CNN.com . Warren 's grave sin ? Along with 52 percent of California voters , he supported California 's Proposition 8 , which affirmed the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman . What a radical ! Though Warren will only be praying for the country 's future -LRB- not giving a speech about marriage -RRB- , Kolbert and others are pressuring Obama to set a precedent for his administration of publicly shunning someone who supports the traditional definition of marriage . They want people like Warren silenced and ostracized for their `` hate speech , '' defined today as disagreeing with their agenda to impose a redefinition of marriage on an unwilling America . Obama , to his credit , has resisted their strident demands . The attacks on Warren are the latest in a series of coercive , intimidating attacks on supporters of traditional marriage . Now , activists have ramped up their strong-arm tactics by pushing the president-elect to ban Warren from appearing at the inauguration . This is amazingly audacious , in light of","question":"Editor 's note : Jordan Lorence is senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund , a nonprofit organization of Christian attorneys . He has litigated religious liberty and free speech cases since 1984 , including the Southworth case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1999 , involving mandatory student fees at public universities , and a 2004 case that resulted in a California Supreme Court ruling that marriage licenses issued by San Francisco to same-sex couples were invalid . Jordan Lorence says Rick Warren 's views on marriage should n't bar him from Barack Obama 's inauguration . SCOTTSDALE , Arizona -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Proponents of redefining marriage could n't wait for the new president to be sworn in before demanding that he erase from the inauguration ceremony a prominent American who disagrees with them . The target of their rhetorical bombardment is Rick Warren , the popular Christian pastor from Southern California . President-elect Barack Obama has asked Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration . Not so fast , cries Kathryn Kolbert , head of People for the American Way , an organization that claims to advance equality and freedom of speech and religion -LRB-"}
-{"answer":", they must reach fitness goals and be nonsmokers -- and the company offers smoking cessation classes . For employees , reaching platinum means a three-day , company-paid trip each summer to climb a 14,000-foot peak in Colorado . This year , 103 qualified , the most ever . And 70 made the climb . For the company , the payoff is significantly lower health-care costs . The company pays less than $ 4,000 per employee , about half the regional average and a savings of more than $ 2 million . That makes the $ 400,000 Lincoln Industries spends each year on wellness a bargain . Watch Dr. Sanjay Gupta on wellness at work '' `` The return on investment is extraordinary , '' Orme says . The investment in `` wellness '' pays other dividends , according to Orme . He says fitter workers are more productive , have better morale and are safer . As evidence , he points to worker 's compensation claims . Ongoing safety training and an increasingly fit work force have pushed worker 's comp costs down from $ 500,000 five years ago to less than $ 10,000 so far this year .","question":"LINCOLN , Nebraska -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lincoln Industries looks like a typical blue-collar plant : workers cutting , bending , plating and polishing steel for products such as motorcycle tailpipes and truck exhausts amid the din of machinery . Howard Tegtmeier , right , leads co-workers in stretching before their shift starts at Lincoln Industries . But the 565-employee Nebraska company is different . Lincoln Industries has three full-time employees devoted to `` wellness '' and offers on-site massages and pre-shift stretching . Most unusual of all : The company requires all employees to undergo quarterly checkups measuring weight , body fat and flexibility . It also conducts annual blood , vision and hearing tests . `` When you get the encouragement from somebody to help you with nutrition and to help with a more active lifestyle , it makes it easier to be able to attain a lifestyle that most people want to attain anyway , '' says Hank Orme , president of Lincoln Industries . The program has been in place 16 years . The company ranks workers on their fitness , from platinum , gold and silver down to `` non-medal . '' To achieve platinum"}
-{"answer":"'' media critic Eric Alterman said . Watch how the economy and Internet are taking a toll on the industry '' Newspapers across the country are under pressure as readership declines , along with advertising revenue , while more and more Americans get their information online . `` All newspapers are under great pressure . They 'll survive , but they 'll survive in different forms , their costs base will have to be dramatically lowered , '' said Mort Zuckerman , publisher of the New York Daily News , which has the seventh highest circulation in the country . The dramatic decline in advertising dollars in a brutal economy has forced newspapers to cut costs by firing cartoonists , columnists and others , leaving them searching for jobs in a struggling industry . Pia Catton lost her job as arts editor of the New York Sun five months ago , when the newspaper closed . She has taken a short-term job editing a book , but she thinks she may need to look at different careers soon . `` There will always be a market for news , you will always need to know immediately what 's happening .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After nearly 150 years in business , the Rocky Mountain News published its final edition Friday , the victim of a bad economy and the Internet generation . The Rocky Mountain News in Denver , Colorado , published its last edition Friday after 150 years . The final front-page headline simply says : `` Goodbye , Colorado . '' `` It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to you today . Our time chronicling the life of Denver and Colorado , the nation and the world , is over . '' The Rocky Mountain News ' owner , E.W. Scripps Co. , made the announcement to the newsroom at noon Thursday , ending three months of speculation and drama over its fate . The News had been put up for sale in December . The Rocky Mountain News was the latest victim in an era of shutdowns , layoffs and cutbacks plaguing the newspaper industry . `` It 's in a free fall and nobody knows where the bottom is . It 's kind of like water in the toilet swirling around and nobody knows what 's left when you 're done flushing ,"}
-{"answer":", Hughes , who cares for ailing relatives and runs a day-care out of her home , said she felt so overwhelmed that she backed out . `` It was that hard , because he 's a very busy baby , '' Hughes told CNN affiliate WTOC in Savannah , Georgia . `` You have to keep an eye on him 24 hours a day . '' Hutchinson 's attorney , Rai Sue Sussman , said the soldier informed the Army that her family care plan had fallen through and that there was no one to take care of Kamani . Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson said Hutchinson 's unit had known for months about its pending deployment and that it was n't until the last minute that Hutchinson notified the Army of her child-care woes . Like all soldiers who face similar circumstances , Hutchinson received a 30-day extension back in August and September , Larson said . That 's `` plenty of time , '' he said , `` to work out another care plan . '' On the eve of her unit 's departure , Hutchinson was ordered to be on the plane . `` That 's","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- To hear Spc. Alexis Hutchinson tell it , the Army forced her to make an agonizing choice between serving her country and taking care of her son . The Army , however , takes issue with the soldier 's story and Hutchinson could now be facing serious charges for desertion . When her unit deployed to Afghanistan earlier in November , Hutchinson was missing from the plane . Her lawyer said she refused to go because there was no one to take care of her 10-month-old son , Kamani , and she feared he would be placed in foster care . The Army said the young mother had plenty of time to sort out family issues and has been confined to her post at Fort Stewart , Georgia , while an investigation unfolds . Before shipping overseas , every soldier must sign military Form D-A 53-05 , which states that failure to maintain a family care plan could result in disciplinary action . Hutchinson had agreed to such a plan and her mother , Angelique Hughes , took in Kamani in a month before Hutchinson 's deployment date . But after a week with the infant"}
-{"answer":"chance of winning . '' Raikkonen , who has failed to score points in the previous two races , said he had to start winning again . `` There is still a long way to go in the championship and it is still very close and we have everything we need to regain the ground we have lost . '' Ferrari team sporting director Stefano Domenicali said Hamilton had made a `` serious mistake . '' `` I think the penalty imposed by the FIA -LSB- Hamilton was given a 10-place grid penalty for the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours -RSB- is in line with it , even if it does not restore what was a lost opportunity for us . `` Kimi was in an excellent position to fight for the win '' Hamilton , for his part , was apologetic . `` I do n't know what happened to be honest , '' Hamilton said . `` I was comfortably in the lead , it was looking like an easy win . Then I went in for the pit stop . It was not a good stop and I saw the two guys in front of me battling","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kimi Raikkonen has lambasted McLaren 's Lewis Hamilton for the pit-lane accident that ended both of their races at the Canadian Grand Prix . Ferrari 's Kimi Raikkonen is far from happy after Lewis Hamilton pushed him out of the Canadian Grand Prix . Hamilton 's McLaren rammed into the back of world champion Raikkonen 's Ferrari as the Finn and Robert Kubica , the race 's eventual winner , were waiting at a red light after the safety car was forced into action on lap 17 . Raikkonen , while claiming not to be angry , was clearly far from impressed . `` There 's not much I can say . My race was ruined by Hamilton 's mistake . `` Obviously , anyone can make mistakes , as I did two weeks ago in Monaco , but it 's one thing to make a mistake at 200 hundred -LSB- miles -RSB- per hour but another to hit a car stopped at a red light . `` I 'm not angry because that does n't achieve anything and does not change my result . I am unhappy because I had a great"}
-{"answer":"town , and those involved in the cleanup say they will need every dollar of the federal stimulus funds . There are still millions of gallons of untreated contaminated groundwater , hundreds of buildings used for plutonium enrichment that need to be torn down and underground tanks that are full of radioactive sludge . The stimulus money will reduce the cleanup time by years , according to Jon Peschong , who oversees the federal project at Hanford . `` It was perfect work , ready to go for the stimulus package , '' Peschong said . `` Each day that passes the conditions worsen -LSB- and -RSB- the receipt of the federal stimulus money allows us to reduce the costs and also allows us to reduce the cleanup footprint much sooner , years sooner . '' The money has also created jobs for about 1,400 people at Hanford , including Joe Gill who manages a team that is tearing down equipment that is heavily contaminated by radiation . Despite the dangers of his job , Gill said it came just at the right time . `` I had managed a production warehouse facility for one of the largest companies in","question":"Hanford Nuclear Site , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The federal government has set aside nearly $ 2 billion in stimulus funds to clean up Washington state 's decommissioned Hanford nuclear site , once the center of the country 's Cold War plutonium production . That is more stimulus funding than some entire states have received , which has triggered a debate as to whether the money is being properly spent . The facility sprawls across approximately 600 square miles of south-central Washington , an area roughly half the size of Rhode Island . It was built in the 1940s as part of the `` Manhattan Project '' to develop the first atomic weapon during World War II . Millions of dollars and thousands of jobs poured into the remote area about 75 miles east of Yakima where nine nuclear reactors were eventually built . During the Cold War , Hanford became a main source of plutonium production for the nation 's nuclear weapons program . Decades of improper radioactive waste disposal earned Hanford the notorious distinction of being one of the most contaminated nuclear sites in the Western Hemisphere . Today , the Hanford site is a virtual ghost"}
-{"answer":"started to get out of the car , with one hand in his pocket , when he detonated the explosives , the source said . `` It was no accident that some of the CIA officers were standing on the opposite side , '' the former intelligence official said . The official observed it was the safest place to be , as `` they waited for the Xe guys to do what they 're paid to do and frisk him . '' Also , there could have been some cultural sensitivity , with an Arab man about to be searched in front of female CIA officers who were there . The official says that `` there was no point going up to him until after the guards had patted him down . '' Some of these details were first reported in The Washington Post earlier this week . The official expressed surprise at how much shrapnel tore through the area , killing seven CIA officers and contractors -- including the two Xe Services guards -- as well as a Jordanian intelligence official . Former CIA Agent Jack Rice told CNN that frequently , suicide bombers ' explosive vests are wrapped","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and contractors and a Jordanian intelligence official in Afghanistan was within seconds of being searched by two security contractors when he detonated his explosives , a former intelligence official with knowledge of the incident told CNN on Tuesday . On December 30 , the two American guards , who worked for Xe Services -- formerly Blackwater USA -- approached the passenger side of the red 4-door sedan where bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi was sitting , the official said . Al-Balawi had been invited to the base to share information he claimed to have that would lead the United States directly to Ayman al-Zawahiri , al Qaeda 's second in command . The sedan was waved through the normal security checkpoints to get onto the base , and pulled up just outside a one-story building -- a temporary space that was being used to interrogate people brought onto base . Several CIA officers and contractors were standing on the driver 's side of the car , opposite al-Balawi , and others were standing as far as 50 feet away , a U.S. intelligence official said . Al-Balawi"}
-{"answer":"After eight years I am rewarded with this . '' The warrant issued for al-Hashimi 's arrest is the latest in a series of events that have threatened to destroy Iraq 's fragile power-sharing agreement between Sunnis , Shiites and Kurds , raising fears about the stability of the country even as the last of U.S. troops are withdrawn . The arrest warrant was issued just days after Iraqiya suspended its participation in Parliament amid claims it was being cut out of the political process . The charges appear to be based on the purported confessions of three men , identified as security guards for al-Hashimi . Iraqi state-run TV aired video of the men 's confessions . CNN can not independently verify their identities . An official in al-Hashimi 's office , who spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns , said the three men in the videotaped confessions were security guards for al-Hashimi . The official said the men did not look distressed , though they believe they were under some sort of threat to make such confessions . Among the confessions was one by a man who detailed roadside bombings and shootings that targeted government","question":"Baghdad -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tariq al-Hashimi , Iraq 's Sunni vice president , disputes the government 's charges that he organized a death squad targeting government and military officials , saying the false claims are politically motivated and he has never and will never be involved in violence . `` Today it is al-Hashimi , tomorrow it will be someone else , '' al-Hashimi told reporters Tuesday in the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Irbil , where he discussed a warrant issued for his arrest by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki 's Shiite-dominated government . Iraqiya , the Sunni-backed but cross-sectarian political bloc to which al-Hashimi belongs , has accused al-Maliki of consolidating power , saying the Shiite-backed political leader has refused to give up control of Iraq 's Interior and Defense ministries . `` I have said there is a purpose behind this and there is political assassination and today there is a fabrication to embarrass this man after all he has done over the years and despite all the sacrifices made , '' al-Hashimi said , referring to himself and his efforts to bring about political consensus in the diverse country during the post-Saddam Hussein era . ``"}
-{"answer":"petition drives to reflect how the vote went in primaries and caucuses . MoveOn.org , which has endorsed Obama , is trying to get 200,000 signatures this week and plans to run an ad with its petition in USA Today . And Democracy for America , headed by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean 's brother Jim , said it will deliver signed petitions to all the superdelegates . While pledged delegates are allocated with the understanding they 'll vote the way their state went in its primary or caucus , superdelegates are free to vote however they want . And even if they pledge their support to a candidate , they 're free to change at any time . Clinton already has 234 superdelegates and Obama has 157 . But Obama has a sizable lead in pledged delegates , 1,096 to 977 , and is on a roll , having won all eight nominating contests since Super Tuesday . See which states pledged delegates come from '' If the superdelegates were to tip the balance against the popular vote , the turmoil would last long beyond the convention , longtime Democratic Party strategist Tad Devine said . `` If","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Some Democrats say they fear their party 's method of picking a nominee might turn undemocratic as neither presidential candidate is likely to gather the delegates needed for the nomination . The Democrats ' superdelegate system is supposed to avoid turmoil at the party 's conventions . Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are running neck and neck toward the party 's August convention in Denver , Colorado . Most projections show neither getting the necessary 2,025 delegates in the remaining nominating contests before then . Party rules call for the votes of superdelegates -- 800 or so party officers , elected officials and activists -- to tip the balance . The party instituted the system to avoid the turmoil that a deadlocked race would create at a convention . But even some superdelegates are questioning the system , as the party heads toward the conclusion of a race in which they might determine the outcome . `` It 's not the most democratic way of doing things , '' said Maine superdelegate Sam Spencer . Watch the scenario for a `` civil war '' in the Democratic Party '' At least two organizations have launched"}
-{"answer":"appeal , Greenberg said , among fans and artists worldwide . `` He was as big in the Middle East and Southeast Asia as he was in America and Europe , '' Greenberg said . `` He had that universality that not many people had . The Beatles had it , Muhammad Ali had it , but not many other people have had it . '' Jackson was known for far more than his music though . Speaking after his death in Los Angeles was announced , U.S. civil rights campaigner Rev. Al Sharpton paid tribute to the work of a `` trailblazer '' in helping people around the world through his charities . How will you remember Michael Jackson ? Sharpton added that the song Jackson co-wrote with Lionel Richie , `` We Are the World , '' a 1985 charity single that raised an estimated $ 50 million for famine relief in Africa , ushered in Live Aid and the era of celebrity philanthropy . Jackson was the supreme showman who had an unrivalled knack of grabbing headlines . From his precocious abilities as the 11-year-old singer in the Jackson 5 to his legendary `` moon-walk '' dance","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson had a level of hero worship on a par with Elvis Presley or the Beatles but he was the first black star to inspire such a massive following around the world . Michael Jackson , the ultimate showman , craved attention and was rarely disappointed . Total worldwide sales of more than 350 million records over his 40-year career give just a hint of the adoration there was for the `` King of Pop . '' The fact that his death came on the eve of a comeback tour in London will leave his devotees feeling even more bereft . While his career -- and wealth -- had waned greatly in recent years , there was still enough support for the concerts to sell out at a rate of nearly 40,000 an hour . Fans from as far afield as Japan , Germany and Dubai queued to buy their tickets . Steve Greenberg , founder and CEO of S-Curve Records , was a disc jockey in Tel Aviv , Israel , when `` Thriller '' first dropped and witnessed first-hand how Jackson became an international icon . His was a global"}
-{"answer":"you feel like you 're in the countryside . For example , I can be at home in the swimming pool and be five minutes from everything . It has the perfect weather -- the movie industry started here because of the fabulous light and very little rain . See pictures of Wolfgang Puck 's Los Angeles CNN : Does everyone in L.A. want to be an actor ? Wolfgang Puck : It 's a city of dreams . It 's nice to dream but a lot of people forget it 's very difficult . They think you become Cate Blanchett or Jack Nicholson just like that , but these people paid their dues . They forget how much time it took them to get there and how good they really are . CNN : You are the official caterer to the Oscars . It must an exciting event to be part of . Wolfgang Puck : When we cater the Governor 's Ball , we have 300 people in the kitchen and 600 in the dining room . It goes very fast and it 's done the right way . I remember Michael Caine came to Spago -LRB- Puck","question":"LOS ANGELES -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Since he opened his first restaurant in the heart of Beverly Hills in the early eighties , Wolfgang Puck has gone on to become a household name in the U.S. Puck says L.A. has perfect weather , `` fabulous light and very little rain '' His chain of airport restaurants stretch across the states while his brand adorns everything from pizzas to non-stick pans . He lives in Los Angeles with his second wife and their two young children . CNN : What first drew you to L.A. ? Wolfgang Puck : I came to the U.S. when I was 24 . I spent a month in New York and a year in Indianapolis but I always dreamt about the beaches in California . I had a blue 1967 Cadillac . In 1974 I packed my suitcases , put them in a trailer and drove straight to L.A. . It took me five days to drive from Indianapolis . Watch Wolfgang Puck take CNN on a tour of L.A. '' CNN : What has kept you here all these years ? Wolfgang Puck : In L.A. you live in a big city , but"}
-{"answer":"were `` metal-to-fabric , '' Corsetti said , depending upon tension to keep passengers strapped in their seats . `` Those things gave out ... People were thrown out of their seats 10 rows up , '' said Corsetti , who has written a book , `` 35 Miles from Shore , '' about the 1970 crash . On the Hudson River on Thursday , the impact was like `` being inside a car that crashes , '' passenger Alberto Panero said . Corsetti also said that the DC-9 did n't have life raft capacity for all those aboard . Unlike the A320 's escape slides , which helped dozens of passengers get out , the DC-9s rafts could hold only three or four . In the 1996 crash , the Ethiopian Airlines 767 was attempting a water landing off the Grand Comoro Island during a hijacking . The plane had run out of fuel . While it is uncertain whether there was a struggle in the cockpit , video shows the 767 nearing the ocean 's surface . As it does , the plane 's left engine hits a reef , Corsetti said , sending it into a cartwheel","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lessons learned from previous successful airliner ditchings helped pilot C.B. `` Sully '' Sullenberger save 155 lives when he put his US Airways A320 jetliner down in the Hudson River , a fellow pilot told CNN . An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 is seen just before it crashes into the sea off the Comoro Islands in 1996 . Twenty-three people died when an Overseas National Airways DC-9 ditched off the Caribbean island of St. Croix in 1970 , and 123 were killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 off the Comoro Islands near Africa in 1996 . But Emilio Corsetti , an Airbus 320 pilot and aviation author , said those ditchings were actually successful `` because people were able to get out '' -- 40 in the 1970 crash and 52 in the 1996 incident . More may have survived if those planes were equipped like the Airbus 320 and if passengers followed standard evacuation procedures , Corsetti told CNN . Watch how to survive a plane crash '' In fact , Corsetti said , the 1970 crash helped lead to a redesign of seat belts . The belts aboard the DC-9"}
-{"answer":"Siefer , chief federal defender with the Federal Defender Office in Detroit , Michigan , represented James Nichols when he was a suspect in the Oklahoma City bombing . His brother Terry Nichols was convicted for that act of domestic terrorism . Siefer is now the lead attorney for Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab , who is accused of hiding explosive materials sewn into his underwear that could have brought down the airplane . `` She 's one of a handful of people who is universally respected and admired by people in the U.S. Attorney 's Office , '' said Alan Gershel , the former head of criminal prosecutions in Detroit who now is a law professor at Cooley Law School in Auburn Hills , Michigan . Detroit News : Suspect 's lawyer old hand at terror cases Micah Fialka-Feldman A U.S. district judge has ruled that Oakland University in Rochester , Michigan , violated a federal law by refusing to allow Fialka-Feldman , a disabled student , to live in a campus dorm and now must make a room available for him . The Detroit News and NPR report that Fialka-Feldman has a mild cognitive impairment that hinders his ability to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Erroll Southers In the aftermath of the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 , it is likely the Senate will move to confirm the embattled nomination of Southers as head of the Transportation Security Administration when it returns from its winter recess . Objections to Southers ' confirmation were first made by Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina over the potential unionization of TSA employees . Southers is the Los Angeles International Airport 's assistant chief for homeland security and intelligence . The airport 's police department , which Southers has helped manage since early 2007 , is the largest such operation in the country , with approximately 1,200 employees . Southers is also associate director at the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events at the University of Southern California . The former FBI special agent served as a deputy director of homeland security for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger . CNN Political Ticker : DeMint defends blocking appointment Miriam Siefer The attorney who will defend the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up Northwest Flight 253 is no stranger to terrorism cases , according to The Detroit News . Miriam"}
-{"answer":"the global defence aviation industry at the moment and offers both bidders a much-needed opportunity in a major market , '' said James Hardy , Asia Pacific Editor at IHS Jane 's Defence Weekly said in a statement . Arms sales , as well as more frequent military exercises and exchanges , are seen as an important ways to cement ties between the two countries . The Defense Department downplayed any suggestion that arms sales and other contacts could backfire and that next-door Pakistan may feel new pressure both in its already-strained relationship with Washington and with its historical enemy , India . `` It 's important that none of us think about relationships in this region as a zero-sum game , '' said Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Robert Scher at the Pentagon . `` We have valuable relationships with Pakistan and valuable relationships with India and these things can co-exist . '' Scher signaled that he hoped the relationship , and the arms sales would continue to grow . `` I think there is a great potential to do much more , '' Scher said in a briefing at the Pentagon . `` India sees the U.S. as","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Pentagon is portraying India as a major customer for U.S. military equipment , worth an estimated $ 6 billion in the past decade , even as U.S. companies are shut out of a multibillion dollar bid for fighter jets that India is starting this week . In the newest edition of a congressionally mandated report , the Defense Department signaled that it was hoping to interest India in its top-of-the-line and most expensive weapon , the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter , still being tested . Arms sales , as well as more frequent military exercises and exchanges , are seen as an important ways to cement ties between the two countries . But India does n't always buy American . Recently , India considered and then rejected a major purchase of U.S. F-16 and F-18 fighters , a expensive setback for U.S. arms sales and the U.S. aviation industry . That deal -- now between the Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon -- is a reminder of the vast sums in play . `` With a potential contract price of US$ 9 billion to US$ 14 billion , this is the single biggest competition in"}
-{"answer":"sensation Bruce Smith , and even the King of Spain among his clients . `` I just think he understands the athletes , the significance of the injuries and he 's able to deal with the personalities that go along with these injuries , '' Hargreaves told CNN . Watch Owen Hargreaves talking about his recovery \u00c2 '' Steadman works with a team of 75 doctors who have together repaired some 16,000 knees . He has developed pioneering knee treatments , including `` micro-fracturing , '' which involves making a small hole in a patient 's bone to draw out marrow blood , allowing the patient 's own stem cells and growth factors to make new cartilage . Dr. Steadman says the secret to healing athletes is letting them do what they do best . `` I became convinced early in my career that mobility was important and immobility was a bad thing . `` I was one of the first ones to say , ' I do n't think we 'll use casts , we 'll work on braces , we 'll try to get motion back ' , '' he told CNN . Owen Hargreaves has about a","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It only takes one injury to end an athlete 's career . Anything that impairs an athlete 's performance could mean they 're no longer good enough for the top flight -- that 's why the best athletes need the best treatment if they 're to recover from injury . Owen Hargreaves -LRB- L -RRB- in action before his career was cut short by tendonitis . Manchester United star and England international footballer Owen Hargreaves is known for his versatility and exceptional work rate , but in 2008 his season was cut short by tendonitis . Hargreaves , 27 , was told he would need surgery on both knees to save his career . That 's when he decided to travel to the small mountain ski village of Vail , Colorado , to meet the `` knee whisperer '' -- Dr Richard Steadman . Steadman became fascinated with the way the knee functions and how it can be injured during his university days playing American football . Now known as `` Doctor Steady , '' Steadman is knee specialist to the stars , counting Real Madrid ace Ruud van Nistelrooy , American football"}
-{"answer":"signing all of these songs and all the sudden , a light bulb goes on above my head , when I 'm like , would n't it be cool if there were music videos with deaf performers in them , signing the song , signing the lyrics of the song . Watch Nicole Lapin 's interview with Sean Forbes '' That was really where the idea started from , and I instantly went back to RIT , and I had a friend make me a video of me signing an Eminem song and that 's how the whole thing really started . Lapin : Eminem , Christina Aguilera . You started translating really popular music videos , and tell me about these shoots , because this is a really big production you put on . Forbes : Yeah . I mean , we had hearing and deaf people behind the scenes creating this . We had interpreters ; there were probably about 20 people on the production set for these videos . Lapin : What was the reaction from some people in the deaf community that never experienced music before , never experienced it before you and D-PAN ? Forbes","question":"Friedrich Nietzsche said , `` Without music , life would be a mistake . '' Music is a big part of many people 's lives . For some , music is life . Sean Forbes , 26 , started a nonprofit called D-PAN , or Deaf Performing Artists Network . But not everyone can have music in their lives , and one man is trying to change that for the deaf community . Sean Forbes , 26 , started a nonprofit called D-PAN , or Deaf Performing Artists Network , which creates American Sign Language-enhanced music videos . Forbes spoke with CNN 's Nicole Lapin about how D-PAN works . The following is an edited transcript of the interview . Forbes : Really , the story here of how the whole thing came up was , I was in a car with three girls , and I went to school at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York . So we took a road trip to Gallaudet University , and on this trip I was singing all of these songs to my friends . And it 's just something I 've been doing for a while . So I 'm"}
-{"answer":"any controversy is a product of the movie 's marketing machine . Watch Howard make his statements '' `` To be honest , I do n't think that anyone at the Vatican is paying much attention to the premier of the ` Angels & Demons , ' '' Father John Wauck said . `` I was just talking with some people yesterday , I know friends of mine working in the Vatican , and they were surprised to learn that the movie was premiering in Rome . They had no idea . '' `` I think the church 's attitude has been , from the beginning , ` hands off , ' '' Wauck said . `` Especially , I think , after what happened with ` The Da Vinci Code . ' '' The new movie is not as offensive , Wauck said . `` In ` The Da Vinci Code , ' there were serious issues , such as who Jesus Christ was or the nature of church in the course of history , but none of them is taken in ` Angels & Demons . ' It 's simply , you know , a thriller , ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If director Ron Howard hopes religious controversy will help sell tickets to `` Angels & Demons '' the way it boosted his `` Da Vinci Code , '' the Catholic Church is not playing along with his script . Tom Hanks reprises his role as professor Robert Langdon in `` Angels & Demons . '' Howard , who premiered the follow-up in Rome , Italy , this week , said there was `` residual antagonism from ` The Da Vinci Code , ' '' but Vatican officials ignored the movie by not responding to suggestions that the church was offended . The first movie based on Dan Brown 's mega-selling novels earned $ 750 million worldwide in 2006 . `` The Da Vinci Code '' was intensely criticized by Catholics , especially those from the Opus Dei organization , a small but influential group within the Catholic Church whose members felt that they were vilified in the story . An Opus Dei priest who teaches history and literature at Holy Cross University in Rome said that `` Angels & Demons '' has `` simply not been an issue '' among those in the Vatican and that"}
-{"answer":"of alcohol , the Jets said , they 'll pass out green and white `` rowdy towels '' to the first 70,000 fans arriving at the stadium . But the ban has raised the ire of a New Jersey vodka distillery . Majorska Vodka , which calls itself `` one of the largest liquor companies in the Garden State , '' is calling for a 24-hour boycott of Johnson & Johnson products because , according to company spokesman Jeff Scott , Jets owner Woody Johnson is the `` heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune . '' Scott said Majorska plans to stop paying for three of their executive 's seats at the Meadowlands and that the company is set to lose more than $ 100,000 in revenue from tailgate parties this weekend . The New York Jets officially declined to comment , but team spokesman Speight said that `` negative fan reaction has been minimal at best '' and pointed out that vodka is not sold anywhere in the stadium and the ban does not apply to tailgating . But Martin Silver , Majorska 's president and CEO , said fans are shocked and outraged that the Jets are","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When the New York Jets face the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday for what may be the final football game played at Giants Stadium , fans in attendance wo n't be able to drown their sorrows or toast a victory . The Jets have banned the sale of alcohol on Sunday at the stadium they 've called home for 26 years . `` With the late start of Sunday 's game , coupled with this being the final regular season and final game at the stadium , we feel it is prudent not to serve alcohol , '' said Bruce Speight , a spokesman for the team . The Jets approach the decision of whether to serve alcohol on a game-by-game basis , Speight said . Fresh off a victory over the formerly undefeated Indianapolis Colts , the Jets are on the verge of their first play-off berth in three years -- and fans are riled up and ready to go . And Jets fans are known for rowdy behavior -- for example , a half-time `` tradition '' of women baring their breasts for men who loudly urge them to do so . In lieu"}
-{"answer":"her fianc\u00c3 \u00a9 to refocus , relocate and start a new life . Within a few weeks , they both found jobs near Phoenix , Arizona , earning close to what they were making in New York . They bought a home and two new cars and got married . But the good feelings suddenly and dramatically ended in October when Metzger , who was four months pregnant , showed up to work at Lumension , where she was a marketing manager . Metzger says she was called into the office , and it happened again . She was laid off from her second job in less than a year . Watch Linda talk about getting laid off \u00c2 '' `` I was so overwhelmed and so shocked that I just immediately burst into tears . '' She thought about how she and her new husband , who had just moved across the country , were going to be able to afford their new life and all the bills that came with it . A week later , Chris Metzger was called into his manager 's office at the job placement agency where he worked . He was told that","question":"PHOENIX , Arizona -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was supposed to be just another day at work . Job losses suffered by Linda and Chris Metzger have had a ripple effect on other businesses in their community In early March 2008 , 31-year-old Linda Metzger went to the New York office where she had worked as an assistant vice president in the marketing department at Lehman Brothers for about a year . Only 15 minutes into her work day , Metzger was called into her manager 's office , where a representative from human resources was waiting . `` They told me that the company was having economic difficulties and that they had to make budget cuts , '' Metzger said . `` They were afraid that they were going to have to let me go and that it was not due to performance . '' Metzger says that would be her last day at Lehman Brothers . She was given some time to collect her composure , gather her belongings and head home . She was out of a $ 90,000-a-year job and was getting married in three months . Metzger says it was a chance for her and"}
-{"answer":"theory stating that matter retains its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force -- will cause the cable to stay stretched taut , allowing the elevator to sit in geostationary orbit . The cable would extend into the sky , eventually reaching a satellite docking station orbiting in space . Engineers hope the elevator will transport people and objects into space , and there have even been suggestions that it could be used to dispose of nuclear waste . Another proposed idea is to use the elevator to place solar panels in space to provide power for homes on Earth . If it sounds like the stuff of fiction , maybe that 's because it once was . In 1979 , Arthur C. Clarke 's novel `` The Fountains of Paradise '' brought the idea of a space elevator to a mass audience . Charles Sheffield 's `` The Web Between the Worlds '' also featured the building of a space elevator . But , jump out of the storybooks and fast-forward nearly three decades , and Japanese scientists at the Japan Space Elevator Association are working seriously on the","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A new space race is officially under way , and this one should have the sci-fi geeks salivating . Lift to space : This is a NASA interpretation of what a space elevator may look like . The project is a `` space elevator , '' and some experts now believe that the concept is well within the bounds of possibility -- maybe even within our lifetimes . A conference discussing developments in space elevator concepts is being held in Japan in November , and hundreds of engineers and scientists from Asia , Europe and the Americas are working to design the only lift that will take you directly to the one hundred-thousandth floor . Despite these developments , you could be excused for thinking it all sounds a little far-fetched . Indeed , if successfully built , the space elevator would be an unprecedented feat of human engineering . A cable anchored to the Earth 's surface , reaching tens of thousands of kilometers into space , balanced with a counterweight attached at the other end is the basic design for the elevator . It is thought that inertia -- the physics"}
-{"answer":"divers and detectives riding atop amphibious vehicles , roughly a quarter-mile from where her purse was found a week before . The purse was discovered near a cell phone , shoes and a pair of jeans , according to investigators . After Gilbert vanished last year , the hunt for her led police seven months later to four bodies stuffed in bushes along a quarter-mile stretch of Ocean Parkway in Oak Beach . All four were later identified as women and , like Gilbert , had advertised for prostitution services online . The bodies were found in various stages of decomposition . Additional remains were later uncovered in neighboring Gilgo Beach and in Nassau County , about 40 miles east of New York City . Unlike other victims found scattered across the two counties , Gilbert is not thought to have been murdered by the suspected serial killer , police have said . But on Thursday , top law enforcement officials publicly sparred over competing theories in the case . Dormer has said a single person is likely responsible for the alleged murders . `` The theory is now that we 're dealing with one serial killer , '' he","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A New York medical examiner 's office said Saturday that a body discovered this week along a remote stretch of Long Island beach was that of Shannan Gilbert , the missing New Jersey woman whose disappearance led investigators to 10 sets of human remains and the hunt for a possible serial killer . Gilbert , 24 , vanished in May 2010 after visiting a client . The Jersey City resident , police said , had advertised for prostitution services on websites such as Craigslist . Her body was uncovered Tuesday in the wooded marshes of Suffolk County 's Oak Beach . The cause of her death has not yet been determined , police said in a statement . `` Our condolences to the Gilbert family and her friends , '' said Police Commissioner Richard Dormer . `` We hope this brings them closure and peace . '' Investigators cut through a fresh thicket of brush and bramble along Long Island 's southern shoreline earlier this week , expanding their investigation across a recently drained swampland on the barrier island before uncovering Gilbert 's remains . They were found at 9:14 a.m. Tuesday by police"}
-{"answer":"Libya . While some Africans hope to settle in Libya , many others have their eyes on moving onward to Europe . They tend to sail to Lampedusa , an Italian island lying southwest of Sicily and just north of the African coast -- considered an advantageous way station for entrance into Europe . Italy has been bolstering its efforts to stop the illegal traffic . Some of the people who find their way to the island get asylum . Some migrants eventually are returned to their home countries , but others are taken from Lampedusa to facilities on the mainland , where they are sometimes simply released instead of being deported . Chauzy said people head to Europe first and foremost to help their families back home with a paycheck . He said the global economic crisis has led to a drop in the money sent back home , and that in turn has affected hurting African economies , where prices for staple crops have plummeted . He said that the bolstering of border controls sparked by such a tragedy could prompt migrants to take other dangerous routes . Watch as details emerge on latest tragedy '' Officials said","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Desperation , sophisticated smuggling operations and the emergence of a small Italian island as a migrant destination provide the sad backdrop to Monday 's tragedy on the Mediterranean Sea -- the capsizing of a boat carrying African migrants from Libya to Italy . Libyan police officers help rescued migrants off an overcrowded boat that arrived this week in Tripoli . Jean-Philippe Chauzy , spokesman for the International Organization for Migration , said Tuesday that Libya for years has been a destination for migrants from the rest of Africa . Its relatively successful economy is a magnet for people from impoverished regions , and its proximity makes it a logical jumping-off point for Europe . People from places such as Ghana , Nigeria , Niger and Burkina Faso long have traveled to Tripoli and other Libyan locations and have gotten work there , from construction to washing cars . Chauzy said even people from the Horn of Africa , where Somalis and Ethiopians have fled to Yemen via the Gulf of Aden , are choosing to travel to Libya rather than pursue a trip to Yemen . Asians as well are opting to travel to Europe from"}
-{"answer":"and show that we are becoming the majority , and we should be treated as such . '' CNN sat down recently with Guiliano to discuss the word that hurts the careers of women most , the lessons her mother taught her and any last-minute tips she has to prevent holiday-food overindulgence . Here are excerpts from that interview : CNN : What exactly is this art of savoir faire you speak of ? Guiliano : Savoir faire is a complex set , a mix I should say , of competence , experience and knowing somehow instinctively how to make a decision in a given situation . -LSB- It 's -RSB- creating your own luck and your own opportunities and then making the most of them . CNN : What are the pitfalls you 've seen women fall into most often and how do you think they can be avoided ? Guiliano : The word that I found comes back over and over again in women 's lives when it pertains to their professions is the word fear . They 're afraid to make a move . They 're afraid to take a job in another state or another city","question":"Atlanta , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Taking risks in life with her career , and less so at the buffet table , have served Mireille Guiliano and her readers well . The longtime Veuve Clicquot champagne house executive has a wisdom about women , French and otherwise , that 's made her one others turn to for advice . The former CEO and best-selling author of `` French Women Do n't Get Fat '' and `` French Women for All Seasons '' is now toasting her latest book , `` Women , Work & the Art of Savoir Faire : Business Sense & Sensibility . '' Inspired by the young women who 've approached her for guidance , Guiliano , who splits her time between New York and Paris , set out to impart what she 's learned through her career . `` We have to help each other and help especially the young generation progress and not make the same mistakes we did , '' she said . `` These very difficult times , with the recession and all of that , are actually a positive for women because it gives us a chance to make a difference"}
-{"answer":"so cool she 's doing something so different and so active and so aggressive . You know how we are . We 're librarians , so we tend to have that meek and mild stereotype . '' Watch her in action as Beth and MegaBeth '' Before discovering roller derby , Hollis had been casting about for a hobby . `` I tried knitting and literally got kicked out of the knitting class for just not being able to get the hang of it , '' she chortled . `` I guess it was just too soon for me to try knitting . I needed something that maybe was a little bit more physical for a hobby . '' Boy howdy . She visited a Rubber City Rollergirls practice last winter after telling her husband , Warren , a retired high school math teacher , that she was going to an audition . `` At that point , I just said , ' I do n't care that I have an AARP card in my wallet ; I 'm going to go for this , ' '' she said . Roller derby is a real sport , having ditched the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- She 's petite , she 's middle-aged , she 's bookish , and if she gets a chance , she 'll knock you on your keister . Beth Hollis , second from left , is a librarian who 's become a MegaBeth , a roller derby dynamo . By day , she 's Beth Hollis , a 53-year-old reference librarian in Akron , Ohio . By night , she 's MegaBeth , an ageless dynamo on the roller derby rink . `` All my life , when I tell people I 'm a librarian , they say , ` You do n't look like a librarian , ' '' Hollis said . `` And now that I 'm a roller derby girl , they say , ` You do n't look like a roller derby girl , either . ' So I do n't know where I fit in . '' Hollis has been fitting in at the Akron-Summit County Library for 27 years . `` She 's my hero , '' said Diane Barton , 48 , who has worked with Hollis at the library for 18 years . `` I just think it 's"}
-{"answer":", that can kill children in a matter of hours if not tended to appropriately . `` It is very possible , '' Rodgers said , `` that the situation can go from dire to absolutely catastrophic if we do n't get enough food , medicine and work with children and their families to help them . '' In the United States , President Obama promised the people of Haiti that `` you will not be forsaken . '' `` Today , you must know that help is arriving , '' Obama said . Precise casualty estimates were impossible to determine . Haitian President Rene Preval said Wednesday that he had heard estimates of up to 50,000 dead but that it was too early to know for sure . The Haitian prime minister said he worries that several hundred thousand people were killed . The country 's infrastructure has been devastated , the scope of the calamity enormous . `` The government personnel that would normally lead these types of responses , they themselves have been affected , '' Rodgers said . The Haitian government stopped accepting flights Thursday because ramp space at the airport in the capital city ,","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- International aid groups were feverishly trying to get supplies into quake-ravaged Haiti on Thursday to prevent the situation from going from `` dire to absolutely catastrophic . '' The search-and-rescue efforts are the top priority . `` The ability to get people out of that rubble is paramount , '' said Jonathan Aiken , a spokesman for the American Red Cross . `` You have a very limited time to accomplish that before people die and before you start to get into issues of diseases . '' Behind the scenes , a massive coordination effort involving dozens of aid groups , the Haitian government , the United Nations and the U.S. military was under way to get food , water , tents and other supplies to survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake . Ian Rodgers , a senior emergency adviser for Save the Children , said aid efforts were at a `` tipping point . '' `` People are without water ; children are without food and without shelter , '' he said . `` What we will see with the lack of water is the possibility of diarrheal diseases and , of course"}
-{"answer":"for the Phoenix mission , told CNN . Watch the celebration at mission control '' The Phoenix 's 90-day mission is to analyze the soils and permafrost of Mars ' arctic tundra for signs of past or present life . The lander is equipped with a robotic arm capable of scooping up ice and dirt to look for organic evidence that life once existed there , or even exists now . `` We are not going to be able to answer the final question of is there life on Mars , '' said principal investigator Peter Smith , an optical scientist with the University of Arizona . `` We will take the next important step . We 'll find out if there 's organic material associated with this ice in the polar regions . Ice is a preserver , and if there ever were organics on Mars and they got into that ice , they will still be there today . '' The twin to the Mars Polar Lander spacecraft , Phoenix was supposed to travel to Mars in 2001 as the Mars Surveyor spacecraft . They were originally part of the `` better , faster , cheaper '' program","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The first pictures from NASA 's Mars Phoenix Lander , which successfully touched down near Mars ' north pole Sunday , showed a pattern of brown polygons as far as the camera could see . The Mars Phoenix Lander took this image of the planet 's surface at its landing site Sunday . `` It 's surprisingly close to what we expected and that 's what surprises me most , '' said Peter Smith , the mission 's principal investigator . `` I expected a bigger surprise . '' The landing on the Red Planet 's arctic plains -- which ended a 296-day journey -- was right on target , a feat NASA 's Ed Weiler compared to landing a hole-in-one with a golf ball from 10,000 miles . The landing -- dubbed the `` seven minutes of terror '' -- was a nerve-wracking experience for mission managers , who have witnessed the failure of similar missions . In mission control at NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena , California , they celebrated the lander 's much-anticipated entry . `` It was better than we could have imagined , '' Barry Goldstein , project manager"}
-{"answer":"... `` As far as we know , she was n't anyone famous , '' Rebecca Weiss , a Swann Galleries employee , told me on the day after the auction . `` There 's no particular significance to her name . '' Then why would someone pay more than $ 4,000 for the photo ? Weiss told me that the identities of the buyers and sellers at Swann auctions are kept confidential , so she could not disclose who had consigned the photo for sale , or who had purchased it . But she said there is a pretty safe rule of thumb about the sale of autographs of renowned men and women : `` What people are buying is the mystique . They are taking home the autograph knowing that this person once actually touched this item , this person once actually left this imprint , this signature . '' She clearly knows what she is talking about ; just this weekend , it was announced that another auctioneer had sold what is purported to be perhaps the last autograph Kennedy ever signed : a copy of the Dallas Morning News that he reportedly signed for a woman","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At an auction at a gallery in New York recently , a piece of artwork sold for a higher price than had been anticipated by the auctioneers : $ 4,080 . It was n't a very big piece of art -- just 8-by-10 inches . Technically , it was n't even art . It was a glossy black-and-white photograph . It had a slight imperfection : there were staple holes in the upper left-hand corner . Someone had written all over the front of the photograph . The person who had scrawled on it was , in fact , the subject of the photograph . He had written : `` To Patricia Keating , with very best wishes , John Kennedy '' That is what made the photo so valuable to someone : Kennedy had held it in his hands , had run his pen over it . The owners of Swann Galleries , where the signed photo was auctioned , believe that Kennedy had autographed the picture in 1956 , when he was a United States senator . The picture itself was n't worth much ; but his signature , personalized to Patricia Keating ."}
-{"answer":"that `` nobody puts even a fraction of blame '' on women , the newspaper said . Al-Razine `` also pointed out that women 's indecent behavior and use of offensive words against their husbands were some of the reasons for domestic violence in the country , '' it added . Domestic violence , which used to be a taboo subject in the conservative kingdom , has become a hot topic in recent years . Groups like the National Family Safety Program have campaigned to educate the public about the problem and help prevent domestic abuse . Saudi women 's rights activist Wajeha Al-Huwaider told CNN that Saudi women routinely face such attitudes . `` This is how men in Saudi Arabia see women , '' she said in a telephone interview from the Saudi city of Dahran . `` It 's not something they read in a book or learned from a friend . They 've been raised to see women this way , that they 're less than a person . '' Al-Huwaider added that `` I 'm not surprised to see a judge or a religious man saying that - they 've been raised in the same","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly , a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence , Saudi media reported Sunday . It is OK to slap Saudi women who spend too much , a judge has told an audience . Arab News , a Saudi English-language daily newspaper based in Riyadh , reported that Judge Hamad Al-Razine said that `` if a person gives SR 1,200 -LSB- $ 320 -RSB- to his wife and she spends 900 riyals -LSB- $ 240 -RSB- to purchase an abaya -LSB- the black cover that women in Saudi Arabia must wear -RSB- from a brand shop and if her husband slaps her on the face as a reaction to her action , she deserves that punishment . '' Women in the audience immediately and loudly protested Al-Razine 's statement , and were shocked to learn the remarks came from a judge , the newspaper reported . Arab News reported that Al-Razine made his remark as he was attempting to explain why incidents of domestic violence had increased in Saudi Arabia . He said that women and men shared responsibility , but added"}
-{"answer":"in a `` strategic partnership '' against a common enemy . Right now , the relationship between the two countries is less a partnership and more an uneasy marriage with a history fraught with decades of mutual mistrust and disappointment . In the late 1980s , the United States partnered with Pakistan to supply mujahedeen fighters with weapons and training to defeat the Soviets in Afghanistan . Then the United States abandoned the region , leaving the Pakistanis , in Clinton 's words , `` awash in drugs ... and jihadists who had been trained up in conjunction with us . '' Now the Americans are back . But , rightly , the Pakistanis are wondering if this time they will stay . This week Qureshi urged the United States not to repeat history , but rather to articulate a `` long-term commitment '' for the region . That 's exactly what the United States is trying to do with an aid package worth $ 1.5 billion a year for five years for social and economic development and with discretionary military spending . By building roads , schools and democratic institutions , the United States hopes to combat both Islamic","question":"Editor 's note : Since becoming State Department producer in 2000 , Elise Labott has covered four secretaries of state and reported from more than 50 countries . Before joining CNN , she covered the United Nations . Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meet in Washington . WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi made the rounds in Washington just as President Obama 's national security team shifted its attention to Pakistan . This week Secretary of Defense Williams Gates called the Afghan border with Pakistan the `` epicenter of jihad . '' And the renewed focus on Pakistan suggests that Obama has a new role for Pakistan in the battle against al Qaeda and the Taliban . After all , in developing a strategy for `` Afpak , '' Obama acknowledged the United States can not win in Afghanistan without cooperation from Pakistan , the suspected hideout of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders . Which is why the buzzword of both Qureshi and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week was `` partnership , '' as in the United States and Pakistan are united"}
-{"answer":"to KGO . At the University of California Davis , police held back student protesters who had threatened to shut down nearby Interstate 80 , CNN affiliate KCRA in Sacramento reported . Police fired rubber bullets into the ground in an effort to deter students , who made it as far as an I-80 exit ramp just south of campus . At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , at least 15 people were arrested in demonstrations Thursday , according to CNN affiliate WTMJ . A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee vice chancellor allowed a protester to drop off pamphlets in the chancellor 's office , then called campus police when dozens of protesters tried to enter the building , according to WTMJ . University police called the Milwaukee Police Department for backup , and officers spent an hour rounding up protesters . Students yelled `` Let her go ! '' and `` What did he do ? '' as Milwaukee police led students into their black and white vans . Across the country , students told of having to work second jobs and make lifestyle adjustments in the face of dramatic tuition hikes . `` I work at two jobs , go to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A California movement protesting $ 1 billion in budget cuts to the state 's university system appeared to have burgeoned into a nationwide demonstration on Thursday . Students and professors in dozens of states were challenging administrators and state lawmakers over budget cuts and tuition increases that they say are reducing students ' class options and increasing their expenses . Some of the demonstrations turned chaotic . In Oakland , California , police arrested 160 protesters who shut down a major freeway , according to city police spokeswoman April McFarland . The Oakland protesters had left a march from the University of California , Berkeley to Oakland City Hall and wound up on the Interstate 980\/880 interchange , CNN San Francisco affiliate KGO reported . KCRA : Protesters threaten to block interstate McFarland said the protesters brought Thursday evening rush hour traffic to a halt for an hour and 45 minutes . One man is in critical condition after he tried to elude arrest by jumping off the freeway onto a tree , KGO reported . He fell from the tree onto the street below , a roughly 22 foot drop from the interchange , according"}
-{"answer":", '' French President Charles de Gaulle said at the time . For the next 43 years , even though France selectively participated in NATO military operations , de Gaulle 's principle remained the governing cornerstone of French foreign policy . If Paris took orders from NATO military commanders , it was reasoned , the nation would no longer have complete control of its destiny . Sarkozy , however , believes the opposite -- that cooperation in NATO is a guarantee of French independence . Rejoining NATO 's military command , he argued , will give France a seat at the table for decision-making . From its earliest years , the organization 's trans-Atlantic ties were strained because U.S. analysts warned that if the European allies failed to increase their contributions to the alliance , they risked losing the support of the United States , according to NATO . Meanwhile , the European nations felt the United States was trying to dominate the organization , according to NATO . De Gaulle 's 1966 decision meant no French forces could be under permanent allied command and that France would have no participation in defense planning . In 1995 , France rejoined","question":"PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Opposition lawmakers Tuesday ridiculed President Nicolas Sarkozy for taking France back into NATO 's military command after more than 40 years , but were unable to stop the move when it came to a vote . French troops on patrol with the Afghan army as part of the NATO mission in Afghanistan . The National Assembly voted in favor of Sarkozy 's plan , 329-238 . Socialist Laurent Fabius , a former prime minister , told Prime Minister Francois Fillon : `` You tell us this would mean more independence and more influence . It would probably mean less independence and less influence . '' The move did not technically require parliamentary approval , but the president 's party scheduled the debate to give opponents a chance to voice their opinions -- and to show a majority backed it . Asking the National Assembly to vote on the issue also showed how sensitive the matter is in France . France was a founding member of the NATO alliance in 1949 but it left the military structure in 1966 amid friction with the United States . `` To cooperate is to lose your independence"}
-{"answer":"fuels from those plants is essentially a good one , '' Dr. Long said . `` It 's been tainted by the fact that the easy way to do it is to just use food crops , but society needs to realize there are big opportunities beyond food crops and beyond the use of crop land . '' Miscanthus , for instance , is able to grow on land too marginal for crop production , so it does n't have to compete with land for food crops . It also does n't require major input or fertilization after planting and once established will yield for around 15 years . Yet even with the success of these trials in the U.S. and the earlier European ones , it could be years before the full potential of Miscanthus is realized . This is due in part to the fact that it 's much more complex to make cellulosic ethanol -- ethanol made from non-food plants -- than it is to turn simple food starches found in corn or wheat into ethanol . In the United Kingdom , Miscanthus is recognized by the Department of Environment , Food and Rural Affairs as an","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Researchers in the United States are buoyed by the results of a study which has determined that a giant grass could help the country to meet its steep biofuel targets . Stephen Long amid Miscanthus stalks found to outperform other biofuel sources . After successful long-term trials in Europe , a three-year field study of Miscanthus x giganteus by the University of Illinois has revealed that it outperforms traditional biofuel sources , producing more than twice the ethanol per acre than corn or switchgrass , using a quarter of the space . Crop sciences professor and study leader Dr. Stephen Long told CNN that while there probably is n't one magic bullet to fix our climate woes , Miscanthus -- also known as elephant grass -- promises to be one of five or six options that could help the U.S. to reach its target of replacing 30 percent of gasoline use with biofuels by 2030 . `` I think it 's important in the biofuels debate that we do n't throw the baby out with the bath water . The idea we use the sun 's energy to grow plants and then make"}
-{"answer":"credit remains tight , home prices continue to fall . It 's difficult to tell whether the measures enacted have not had time to work , or that they are not working . But the basic reality remains -- the financial system is in crisis , and as a result , the American economy is in a dangerous paralysis . President Obama needs to focus like a laser beam on this issue above and beyond everything else . CNN : Does that mean foreign policy takes a back seat ? Zakaria : Not a back seat , but if I were advising him , I would suggest that he save his presidential time , energy and political capital for the economy . He will probably need to go to Congress soon and ask for more money and more authority . Now , having said all this , the trouble with foreign policy is that it does n't wait around for you until the time is convenient . Things happen and you have to react to them -- like the violence in Gaza . That 's probably why the president called the foreign leaders he did on his first day --","question":"Editor 's note : Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts `` Fareed Zakaria : GPS '' on CNN at 1 and 6 p.m. ET Sundays . `` Banks are still reporting large losses , credit remains tight , home prices continue to fall , '' notes Fareed Zakaria . NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Barack Obama offered more detail on his plan to restore economic growth Friday , saying the economic stimulus program being debated in Congress is just one of at least three parts to his recovery plan . In a meeting to discuss the stimulus proposal with Vice President Joe Biden and Democratic and Republican congressional leadership , Obama said America also needs an improved financial system stability program as well as an overhaul of financial market regulation . CNN talked to world affairs expert and author Fareed Zakaria to get his thoughts about the most pressing issues facing the new president . CNN : What should be President Obama 's first order of business ? Zakaria : Oh , without question , the economy . This is a problem that is n't going away . Banks are still reporting large losses ,"}
-{"answer":"of money spent issuing and mailing checks . But the fees attached to the debit cards can accumulate quickly : 50 cents to make a telephone balance inquiry ; 65 cents to make an ATM withdrawal after two free withdrawals are taken ; and $ 2.75 if the card is used at an out-of-network bank . Chamberlain found one charge particularly galling . North Carolina-based banking giant Wachovia , which distributes the funds on Virginia 's behalf , said it would deduct $ 2.50 from her account for more than one face-to-face visit at one of its banks . `` If you should go to the bank teller window , you get to go once a month , '' she said . `` But if you want to talk to anybody about your money more than once a month , it 's going to cost us $ 2.50 to walk in the door of the bank . '' Wachovia would not comment on how much it receives from the program , and referred CNN to Virginia state officials . But with an increasing number of states turning to debit cards to distribute money for programs such as child support ,","question":"TROUTVILLE , Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For the past year , Donna Chamberlain has worked at a fuel center here in Virginia 's Roanoke Valley . It pays roughly half of what her old job did , but after being out of work for 14 months , she feels lucky to have it . Wachovia , which distributes the debit cards , would not comment on how much it receives for their use . Adding to her concerns , she and her husband , Steve , are now the custodial parents of their 7-year-old special-needs grandson , Cayden . The family needs every penny it can collect . So when state officials replaced the roughly $ 40-a-week child support check with a debit card , Donna read the fine print -- and left it on the table . `` It was automatically generated , and had my name on it , '' she told CNN . `` This thing had 10 fees . '' Watch Chamberlain discuss the hidden fees Virginia is one of two dozen states that use debit cards as one means of distributing child support payments , a move that allows them to reduce the amount"}
-{"answer":"was just a big sparkle of life , '' she said . But only a few months after they brought him home , they began to see another side of their son . He was angry and unpredictable . Elaine Sonnen says that at age 6 , Richard told her he wanted to kill her . She said he would shake with anger to the point that he 'd scream at her , telling her he wanted to destroy her . `` People thought he was just the greatest kid in the world . Very polite , well-mannered , caring , '' Elaine Sonnen remembered . `` At home , he could be anywhere from just a really helpful kid to a monster . A terrifying monster . '' Mother says son had ` two ' personalities '' In junior high , he said , `` evil '' classmates started picking on him . Boys and girls , he said , bullied him until he could n't take it anymore . `` I always wanted to get revenge , '' he said . By the eighth grade , Richard was put on anti-psychotic medications . He had been diagnosed as","question":"GREENCREEK , Idaho -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was just 2 1\/2 years ago when Elaine Sonnen found out that her 16-year-old son , Richard , had been planning a Columbine-style attack at his high school . Richard Sonnen spent 16 months in mental health institutions after plotting to kill his high school classmates . It would be a fitting payback to his high school classmates who Richard said relentlessly bullied him . `` I always wanted to get back at them , '' Richard Sonnen said of his classmates . `` I always wanted to strangle them . ... I was always mad . I was always angry and I would come home and cry to mom and dad . '' Both Richard and Elaine Sonnen spoke to CNN at the 45-acre family farm . Unlike Columbine and recent school shootings at Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech , Elaine Sonnen did see the warning signs in her son and was able to stop him . Elaine and her husband , Tom , adopted Richard from a Bulgarian orphanage when he was just 4 1\/2 years old . `` I mean , we just loved him , and he"}
-{"answer":"probably never understand , '' he said . Nonetheless , Dister 's comments give the first real insight into what might have motivated Amrani to go on a rampage that targeted people waiting at a bus stop by a busy Christmas market . After the attack , police also found a dead woman in a residence next to a workshop where Amrani once grew marijuana , a local police spokesman said Wednesday . Amrani had previously served time in prison for rape and drug trafficking offenses , his lawyer said . He was released last year . Dister said Amrani was also convicted on weapons charges in 2008 but later acquitted . Liege authorities have not said he was cleared on those counts . Liege prosecutor Danielle Reynders told CNN Wednesday that the police interview involved a sexual assault case , rather than a rumored rape allegation . `` Because Amrani was convicted of rape in 2003 , police obviously regarded him as a person of interest , '' Dister said . Dister said his client , who had a Belgian partner whom Dister had met several times , feared losing everything . `` He was someone that was integrated","question":"Brussels , Belgium -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man who killed five people and himself in a gun and grenade attack in Belgium feared going back to prison and losing the life he had built , his lawyer said Thursday . The attack on a crowded market square in Liege Tuesday by Nourdine Amrani , which also left at least 130 people wounded , shocked the nation . His defense lawyer in Liege , Jean-Francois Dister , told CNN Amrani had called him late Monday and early Tuesday after the police called him in for interview Tuesday afternoon over a sexual assault case . `` It was n't so much life in prison that bothered him -- he 'd served time already -- but it was he 'd rebuilt his life on the outside , and he was worried about losing all this , '' Dister said . The lawyer said he was stunned when he heard later that day that Amrani , whom he had known for two-and-a-half years , was responsible for the grenade attack . `` It 's very shocking . I do n't understand the reason why he did this , and I think I will"}
-{"answer":"beat them up , '' she said . `` I wanted them to obey me all the time . '' Her father , Shams-ul-Qayum Wazir , knew early on that his daughter was different . `` I did n't want her talent to go to waste , '' he said . `` If I would 've kept her in the village , all she could do was housekeeping . '' Watch Pakay talk about her life 's mission '' So , Wazir packed up the family and moved to Peshawar , the capital of the North West Frontier Province . Here , Pakay picked up the racquet and swatted down the competition with ease -- first winning the Under-13 championship , then the Under-15 , then the Under-17 . In squash , players take turns hitting a ball to the front wall of a court , until one misses . Pakay , it turned out , rarely did . `` I thought nobody could beat me , '' she said . `` From the beginning when I played squash , I thought I could be a world champion . '' Today , despite the lack of a sponsor and few","question":"PESHAWAR , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As a little girl , Maria Toor Pakay would beat up boys . Maria Toor Pakay has overcome unusual adversity to rank among the world 's top 100 squash players . Now , she dispenses of anyone who takes her on within the walls of a squash court . Pakay , 18 , is Pakistan 's No. 1-ranked women 's squash player . But what makes her story remarkable is that she hails from the country 's tribal region of South Waziristan . The region , along the border with Afghanistan , is home to the Taliban . There , suicide attacks are a way of life . And the militants , bent on imposing a strict form of Islamic law , punish girls who attend school -- let alone play sports . `` They have no future , '' Pakay said . `` They spend their entire lives in four walls in their home . Their ability is destroyed . '' But Pakay was n't like most girls growing up . She sported a buzz cut and mixed with the boys . `` If someone argued with me , I used to"}
-{"answer":"brother Tuvia Bielski in the movie . He also co-starred as an Israeli agent in Steven Spielberg 's `` Munich , '' the dramatization of the murder of 11 athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympics . Craig said the characters ' religion had nothing to do with his interest ; both roles were just fascinating parts that attracted him . `` I think someone said , ` You did something similar to that in ` Munich , ' '' he recalled . `` I said , well it 's kind of not . It 's a different period in history and I do n't think religion is something that should hold me back . '' Watch Craig talk about the movie 's power '' Schreiber , who is Jewish , said bringing the story of the heroic yet complex brothers to the big screen gave him `` a sense of pride '' and he found inspiration in their bravery . `` It was in these guys ' DNA , '' said Schreiber , who plays Zus Bielski . `` But I also think that it is in our DNA as human beings ... that courage exists , that passion exists","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While the horrors inflicted by the Nazis during World War II are well documented , `` Defiance '' director Edward Zwick wanted to make sure the stories of those who fought back are n't overlooked . Liev Schreiber , left , and Daniel Craig play freedom fighters in `` Defiance . '' `` There is this misperception that the Jews only went willingly to the slaughter , '' Zwick said . `` And in fact , the new history and scholarship tells us that there was so much resistance . This is just one instance . '' His new film , which goes into wide release Friday , tells the tale of the three Bielski brothers , who led a Jewish resistance group after escaping into the woods of Belarus in Eastern Europe . The movie stars Daniel Craig -- best known for his work as the latest James Bond -- Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell as the trio who took up arms against the Nazis and helped save the lives of more than 1,000 Jewish refugees fleeing occupied Poland . Portraying a slice of Jewish history was somewhat familiar territory for Craig , who plays"}
-{"answer":"he hopes viewers will take away from the movie line-up . Watch clips from some of the classic films '' The following is a edited version of that interview . CNN : What was your selection process ? Chon Noriega : I decided I was going to focus specifically on Hollywood films that look substantively at either Latino characters or the Latino community . I came up with a master list of films , and it 's only about 70 . There really have n't been that many that have dealt explicitly with the Latino population . And then , from there , we looked at what was available . CNN : When you talk about Latino images , who do you include in that description ? Noriega : It 's a kind of pan-ethnic , multiracial category . But basically in terms of the series , what it reflects is Mexican-Americans , Puerto Ricans and Cuban-Americans . There really have n't been , as far as I can tell , many Hollywood films that go beyond those three major groups . CNN : What do you hope to accomplish with this movie lineup ? Noriega : By and large","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When `` La Bamba '' hit movie screens in 1987 , audiences flocked to see the true story of singer Ritchie Valens , who died as a teen in an airplane crash almost three decades earlier . `` La Bamba '' starred Lou Diamond Phillips as singer Ritchie Valens . It 's one of 40 films featured in the festival . But it was memorable for another reason . The film was the first box office hit directed by a Latino filmmaker and starring mostly Latino actors , said Chon Noriega , a professor of cinema and media studies at the University of California , Los Angeles . `` La Bamba '' is part of the Latino Images in Film festival , which begins Tuesday and runs through May on Turner Classic Movies . The event features 40 films that show how Latinos have been depicted on the big screen and is part of the network 's `` Race and Hollywood '' series . -LRB- Turner Classic Movies , like CNN , is owned by Time Warner . -RRB- Noriega , who chose the films and also co-hosts the festival , talked with CNN.com about what"}
-{"answer":"'' while committing an act of mass murder no more makes their criminal act `` Islamic '' than a Christian uttering the `` Hail Mary '' while murdering an abortion medical provider , or someone chanting `` Onward , Christian Soldiers '' while bombing a gay nightclub , would make their act `` Christian '' in nature . Simply put ; murder is murder and has no religion whatsoever . Professor Juan Cole of the University of Michigan once wrote that , `` One most certainly does insult Muslims by tying their religion to movements such as terrorism or fascism . Muslims perceive a double standard in this regard : Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols would never be called ` Christian terrorists ' even though they were in close contact with the Christian Identity Movement . No one would speak of Christo-fascism or Judeo-fascism as the Republican -LSB- s -RSB- ... speak of Islam-o-fascism . ... -LSB- Many people also -RSB- point out that -LSB- it was -RSB- persons of Christian heritage -LSB- who -RSB- invented fascism , not Muslims . '' According to Pentagon statistics , there were over 3,400 American Muslims serving in the active-duty military as of","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Most of the world 's 1.57 billion Muslims know that the Holy Quran states quite clearly that , `` Anyone who kills a human being ... it shall be as though he has killed all of mankind . ... If anyone saves a life , it shall be as though he has saved the lives of all of mankind . '' Accordingly , it should come as little surprise to any reasonable observer that when Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan recently committed his shocking acts of mass murder at Fort Hood , Texas , America 's Muslim community of over 7 million felt an added sense of horror and sadness at this senseless attack against the brave men and women of the U.S. armed forces . True to form , many conservative media pundits wasted little time in pointing to reports that Hasan had said `` Allahu Akbar '' -LRB- Arabic for `` God is great '' -RRB- at the start of his murderous rampage . News coverage continuously showed the looping convenience store black-and-white videotape footage of Hasan wearing traditional white Islamic garb . First of all , someone simply saying `` Allahu Akbar"}
-{"answer":"he wore his jeans and T-shirts . He slept in his own bunk bed in a room that looks more like a dorm than a jail cell . He received counseling and schooling . While America 's juvenile system is often criticized for corruption and abuse , Missouri state officials say its juvenile justice solution has saved billions of dollars and reduced the number of repeat offenders . In the last four decades , the state has transformed its juvenile system into one that defies the traditional prison model . Known as the Missouri model , the program focuses on therapy , comfortable living conditions and an emphasis on job training and education . Missouri 's facilities are serving thousands of young offenders , and they are receiving national acclaim . Each offender is placed in a small group of 10 to 15 , assigned a case worker and sent to school during the day . Offenders also put on Shakespeare stage productions and play sports . They learn about teamwork through camping and rock climbing . `` Young people are really turning their lives around and becoming productive citizens , '' said Tim Decker , director of Missouri Division","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Getting arrested for stealing cars after his 16th birthday may be the best thing that ever happened to Terrence Barkley . Serving time in Missouri 's juvenile justice system set Terrence Barkley on the path to college . It got him out of gangs and headed to college . While in one of Missouri 's juvenile facilities , Barkley became editor of its student newspaper , captain of the football team and made the honor roll . `` I wanted something different for myself or I 'd end up in Kansas City doing nothing . I knew I could do something , '' said Barkley , who is the first in his family to go to college . Now he 's a sophomore studying criminal justice at the University of Central Missouri . Barkley was n't scared straight . He was n't packed away in a crowded facility with steel bars and razor wire . He was n't under the constant guard of uniformed officers with billy clubs or locked down with hundreds of other juveniles . Instead , he was sent to Waverly Regional Youth Center , one of Missouri 's 32 residential facilities where"}
-{"answer":"planet about the size of Jupiter , orbits a star called HAT P-7 in just 2.2 days and is 26 times closer than Earth is to the sun , according to NASA . It is called an exoplanet because it orbits a star outside the solar system . Kepler detected the planet 's atmosphere , demonstrating the telescope 's capabilities and giving astronomers what NASA says is `` only a taste of things to come . '' `` It learned that this planet is like 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit . That is so hot . And it 's 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit just on one side only . The other side would be closer to 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit , '' said Sara Seager , a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Kepler science team member . `` This particular planet showed an unusual change in brightness , '' she said . `` As the planet is orbiting the star , it goes through phases just as the moon goes through phases as seen from Earth . '' `` Kepler learned something new about an old planet , '' she said . `` The new discovery was that planet is extremely","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- NASA 's Kepler space telescope has already made a discovery , and its science operations are n't even officially under way yet . The planet used in the test is a giant gas planet about the size of Jupiter that orbits a star called HAT P-7 . NASA scientists who put the telescope through a 10-day test after its March 6 launch said this week that Kepler is working well . Its ability to detect minute changes in light has enabled scientists to determine that a planet orbiting a distant star has an atmosphere , shows only one side to its sun and is so hot it glows . Kepler 's ability to take measurements that precise at such a great distance `` proves we can find Earth-size planets , '' William Borucki , Kepler 's principal science investigator told reporters at a recent briefing . The powerful scope is looking at thousands of stars in its vision field in the Milky Way on a 3 1\/2 - year mission to find planets the size of Earth and to determine how common these planets are . The planet used in the test , a giant gas"}
-{"answer":", according to the statement . Leisinger 's analyses `` support the claim that they were actually composed by the young Mozart , who was not yet versed in musical notation , and transcribed by his father as the boy played the works at the keyboard , '' the statement said . Jeffrey Kimpton , president of the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan , called the works `` a remarkable historical find . '' He said Leopold Mozart transcribed his son 's early works as a way of preserving them . `` When parents go to a piano recital of an early student , a young student , who 's playing for the first time , they get a video tape , they get a DVD , that 's a way of recording it , '' Kimpton said . `` I think what 's exciting is that Mozart 's father wanted to preserve this incredible genius . The young boy at this time did n't know how to write music , but he sure could play it . It 's like a family photo or video album . '' Finding such historical treasures is like detective work ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The music is n't new , but the discovery that a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart `` almost certainly '' composed it is a stunning revelation . A researcher in Austria says the works were probably transcribed by Mozart 's father , as young Mozart played . The two compositions -- a concerto in G and a prelude in G -- have long been in the files at the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg , Austria , as anonymous works and were even published in the book `` New Mozart Edition '' in 1982 . Now Ulrich Leisinger , director of the foundation 's research department , believes the works actually were composed by Mozart before he was old enough to write music , and that Mozart 's father , Leopold , transcribed them . The foundation said in a statement that Leisinger analyzed the handwriting and other `` stylistic criteria '' to determine the music was `` almost certainly unknown compositions by '' the young Mozart . The compositions were found in a book , compiled by Mozart 's father , that was used for practice and the musical education of both Mozart and his sister"}
-{"answer":"ocean . Over the past 50 years , only one person has been killed by a shark each year in Australia on average , compared to the 87 people who drown at Australian beaches on average each year , according to Surf Life Saving Australia -LRB- SLSA -RRB- . Therefore , the hysteria in the media surrounding a shark attack seems disproportional to other fatal incidents . Historically human-shark interactions predominantly occurred in the summer months . But in recent decades , swimmers , surfers and divers are continuing to pursue these activities outside of the traditional summer season because of improvements in wetsuit technology . This is reflected in the occurrence of shark attacks throughout the year since the 1950s ; particularly for surfers , snorkelers and SCUBA divers who can enter the water at any time of the year and extend the time they spend in the water in areas that , in earlier decades , were likely to be too cold for recreational purposes . In the past 20 years , 49 % of all shark-attack victims were wearing a wetsuit . There have been 26 attacks recorded in the cooler months -LRB- May-August -RRB- during the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There is no doubt that the three recent fatal shark attacks in Western Australia involve great white sharks . This species is known to inhabit the shallow waters along this coast and are known to migrate south around this time of the year to the seal colonies on the southwest coast . While they may stay around seal colonies -- their natural prey -- for months , they are not noted for sitting off a beach waiting for food to turn up . They are mostly individual , transient , inquisitive animals that will investigate objects in the water . Swimming , surfing or diving alone near aquatic animals -LRB- including seals and dolphins -RRB- far from the beach early in the morning or late in the evening may well attract a curious shark and increase the risk of encountering one . As the population increases and water-related activities become more popular , the number of people who go into the water every day also increases . But the chance of encountering a shark still remains very low . American killed in shark attack off Western Australia Most Australians understand the risk when they enter the"}
-{"answer":"with the fork still sticking out of his head , Smith wrote . He rushed him to the animal hospital . `` They arrived at 6:59 p.m. , right as we were about to lock up , '' hospital staffer Michelle Duncum told CNN . `` Mr. Wagers walked into the hospital and asked if we could please help him . '' Staffers were shocked when they saw Smokey , she said . `` We had never dealt with anything like this before . '' Veterinarian Keaton Smith knew Smokey 's treatment might be expensive and spoke with Wagers about options , Smith wrote . Keaton Smith offered to treat Smokey at the hospital 's expense if Wagers allowed the hospital to call media outlets about the Chihuahua 's story . However , staffers wanted to make sure Smokey would live through the night first before calling anyone , Su Smith said . It only took the veterinarian about 30 seconds to remove the fork from Smokey 's head , Duncum said . And when the veterinarian arrived at the hospital the next morning , July 8 , he found Smokey `` recovering much better than expected , '' Su","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Kentucky Chihuahua is expected to make a full recovery after a freak accident that left a large barbecue fork lodged in his head for days , according to the animal hospital where he was treated . During a family gathering two weeks ago , 12-week-old Smokey was waiting to be fed as his owner used the fork to shoo another dog away from Smokey 's food , Su Smith , vice president of Cumberland Valley Animal Hospital in London , Kentucky , wrote in an article on the hospital 's Web site . As owner Vickie Brumley of Manchester , Kentucky , waved the fork , the handle broke off and the fork end was flung through the air , embedding itself several inches into Smokey 's head . Smokey immediately ran into the woods , Smith wrote . For two days , his owner 's family searched for him despite bad weather and finally came to the conclusion that he had either died of his injury or been killed by wildlife . Brumley 's brother , Hughie Wagers , was visiting his sister and sitting on the porch when Smokey came up the driveway"}
-{"answer":"captures the essence of the woman who has spent years on the federal bench , friends and colleagues said . They remember a tireless worker spending late hours in her chambers or on projects like the college course : A tough decision-maker who would pick apart any lawyer foolish enough to come to court unprepared ; a thoughtful jurist whose years as an aggressive prosecutor endeared her to law enforcement even as she developed a reputation as a social liberal ; and a child of the Bronx who maintained a heart for people from all walks of life as she ascended to the legal world 's loftiest positions . `` Her hobby is people , '' said Chapnick , who became friends with the woman now going through Senate confirmation hearings on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court . `` I 've been in situations with her when everybody else around the table is a lot ` less important ' -- if you define importance by positions of power and prestige -- and she 's asking them questions . '' Watch Chapnick on how Sotomayor put students ` through the wringer ' '' In 1984 , Sotomayor , now","question":"Editor 's Note : This is the last in a five-part series exploring Judge Sonia Sotomayor 's background and life with those who know her , revealing the experiences that might shape her views as a Supreme Court justice . Sotomayor was nominated to U.S. district court in 1991 and federal appeals court in 1997 . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sonia Sotomayor had been a federal appeals court judge for about four months when Ellen Chapnick got a phone call in 1998 . The Columbia Law School lecturer 's students had worked and studied with Sotomayor as part of a program at the school , but Chapnick figured the partnership had come to an end with the judge 's new job . `` She called me up and said , ` You know , I really miss your students . Is n't there something we can do about that ? ' '' recalled Chapnick , now Dean of the Social Justice Program at the school . `` And , of course , a judge rarely asks a question when she does n't know the answer . '' That call , and the partnership that would continue another six years ,"}
-{"answer":"also joined in . Mickey Kaus of Slate said that the president should say thanks , but no thanks . `` Turn it down ! Politely decline . Say he 's honored but he has n't had the time yet to accomplish what he wants to accomplish . '' Liberal columnist Richard Cohen wrote a mocking column , comparing Obama 's award to a fictional award given to Sarah Palin for promising to `` read a book someday . '' We are all glad that Norway loves Obama , but come on . Let 's get serious . I am reminded of when Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf decided to retire the jersey of longtime White Sox player Harold Baines . It was a little premature for Baines to get his uniform retired when he himself was playing for another team . -LRB- Baines played a couple more years , surely the only instance where a player 's uniform was retired before the player was . -RRB- Awarding Obama the Nobel Peace Prize is similarly premature . In fact , the White House seemed as surprised as anybody about the gesture . I imagine that when Obama first picked","question":"Editor 's note : John Feehery worked for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and other Republicans in Congress . He is president of Feehery Group , a Washington-based advocacy firm that has represented clients that include News Corp. , Ford Motor Co. and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce . He formerly was a government relations executive vice president for the Motion Picture Association of America . John Feehery says he 's proud Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize , but now the president needs to earn it . WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Usually , when a president wins the Nobel Peace Prize , it is uniformly seen as a positive development for America and for the world . Both opponents and allies tend to celebrate the fact that an American president actually got recognized by a bunch of Norwegians for something he achieved . But with Barack Obama , who surprisingly picked up his first Nobel Prize on Friday , the reaction was not altogether positive from either the left or the right . You would expect that conservatives would raise questions about the president 's award . Conservatives raise questions about everything the president does . But liberals"}
-{"answer":"said . Row 44 , which uses satellite technology to provide connectivity to Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines , already covers much of North America and will roll out trans-Atlantic and European service in the third quarter of this year , said the company 's CEO , John Guidon . Neither company would release the exact cost of turning airplanes into Wi-Fi hot spots . But Blumenstein said Aircell managed to equip a plane for `` substantially '' less than $ 100,000 . Row 44 , which bills itself as the `` industrial-strength solution '' to airplane connectivity , costs hundreds of thousands of dollars per plane , Guidon said . Another company , LiveTV , is a subsidiary of JetBlue that provides free e-mail and messaging aboard flights but does n't offer open Web surfing . LiveTV , which uses air-to-ground technology , provides the service on select JetBlue flights and also is working with Frontier Airlines on offering Internet access aboard its planes . The Wi-Fi venture has the potential to be `` very profitable , '' said Harlan Platt , an airline industry expert and professor of finance at Northeastern University in Boston , Massachusetts . ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The days of being cut off from the Internet while you 're on a plane are quickly disappearing . An American Airlines passenger uses Wi-Fi to access the Internet during a flight . A number of domestic airlines have recently begun offering Wi-Fi Internet access aboard planes , and other airlines say they are working toward making it happen . `` This is the year '' for Wi-Fi on planes , said Jack Blumenstein , president and CEO of Aircell , whose Gogo \u00ae Inflight Internet service provides access on Delta Air Lines , American Airlines and Virgin America flights , and will begin testing on United flights later this year . Gogo is installed on more than 190 commercial planes , and Blumenstein said he expected 1,200 aircraft to have Gogo capability by the end of 2009 . For now , Wi-Fi on domestic carriers ' planes is limited to flights within North America . Gogo , which operates by transmitting signals from ground-level towers , functions across the United States and up to about 300 miles offshore . The company 's access will cover the entire continent within a year or two , Blumenstein"}
-{"answer":"electioneering communication . '' As a result , the group argued , it was not subject to campaign finance rules that require disclosure of the movie 's financial backers or restrictions on when the film could air . It was financed with a mix of corporate and individual donations . Judges disagreed . Citizens United , a Washington-based nonprofit advocacy group , took its case to the Supreme Court . Unusually , the top court did not reach a decision on the case after it was first heard and ordered Wednesday 's rare September rehearing to consider more aspects of the case . A ruling is expected in a couple of months . The case hinges on whether corporations can be barred from pouring money into election campaigns or whether they have free-speech rights -- and the right to spend their cash to influence elections , just like individual people do . `` It 's about money , '' said Lawrence Noble , former general counsel of the Federal Election Commission and a national expert on campaign spending . `` It 's about free speech , and it 's about the ability of corporations to influence elections through the direct","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Supreme Court heard new arguments Wednesday in a dramatic case that started with a movie attacking Hillary Clinton -- but that could have far-reaching implications for U.S. elections . The campaign finance case before the court stems from a film critical of then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton . `` If you thought you knew everything about Hillary Clinton , wait till you see the movie , '' said an ad last year for `` Hillary : The Movie , '' a scorching attack on the woman then running for president . Citizens United , the conservative group behind the film , promoted it as featuring 40 interviews -- a `` cast to end all casts '' -- and promised that if `` you want to hear about the Clinton scandals of the past and present , you have it here ! ` Hillary : The Movie ' is the first and last word in what the Clintons want America to forget ! '' Few Americans ever saw the ad ; a federal court ruled that it broke the law on campaign advertising . Citizens United argued that the movie was a documentary , not ``"}
-{"answer":"for it . But many fans were not happy at the club 's plans to move away from the site and Chelsea fell short of the vote required . The club are owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich but limited space around their ground means expansion is difficult . Two of the club 's rivals , Manchester United and Arsenal , have stadiums that hold 76,000 and 60,000 respectively . A statement on the Chelsea 's official website read : `` Chelsea FC is naturally disappointed with the result . A large number of fans supported our proposals but it was always going to be difficult when we had to have a 75 per cent majority of voting shareholders accepting them . `` We approached this process with transparency and the will to do what is best for Chelsea Football Club and while we will remain as ambitious as ever , this decision could slow down our progress . '' Buck added : `` Obviously we are disappointed but we recognise and we respect totally that the shareholders of Chelsea Pitch Owners have spoken . `` We will meet with Mr Abramovich -LRB- Chelsea 's Russian owner -RRB- and the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chelsea have warned a group of supporters they are slowing the progress of the English Premier League outfit after they opted not to return the freehold to the club 's Stamford Bridge stadium . The ground , in the west of the English capital , was sold to a fans ' organization called the Chelsea Pitch Owners -LRB- CPO -RRB- in 1997 to protect it from falling into the hands of developers if the club ran into financial trouble . But only 61.5 % of CPO 's shareholders voted to sell the freehold back to the club -- less than the 75 % needed to authorize the move . Explainer : Chelsea 's bid to leave Stamford Bridge Chelsea , who are currently third in the Premier League , are keen to explore the possibility of building a new ground with a bigger capacity than Stamford Bridge , which currently holds only 42,000 supporters . In a letter to CPO , Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck said that a new ground could help the club raise an extra $ 56 million of revenue each season but that the redevelopment of Stamford Bridge was necessary to help pay"}
-{"answer":"bridge barefoot . The shoot , which dates to 1950 , was conducted by Life photographer Ed Clark . It 's a side of Monroe that the American public has rarely seen . `` She has n't really exploded as a star , yet she was on the brink of something big , '' says Dawnie Walton , deputy editor at Life.com , a Web site harboring more than 7 million Life magazine photographs . The site was launched in March . `` I was amazed looking at her face . Although she looks very innocent , there is something very ... sexy . '' Last month , Walton stumbled upon the rare photographs while combing through the company 's digital photo archives . Apparently , no one at Life.com even knew they were ever taken . Upon investigating the photos , Walton says , she found there were few notes left on the negatives . She says the photos were probably taken for a cover shoot that was never used . Monroe appeared on her first Life magazine cover in 1952 . See some of the previously unpublished photos of Monroe '' `` It just got lost and stowed","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They were taken before Marilyn Monroe became branded as the voluptuous blonde who oozed sex appeal in dozens of Hollywood films . A 24-year-old Marilyn Monroe poses for Life magazine in August 1950 . They were taken before rumors of an affair with President John F. Kennedy swirled and her mental breakdowns became public . They were taken before the beautiful actress 's mysterious overdose that resulted in her death at the age of 36 . In a collection discovered by Life.com last month , unpublished photographs of Monroe reveal a softer , more innocent 24-year-old budding starlet in a more peaceful time , before her fame peaked . Her flawless face bears a natural look with minimal makeup , unusual for the star , who was often glamorized in photo shoots with lipstick , designer dresses and expensive jewelry . Monday would have been Monroe 's 83rd birthday . In one photo , the young Monroe lies in bliss , reading on a park bench , which editors at Life.com believe was shot at Griffith Park in Los Angeles , California . In another , her face is serene as she is perched over a"}
-{"answer":"through objective research and analysis . Collecting intelligence domestically always has been a sensitive issue , at least partially because of episodic abuses by the government , notably against civil rights leaders , unions , antiwar organizations or even communists and hate groups . But the September 11 , 2001 , terrorist attacks renewed calls for increased domestic intelligence to prevent future attacks . Critics said that in the lead-up to the attacks , the FBI devalued counterterrorism agents and failed to heed signs that an attack was imminent . `` If you did n't carry a gun , you did n't count so much , '' Treverton said . After the attacks , the FBI moved to transform its primary mission from law enforcement to counterterrorism intelligence and prevention . It now focuses on terrorism through its National Security Branch and the National Counterterrorism Center . The RAND report focuses on two options to the current system . In one , a new agency would be created using intelligence agencies from the FBI , Department of Homeland Security and intelligence community . A second option is to create an `` agency within an agency '' in the FBI or","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The United Kingdom has MI-5 , which roots out spies and terrorists in the British Isles . The RAND Corporation said one option would be for domestic intelligence to operate under the FBI . Canada has CSIS -- the Canadian Security Intelligence Service . Now Congress is asking : Should the U.S. have its own domestic intelligence agency ? On Monday , at the request of Congress , the RAND Corporation outlined the pros and cons of establishing a domestic intelligence agency . It also discussed different ways to organize a new entity , either as part of an existing department or as a new agency . But there 's one thing you wo n't find in the report -- a recommendation on what to do . `` We were not asked to make a recommendation , and this assessment does not do so , '' the report says . Instead , says RAND 's Gregory Treverton , the report provides a `` framework '' for policymakers to use when deciding whether and how to reorganize counter-intelligence efforts at home . RAND is a nonprofit think tank seeking to help improve policy and decision making"}
-{"answer":"Wednesday . She has not been charged with any crime . Watch a report from Dupre 's apartment building '' Dupre made a brief appearance Monday in U.S. Magistrate Court as a witness against four people charged with operating Emperor 's Club VIP , the prostitution ring , the Times said . Spitzer announced his resignation Wednesday as governor of New York , two days after reports of his connection to the Emperors Club VIP emerged . Dupre told the Times she 's mostly gone without sleep since the case became public . `` I just do n't want to be thought of as a monster , '' Dupre told the newspaper . She revealed little else in the interview , but her MySpace page offered some insight into her background . Dupre writes that she left home at 17 to begin `` my odyssey to New York . '' `` It was my decision , and I 've never looked back , '' she writes . `` Left my hometown . Left a broken family . Left abuse . Left an older brother who had already split . Left and learned what it was like to have everything ,","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When the Emperors Club VIP said it was sending Kristen , a call girl it described as a `` petite , very pretty brunette , 5 feet 5 inches , and 105 pounds , '' Client 9 was pleased . Ashley Alexandra Dupre writes on her MySpace page : `` I have been broke and homeless . '' `` Great , OK , wonderful , '' he told the escort service 's booking agent , according to a federal affidavit . Client 9 , later revealed to be New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer , was caught arranging the liaison on a federal wiretap . It was the beginning of the end for him . For the woman at the heart of the prostitution scandal , it was just another step on what she calls an `` odyssey '' of degrading abuse and high aspirations . Court documents reportedly identified Ashley Youmans -- now known as Ashley Alexandra Dupre -- as Kristen , the high-priced prostitute who met with Spitzer at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on February 13 . Dupre is a 22-year-old would-be singer from New Jersey , the New York Times reported"}
-{"answer":"nation 's evolving response to hate crime . A hate crime occurs when an individual intentionally targets a victim or their property because of his or her actual or perceived race , color , religion , national origin , ethnicity , gender , gender identity , disability or sexual orientation . While some have argued that these kind of laws criminalize free speech , the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in the 1993 case , Wisconsin v. Mitchell , that well-drafted hate crime laws are constitutional and do not punish speech . Rather they enhance the penalties only for acts that are already considered crimes . The act is named for Matthew Shepard , a 21-year-old gay college student who was kidnapped , robbed , tortured and left to die , tied to a fence in a remote area outside of Laramie , Wyoming in October 1998 . His mother Judy has been a tireless advocate for hate crime laws and victims . The Shepard Act remedies legal loopholes in federal and state criminal law that fail to protect against bias-motivated attacks based on such characteristics as sexual orientation , gender , gender identity and disability . It also removes","question":"Editor 's note : Brian Levin is director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University , San Bernardino . Jack McDevitt is the director of the Institute on Race and Justice and Associate Dean in the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University . Both have testified before Congress in support of federal hate crime legislation and are co-authors of a book on hate in America , due to be published next year . Brian Levin says a new federal hate crime law is needed to combat violent incidents of bias . SAN BERNARDINO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- America needs a coordinated and multifaceted response to combat the continuing scourge of violent hate crime like the crime committed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10 . The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act , originally introduced by Sen. Edward Kennedy a decade ago and nearly passed during the most recent legislative session , is expected to go before the Senate for a vote soon . U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified on its behalf Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee . It is a crucial step in the"}
-{"answer":"football . President Obama has joined many Americans in expressing his preference for a playoff system to decide the nation 's top college football team . Hatch complained that the BCS system denies outsiders -- such as Utah of the Mountain West Conference -- a fair chance to compete with major conferences such as the Big 12 , Big 10 , Pacific 10 and Southeast Conference for a spot in the lucrative bowl games . Last season , he said , Utah went undefeated and gained a BCS berth in the Sugar Bowl against perennial power Alabama , which it defeated 31-17 . However , the BCS ranking system prevented Utah from any realistic chance of selection for the national championship game , which pitted two teams that each had one loss on their records , Hatch said . For schools outside what he called the `` privileged conferences , '' the BCS system has `` significant and largely insurmountable obstacles to playing for a national championship , '' Hatch said . University of Utah President Michael Young complained that the BCS system both stifles competition and guarantees the majority of revenue from bowl games to the traditional powers .","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Senate subcommittee Tuesday tackled one of the most contentious issues in U.S. sports : the fairness of the Bowl Championship Series that decides the top college football team each season . Tim Tebow , right , of the Florida Gators talks to coaches at the 2009 BCS national championship game January 8 . Convened by Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah , the hearing by the Antitrust , Competition Policy and Consumer Rights subcommittee provided a sounding board for his state 's disappointment over the inability of the undefeated University of Utah to qualify for the BCS national championship game last January . The BCS operates under an agreement among the major college football conferences that decides which teams qualify for the biggest bowl games each season , including the national championship game . It also distributes the revenue generated by the bowl games , with the participating members taking part in more of the post-season matches and taking home more money . Every season brings heated debate over the bowl lineup and calls for a playoff system similar to the ones used for every other National Collegiate Athletic Association sport , including small-college"}
-{"answer":"and the engineer , a Union Pacific employee . The passengers completed their trips in taxis ; no other trains were delayed as a result of this incident , Nygren said . `` We have secured evidence at the scene and at the victim 's residence that would indicate that this was an intentional act on his part , '' he said . A deputy on routine patrol came across the body within a minute of the incident , Nygren said . He described the scene as `` very gruesome . '' Pagano 's death came a week after Metra announced it was investigating whether the 60-year-old married father of two daughters got an unauthorized vacation payout last year of $ 56,000 , said Metra spokeswoman Judy Pardonnet . It also came two hours before the Metra board was to have met to hear from an independent investigator about the allegation against Pagano , who was on paid administrative leave from his $ 269,000-per-year job . The meeting was delayed , Pardonnet said . She said the apparent suicide was out of character for a man who cared deeply for his job and his co-workers -- so much that he","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The man credited with making Chicago 's Metra commuter train line one of the best in the country is an apparent suicide , killed Friday by the train he himself rode five days a week for more than two decades . Shortly before 8 a.m. , Phil Pagano drove to a parking lot about two miles from his home in unincorporated Crystal Lake in suburban Chicago , walked onto a track where someone had committed suicide three years ago and stepped in front of an oncoming Metra train , McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren told reporters . The train 's lone engineer `` saw a man standing on the tracks turning and looking at the train , '' Nygren said . `` There was eye contact , he felt , between himself and the victim . '' Pagano , Metra 's executive director , made no attempt to step off the tracks , and the train , which was traveling between 45 mph and 55 mph , could not stop in time , Nygren said . None of the 27 people on the train was hurt . They included 24 passengers , two Metra employees ,"}
-{"answer":"at the time , noticed an abnormal amount of air bubbles rising to the surface in the area where he was diving , followed by a plume of blood , said police spokesman Michael Wear . Moments later , the man 's body rose to the surface . Police said he succumbed to his injuries not long after the incident . Following a preliminary review of bite marks on the body , authorities said he is believed to have been killed by a great white shark . `` He was in the water by himself , I believe , '' Sgt. Greg True of Western Australia police told CNN affiliate Channel Nine . `` There 's been some pretty massive injuries inflicted . '' Sharon Wainwright told CNN her family was notified of the incident Saturday morning . Authorities said the man had been living in Western Australia . Wainright 's relatives expect his body to arrive in Florida in about four days , Sharon Wainwright said . Saturday 's attack was the second fatal shark attack in the past two weeks near the city of Perth , capital of the state of Western Australia . `` He was one","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The 32-year-old Texas man who died in a shark attack over the weekend while scuba diving off Western Australia was remembered Sunday by his sisters as `` unique '' and `` one of a kind . '' Sharon Wainwright of Panama City , Florida , identified the victim as her son , George Thomas Wainwright . His sisters , Brenda Wainwright and Wanda Brannon , spoke to CNN affiliate WMBB-TV . `` It 's devastating . It 's hard to even wrap your head around . I ca n't believe he 's gone . I think it was just wrong place , wrong time because he was very wise . I would trust him with anything to do with being on the water , '' said Brenda Wainwright . She described her brother as `` unique ... that rare combination of incredibly intelligent , very kind , great sense of humor . '' Police said Saturday the man was scuba diving with two friends near Rottnest Island , a popular tourist destination about 15 miles off the Australian mainland , when the attack occurred . The man 's friends , who were not in the water"}
-{"answer":"several counties , the Federal Aviation Administration and the Colorado National Guard . It ended when Falcon climbed down from the attic above the garage at the family 's Fort Collins , Colorado , home . If the incident was a hoax , the only charge local authorities could press would be making a false report to authorities -- a Class 3 misdemeanor , Alderden told reporters Saturday . However , a misdemeanor `` hardly seems serious enough given the circumstances , '' the sheriff said . `` We certainly want to talk to FAA officials and federal officials to see if perhaps there are n't additional federal charges that would be more appropriate in the circumstances than what we 're able to do locally , '' he said . He said further details would be disclosed Sunday morning , and that neither Richard nor Mayumi Heene , who came in voluntarily Saturday , was under arrest . The couple emerged Saturday evening from the sheriff 's office after several hours of interviews with investigators . `` I was talking to the sheriff 's department just now to further things along , '' Richard Heene told reporters outside the building","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities in Colorado say criminal charges are expected to be filed against Richard Heene , a storm-chasing father whose giant Mylar balloon ascended into the sky earlier this week , sparking fears that his 6-year-old was aboard . Richard and Mayumi Heene leave the Larimer County Sheriff 's Office Saturday . `` We do anticipate at some point in the future , there will be some criminal charges filed with regards to this incident , '' Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said . The saga captured the nation 's attention early Thursday afternoon , after authorities reported the family 's homemade helium balloon was set adrift , apparently with young Falcon Heene inside . Since then , speculation has mounted over whether the incident was a hoax by the father , who has appeared with his family on ABC 's `` Wife Swap , '' and posted videos of storm chasing and other activities online . Earlier Saturday , in an impromptu press conference outside his home , Heene told reporters the runaway balloon incident was `` absolutely no hoax . '' The incident prompted a widespread search in northern Colorado that included law enforcement from"}
-{"answer":"percent to bank $ 7 million at No. 4 . And Quantum of Solace -LRB- No. 5 -RRB- grossed $ 6.6 million and crossed the $ 500 million mark worldwide . Among major new releases , the biggest was hardly the baddest : Punisher : War Zone -LRB- No. 8 -RRB- grossed a mere $ 4 million in 2,508 theaters , a tally that 's way off from the $ 13.8 million that The Punisher premiered with in 2004 . More punishment : The Marvel franchise reboot failed to defeat even last week 's action disappointment , Transporter 3 which was No. 7 with $ 4.5 million . Ouch ! Meanwhile , the other sorta-substantial new movie , Cadillac Records -LRB- No. 9 -RRB- , fared a bit better , bringing in a decent $ 3.5 million in 686 locations . But the indie drama Nobel Son failed to take any prize -LRB- except , perhaps , that of Box Office Flop of the Week -RRB- , grossing just $ 370,575 in 893 venues -- a redonkulously low average of $ 415 per theater . Nay , the only real news of note came in the ultra-limited-release sphere , where","question":"With the annual post-Thanksgiving multiplex malaise setting in and just one big new movie -LRB- Punisher : War Zone , which I 'll get to later ... uh , much later -RRB- in theaters , the box office results remarkably resembled those of a week ago . Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn star in `` Four Christmases , '' which stayed at No. 1 . So , yep , you guessed it : Four Christmases was No. 1 with $ 18.2 million , according to Sunday 's estimates . That brings the holiday comedy 's two-week sum to a sweet $ 70.8 million -- and it restores my confidence in Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as box office draws . For now , at least . The rest of the top five is comprised of the same movies we 've been seeing for a while now . Twilight moved back up to the No. 2 spot with a tidy $ 13.2 million haul ; its three-week sum is $ 138.6 million . Bolt -LRB- No. 3 -RRB- followed with $ 9.7 million , a huge and surprising 64 percent decline from its impressive Thanksgiving weekend sum . Australia declined 53"}
-{"answer":"Sean wants to go . However , `` Sean must be heard in court , '' he said . There was no immediate response from Goldman . Earlier Friday , Goldman slammed a decision by a Brazilian Supreme Court justice Thursday that prevented the boy 's return to the United States . That decision had `` nothing to do with the merits '' of the case , he said . On Wednesday , a lower court unanimously upheld a decision ordering that Sean be returned to his father in New Jersey . That decision was made in accordance with the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abductions . `` Every day that my son is under that roof , he is being severely psychologically damaged , '' Goldman said . He insisted that there is the `` utmost urgency '' for Sean to be reunited with him . `` My son is suffering , and he 's losing the innocence of ... a child , '' Goldman said . The family argues that it would traumatize Sean to remove him from what has been his home since 2004 , when his mother took him to Brazil on","question":"RIO DE JANEIRO , Brazil -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An American man fighting for custody of his 9-year-old son has been invited to spend Christmas with the boy 's Brazilian family , the family 's attorney said Friday . David Goldman has been locked in a legal battle over custody of his son , Sean Goldman , with the family of the boy 's deceased mother . The family 's attorney , Sergio Tostes , said Friday that the legal battle had gone too far . `` It is about time that Sean 's family , and I mean all Sean 's family , get together . I am authorized by Mrs. Silvana Bianchi to invite you , Mr. Goldman , to spend Christmas night at her house , '' Tostes said , referring to Sean 's maternal grandmother . `` This will be a long awaited family reunion '' `` I hope you can accept and we can talk logistics , '' he said , with the boy 's grandmother standing next to him . Tostes also said that the family would consider allowing the boy to go to the United States , perhaps for the holidays , if"}
-{"answer":"Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca . They divorced in January 2009 after Christopher Savoie was unfaithful . Noriko Savoie was given custody of the children and agreed to remain in the United States . During the divorce , Christopher Savoie was concerned that his ex-wife would move to Japan with the children . After receiving the threatening e-mail , he went to court to try to prevent that . He pleaded with a judge in March to stop Noriko Savoie from being able to travel to Japan for summer vacation . He knew if she took the children to Japan to live the deck would be stacked against him . Japanese law would recognize Noriko Savoie as the primary custodian and he might never see his children again . Noriko Savoie told a judge the words in her e-mail were in the heat of the moment ; she was angry that her ex-husband had just married the woman who caused their marriage to end . `` I was very , very -- at the peak of my frustration ... '' Noriko Savoie told a judge , according to court transcripts . `` He actually married three days before that e-mail .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On February 12 , 2009 , Christopher Savoie received an e-mail from his ex-wife that he had feared would come . Christopher Savoie is in jail in Japan after trying to get back his son , Isaac , and daughter , Rebecca . About a month after their bitter divorce , in which Noriko Savoie promised as part of the agreement she would n't return to Japan with their children to live , she threatened to do just that . `` It 's very difficult to watch kids becoming American and losing Japanese identity , '' Noriko Savoie wrote her ex-husband in the e-mail , according to Tennessee court documents . `` I am at the edge of the cliff . I can not hold it anymore if you keep bothering me . '' Now she is in Japan with the children . Christopher Savoie sits in a Japanese jail accused of trying to kidnap them . He practically predicted it would end this way . The couple , citizens of the United States and Japan , were married for 14 years and lived in Japan . But they came to the United States with 8-year-old"}
-{"answer":", starring Owen Wilson and Jenna Fischer , is about a woman who gives her husband permission to have an affair . It called for a New England location -- standard for the brothers , who are from Rhode Island -- but tax incentives led the production crew south , producers said . Georgia is far from the only state offering filmmakers opportunities to leave Hollywood . Indeed , it 's one of 44 states offering incentives in hopes of attracting projects that will help their economies , according to the Tax Foundation . `` No one is trying to compete with L.A. from a technical standpoint , '' Bourne said . `` They 're certainly competing from a financial standpoint , though . The name of the game is all about tax incentives . It 's the sad truth . `` Films are made in a particular place strictly because of financial rebates , '' he continued . `` If , tomorrow , Louisiana or ... any state with a crew base , rather , came up with a better incentive program , that 's where the work would be -- overnight . '' Incentives differ from state to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` The Blind Side '' could have been filmed anywhere , says Tim Bourne , an independent producer who worked on the film . But there 's a reason producers brought the project to Georgia : money . `` There 's nothing in -LSB- the movie -RSB- that could n't have been shot in any midrange urban setting . The reason , and the sole reason , it was shot in Georgia was the tax incentives , '' he said . Georgia boasts one of the highest tax credits in the United States : a 20 percent base tax credit , with an additional 10 percent if a Georgia logo appears somewhere in the project . The Oscar-nominated `` Blind Side '' is one of many films that 's taken advantage of the incentives to shoot in the Empire State of the South , incentives that also include a diverse set of locations , state-of-the-art facilities and large production crews . Recently , another production , `` Hall Pass , '' written by Peter and Bobby Farrelly -LRB- `` There 's Something About Mary '' -RRB- , started filming in the Atlanta area . The film"}
-{"answer":"security forces clashed with tribesmen loyal to Hashid tribal leader Sadeq Al-Ahmar in the Hasabah neighborhood in northern Sanaa . Government forces attacked the tribal leader 's family residences , al-Qaisi said . `` The government attacks against innocent civilians and the Ahmar family continued for hours and hundreds of explosions were heard throughout the morning , causing fear throughout the capital , '' he said . Residents and witnesses also reported that the Republican Guard was bombarding the headquarters of the 1st Armored Division , loyal to Maj. Gen. Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar , who withdrew his support for Saleh in March . The embattled Saleh said Sunday that `` strong documentation of the cooperation '' between al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood indicate a military coup that is destabilizing the country . He described the opposition as `` insane people , who ca n't sleep and only want to take power . '' `` The international community must stop Saleh from killing his own people , '' al-Qaisi said Monday . `` If no intervention takes place , he will continue killing and the casualties will rise . '' On Sunday night , three people died in Sanaa when","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands of women demonstrated Monday in front of Yemen 's foreign ministry in the capital , Sanaa , demanding U.N. intervention in the ongoing unrest in the Persian Gulf nation , residents and eyewitnesses said . The protest comes a day after the first woman was killed in a demonstration against the government , according to opposition activists . The women called for sanctions against President Ali Abdullah Saleh and asked that he be tried by the International Criminal Court . They also alleged that snipers were on the rooftop of the foreign ministry Sunday . The protests came hours after gunfire and loud explosions reverberated throughout the capital early Monday . Medics in Change Square said at least four people were killed and another 26 injured after government forces raided parts of the capital . Another eight people died and 20 were injured in government raids on civilian property , said Abdulqawi al-Qaisi , a prominent opposition leader and head of the Sadeq Ahmar media office . `` The death toll is expected to rise as a number of the injured are in critical condition , '' he said . According to eyewitnesses , government"}
-{"answer":"Katehi 's resignation . `` If you think you do n't want to be students in a university like we had on Friday , '' Katehi said , `` I 'm just telling you I do n't want to be the chancellor of the university we had on Friday . '' The statement triggered cries of `` Resign ! '' from the crowd . Occupy roundup : A fallout , a silent protest and a new encampment The university said it has placed two police officers and the police chief on administrative leave in the wake of the incident , while officials investigate officers ' use of pepper spray against protesters . Time : Watch video of police pepper-spraying and arresting students A group of about a dozen protesters sat on a path with their arms interlocked as police moved in to clear out a protest encampment affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement Friday . Most of the protesters had their heads down as a campus police officer walked down the line , spraying them in their faces in a sweeping motion . `` I was shocked , '' Sophia Kamran , one of the protesters subjected to the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Another University of California official expressed dismay about the recent use of pepper spray by police on Occupy Davis protesters . UC Board of Regents chair Sherry Lansing said she was `` shocked and appalled '' by images of police actions during the protest last week on the campus of University of California Davis . `` We regents share your passion and your conviction for the University of California , '' Lansing said in a video statement released Monday . `` And we want all of you to know we fully and unequivocally support your right to protest peacefully . '' Lansing 's statement came the same day that the chancellor of UC Davis made a public apology for the incident . `` I am here to apologize , '' were the first words Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi said through a microphone after climbing onto a small stage erected on the university 's `` quad '' for Occupy supporters . `` I really feel horrible for what happened on Friday . '' Video of police pepper-spraying nonviolent demonstrators at a sitting protest Friday on the UC Davis campus has sparked widespread criticism , including calls for"}
-{"answer":"I think he 's a very good man . I think we 've had ... eight of the worst years in my memory . And we hope that Obama can make some difference . Watch the interview with Hugh Hefner '' Roberts : You know in the 1950s and through the '60s and the early '70s you were such a factor in the sexual revolution in this country . With the election of Barack Obama , do you believe that the cultural revolution has come to an end ? Hefner : It 's always ongoing . You know , we remain essentially a puritan people . And so I think that conflict is always there . One got a remarkable revolutionary change in pop culture and in moral values in the '60s and '70s , and then there was a backlash . And that backlash , I think , has influenced government . And , um , the Christian right has had , played a major role in all of that . And I think that the complicated problems with religion being involved with politics hopefully will come to an end for a while at least . Roberts : Now","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hugh Hefner founded Playboy magazine 55 years ago and turned the adult-oriented publication into a multimillion-dollar empire . CNN anchor John Roberts recently sat down with Hefner , now 82 , and talked about Steven Watts ' new book , '' Mr. Playboy : Hugh Hefner and the American Dream . '' Hugh Hefner , 82 , says that `` staying young is what it is all about for me . '' John Roberts , CNN anchor : Mr. Hefner , good to see you . Hugh Hefner : It is my pleasure . Roberts : You have over the decades certainly supported political causes , you 've supported Democratic causes . I 'm wondering what your thoughts are regarding the pending inauguration of Barack Obama and where you think the country is headed in the next four years . Hefner : Well , where the country is headed is obviously a question we would all like to know . But I , certainly , -LSB- say -RSB- this -LSB- is -RSB- a time for a change . I supported Obama . I 'm delighted that I lived to see a black president ."}
-{"answer":"day , '' Legend says . `` It 's difficult for them to even survive . '' On his 2007 visit to Mbola , Legend met `` Mama '' Mwadawa Ruziga , a single mother of two who was freeing herself from poverty . Her entrepreneurial spirit impressed Legend and solidified his belief that sustainable development at the community level can work in the fight against poverty . Ruziga leads a local business collective that sells products -- like wine , jam and juice -- that it makes out of indigenous fruits . `` I was really inspired by her willingness to not just wait for a handout , but really take an active role in helping to uplift her community , '' he says . Through the Show Me Campaign , Legend has pledged to raise $ 1.5 million over five years to support programs similar to Ruziga 's that are aimed at alleviating poverty in Mbola . But this is not just about cutting a check , he says . `` You can always go in and bring an influx of money and address things temporarily . But if development 's not sustainable , then something 's wrong","question":"MBOLA , Tanzania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Moved by a 2007 trip to Ghana , singer\/songwriter John Legend joined the fight to end extreme poverty in his lifetime . And based on his experiences in poor , rural areas of Africa , he says , real change is possible . John Legend says `` Mama '' Mwadawa Ruziga 's role in uplifting her community inspired him . `` I do n't want people to only see Africa as a bunch of victims , '' Legend says . `` The people that I 've come across in these extremely impoverished villages , they want to work . They want to participate in their own development . '' To help people lift themselves out of poverty , Legend founded the Show Me Campaign , named after one of his songs . Partnering with economist Jeffrey Sachs ' Millennium Promise organization , Legend 's group adopted Mbola , a remote village in Tanzania that has little access to drinking water and improved farming techniques , according to Millennium Promise . `` The folks in Mbola are starting at a supreme disadvantage . Most of them are living on less than a dollar a"}
-{"answer":"bridge-building moderate based on his informal style and his church 's engagement on issues like AIDS in Africa . He took grief from some of his Religious Right colleagues when he invited then-Senator Obama to his church for a conference on AIDS a couple of years ago . And , in August he hosted presidential candidates Obama and McCain at his church . Warren has worked hard to cultivate a moderate public personality but his views are very similar to those of traditional Religious Right leaders.In an email sent before the 2004 election he wrote a Falwell-esque message proclaiming that , for Christian voters , the issues of abortion , marriage for same-sex couples , stem cell research , cloning and euthanasia were `` non-negotiable . '' In fact , he said , they are `` not even debatable because God 's word is clear on these issues . '' And while some Religious Right leaders were nervous that Warren would give Obama a platform to talk about poverty and the environment at the August event , Warren thrilled them by eschewing those issues entirely in order to emphasize issues like abortion and marriage that worked to McCain 's advantage","question":"Kathryn Kolbert is president of People for the American Way , a nonprofit advocacy group that supports equality and freedom of speech and religion . An attorney who has been recognized as one of the most influential lawyers in America , she appeared frequently before the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986-1997 , arguing in favor of retaining a legal right to abortion . Before joining People for the American Way , she was executive producer of Justice Talking , a radio show about law and American life and senior research administrator with the Annenberg Public Policy Center . Kathryn Kolbert says Rick Warren 's selection upset activists who supported Barack Obama -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The announcement that Pastor Rick Warren has been chosen to give the invocation at Barack Obama 's inauguration ceremony landed with a thud in my inbox . Many people who know Warren as the affable megachurch pastor and best-selling author may be confused about the anger and disappointment that his selection has generated among progressive activists who worked so hard to help elect Obama . Here 's my explanation ; you can find plenty of other voices online . Warren enjoys a reputation as a"}
-{"answer":"Army spokeswoman . `` The targets were carefully chosen to pinpoint enemy positions and eliminate the likelihood of harming innocent civilians , '' she said . `` This region has provided an ideal environment to conceal enemy support bases and training sites , as well as plan and launch attacks aimed at terrorizing innocent civilians , both inside and outside the region . '' Also Wednesday , a manager at a private British security firm in Afghanistan was shot and killed in the capital Kabul , a spokesman for the company said . `` We did lose a manager today in Kabul to unknown assailants , '' Christopher Beese , spokesman for ArmorGroup International , said Wednesday . He said next of kin have been notified and an inquiry into the incident has begun . The name of the man , a British national , was not released . `` It 's bad news . He was a very well-respected man , '' Beese said , noting that the victim had experience in Afghanistan going back to the early 1980s . Beese -- who said the man 's role was to run the administration of the 1,200-person-strong security presence in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of U.S. and Afghan soldiers have embarked on a major operation against militants in the eastern Afghan region of Tora Bora , near the border with Pakistan , officials have told CNN . File photo of the remote mountain Tora Bora region on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan . Air and ground strikes under way in the remote mountain region are aimed at large numbers of militant fighters . The troops are targeting `` hundreds of hardened al Qaeda and Taliban in dug-in positions , '' said officials familiar with the intelligence . The operation started two days ago in the region , where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was once thought to be hiding . The Bush administration has been criticized for not sending enough ground forces to Tora Bora in December 2001 to capture the militant after the invasion that toppled the Taliban . `` U.S. and Afghan forces engaged al Qaeda and other violent extremist fighters in eastern Afghanistan during a combined arms assault using precision munitions . There have been no substantiated reports of civilian casualties in this engagement , '' said Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman , a U.S."}
-{"answer":"zero for Clinton . '' But Clinton has pledged to fight to have the state 's delegates seated at the August convention in Denver , and has increasingly stressed the state 's importance since losing Saturday 's hotly contested primary in South Carolina to Obama . Though Democrats agreed to leave the state off their itineraries in a show of solidarity with the national party , Clinton attended permitted fund-raisers in Florida on Sunday and planned to appear with supporters there after polls closed . And turnout was high for the race even though no delegates were at stake . Nearly 400,000 people cast early or absentee ballots ahead of the primary , and Tuesday 's vote was expected to top the nearly 800,000 who turned out in 2004 . Donna Brazile , who managed former Vice President Al Gore 's presidential bid , said many Democrats were likely to turn out to vote on a state constitutional amendment that would limit property tax increases and expand homestead exemptions . `` People are very afraid this will cut public services , cut back education , '' said Brazile , a CNN analyst . `` So the Florida Education Association and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sen. Hillary Clinton will win Florida 's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday , CNN projects , although party sanctions have stripped the state of its convention delegates and no Democrats campaigned there . Hillary Clinton addresses a crowd in Davie , Florida , after winning the state 's primary . Published polls showed the New York senator and former first lady was heavily favored in the state . Her leading rivals , South Carolina primary winner Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John Edwards , did not campaign in Florida . They opted to concentrate on next week 's `` Super Tuesday '' contests in states such as New York , California , Missouri and Georgia . CNN 's projection is based on precincts reporting results , entrance polls and other statistical models -- including the number of votes outstanding in areas where Clinton was expected to do well . The sanctions make Tuesday night 's results largely meaningless to the Democratic presidential race . Obama described the primary as a `` beauty contest '' Tuesday , and his campaign issued a statement declaring the race a tie in the delegate count : `` Zero for Obama ,"}
-{"answer":"Gian Francesco Raiano , a spokesman for the government 's `` garbage crisis administrator , '' said the dump was closed at the request of residents . That left only one working dump , in the town of Serre , which is able to accept only 2,000 tons of trash a day . Raiano said that was the reason trash started piling up on the streets . Authorities are hoping to alleviate the problem when they reopen a long-closed dump in the town of Pianura , near Naples , by the end of this week . The government announced on December 30 that it planned to reopen Pianura , and the decision immediately sparked protests by nearby residents . They blocked roads to stop trucks from entering the site to prepare to open it after 12 years out of commission , and there were scuffles as police tried to move protesters away . Problems with Naples ' garbage have been around in some form for 14 years , when Italian authorities first declared the situation an emergency . Complicating the issue is the involvement of organized crime , which has long controlled the region 's waste business . The Camorra","question":"ROME , Italy -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Italy 's prime minister held emergency meetings on Monday to discuss the growing garbage problem in Naples , where more than two weeks of closed dumps and uncollected garbage has led to mountains of trash across the city . Collectors stopped picking up rubbish on December 21 , saying that dumps are full . The garbage problem has become so bad that Neapolitan residents have started burning their waste , leading to noxious fumes permeating the air in the southern Italian coastal city . On Monday , the government called on the army to help with emergency trash collection for the second time in a year . Bags of rotting , uncollected waste now line city streets and sit in alleys beneath residential apartment blocks . In some places , the piles of trash tower over the cars driving past . Prime Minister Romano Prodi met with the interior and environment ministers in Rome after President Giorgio Napolitano , who is from Naples , said he was alarmed by the crisis . The latest problems began on December 31 , when the government closed one of the area 's two working dumps ."}
-{"answer":". They stood outside and embraced each other as they called roll to make sure everyone had escaped . Work was temporarily suspended as rescuers evaluated whether they should reinforce the floor or work in a different area , McDermott said . Rescue personnel worked throughout Saturday night and Sunday to free the people , Capt. Joe Zahralban of the Florida search team said , at times crawling through spaces that were so tight they could only take half a breath . Zahralban had the opportunity to tell the rescued American woman 's sister that she is alive . `` She dropped to her knees and thanked us , '' he said . The Florida rescuers also called the woman 's son , who lives in Pembroke Pines , Florida . `` After we told him , he went silent for a moment , '' Zahralban said . Get the latest developments on Haiti The man and teenage girl found alive earlier in the day were taken to a U.N. hospital at Port-au-Prince 's airport , where the girl , about 13 , was treated for leg injuries and the man treated for undetermined injuries . They are believed to","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Five people were rescued Sunday from the rubble of a grocery store , officials told CNN , 24 hours after the effort to reach them began . Three of the people trapped in the ruins of the Caribbean Supermarket -- a man , a 13-year-old girl and a 50-year-old American woman -- were rescued earlier in the day by a joint New York fire and police department search and rescue team . A Creole-speaking man and woman were rescued late Sunday night by a team from Miami , Florida , and a Turkish team . The man came out first , picking his head up off the stretcher carried by his rescuers and giving the thumbs-up sign . He said he had been eating peanut butter and jelly from the store to survive . The effort was dealt a temporary setback Sunday afternoon when the floor over rescuers ' heads -- described as a concrete slab -- buckled as they were working in a 3-foot-high area , said Lt. Charles McDermott , spokesman for Florida Task Force 2 . Debris rained down on the rescue workers as they ran outside of the building"}
-{"answer":"also more openly gay actors and producers working in Hollywood , says Barrios . Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays the character Mitchell on the ABC prime time show `` Modern Family . '' Like his on-screen role , Ferguson himself is openly gay . `` The opportunity to play not only a well developed gay character , but a dad , a son and brother was really appealing to me . ... I chose to play him very close to myself and I think that truthfulness was appealing to the creators , '' Ferguson told CNN . However , Ferguson says his sexual orientation does not make him any more qualified to tackle a gay role than Eric Stonestreet , his straight co-star who plays Mitchell 's partner Cameron . `` As a gay man and as someone who is an advocate for equality , truthfulness and fairness , I want to see more gay roles go to gay actors , '' Ferguson said in an e-mail . `` But then on the flip side , as an actor , I want to still be given the opportunity to play roles that are straight . '' In a recent interview","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Whether they 're raising their adopted baby girl , dodging homophobic quips from their fraternity brothers or teaching the `` Single Ladies '' dance to the football team after glee club , it seems gay characters are becoming a vital part of prime time TV . With characters like `` Modern Family 's '' Mitchell and Cameron , Calvin from `` Greek '' and Kurt from `` Glee , '' the number of lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender -LRB- LGBT -RRB- characters on scripted programs has just about doubled since 2005 , according to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation . And characters will continue to identify as LGBT as time goes on , such as `` Ugly Betty 's '' Justin , who recently had his first same-sex kiss . But Jarrett Barrios , president of GLAAD said , `` We still have a long way to go before we 're fully represented -LSB- on -RSB- TV . '' In addition to the increasing number LGBT characters on scripted shows , which currently represents a little more than 3 percent of all leading and supporting characters on broadcast networks , there are"}
-{"answer":"on the fitness of star striker Bobby Zamora , who is struggling with an Achilles injury that has ended his England World Cup hopes . But it was Atletico who had the best of the early skirmishes and Forlan saw an effort thud against a post . But he was on target just after the half hour mark as an Agueuro scuffed effort fell into his path and he beat Schwarzer to open the scoring . Zamora was clearly less than fully fit , but his burst caused chaos in the Spanish defense and when Zoltan Gera crossed from the right a slight deflection saw the ball fall perfectly into the path of Davies , who volleyed home . Uruguay star Forlan pulled a fine save out of Australian international Schwarzer before halftime but the other side of the break saw Davies nearly add to his tally . Zamora went off to give way to Clint Dempsey and both sides had promising attacking moments as players tired . In extra time , Atletico again looked the more threatening and when Raul Garcia cut the ball into the path of Aguero he looked certain to score but put his effort into","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Diego Forlan scored a dramatic extra time winner as Atletico Madrid beat Fulham 2-1 in Hamburg to win the Europa League final on Wednesday night . It was the second of the match for Forlan , who had put Atletico ahead after 32 minutes with Simon Davies equalizing for the English Premier League side six minutes later . Atletico created the better chances in normal and added time with Sergio Aguero a constant threat and it was the Argentine star who set up the winner for his strike partner with four minutes remaining in the second period of extra time . He found space on the left of the Fulham defense and his low cross was diverted past Mark Schwarzer by Forlan 's clever touch which took a slight deflection off Brede Hangeland . Fulham , who had upset the odds more than once to reach the final , could not force a second equalizer and it was Atletico , so often in the shadow of their city neighbors Real , who were left to celebrate their second major European club trophy after a gap of 48 years . Fulham manager Roy Hodgson took a chance"}
-{"answer":"collaboration , the Folksmen from Guest 's film `` A Mighty Wind . '' Now Shearer , McKean and Guest are hitting the road again , but not as Spinal Tap or the Folksmen . They 're playing ... themselves . `` We 're trying very hard to get across the idea that this is us , and only us , '' says Shearer in a phone interview discussing the trio 's `` Unwigged & Unplugged '' 30-date acoustic tour , which kicks off Friday in Vancouver , British Columbia . `` And because we do n't often appear as ourselves -- because we most often appear as characters -- we 're trying to dress it up as a treat , a rare treat , to see us as ourselves . '' The group will be performing both Spinal Tap and Folksmen songs , though , Shearer adds , '' -LSB- we 'll be -RSB- doing these songs kind of in a different way because we 're approaching them as ourselves and not as these characters . '' Have no fear , however , Tap fans : A new album , `` Back from the Dead , '' is due","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Twenty-five years ago , America discovered `` one of England 's loudest bands , '' courtesy of documentarian Marty DiBergi and his film , `` This Is Spinal Tap . '' Christopher Guest , Michael McKean and Harry Shearer will perform Spinal Tap and Folksmen songs on tour . It was all parody -- DiBergi was director Rob Reiner , and cohorts Christopher Guest , Michael McKean and Harry Shearer played the heavy-metal musicians in Spinal Tap -- but for a fictional band , Spinal Tap has had a long afterlife . The film gave birth to several catchphrases , including one -- `` up to 11 '' -- that 's made it into the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary . There are Web sites devoted to the Tap , including at least one , http:\/\/tap-albums.s5.com\/ , that offers a complete discography of the fictional band 's nonexistent albums . And Guest , McKean and Shearer have never left their spandexed alter egos behind . The band reunited for a 1992 album , `` Break Like the Wind , '' and again for a 2001 tour . For the latter , the opening act was another Guest-McKean-Shearer"}
-{"answer":"'' On Monday , China 's top quality control official , Li Changjiang , resigned as a result of the scandal , which has seen the arrest of at least 18 people . Two brothers arrested last week on charges of selling contaminated milk could face death if convicted , according to China Daily , a state-run newspaper . The raw milk used to produce powdered baby formula had been watered down and the chemical melamine was added to fool quality checks , the newspaper said . Watch CNN visit the company at the center of the scandal '' Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Beijing hospitals and a supermarket to show his concern . China 's Health Ministry said about 13,000 children were hospitalized , while another 40,000 had undergone outpatient treatment . `` What we need to do now is to ensure that nothing like this happens in the future , not only in dairy products , but in all foods , '' he said . `` Manufacturers and owners of dairy companies should show more morality and social responsibility in these cases . They are heartless , so we have to create strict law and legislation . I","question":"BEIJING , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- African governments have stopped importing Chinese dairy products as the crisis which has seen more than 52,000 Chinese children poisoned by melamine-tainted goods spreads . Burundi , Gabon and Tanzania have joined governments closer to China -- including Indonesia , Taiwan , Japan , Singapore and Malaysia -- in banning Chinese dairy products . At least 11 countries have banned imports . The precautions come as the number of affected children in China continues to swell . Four babies have died from melamine-tainted infant formula and more than 52,000 children have fallen ill , Chinese authorities say . `` I think we will see more cases , but it is , of course , impossible to predict how many cases there finally will be , '' said Hans Troedsson , the the World Health Organization 's China representative . `` We have to remember that China is a large country with a population of 1.3 billion people . However , of course , 40 - to 50,000 children are affected as reported now . It 's a staggering figure , but where we will end up is too early yet to say ."}
-{"answer":"seen his popularity grow around the world since his comprehensive victory over British fighter Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas . `` I 'm happy to be back -LRB- in Manila -RRB- because there 's a lot of people supporting me here . I expected it in the Phillipines but I had many supporting me in America too . '' The man dubbed the `` National Fist '' will be a busy man over the next few months as he plans to make his second film and record a TV programme . This is a long way from his humble origins growing up in General Santos City , southern Philippines , a reality that Pacquiao says he struggles to believe sometimes . `` I never dreamed I would reach the levels of success I have reached , he said . `` But I have faith in God and discipline in myself to make the sacrifices -LRB- needed -RRB- and to train hard . '' In 14 years as a professional , Pacquiao has won world titles in four weight divisions -- from 7st 8lb to 9st 9lb , at flyweight , super bantamweight , super featherweight and lightweight . In his","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- New IBO light-welterweight world champion , Manny Pacquiao , is planning a career in politics , the 30-year-old told CNN on his return to his native Phillipines . Philippine boxing champ Manny Pacquiao sits with Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Lito Atienza -LRB- L -RRB- and former governor Chavit Singson -LRB- R -RRB- in Manila . Though `` Pacman '' will concentrate on boxing until next year , the man dubbed the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world suggested he could retire the following year to run for congress . `` I want to be a Congressman so I can help the people , '' Pacquiao told CNN 's Andrew Stevens . But when asked if becoming the Filipino president was his ultimate aim he added : `` I would n't think about that because my ambition is only to run for congress . Pacquiao previously ran in the 2007 congressional elections for President Arroyo 's party but was beaten by the Nationalist People 's Coalition candidate Darlene Antonino-Custodio , who received 139,061 votes to Pacquiao 's 75,908 , Britain 's Daily Telegraph said . Pacquiao is a national hero in the Phillipines but has"}
-{"answer":"the investigation report . He was fined , fired and flown home from Iraq , and the company later paid $ 20,000 in compensation to the victim 's family . Moonen returned to the United States within a few days of the incident , his attorney said , but in February he returned to Kuwait working for Combat Support Associates -LRB- CSA -RRB- , a company spokesman said . CNN reported Thursday night that CSA said it was unaware of the December incident when it hired Moonen , because the State Department and Blackwater kept the incident quiet and out of Moonen 's personnel records . Waxman wrote it is `` hard to reconcile this development '' with previous assertions State Department officials have made in recent days . Waxman earlier accused Rice and the State Department of a cover-up of what he called `` an epidemic of corruption '' in Iraq in general . He branded the State Department 's anti-corruption efforts `` dysfunctional , under-funded and a low priority . '' Waxman further blasted the department for trying to keep secret details of corruption in Iraq , especially relating to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki . `` Corruption","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Democrats ' top investigator in Congress reacted angrily Friday to a report that the former Blackwater USA employee accused of killing an Iraqi vice presidential guard was hired by another U.S. contractor weeks later . Rep. Henry Waxman says the State Department is covering up `` an epidemic of corruption '' in Iraq . The report comes alongside Rep. Henry Waxman 's warning of a `` confrontation '' with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice over how much Americans should be able to learn about corruption in Iraq . In a sharply worded letter , Waxman demanded Rice turn over a long list of documents related to the contractor , Andrew Moonen . `` Serious questions now exist about whether the State Department may have withheld from the U.S. Defense Department facts about this Blackwater contractor 's shooting of the Iraqi guard that should have prevented his hiring to work on another contract in support of the Iraq War , '' wrote Waxman , chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform . Moonen is accused of fatally shooting an Iraqi guard and fleeing the scene , according to a Congressional memo describing"}
-{"answer":"in design to the Pavilion Media Center m7780n we reviewed at the start of the year -LRB- HP moved to its current Media Center chassis in the spring -RRB- . We turned on the system and looked over the components , expecting to find a few incremental upgrades from the previous models . Instead , we were shocked to find not only a quad-core processor but also 3GB of fast 1,066 MHz memory -- 1GB more than we anticipated . A quick scan of our quad-core reviews confirmed our suspicion : this is by far the cheapest quad-core PC we 've reviewed . HP is able to keep the price down in large part by not going after gamers with this system -LRB- the preloaded trial offers -- shovelware -- also help subsidize the cost of the PC -RRB- . Instead of putting money toward a powerful but pricey graphics card , HP uses a low-end Nvidia GeForce 7350LE TurboCache card . It borrows resources from the main system memory when it needs more than its 128MB of dedicated video RAM , but it 's more than capable for everything but supplying suitable 3D framerates as our tests show .","question":"-LRB- CNET.com -RRB- -- The HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8120n is proof positive that quad-core processing is ready for mass consumption . This $ 1,150 entertainment-minded desktop serves up Intel 's Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU , a quad-core chip that up to this point we 've seen only in much higher-end systems meant for gaming . While HP 's own Pavilion Slimline or Apple 's Mac Mini might be better fits for most people looking for a PC to pair with their plasma , the m8120n is a great buy if you need a high-end PC that can do pretty much everything outside of gaming . This fixed-configuration retail PC serves up a host of audio and video connections , plenty of hard drive space , more memory than we were expecting , and integrated Wi-Fi -- all inside a functional and good-looking case . The result is a surprisingly powerful media PC ; you wo n't find a better performer for less . Only its lack of a next-gen optical drive prevents a higher recommendation . We 're also not thrilled with the amount of shovelware . Aside from its black exterior , the m8120n is similar"}
-{"answer":"Scholars at Resources for the Futures , a Washington , D.C. , environmental think tank , estimate that enactment of the Waxman-Markey bill -LRB- the American Clean Energy and Security Act -RRB- currently pending before the Senate will cost the average ratepayer anywhere from $ 136 to $ 413 per year . The reality is our economy is set up to burn coal for electricity and gasoline for cars , and moving away from this will be difficult , time consuming , and will compel consumers to decide whether they think it is worth it . Almost half of the electricity produced in the United States comes from coal , which is cheap , plentiful and secure . Yet besides the dangers to coal miners , coal comes with its own costs . Burning it for electricity creates sulfur dioxide , nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide . Scientists and engineers are working on making coal cleaner . One promising approach is carbon sequestration , in which carbon is separated out after burning coal . But once the carbon is separated , it is not clear what will be done with it . The best ideas involve storing it underground in","question":"University Park , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The fatal explosions at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia and the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the Louisiana coast drive home important truths about our country 's energy supplies . The first is that energy extracted from these sources is so valuable for our society that companies can afford to pay their workers premiums to risk their lives in dangerous circumstances . Massey Coal was extracting coal at Upper Big Branch at a cost of $ 35 per ton , and selling it for $ 60 per ton . BP and Transocean were extracting oil from Deepwater Horizon at a cost of $ 50 per barrel and selling it for $ 80 per barrel The second is that there are no simple solutions to U.S. energy challenges . Wherever we get our energy , the price we pay for it is high . We should consider this seemingly obvious fact when we talk about moving toward an economy that uses less carbon in order to combat climate change . Make no mistake : This move will be costly and is not likely to happen any time soon ."}
-{"answer":"discomfort for many . `` People are living in cramped situations , often unsanitary situations , and it 's very hot , '' Kocher said . `` In many places , there is not enough clean water or adequate sanitation . Heat exacerbates that problem . '' As World Refugee Day approaches -- it falls on Saturday this year -- the forecast calls for even more dramatic weather changes in the coming weeks . In Southeast Asia , long stretches of scorching temperatures are usually the prelude to the rainy , or monsoon , season . Watch Angelina Jolie talk to CNN 's Anderson Cooper about the world 's refugee problem '' The term `` monsoon '' refers to a seasonal reversal of wind that typically occurs in late June or early July . For countries like Pakistan and India , this change brings daily , nonstop downpours . The change in the weather is essential for local crops , according to John Fasullo , project scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research . `` The Southeast Asian monsoon is the key source for regional agriculture , '' he told CNN . `` It provides the majority of the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- '' Refugees are the most vulnerable people on Earth . They are fighting to survive . '' -- Angelina Jolie , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees goodwill ambassador Children play in floodwater at a Pakistan refugee camp after floods displaced residents in August 2008 . The world 's population at the end of last year included 42 million displaced people , 80 percent of them in developing nations , according to a report this week by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . Many of these refugees are living in minimal standards for shelter and are exposed daily to the harshest elements of weather , the report says . For example , in Pakistan , some 300,000 refugees are living outdoors , in tents or similar structures , said Michael Kocher , vice president of international programs for the International Rescue Committee . That part of the world has been hit hard by extreme weather over the past couple of months . First , extreme heat plagued Pakistan , with temperatures in May and June soaring past 100 degrees Fahrenheit -LRB- 38 degrees Celsius -RRB- . The heat is escalating the"}
-{"answer":"CNN : Why did you choose to do something animated ? Jessica Biel : I think I chose this part because I 'm kind of a kid at heart and I really thought the story was so sweet and fun . ... I was n't doing anything . I was able to work in town , at home in L.A. , which is so rare . CNN : You could probably wear your pajamas to work . Biel : Pretty much . Roll in , no hair and makeup . I just always wanted to be a voice in some great movie where some little girl loves my character . CNN : Did you get to meet -LSB- your co-stars -RSB- when you were doing the voices ? Biel : I never saw them , never met them . I mean , I know Dwayne , I 've known Dwayne for a long time . I met Justin before , but I never saw them once . It was such an interesting experience to be there by yourself kind of going through it . But ... it goes fast . You 're there , it 's fast , it 's","question":"Los Angeles , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There 's an innocence to Jessica Biel , she says . The actress , who has starred in `` The Illusionist '' and `` I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry , '' wanted to tap into her childlike side for `` Planet 51 , '' a new animated film about an Earth astronaut who lands on a faraway planet that has much in common with 1950s America -- except for the aliens . `` I love that kind of throwback to a more of innocent time and a simpler time and more conservative , '' she told CNN . `` There 's something just kind of attractive about that , those kinds of qualities to me , and I just thought it would be fun . '' `` Planet 51 , '' which also features the voice work of Dwayne `` The Rock '' Johnson , Justin Long and Gary Oldman , opens Friday . Biel sat down with CNN to talk about the film , the challenges of voice work and the difficulty of finding good roles for actresses . The following is an edited version of the interview ."}
-{"answer":"occurred . After the shootings , he said , he heard students shouting . Police came about 10 minutes after they were called , Varmola said . `` It took two hours to get this situation ended , '' he said . Saari , 22 , died Tuesday afternoon from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at Tampere University Hospital , said medical director Matti Lehto . At least one other person suffered serious injuries in the shooting , he added . Police had interviewed and released Saari on Monday after he posted violent videos on YouTube , authorities said . As Saari did not directly threaten anyone in the videos , there were no grounds for further action , national police Commissioner Mikko Paatero told YLE . Authorities learned about the videos Friday but could not reach Saari until Monday , Paatero told YLE . Police also searched his home , YLE reported . Four videos of a man firing a pistol at a shooting range were posted by a `` Mr. Saari '' from Kauhajoki , where the college is based , according to his YouTube profile . The profile also included a video tribute to the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ten people were killed Tuesday when a gunman rampaged through a Finnish college , police officials said . Officials say Matti Juhani Saari began firing in a classroom at the college before shooting himself . Over the course of 90 minutes , Saari fired a few shots at police , Finnish broadcaster YLE said . Jukka Forsberg , a maintenance worker at the school , told YLE that the gunman was wearing a ski mask and walked into the building with a large bag . About 150 students were on campus Kauhajoki city 's School of Hospitality in southwestern Finland . Forsberg said , `` I heard several dozen rounds of shots . In other words , it was an automatic pistol . I saw some female students who were wailing and moaning , and one managed to escape out the back door . '' Smoke billowed from a building on campus , but officials could not immediately say what caused the fire . Watch pictures from the scene '' Tapio Varmola , who was visiting the school at the time , told CNN he was in a building about two blocks away when the shootings"}
-{"answer":"'s green jacket . He is setting his sights this year on 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes . Saturday 's competition will be partially about redemption for Chestnut , too . In May , he suffered a stinging defeat to Kobayashi in a loss he said `` really set a fire underneath me '' and `` made me hungry for this contest . '' Chestnut revealed the extreme dietary regimen he is following in the days leading up to the contest . He said he is sticking to water to make sure he is `` empty '' when the mountain of hot dogs is placed in front of him . In addition to Chestnut , Kobayashi admitted to keeping a watchful eye on 32-year-old Tim `` Eater X '' Janus , whose signature painted face was described by Major League Eating impresario Richard Shea as an attempt to mask his `` inner torment . '' In a recent trial round , Janus downed a personal-best 55 hot dogs -- a weiner 's throw from the 59 that Chestnut and Kobayashi wolfed down last year . As a lead-in to the main event , Major League Eating on Friday will","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Reigning hot dog-guzzling champ Joey Chestnut and nemesis Takeru Kobayashi of Japan attempted to psych each other out Thursday at the weigh-in for the 94th annual Nathan 's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest . Competitive eaters Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi take part in an official `` staredown . '' Chestnut and Kobayashi glared long and menacingly into each other 's eyes in an official `` staredown . '' At last year 's contest , 25-year-old Chestnut , a civil engineering student at San Jose State University , eked out a win over Kobayashi , 31 , in a tiebreaker after both initially consumed 59 dogs apiece . It was Chestnut 's second slim victory over Kobayashi in as many years . Kobayashi vowed he will avenge those two defeats on Saturday . He also said he no longer suffers from the `` jawthritis '' that some cited as the culprit for his 2007 defeat , which snapped his six-year winning streak at Coney Island . Chestnut , for his part , said he had no intention of ceding the coveted mustard yellow belt -- competitive eating 's answer to golf"}
-{"answer":"leg and then they pulled it out , '' he says , lifting up his pant leg to show a tiny wound . He says his captors also pulled out each of his tiny fingernails , broke both his arms , and beat him repeatedly on the side of the head with a shovel . He still suffers chronic headaches . He remembers them laughing as they inflicted the pain . `` I would think about my mommy and daddy , '' he replies , when asked how he managed to get through the agony . His father , Abdul Qader , struggles for words . `` When he tells me about how they would torture him , I ca n't tolerate it . I start crying , '' he says . `` What hurts me the most is when they hammered a nail into his leg . '' The father , a police officer , was sleeping at the police station in Falluja when his son was kidnapped . It was too dangerous to go home regularly . Although Falluja was no longer controlled by insurgents , assassinations against police were common . `` I woke up to the","question":"FALLUJA , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Like many young boys , Khidir loves playing with toy cars and wants to be a policeman like his father when he grows up . But it was his father 's very job that caused the tiny child to suffer the unimaginable . Khidir , now 8 , was kidnapped and held hostage for two years by operatives with al Qaeda in Iraq . Khidir was just 6 years old when he was savagely ripped away from his family , kidnapped by al Qaeda operatives in Iraq . `` They beat me with a shovel , they pulled my teeth out with pliers , they would go like this and pull it , '' said Khidir , now 8 , demonstrating with his hands . `` And they would make me work on the farm gathering carrots . '' What followed was even more horrific , an ordeal that would last for two years in captivity . Khidir and his father spoke to CNN recently , more than half a year after his rescue by Iraqi police . Watch boy describe torture '' `` This is where they hammered a nail into my"}
-{"answer":"Portsmouth , Ohio , McCain said he knows that he has `` a lot of work to do '' with the younger voters . The senator said he needs young conservatives to help spread his message for him , because `` there 's nothing that convinces young people like other young people . '' McCain also acknowledged the importance of using the Internet to reach out to a generation that stays in touch via social networking sites . On MySpace , Obama has more than 427,000 friends , compared with fewer than 60,000 for McCain . Perlmutter said he cringed when McCain admitted he does n't use e-mail . Obama , however , is frequently seen with Blackberry in hand . Additionally , Perlmutter pointed out that the images used in McCain 's campaign -- such as a message about small businesses showing a barber shop with a traditional red and blue pole -- hardly connect to the younger generation . `` Well , when you see the Main Street barber shop image , you think of 1950s America . An entrepreneur , a Silicon Valley guy would definitely make him more attractive , '' he said . Obama also","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From cyberspace to college campuses , many young conservatives are worried that Sen. John McCain is not appealing to their generation . Sen. John McCain says he knows how important young voters are . At a town hall meeting in Ohio this month , a student told McCain that Republicans were a dying breed on his campus . `` I understand the challenge I have , and I understand that this election is really all about the people of your generation , '' McCain said . Many young Republicans said Sen. Barack Obama , the 46-year-old junior senator from Illinois , is inspiring voters their age , but McCain , the 71-year-old Arizona senator who has been in office since the early '80s , is not . Eric Perlmutter , a Republican and student at the at the University of Southern California , said the roaring enthusiasm that follows Obama is missing among conservatives his age . `` We try to get people out to our college Republican meetings , but ... we ca n't seem to draw the same kind of vocal support , '' he said . At the July town hall meeting in"}
-{"answer":"a Mumbai slum all their lives . They were handpicked by the producers of `` Slumdog Millionaire '' for parts in the movie , which tells the rags-to-riches tale of a young boy who grew up in a Mumbai slum . Following the film 's spectacular success around the world , the producers decided to include the two young actors in the movie 's Oscar experience . The children made their first journey on a plane when they were flown to Los Angeles , California , to attend the awards ceremony . `` The plane was so big , '' said Rubina . `` I 'd only seen -LSB- planes -RSB- in the sky earlier and it used to look so small . '' `` America was just fantastic , '' Rubina gushed , visibly excited after she made a dramatic entry into the slum on her father 's shoulders on Thursday afternoon . `` I was so excited to be on stage at the Oscars . Everyone was crying . '' Red-carpet formalities done , the children were given a whirlwind tour of Los Angeles . The highlight -- a trip to Disneyland . `` I loved all the","question":"MUMBAI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On Sunday night , Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali were in Hollywood , California , getting celebrity treatment as eight Oscars were awarded to the movie they starred in , `` Slumdog Millionaire . '' Rubina Ali , who starred in `` Slumdog Millionaire , '' is greeted by crowds in Mumbai , India , on Thursday . Thursday night , the two children were sleeping at home in Mumbai , India . Azharuddin sleeps under a plastic sheet in a shantytown beside a railway track , where the smell of urine and cow dung lingers in the air . Rubina sleeps with her parents and siblings in a tiny shack beside an open drain . The slum they live in put on a Bollywood-style welcome for the two young stars . There were music , dancing , sweets , garlands , security -- tears and tantrums -- and paparazzi . Mumbai 's Garib Nagar area , which translates literally into `` poor district , '' put on a robust show for two of its own . Watch the children get happy , chaotic reception \u00c2 '' Rubina and Azharuddin have lived in"}
-{"answer":"New Year 's Eve bash , and the city claims that it is the largest such party in the world . Roughly one million merrymakers pack the nearly mile-and-a-quarter-long stretch between the Victory Column and the Brandenburg Gate . Colorful lasers illuminate the sky while music -- mostly pop and dance -- blares from giant speakers . Elsewhere in town , Germans are as law-abiding on Silvester -LRB- New Year 's Eve -RRB- as always , lighting their private fireworks in designated spaces under police watch . But they also cut loose with practical jokes , such as filling homemade doughnuts with mustard instead of the usual jelly . Details : silvester-berlin . de . Hot tip : If you need a breather , duck into one of the scattered party tents . Rest on free heated benches and munch on specialty sausages , such as bratwurst for around $ 3 . Or else head to Unter den Linden Boulevard , which presents a clearer , less claustrophobic view of the fireworks . Cape Town : Where the Second is best A slave 's only day off in 18th-century South Africa was on January 2 , and so it 's","question":"-LRB- Budget Travel -RRB- -- It 's every city 's favorite excuse for a party . Here are ten spectacular ways to ring in 2009 . Brilliant and colorful fireworks light up Australia 's Sydney Harbour Bridge last New Year 's Eve . Bangkok : A fresh tradition If Times Square 's light show does n't cut it for you , head to the capital of Thailand , where a 52-foot-high Greeting Ball Tower signals the arrival of midnight . Outside of the giant CentralWorld shopping mall , about 500,000 revelers join hands to count down to the New Year . Earlier in the evening , events include seven concert performances by Thai stars . Grab a glass of Chang beer from an outdoor garden for about $ 1.50 . BudgetTravel.com : See slideshow of New Year 's hot spots Details : handsbangkokcountdown.com or tourismthailand.org . Hot tip : Catch traditional Thai dance and folk music on the city 's historic parade ground , Sanam Luang . At midnight , fireworks explode over the banks of the Chao Phraya River . Berlin : The best and the wurst Despite temperatures of around the freezing point , Berliners host an open-air"}
-{"answer":"feel is so much deeper than I ever dare to express in a public forum . There are things I 'd like to say , but to protect my son and to maintain the dignity of my family , my words will be far too mild to adequately speak the disgusting truth about you , '' she said tearfully , trembling as she spoke . `` Chelsea was a sweet , loving and innocent soul who could not have fathomed the wretched piece of evil that ended her beautiful life on that day . '' Gardner , 31 , pleaded guilty April 16 to raping and murdering the San Diego-area teens in a deal with prosecutors that spared him the death penalty . He also pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit rape of a jogger who managed to fight him off . CNN does not name survivors of sexual assault . The young woman also addressed Gardner in open court Friday . `` As a runner , I 've always gloried in the peace that comes in the utter solitude of a long run , '' said the woman , who was attacked in December 2009 . ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Admitted killer John Albert Gardner III bowed his head and wept at his sentencing Friday as the parents of his teen victims called him a monster and coward for raping and murdering their daughters . At the end of the hourlong hearing , the convicted sex offender was sentenced by Judge David Danielsen to three consecutive terms of life without parole for murdering Chelsea King and Amber Dubois and attacking a jogger . The case has sparked calls for tougher penalties against sex offenders . Dressed in a green jailhouse jumpsuit , his gaze on the floor , Gardner became emotional as the parents took turns attempting to articulate the agony of their losses before a packed courtroom in San Diego Superior Court . The themes of their statements alternated between celebrations of the teens ' lives and expressions of rage directed at Gardner . `` Look at me , '' Kelly King , Chelsea 's mother , tearfully demanded of her daughter 's killer after taking the podium . She paused and waited as a red-faced Gardner slowly lifted his eyes , casting a quick glance at her before shutting them . `` What I"}
-{"answer":"11 years old at the time of the crash came forward and connected the military with other locals who had knowledge of generally where the crash and burial locations were . The tipster did not know exactly where Speicher was buried but he knew others who had the knowledge , the military statement explained . `` He willingly provided his information during general discussion with MNF-W -LSB- Multi-National Force-West -RSB- personnel and stated he was unaware of the U.S. government 's interest in this case until queried by U.S. investigators in July 2009 , '' according to the statement . Bedouin are desert-dwelling nomadic Arabs . One hundred and fifty U.S. military troops were dispatched to dig for the remains at the crash site and did not find any sign of the pilot . At the second site the troops discovered skeletal fragments , according to the statement . Dental records initially identified the bones as Speicher 's and , on August 2 , DNA results came back positive . Speicher 's remains will be taken to Jacksonville , Florida , for burial , according to a family spokeswoman . Speicher was a lieutenant commander when shot down , but","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Bedouin who was just a boy when a U.S. Navy pilot 's plane crashed in the Iraqi desert in 1991 was the key to finding his remains more than 18 years after he was killed , the Pentagon says . Marines conduct recovery efforts at the crash site of U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher , shot down in 1991 . The new details of the final hunt for U.S. Navy pilot Scott Speicher , who was lost over Iraq on the opening night of the Gulf War in January 1991 , were released by the Pentagon Friday . Two sites were searched by U.S. troops who dug west of Baghdad , Iraq , in Anbar province , one at the plane crash site and another 2 kilometers away . The remains of Capt. Speicher were found at the second location . The U.S. military has long said Speicher had ejected out of his jet after it was hit by an Iraqi missile . After years of searching , it was just last month that the military got the crucial information that led them to the burial site . A Bedouin who was just"}
-{"answer":"and took the helm himself , with uneven results . And yet he still had something , remembered Phil Ramone , who was to produce Joel 's 1977 breakthrough , `` The Stranger . '' At a 1976 Columbia Records convention in Toronto , Joel opened a musical showcase and `` ripped the crowd up , '' Ramone recalls in a phone interview from Connecticut . `` My friends said , ` Watch this guy . ' '' Watch Joel perform `` Piano Man '' '' And then there was a series of concerts at New York 's Carnegie Hall in early June 1977 , featured on the new anniversary edition of `` The Stranger '' -LRB- Columbia\/Legacy -RRB- , out Tuesday . -LRB- A special edition of the release also includes a DVD of other Joel performances . -RRB- Known then , as now , as an exciting live performer , Joel and his band gave a series of performances that impressed Ramone -- though , he noted , the recorded versions paled in comparison . `` I watched what he had done and tracked his past records , '' he says . `` Everything I 'd seen had","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- You might not have wanted to bet on Billy Joel in the summer of 1977 . If `` The Stranger '' had n't been a success , Billy Joel suspects he would have been dropped from his label . For a guy whose career had started out promisingly , he 'd undergone more setbacks than a wild-armed pitcher . In his teen years he was a session pianist on Shadow Morton-produced records -LRB- including , allegedly , the Shangri-Las ' `` Leader of the Pack '' -RRB- , but failed with his groups , including a heavy-metal duo . He followed his first Top 40 hit , `` Piano Man , '' with a bitter second one , `` The Entertainer '' -LRB- in which he sang , `` If I go cold\/I wo n't get sold\/I 'll get put in the back\/In the discount rack\/Like another can of beans , '' over an incongruous synthesizer track -RRB- . He was considered a singer-songwriter with great potential but bickered with his label and his producers . Making 1976 's `` Turnstiles , '' he fired producer James William Guercio -- a consistent hitmaker with Chicago --"}
-{"answer":"had sent had been read at UMP offices in Paris . If this was the case it meant , according to the New York Review of Books , `` he had reason to suspect he might be under electronic surveillance in New York . He had already been warned by a friend in the French diplomatic corps that an effort would be made to embarrass him with a scandal . The warning that his BlackBerry might have been hacked was therefore all the more alarming . '' The author of the New York Review of Books story , Edward Epstein , told Agence-France Presse : `` I did n't say it was a political conspiracy but I would say that people wanted to find evidence of an indiscretion of his that could derail either his -LRB- French presidential -RRB- candidacy or even -LRB- his work at -RRB- the IMF . '' One of Strauss-Kahn 's lawyers , William Taylor , also told the news agency his client was possibly `` the target of a deliberate effort to destroy him as a political force . '' However , Taylor did not say exactly who might be to blame . In France","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A leading figure in French President Nicolas Sarkozy 's party , the UMP , has dismissed any suggestion that ex-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was set up when he was arrested on charges of sexual assault in New York in May . `` To imagine that what would have happened to Mr. Strauss-Kahn would be the object of some sort of complicity from the UMP , it seems too hard to believe , '' said Jean-Francois Cope , secretary-general of the UMP party . Charges against Strauss-Kahn were dropped in August after questions were raised over the credibility of his accuser , hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo . However , the scandal ended both his career at the IMF and any hope of the leading Socialist politician challenging Sarkozy in next year 's presidential election . Now an article in the New York Review of Books says Strauss-Kahn suspected a cellphone that disappeared just before his arrest had earlier been hacked . It also describes CCTV footage showing employees of the Sofitel hotel appearing to celebrate after the maid reported the alleged attack . A female friend of Strauss-Kahn allegedly warned him that an email he"}
-{"answer":"a few years back -- returns to work by 12:45 p.m. and stays until at least 4 . Not everyone who works past 65 does so because they want to . In a survey completed last month , 38 percent of respondents working past the age of 62 said they may have to delay retirement even further because of the recession , according to the Pew Research Center 's Social and Demographic Trends project . But in answer to another question in the same survey , 54 percent of workers 65 or older said they 're working now mainly because they want to . Seventeen percent said their main reason was money , and 27 percent said both factors motivated them . `` Some of them enjoy it , and some of them need the money . But even if they need the money , they also enjoy the work , '' said Cynthia Metzler , president of Experience Works , a nonprofit that helps low-income workers ages 55 and older acquire new job skills . The group , which operates in 30 states and also uses federal funds to pay participants a minimum wage to work community service jobs","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jack Borden would like you to consider working well past retirement age . As a 101-year-old attorney , he has the credibility to encourage it . Attorney Jack Borden , 101 , says he 's never thought about not working . `` What would I do ? '' he said . Borden , who has been practicing law for the better part of 70 years , still spends about 40 hours a week at his office in Weatherford , Texas , handling estate planning , probate and real estate matters . Retire ? Not while he 's able to help folks . `` As long as you are capable , you ought to use what God gave you . He left me here for a reason , and with enough of a mind to do what it is I 'm supposed to be doing , '' said Borden , who also has been a district attorney and Weatherford 's mayor . He arrives at the practice he shares with his nephew at 6:30 a.m. . He goes home for lunch at 10:45 a.m. , rests in bed for 45 minutes -- doctor 's orders after pneumonia"}
-{"answer":"and the manufacturer 's best interest to find the best used cars available for these programs , so most of the cars sold through them are clean , undamaged cars coming off of two - or three-year leases or out of rental-car fleet service . Restrictions on which vehicles are allowed in the program , such as age and mileage , vary . Some cars in CPO programs could be as young as six months and have only 6000 miles on them , as in BMW 's program , and others could be as much as five years old and have a maximum of 80,000 miles on the odometer , in the case of Volvo . Inspection and warranty Although the content and extent of each brand 's certified pre-owned program varies , one of the constants is the complete vehicle inspection offered by every program . Though the number of items -- or points -- inspected on the vehicle varies from 100 to 300 , as a consumer you should feel comfortable knowing that everything important on the car was inspected by the dealer , under the guidelines of the manufacturer , and the worn or bad parts were","question":"-LRB- AOL Autos -RRB- -- Big Al , the used car dealer with that small lot down on the corner , may be your mother 's cousin , but that does n't mean you 'll get the best used car deal in town from him . He sells all brands of cars , has no visible shop or mechanical staff , and he is the only one that stands behind the quality of his cars ... until the rear tires clear his driveway . The numbers of items inspected on the cars range from 100 to 300 . A better used car ? If shopping for regular used cars , whether it be at a dealer or private party , just is n't cutting it for you , there may be a better solution -- choosing to buy from a new-car dealer who also operates a Certified Pre-Owned -LRB- CPO -RRB- used car program . These programs are operated jointly by the manufacturer and the dealer , and practically guarantee the quality , condition , and future long life of the car , truck , crossover , or SUV you 're interest in . It 's in the dealer 's"}
-{"answer":"says . Those weekend events were held in a small , wood-framed building situated between rows of golden crops . The building would come to be known as Blob 's Park , a restaurant , dance hall and German-style biergarten . It opened in 1933 . Thousands of patrons came to know the dance hall , which saw most of its business on Friday and Saturday nights . But time marched on , and developers came calling . `` My brother ran the park until New Year 's Eve -LRB- of 2007 -RRB- , and the rest of my family members decided , with the pressure from developers , to sell the land , '' Eggrel says . `` Our land butts right up to Fort Meade and the NSA -LRB- National Security Agency -RRB- facility , '' Eggrel explains . Fort Meade is currently going through major renovation and upgrades on its facility . The fort is part of the Base Realignment and Closure -LRB- BRAC -RRB- program implemented by the Department of Defense in 2005 that will see thousands of new jobs on base . With all these jobs comes a need for housing , Eggrel says .","question":"JESSUP , Maryland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The beer is flowing , the polka band is playing , and dancers are twirling across the dance floor . Couples dance at Blob 's Park , a dance hall that owes its revival , in part , to the economic downturn . Blob 's Park lives again . The popular Bavarian beer hall and weekend nightspot had closed its doors in 2007 , the victim of an unlikely foe : progress . Developers , eager to build on the 400 acres of prime real estate in the bustling Baltimore\/Washington , D.C. , corridor , had purchased the 400 acres upon which the dance hall sat . It was the end of an era for the farmland first owned by Max Blob , a German immigrant , who , among other things , helped found America 's first `` Oktoberfest '' 70 years ago . Blob was the great-uncle of Max Eggrel , who grew up on the land in Jessup , Maryland . Standing on that farmland recently , Eggrel recalled the old days . `` We would farm during the week and have a biergarten during the weekend , '' Eggrel"}
-{"answer":", but he says at this stage they wo n't be for sale . Riversimple plans to lease the car to customers for a monthly fee of # 200 -LRB- $ 330 -RRB- . Hydrogen fuel for the cars will cost just 15 pence -LRB- 25 cents -RRB- per mile . It 's a long way from the fuel-guzzling world Spowers used to inhabit as a designer and developer of high-powered racing cars . It was the industry 's appalling environmental record that encouraged him to leave to try to find a way to make driving greener . `` Certainly the first five or six years were hard work because I did have an awful lot of people telling me I was mad , '' Spowers told CNN , at the launch of the Riversimple Urban Car in London . `` Gradually it all sort of gathered steam , '' he said , adding `` I 'm absolutely convinced that we 're offering a better solution for a segment of the transport problem and we 'd be crazy not to pursue it . '' The Urban Car 's power comes from hydrogen fuel cells which are linked to four electric","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former motor-racing engineer has unveiled a prototype of a new hydrogen-powered city car which claims to emit less than one third of the carbon emissions produced by its nearest rival . The Riversimple Urban Car has been nine years in the making and needs further funding for city trials . The creators of the ` Urban Car , ' UK-based company Riversimple , say the vehicle emits less than 30 grams per kilometer of carbon dioxide , less than one third of the carbon produced by the Polo Bluemotion . Riversimple founder Hugo Spowers has spent nine years researching and developing the prototype car . `` I think that the auto industry is focusing a lot of money on research and development at a basic science level on hydrogen storage and fuel cell technology . We do n't think it 's necessary to do that , '' Spowers told CNN . `` We can use existing technology and integrate it into a whole system design approach -- that is where the breakthrough has come . '' Spowers is searching for extra funding to put the ` Urban Car ' on the streets"}
-{"answer":"accident occurred . A key issue in the judge 's decision was whether a U.S. court had jurisdiction over a foreign contractor and whether there was a legal basis to find it negligent . Ultimately , Judge William Duffey found that there was . `` The court enters judgment in the amount of $ 4,907,048 to be paid by KGL in a single lump payment , '' the judge wrote in his 12-page decision issued on November 5 . Baragona 's father , Dominic Baragona , a former U.S. Marine , told CNN he is embarrassed his family was forced into a lawsuit to learn details surrounding his son 's death . He also said the court decision is bittersweet : No amount of money will ever bring his son back , but it feels good that a court of law sided with his family . Watch family describe Rocky 's hugs , his Mustang and his character '' `` You feel good for the Rock , '' he said of his boy . `` We 're going to make KGL sweat it a little bit . I mean they 're going to remember Rocky 's name . '' Baragona","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A federal court has ordered a Kuwait-based contractor to pay nearly $ 5 million in damages to the family of a U.S. military officer killed in Iraq -- a rare court decision holding a contracting company accountable for its actions in the war . Lt. Col. Dominic Baragona was the highest-ranking soldier to die in Iraq when he was killed May 19 , 2003 . Army Lt. Col. Dominic `` Rocky '' Baragona was just an hour away from a U.S. base in Kuwait -- ultimately headed home to the United States -- when a tractor-trailer operated by Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company slammed into his Humvee on May 19 , 2003 , killing him instantly . Baragona , a West Point graduate , was 42 years old and the highest-ranking soldier to have died in the war at the time . His family filed a wrongful death suit against KGL . Earlier this month , the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia sided with the family , holding the Kuwait company negligent in Baragona 's death for failing to provide safe passage on the three-lane road where the"}
-{"answer":"wo n't drink twice . '' Watch Lamprey use sword to open champagne '' Gross stuff aside , Lamprey has what many consider to be a dream job . And although he occasionally gets a little bleary-eyed , the Californian maintains that it 's not a show about getting inebriated . `` I drink to try new things , to learn about drinking cultures or new drinks , '' Lamprey said . `` Sometimes levels of inebriation are the by-product of my job , but I 'm certainly not going out looking to do that . If I did I think I 'd be the wrong person for the job . '' We caught up with Lamprey in New York 's Bubble Lounge , where he was preparing -LRB- soberly , mind you -RRB- to use a sword to lop off the end of a champagne bottle , glass neck and all . It 's a ritual he says started in the Napoleonic era as a way to celebrate victories at battle . While Lamprey might not be as battle-scarred as Napoleon 's men , he does have a victory to celebrate : `` Three Sheets '' has a new","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Coagulated sheep 's blood . Pig knuckles . Snake bile . Fried crickets . Sound like ingredients you might see bubbling away in a caldron , right ? Zane Lamprey raises a toast to alcoholic beverages the world over . Well , these are just some of the unusual items Zane Lamprey has eaten -- yes , eaten -- during the course of his day job . No , he 's not a human garbage disposal . Lamprey is a comedian who hosts a TV program about drinking , `` Three Sheets . '' The show follows him all over the world as he samples local libations . Lamprey also claims to be in search of the ultimate hangover cure , which is why he 's often called upon to ingest the indigestible . Not that the drinks are any better . Anyone for a shot of Belize rum that 's had a dead snake fermenting in it for about a year ? If the locals drink it , so will Lamprey . `` I 'll try anything once , '' he said , adding that `` there 's certainly a lot that I"}
-{"answer":"a four-day aerial attack , '' Piro said . `` He survived that one and he was willing to accept that type of attack . '' `` He did n't believe the U.S. would invade ? '' Correspondent Scott Pelley asked . `` No , not initially , '' Piro answered . Once it was clear that an invasion was imminent , Hussein asked his generals to hold off the allied forces for two weeks , Piro said . `` And at that point , it would go into what he called the secret war , '' the agent said , referring to the insurgency . But Piro said he was not sure that the insurgency was indeed part of Hussein 's plan . `` Well , he would like to take credit for the insurgency , '' he said . Hussein had the ability to restart the weapons program and professed to wanting to do that , Piro said . `` He wanted to pursue all of WMD ... to reconstitute his entire WMD program . '' Hussein said he was proud he eluded U.S. authorities who searched for him for nine months after the U.S.-led invasion , Piro","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Saddam Hussein let the world think he had weapons of mass destruction to intimidate Iran and prevent the country from attacking Iraq , according to an FBI agent who interviewed the dictator after his 2003 capture . Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in an unknown location in Iraq after his capture in 2003 . According to a CBS report , Hussein claimed he did n't anticipate that the United States would invade Iraq over WMD , agent George Piro said on `` 60 Minutes , '' scheduled for Sunday broadcast . `` For him , it was critical that he was seen as still the strong , defiant Saddam . He thought that -LRB- faking having the weapons -RRB- would prevent the Iranians from reinvading Iraq , '' said Piro . During the nearly seven months Piro talked to Hussein , the agent hinted to the Iraqi that he answered directly to President Bush , CBS said in a posting on its Web site . `` He told me he initially miscalculated ... President Bush 's intentions . He thought the United States would retaliate with the same type of attack as we did in 1998 ..."}
-{"answer":"had to go and seek medical attention . Who am I to question him ? I do not want to divulge -LRB- his real ailment -RRB- , what you are trying to draw me is to tell what ailment he is suffering from . Maybe the attention -LRB- Mugabe needs -RRB- is outside the country . Maybe we do not have the expertise -LRB- in Zimbabwe -RRB- . What do you want him to do ? He is not certainly suffering from malaria as you would understand , which we can obtain -LRB- treatment for -RRB- at the nearest hospital . There might be complications . '' Mugabe , last week flew to Singapore for medical treatment for the eighth time this year , heightening concern over his health . In March , Mugabe 's office declared that he had undergone an eye operation to remove cataracts earlier in the year , and that he had just had `` a final review . '' Last month Mugabe 's Zanu-PF party set up a committee to probe revelations contained in the WikiLeaks documents that party officials told U.S. diplomats that Mugabe had prostate cancer and would be dead by 2013 .","question":"Harare , Zimbabwe -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Costly and frequent travels to Singapore by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe for medication were justified because the 87-year-old might be having `` complications , '' his political rival and Zimbabwe 's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Wednesday . `` The responsibility of the state is to look after its leaders . If the president is sick , he should be attended to , '' said Tsvangirai responding to journalists who were eager to know why his and Mugabe 's travel expenses had reached $ 29 million dollars in eight months , according to government figures published quarterly . The figures represent an enormous sum for a country where the majority of the population struggles to have one meal a day . Official figures show Zimbabwe spends about $ 5 million a month . Mugabe 's and Tsvangirai 's travels consume more than $ 3.6 million a month , the figures show . When quizzed by journalists why the 87-year-old frequents Singapore which accounts for the bulk of the two 's travels , Tsvangirai said : `` Whether you like it or not he -LRB- Mugabe -RRB- may say I was sick and I"}
-{"answer":"and to make legislative decision-making more efficient . Congress quickly expanded on the types of measures that could be considered under reconciliation until 1985 and 1986 , when the Senate passed rules proposed by Sen. Robert Byrd that limited what could or could not be included when using this process . Before moving forward , Democrats must consider two questions . The first is whether using reconciliation to pass health care is legitimate or an abuse of the process . Republicans have charged that this would be akin to forcing the program through the chamber rather than passing the bill through negotiation and compromise . On this question , the answer is easy . Reconciliation has been as much a part of the Senate in the past three decades as the filibuster . According to an article that was published in The New Republic , Congress passed 22 reconciliation bills between 1980 and 2008 . Many important policy changes were enacted through this process , including the Children 's Health Insurance Program , COBRA -LRB- which allows people who switch jobs to keep their health care -RRB- , student aid reform , expansions in Medicaid and several major tax cuts","question":"Princeton , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After the Republicans and Democrats met at the White House summit on health care , it was clear that the parties are very far away from a bipartisan agreement . Indeed , few participants walked away with the sense that they were any closer to a deal . The White House did make clear that it was willing to move forward on health care without Republican support . The choice now becomes whether Democrats should use the budget reconciliation process to pass some parts of health care legislation . According to recent reports , Democrats are considering having the House pass the bill that was already approved in the Senate and then dealing with a package of additional reforms through reconciliation . Programs that are considered under the reconciliation process are not subject to a Senate filibuster . Democrats would only need 51 votes , not 60 , to pass those parts of the bill that are included under reconciliation . Reconciliation was created through the Budget Reform Act of 1974 in an effort to streamline the budget process , strengthen the ability of Congress to make tough decisions regarding deficits ,"}
-{"answer":"dangerous to anyone outside the immediate vicinity of the fire . A statement from his federal agency also indicated that `` ground-level portable sampling devices did not show elevated toxic chemicals . '' Earlier , Dave Bary -- a Dallas-based spokesman for the EPA -- said the most prevalent chemical that the company had documented , and produced on site , was anhydrous ammonia . The EPA official said earlier Monday that 48,630 pounds of the chemical , which creates a toxic vapor downwind when released , have been reported at the site . It was not known how much of the chemical was released into the air during the fire . Officials ordered the evacuation of a school , an apartment building and other industrial sites within an eight-block radius of the plant , said Diana Buckley , an official with Ellis County government . A shelter-in-place advisory is in effect for some smaller nearby towns northwest of the city , including Red Oak , she said . `` Everybody is out and safe , '' Donald Golden , environmental health and safety manager for Magnablend Inc. , the plant 's owner , said of employees and visitors to","question":"Waxahachie , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Preliminary air quality tests show `` no threat to the public '' from a massive fire at a Texas chemical plant Monday , city and federal officials said . Waxahachie Fire Chief David Hudgins said authorities believe that the fire `` overran the sprinkler system , '' and it sent thick plumes of smoke high into the sky hours after it started . There were no flames visible by late afternoon , though by then the blaze might have discharged dangerous substances into the air , according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency . That prompted EPA staff to dispatch air monitors to test for toxic vapors . Around 4:45 p.m. -LRB- 5:45 p.m. EST -RRB- , Waxahachie city spokeswoman Amy Hollywood said initial tests did not indicate any danger to those in the area . That assessment was later confirmed by EPA official Nicolas Brescia . `` We have not seen any significant level that would cause a public health concern , '' Brescia told reporters . Brescia said that tests conducted from flights over and around the fire detected small amounts of two chemicals , but nothing that would be considered"}
-{"answer":"these past few years . Since actor Zach Braff -- a buddy from Northwestern University -- promoted the Cleveland , Ohio-born musician 's tunes on the TV sitcom `` Scrubs , '' Radin 's vulnerable lyrics and whispery delivery have caught on . Primetime programs like `` Grey 's Anatomy '' and `` American Idol '' also used his music , and before long Radin had a debut album -- 2006 's critically acclaimed `` We Were Here '' -- and a reason to hit the road . Radin -LRB- who has a loud , hearty laugh for a guy whose songs are pretty melancholy -RRB- dropped by CNN 's New York offices to talk about how he landed that wedding gig , and some of the unusual surfaces he uses to jot down lyrics . The following is an edited version of the interview . Watch Radin cause hearts to melt '' CNN : A lot of your songs are about heartache and heartbreak . Are you sad all the time ? Joshua Radin : No , not at all . Just tired . CNN : Why so tired ? Radin : Because I play a lot of shows","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He performed at Ellen DeGeneres ' wedding this past summer , and he 's as quick-witted as Adam Sandler . Could Joshua Radin be the next great wedding singer ? Joshua Radin got a push from old friend Zach Braff , but has been making his own fans . `` No , do n't say that , '' the singer-songwriter says good-naturedly . `` Wedding singers play covers and they 're usually Motown songs . I do n't know any Al Green . '' Maybe not -- and Al Green did n't record for Motown , either -- but Radin hopes to put a little love in your heart with his sophomore album , `` Simple Times . '' `` It 's about my whole life . Every song I write is an honest account of my life . They 're sort of like journal entries , '' he says . `` So this one 's about falling in and out of love , it 's about my friends , it 's about my family . It 's about the world we live in . '' Radin 's world has been anything but simple"}
-{"answer":"been saved by 43 international rescue teams , made up of about 1,700 people . Relief operations and delivery of aid are increasing and becoming better organized , Ban said , although he added , `` For those who have lost everything , of course , help can not come soon enough . '' Despite logistical challenges , the situation is improving , he said . New corridors have been cleared on land . Capacity at Port-au-Prince 's airport is improving . And a main port -- rendered unusable by earthquake damage -- is expected to be reopened next week . `` There have been some difficulties and some bottlenecks in delivering our relief items , '' Ban said . '' ... The situation is overwhelming . '' But U.N. personnel are working day and night to overcome hurdles and increase the delivery of aid to Haitians , he said . `` On the ground , we have seen some difficulties when it comes to deliver -LSB- ing -RSB- actual relief items , because of the over-demand and the extraordinary situation . I have seen for myself how many people are without homes and shelters , and we have to","question":"United Nations -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The United Nations Security Council has approved a proposal to send an additional 2,000 soldiers and 1,500 police officers to quake-ravaged Haiti , U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday . By its approval of the plan Monday , `` the council sends a clear signal : The world is with Haiti , '' Ban said . He said he was confident that member states would respond quickly in order to get the troops on the ground as soon as possible . `` I believe that the deployment of additional troops and police forces will be done quite quickly , '' Ban said . '' ... In every aspect of our operation there , we are running against time . '' Look for missing loved ones The forces will bolster the approximately 7,000 U.N. soldiers and 2,200 police already assigned there , at least 22 of whom were killed in the January 12 earthquake . About 150 people affiliated with the U.N. remain unaccounted for . Although Tuesday marks a week since the magnitude 7.0 temblor struck , `` there are still lives to be saved , '' Ban said . Some 90 victims have"}
-{"answer":"of the other . But after 66 years apart , Famulak , 83 , was reunited with her long lost 73-year-old brother , Wssewolod Galezkij . They held each other close this time , cherishing the moment . Watch siblings hug for first time in seven decades '' `` I do n't believe anyone has ever known such happiness . Now , I truly believe I can die satisfied , '' Galezkij said . Famulak made the long journey to Donetsk in eastern Ukraine from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , after being contacted by the American Red Cross . The organization told her they had located her only surviving sibling . Famulak said she spent World War II in a labor camp in Munich , Germany , working in the kitchens . She had been taken to the camp with her older sister . When it was liberated in 1945 , Famulak stayed in Germany for several years , eventually emigrating to the United States in 1956 . She never saw her parents again after that day in 1942 when Nazis separated her from her family . She and her brother still have no idea what happened to their mother and","question":"DONETSK , Ukraine -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A frail Irene Famulak clutched her brother on the airport tarmac , her arm wrapped around him in a tight embrace , tears streaming down their faces . It was the first time since 1942 they had seen each other , when she was 17 and he was just 7 . Siblings Wssewolod Galezkij and Irene Famulak were separated in 1942 when Nazis took her to a labor camp . That was the night the invading Nazis came to take her away from her Ukrainian home . `` I remember it well because I kissed him good-bye , and he pushed me away , '' she said of her brother . `` I asked , ` Why did you do that ? ' And he said that he does n't like kisses . '' `` The Nazis told my mother that I was being taken to work in a German labor camp for six months . But it was , of course , much longer . I was there for years . '' Both siblings survived the Holocaust and grew up on different sides of the Iron Curtain , not knowing the fate"}
-{"answer":"'' The report 's authors say their findings `` force a radical reassessment of the timing , ecology and environmental setting of the fish-tetrapod transition , as well as the completeness of the body fossil record . '' As well as finding fossilized footprints , Per Ahlberg , professor of evolutionary organismal biology at Uppsala University in Sweden , and his co-authors from the Polish Geological Institute in Warsaw also report finding several tracks of different sizes and characteristics . The tracks , they say , have distinctive `` hand '' and `` foot '' prints and no evidence of a dragging body . Ahlberg said in a video on the Nature Web site : `` The trackway shows pairs of prints -- the sort of tracks a salamander would leave if it walked . In order to make tracks like the ones found you need to have front legs and back legs that are about the same size . '' Ahlberg said the disused quarry where the fossils were discovered has yielded some of the most exciting finds he has encountered in his career as a paleontologist . Although Janvier describes the lack of skeletal evidence as `` frustrating","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Scientists have found the oldest fossilized footprints made by a four-legged creature , forcing a rethink on when fish first crawled out of water and onto land . The discovery of the footprints in a former quarry in the Holy Cross Mountains in southeastern Poland are thought to be 395 million years old -- 18 million years older than the earliest tetrapod -LRB- a vertebrate with limbs rather than fins -RRB- body fossils . The report published Thursday in the science journal Nature says the footprints of the tetrapod measure up to 26 centimeters -LRB- 10 inches -RRB- wide , which scientists say is indicative of an animal around 2.5 meters -LRB- 7.5 feet -RRB- in length . The footprints are also 10 million years older than the earliest known elpistostegids -- creatures which displayed some animal characteristics but retained fins . Philippe Janvier from the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris , the reviewer of the paper , told CNN : `` It is a really stunning discovery because it 's the earliest evidence we have of tetrapods . These footprints are clear enough to attest that tetrapods were there 395 millions years ago ."}
-{"answer":"is not authorized to speak to the media . The official conceded that many people were `` angry that Saleh signed the power transfer proposal . '' `` Such attacks were expected , though we tried to prevent them , '' said the official . `` The opposition is trying to damage -LRB- the -RRB- reputation of the current government . Anything that happens is always blamed against the ruling family without them even investigating the case . '' Heavy gunfire continued for more than 30 minutes on Zubairy Street , when youth marched to condemn the immunity given to Saleh . They vowed to continue their revolution until Saleh is tried for his crimes . `` He is the reason for the deaths of more than a thousand innocent youth in Yemen this year and now the opposition wants to give him immunity , '' said Mohammed Mosleh , a youth activist who participated in Thursday 's march . `` The government planned today 's attacks , '' he charged . `` We will not stay quiet ... '' He said the opposition does not represent all Yemenis and should not have agreed to give Saleh immunity . Protesters","question":"Sanaa , Yemen -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least five people were killed in Yemen when pro-government gunmen shot at anti-government protesters in the capital , medics in Sanaa 's Change Square told CNN Thursday . The violence came a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to step down from power after months of protests against his 33-year rule . He became the fourth leader to leave office as a result of the Arab Spring unrest that has roiled much of the Middle East and North Africa this year . Protests against the Yemeni government Thursday were bigger than some expected given Saleh 's agreement to transfer power , with youth saying their demands have not yet been met . At least 41 people were injured , including 27 from gunshot wounds and the others from baton beatings , medics said . Three of the wounded are currently in critical condition . A senior Interior Ministry official denied that the government was responsible for the attacks . `` The protesters were attacked but they were not attacked by government forces . We will investigate this , '' said the official , who asked not to be named because he"}
-{"answer":"foreign countries , '' Mehr reported . Such crackdowns have become commonplace in Iran since the summer , when thousands of protesters were arrested in the aftermath of Iran 's disputed president election in June . The government has been trying to limit the flow of online information and other forms of communications in Iran , according to activists and human rights officials . Amid the unrest , Iran 's judicial chief in July ordered the the prosecution of individuals `` who cooperate with satellite television programming providers , '' according to reports by reformists . Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi called on local judicial heads to work with investigators to determine `` intentions , objectives and their sources of financial , political and intelligence support '' of individuals who `` operate against the system , '' according to Hamshahri , a widely circulated pro-reform publication that has been in print for more than a decade . At the time , Iranian-American Kian Tajbakhsh , an independent consultant and urban planner employed by Soros ' Open Society Institute , was among roughly 100 people accused of participating in a `` velvet revolution '' against the Islamic republic . Tajbakhsh , the","question":"Tehran , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iran 's Intelligence Ministry has compiled a list of 60 groups -- several based in the United States -- saying it considers them `` soft war '' agents against the country , Iranian media reported Monday . The semi-official Mehr news agency reported the following are on the list : -- U.S. philanthropist George Soros ' Open Society Institute in New York . -- The Washington-based nonprofit National Endowment for Democracy . -- The National Democratic Institute and its GOP counterpart , the International Republican Institute . -- Human Rights Watch . -- The Washington-based Brookings Institution . -- U.S. National Defense University . Media outlets BBC and Voice of America are also on the list , as are the East European Democratic Center in Poland and British nonprofit Wilton Park , among dozens of others . Iran 's deputy intelligence minister urged Iranians to avoid any `` unusual relations '' with the groups and with foreign embassies and foreign nationals . `` He stated that it is illegal to sign contracts with these organizations , and it is also against the law for groupings and political parties to receive financial assistance from"}
-{"answer":"militants abducted around 30 police Tuesday night but eventually released them on Wednesday . Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan confirmed to CNN that the personnel had been released after returning to the path of Islam and promising not to return to their jobs . Police told CNN that the security personnel had been forced to agree to the Taliban 's terms and confirmed the release . There are conflicting details about the incident , in which Taliban forces attacked the Shamozai check post in the Barikot area of Swat Valley on Tuesday night and captured the people after a nightlong firefight . Khan said the personnel surrendered after Taliban forces mined the area , preventing access . He said their ammunition was seized when supply vehicles coming to assist government forces were stopped by Taliban mines . Pakistan police said the security personnel did n't surrender ; they were caught after they used up their ammunition . Police and military sources said the personnel were police , but Khan said paramilitary officers as well as police were among the group . Locals said government forces came under attack Tuesday evening and ran out of ammunition before surrendering . This comes as","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Conflict raged Wednesday in volatile northwestern Pakistan , with nine militants killed in a gun battle , the Taliban 's abduction and release of about 30 police officers , and strikes on stranded NATO trucks . Pakistani policemen at a check point in Khyber Agency near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border , February 12 , 2008 . It 's the latest fighting between Pakistani security forces and the Taliban militants in the northwestern region near Afghanistan . The country 's central government has little control in the area , and U.S. intelligence officials say the area is a haven for militants . Nine militants were killed when police and local residents foiled an attempted kidnapping of the mayor in a village on the outskirts of Peshawar , police told CNN . Taliban fighters attempted to abduct Fahim Ur Rehman , but police and residents resisted and a gun battle ensued . Along with the slain militants , two police and two civilians were wounded and some of the militants fled . The village , Bazid Khel , is located between Peshawar and the Khyber Agency in the tribal areas . In the Swat Valley ,"}
-{"answer":"States . I examined security at a wide range of potential targets inside the United States , including chemical plants , liquefied natural gas facilities , biological research laboratories and nuclear power plants . This was not a theoretical study . I did my homework up front , but after that , I went out on the street and I did what my 20 years in the CIA had trained me to do . I looked at all these targets in the same way as an adversary would . What I found was deeply disturbing . Eight years after 9\/11 , we had done little or nothing to enhance security in most areas . Nuclear power plants were no exception . Security at nuclear power plants is in the hands of private security companies hired to protect the facilities by the power companies that own them . Before 9\/11 , the Nuclear Regulatory Commission mandated that there would be five to 10 private security guards on duty at each site per shift . After 9\/11 that number was increased . On average , there are now a total of 20 such security personnel on duty at any one time to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Several weeks ago , President Obama announced that $ 8 billion in government-loan guarantees would be made available to Southern Co. to begin construction of two nuclear reactors in Georgia . If built , it would be the first nuclear power plant constructed in the United States in almost 30 years . More importantly , this would be the first of what is expected to be many such projects initiated in coming years . I am a big believer in the necessity for energy independence . I accept that we will all have to make some compromises in achieving that goal . I am willing to consider that nuclear power may have to be one piece of the plan we put together for how to break ourselves free from our dependence on foreign oil . I would submit , however , that before we start building reactors we need to address another urgent matter . We need to make current reactors secure . Roughly 18 months ago I started work on a project that ultimately lead to the writing of my recently published book , `` Willful Neglect , '' on homeland security in the United"}
-{"answer":"told CNN 's `` AC 360 . '' But she said the church told her , `` No , we are not Nathan 's biological father , we have no legal obligation to your son . '' Willenborg , whose priestly vows require celibacy , has been suspended from his most recent assignment , in northern Wisconsin , as Catholic leaders investigate allegations that he was involved with another woman -- then in high school -- around the same time he was seeing Bond . Willenborg has acknowledged his relationship with Bond , but denies any inappropriate relationship with the other woman while she was a minor , according to his current bishop . And his order acknowledges its agreement to support his son , telling CNN they have paid about $ 233,000 to support Nathan over his lifetime . Since the affair has become public , the Franciscan Order has agreed to pick up Nathan 's medical bills and the costs for the funeral that now appears likely . Willenborg refused to speak to CNN . But a statement to his parishioners in Ashland , Wisconsin , in September , said , `` My failure to be faithful to","question":"O'Fallon , Missouri -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nathan Halbach is 22 , with a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer . He knows that `` horrible stuff '' lies ahead . His mother , Pat Bond , has been taking care of him full time . But when she needed help , she reached out to the Roman Catholic Church . After all , his father is a priest . Nathan was born in 1986 , during a five-year affair between his mother and Father Henry Willenborg , the Franciscan priest who celebrated Nathan 's baptism . In a story first reported in the New York Times , it was revealed that The Franciscan Order drew up an agreement acknowledging the boy 's paternity and agreeing to pay child support in exchange for a pledge of confidentiality . Now her son -- the youngest of four children -- may have just weeks to live . And when the Franciscans balked at paying for his care , she decided she was no longer bound by her pledge of confidentiality . `` I never asked for extraordinary amounts . I asked for the basic needs and care of my son , '' Bond"}
-{"answer":"that after he watched Obama 's victory celebration in Chicago , Illinois ' Grant Park following the 2008 election . His own despair turned into hope , he said . `` I saw millions of people who loved or supported my brother Barack , and in the process , in some weird way , I came to terms with many things that I had shut out of my life , including the Obama name , '' he said . In his book , `` Dreams of My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance , '' Obama writes that he grew up in Hawaii , raised by his mother and her parents , after his father , Barack Obama Sr. , returned to Africa . He recalls a monthlong visit with his father when he was 10 and going to Kenya after the elder Obama 's death . In the book , Obama acknowledges his father was an alcoholic . There was no immediate reaction from the White House to Ndesandjo 's comments . Ndesandjo said he has met with Obama infrequently over the years but said he would like to introduce his half brother to his Chinese wife","question":"Guangzhou , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a new book , the half brother of President Obama claims the father they shared was often drunk and physically abusive . `` My father beat me , '' Mark Obama Ndesandjo told reporters in China , where he lives . `` He beat my mother . You just do not do that . I shut these thoughts in the back of my mind for many years . '' Ndesandjo , who took the last name of the man his mother remarried , has dodged the media in the year since his half brother was elected U.S. president . However , he spoke out Wednesday regarding his semi-autobiographical book , `` Nairobi to Shenzhen . '' An engineer by trade , Ndesandjo moved to Shenzhen , China , after losing his job in the United States seven years ago . He owns a small chain of restaurants in Shenzhen and teaches piano to orphans . Watch as the president 's half brother instructs kids on the piano He said that he struggled with the name Obama for years , telling few about his family . But he said something happened to change"}
-{"answer":"a stark backdrop to the impact that digital piracy has on the large investments that producers make in creating state-of-the-art films , '' said Rep. Howard Berman , chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs , who oversaw a congressional hearing on piracy after the leak . `` During our hearing in Los Angeles , director Steven Soderbergh said that in 2007 , the entertainment industry generated a trade surplus of $ 13.6 billion , '' Berman added . `` Imagine what those numbers would be if we could rein in piracy . '' Bootleg , or illegally copied , movies have long been a thorn to the film industry . In 2003 , a version of Universal 's `` The Hulk '' appeared on the Internet two weeks before the film opened . A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to the theft . And in 2005 , a pirated print of `` Star Wars : Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith '' was uploaded to the Web within hours of the movie 's release . But where Hollywood 's biggest headache used to be murky , muffled copies of films taken by someone who snuck a camcorder","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When the highly anticipated movie `` X-Men Origins : Wolverine '' opened Friday in theaters , many fans had already seen it . The pirating and distribution of `` Wolverine , '' starring Hugh Jackman , is being investigated by the FBI . The online leak of a pirated , unfinished version of the 20th Century Fox film a month ago sent federal authorities springing into action and stoked a heated conversation within the entertainment industry about digital piracy . Piracy of upcoming films is not new , but the theft of `` Wolverine '' is especially troubling for an industry concerned with a stalled economy and the financial bottom line . It 's rare for high-quality copies of a big-budget blockbuster to appear on the Internet more than a month before the film 's release , experts say . Within a week of `` Wolverine 's '' March 31 leak , more than a million people had downloaded the movie , according to TorrentFreak , a blog devoted to the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol . Watch intrepid reporter look for answers '' `` Unfortunately , the recent leak of the Fox film ` Wolverine ' provided"}
-{"answer":"-- the issue is bound to spur some awkward encounters . Chart : Compare some of the common airline fees `` It 's a growing problem , no pun intended , '' said George Hobica , president of AirfareWatchdog.com , a site that is part of Smarter Travel Media LLC , which provides airfare deals and advice . `` Everyone suffers . The obese people suffer and the people who are skinny and get spilled over on suffer as well . '' U.S. obesity rates have mushroomed during the last 25 years , but the width of a coach airplane seat has changed little , remaining between 17 and 18 inches in most commercial planes . More than one-third of Americans fall into the obese category , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . This makes traveling in tight spaces vexing for airlines trying to bolster profits by selling the maximum number of seats . The Federal Aviation Administration does not regulate seat width , but it does require passengers be able to sit belted and with both arm rests down to comply with safety standards . In April , UAL Corp. 's United Airlines formalized a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- You pay for checking your baggage , for snacks and for extra legroom . Word is one airline has even toyed with charging you to use the toilet . So it makes perfect sense to some fliers that heavier passengers should pay for spilling over into the next seat . Earlier this year , United Airlines formalized a policy that charges some larger passengers for a second seat . Frequent flier Ross Murphy , 54 , has been sandwiched between larger fliers in coach , and he believes they should have to shell out for a second seat . `` They have a right to sit in the seat next to me , '' said Murphy , who travels cross-country at least 15 times a year to watch his sons ' sporting matches . `` But they do n't have a right to sit in my lap . '' A growing number of airlines are forcing bigger passengers to pay more as they cope with the costly and uncomfortable quandary that arises when obese passengers can not squeeze into a single coach seat . With airlines trimming flight schedules -- meaning fuller passenger loads this summer"}
-{"answer":"'' he said in testimony to the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming . Reactions to the report broke down along partisan lines , with Democrats generally praising it and Republicans expressing doubts . Committee members had concerns about the report 's secrecy , reliability and use of intelligence resources . Global warming may have a slight positive effect on the United States , since it is likely to produce larger farming yields , Fingar said But it is also likely to result in storm surges that could affect nuclear facilities and oil refineries near coasts , water shortages in the Southwest and longer summers with more wildfires , the study found . International migration may also help spread disease , Fingar added , and climate change could put stress on international trade in essential commodities . `` The United States depends on a smooth-functioning international system ensuring the flow of trade and market access to critical raw materials , such as oil and gas , and security for its allies and partners . Climate change and climate change policies could affect all of these , '' he warned , `` with significant geopolitical consequences . ''","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Global warming could destabilize `` struggling and poor '' countries around the world , prompting mass migrations and creating breeding grounds for terrorists , the chairman of the National Intelligence Council told Congress on Wednesday . Climate change could increase flooding in coastal areas , like the flooding that hit the Philippines . Climate change `` will aggravate existing problems such as poverty , social tensions , environmental degradation , ineffectual leadership and weak political institutions , '' Thomas Fingar said . `` All of this threatens the domestic stability of a number of African , Asian , Central American and Central Asian countries . '' People are likely to flee destabilized countries , and some may turn to terrorism , he said . `` The conditions exacerbated by the effects of climate change could increase the pool of potential recruits into terrorist activity , '' he said . `` Economic refugees will perceive additional reasons to flee their homes because of harsher climates , '' Fingar predicted . That will put pressure on countries receiving refugees , many of which `` will have neither the resources nor interest to host these climate migrants ,"}
-{"answer":". '' Toni Price of Killeen , Texas , told committee members that her 14-year-old foster child , Cedric , died in March 2002 when his eighth-grade teacher 's disciplinary actions went too far . His death was one of the cases investigated by the GAO -- and the teacher , who is now working in a Virginia high school , has been placed on leave as a result of the congressional investigation . Price said Cedric was experiencing behavioral problems in school and on that particular day he stopped working at 11 a.m. His teacher withheld his lunch . Around 2:30 , still without having eaten , Cedric tried to leave the classroom . Her voice shaking and tears welling in her eyes , Price said the teacher , whom she described as over 6 feet tall and weighing 230 pounds , forced the boy in a chair and restrained him . Price said Cedric , a small boy , struggled , so the teacher put him face down and sat on him . `` I ca n't breathe , '' he said . `` If you can speak , you can breathe , '' the teacher said ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Texas woman tearfully recounted the death of her foster child at the hands of a schoolteacher during a congressional hearing Tuesday looking into the use of seclusion and restraints in U.S. schools . The House Committee on Education and Labor heard testimony Tuesday on a report looking at school abuse . The hearing came on the heels of a report issued by the investigating arm of Congress that documents widespread abuse of techniques use to restrain or discipline special-education students . The Government Accountability Office report was prepared for the House Committee on Education and Labor , which heard testimony from parents , investigators and experts who described traumatizing punishment of special-needs children . The violent acts -- from hours of isolation in locked rooms or closets to the use of handcuffs and pinning children on the floor -- often led to serious injuries and even death , witnesses said . Committee Chairman Rep. George Miller , D-California , called the testimony `` startling . '' `` This is just unacceptable , '' he said . `` This punishment is way out of bounds of what I believe are the social norms of this society"}
-{"answer":"marketing their services to foreigners is growing . South Africa , Argentina , Thailand , Brazil , Costa Rica , India and Singapore have become major players . Robert Painter , a travel writer from Albuquerque , New Mexico , journeyed last year to Argentina for dental surgeries -- and tango lessons : `` If I 'm going to be stuck somewhere for two weeks at a time , twice , Buenos Aires has got to be the best possible place , '' he says Painter 's procedures were organized by Plenitas , a medical-travel facilitator in Buenos Aires , which booked him at a hotel with a dance studio in the back . He was n't the only guest getting surgery : `` While I was there , there was a young lady who was also having implants -- though not of the dental type . '' Cost-cutting pros and cons Cosmetic , or elective , procedures are n't covered by insurance , so cost remains the motivating factor for most medical tourists . Surgeries in many countries cost half or even one-fifth what they would in the U.S. -- including airfare , hotel and excursions . `` A","question":"-LRB- LifeWire -RRB- -- Colleen Hiltbrunner spent two years researching her dream trip to South Africa . But she was n't looking for the perfect safari lodge . She was hunting for the right cosmetic surgeon . When she told her family , it was n't an easy sell . `` South Africa ? You 're going to get some kind of witch doctor , '' she recalls her father saying . `` But I told him they perfected some of the first heart surgeries down there . To me , South Africa had the most reputable surgeons . '' Hiltbrunner , of Colorado Springs , Colorado , traveled to Johannesburg in 2004 for a face-lift , upper arm lift and eyelid surgery . And she and her husband -- who had n't taken a vacation in 20 years -- went on a luxury safari , included in the package by medical-travel agency Surgeon and Safari . `` Medical tourism '' may sound strange , but patients are discovering they can get some cosmetic surgeries abroad for less than the U.S. price . And many surgeries include sightseeing packages . The roster of countries in which hospitals and surgeons are"}
-{"answer":"and victory signs , Hisham Boaishi conceded that he did not approve of the `` un-Islamic way '' that Gadhafi was killed . `` We would have liked to take him to court and have his judgment , '' said Boaishi , 33 , an information technology specialist who sported a long beard . `` But not this way . We are Muslims ; we do n't support this way . '' Not all residents of Tripoli welcomed Gadhafi 's bloody death . One young man , who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal from anti-Gadhafi forces , said he was `` ashamed '' at the way the former dictator died . He said his mother cried in front of the television Thursday night upon seeing images of the bleeding leader . `` He should have been taken to court , '' the man said . `` I 'm not ashamed . I 'm proud that we captured him ... no matter how many soldiers he hired , '' said Mohamed Saya , a member of the media committee for Libya 's new governing National Transitional Council . NTC officials insist shortly after his capture by rebel","question":"Tripoli , Libya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For the first time in more than 40 years , dawn in Libya rose on Friday without the dictator and his shadow . Libyans awoke to empty Friday streets , typical for the holy day of the Muslim week , and engaged in somber reflection about Moammar Gadhafi 's life and death . That solemnity followed a wave of unbridled joy Thursday as people exulted over the news of Gadhafi 's death and fired their guns in celebration . After Friday prayers at the Salahaddin Mosque in Tripoli , worshippers said their imam had given thanks during his sermon for Gadhafi 's downfall . `` Today is a special day at the mosque , '' said Sala Mersal after prayers . `` Since 42 years , we can not say anything . ... Nobody could say anything inside the mosque . Today it is free , and anybody can say anything they want . '' A small crowd gathered outside the mosque , with bullet casings littering the streets , and chanted `` God is great '' and `` One , two , three ... Libya is free ! '' Amid the smiles"}
-{"answer":"revenues . Buffy would presumably bridge the gap . Buffy will be far from the first Facebook phone . Earlier this year INQ Mobile released two phones , the Cloud Touch and Cloud Q that put the service front and center . Then HTC took it a step further with the Status , which came to the U.S. on AT&T this summer and featured a prominent dedicated Facebook button . Finally , Facebook released an app designed specifically for the iPad in October . Apple , however , has n't played as nice with Facebook as the service might have liked , however . When Apple unveiled iOS 5 , the latest major update to the software on iPhones and iPads , it featured deeper integration with Twitter -- letting users share photos directly from the phone 's camera app , for example . An option for sharing to Facebook was noticeably absent . Both HTC and Facebook told Mashable that they do n't comment on rumor and speculation , though the Facebook spokesperson added , `` Our mobile strategy is simple : we think every mobile device is better if it is deeply social . We 're working across","question":"-LRB- Mashable -RRB- -- Facebook is working with HTC to develop a phone that has a much deeper integration with the social network than any previous `` Facebook phone . '' That 's according to a report from All Things D , which says the phone is probably 12 to 18 months away from hitting store shelves . Codenamed `` Buffy '' after the vampire slayer of the same name , the phone will run a modified version of Google 's Android , but Facebook is reported to be tweaking the system `` heavily . '' HTC is known for modifying Android on its phones with its HTC Sense interface , and both Amazon and Barnes & Noble have created tablets with highly customized versions of the Android , so it 's possible that Facebook is adopting a similar strategy . Part of the package would be serving up Facebook apps via HTML5 support . This would allow users to play games like Farmville and Poker directly from the Facebook app . While most developers offer their apps as separate downloads from Facebook , that prevents them from tapping into active Facebook users , while cutting Facebook off from potential"}
-{"answer":"input ; I 'll make my own decision what I 'm going to do , '' Lewis said . `` You know , when you have a contract , when you 're working for someone , you have a responsibility to follow through on what that requirement is . '' Lewis told King it was clear `` she was not interested in upholding the title or the responsibilities . '' `` Carrie Prejean 's good name has been tarnished by your client 's false and defamatory accusations , '' the letter from her lawyer to Lewis ' said . `` Please view this letter as a last opportunity for Mr. Lewis to retract the defamatory statements made against my client and to seek to restore her good name , '' LiMandri said . `` If he does not comply , I will have no alternative but to recommend that Ms. Prejean proceed to do so through litigation . '' In response to the letter , Lewis issued a statement that said : `` Mr. LiMandri obviously has never watched ` The Apprentice ' if he believes that Mr. Trump could be so easily fooled . Facts are facts , and","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Carrie Prejean 's lawyer gave Miss California USA executive director Keith Lewis what he said was a final warning to retract statements made about the former beauty queen or face a defamation lawsuit . The lawyer for former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean , says the ousted beauty queen 's good name is '' tarnished . '' Prejean , stripped of the Miss California USA title last week , `` suffered severe emotional distress '' and her reputation was harmed by Lewis , Charles LiMandri said in a letter sent Thursday to Lewis ' lawyer . LiMandri 's letter also accused Lewis , whom he referred to as a `` gay activist , '' of setting Prejean up to be fired because of her statements opposing same-sex marriage . When Prejean , 22 , was dethroned , Lewis said it was for `` contract violations , '' including missed public appearances . He told CNN 's Larry King last week that it was n't one thing Prejean did , but `` many , many , many things . '' `` She came to us and said I 'm not interested in your"}
-{"answer":"the life of one of our nation 's greatest presidents . Nearly two centuries later , still adorned with a black band of mourning for a son who died too early , Lincoln 's hat is worn-down , yet strangely magnificent . Maybe it is the hat 's history that gives it such a majestic quality . Or perhaps it is simply that a top hat always commands a certain reverence -- an attribute that may reveal a great deal about the vanity of its owner . `` Why would somebody who is 6 foot 4 inches decide to wear a tall hat ? '' asks Harry Rubenstein , curator of the exhibit . `` He clearly has this desire to stand out in the crowd , to make his place in it . '' Rubenstein hopes this is the type of intimate detail about our 16th president 's life that people will take away from the ongoing Lincoln exhibit . `` This is the first time we 've brought together all of the museum 's best Lincoln objects to tell the story of Lincoln 's life , '' Rubenstein says . `` And I think it 's a different","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One can only imagine the sights this hat has seen . Perched atop a man who towered over his peers at 6 foot 4 inches , this hat must have had quite a view . `` Abraham Lincoln : An Extraordinary Life '' will be on display through January 2011 . It may have been there when a divided nation -- a devastating Civil War on the horizon -- elected a politician from Illinois as president . It could have watched as this president , so desperate to preserve the Union , carefully drafted the Emancipation Proclamation , thus changing the course of American history . And we know for sure that this hat was witness to a tragic April night when the same president was fatally shot while enjoying a play . The iconic top hat , part of a collection of items associated with Abraham Lincoln , is now on display at the National Museum of American History . Nearly three years in the making , `` Abraham Lincoln : An Extraordinary Life '' is part of the Smithsonian Institution 's bicentennial celebration of Abraham Lincoln 's birth and a rare glimpse into"}
-{"answer":"work very well . As president after president has discovered , there are innumerable ways opponents can stop measures from getting passed , even if the president 's party holds a majority in Congress . The Senate has its own rule that 's not in the Constitution requiring a super-majority of 60 Senate votes to control the agenda . A minority of 41 senators can `` filibuster '' a measure and prevent it from coming up for a vote . How many votes will Republicans have in the Senate ? 41 or 42 , depending on the outcome in Minnesota where ballots are still being counted . Presidents often have problems holding their own party together . That 's because members of Congress are elected by local constituencies and they are expected to represent local interests . American politicians are independent political entrepreneurs . They are not foot-soldiers of a party . When Bill Clinton first became president , he had a solid Democratic majority in Congress . But he could not get his health care reform plan passed . After an intense advertising campaign by opponents , many Americans were worried that the Clintons were planning a government takeover","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Be bold ! Think big ! Barack Obama wants to do just that . An $ 800 billion economic stimulus plan . Three million jobs . Health care reform . A restructured automobile industry . Obama 's popularity with voters will win him influence with political opponents . Obama won the biggest Democratic majority for president in 44 years . His party made big gains in Congress . Democrats now have a majority of nearly 60 percent in both the House and Senate . President Obama 's got a mandate . And a majority . What 's to stop him ? Just this : the U.S. system of government . It is set up to make it difficult to get things done . The Constitution was written 222 years ago by men who did n't trust government . They had just waged a revolution against a king . To the founders of the American republic , strong government meant despotism . So they set up a system with an elaborate separation of powers . The idea was to ensure weak government . The dirty little secret of American government is that it was designed not to"}
-{"answer":". At the end of the day , it 's hard to see how I 'm coming back , seeing as half of my head was just blown off . I do n't know . They may figure something out . I mean it 's True Blood . There 's always flashbacks . There 's phantasms . There 's all this crazy stuff . It 's very possible . But I 'm excited either way . If it does all end , I 've had the most amazing time of my life . It 's really great . In your mind , is Tara dead ? Well I mean half my head is missing . I 'm just gon na keep saying that . You know , it 's `` True Blood . '' I feel like anything is possible . If anything , it is the golden hour though . If she is able to be saved , it 's like she 's got 20 seconds . It 's not a lot of time . I 'm curious to see what they 're going to do with all of it . I hope I 'm back . But again","question":"-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- `` True Blood '' fans are still reeling from last night 's epic and bloody season finale . SPOILER ALERT ! We saw the returns of Grands -LRB- Lois Smith -RRB- and Rene -LRB- Michael Raymond-James -RRB- , as well as possibly the resurrection of Russell -LRB- Denis O'Hare -RRB- . But the most disturbing twists were Lafayette -LRB- Nelsan Ellis -RRB- stabbing Jesus -LRB- Kevin Alejandro -RRB- , and Tara -LRB- Rutina Wesley -RRB- getting shot in the head by Debbie Pelt -LRB- Britt Morgan -RRB- . EW talked to Wesley about the finale and whether or not Tara survived the gunshot wound . What did you think when you read the season finale script ? Well I mean , I knew ahead of time that it was coming . It 's always a scary place as an actor to go there . I do n't know what their plans are for next season . I know that Alan has said there are `` big plans , '' but I do n't know what that really means , and things can always change . I 'm not for sure , but I trust him completely"}
-{"answer":"behind the blasts , according to a statement from the company . A group called the `` Hekla Welcome Committee-Initiative for More Social Eruptions '' has claimed responsibility for the explosions . `` This morning we slowed down the German capital and its function as a global player in the export of armaments , '' said a statement from the group released Monday on a leftist website . However , the group said it is not acting `` with the intention to endanger somebody 's life . '' The group blames Germany\u00c2 \u00b4 s involvement in the Afghan war for the attacks . `` German soldiers kill in different parts of the world . For 10 years , the German armed forces are at war in Afghanistan -- without the agreement of the German people , '' Hekla said . At the beginning of October , a poll by the opinion research institute YouGov showed that two-thirds of all Germans do not believe in a successful military operation in Afghanistan anymore . The alleged attackers also demanded the release of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning from jail and criticized U.S. military actions all over the world . Manning is accused","question":"Berlin -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least seven homemade explosives have been found along Berlin 's railways within the last three days , police said Wednesday , severely disrupting traffic on several lines . Two of the devices have exploded -- one Monday and one on Wednesday , authorities said , but nobody was killed or injured in the blasts . Monday 's explosion occurred next to a railway link between Hamburg and Berlin . The damage has not yet been repaired , authorities said . Since Monday , at least 2,000 trains have been delayed due to the attacks , a spokesman for Deutsche Bahn told CNN Wednesday . Another arson attempt -- this one on Berlin\u00c2 \u00b4 s central train station -- failed Monday because officials discovered the device before it exploded . `` The German national rail company Deutsche Bahn has become the victim of extremists . Nevertheless , our controls have been successful , '' said Gerd Neubeck , senior manager of the company\u00c2 \u00b4 s security department , in a written statement Tuesday . Deutsche Bahn is offering a 100,000 euro -LRB- U.S. $ 138,120 -RRB- reward for information leading to the arrests of those"}
-{"answer":"pounds and standing between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall . `` He made it obvious to our victims that he knew information ... about them personally , '' Plano police spokesman Andre Smith said this fall , adding that none of the women believes they knew their attacker in advance . According to Corinth Police Capt. Greg Wilkerson , all the assaults occurred in `` residential settings '' between 9:15 p.m. and 4 a.m. when the victims were alone . The alleged attack in his city , 35 miles northwest of Dallas , took place on October 14 . The late-night setting , the fact the victims were often asleep and the alleged assailant 's `` attempts to conceal his identity '' make it challenging to definitively identify the attacker , said Wilkerson . Wilkerson said that the nature of the assaults suggest the alleged assailant was `` possibly suspecting surveillance , spending some time around the areas ... prior to the attacks . '' The police captain said authorities do not know how the suspect learned details of the victims , speculating it may have been over the Internet , by accessing an old","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Texas police on Friday released a composite sketch of a man they believe broke into the homes of four former members of the same sorority , then sexually assaulted them . No name has been given for the suspect in the alleged break-ins and attacks , which took place between November 2010 and October 2011 , according to a timeline from the Plano police . Detectives , however , do have `` a definite DNA profile on the suspect '' after a crime lab report , the police statement noted . Plano police in October released a video -- dated in April -- showing a man with a distinctive swagger who they believe is responsible . Snapshots from that video were distributed Friday . The alleged assaults occurred in the cities of Plano , Coppell and Corinth , all suburbs of Dallas . The alleged victims -- all females in their mid-50s to mid-60s -- were alumnae of the same predominantly African-American sorority : Delta Sigma Theta , according to police . They offered similar descriptions of their assailant as being a black male in his late 30s to mid-40s , weighing from 275 to 300"}
-{"answer":"the border from El Paso , Texas , a police commander was gunned down in front of his home . The weapon used to kill Cmdr. Francisco Ledesma Salazar is believed to have been a .50 - caliber rifle . The guns are illegal to purchase in Mexico but can be obtained just north of the border at gun shows and gun shops in the United States . ATF special agent Tom Mangan says the .50 - caliber rifle has become one of the `` guns of choice '' for the drug cartels . The weapon fires palm-sized .50 - caliber rounds that can cut through just about anything . Mangan showed CNN the power of the rifle on a gun range near Phoenix , Arizona . The weapon , a Barrett , was seized in an ATF raid . A round fired from 100 yards away tore through a car door and both sides of a bulletproof vest like those used by Mexican police . `` There 's nothing that 's going to stop this round , '' Mangan says . The rifle was intercepted as it was being smuggled into Mexico . Mangan says investigators believe four others","question":"JUAREZ , Mexico -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A deadly trade is occurring along the U.S. border with Mexico , federal officials say -- a flood of guns , heading south , used by drug thugs to kill Mexican cops . Authorities recently seized these .50 - caliber bullets , already belted to be fed into a machine gun . In Mexico , guns are difficult to purchase legally . So , officials say , weapons easily purchased in the United States are turning up there . `` The same routes that are being used to traffic drugs north -- and the same organizations that have control over those routes -- are the same organizations that bring the money and the cash proceeds south as well as the guns and the ammunition , '' says Bill Newell , a special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives . Police in Mexican border towns fear for their lives , and with good reason . Five high-ranking Mexican police officials have been killed this year in what Mexican officials say is an escalating war between police and drug cartels . In Juarez , Mexico , just across"}
-{"answer":"navigational device on an abandoned boat floating off the coast of Mumbai . The boat had been hijacked , intelligence officials told CNN-IBN . Watch Nic Robertson 's report about U.S. warning Four crew members who had been on board were missing . The captain was found dead , lying face down with his hands bound behind his back . India has made clear that it believes last week 's coordinated attacks in Mumbai originated in Pakistan , but the Indian government is under pressure to explain the lapse of security that allowed the siege to occur . Indian police say 179 people were killed in the attacks on 10 targets in Mumbai . Most of the deaths occurred at the city 's top two hotels , the Oberoi and the Taj Mahal . Watch report about nanny saving infant Pakistani authorities say Islamabad has not received any evidence that militants from within its borders carried out the attacks , but have vowed to fully cooperate in the investigation . Suspicion has fallen on Lashkar-e-Tayyiba , a Pakistan-based terror group allied with al Qaeda , even though it has denied responsibility . Watch how attacks could damage relations \u00c2 ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The United States warned the Indian government about a potential maritime attack against Mumbai at least a month before last week 's massacre in the country 's financial capital left nearly 180 dead , a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN . Onlookers in Mumbai read messages posted outside the Oberoi Hotel , scene of one of the attacks . U.S. intelligence indicated that a group might enter the country by water and launch an attack on Mumbai , said the source , who refused to be identified due to the ongoing investigation into the attacks and the sensitivity of the information . Indian security forces have confirmed to CNN that not only did U.S. officials warn them of a water-borne attack in Mumbai -- they were told twice . The area entered a higher state of alert for a week , including tightened security measures at hotels , but those efforts were eventually reduced , Indian officials said . Local fisherman in Mumbai said they witnessed a group of gunmen dock their boat Wednesday night , before heading toward the busy causeway . Also , sources have told CNN-IBN that officials found phones and a global"}
-{"answer":"their life and they 're going to need to be adaptable . '' Redmond 's excitement about solar energy has changed his family 's daily routine and also saved money -- he paid $ 28.61 for electricity last month compared with $ 150 a month last year . The biggest change came when Redmond put solar panels on the roof of his 1925 bungalow , which he shares with his wife , Margaret McGilvray , and the couple 's two young sons . The system , which still allows the family to use energy from the traditional power grid when the sun is not shining , uses what is known as net-metering . No electricity is stored in the house . Energy produced in excess of what is needed is fed back to the power grid , effectively making the Redmonds ' electric meter run backward . Twelve panels on the roof feed power to a device in the basement called an inverter . The solar power system cost $ 23,000 after a $ 2,000 tax credit . Redmond estimates that the system will pay for itself in 10 to 15 years . `` As we know , our power","question":"ARLINGTON , Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For the past few years , Dan Redmond has been on a mission to change the way his household uses energy . Dan Redmond uses an electric bicycle with a trailer to run errands . As concerns about global warming and rising energy costs grow , many families like the Redmonds are looking for ways to change the way they use energy . Three years ago Redmond began embracing solar energy to power his suburban Washington home . And he 's not alone in turning to the sun for energy . The Solar Energy Industries Association estimates there are about 250,000 homes in the United States with some sort of solar power , although not all of them have taken the concept as far as the Redmonds . Last year , 13,000 homes installed solar power . `` We 're just making different decisions about how we live our life , '' Redmond said , `` And what 's important to us as well , as being able to show our two boys that when they grow up they 're going to need to know to be more flexible in most parts of"}
-{"answer":"deeply affected by the stark contrast between the healthcare available in Britain , on the publicly funded National Health Service , and the healthcare available at home in Egypt . She found herself slipping into depression . `` I could n't talk to the patients ; I could n't talk to the doctors . I just could n't cope with it , '' she revealed to CNN . `` I could n't understand why every time I saw a monitor next to a patient I was so upset . '' It dawned on her that the gulf in care was troubling her . `` I kept thinking why on earth my dad did n't have that . The only reason was that he happened to be born in Egypt and these people had the luck to be born -LSB- in England -RSB- . '' Kamal-Yanni is now a senior health & HIV policy advisor at third-world charity Oxfam . Her first-hand experience of the divide between the healthcare available in richer countries , and that on offer in poorer ones , has given her the impetus to try and narrow the gap . While Western countries are pushing the boundaries","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In 1981 , Dr Mohga Kamal-Yanni was preparing to leave Egypt for a clinical attachment in England when her father had a heart attack . He fell in the street , and was taken to a public hospital , where Dr Kamal-Yanni kept vigil at his bedside until he regained his strength . A doctor at a hospital in India where health indicators have showed no significant improvement in seven years . During his stay in the hospital , she was appalled at the low level of healthcare available to him . `` It was awful . There was no medicine , '' she told CNN . As a doctor , Kamal-Yanni was able to watch over her father 's progress . Her professional opinion on his recovery was striking . `` My father survived that heart attack for two reasons , '' she said . `` One , because of God 's will , and two , because he had a strong will . It was nothing to do with the health service . '' The following year , Kamal-Yanni came to England to do a clinical attachment . She found herself"}
-{"answer":"been a Yankees fan since he was a kid , even though he grew up in Iowa . `` My father was a Yankees fan , and it was just handed down through the generations , '' he said . Palmer has a baseball signed by about 20 Yankees players and other memorabilia , but said his biggest thrill was meeting relief pitchers Sparky Lyle and Rich `` Goose '' Gossage . `` It was also amazing to shake hands with one of the most feared pitchers of his day , Goose Gossage , and really see what a gentle person he could be , '' See what Palmer wrote on iReport.com . New Yorker Matthew Friedman said he met Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg last August after singing `` God Bless America '' before a Peoria Chiefs minor league game . Friedman was in town as part of the Broadway touring production of `` Movin ' Out . '' He said he would sing at the game only if he could meet Sandberg , who was managing the Chiefs . `` He was such a nice guy , '' he said . Friedman is a Mets fan , but","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Baseball 's biggest stars are in New York for Tuesday 's All-Star game , as the sport says goodbye to one of its most famous landmarks . Joseph Cornacchia , left , used to play with Babe Ruth when he was a kid , his son Jim says . It 's the Yankees ' final season at the `` House that Ruth Built , '' and MLB.com reports that 40 Hall of Famers are expected to attend the historic event . We asked CNN.com readers to share their baseball memories and to tell us about meeting their favorite players . iReporter Jim Cornacchia of Rye , New York , says his grandmother taught Babe Ruth to `` make a mean batch of chili . '' He said the legendary slugger would come to Greenwood Lake , New York , during the off season and would visit with his family . iReport.com : Ever met your favorite player ? Cornacchia 's father , Joseph , who just turned 76 , would play wintertime games with `` The Babe '' as a child , and even built a snowman with him . Patrick Palmer , 43 , has"}
-{"answer":"lovingly raising a son , are shut out of the 1,100 federal and hundreds of state legal benefits that come with marriage . These include the right to visit a spouse in a hospital and make medical decisions ; employer sick and bereavement leave ; inheritance rights ; the right to give unlimited gifts to a spouse without gift tax ; disability , pension , and Social Security benefits ; the right to bring a wrongful death case ; the right to refuse to testify against a spouse ; or the right to prevent the deportation of a foreign-born partner by marriage , among others . Perhaps most poignant , and often lost in this debate , are children in same-sex families : kids like my friends ' son Dorian , growing up with the sting of knowing that his parents are second-class citizens in their own country . Study after study finds that something about marriage makes us live longer , healthier lives . Married folks have significantly better mental health , engage in fewer risky behaviors , eat healthier , have less illness and are just plain happier . And do n't tell me that civil unions are","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A pop star could have a quickie Vegas wedding tomorrow , to a man she meets tonight , if she so chooses . Scott Peterson , convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife and on death row , has an inalienable right to a prison wedding with a female pen pal if the mood strikes him . Indiana grandmother Linda Wolfe holds the Guinness World Records title for most marriages : 23 . One lasted just 36 hours . She 's on the lookout for No. 24 , and when she finds him , no law can stop her from marrying him . The U.S. Supreme Court has held unanimously that `` the freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men . Marriage is one of the basic civil rights of man . '' So basic , so important , so fundamental , in constitutional parlance , that no state can interfere with even the most reckless heterosexual nuptials . Yet in most states , my friends Wilbert and Carlos , `` free men '' together 16 years and"}
-{"answer":"told CNN 's `` AC 360 . '' But she said the church told her , `` No , we are not Nathan 's biological father , we have no legal obligation to your son . '' Willenborg , whose priestly vows require celibacy , has been suspended from his most recent assignment , in northern Wisconsin , as Catholic leaders investigate allegations that he was involved with another woman -- then in high school -- around the same time he was seeing Bond . Willenborg has acknowledged his relationship with Bond , but denies any inappropriate relationship with the other woman while she was a minor , according to his current bishop . And his order acknowledges its agreement to support his son , telling CNN they have paid about $ 233,000 to support Nathan over his lifetime . Since the affair has become public , the Franciscan Order has agreed to pick up Nathan 's medical bills and the costs for the funeral that now appears likely . Willenborg refused to speak to CNN . But a statement to his parishioners in Ashland , Wisconsin , in September , said , `` My failure to be faithful to","question":"O'Fallon , Missouri -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nathan Halbach is 22 , with a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer . He knows that `` horrible stuff '' lies ahead . His mother , Pat Bond , has been taking care of him full time . But when she needed help , she reached out to the Roman Catholic Church . After all , his father is a priest . Nathan was born in 1986 , during a five-year affair between his mother and Father Henry Willenborg , the Franciscan priest who celebrated Nathan 's baptism . In a story first reported in the New York Times , it was revealed that The Franciscan Order drew up an agreement acknowledging the boy 's paternity and agreeing to pay child support in exchange for a pledge of confidentiality . Now her son -- the youngest of four children -- may have just weeks to live . And when the Franciscans balked at paying for his care , she decided she was no longer bound by her pledge of confidentiality . '' I never asked for extraordinary amounts . I asked for the basic needs and care of my son , '' Bond"}
-{"answer":"October 15 to discuss battery problems , was still active Tuesday -- two weeks and 185 pages worth of comments later . `` I purchased what I thought was a top-of-the-line product only to be terribly disappointed , '' one user wrote Tuesday . `` This is my first iPhone and may well be my last . '' Battery life was a frequent complaint about the iPhone 3GS , but concerns about the phone 's short battery life seemed to have been addressed on the next-generation iPhone 4 . According to Apple 's official specs , the iPhone 4S should have enough juice in the battery for up to eight hours of talk time , six hours of Internet surfing , 10 hours of video viewing and 200 hours on standby . -LRB- All activities on a 3G connection -- 2G and wireless have different figures -RRB- . All of those numbers are within an hour or so of the iPhone 4 , except for one . The older phone 's specifications promise 300 hours of standby power : a full 50 % more than the 4S . Users complaining on the Apple forum and elsewhere say that their phones","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It all sounds eerily familiar . A new iPhone . Massive sales . Then , an apparent glitch that , while it does n't affect everyone , is prevalent enough to irk customers and catch the eyes of tech journalists everywhere . Poor battery life on the iPhone 4S , released on October 14 to great fanfare and record sales , has been the new model 's Achilles ' heel in the minds of many users . While complaints about the perceived problem have n't reached the fevered pitch that last year 's iPhone 4 release saw about its so-called `` death grip '' problem , they do n't seem to be going away . There were , of course , the expected number of early-adopter quibbles with the phone : from troubles with new carrier Sprint , to a sometimes slow-moving camera , to limits on the voice-activated Siri `` personal assistant '' outside the United States . But as most of those gripes either got sorted or users got used to the limitations , complaints about the phone 's battery life have persisted . A post on the Apple support forums , begun on"}
-{"answer":"device that belongs to Apple , '' says the short letter from Apple 's lawyer to the blog . `` This letter constitutes a formal request that you return the device to Apple . Please let me know where to pick up the unit . '' Gizmodo , which posted the letter on its site , said the letter erases any doubt that the phone is the real deal . `` Just so you know , we did n't know this was stolen when we bought it , '' wrote Brian Lam , the site 's editorial director , in his response . `` Now that we definitely know it 's not some knockoff and it really is Apple 's , I 'm happy to see it returned to its rightful owner . `` P.S. I hope you take it easy on the kid who lost it . I do n't think he loves anything more than Apple except , well , beer . '' Photos of the fourth-generation iPhone prototype first appeared on the tech blog Engadget over the weekend . The site said whoever sent the photos found the phone on the floor of a bar in San","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Apple Inc. has n't said how much future generations of the iPhone will cost , but an editor of a technology blog said his site shelled out $ 5,000 to get its hands on a possible prototype . Gizmodo Senior Editor Jesus Diaz said his blog paid `` a source '' $ 5,000 for the phone , which was shown in a video on the blog Monday . `` Paying for an exclusive has always been done in the journalism world . There are people who admit they do it and people who do not . We have done it , '' Diaz told CNN 's Gabriela Frias in an interview on CNN en Espa\u00f1ol 's `` En Efectivo . '' Diaz said the blog 's source obtained the phone after it was left in a bar . `` An engineer was in a bar , celebrating his birthday . He drank two drinks too many and forgot the phone , '' Diaz said . He said Gizmodo returned the phone to Apple after receiving a letter asking for it . `` It has come to our attention that Gizmodo is currently in possession of a"}
-{"answer":"music and played basketball . `` I feel like half his life was taken from him ; his inability , probably , to walk -- ever , '' Rodriguez said , his voice breaking . Christopher 's mother , Jennifer Rodriguez , had been waiting outside in her SUV for her son 's lesson to end . She not only heard the shots but came close to being hit herself . At least two bullets from Adams ' gun struck her vehicle , police said . On the phone and distracted , she at first dismissed the noises as someone throwing rocks at her SUV . But when she realized it was gunfire , she dashed into her son 's class . Christopher was on the floor , his classmates and instructor hovering over him . `` I ca n't feel my legs ! I ca n't feel my legs ! '' Christopher cried . As emergency workers rushed the boy to the hospital , police were chasing Adams , who was speeding away . Adams rammed his vehicle into a car carrying a woman and her two children and then slammed into a parked car , police said .","question":"OAKLAND , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fifth-grader Christopher Rodriguez sat down Thursday at his piano for his weekly lesson , arched his fingers over the keys and began to play . 10-year-old Christopher Rodriguez was hit by a stray bullet , paralyzing him for life , doctors say . Across the street from Harmony Road Music School in north Oakland , California , Jared Adams , 24 , allegedly raised his gun at a Chevron gas station attendant during a holdup and fired . A bullet ripped through the walls of Christopher 's classroom striking him in his side , piercing his kidney and spleen and lodging in his spine . The bullet barely missed the 10-year-old 's heart . He will likely be paralyzed for life from the waist down , doctors say . `` This is probably the worst thing that 's ever happened to me in my life . I love my son greatly , '' the boy 's father , Richard Rodriguez , said Friday at a news conference . Watch Christopher 's dad describe the ordeal '' Christopher loved music . He had recently taken up African drumming , spent hours listening to classical"}
-{"answer":". Acceptance by the mainstream public , he observes , is easier but by no means automatic , particularly when issues such as gay marriage are at stake . `` I look at it as a long-term process . The revolution is over -- now it 's an evolution . '' Watch `` American Morning 's '' Lola Ogunnaike look at changing attitudes '' Bragman was around when a performer revealing his or her homosexuality could still shock . He helped guide Dick Sargent when the `` Bewitched '' star came out of the closet in 1989 , and remembers when it was difficult to get support for movies such as `` Philadelphia , '' the 1993 film that won Tom Hanks an Oscar as a lawyer dying of AIDS . Now , he observes , there are gay actors -- `` How I Met My Mother 's '' Neil Patrick Harris may be the most notable -- playing straight roles , something that would have been almost unthinkable even a few years ago , since studios have often been nervous casting known gay performers in straight roles . '' ` We 'll buy Hanks as a gay man but","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It used to be called `` the love that dare not speak its name '' -- particularly in Hollywood , where the revelation of homosexuality was believed to be a career-killer . Clay Aiken recently announced he was gay on the cover of People magazine . Now , out gays and lesbians are as casually visible as the cover of People magazine , which has recently run stories on Ellen DeGeneres ' wedding to Portia de Rossi and Clay Aiken 's decision to discuss his sexuality . So , in a time when self-declared bisexual Tila Tequila can have a highly rated MTV show on looking for a partner of either sex , Lindsay Lohan talks about her relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson and `` Star Trek 's '' George Takei can have a very public wedding with his longtime partner , is coming out still a big deal ? Publicist Howard Bragman , author of the forthcoming `` Where 's My Fifteen Minutes '' -LRB- Portfolio -RRB- , says that it is . `` Every person that comes out is another barrier coming down , '' Bragman , who is openly gay , told CNN.com"}
-{"answer":", 15 countries , have normal relations with Cuba . ... We 're the country which is isolated . '' Watch Lee discuss her visit to Cuba '' But even more significant were the meetings the group had with Cuban President Ra\u00fal Castro and with his brother and predecessor , 82-year-old Fidel Castro , a controversial political and social figure . President Obama has said he is in favor of changing the relationship with Cuba . The $ 410 billion budget Obama signed in March makes it easier for Cuban-Americans to travel to Cuba and to send money to family members on the island . It could also allow the sale of agricultural and pharmaceutical products to Cuba . Three provisions attached to the omnibus spending bill loosened restrictions enacted by former President Bush after he came to office in 2001 . Analysts see the lawmakers ' trip and Obama 's campaign rhetoric as a way for the new administration to start thawing relations with Cuba before the Fifth Summit of the Americas . The summit will bring together the U.S. president and 33 other leaders from the Western Hemisphere in mid-April in Trinidad and Tobago . Watch more on","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` It 's time to talk to Cuba . '' Fidel Castro is not in power , but he 's still a big part of Cuba . He welcomed the U.S. delegation . That frank assessment from Rep. Barbara Lee , D-California , has resonated loud and clear from the island of Cuba -- 90 miles from the southernmost point of Florida -- to the halls of Congress . For the first time in nearly 50 years , relations between the two nations , which have a history steeped in tension , have seemed to ease a bit . That was apparent this week as a delegation from the Congressional Black Caucus traveled to the communist country on a fact-finding mission , with plans to deliver a report to the White House . Watch CNN 's Ed Hornick discuss the story '' `` Our purpose was to see if there were preconditions on the Cuban side . We heard that there were no preconditions , '' Lee said Wednesday . `` And , in fact , we wanted to find out if they were interested . We have to remember that every country in Latin America"}
-{"answer":"cover illegal immigrants . Ornstein said that in addition to being beyond the bounds of what is typical , Wilson 's comment is `` just sort of stunning in the level of disrespect for not just the president but the presidency . '' Watch more of Wilson 's outburst '' During several moments in Obama 's speech , members of the GOP hissed and yelled at the president as he laid out his plan for reform . One Republican held a sign saying , `` What bill ? '' House Minority Whip Eric Cantor , R-Virginia , was seen several times typing on his phone during the speech . Vice President Joe Biden told ABC 's `` Good Morning America '' on Thursday that he was `` embarrassed for the chamber and a Congress I love . '' Observers said the behavior is probably indicative of the vitriolic sentiments found during town hall meetings . `` I think a lot of those Republican members went home to their district and were met with very angry reaction from their constituents . Congress , as you know , is pretty polarized , '' said Kasie Hunt , a health care reporter for","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Shouting from the audience . Holding up signs blasting the health care reform bill before Congress . Frequent hissing and booing . Many Facebook and Twitter users condemned Rep. Joe Wilson for his outburst toward President Obama . Though it sounds like behavior at one of the health care town hall meetings last month , it was how some Republicans reacted to President Obama 's speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night . But Norm Ornstein , a longtime observer of Congress and an expert at the American Enterprise Institute , said the tone and behavior from members of Congress are not necessarily new . `` A lot of what went on -LSB- Wednesday -RSB- night has become fairly typical of what we 've seen in the State of the Union messages over the last 10 or 12 years , where it 's one side jumping up wildly and the other side sitting on their hands in stony silence . '' The most memorable moment came from Rep. Joe Wilson , R-South Carolina , who shouted `` You lie '' after the president said that a Democratic-sponsored health care bill would not"}
-{"answer":"allow bosses to force employees to work Sundays . Members of the president 's own ruling conservative party opposed the law despite assurances it would boost economic activity , saying it would instead deprive families and church groups of their dedicated day . If approved by the Senate , the law would permit shops , department stores , and shopping malls to open on Sundays in 20 zones of what are called `` exceptional commercial '' centers near three of the country 's largest cities : Paris , Marseilles , and Lille . Additionally , 29 areas involving about 500 cities and towns would be added to the list of tourist areas , which already allow some economic activity on Sundays . The new law will , among other things , straighten out a somewhat chaotic situation in which some stores managed to obtain exceptions from the old law and others did n't , and where some stores found it made more sense financially to accept fines for breaking the old law because the income from Sunday sales more than made up for the penalties . The measure passed the National Assembly last Tuesday by a vote of 282 to","question":"PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The French are in for a significant cultural shift next week if the Senate approves a new law from President Nicolas Sarkozy to allow more shops to open on Sundays . The law would permit shops , department stores , and shopping malls to open on Sundays in 20 zones . What seems routine in much of the Western world has been fiercely resisted in France , where Sundays have officially been set aside as a day of rest for more than a century and where a 35-hour workweek remains the norm . The new legislation , if approved by the Senate , would overturn a 1906 law that forbids Sunday trading in all but the largest cities . It is part of a raft of reforms Sarkozy has pushed for since becoming president . While the change is significant , it is not as much as the government originally hoped because Sarkozy had to deal with opposition from both the left and the right . Socialists filed thousands of amendments to the president 's original version of the law . Leftists and unions said it would effectively introduce a seven-day workweek and"}
-{"answer":"bankruptcy filing . Magna warned during negotiations that it would have to cut about 10,000 jobs . General Motors has around 55,000 employees in Europe . About 2,000 of the job cuts would be in Germany , Magna has said , but a top company official tried to reassure the Germans that it would try to protect the company as much as possible . `` We will , and I want to stress that again , preserve all the German Opel locations , '' said Magna co-Chief Executive Siegfried Wolf . `` We 're keen to have talks with all the states where Opel has factories in the next few weeks and are confident to be able to find solutions to preserve jobs , because every job that is lost is one too many . We will work with Opel management to try to avoid those job losses . '' Steinmeier told reporters that such risks ca n't be avoided . `` But , '' he said . `` I think we have found a responsible solution with private investors and interim funding from the state . It is a solution which preserves Opel 's location in Germany and also","question":"BERLIN , Germany -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Canadian auto parts supplier has come to the rescue of German carmaker Opel , negotiating a deal with the German government that will save the company from insolvency . German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck talks to reporters early Saturday morning following talks on Opel . Officials from all sides announced the agreement after talks lasting into the early hours of Saturday . German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called it a `` responsible solution '' that would preserve the highest number of jobs . Under the terms of the deal , supplier Magna will have a 20 percent stake in GM Europe , an arm of General Motors , which owns the Opel brand . Russia 's Sberbank will own a 35 percent share , Opel employees will have 10 percent , and General Motors will retain a 35-percent stake , according to GM spokesman Joerg Schrott . The German government will provide a bridge loan to keep GM Europe operating in the short term . The deal ensures that General Motors ' European assets -- which also include the Vauxhall car brand in Britain -- will be unaffected by GM 's expected"}
-{"answer":"in the case . `` I think he 's a little out of it , '' public defender Jeff Banks said . Jerry T. Donohue , the attorney for the girl 's mother , told CNN that the child on the videotape was younger than 3 when the abuse occurred . The girl , who is now 7 , was found last month after a nationwide search . The girl 's mother said on `` The Dr. Phil Show '' Wednesday that she was `` relieved '' about Stiles ' arrest , although it would have been `` better if they found him dead . '' The woman said she will testify against Stiles if the case goes to court . She told Phil McGraw that her daughter remembers nothing about the videotaped assault and that she recently had a conversation with the girl about inappropriate touching . She said her daughter told her that if someone touched her inappropriately , the girl would scream and tell her mother . But , she told McGraw , `` I do n't trust anybody now . '' Although she is in a relationship with a man her daughter calls `` Dad ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With his hands and feet shackled and his face obscured by his long hair , Chester Arthur Stiles made his initial court appearance in Las Vegas , Nevada , on Wednesday morning on charges stemming from the videotaped rape of a 2-year-old girl . Chester Stiles appears Wednesday in a Las Vegas , Nevada , courtroom . Stiles , 37 , was taken into custody Monday night after a Henderson , Nevada , police officer pulled over the white Buick Century he was driving . Prosecutors added a couple more charges before Wednesday 's hearing , bringing the total to 23 felony counts , including a charge of lewdness with a minor , sexual assault and the use of a child in the production of pornography , according to a statement issued by the Clark County , Nevada , court . One of the lewdness charges stems from a 2004 incident , while the others are related to the videotape , the court said . Judge Deborah Lippis set November 19 as the date for the preliminary hearing . After the hearing , Stiles ' court-appointed attorney said his client was overwhelmed by the public opinion"}
-{"answer":"part . '' The inspiration behind the scheme is the El Sistema social program in Venezuela , which has helped improve the lives of thousands of young people since it began over 30 years ago . Many of those youths have gone on to be part of the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar Youth Orchestra , which was created as a result of the program and has performed around the world to rave reviews . The scheme has launched the musical careers of several of its members . One graduate , Gustavo Dudamel , currently conducts the orchestra but has been signed up to take over as musical director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic next year . The 27-year-old prodigy described by the New York Times as `` classical music 's hottest young podium property '' was born to a poor family in the Venezuelan interior and took up the violin aged 10 . However for Lloyd Webber , who has worked with a range of top musicians from Yehudi Menuhin to Elton John , the purpose of the UK project is not to create a new batch of professional musicians . `` That 's not the way we 're looking at it","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Britain 's rundown housing estates and deprived inner cities will be the setting for a new project that aims to use classical music to lift children out of the poverty trap . Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra rehearse ahead of a performance at New York 's Carnegie Hall in November last year . Organizers are modeling the plan on a hugely successful scheme already in place in Venezuela that gives free instruments and training to children from poor and vulnerable backgrounds . They are hoping that lessons learned in the slums of Caracas can be made to work in Britain . Internationally renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber is spearheading the initiative he hopes will give `` a sense of purpose '' to the lives of the most in need . Under the government-backed project , children as young as three will be taught to play classical instruments by trained musicians . `` We 're really trying to go to the most deprived children , to the most poor areas , '' Lloyd Webber told CNN . `` You 're talking about children from a background where classical music has almost certainly played no"}
-{"answer":"to review whether Nogales officials are `` providing equal opportunities '' to mainly Spanish-speaking students in the community . Arizona maintained the federal court injunction delayed its plans to fix the system . It maintained it has provided enough resources to improve its ELL program , allowing it to end federal oversight . `` Injunctions of this sort bind state and local officials to the policy preferences of their predecessors , '' wrote Justice Samuel Alito for the majority . Some legislators claim a 2006 state law essentially eliminated long-standing funding inequities . But parents say officials continue to drag their feet when it comes to complying with an appropriate classroom model for non-English-speaking students . Arizona says it increased more than twofold the amount of money it spends per non-English-speaking pupil , and that it has complied with the No Child Left Behind Act , the sweeping public classroom accountability act passed in 2002 that ties federal education funding to improvements in measurable student achievement . The current dispute has pitted the GOP-led state legislature and the school superintendent against the Democratic governor and attorney general , along with civil rights and teacher groups . Alito said a federal","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An English-language immersion class failed Miriam Flores , her mother contended . A divided Supreme Court dismissed on Thursday a 17-year-old suit filed on behalf of English-deficient students . After two years of instruction in her native Spanish , Miriam entered the Nogales , Arizona schools ' English Language Learner program as a third-grader . However , she continued to lag behind her classmates and was cited as a disruptive influence in the classroom because she often had to ask a fellow student for help . The girl 's mother , also named Miram Flores , and other minority parents claimed school officials in Nogales , a border town about 70 miles south of Tucson , did not provide enough money to get English-deficient students up to speed in writing and reading comprehension . In 2000 , a federal judge agreed , concluding Arizona violated the Equal Educational Opportunities Act , and ordering the state to rework its plan and increase funding . The English Language Learner -LRB- ELL -RRB- program was then placed under federal oversight . On Thursday , a divided Supreme Court dismissed the 17-year-old lawsuit , but ordered a federal judge"}
-{"answer":"earlier ruling because she is a trial-level judge and not an appellate judge , Rachid said . The original ruling was made on November 10 by another trial-level judge , Gabriela Seijas , who responded to a petition made by Freyre and di Bello . Seijas ruled that the ban on same-sex marriage was illegal and ordered the proper authorities to grant the couple a marriage license if they applied for one . The court 's decision applied only to Buenos Aires . Same-sex unions in most of Argentina remain illegal . `` The law should treat each person with equal respect in relation to each person 's singularities without the need to understand or regulate them , '' Seijas said in her ruling . Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri said after the ruling that his government would not appeal the decision . Monday 's ruling was a temporary measure to postpone the marriage until Seijas ' original ruling could be reviewed in depth , presumably by an appeals court or the supreme court , the court statement said Countries in Latin America , a region strongly identified with the Catholic Church , have recently given more attention to gay","question":"Buenos Aires , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Latin America 's first same-sex marriage , set to be held in Argentina on Tuesday , appeared derailed after a judge filed an injunction to stop the union until the issue can be reviewed further . Judge Marta Gomez Alsina 's ruling blocks an earlier holding by another judge that found city laws banning same-sex marriage unconstitutional , the court said in a statement . Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello had planned to make their marriage official at a civil ceremony and chose December 1 because it is World AIDS Day . The registrar responsible for the civil marriages in Buenos Aires has been notified of the ruling , the court said . The couple would attempt to get their wedding license anyway , the official Telam news agency reported . `` We 're continuing with the preparations because we , as planners , nor the couple itself , have not been notified '' of the injunction , said Maria Rachid , president of the Argentine Federation for Lesbians , Gays , Bisexuals and Transsexuals , according to the news agency . Gomez Alsina 's injunction could not overturn the"}
-{"answer":", allowing us to showcase our technical differences . `` This squad is complete . It gives us alternatives to try out different things . We still have to polish some aspects of our game , but I 'm not worried about that . '' Pellegrini has also been impressed by Ronaldo , although he believes the Portugal winger requires more time to settle in following his move from Manchester United . `` Cristiano Ronaldo needs a little time to adapt to his new team 's style . Every player on the squad is working hard to be fit and play well , '' the coach added . `` Cristiano has experienced a change in style and now lives in a different country . He needs a little more time unlike those who already know La Liga . '' Ronaldo himself is looking forward to the challenges ahead , with Real desperate to improve on their showing last term . `` The team is doing well . We are working hard and preparing for the start of La Liga , '' he said . `` I feel comfortable and relaxed . I am working hard and I am waiting for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini believes his squad is now `` complete '' and ready for the challenge of a new Primera Division campaign . Manuel Pellegrini is encouraged with the performances of Cristiano Ronaldo and company in pre-season . The Bernabeu club have invested heavily in their side over the summer , bringing in the likes of Kaka , Cristiano Ronaldo , Xabi Alonso and Karim Benzema in a bid to wrest the domestic and Champions League trophies away from rivals Barcelona . The pre-season signs have been encouraging , and they rounded off their preparations with a 4-0 rout of Norwegian side Rosenborg on Monday . Pellegrini is hopeful it will all come together again when they kick off their Spanish Liga campaign against Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday . `` The pre-season has been very positive and we 've managed to prepare the squad well , allowing every man to play more or less the same time , '' he told the club 's official Web site . `` The team is solid in defence and has potential in attack . We keep possession more on our opponent 's half of the pitch"}
-{"answer":"added . Under Obama 's plan , companies that want to pay their executives more than $ 500,000 will have to do so through stocks that can not be sold until the companies pay back the money they borrow from the government . The rules will be implemented by the Treasury Department and do not need to be approved by Congress . The restrictions will most affect large companies that receive `` exceptional assistance , '' such as Citigroup . The struggling banking giant has taken about $ 45 billion from the government 's Troubled Asset Relief Program . The new rules also will mandate that shareholders of banks have a greater say about the salaries paid to company heads . The measures will put in place greater transparency for costs such as holiday parties and office renovations . Obama also pledged further reforms in the future , promising that the administration will `` examine the ways in which the means and manner of executive compensation have contributed to a reckless culture and quarter-by-quarter mentality that in turn have wrought havoc in our financial system . '' Watch Obama talk about limiting executive salaries '' `` We 're going to","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pledging to take `` the air out of golden parachutes , '' President Obama announced Wednesday that executives of companies receiving federal bailout money will have their pay capped at $ 500,000 under a revised financial compensation plan . $ 500,000 will be the limit on executive salaries at companies receiving tax dollars , President Obama says . Last year 's `` shameful '' handout of $ 18 billion in Wall Street bonuses `` is exactly the kind of disregard for the costs and consequences of their actions that brought about this crisis : a culture of narrow self-interest and short-term gain at the expense of everything else , '' Obama said to reporters at the White House . `` For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis is n't just bad taste -- it 's a bad strategy -- and I will not tolerate it . We 're going to be demanding some restraint in exchange for federal aid -- so that when firms seek new federal dollars , we wo n't find them up to the same old tricks , '' the president"}
-{"answer":"him , Thompson professed his love for his animals to most anyone . He would often be seen driving down the road with a wild animal . `` My cats are happier than most people , '' Thompson once told the Zanesville Times-Recorder . `` I feed them every day , and they have a great place to live . How many people can say they have all they can eat and do n't have to worry about a place to live ? '' In a 2008 video in New York , Thompson is seen smiling , holding a cub and handing it over to model Klum . `` We heard about Terry Thompson from all of his work in movies and commercials and felt he had a great track record . The day of our shoot , he was very kind , loving and protective towards his animals , '' said Christoph K\u00c3 \u00b6 rfer , the head of the German TV-station ProSieben in charge of the shoot . `` This is definitely a tragic situation . '' Yet on Tuesday , a strained marriage collided with the stress and the expense of caring for so many animals ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Terry Thompson , the Ohio man who authorities say set his exotic animals free just before killing himself , once supplied a lion cub for a photo shoot with supermodel Heidi Klum . `` I wrote a letter to Heidi Klum 's people , '' said Larry Hostetler , the executive director of the Animal Shelter Society of Muskingum County . `` I strongly voiced my opinion that if they 're going to hire animals for entertainment , they might want to check handlers ' backgrounds -- that Terry Thompson had been convicted of animal cruelty . `` Of course , I never heard anything back . '' Thompson and his wild animal farm had long been on authorities ' radar . Thompson had been kicked out of the local pet fair for bringing exotic animals that snarled at children . He had been convicted in November 2005 of animal cruelty , allowing an animal to roam freely and rendering animal waste without a license . He had even threatened to let all his animals go when investigators visited after repeated calls of animal abuse or neglect . But while investigators kept a close eye on"}
-{"answer":"to ensures that an asylum seeker is not redirected from nation to nation simply because none will take responsibility . Kazemi 's initial appeal for asylum in the Netherlands , made in October , was rejected . He then appealed unsuccessfully to a regional court in December . His last appeal was to the Council of State in January . Tempelman said that in order for the Dutch court to consider Kazemi 's asylum application , he needed to prove that Britain did not handle his asylum application properly , but he was n't able to prove any wrongdoing on the part of the British government . Kazemi now has exhausted his chances for appeal in the Netherlands and , according to Tempelman , could be returned to Britain on a short notice . The British government about six months ago accepted the Dutch request to take him back . Kazemi 's lawyer will have the option of taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights to request an `` interim measure '' that could allow Kazemi to stay in Europe until further notice . `` If anybody signs his deportation papers and says , look , he","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Netherlands has rejected an asylum plea by a gay Iranian teenager trying to escape possible persecution in his homeland . Mehdi Kazemi believes he will face persecution if he is made to return to Iran . Mehdi Kazemi , 19 , had originally sought asylum in Britain , where he was taking classes on a student visa , because , he said , his boyfriend had been executed in Iran after saying he and Kazemi had been in a gay relationship . Britain 's Home Office rejected his request , prompting Kazemi to flee to Netherlands . Tuesday 's decision by the Council of State -- the highest administrative court in the Netherlands -- means Kazemi could face deportation to Britain , which he fears will send him back to Iran . Council spokeswoman Daniela Tempelman said the council decided it must comply with the Dublin Regulation and return Kazemi to Britain . Watch how teenager has lost his right to remain . '' Under the Dublin Regulation , European Union member nations agree that an application for asylum submitted in any EU country would be handled by that country alone . The regulation seeks"}
-{"answer":", the comic\/actor\/novelist \/ playwright\/musician shows off his picking skills as well as his ability to craft witty bluegrass songs with titles such as `` Hoedown at Alice 's , '' `` Wally on the Run '' and `` Late for School . '' It 's been his passion for 45 of his 63 years . This past weekend , the ultimate Hollywood hyphenate made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry . `` The Crow '' has received more than respectable reviews , but that 's not surprising , given Martin 's uncanny ability to excel in whatever he does -- except maybe idle chitchat . The following is an edited version of the interview : CNN : People know you as a versatile artist , but now it 's about the banjo and your bluegrass album , `` The Crow : New Songs for the Five-String Banjo . '' Steve Martin : I did a lot of things when I first started out . In order to be in show business , I juggled , I did magic tricks , cards tricks and I played the banjo . CNN : You 've been playing it for 45 years","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- We were scheduled to speak with Steve Martin just after his sound check for a concert in Los Angeles to benefit the city 's public libraries . We pulled into the parking structure 45 minutes early when my cell phone rang . It was Martin 's publicist . Steve Martin has been playing the banjo for decades . His new album is a collection of bluegrass tunes . `` Hey , where are you ? '' she asked urgently . `` We 're in the garage , '' I replied . `` Can you get up here quickly ? He 's ready . '' A musician ready early ? There goes his street cred . Interviewing Martin can be like an awkward first date . Like many comedians , he 's polite , but he sometimes struggles to make eye contact , gives monosyllabic answers and leaves the impression that he wants to be anywhere but talking to you . But when the subject is his new album , `` The Crow : New Songs for the Five-String Banjo , '' he 's chatty , enthusiastic and engaged . On the CD"}
-{"answer":"and actor , said Wednesday in a written statement that he agrees with Carter . `` During President Obama 's speech on the status of health care reform , some members of Congress engaged in a public display of disrespect , '' he said . CNN contributor David Gergen said that some of the allegations of race-baiting might have some weight among Democratic voters . `` Jimmy Carter , I 'm afraid , is not alone in his views , '' he said . But Gergen warns that the racists tend to be on the fringes of the right and do not reflect on the greater field of opponents to Obama 's ideology . `` But I think it 's wrongheaded , and I think it 's unfair , and I think it 's indeed a libel upon many of the opponents , most of the opponents of health care reform , to say that they 're racist , '' he said . `` Seven previous presidents have tried to bring health care reforms of this kind . All seven have failed . And , as I recall , all seven were white . '' Carter 's comments , though","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Race and politics are a combustible combo that explodes into headlines when an ex-president lights the fuse , as Jimmy Carter did recently . President Obama during the 2008 campaign faced questions over race and politics . `` When a radical fringe element of demonstrators and others begin to attack the president of the United States as an animal or as a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler or when they wave signs in the air that said we should have buried Obama with Kennedy , those kinds of things are beyond the bounds , '' the Democrat told students at Emory University on Wednesday . `` I think people who are guilty of that kind of personal attack against Obama have been influenced to a major degree by a belief that he should not be president because he happens to be African-American , '' he added . The controversy erupted this week when Carter first raised the race issue to NBC . `` An overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man , '' he said . Bill Cosby , a black comedian"}
-{"answer":"with me your anger . ... Let 's say no . Let 's say Knox . '' Knox and former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito , 24 , are charged with murdering and sexually assaulting one of Knox 's roommates , British exchange student Meredith Kercher , on November 1 , 2007 . They insist they are innocent and are disputing the allegations . Knox and Sollecito are due back in court today . The last time Knox appeared before the panel of eight judges , she wore a T-shirt quoting The Beatles : `` All you need is love . '' Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini alleges that Kercher , 21 , was killed because she refused to participate in a drug-fueled sex game played by Knox , Sollecito , and a third man , Ivory Coast native Rudy Hermann Guede . In court papers , prosecutors stated that Sollecito held Kercher by her wrists while Knox poked at her with a knife and Guede sexually assaulted her . The case is being tried in Perugia , a university town about 115 miles north of Rome that is better known for its chocolate than for its scandalous murder trials . According to the","question":"ROME , Italy -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Italian media call her `` Foxy Knoxy , '' portray her as a `` devil with an angel 's face , '' and there are 11 Facebook pages dedicated to her , all in Italian . Both Raffaele Sollecito -LRB- left -RRB- and Amanda Knox deny charges of murder and sexual assault . Amanda Knox , 21 , is an American college student from Seattle , Washington , who is on trial for murder in Perugia , Italy . The case has given Knox almost pop star status there . She was voted the top woman in an online `` person of the year '' poll by an Italian TV channel in December , beating out Carla Bruni , the Italian-born French first lady . Seven of the 11 Facebook pages champion her innocence ; four seem convinced that Knox is pure evil . A sampling of comments : `` No to Amanda . No to her superstardom '' ... `` She 's a sociopath '' ... `` Everyone is not sure if she is guilty or not and that she will lead us to a new existential awareness . Please shout"}
-{"answer":"Ramadan Kurtij , 37 , died Friday afternoon of cardiac arrest after being rushed to the hospital . Another construction worker remained critically injured , a city official said . New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the cranes in the two incidents were different types . `` Two crane collapses in a short period of time look like a pattern , but there 's no reason to think that there 's any real connection , '' he said . On a radio program Friday , Bloomberg vowed that an investigation would be conducted and changes would be made if necessary . `` I do n't need any developer or union leader or anybody else telling me about the consequences of slowing things down , '' he said . `` Nobody wants this economy to grow more than me . But we 're not going to kill people . '' The accident happened shortly after 8 a.m. Bridget Barrett , who lives two buildings away , said she was just leaving for work . `` We heard a loud crash as I was walking down my stairwell . I went to the front door of the building , and it was","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- New York suspended all construction crane activity in the city Friday after a crane collapse on the Upper East Side killed two construction workers . Crane wreckage lies on Manhattan 's Upper East Side on Friday in a photo by iReporter Michael Schuman . Acting Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri announced the suspension , in effect until Monday , and unveiled a $ 4 million plan to assess high-risk construction activities , including crane operations , and make recommendations to improve safety . `` This year we have seen an increase in accidents and injuries related to high-risk construction activities , '' LiMandri said . `` We must make sure that as construction activity in the city continues to increase , the department 's ability to hold the construction industry to higher safety standards keeps pace . '' Friday 's accident was the second deadly crane collapse in the city in less than three months . Seven people were killed and 24 were injured in March when a construction crane toppled , plowing through several residential buildings . Crane operator Donald Leo , 30 , died in the initial collpase Friday morning . Construction worker"}
-{"answer":"and legal expenses ... in the sum of $ 2 million . '' `` This is a tragic situation that could have and should have been avoided with the exercise of reasonable care . There are very simple measures that could have been put in place to avoid this , such as barriers along the line to spread people out , extra security and a better police presence , '' Mollins said . He said his clients and others who were at the scene contend that the police `` were there ... saw what was happening , and they left . '' Calls seeking comment from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. were not immediately returned . Lt. Kevin Smith of the Nassau County Police Department said , `` it 's our policy that we do n't comment on open litigations '' and would not respond directly to Mollins and his clients ' claim that officers left the scene . He said it is `` incumbent upon the store to provide security '' but noted that there was no security force present when officers responded to an initial phone call after 3 a.m. Friday for an unknown disturbance at the site . Smith","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two customers are suing Wal-Mart for negligence after being injured in a mad rush for post-Thanksgiving bargains that left one store employee dead , the men 's attorney said Tuesday . A temporary worker at this Wal-Mart was crushed to death when shoppers rushed into the store last week . Temporary Wal-Mart worker Jdimytai Damour , 34 , was crushed to death as he and other employees attempted to unlock the doors of a store on Long Island at 5 a.m. Friday . Attorney Kenneth Mollins said Fritz Mesadieu and Jonathan Mesadieu were `` literally carried from their position outside the store '' and are now `` suffering from pain in their neck and their back from being caught in that surge of people '' that rushed into the Wal-Mart . New York Newsday reported that the Mesadieus are father and son , ages 51 and 19 . The lawsuit alleges that the Mesadieus ' injuries were a result of `` carelessness , recklessness , negligence . '' In a claim against the Nassau County police department , the men also contend that they `` sustained monetary losses as a result of health care"}
-{"answer":"Ferdinand Magellan , who first saw them in 1519 . But changes in currents and water temperature apparently confused the juvenile birds , who strayed too far north to the warm beaches of Salvador , Brazil , 870 miles north of Sao Paulo , Brazil . Watch the penguins march into the sea '' Starting in mid-July , in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bah\u00eda , `` It was just about raining penguins , '' Ruoppolo said . `` There was not much of a food supply . The birds were stranded and emaciated . They had lost all their muscles and body condition . '' While occasionally a few birds show up so far north , the unusual sight of hundreds of wayward penguins posed a challenge for animal conservation groups . `` We had to learn how to work with them , '' said Carlos Garcia , a spokesman for IBAMA , the Brazilian Institute for Environment and Renewable Resources . `` Fewer than 20 penguins usually wash ashore , but with such a large number , we had to really understand their biology and learn how to treat them . '' The Instituto Mam\u00edferos Aqu\u00e1ticos -LRB- Institute","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Flying penguins are unusual . Especially when they fly on a C-130 Hercules military plane . Almost 400 lost Magellanic penguins march back to the sea after being rescued by animal-welfare groups . In Brazil , 373 young Magellanic penguins were rescued , rehabilitated and released last weekend after their search for food left them stranded , hundreds of miles from their usual feeding grounds . Animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country 's southern coast , where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea . `` We are overjoyed to see these penguins waddle back to the ocean and have a second chance at life , '' said veterinarian Dr. Valeria Ruoppolo of the International Fund for Animal Welfare , the group that oversaw the rescue . See photo gallery of rescued penguins '' Magellanic penguins are warm-weather birds that breed in large colonies in southern Argentina and Chile . The young animals then migrate north between March and September , following their favorite fish , the anchovy . The birds are named after Portuguese explorer"}
-{"answer":"matched to Dutch parents , Mikkelsen said . Dutch officials may seek the remaining approvals from Haiti once the children have already settled in the Netherlands , he added . Haiti is home to about 380,000 orphans , according to the United Nations Children 's Fund , and that number is expected to grow in the wake of Tuesday 's earthquake . And those who lived in orphanages before Tuesday may be homeless now , as reports of destroyed orphanages have come throughout the quake zone . Full coverage of the earthquake in Haiti Some children who lost parents in the quake or were separated from parents are being relocated to the Dominican Republic , a child advocacy group said . About 50 orphaned and abandoned children will arrive in the border town of Jimani on Wednesday , Kids Alive International said . The efforts , coordinated with the governments of both countries , will eventually take the children back to Haiti . Some will be reunited with parents who lost communication with their children in the quake 's aftermath , the group said . View or add to CNN 's database of missing persons in Haiti CNN 's Melissa","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Slashing red tape or ignoring ordinarily required paperwork , officials in the United States and the Netherlands have cleared the way for scores of Haitian orphans to leave their earthquake-ravaged homeland , according to officials from the two countries . All of the children had adoptions pending with prospective parents in the two countries before Tuesday 's 7.0-magnitude quake , and government officials said paperwork was expedited or put on hold to make transfers happen on an emergency basis . 300 children have pending adoption cases with American families . Six children arrived in Florida Sunday night , met by their adoptive parents with hugs and tears of happiness . The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has chartered a plane to pick up about 100 children Monday , spokesman Aad Meijer told CNN . Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin over the weekend granted the children entry into the country , although their paperwork , including travel and adoption documents , was incomplete , Justice Ministry spokesman Patrick Mikkelsen told CNN . About 44 of the orphans ' adoptions had yet to be approved by a Haitian judge , even though they were"}
-{"answer":"County Sheriff 's Office , which reopened the case last year after hearing of a recent conversation . `` A lead was sparked when someone was sitting in a public area talking about what happened , '' FBI spokeswoman Joyce Riggs wrote in an e-mail to the media . As cold case cops know , a wisp of a lead can turn into a big break , a fact FBI Special Agent Angela Tobon believes can solve the Daniel Barter mystery . `` Even if -LSB- people -RSB- think it 's insignificant , it 's probably not , '' Tobon said . `` Each little piece of the puzzle may not mean something , but when you put it all together , you get the big picture . '' Danny was the third youngest of Paul and Maxine Barter 's seven children . He had brown hair and big brown eyes . `` He 's such a very pretty and sweet child , '' his mom told the Mobile Register in an article published June 21 , 1959 . `` I can understand why someone would want to take him , because he 's such a pretty child . ''","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Before Adam Walsh , Etan Patz and Madeleine McCann , before the first Amber Alert , before a young face stared back from the side of a milk carton , there was Danny . Danny Barter was 4 when he vanished in 1959 while on a family camping trip . Danny Barter vanished in 1959 . He was on a family camping trip to Alabama 's Perdido Bay . He was playing with his dad one minute , gone the next . `` Just like that , '' recalled his brother Mike Barter . Danny was 4 years old . Last weekend , his loved ones returned to the campsite and to the scene of the presumed stranger abduction . They came to remember Danny and to rededicate a half-century mission to find him . Even with the passage of time , their faith has not wavered . `` We 've never doubted that he 's ... out there , '' Mike Barter said . `` Until they prove otherwise , we hope one day we will be reunited . '' Their hope has been bolstered by investigators with the FBI and the Baldwin"}
-{"answer":"coming to Florida . So we 're in lock-down devastation . '' Florida has $ 2.5 million in its coffers for use in advertising and is making plans to use the $ 25 million promised this week by BP , Torian said . Louisiana 's coastal area , known more for sport fishing than for beachgoing , is also suffering . Gov. Bobby Jindal toured part of Louisiana 's vast coastal marsh Wednesday and found thick , oily sludge encroaching on the fragile ecosystem . `` We saw some heavy oil stranded in the wetlands . The oil is no longer just a projection or miles from our shore . The oil is here . It is on our shores and in our marsh , '' Jindal said at a news conference after the airboat tour in Plaquemines Parish . According to NOAA , about 35 miles of Louisiana shoreline has been affected by oil . The annual Seafood Festival in the town of Jean Lafitte the last weekend in July has been canceled so resources can be concentrated on the oil , CNN affiliate WWLTV reported . On Grand Isle , the annual Tarpon Rodeo is still on for","question":"Gulfport , Mississippi -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gulf Coast states have seen drops in tourism linked to the BP oil spill in the Gulf , though it has not caused any beaches to close , tourism officials told CNN Wednesday . More worrisome than the people who call to cancel are those who do n't call to book their trip in the first place , said Kathy Torian , a spokeswoman for Visit Florida , the state 's tourism bureau . Hoteliers have a shot at dissuading worried would-be vacationers who call to cancel , she said . But they are unable to have any effect on those who opt not to book travel to the state in the first place , she said . The stakes are high . Tourism in Florida is a $ 65 billion industry that employs more than a million people , Rep. Corinne Brown , D-Florida , told the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Wednesday . Complete coverage of Gulf Coast oil spill `` And so we are devastated , '' she said . `` People are canceling . They 're not coming to the hotels . They 're canceling , not"}
-{"answer":"It was related to an acute -- presumably acute dissection , rupturing plaque that 's causing a blockage of a coronary artery . He had a heart attack -- a fatal arrhythmia . Watch panel discuss if Russert 's death was preventable '' King : Did we know he had heart disease ? Newman : Tim was known to have coronary artery disease , and it was being treated with respect to management of his risk factors . King : Was he on medication ? Did he exercise ? Did he watch what he ate ? Newman : Tim was on medication . I 'd like to say , I 'm glad you mentioned exercise and watching what we eat . The foundation of management of heart disease and every medical condition , really , starts with lifestyle modification . You know , a healthy lifestyle , and you 'll have good health , and you 'll certainly have a healthy heart . ... Tim appreciated that . Yes , he exercised . He was on his Aerodyne bicycle . See a timeline of Russert 's career '' King : Dr. Oz , from what Dr. Newman said , could","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tim Russert 's personal physician says medics tried to save the NBC anchor shortly after he collapsed at work . Dr. Michael Newman said medics tried to revive Tim Russert several times before he died . Dr. Michael Newman told CNN 's Larry King that a defibrillator , a heart-shocking device , was used to try to save Russert . `` A resuscitation was begun almost immediately , '' he said . Russert , a mainstay of television journalism 's political talk as the host of `` Meet the Press , '' died of a heart attack after collapsing at NBC 's Washington bureau Friday . He was 58 . Newman appeared on `` Larry King Live '' on Monday , along with Dr. Mehmet Oz , a cardiac thoracic surgeon , and Dr. P.K. Shah , King 's heart doctor . Watch Russert 's son greet guests at wake '' Newman described Russert as a model patient : `` He complied with almost everything that was asked of him . '' The following is an edited version of the show 's transcript : Newman : Tim had a cardiac arrest ."}
-{"answer":"by Republican party supporters , considering the weak support he has received in public polls and primary elections , '' Unal concluded . U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the State Department `` absolutely and fundamentally '' disagrees with Perry 's statements . Turkey is `` Islamic democracy in action , '' Toner added , calling Ankara a `` stalwart ally '' with which the United States has a `` strong partnership . '' `` I am disappointed and concerned that Turkey and its time-tested ties of alliance , partnership and friendship with the United States became the object of misplaced and ill-advised criticism during last night 's Republican candidates ' debate . Needless to say , the Turkey described in the debate simply does not exist , '' Turkey 's ambassador to the United States , Namik Tan , said in a statement Tuesday . He also rejected the idea that Turkey receives significant sums of foreign aid from the United States . `` Indeed , Turkey is a strong and growing trading partner with the U.S. in general , and with Texas in particular , creating thousands of jobs throughout that state , '' Tan added .","question":"Istanbul -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Turkey 's foreign ministry condemned Texas Gov. Rick Perry Tuesday for saying that Turkey was a `` country that is being ruled by what many would perceive to be Islamic terrorists . '' Perry made the statement during a spirited debated between Republican presidential candidates in South Carolina Monday night . Most of Turkey was fast asleep during the live broadcast , and Turkish newspapers had already gone to print by the time Perry declared that Turkey had moved `` far away from the country I lived in back in the 1970s United States Air Force . That was our ally that worked with us , but today we do n't see that . '' The Texas governor also argued that it was time for Washington to cut foreign aid to Ankara . A spokesman for Turkey 's foreign ministry fired back Tuesday , accusing Perry of making `` baseless and improper claims . '' In a statement e-mailed to CNN , Selcuk Unal said presidential candidates should `` be more informed about the world and be more careful their statements . '' `` The unfortunate views of Perry are not shared in any case"}
-{"answer":"and chaste life , Honoria rebelled with aplomb , sleeping her way through the royal court while still in her teens . Although her after-hours habits caused quite the scandal , they failed to satiate her need for attention and power , so Honoria set her eyes on the throne . Employing her ample charms , she seduced her brother 's royal chamberlain , Eugenius , and together , they plotted to murder Valentinian and seize power . But , alas , their scheme was soon exposed . Eugenius was executed , and Honoria was sent to a convent in Constantinople . Life as a nun was a fate worse than death for Honoria , but even that could n't quell her ambition . She spent her years at the nunnery plotting one escape attempt after another . Finally , out of sheer desperation , she turned to sources outside the empire . Her savior would have to be powerful enough to defy Valentinian and risk open war with Rome . Only one man fit that description : Attila , king of the Huns . Attila the hubby Honoria got the barbarian 's attention with a mutually beneficial proposal :","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- Everyone goes through a rebellious phase . And , if you 're lucky , you 'll be able to look back on those years and laugh . If you 're less lucky , you spent those years on a reality show , so for the rest of time , millions of strangers can look back on them and laugh instead . In modern times , cats frolic among the ruins of ancient Rome . But , hey , it could be worse . You could be responsible for the fall of Western Civilization , just like Justa Grata Honoria , the Roman princess whose wild ways and -LRB- literally -RRB- naked ambition set off a chain reaction that culminated in the destruction of the Roman Empire . Barely regal Smart , conniving , and ruthless , Honoria possessed all the attributes befitting a Roman emperor , except for that pesky Y chromosome . As a young girl , she watched as her dimwitted six-year-old brother , Valentinian III , was crowned emperor of the Western Roman Empire , while she was set aside to await a suitable marriage . Hardly content to lead a quiet"}
-{"answer":"this matter . '' In 1955 , Marilyn Damman took her toddler , Steven , and his baby sister , Pamela , to a bakery in East Meadow . The mother went inside to do some quick shopping , leaving her 2-year-old and baby girl in the stroller outside . But when Damman returned , her children were gone . A short time later , blocks away , the baby girl was found unharmed and the stroller was intact , but Steven was missing , Smith said . Thousands of searchers looked for the toddler , but the boy was nowhere to be found . Hitting one dead end after the next , the Dammans packed up and moved from New York back to Iowa , Jerry Damman said . And until now , they thought there was little chance of ever seeing their son again . Jerry Damman , who lives on a farm in Iowa , told CNN , `` You never give up hope , -LSB- but -RSB- things dim after all those years . '' He said he is n't ready to comment on the latest developments for various reasons . Damman says authorities have contacted","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For more than a half-century Jerry and Marilyn Damman wondered what happened to their 2-year-old boy , who mysteriously vanished into thin air outside a Long Island bakery . Steven Damman and his sister disappeared from outside a bakery in 1955 . His sister was found safe . Now , 54 years later , a Michigan man claims he is the missing child whose name was Steven Damman . Within the last six months , the unidentified man contacted Nassau County , New York , police and said he had credible evidence that would link him to the case of the missing toddler , according to police Detective Lt. Kevin Smith . Nassau County police turned the case over to the FBI in Detroit . So far , authorities will not release the Michigan man 's identity and wo n't say why he believes he is Steven Damman . The FBI is conducting DNA testing , Smith said . Sandra Berchtold , spokeswoman for the FBI Detroit bureau , said only , `` The FBI investigates all leads in kidnapping cases , but can not confirm or deny the existence of an investigation in"}
-{"answer":"room and let it pass , '' said Fayard , who is the sister of CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera . After the storm passed , Fayard left work and saw a vehicle overturned in a Target store parking lot . `` We had ample warning , '' Fayard said . `` I think the local media did a great job -LSB- warning people -RSB- . '' Another Pensacola resident who saw the twister pass said it made a frightening noise . `` It sounded creepy , like a bunch of cars were driving over my house , '' Leeann Franzonne told The Associated Press . The tornado was spotted about 9 a.m. and dissipated about 40 minutes later , Austin said . It moved roughly from southwest to northeast , with the biggest apparent damage in the southwest , where older suburbs are located . The twister followed a skipping pattern , sporadically receding into the clouds and then touching down again . Watch where the storm ripped through Pensacola '' It battered many buildings downtown , blew the roofs off sections of Cordova Mall northeast of downtown , and damaged Pensacola Junior College , where classes were canceled for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A tornado pummeled Pensacola , Florida , Thursday , severely damaging a church with an attached day care center , destroying homes and leaving thousands of homes and businesses without power , the mayor said . Christy Fayard took this photo of an overturned car in the parking lot of a store Thursday in Pensacola , Florida . `` We had about 15 or 20 minutes notice from the weather service that Doppler radar indicated that there was , in fact , a rotation in this one severe thunderstorm , '' Mayor John Fogg said . `` We are n't used to tornadoes in this area . '' The day care center next to the Greater Little Rock Baptist Church `` took a direct hit , '' but the children already had been moved to a safer location , said Glenn Austin , spokesman for the Escambia County Sheriff 's Office . Video showed frantic , tearful parents rushing into the building to get their children . Christie Fayard said she and her co-workers saw the tornado from their building about two miles away . `` We took cover . We just went to a break"}
-{"answer":"the U.S. president can not dictate the timing of world events . Crises can hit at any time . An effective president must be ready to act quickly while , at the same time , keeping his long-term focus on strategic priorities . And everywhere he looks , a raft of questions need answering . So , where does Obama start ? Israel-Palestinians The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians conflict flared up again with deadly results just as Obama prepares to take office . The Bush administration 's last ditch efforts at forging a final status agreement between Israel and Palestine is in tatters . Will the new president continue the Bush policy of close alliance with Israel ? Or will he talk tough to his Israelis allies , urging them to refrain from air attacks and to stop building new settlements while , at the same time , pressing the Palestinians to stop their rocket attacks on Israel and crack down on terrorism ? Should he pull out all the stops , trying for a high-stakes strategy of brokering peace and a two-state solution ? Or should he just try to put out the immediate fire ? Iraq","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After his inauguration , if President Barack Obama needs real-time intelligence on crises around the world , he is likely to do it in the Situation Room , the ultra-secure conference room in the White House . It 's a place this new president may be seeing a lot of . Interconnected crises : Afghan children hold toy guns in an anti-Israel protest . During the election campaign , Obama often talked about Iraq , a war he opposed , and his plan to withdraw troops within 16 months . He stressed the need to increase U.S. forces in Afghanistan . He criticized Russia for moving its troops into Georgia . Ultimately , however , the campaign hinged on the economy . Substantive debate over the long list of international challenges facing the United States never happened . As soon as he lowers his hand after taking the oath of office , this new president is responsible for steering the United States through the stormy waters of foreign policy dangers . He must decide not only which issues to take on , but when to take them on . But , in this interconnected world ,"}
-{"answer":"off Argentina 16-9 at Twickenham in a poor quality match in difficult conditions . A late try by Matt Banahan gave Martin Johnson 's men the edge and his sixth win from 13 games in charge . Fly-half star Jonny Wilkinson provided all of England 's points in the first half , with a drop-goal and two penalties as the scores were tied at 9-9 at the half . Center Martin Rodriguez , one of a trio of Argentina debutants , kicked three penalties from five attempts to keep them level until the late home try . In other international action , former England coach Andy Robinson led his new Scotland team to a 23-10 win over Fiji . Johnnie Beattie and Graeme Morrison went over for tries for Scotland at Murrayfield . On Friday night , France shocked world champions South Africa 20-13 in Toulouse . The Tri-Nations champions paid the price for ill-discipline as Julien Dupuy kicked four penalties and Morgan Parra one . Winger Vincent Clerc capped a fine performance for the home side with a try . South Africa 's points came from Morne Steyn with a penalty and drop-goal as well as converting a fine","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The New Zealand All Blacks gave their nation double reason for cheer with a 20-6 win Italy before a massive crowd at the San Siro in Milan . With their football counterparts qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals with a win over Bahrain earlier on Saturday , it was left to Graham Henry 's men to complete the double . But they were given a tough fight by underdogs Italy , who were inspired by an 80,000 crowd in a stadium normally reserved for Serie A giants Inter and AC Milan . Henry fielded a largely second-string team after last week 's 19-12 defeat of Wales in Cardiff . Italy briefly led as former Australian rugby league international Craig Gower kicked a penalty . But New Zealand pulled ahead with two Luke McAlister penalties and Corey Flynn put them further ahead with the only try of the game after 25 minutes . McAlister landed another penalty before halftime to send the visitors into the break with a 14-3 lead . After the interval he kicked two further penalties with Gower getting his second for Italy . The All Blacks next play England , who saw"}
-{"answer":"down , '' eyewitness Konson Danladi said . `` I was just outside the church when the men came and started shooting , and I ran . '' Police said the militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for both attacks , but CNN could not immediately confirm the claims . The church targeted in Gombe is attended predominantly by Ibo Christians from southern Nigeria . Boko Haram has been blamed for months of widespread bloodshed in Nigeria , with churches and police stations among the targets . The group also claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on churches on Christmas Day . The rising tide of violence led Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to declare a partial state of emergency in four northern states , in a bid to contain Boko Haram , whose name means `` Western education is a sin . '' The latest sectarian attack comes as Nigeria also faces a nationwide wave of popular protests over the removal of a gas subsidy that had kept prices artificially low . What is behind Nigeria fuel protests ? Union leaders have called for a national strike beginning Monday if the government does not reverse the decision , which","question":"Jos , Nigeria -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Islamic militant group in northern Nigeria has claimed responsibility for attacks that killed at least 25 people in a rash of violence against the country 's minority Christians , officials said , after it issued an earlier ultimatum that gave Christians three days to leave the area . Gunmen opened fire on residents Friday , killing at least 15 people who were mourning the deaths of two slain businessmen , said Rev. Paul Alhamdu , chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria . At least eight people were also killed on Thursday in a church shooting in northeastern Nigeria , a pastor at the church said , as sectarian violence spirals and the country is shaken by angry protests over fuel subsidies . Gunmen attacked the Deeper Life church in Gombe , the capital of Gombe state , Thursday evening as worshipers held a prayer meeting , according to the Venerable Joseph Ninyo , a pastor with the Anglican Diocese of Gombe . He said at least 20 people were being treated at a hospital , one of whom is in intensive care . `` Many tried to run but were gunned"}
-{"answer":"a dishwasher , would assume that it ended at a 6-foot fence . Watch aerial images of the backyard compound '' `` You could walk through the backyard and never know there was another set of living circumstances , '' said Fred Kollar , undersheriff of El Dorado County . `` There was nothing that would cause you to question it . You ca n't see it from either adjoining property . It was presumably well arranged . '' But tucked away beyond the tangle of bushes , high grass and trees was a blue tarp that concealed the only world Dugard had known since her abduction . Kollar said the property had `` a hidden backyard within a backyard . '' It included several sheds no taller than 6 feet , two tents and several outbuildings , `` where Jaycee and the girls spent most of their lives . '' It also held a vehicle that matched the description of the car used in Dugard 's kidnapping , Kollar said . The `` secondary '' backyard was inside the first and was `` screened from view . '' One of the sheds was soundproof , he said . In","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From the time she was an 11-year-old , blue-eyed , freckle-faced blonde until she was a 29-year-old woman with two children , Jaycee Dugard was kept locked away in a backyard compound of sheds and tarps by a couple who police say abducted her . Jaycee Dugard was locked in a shed tucked under a blue tarp in her alleged captor 's backyard . She was more than 160 miles from home , and her family had no idea where she was . Nobody else knew she was there except the couple who snatched her off the street in front of her house in South Lake Tahoe , California , in 1991 , and took her straight to the soundproof shed , police said . Dugard 's pocket of Phillip and Nancy Garrido 's backyard in Antioch , California , was so overgrown no one even knew it existed . The details about Dugard 's time in captivity emerged Thursday after one of Northern California 's most enduring mysteries was solved and the Garridos were arrested and accused of her kidnapping . Anyone who came across the couple 's backyard , littered with garbage cans and"}
-{"answer":"a stark backdrop to the impact that digital piracy has on the large investments that producers make in creating state-of-the-art films , '' said Rep. Howard Berman , chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs , who oversaw a congressional hearing on piracy after the leak . `` During our hearing in Los Angeles , director Steven Soderbergh said that in 2007 , the entertainment industry generated a trade surplus of $ 13.6 billion , '' Berman added . `` Imagine what those numbers would be if we could rein in piracy . '' Bootleg , or illegally copied , movies have long been a thorn to the film industry . In 2003 , a version of Universal 's `` The Hulk '' appeared on the Internet two weeks before the film opened . A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to the theft . And in 2005 , a pirated print of `` Star Wars : Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith '' was uploaded to the Web within hours of the movie 's release . But where Hollywood 's biggest headache used to be murky , muffled copies of films taken by someone who snuck a camcorder","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When the highly anticipated movie '' X-Men Origins : Wolverine '' opened Friday in theaters , many fans had already seen it . The pirating and distribution of `` Wolverine , '' starring Hugh Jackman , is being investigated by the FBI . The online leak of a pirated , unfinished version of the 20th Century Fox film a month ago sent federal authorities springing into action and stoked a heated conversation within the entertainment industry about digital piracy . Piracy of upcoming films is not new , but the theft of `` Wolverine '' is especially troubling for an industry concerned with a stalled economy and the financial bottom line . It 's rare for high-quality copies of a big-budget blockbuster to appear on the Internet more than a month before the film 's release , experts say . Within a week of `` Wolverine 's '' March 31 leak , more than a million people had downloaded the movie , according to TorrentFreak , a blog devoted to the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol . Watch intrepid reporter look for answers '' `` Unfortunately , the recent leak of the Fox film ` Wolverine ' provided"}
-{"answer":"held to coincide with the final of the Eurovision Song Contest . `` This parade is in defense of human rights . We are defending the often violated human rights of lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender Russians . They want legal protection against discrimination and hate crimes . I support their cause . `` Not all Russians are homophobic , but many are . Gay Russians suffer queer-bashing attacks , blackmail , verbal abuse and discrimination in education , housing and employment . This shames the great Russian nation . '' The Eurovision Song Contest , which began in 1956 , sees singers and groups from a short list of European nations perform a specially written song before telephone votes from each nation decide the winner . In western Europe , the contest is regard as a light entertainment spectacular , with a strong following among the gay and lesbian community . Many fans dress up , hold parties and gather round the TV to watch the three-hour-plus televised marathon . In recent years , however , eastern European nations , which take the contest much more seriously , have come to dominate . The contest is also","question":"MOSCOW , Russia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dozens of gay and lesbian rights activists planning a parade in southwestern Moscow Saturday have been detained , Russia 's Interfax news agency reported . Gay and lesbian rights activists are detained in Moscow Saturday ahead of a planned march . The arrests included Nikolai Alexeyev , a prominent gay activist in Russia , and his associate Nikolai Bayev , Interfax said , adding that more people trickling into the location were being arrested without explanation . Officials of Moscow 's gay community had announced earlier plans to rally at Novopushkinsky Park in central Moscow , Interfax said . The arrests came ahead of Saturday night 's Eurovision Song Contest , which is being held in Moscow . The contest has a strong following among the gay and lesbian community . Watch police break up the march '' Journalists from various countries gathered at the scene , as police barricaded the park with metal bars . Trucks with soldiers onboard were parked on nearby streets , Interfax said . UK gay human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell , in a statement on his Web site ahead of the march , said it was being"}
-{"answer":"ensure no more victims of Monday 's tornadoes lay in the rubble . The state Department of Emergency Management lowered its death toll from five to two , saying that three children had been erroneously reported dead . The children are in critical condition , the state said . Their mother was one of the two dead . More than 100 people were treated for various injuries , the state said . Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said 80 homes and businesses in the city were destroyed by the storm , which he called `` probably the most significant '' to hit during his seven years in office . The storm system that swept through the state on Monday spawned multiple tornadoes and dropped softball-sized hail . More bad weather was on the way Tuesday , and the National Weather Service warned Oklahomans to prepare for severe storms Tuesday afternoon and early evening . Tornado watch in western Oklahoma Officials said they planned to release more detailed damage estimates Tuesday and decide how to manage cleanup efforts in areas where tornadoes left behind snapped utility poles , downed trees and severely damaged homes . In Norman , Oklahoma , south","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Oklahoma 's governor Tuesday declared states of emergency in 56 counties following a string of deadly tornadoes and severe storms that swept through the area the day before . Gov. Brad Henry took an aerial tour of one of the hardest hit areas Tuesday afternoon . `` I lost track of the number of damaged and destroyed homes that we saw , '' Henry said . `` Literally hundreds and I think thousands of homes have received damage in these storms , and many , many of those homes have been destroyed . '' Are you there ? Send images , video `` Even though central Oklahoma was the hardest hit , this storm really was a statewide event , and there is damage and destruction throughout the state , '' he said . The governor said that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano assured him `` that FEMA would act very , very quickly on our request for a presidential disaster -LRB- declaration -RRB- and federal aid . '' Meanwhile , a maze of downed power lines and wrecked homes in parts of Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , hindered search-and-rescue efforts Tuesday as authorities worked to"}
-{"answer":"British lawmaker who has joined PETA 's campaign against the bearskins . `` I do n't think the British public or tourists will mind if it 's synthetic fur , and I 'm absolutely amazed in this day and age that we see beautiful animals skinned and killed '' to produce the hats . A spokesman for the National Army Museum in London , Julian Farrance , said the fur comes only from Canadian bears that have died naturally , and that no bears are killed for the hats . Campaigners say they still want the defense ministry to use a different material . `` It still promotes the usage of animal fur in areas where it 's totally unnecessary , in my view , for fur to be used , '' said Glenda Jackson , another British lawmaker opposed to the use of the fur . The British Army 's use of the bearskin hats dates back to the Battle of Waterloo on in 1815 , when Wellington 's army defeated the French Imperial Guard in a victory that marked Napoleon 's downfall . The British soldiers captured the headgear from the defeated Imperial Guardsmen and have worn them","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Animal rights campaigners were holding a meeting Tuesday with Britain 's Ministry of Defence to argue against the use of bearskin in the iconic furry headgear worn by royal guards at Buckingham Palace . A PETA activist in Sofia , Bulgaria earlier this year protests against UK troops wearing bearskin hats . Robbie LeBlanc , European director for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -LRB- PETA -RRB- , was meeting with Ann Taylor , the minister for defense equipment and support , the defense ministry said . `` We are hoping that they will switch to a humane synthetic alternative , '' a PETA spokeswoman said . PETA has been campaigning for years against the use of bearskin in the headgear , a familiar symbol of London worn by the guards who keep watch over royal buildings like Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle . The hats are part of the footguards ' ceremonial dress , along with the bright red jackets . PETA says the bears used to produce the fur hats are killed cruelly and unnecessarily . `` It 's an absolute moral disgrace , '' said Mike Hancock , a"}
-{"answer":"period last year , according to the United Nations . NATO and U.S. forces have suffered record losses this summer , with 75 troops killed in the month of July alone . Amid the violence , the candidates continued their last-minute campaigning , with the hope that the elections can showcase Afghanistan 's fledgling democracy . `` We hope that this election will go ahead in accordance with the constitution of this country and the rightful freedoms of our people , in the best manner possible , so that the Afghan nation can determine its future , '' said historian Omar Khan Massoudi , director of the National Museum in Kabul . Watch young Afghans talk about their hopes '' International donors are helping pay for the $ 223 million undertaking , and hundreds of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers have moved into southern Afghanistan to protect voters against possible Taliban attacks . The top U.S. envoy to the region , Richard Holbrooke , expressed optimism that Thursday 's vote would be Afghanistan 's moment to shine . It 's tough to organize elections during a war , he said , but the reality is that violence during elections is","question":"KABUL , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Welcome to democracy , Afghan-style . An Afghan woman in a burqa veil holds up a photograph of President Hamid Karzai . An incumbent president and 38 challengers , including two women , are vying for the votes of 17 million registered Afghans against a backdrop of war , graft , poverty and illiteracy . More than 3,000 donkeys , 3,000 cars and three helicopters will traverse harsh terrain to carry voting materials to remote polling stations . And 30 observer groups , domestic and international , will be on hand to help guard against fraud . This Thursday , Afghanistan holds its second-ever popular election , the results of which will put into office a new president and 420 provincial council winners . Preliminary results are scheduled September 3 , with final results expected two weeks later . At the heart of every vote will be the two biggest impediments to progress for one of the poorest nations in the world : stifling corruption and an increasingly bloody Taliban resurgence . The number of Afghan civilians killed increased 24 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same"}
-{"answer":"surgery and medicines out of her own pocket . `` When we looked at the price of getting things done in South Africa . I 'm like , ` We 're never gon na get there . ' It 's $ 45,000 . Where do I even begin ? '' The cost of a kidney transplant in the United States can be $ 25,000 to $ 150,000 , also out of Irungu 's price range . Watch more on Lorna Irungu 's odyssey '' So she began looking elsewhere , sending out e-mails and making phone calls to hospitals in other countries . Doctors at Fortis Hospital in New Delhi , India , were the only ones who responded to her somewhat complicated case . Dr. Vijay Kher , the hospital 's director of nephrology , first talked to Irungu by phone . `` When she called me from Kenya , she was very sick , '' Kher said . `` She had uncontrolled blood pressures , and she was having fever . She had been in ICU for about three weeks . '' But Irungu made it to India . Once her condition was stabilized , doctors performed the","question":"NEW DELHI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lorna Irungu sits on a hospital bed looking extremely frail . She has lupus and her kidneys continue to fail . Lorna Irungu , 35 , had to travel from Kenya to India to receive her third kidney transplant . `` At some point I just wanted it to be over , '' said Irungu , 35 . `` I was just tired . I was really , really tired of the fighting , of the struggling , of being sick . '' But Irungu did decide to fight , with the help of a very giving family . Three times she has needed a kidney transplant , and three times her family members insisted on donating . First her father donated , then her sister , and then her brother . Irungu says what she could n't find was a doctor who would do the tricky third transplant in her own country of Kenya . When she checked in neighboring countries , the cost was impossibly high . Irungu , who 's single and has no children , has no insurance . So the former television host was paying for the"}
-{"answer":"if we can regain pitch authority , '' the pilot told the air traffic controller . `` At this time we would like to declare this an emergency and also have CFR -LRB- fire and rescue equipment -RRB- standing by in St. Louis , '' the pilot said . The pilot remained calm throughout the recording . Midwest Airlines acknowledged at the time that the pilot had detected a control problem in the pitch of the plane after an emergency evacuation chute opened in the aircraft 's tail cone while in flight . Normally , the chute deploys only after landing and after the tail cone pops off . The pitch , or angle of the nose of an airplane , affects the pilot 's ability to control the plane . The airline said the pilot had `` full authority of the aircraft . '' According to the tapes , the pilot said he regained control as the plane began to descend into St. Louis . `` We had a pitch authority problem , now that we have come down to a lower altitude it seems to have rectified itself . We do have pitch control of the aircraft at","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Control tower tapes reveal that the pilot of presidential hopeful Barack Obama 's plane told air traffic controllers there was an emergency when he made an unscheduled landing last month in St. Louis , Missouri . Barack Obama 's plane had to make an unscheduled landing on July 7 in St. Louis , Missouri . On July 7 the Midwest Airlines MD-81 made an unscheduled landing during the flight from Chicago , Illinois , to Charlotte , North Carolina . The owner of the plane initially said the landing was not caused by an emergency . However the tapes , released to ABC News through a Freedom of Information Act request , contradict that report . ABC first reported on the tapes on Thursday . Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown told CNN Thursday evening that preliminary information for incidents is often incomplete or incorrect . Watch what the tapes revealed '' According to the tapes , the pilot told an FAA air traffic controller that he had limited ability to move the plane 's nose up and down . `` We have limited pitch authority at flight levels ; we 're descending to see"}
-{"answer":"together and work together for the common good . '' He said that Muslims in the United States have a `` unique responsibility '' and that the event seeks to inspire Muslims and all Americans . `` America represents , still , a beacon of hope , '' he said . Malik said conversations about the event began only a few months ago . `` It 's amazing , '' he said . `` The Web site has gotten more than 3 million hits already . '' Friday 's event was focused on a 1 p.m. prayer , and a reception and banquet were planned afterward . Malik said attendees were traveling from all over the United States -- including Texas , Florida and Georgia -- as well as from other countries , such as Britain and Canada . `` The beautiful thing ... about this , is that we have a good representation of the uniqueness and beauty of what Islam stands for , '' he said . Besides the protesters , the event drew other criticism . Malik said he had received some `` very nasty e-mails . '' And one Christian leader warned of a strategy to","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands of Muslims gathered Friday on Capitol Hill for a day of prayer that organizers said was intended to inspire American Muslims and non-Muslims alike . People traveled from all over the United States to attend the Capitol Hill event , organizer Abdul Malik said . `` America is not perfect , '' Abdul Malik , an organizer of the event called Islam on Capitol Hill , told the crowd . `` But I will say something it took me my whole adult life to come to : America is not perfect , but I want to tell the truth : It is one of the best places in the world to live . '' Organizers had hoped that 50,000 people would show up for the Friday afternoon prayer session , which took place at the foot of the U.S. Capitol . There were also anti-Muslim protesters near the event . Earlier , Malik said , `` This is not a protest , it is a day of prayer , of devotion , hoping that we can work ... for the betterment of the world community . '' He added , `` We can come"}
-{"answer":"home . `` I did n't know that with my advice I killed my brother because all the mothers and all the children were taken to the gas chamber right away . '' Given the horrors she 's lived and witnessed , one might think Mann , now in her 80s , would be among those demanding that Nazi war criminals be brought to justice . And yet she 's uncomfortable with the ongoing attempts to deport to Germany for trial John Demjanjuk , an 89-year-old Cleveland , Ohio , man allegedly linked to mass killings at Sobibor , a death camp in Poland . Demjanjuk insists it was n't him . The pursuit of him -- and of suspects like him -- is n't one Mann supports . She said she never wanted revenge , because `` I did not want to be like them . '' Mann does n't think going after war criminals now is worth the cost and energy , nor does she think the legal process will make a difference to such men who 've already lived a full life . Watch Mann explain why money is wasted in the hunt '' `` What is","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For 65 years , Elisabeth Mann has carried with her the pain only a Holocaust survivor can know . Elisabeth Mann , the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust , sits with her children , Nancy and Thomas . The only one in her Hungarian Jewish family to make it out of the Nazi death camps , life for a long time felt like punishment . Branded in her mind are the images of , for example , a pile of babies set ablaze , snarling dogs and the laughter of an SS officer pointing to the black smoke of incinerated bodies that filled the sky . And on her heavy heart is the anguish , including the blame she feels for her brother Laci 's death . He was 13 and not feeling well when the family arrived by cattle car at Auschwitz-Birkenau . Watch Mann describe the brutal trip to the camp '' `` I told him to go with my mother because mothers are the people who take care of sick children , '' she cried , while sitting in her Los Angeles , California ,"}
-{"answer":"installing wind turbines faster than any other nation . China 's expanding middle class is increasingly mobile , with more than 50 million electric bicycles , and China is developing the first mass-produced plug-in hybrid electric car . The country has 14 nuclear power plants under construction and plans to start 10 more next year . Although there has been much talk about creating `` green jobs '' in the United States , China leads the world with its massive investment in energy efficiency and renewable power . China 's growth has come with a heavy price : pollution . China produces 80 percent of its electricity from coal and now leads the world in greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants . Dirty air and contaminated water affect many millions of Chinese and are two of the nation 's most serious problems . Although the United States has made great strides in reducing pollution in recent decades , we are still the world 's second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions , with emissions per capita four times higher than China 's . Our nation is also heavily dependent on coal and imported oil . We are moving ahead in","question":"Editor 's note : Jim Rogers is chief executive officer of Charlotte , North Carolina-based Duke Energy , which generates much of its power from coal-burning plants and is making investments in clean energy technology in China . Jonathan Lash is the president of the World Resources Institute . Ming Sung is Asia Pacific representative of the Clean Air Task Force . Jim Rogers , CEO of coal-burning Duke Energy , wants the U.S. to join with China against greenhouse gases . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There is a lot of rhetoric on Main Street and in our nation 's Capitol these days portraying China as a job-stealing polluter whose economy is growing at the expense of the United States . But business leaders and policy advocates who work in China see a different picture : a China that is investing heavily in innovation and determined to win the global race to supply its citizens and the world with clean energy technologies . China is the largest producer of solar water heaters , with 50 percent of the world 's production and 65 percent of all installations . It produces 30 percent of the world 's photovoltaic sets and is"}
-{"answer":"That ban applies even to credit cards issued by American-owned companies and companies with apparently scant connection to the U.S. . The upshot is that you should check with your credit card company before traveling , or you may find you 're carrying a lot of worthless plastic . See Carlos Acosta 's Havana '' Getting around The faded glories of Old Havana are best appreciated on foot , but to fully explore the city , and after nightfall in some of the sketchier areas , you 're better off taking a taxi . The cheapest are the state-owned yellow and black Ladas , although these are not meant to pick up tourists within 100 meters of a hotel . Haggle over the price before you set off . You can flag down metered tourist taxis along the Malecon and they also congregate outside the Hotel Nacional in Vedado . It 's technically illegal , but easy enough , to flag down pretty much any passing car and pay for a ride around the city , although there 's no guarantee of the car , or the driver , being roadworthy . If your heart 's set on ride in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Part of Havana 's charm is that it plays by its own rules -- these tips will help you play along . Traveling by the brightly-colored Cocotaxi is a kitsch way to explore Havana . Hard currency Parting with your cash can be a tricky proposition in Havana . Confusingly , Cuba has two currencies , convertible pesos and Cuban pesos , with the U.S. dollar no longer commonly accepted . Tourists are perfectly entitled to use Cuban pesos , but you ca n't buy much with them and in practice , visitors will deal almost exclusively in convertible pesos . You can convert foreign currencies into convertibles at hotels and money-changing booths , but if you 're converting U.S. dollars you will be charged a 10 per cent commission . The sensible thing would be to get your money from an ATM , however , while Visa cards are accepted at some ATMs , other cards are practically useless in Havana . Credit cards are becoming more widely accepted in Havana , but using them will incur a hefty surcharge and American credit and debit cards ca n't be used at all in Cuba ."}
-{"answer":"Shell pipeline , '' he told CNN . `` They were thwarted in their attempt by a community surveillance group assigned to protect the Shell pipeline . '' Antigua said the group 's dynamite and other explosives were recovered and that there were no injuries or deaths . A spokesman for Shell in The Hague , Netherlands , said the company had received no report of an attack . The JRC said its attack Wednesday followed another last weekend , and that both are aimed at incapacitating the export terminal and fighting the `` occupation '' in Nigeria . `` The actions are continuous and are preparatory to the final war . Every little step we take today brings us closer to freedom , '' read the statement . Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was approved for the role Tuesday by Nigeria 's House and Senate to fill the political void left after President Umaru Musa Yar ` Adua departed in November for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia . Jonathan was previously the country 's vice president . In his first address to the nation Tuesday , Jonathan praised the `` resilience and unity of purpose '' with which Nigerians reacted","question":"Lagos , Nigeria -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A previously unknown armed group said Friday it attacked a Nigerian oil pipeline this week on the first full day in office for Nigeria 's new acting president . The attempt by the Joint Revolutionary Council -LRB- JRC -RRB- of the Niger Delta was not successful , a spokesman for the military said . But it indicates not everyone in Nigeria is happy with the way the new president , who hails from the Niger Delta region , was given power . The JRC said that early Wednesday , one of its units attacked and `` exploded '' the Tura manifold owned by Royal Dutch Shell in Abonnema , near the coast . The manifold connects several pipelines to the Bonny Export Terminal . `` Our patriotic fighters fought and overpowered the military guards on duty -LRB- as all Shell manifolds are always heavily guarded -RRB- before going ahead to explode the Tura manifold , '' the group 's statement said . But Lt. Col. Timothy Antigua , a spokesman for the Nigerian military , said the attack failed . `` On Wednesday night there was an attempt by criminals to sabotage a"}
-{"answer":"`` You 're talking about a federal agency that was basically assaulted , '' Ralph Diaz , special agent in charge of the FBI 's San Antonio , Texas , field office , told reporters . Two people were killed and two others were hospitalized , federal officials said . Though the remains found in the IRS building have been identified , their identities will not be revealed until after a forensic examination , Diaz said Friday . `` One may be Mr. Stack and our fear is certainly the other would be either someone who was visiting or someone who was employed in the building , '' he said . Emergency services chief Ernie Rodriguez said one of the injured was treated and released ; the other remained hospitalized . City of Austin Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr credited the building 's fire protection , fast work by the Fire Department and the fact that the employees had practiced exiting the building in case of an emergency for the low loss of life and injuries . `` It truly worked , '' she said . Austin attack stuns community Rodriguez said units arrived on the scene within five minutes","question":"Austin , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The man who flew an airplane into a building housing an Internal Revenue Service office may have replaced some of its seats with a drum of fuel to cause maximum damage , a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation said Friday . The official , who would not speak on the record because it is an ongoing case , said investigators have determined that the Piper Cherokee PA-28 had several seats removed and that a fuel drum was missing from the airport from which Andrew Joseph `` Joe '' Stack III took off Thursday morning . `` I think there is a good chance he might have put it on his plane , '' said the official , who cautioned that investigators were still working that lead and sifting through the crash site . The single-engine plane has a fuel tank capacity of 38 gallons and is equipped with four seats , according to the Web site risingup.com . The FBI said Friday it has taken the lead role in the investigation of Thursday 's crash into the 7-story building in northwest Austin that held offices for nearly 200 IRS workers ."}
-{"answer":"Jackson . '' Fifty sold-out Jackson concerts were scheduled for the O2 Arena in London , starting July 13 . The shows were billed as the final concerts of his career and were called `` This Is It . '' Jackson was expected to earn $ 50 million from the London shows . The singer died with debts estimated at $ 500 million , and his estate will take years to unravel legally . On Wednesday , Paul McCartney refuted media accounts about the fate of the Beatles song catalog , which Jackson co-owned . `` Some time ago , the media came up with the idea that Michael Jackson was going to leave his share in the Beatles songs to me in his will , which was completely made up and something I did n't believe for a second , '' a statement on McCartney 's Web site said . `` Now the report is that I am devastated to find that he did n't leave the songs to me . This is completely untrue . I had not thought for one minute that the original report was true and , therefore , the report that I 'm devastated","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- T-shirts and other official merchandise from what were billed as Michael Jackson 's last concerts are up for sale , the shows ' promoter told fans by e-mail Thursday . Official merchandise from Michael Jackson 's `` This Is It '' tour is for sale , according to the shows ' promoter . The e-mail , which went to people with tickets to London tour dates that were to start in July , reaffirmed an earlier announcement that ticketholders will receive a full refund or , if they chose , a commemorative ticket for the tour . The concert merchandise includes Jackson belt buckles , socks , hats , wallets , music and a myriad of T-shirts . `` Early in June , Michael Jackson approved a line of official merchandise for you , his fans , '' said the e-mail from concert promoter AEG Live . `` As we mourn the loss of one of the greatest talents the world has ever seen , we are only beginning to feel the impact that Michael left upon us all . A variety of official merchandise commemorates this incredible talent and preserves the legacy that is Michael"}
-{"answer":". Whitney had only managed to film three-quarters of the script and the film 's future lay in the balance . `` When I heard that the crew members who had been shot were going to be fine I started to think like the businessman and the producer , '' says Whitney . `` I thought , ` How are we going to finish this film ? We 're not just going to give up . ' And to a man everybody involved agreed to finish it . '' After six months spent organizing financial backing , the original cast and crew flew to Tunisia to complete the movie and has been attracting interest from distributors . Despite the danger caused by shooting so close to the actual conflict zone , Whitney says he would shoot in the region again if he had the chance . `` Every place you point a camera there 's a great shot . You do n't have to go very far to find fantastic authentic Afghan architecture and beautiful landscapes . `` All the people are in the same sort of authentic costumes , so you do n't have the problem of trying to","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When David Whitney traveled to Pakistan to shoot his film about a man forced to flee Afghanistan after falling foul of the Taliban he did n't expect fiction to turn into reality . A still from `` Kandahar Break . '' Production of the film was halted after the crew were fired upon by suspected Taliban militia . But that 's exactly what happened three weeks into shooting political thriller `` Kandahar Break '' in late 2008 . Gunmen attacked the first-time director and his crew near the Afghan border . Four Pakistani crew members were shot and wounded in the incident and the entire crew was forced to flee the region . Pakistani authorities later told Whitney that the gunmen were affiliated with the Taliban and were in fact targeting the Western members of the team . `` I was very upset . It was terrifying to know that somebody was trying to attack us , trying to shoot us , '' Whitney told CNN . With the help of local security forces the team was immediately evacuated to Islamabad and put on a flight out of the country in 24 hours"}
-{"answer":"in 1903 . The original formula was so acidic that it regularly ate through clothing . 6 . Of course , modern antiperspirants can also ruin your clothing . Aluminum chloride , the ingredient that blocks glandular openings and prevents sweating , is notorious for turning T-shirts yellow . So , blame your antiperspirant for your pit stains , not your body . 7 . Offensive body odor is actually illegal in libraries in San Luis Obispo County , California . Mental Floss : Weird wedding laws still on the books 8 . One thing modern antiperspirants do n't do is cause degenerative diseases . Medical science has found no conclusive evidence that absorbing aluminum chloride through the skin can lead to memory loss or slurred speech . 9 . Aoki , a Japanese company known for its menswear , has developed a deodorant suit that supposedly absorbs sweat and neutralizes odors all over the body . 10 . But that 's nothing ! The greatest Japanese innovation in the fight against B.O. is Fuwarinka scented gum . The so-called `` functional candy '' contains aromatic compounds that cause your skin to release `` Fresh Citrus '' or `` Fruity","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- Although you probably use it every day , here 's some interesting trivia you may not know about deodorant . Actor Matthew McConaughey reportedly does n't wear deodorant . 1 . Be thankful for your foul body odor . According to anthropologist Louis Leakey , it might be responsible for early man 's survival . Leakey 's theory claims that most predators avoided feasting on humans because our body odor was `` too repugnant . '' 2 . Not only did the ancient Egyptians give us pyramids and flush toilets , they also pioneered the field of deodorants . Egyptians were the first to popularize the idea of applying scents to armpits , usually using cinnamon and other spices that would n't turn rancid in the heat . 3 . The Roman poet Ovid preferred a more proactive solution . In Book III of the Art of Love , he cautions women against carrying goats under their arms . 4 . Antiperspirants are classified as drugs by the FDA . Technically , they affect and\/or alter your body 's natural functions . 5 . The first modern brand of antiperspirant , EverDry , hit drugstores"}
-{"answer":"theory that she left home to re-establish herself elsewhere , Wilson said . The teen 's father , Henry Peterson of Colville , Washington , told Kitsap County authorities his daughter had occasional memory lapses , Wilson said . In May , Kacie Peterson was found lying on the ground next to a creek at the family farm , Wilson said . She had blacked out and did not remember who she was , he said . Kacie Peterson was briefly hospitalized after the incident , he said . Her father also told investigators that in another incident his daughter was found unconscious on her bedroom floor , Wilson said . Henry Peterson reported his daughter missing on October 2 , Wilson said , after the family friend she lived with told him that the last time she saw Kacie Peterson was September 30 . Kacie Peterson moved in June from eastern Washington with her father to western Washington to live with a friend of her mother , who died when she was 7 , Wilson said . Henry Peterson told police he agreed to the transition , Wilson said . The teen 's father described their relationship as ``","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The teen who mysteriously turned up in New York with apparent amnesia emptied her bank account and left behind `` everything '' before she left her home in Washington , police told CNN . The woman , now identified as Kacie Aleece Peterson , 18 , of Hansville , Washington , withdrew about $ 400 from her Bank of America account , said Scott Wilson , spokesman for the Kitsap County Sheriff 's Office in Washington . But Peterson `` left everything , '' including her wallet , identification , cell phone , clothes and even her bike , which was secured outside a Wal-Mart , Wilson said . Police still do not know how Peterson traveled cross-country to New York City . The woman mysteriously turned up in Manhattan two weeks ago , claiming to have no memory of her family , her home -- or even her own name . There 's no indication that she 's feigning her memory loss , said Paul Browne , deputy commissioner of the New York Police Department . At the same time , because Peterson is an adult , authorities have not ruled out the"}
-{"answer":"'' he yelled , later describing that he intended to distract the gunman . `` If people down there at point-blank range to the shooter were going to get shot , they were helpless to avoid being killed , '' Johns told CNN . `` Me , I 'm four stories up . If I can take any of his attention and divert it towards me ... I would have an opportunity to get out of the way . '' `` I 'm screaming anything I can '' in an effort to disrupt the shooting , Johns said . At one point , Brehm spoke with Johns , asking him for ammunition and to call an ambulance . Fierro said it appeared Johns could interact with the suspect without jeopardizing his safety . `` It appears from the video that he was able to distract the suspect and keep him from shooting at additional people before the police arrived , '' she said . Police have contacted Brehm 's family back east and are talking to acquaintances . `` So far we have n't been able to piece together really why he did it , '' Fierro told CNN Saturday","question":"Los Angeles -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities on Saturday identified a gunman killed by police after he opened fire at passing vehicles along a downtown street in Hollywood . But they said they do n't know why Tyler Brehm , 26 , went on a surreal shooting rampage captured on amateur video Friday . The video shows Brehm walking down Sunset Boulevard , wielding a handgun and firing at vehicles , seemingly at random . Brehm fired a `` significant number '' of rounds , wounding three , police said . He then returned to an intersection , where he was confronted by a plainclothes police detective and an off-duty police officer working on a nearby movie set , officials said . `` At that point the police ordered him to drop his weapon and he pointed his gun at the police and an officer-involved shooting occurred , '' police spokeswoman Sgt. Mitzi Fierro said on CNN . Brehm died at a nearby hospital , a police statement said . Christopher Johns filmed much of the five-minute scene from his apartment window and can be heard shouting at Brehm throughout . `` Why do n't you come up here ?"}
-{"answer":"just a little bit stumped ? Well , no worries . Brian Cooley from CNET.com is here to help us out , steer us clear and hopefully give us some great ideas . And I know you have some great ideas for us . BRIAN COOLEY , EDITOR-AT-LARGE , CNET.COM : Look at these beauties . First of all , for gaming , you know the Nintendo Wii is hot , but you ca n't find one ? The Nintendo DS Light is a pretty good placeholder . The dual screen that it 's known for , they 've slimmed it down from its original DS . And of course that great legacy of all those great Nintendo games . And pretty cheep . For $ 130 or less you can get one of these . That 's very affordable . Check out this music player , Reynolds . It 's gon na be the next kind of iPod . It 's from SanDisk . It 's called the Sansa Connect . That little bump is a WiFi antenna . This can connect wirelessly to the Internet or to other devices like it to share music , download music and","question":"CNN Student News -- June 29 , 2007 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 : Thanks for checking out our latest summer edition of CNN Student News , where today 's show , all about tech . I 'm Carl Azuz . A college professor has found a way for his students to listen to his lectures even when they 're not in the classroom . And we talk to students and experts to find out some of the ways technology is being used in schools . First Up : Gadget Gifts AZUZ : It 's better to give than to receive . You 've probably heard it a hundred times . But when that gift is for a techie , there 's a gaggle of gadgets to go through . So how do you know which present to pick ? Reynolds Wolf is here to help with the breakdown on some cool tech toys . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO CLIP -RRB- REYNOLDS WOLF , CNN REPORTER : Are you searching for that perfect gift , but you are"}
-{"answer":"districts in central Helmand , and stretch to Rig district in the south , Pelletier said . Marines and Afghan forces have taken over the key town of Khan Neshin , the capital of Rig district , which had been under Taliban control , the Marine source said . The goal is to protect residents from the threat of Taliban and other insurgent intimidation and violence , Pelletier said . `` Our focus is now and will remain the Afghan people . We have worked closely with local Helmand government officials and many tribal and local leaders in the detailed planning of this major offensive , '' said Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson , commander of Task Force Leatherneck . Once security is established , civil affairs personnel and other nongovernmental groups and agencies can come in and establish programs . However , Taliban control of the countryside is so extensive in provinces such as Helmand and Kandahar to the east that security forces face a tough job , according to a report this week in The New York Times . The government has no involvement in five of Helmand 's 13 districts , the report said . In the fighting","question":"KABUL , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. Marines on Friday kept up a major push against entrenched militants in southern Afghanistan in an attempt to rout the Taliban from their stronghold in Helmand province , Marine Capt. William Pelletier said . A U.S. Marine patrols Garmser district in Afghanistan 's Helmand province on Friday . A Marine source described Thursday evening 's fighting in the Helmand River Valley as `` our most significant encounter . '' Sporadic fighting that began earlier Thursday stretched over several hours in the southeastern sector of Garmser district , said Pelletier , spokesman for the Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan . Helmand province , a poppy-growing region , is the focus of the U.S.-led Operation Khanjar . Afghanistan supplies 90 percent of the world 's opium , which is used in the production of heroin . The forces are attempting to gain and hold ground in the perilous region ahead of Afghan national elections in August . Almost 4,000 Marines and sailors from the expeditionary brigade , along with more than 600 Afghan national security forces , are operating in key population centers along the valley , Pelletier said . Their targets are Garmser and Nawa"}
-{"answer":"NASA says it does not keep track of contributions from the other 15 partners . -RRB- NASA 's funding of the space station is currently scheduled to end in 2016 . `` The general idea that we would spend approximately 11 years building the space station , get it to its full operational capability , and then kind of abandon it a few years later ... does n't make a lot of sense , '' said Robert Braun , a former NASA chief engineer . Braun currently is the director of Georgia Tech 's Space Systems Design Laboratory . An independent committee reviewing the future of U.S. human spaceflight recently recommended to the White House that the station 's life be extended to 2020 . Watch more on the future of the space station '' `` You 've got all of these different countries working together on this common project in space . And if we go ahead and stop ... it 's going to break up that framework , '' said Leroy Chiao , a former space station commander and shuttle astronaut who sits on the advisory panel . `` The different countries around the world will lose confidence","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's the most complex construction project in history . NASA 's funding of the international space station is scheduled to end in 2016 . Flying 250 miles overhead , the international space station can be seen with the naked eye , orbiting the Earth every 90 minutes , usually carrying a crew of six . Now , before construction of the station is even complete , there is already talk of when the lights will be turned off . NASA is waiting for the Obama administration to decide how much longer the station will fly and exactly which direction the U.S. space agency will take next -- a return to the moon , or maybe a trip to Mars ? The initial phase of the international space station was launched in 1998 , although the station is still being expanded . The U.S. is one of 16 countries that help build and operate the station , whose laboratory runs a number of science experiments , including measuring the effects of space conditions , such as weightlessness , on humans . The U.S. contribution to the space station so far : $ 44 billion . -LRB-"}
-{"answer":"Now , most businesses have closed their doors , leaving only a handful to serve the community . A drive down Braddock Avenue , the main street , indicates the town has seen the bottom . The avenue is lined with crumbling offices and stores , boarded windows and empty lots where buildings once stood . But there is hope in the town . In 2005 , Braddock elected John Fetterman by one vote as its mayor . He is originally from York , Pennsylvania , and has lived in the area of Braddock for eight years . He has an MBA from Harvard and started a program that helped dislocated youth from the area receive their high school equivalency degrees . At 6 feet 8 inches and 325 pounds , he is an imposing figure . He chooses to dress in Dr Martens boots , baggy jeans and Dickies short-sleeved shirts because he feels he is able to connect with the people better dressed that way . He shaves his head and has a goatee . Possibly the most intimidating aspects of Fetterman 's appearance are his tattoos , clearly visible on his forearms , including the numbers 15104","question":"BRADDOCK , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What happens when business and government turn their collective back on a town and just walk away ? Braddock , Pennsylvania , is what happens . Braddock , Pennsylvania , has suffered since the steel mills went out of business in the 1970s and 1980s . When steel was king , the population of Braddock surged to more than 20,000 people . With its proximity to Pittsburgh and its location on the Monongahela River , it was an ideal location for a steel town . When steel mills began closing in the 1970s and 1980s , Braddock was not immune . In 1982 , Braddock 's main mill , the Carrie Furnace , closed its doors , putting thousands of people out of work . Throughout the 1980s and 1990s , residents left the town seeking work in other parts of Pennsylvania . The 2000 census put the population of Braddock at 2,900 , but it has dropped further , according to residents . Home prices have plummeted and real estate is as inexpensive as $ 6,000 for a single-family house . Historic pictures show a polished downtown and a bustling community ."}
-{"answer":"WCCO that she `` did n't really know what was going on '' when stores unexpectedly began closing down but soon saw police `` pushing us all away from Nordstrom -LRB- department store -RRB- . '' `` Unfortunately , as we have witnessed at shopping sites across the country this week , large groups of individuals can come together and create bad situations , '' mall officials said in a statement . `` It is very unfortunate to see these incidents occurring , especially during the holiday shopping season when families are out spending time together . '' No serious injuries were reported , the statement said . The mall remained open , although some stores closed down temporarily . Some witnesses told WCCO the fights began after reports that rappers Lil ' Wayne and Drake were visiting the mall . `` I 've heard that and some other things as far as speculation . I do n't know that there 's anything to substantiate that , '' Stehlik said . Investigators are still working to determine what caused the fight , he said . `` Frankly , at this time , we do n't really have any idea ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities arrested at least nine people after a `` series of fights '' at the nation 's biggest shopping mall sent chairs flying and caused after-Christmas shoppers to flee , officials in Minnesota said Tuesday . Police and security officers at the Mall of America arrested a mix of young adults and juveniles after a food-court fight around 4 p.m. Monday broke up into brawls elsewhere in the shopping center , Bloomington Police Department Commander Mark Stehlik said . At one point , police received reports of up to 10 separate fights , he said . Video of one incident showed a man picking up a chair to throw as crowds of shoppers , some screaming , fled a mall food court . The video also showed a group of what appeared to be youths brawling before police officers intervened . Witnesses described a chaotic scene . `` There were drinks thrown on the floor and chairs being thrown everywhere , '' witness Tess Dessalgne told television station KARE . She reported that `` everyone started running toward the fight , '' while the video showed others leaving the area . Another woman told CNN affiliate"}
-{"answer":"wherewithal to make it through each day , said Baldwin , who relied on the kitchen 's services herself before she was hired there . Biloxi was one of the cities that Katrina hit hardest . And though the city has made progress rebuilding , the 26-year-old kitchen has seen steady increases in clients each year since the storm . With few residents in the city shortly after Katrina , there was little activity . But the kitchen reports serving 55,281 meals in 2007 , 64,825 meals in 2008 and 38,877 in the first seven months of 2009 . Loaves and Fishes nearly closed this summer because of lack of funding , until the public was reminded of the need to feed the hungry . After the Biloxi Sun-Herald reported in late June that the kitchen could close its doors , more than $ 50,000 in donations poured in , and it is now funded until around March . `` I certainly had never gotten that kind of response before . So it just made me realize that they just did n't know '' about the hunger problem , Baldwin said . After spending time focusing on themselves and picking","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From soup kitchen director Rita Baldwin 's perspective , the notion that `` homeless people are the scum of the earth '' has returned to her Gulf Coast town , which still struggles four years after Hurricane Katrina . Loaves and Fishes executive director Rita Baldwin poses with her son , Scott Blain , who works at the kitchen . Baldwin -- formerly homeless herself -- found that `` the storm was a great neutralizer . It put us all on the same level . '' That social pendulum is swinging back to the pre-Katrina world , she said , but she added that the community has shown a renewed sense of compassion . Baldwin , executive director of the Loaves and Fishes community kitchen in Biloxi , Mississippi , lost her home in Katrina as the storm barreled into the coastal community in 2005 . She said she watched with sadness as storm victims she dubbed `` amateurs '' -- `` people who did n't know how to be homeless '' -- attempted to survive after losing everything . Homeless people who were accustomed to living in the woods and on the streets used their"}
-{"answer":"submitted by the United States Olympic Committee and was representative of the nation . Tokyo 's bid was that of Japan ; Madrid 's was that of Spain ; and Rio de Janeiro 's was that of Brazil . Republicans want to spin the decision as a massive loss by President Obama and the Democrats who have always controlled Chicago politics . `` Hahahahaha , '' wrote Erick Erickson on the conservative `` RedState '' blog , `` I thought the world would love us more now that Bush was gone . '' What the critics do n't see is that Obama 's loss on the Olympics is America 's loss . Any red-blooded American who loves to see the American flag raised and the national anthem played when one of our own wins a gold medal should blast the Republicans ' giddiness over the loss . I can recall crying along with millions of Americans when our hockey team beat the Russians and won the hockey gold in 1980 . Where were those games ? Lake Placid , New York . Euphoria spread all across the nation , not only because we beat the mighty Russians , but also","question":"Editor 's note : A nationally syndicated columnist , Roland S. Martin is the author of the forthcoming book , `` The First : President Barack Obama 's Road to the White House as originally reported by Roland S. Martin '' and of two other books , `` Listening to the Spirit Within : 50 Perspectives on Faith '' and `` Speak , Brother ! A Black Man 's View of America . '' Visit his Web site for more information . Roland Martin says conservative critics are wrong to chortle at the defeat of the Chicago Olympic bid . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Whenever President Obama has traveled overseas and offered pointed and direct assessments of the United States , some of them critical , Republicans have ripped him for criticizing America , saying a president should always defend the United States . So I want to hear the explanation by these so-called patriots of their giddy behavior over the United States losing the 2016 Olympic Games . Yes , the United States . The bid that was rejected Friday by the International Olympic Committee was not a Chicago , Illinois , bid . It was the official bid"}
-{"answer":"worker who lives alone with her cat in Scotland , Boyle has inspired millions with a performance that flies in the face of pop music 's penchant for pre-processed princesses . A clip of her audition had more than 19 million views on YouTube by Friday evening . Boyle , who did a repeat performance of `` I Dreamed a Dream '' via satellite on CNN 's `` Anderson Cooper 360 '' Thursday night , told King she was aware of the snickers her appearance prompted at the audition . `` That does n't bother me because I knew I had to get on with my act ... , '' said Boyle , again speaking by satellite . `` I was n't sure how I would be received , so I just thought I 'd give it a whirl . '' Watch Larry King interview Susan Boyle '' Morgan , too , acknowledged the laughter , including his own . `` I sort of feel like apologizing to Susan , '' he said . `` I 'm sorry , because we did not give you anything like the respect we should have done when you first came out . ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The often scathing critic Simon Cowell called Susan Boyle -- the breakout singing sensation from `` Britain 's Got Talent '' -- a `` little tiger . '' Judge Piers Morgan admits that he expected Susan Boyle 's audition to be a joke before she began singing . On CNN 's `` Larry King Live , '' she showed she 's no one-trick pony . During a taping of the show Friday , she nailed a verse of Celine Dion 's `` My Heart Will Go On '' after King asked her to sing . `` Amazing . That was just absolutely stunning , '' said `` Britain 's Got Talent '' judge Piers Morgan , who was also a guest . `` To sing that with no musical backing is unbelievable . You have the voice of an angel , Susan . '' The 47-year-old Boyle 's frumpy attire and awkward mannerisms drew snickers and eye-rolling from her audience before she belted out a pitch-perfect number from `` Les Miserables '' at an audition for the talent contest , making her an overnight sensation . Watch Boyle sing on Larry King '' An unemployed charity"}
-{"answer":"historic British ship that took the same name and which served as Admiral Nelson 's flagship in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 . In court papers seeking exclusive salvage rights , Odyssey says the wreck site `` consists of cannons and other unidentified objects . Odyssey believes that potentially valuable cargo may be located at or near the site . '' The papers were filed in U.S. District Court in Tampa , Florida , where Odyssey is based , seeking exclusive salvage rights . There were nearly 1,000 people aboard -- `` 900 sailors , plus a complement of marines and 50 volunteers drawn from the noblest families of England , '' Odyssey said in information about the ship released together with the Discovery Channel , which chronicled the find . Based on reports from the time , there may be as much as four tons of gold on the ship , Odyssey and the Discovery Channel said . `` Additional research indicates that there were large quantities of both silver and gold coins aboard . ... Research suggests that this prize money will also likely be located at the wreck site . '' ... However , no coins","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Deep-sea explorers say they have solved `` one of the greatest mysteries in naval history '' with the discovery of what was `` the world 's mightiest and most technically advanced warship '' when it sank in 1744 . The HMS Victory sank in 1744 . The HMS Victory -- the predecessor to a historic British flagship of the same name -- was found `` far from where history says it was lost , '' Odyssey Marine Exploration said in a news release Monday . The find in the English Channel exonerates Adm. Sir John Balchin , one of `` the greatest admirals in English history , '' because it shows that the ship went down in a violent storm , not due to any mistakes he made , Odyssey said . It did not specify the ship 's exact location . Maritime lore said the ship went down in the northern part of the Channel Islands , south of England near the coast of France . Stories about treasures -- including gold -- that may have been on the ship have existed ever since its disappearance . This HMS Victory was a predecessor to the"}
-{"answer":"and growing fan unrest -- coupled with Kroenke 's recent confirmation of a takeover bid for the St Louis Rams -- would it be wise for the American to aim his sights on owning Arsenal now ? CNN 's business correspondent Jim Boulden helps break down Kroenke 's decision . Why invest in the English Premier League ? The recent sale of their overseas television rights amounted to over $ 1.5 billion , while the domestic rights went for much more . This means the Premier League clubs can sign expensive players on big wages , according to Boulden . `` A lot of the league 's strength is to do with Sky and its multi-billion dollar deal to show the games around the world , '' he said . `` Sky gives an enormous amount of money to Premier League clubs . '' Could Kroenke expect much profit from Arsenal ? Boulden says the main way to maximize profit is to keep a club healthy , and deliver success on the pitch before selling it on down the line for a profit . He said : `` I look upon Stan Kroenke like these other guys in America :","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The international draw of its star players , the huge sums paid for rights to broadcast live action and the loyal nature of its consumers have long made the English Premier League an attractive home for investors . In recent years this has included a number of American billionaires who , having made their money with sport franchises in the United States , saw ownership of teams including Manchester United -LRB- Malcolm Glazer -RRB- , Liverpool -LRB- Hicks and Gillett -RRB- and Aston Villa -LRB- Randy Lerner -RRB- as the best way to expand a global portfolio . Stan Kroenke -- owner of the Denver Nuggets basketball team , the National Hockey League 's Colorado Avalanche and Major League Soccer 's Colorado Rapids -- could be the next to join this elite group after a major shareholder at London-based Arsenal confirmed that she is looking to sell her stake . Kroenke already owns 29 percent of the Champions League quarterfinalists , and needs only one more percent to trigger a complete takeover . Blog : Should Stan Kroenke buy Arsenal ? But with the economic downturn compounding both Liverpool and Manchester United 's struggles with debt"}
-{"answer":"other contracts Blackwater has with the State Department , a senior State department official told CNN earlier this year . Several of the plaintiffs are connected to a September 2007 shooting incident in Baghdad in which the Iraqi government says security guards , then employed by Blackwater , fired upon and killed 17 Iraqi civilians . The affidavits by the two witnesses , who did not want to be identified in the court documents filed Monday for fear of retaliatory `` violence , '' paint a menacing portrait of Prince , who recently resigned from his company . `` First , he views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe . ... Second , Mr. Prince is motivated by greed , '' says John Doe No. 2 . `` He sought every opportunity to deploy men to Iraq in order to earn more money from the United States government . '' He refers to another incident when he `` first arrived in Baghdad '' in which he saw fellow employees pulling weapons out of a shipment of dog food -- the allegation being smuggling . John Doe No. 1 describes witnessing","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two former Blackwater employees have made statements against Blackwater Worldwide and its founder Erik Prince , accusing the security company and its former CEO of murder and other serious crimes in Iraq , according to court documents filed this week . Blackwater founder Erik Prince , shown here before a congressional panel in 2007 , recently left the company . The sworn affidavits by an ex-Marine who joined Blackwater and another employee -- listed in the documents as `` John Doe No. 1 '' and `` John Doe No. 2 '' -- are part of a civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Virginia against Prince on behalf of Iraqi families who say they lost loved ones at the hands of his company . Blackwater , recently renamed Xe , issued a statement Tuesday , saying it would respond `` to the anonymous unsubstantiated and offensive assertions put forward by the plaintiffs , '' in a brief to be filed August 17 . The company had a security contract for operations in Iraq under the U.S. State Department until May , when the federal government declined to renew the contract . The decision did not affect"}
-{"answer":"doctors said . Long-term use of ketamine can impair cognitive function and damage internal organs . An oversupply of the drug in Hong Kong and the fact that it is cheaper than other narcotics makes ketamine popular with young people , said Superintendent Wilson Fok of the Hong Kong Police Narcotics Bureau . One gram of ketamine sells on the street here for $ 13 and is enough to be shared with two other people , while cocaine , for example , sells for $ 103 a gram , Fok said . The drug is legal for medical use , but it is trafficked into Hong Kong from other parts of Asia , such as India and mainland China , and sold on the streets illegally , Fok said . Police have recently stepped up their efforts to crack down on drug use at clubs and bars in Hong Kong and Shenzhen , a city in mainland China just across the border . Nearly 120 alleged drug users from Hong Kong , mostly under the age of 30 , were arrested at entertainment venues in Shenzhen in July and held for 15 days in sweeps that made headlines for days","question":"HONG KONG , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 16-year-old Hong Kong boy makes two phone calls for delivery : One for pizza , the other for the drug ketamine . Two teenage girls are found semi-conscious in a car park after overdosing on ketamine . A 13-year-old boy joins a gang and is given free ketamine . Glass capsules containing ketamine , which has become the drug of choice for Hong Kong 's youth . These are anecdotes told to CNN by police , a family doctor and a former gang member . Ketamine has become the drug of choice among young people , as the number of people under 21 taking drugs has surged 57 percent in the last four years in Hong Kong , said Commissioner for Narcotics , Sally Wong . `` We started off with a very small number of young people taking drugs . We are now more worried about the trend , '' Wong said . `` We do n't want a runaway trend ; that 's why we are stepping up action . '' Ketamine , an animal tranquilizer , can put users in a dazed stupor for about two hours ,"}
-{"answer":"weirdest . Tossing the eight-tentacled cephalopod was the brainchild of Detroit storeowners Pete & Jerry Cusimano . The date : April 15 , 1952 . The logic : one tentacle for each of the eight victories it took to win the Stanley Cup . Later that spring , most likely fueled by the good luck octopus , the Red Wings won the title . PETA has objected to this practice , which continues to this day . The Red Wings mascot is not a Red Wing , but Al the Octopus . 3 . The John 3:16 guy Also known as `` Rainbow Man , '' the born-again Rollen Stewart and his John 3:16 signs were fixtures at major events in the 1970s and 80s . He brought his message to the World Series , Super Bowl , Olympics , and World Cup . He was outside Buckingham Palace when Di and Charles wed ; he went to see the Pope in Alaska . But he was more religious fanatic than sports fan . According to the Los Angeles Times , Stewart planned to assassinate President Bush and candidate Clinton in 1992 . And he 's now serving three life","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- 1 . Bobby Murcer 's biggest fan Former New York Yankee Bobby Murcer warms up during Old Timers Day Yankee Stadium on July 7 . Our first story has a fairy-tale middle and a horrible ending . In August of ' 77 , Bobby Murcer of the Cubs promised to hit a home run for terminally ill fan Scott Crull . That night , Murcer hit two of them . Pretty amazing , especially when you consider Murcer only hit nine homers the whole next season . But that 's not why Crull -- a 12-year-old from Calumet City , Illinois -- makes this list . Broadcasting the game nationally on ABC , Keith Jackson told the country how Murcer had fulfilled the dying boy 's last wish . Eyes watered , spines tingled . There was only one problem -- nobody had ever told the boy he was dying . His parents were horrified . Weeks later , Crull passed away . 2 . The good luck charmers Every sport has its own strange traditions . I 'd argue hockey 's `` throwing an octopus on the ice for good luck '' is the"}
-{"answer":"commissions makes us foolish and weak , and invites more attacks , '' said Melissa Long , whose boyfriend was a first responder killed in New York . `` What is fair and just is to continue the military commissions and punish those who have committed acts of terrorism against Americans , period . '' Long later married a man who lost his parents when their plane slammed into the Pentagon on that fateful day . Brian Long acknowledged that some of the detainees may have gone through some inhumane treatment through the years , but he thinks they are being well taken care of now . `` The only injustice is being orchestrated by our leader by making decisions about something he knew nothing about , '' Long said . Other September 11 families have visited Guantanamo Bay for previous hearings and voiced support for using the facility for terror trials . The government uses a random process to select names of family members invited to observe . The family members said they think Guantanamo detainees have been provided with good attorneys , who , in many cases , are paired with clients who do n't want their help","question":"GUANTANAMO BAY , Cuba -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Families of September 11 victims visiting Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , on Thursday urged the Obama administration to drop plans to close the facility and to restart terror trials there . A guard talks with a detainee at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , earlier this year . `` I am opposed to the closing of this facility because of political reasons , '' said Gordon Haberman whose daughter , Andrea , was killed when terrorist planes struck the World Trade Center . `` I believe that the current administration spoke too quickly on this . '' Haberman said he thinks President Obama should not insist on carrying out his campaign pledge to shutter the detention facility . Haberman was one of nine people visiting Guantanamo this week who lost loved ones in the September 11 attacks . He and the others had the opportunity to observe pre-trial hearings for some suspects on Wednesday and Thursday . Several were critical of Obama 's decision to suspend military commissions at Guantanamo Bay while the administration reviews what to do with each detainee . `` Our government 's current executive order to halt the military"}
-{"answer":"a deal , '' Hardy said in a statement . `` If that is the case , then they should call off the strike , return to talks ... and resolve this issue without any more disruption to Londoners . '' TfL was running extra buses and free shuttle services across the River Thames during the strike . Electronic travel cards used for the TfL network were temporarily being allowed on all train lines in greater London , it said . While most services on the Tube were shut because of the strike , one line -- the Northern line -- was running normally and five others were running on a reduced schedule , TfL said . `` It 's been really good , '' a girl on Oxford Street told CNN about her commute . `` The Northern line is running perfectly . '' Still , some bus services were packed with commuters who normally ride the underground trains or who failed to find a taxi . `` I think we 'd all like to strike for more money , but unfortunately we ca n't , '' said one woman at Oxford Circus , where the Tube is closed","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- London commuters crammed onto buses , scrambled for taxis , cycled or simply walked on Wednesday as a strike by Tube workers shut down most of the subway network . Commuters queue for packed buses in London on Wednesday morning . The strike began Tuesday at 7 p.m. -LRB- 2 p.m. ET -RRB- but the first full effects were felt during Wednesday 's morning commute . The strike was set to last for 48 hours with a normal service resuming Friday morning , according to Transport for London -LRB- TfL -RRB- , which runs the city 's transportation network . The RMT trade union called the strike after talks with management over pay , job cuts , and disciplinary issues broke down . `` RMT does n't resort to industrial action lightly , '' General Secretary Bob Crow said in a statement . `` The fact is that Tube workers have been driven into walking out today . '' Transport Commissioner Peter Hardy said the talks had been making progress on all issues and he urged the RMT to return to the table . `` The RMT leadership says we were close to"}
-{"answer":"Thursday , six of them in critical condition , said Theo Weterings , the mayor of Haarlemmermeer municipality , where Amsterdam 's Schiphol Airport is located . Another 25 passengers were severely injured , an official said Tuesday . Authorities have confirmed the nationalities of all but 15 of the passengers and crew , Weterings said . Those on board the flight included 53 Dutch , 51 Turkish , seven Americans , three Britons , and one each from Germany , Bulgaria , Finland , and Taiwan . Watch crash survivors return home '' `` I want to express my deepest sympathies again to the victims of TK flight 1951 , '' Weterings said . One week ago , an employees ' union accused Turkish Airlines of `` inviting disaster '' by ignoring aircraft maintenance , it emerged Thursday . The Turkish Civil Aviation Union alleged on its Web site on February 18 that Turkish Airlines `` is ignoring the most basic function of flight safety , which is plane maintenance services . '' `` The company administration does not understand the consequences of ripping people from their jobs and inviting a disaster . '' The union , which represents","question":"AMSTERDAM , Netherlands -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The nationalities of the people killed in the Turkish Airlines plane crash near Amsterdam 's main airport have been identified as five Turks and four U.S. citizens . Masked investigators work at the crash site Thursday . Among the dead were two Boeing employees , among four onboard the flight , their company said late Thursday in a posting on its Web site . A third was hospitalized , and a fourth employee 's fate was not yet known , the company said . None of their identities have been released . Investigators were trying to determine what caused the crash of the aircraft , a model with a good safety record flown by a well-respected airline at one of the world 's most modern airports . The crash split the plane into three parts , as it was arriving at Schiphol from Istanbul , Turkey , around 10:40 a.m. -LRB- 4:40 a.m. ET -RRB- . Flight 1951 went down in a farmer 's field about 500 yards short of the runway in favorable weather conditions . It had 135 people onboard . Among those injured in the crash , 63 remained hospitalized"}
-{"answer":"gather speed , the two giants are being put to shame by a footballing nation that has , until now , had very limited success at international events : Paraguay . Having only qualified for the finals seven times , and never made it further than the second round of the competition , Paraguay are n't usually seen as a serious threat to the big international teams , but this year the bookmakers may have to take a serious look at the small country from the center of the continent , with a population of just 6.1 million . Following Tuesday night 's 2-0 victory over Venezuela , Paraguay cemented their position at the top of the South American qualifying group , with 17 points from eight matches -- four points clear of the faltering Argentina and Brazil , who share second place . So far in the group , the Paraguayans have recorded a 2-0 home win over Brazil and managed to secure a 1-1 draw away to the recent Olympic champions Argentina , proving they can keep up with the best in the world , even without one of their star players , striker Roque Santa Cruz ,","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- South American nations have always played a major part in the world of football , and when it comes to the World Cup they are considered among the main contenders every time . But this time around there may be a new threat from the continent making its mark internationally . Nelson Valdez -LRB- left -RRB- celebrates his goal against Venezuela , Tuesday , to keep Paraguay top in qualifying . Out of 18 World Cup Finals to date , a South American team has won the competition nine times , demonstrating that although Europe may be where the money is , the other side of the Atlantic has the raw talent . Generally speaking , however , the continent 's dominance has been largely down to two countries : Brazil , who have won the title an astonishing five times ; and Argentina , who have made it to the tournament 's final match four times and taken the trophy home twice . The rest of the continent has rarely played a major part in the proceedings . Now , though , as the qualifying stages for the 2010 World Cup Finals"}
-{"answer":"complicated his situation , at which time our firm disengaged our services with Mr. Stack whom we have not been in contact with since October 2009 . '' Ross did not provide any further details in the statement on his work with Stack . Wilbanks said Ross , who has worked as a CPA for at least 30 years , thinks Stack located him in the phone book . They only met four times and did not have a personal relationship , Wilbanks said . The FBI has taken over the investigation into the crash , and Ross has spoken to investigators , Wilbanks said . While Ross does not fear for his safety , he has `` taken precautions , '' though those steps were not detailed by Wilbanks . The online message , in a hit to the IRS , states , `` I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different . `` I am finally ready to stop this insanity . Well , Mr. Big Brother IRS man , let 's try something different ; take my pound of","question":"Austin , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The former accountant for Andrew Joseph `` Joe '' Stack III -- who officials say flew his plane into a Texas building housing an Internal Revenue Service office -- says Stack had never threatened him , a spokesman for the accountant said . CPA Bill Ross was mentioned in a 3,000-word message on a Web site registered to Stack , which railed against the government , particularly the IRS . The online message believed to have been written by Stack criticizes accountant Ross for `` representing himself and not me . '' Ross had not heard from Stack since October , when his client `` disengaged '' services in a letter , spokesman Chad Wilbanks told CNN . According to Ross , Stack had not expressed any threats toward the accountant or the IRS , Wilbanks said . `` Mr. Stack contacted my firm to help with his personal taxes in 2008 . He failed to provide me with all his income and other information resulting in an IRS audit , '' Ross said in a written statement Saturday . `` Unfortunately , Mr. Stack ignored the audit and my advice which only"}
-{"answer":"of the night after 72 hauled Rafael Benitez 's side level two minutes later -- but it took Benayoun to salvage a draw for Liverpool in the third minute of time added on after that man Arshavin had hit number four after 90 minutes . It was the first time in his career that Arshavin had scored four in a match and he told Sky : `` I liked the game but of course it 's not good for the team ... almost basketball . '' Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said of his Russian star : `` His performance was outstanding . He had a quiet first half but when he comes into the game he is always very dangerous . He has personality and is a winner . '' Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez saw his team concede a quartet of sloppy goals but he could not fault their commitment to the cause . `` You never know , '' he said of the Reds ' dwindling hopes of overhauling United . `` Today we made too many mistakes , but it 's also very positive because the team showed character until the last minute . '' Benitez added :","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Arsenal 's Andrey Arshavin became the first player to score four goals in a league game at Liverpool for 64 years but it was not enough to stop the Reds returning to the top of the Premier League after another 4-4 draw . Russian Arshavin hit four goals for the first time in his career in a dramatic eight-goal Anfield thriller . A week after crashing out of the Champions League 7-5 on aggregate after sharing eight goals in their quarterfinal second leg at Chelsea , Liverpool took their fans on another rollercoaster ride . A draw was going to be enough to take the Merseysiders above Manchester United -- they have two games in hand -- but it needed 90 minutes of drama before they edged ahead on goal difference . Russian striker Arshavin opened the scoring after 36 minutes and struck again after 67 , 70 and 90 as Arsenal bounced back following their weekend FA Cup semifinal defeat . Fernando Torres , with a header after 49 minutes , and Yossi Benayoun -LRB- 56 -RRB- hit back after halftime before Arshavin sent Arsenal 3-2 ahead with 20 minutes left . Torres 's second"}
-{"answer":"Muslim leaders have joined forces to reject a ban , AFP added . The mayor of Zurich , Corine Mauch , told CNN that the decision on the poster was taken on the basis of political freedom of speech in the run-up to November 's vote . `` While we disapprove of the posters we took the decision after legal consultations . `` We consulted the Federal Commission against Racism and spoke to Muslim communities in the city , but decided banning the posters from public spaces would draw more attention to the issue . '' Do you agree with the Zurich decision ? However , the Federal Commission against Racism said in a statement Wednesday that the posters `` defame Switzerland 's peaceful Muslim population , feed prejudice , and portray the Muslim community as wanting to dominate Switzerland , oppress women and trample on fundamental rights . '' The SVP have courted controversy with their campaigns in the past . In 2007 they faced international criticism for leading an anti-immigration campaign during the federal election that featured a poster with a white sheep kicking a black sheep off a Swiss flag . Under party leader Christoph Blocher they","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Switzerland 's largest city has permitted the use of controversial posters which call for a ban on the construction of minarets on mosques in the European country . The Federal Commission against Racism said the posters defame Switzerland 's peaceful Muslim population . The posters are part of a campaign by the nationalist Swiss People 's Party -LRB- SVP -RRB- and feature a veiled woman against a background of a Swiss flag pierced by several minarets resembling missiles . The cities of Basel and Lausanne have described the posters as racist and banned them in publicly-owned spaces . However , Zurich is among a clutch of cities that have chosen not to prohibit them . According to the SVP , the minarets symbolize ideological opposition to the country 's constitution . Switzerland will hold a national referendum on the issue on November 29 . According to Agence France-Presse , an opinion poll by the daily Tages-Anzeiger showed more than 51 percent of Swiss voters are against any ban on minaret construction . The Swiss government and all the other major political parties are recommending a `` no '' vote , while local Christian , Jewish and"}
-{"answer":"go into a fantasy world where all the ills of the world were righted by these larger-than-life heroes , '' says Erin Clancy , a curator at the Skirball . Watch a tour of the exhibit '' Guest curator Jerry Robinson not only organized the exhibit , he 's a part of it . The comic book pioneer created Batman 's arch-enemy , The Joker , and named the caped crusader 's sidekick Robin . -LRB- Success has many fathers , of course : Bob Kane , credited with creating Batman , has long disputed elements of Robinson 's creation stories . -RRB- `` We were just emerging from the Depression , '' Robinson recalls . `` Superman started in 1938 . Batman started in 1939 . So , we were just recovering . '' Robinson says the villains changed with the times . `` The first villains in the comic books were hijackers , embezzlers , bank robbers . It was the era of Pretty Boy Floyd and so forth . Once the war came along , we felt a need for more patriotic heroes to fight Hitler . `` In fact , '' he adds , `` Hitler","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- America faces an economic calamity . Trouble brews in faraway lands . Superman # 14 , cover art . Artist : Fred Ray . -LRB- c -RRB- 1941 DC Comics . All rights reserved . Sound familiar ? More than 70 years ago , the very first superheroes debuted in the dire times of the Great Depression and the early years of World War II . Their names became legend -- Superman , Batman -LRB- or , as he was then known , the Bat-Man -RRB- , Wonder Woman , Captain America -- and they 're still with us today . A new exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles celebrates these icons from the Golden Age of Comic Books . Through a collection of rare original artwork and comics , the exhibit explores how a group of mostly Jewish artists created the costumed heroes who came to symbolize the hopes of a beleaguered nation . `` In the 1930s , the American Dream had become a nightmare , and I think comic books and superheroes in particular provided an escapist form of entertainment that allowed the American public to"}
-{"answer":"along with more than 6,000 Americans , in a battle that was memorialized in the iconic photograph of five U.S. Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi , the island 's dormant volcano . The Americans secured the island on March 26 , 1945 , marking the U.S. military 's most significant advance in its island-hopping strategy to reach Japan . But the battle proved to be longer and deadlier than planners had anticipated , depleting much of the U.S. military 's resources . The U.S. abandoned its plan to invade the Japanese mainland and turned to the atomic bomb to end the war . Since 1995 , the Japanese and American associations of Iwo Jima have met on the 8-square-mile island , now known as Iwo To , to commemorate the 35-day battle with a `` Reunion of Honor . '' Yellin and several other veterans made the day-long trip to Iwo Jima from Guam on March 3 with the tour company , Military Tours . Each man had his own reason for going , but all left united through the shared experience of an event that only a few can understand , says","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jerry Yellin has spent most of his life trying to forget about the stench of death on the island of Iwo Jima 65 years ago . Yellin was a P-51 fighter pilot who had turned 22 a few weeks before he touched down on the island March 7 , 1945 , amid some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II 's Pacific campaign . `` To one side , there were mounds and mounds and mounds of bodies of Japanese soldiers being pushed around by bulldozers into mass graves . And right behind our squadron area was the Marine mortuary , where they 'd lay out the bodies , check their dog tags and fingerprint them for identification , '' recalls Yellin , an 87-year-old retiree who lives in Vero Beach , Florida . `` I 've lived with those memories all of my life and it was not something I ever wanted to go back to . '' Nevertheless , Yellin was back on the island last week for the first time since 1945 to attend a ceremony commemorating the battle 's 65th anniversary . About 22,000 Japanese soldiers died defending the island ,"}
-{"answer":"inked with an Obama image , they say , but only a few people have actually gone through with . The most popular choices so far have been the Obama logo , the word `` hope , '' and the now iconic red-and-blue Obama hope poster by Shepard Fairey . T.J. Mohler , who works at Jinx Proof Tattoos , said business has been up as people flood the city , but only `` about two or three '' customers have gotten an Obama tattoo . One of those people is Mohler himself , who opted for a 5 x 7-inch Obama image on his leg . `` When I look back in 50 years , it will remind me of the time and how excited everyone is , '' Mohler said . None of the shop owners reported any history of George W. Bush tattoos . `` No such thing , '' said Jason Anthony , owner of Midtown Tattoo . Fatty says he 's hoping the number of people getting Obama art will grow as more visitors arrive and word about the Obamathon gets out . `` We 're still rolling with it through the week , so","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sometimes , a T-shirt just does n't cut it . Allie Tompkins , 19 , gets her first tattoo at Fatty 's Tattooz on Monday . For those who want a more permanent way to showcase their support for Barack Obama , Washington 's tattoo parlors are ready to help . `` There 's nothing more memorable than a tattoo , '' said Matt Jessup , better known as `` Fatty , '' the owner of Fatty 's Custom Tattooz and Body Piercing . His shop is celebrating what it has dubbed the `` Obamathan , '' where customers can get a free `` Obama ' 08 '' logo tattoo if they buy another tattoo worth $ 200 . The Obama tattoo , Fatty says , is worth $ 70 . `` A lot of people are feeling very inspired and taken by this moment in our nation 's history . And for many people , they are in town for this historic event , they want something to remember it by , '' he said . At Fatty 's and other tattoo shops in the area , there have been multiple inquiries about getting"}
-{"answer":", including best picture and best director for Danny Boyle . -LRB- A full sweep is impossible , as composer A.R. Rahman has been nominated against himself in the best song category . `` Slumdog '' will also probably miss out for sound editing and sound mixing , two categories that favor big-budget films . -RRB- Watch how `` Slumdog '' is getting mixed reviews in India '' If I 'm right , it will be a fairy-tale ending for what is in many respects a fairy tale of a movie , albeit a fairy tale punctuated with sometimes distressingly grim episodes of violence and poverty . Still , upsets do happen . Four years ago , all the pundits -LRB- including this one -RRB- had `` Brokeback Mountain '' pegged for best picture . Instead , a left-field movie that had been kicking around for months surged from behind and `` Crash '' - ed the party . EW 's Dave Karger makes his predictions It could happen again , but this year `` Slumdog '' is -- or at least began as -- the left-field movie . The surprise came when American audiences embraced the energy and passion","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Greg Cannom . Remember that name . The late Heath Ledger is expected to win best supporting actor for playing the Joker in `` The Dark Knight . '' It 's not a household name , for sure . But this two-time Academy Award winner -LRB- for `` Bram Stoker 's Dracula '' and `` Mrs. Doubtfire '' -RRB- is the red-hot favorite to win the Oscar in the best makeup category , for his work taking Brad Pitt from decrepitude to infancy in `` The Curious Case of Benjamin Button . '' His colleagues in the visual effects department are likely to join him , along with the art direction team and possibly costume designer Jacqueline West , taking `` Button 's '' tally to four awards . But my hunch is that this will prove the outer limit of the Academy 's love for David Fincher 's epic . Not a good return on 13 nominations . Watch which films , stars are up for top honors '' On the other hand , I predict that `` Slumdog Millionaire '' will reap the rewards , with as many as seven Oscars from 10 nominations"}
-{"answer":"meat or turn it into a stew . '' That disgusts Ric O'Barry , a 68-year-old retired dolphin trainer from Miami who makes a second home in Taiji , where he goes to unusual lengths to fight against the tide of local tradition . O'Barry sometimes dresses as a woman or wears a large surgical mask to disguise his Western identity on trips to spots overlooking the ocean . He prowls the cliffs with a video camera , hoping to catch fishermen in the act with footage that could stir emotions and raise awareness in the West . `` This here is ground zero for the largest slaughter of dolphins on planet Earth , '' says O'Barry , who trained five dolphins to play `` Flipper '' on the TV series of that name . `` It 's absolutely barbaric and it needs to stop . '' He says the dolphins face a cruel fate . `` It takes a very long time to die . They bleed to death . And some of them are dragged in the boats with hooks while they 're still alive , '' he says . `` Many of them are gutted while they","question":"TAIJI , Japan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mention a dolphin to someone in the United States and they 'll think about a trip to Sea World or the 1960s-era TV program `` Flipper . '' Residents in Taiji , Japan , have been hunting dolphins for hundreds of years . Talk about a dolphin in rural Japan and some people think of dinner . Fishermen hunt dolphins about every day in Taiji , a town of about 3,000 in southwestern Japan that juts into the Pacific Ocean . Locals know they offend Western sensibilities by eating dolphins , but they say it 's a tradition hundreds of years old . And they say outsiders have no more right to tell them to stop eating dolphins than they would have to demand that Westerners stop slaughtering , say , chickens or cows . Watch fishermen catch dolphins '' `` I know there are many different ways of thinking in different societies , but for us who 've been eating this for a long time ... it 's an awkward thing to be criticized for , '' says Kayoko Tanaka , a retired middle school teacher . `` I either fry dolphin"}
-{"answer":"play in this film ? Nicolas Cage : I 'm playing Speckles , the mole , and he 's an outsider . He 's an iconoclast -- he does n't fit in . He does n't get into the fray with the `` G-Force , '' the other guinea pigs . But his IQ is off the charts , and he 's a technological wizard . CNN : So , you 're an Academy Award-winning actor , and you decided to play -LRB- this role -RRB- . How did this come about ? Cage : To me , nothing 's more sacred than the magical world of children , and with everything that 's going on in the world , it gets increasingly more challenging to keep our kids smiling -- people are losing their jobs , families are tense . So anything I can do to give families something to look forward to and to put a smile back on children 's faces -- I 'm gon na do . Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold . I mean , you mention Academy Awards -- I mean , that 's not","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage has pretty much got this acting thing down . After all , he started acting at the age of 15 and , well , he 's got that Oscar . Nicolas Cage says that Academy Awards are `` not as important as children and making them happy . '' So he does n't really need to deliver another gut-wrenching performance to demonstrate his chops . In fact , he can deviate from a traditional film and venture into animated territory . He 's voiced animated characters in the past , but in Disney 's new 3-D tale `` G-Force , '' Cage lends his voice to a mole . Speckles the star-nosed mole comes to life thanks to the film 's impressive digital animation and Cage 's voice . At first it 's unclear that Cage is the voice behind Speckles , because he changes his sound for the critter , er , character . CNN talked to Cage about playing a mole , animated films and his taking walks in the forest . The following is an edited version of that interview : CNN : What do you"}
-{"answer":"that little hand , the way those fingers were turned , that had been burned off the arm . That is bizarre . That is tragic . And it 's disgusting . '' Watch Brown describe the scene '' The remains were taken to the Onslow County medical examiner 's office . They will next be sent to the chief medical examiner in Chapel Hill , North Carolina , for DNA testing and comparison with dental records . Lauterbach , 20 , disappeared , when she was eight months pregnant , from Camp Lejeune , North Carolina , in mid-December , not long before she was to testify at a military hearing about her rape accusation against Laurean . Laurean is believed to have left the base at 4 a.m. Friday , and a nationwide manhunt is under way . Watch authorities search for a grave '' Lauterbach 's relatives believe her pregnancy was the result of the alleged rape , said Lauterbach 's uncle , Peter Steiner , a Kentucky psychiatrist . Investigators told CNN that Laurean vanished four hours before his wife , Christina , approached Brown with a note from her husband claiming that Lauterbach had committed","question":"JACKSONVILLE , North Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The remains of an adult and a fetus were found Saturday in a shallow grave in the backyard of the primary suspect in the death of a pregnant Marine , Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown announced . Investigators search for the body of Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach on Saturday . An arrest warrant has been issued for Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean in the death of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach . He is charged with first-degree murder , although authorities have not positively identified the body as hers . `` This is consistent with what we were looking for : A pregnant lady who is the victim Maria Lauterbach and her unborn child , '' Brown said . The body was charred , and the fetus was in the victim 's abdomen , Brown said , describing the scene in gruesome detail . The fetus was developed enough that the `` little hand was about the size of my thumb . The little fingers were rolled up , '' he said . `` One of the things that will probably stick with me for a long time , and forever , is"}
-{"answer":"the patient 's history , motivation and ability to understand the risks of the transplant . And they found Culp to be an ideal candidate . Five years after a gun blast shattered her nose , cheeks and upper lip , she had a band of scar tissue extending across her face . `` The most devastating of all was the fact that society had rejected her and children were afraid of her , '' said Siemionow , who led the December 10 transplant operation . See before and after photos of Culp '' Culp , a mother of two and a grandmother , told her doctors she could understand that some adults would shun her . `` But what really bothered her the most were children -- the children that shied away from her , '' said Dr. Frank Papay , the chairman of Institute of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic . `` That sense of innocence , and her not being able to see that innocence really , really affected her . '' The shooting In September 2004 , Culp 's estranged husband shot her in the face in an attempted murder-suicide outside a restaurant","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Doctors chose a woman who survived a shotgun wound to her face as the first recipient of a face transplant after treating her for nearly four years . This image projects what Connie Culp , 46 , may look like two years after the face transplant . Connie Culp knew of the Cleveland Clinic 's interest in face transplants and approached the medical staff , doctors said at a news conference Tuesday . Dr. Maria Siemionow , the Cleveland , Ohio , hospital 's director of plastic surgery research and head of microsurgery training , had more than 20 years of experience in complex transplants . By 2004 , Siemionow was looking for the right candidate for a face transplant who was n't doing it for vanity . `` They are not looking to go out on the street and be beautiful , '' Siemionow told CNN in a 2006 interview . `` Some of these patients , when they were interviewed just said ' I want to walk on the street and just make sure I am not sticking out . ' They just want to have a normal face . '' The doctors examined"}
-{"answer":"acquaintances talk about Clark '' Annie Le 's body was found in the basement wall of an off-campus medical research building Sunday . She had been strangled . Le , 24 , a pharmacology student , was last seen alive September 8 , the day she appeared in a surveillance video entering a four-story lab at 10 Amistad St. , about 10 blocks from the main campus . Her body was found on what was to have been her wedding day . Lewis said the arrest `` went smoothly . '' Watch the police chief announce the arrest '' He could not release details about the charges or whether DNA results led police to arrest Clark , who initially was described as a person of interest in the case . `` This arrest warrant has been sealed , so no further information can be released in order to comply with this court order , '' Lewis said . Clark could have been arrested Wednesday if he had declined to provide DNA samples and allow police to search his home , but he was released after complying , New Haven city spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga said . Police had been monitoring the","question":"NEW HAVEN , Connecticut -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Yale University lab technician was arrested Thursday and charged with murder in the slaying of a graduate student whose body was found in the basement wall of an off-campus medical research building , police said . Raymond Clark , 24 , was arrested and charged with murder , police said . His bond was set at $ 3 million . Raymond Clark was apprehended about 8:10 a.m. ET at a Super 8 motel in Cromwell , Connecticut , where he had spent the night after being released Wednesday following his submission to DNA testing . Bond for Clark has been set at $ 3 million , New Haven Police Chief James Lewis said . Hours after his arrest , Clark appeared in court and did not enter a plea . Standing with chains on his ankles and his palms on a table , he looked only at the judge and spoke only to acknowledge that his rights were read to him . A court date of October 6 was set . Lewis described the killing as an instance of `` workplace violence '' but did not elaborate . Watch chief ,"}
-{"answer":"poses risks to stability by creating uncertainty and increasing the potential for misunderstanding and miscalculation , '' according to the report . `` Much uncertainty surrounds China 's future course , particularly regarding how its expanding military power might be used . '' The lack of transparency causes Washington `` to speculate to some degree on what their intentions are , '' Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters at a Wednesday briefing . According to Adm. Timothy Keating , the head of the U.S. Pacific Command , some of that uncertainty is due to the cessation of talks between the Chinese and U.S. militaries . In March of 2008 , the United States and China installed a hot line between the two countries ' militaries . But there have been no military-to-military talks since November 2008 , when Washington announced it was selling weapons to Taiwan . `` We are looking for the resumption of that dialogue so we can engage in discussion with our colleagues in the People 's Republic of China and their Army , Navy and Air Force so we can have a sense of their way ahead , '' Keating told the House Armed Services committee","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- China 's military is developing longer-range ballistic and anti-ship missiles that are `` shifting the balance of power in the region '' and could help Beijing secure resources or settle territorial disputes , a report released by the Pentagon said Wednesday . U.S. and Chinese militaries need `` resumption of dialogue , '' Adm. Timothy Keating told Congress . China also continues to build up short-range missiles and increase its `` coercive capabilities '' against Taiwan . The report suggests such moves constitute an effort to pressure Taiwan into settling the cross-strait dispute in favor of China , though tensions between the two countries have receded over the past year . The report , called the `` Military Power of the People 's Republic of China , '' is the Pentagon 's annual briefing to Congress on the status of the communist country 's military might . While China continues to proclaim that its military buildup is for defense purposes to protect its interests , the report says the country 's lack of transparency is worrisome and could lead to an unintended conflict . `` The limited transparency in China 's military and security affairs"}
-{"answer":"roots of the banjo and make `` Throw Down Your Heart ? '' Bela Fleck : Well , I have loved the banjo since I first heard it when I was a little kid , and after I started to learn to play it I discovered that it came from Africa originally , and that does n't seem to be common knowledge . There are a lot of people who have forgotten over the years where the banjo comes from . I 've always wanted to go back to Africa and hear what 's going on there and find the instruments that still exist that are the roots of the banjo and play music with them . So that 's what this trip and the film and the record were all about -- going to Uganda , Tanzania , Mali and Gambia and finding musicians and filming interactions with them and recording it all . CNN : What did you learn ? Fleck : That 's a common question . Everybody wants some kind of epiphany out of a trip like this , and I got it , but it 's hard to put it into words . Except that","question":"MANCHESTER , Tennessee -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Bela Fleck told us he had been missing something in his life musically , he caught us off guard . Bela Fleck traveled to Africa to immerse himself in banjo-related culture . Keep in mind : Fleck is considered by many to be the premier banjo player in the world . He 's won Grammy awards . He 's collaborated with bluegrass musicians , jazz players , classical performers and any number of other talented artists . But Fleck said he wanted to make himself uncomfortable . Earlier this year , he released the documentary `` Throw Down Your Heart , '' for which he traveled to Uganda , Tanzania , Mali , and Gambia to explore the African roots of the banjo . CNN caught up with him backstage at the Bonnaroo music festival last month , where he played with African kora player Toumani Diabate , to discuss his film and experience in Africa and what prompted him to go . The following is an edited version of the interview . Watch Fleck at Bonnaroo '' CNN : What gave you the inspiration to go to Africa to trace the"}
-{"answer":", images On the government 's side , spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn told CNN Saturday that there was no counter-proposal to get the negotiations back on track . `` We need to make sure negotiations take place under a conducive environment , '' Panitan said , explaining that previous attempts to talk to opposition leaders had been derailed due to threats against government officials . Other conditions that must be met before any negotiations could take place include having protest leaders make sure there will be no further expansion of demonstrations into other districts and no threats to government officers , the government spokesman said . `` These conditions are very critical for peaceful negotiations , '' Panitan explained . `` Negotiation is the only way out in the end , but ... we need to stabilize the situation first . '' He cited the fact that several demonstrations were taking place `` by different ` shirts ' and colors , '' and said that all demonstrators must observe the rule of law and `` peace and civility will be restored first . '' His remarks came as tension remained high on the streets of Bangkok , where a political standoff","question":"Bangkok , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thailand 's prime minister acknowledged on Sunday he did not expect protesters would use weapons and apply violence toward authority . Speaking on national television , Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva made the admission a day after he rejected a call from anti-government protesters to dissolve the country 's parliament in 30 days . Abhisit said other groups ' political opinions must be taken into consideration before any such action is taken . More than two dozen civilians and military personnel have died since protesters began occupying key tourism and shopping areas in Thailand 's capital . The demand from the anti-government protesters , known as the `` Red Shirts , '' was the latest in a long list issued since the group stormed parliament in early April and Abhisit declared a state of emergency . Red Shirt leaders offered Friday to return to the negotiating table -- but only if the government meets certain demands , including lifting a state of emergency and accepting responsibility for the deaths of protesters earlier this month , said Weng Tojirakarn , a co-leader of the group . iReport : Are you there ? Share your story"}
-{"answer":"of -RSB- any other governor in this country that does n't want to take this money . I take it because I think California needs it . '' Schwarzenegger said he does not foresee a need for a tax hike in the future to sustain the unemployment provisions . In a separate interview on CNN 's `` State of the Union , '' Schwarzenegger said the complaints are `` partially '' right , but that using the money for now `` can not hurt . '' And another governor , Michigan Democrat Jennifer Granholm , told CNN , `` We 'll take it . '' Watch how stimulus package could affect your paycheck \u00c2 '' `` South Carolina , I 'll take your money . Louisiana , we 'll take it , '' Granholm said in an interview recorded last week and broadcast Sunday on `` State of the Union . '' `` We got plenty of work here , plenty of jobs that we would like to create here , '' Granholm added as she discussed the struggling auto industry and job losses in her state . A leading Democrat , meanwhile , said he does see a potential","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Though they support some federal action to help their states recover from the recession , several Republican governors said Sunday they plan to turn down a portion of what 's offered in the stimulus bill that President Obama signed last week . Gov. Haley Barbour said the stimulus bill would force Mississippi to raise taxes . `` If we were to take the unemployment reform package that they have , it would cause us to raise taxes on employment when the money runs out -- and the money will run out in a couple of years , '' Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told CNN 's `` State of the Union '' on Sunday . The Republican governors of Idaho , Alaska , Texas , South Carolina and Louisiana expressed similar concerns . But one of their colleagues , California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger , had a message for them Sunday on ABC 's `` This Week . '' When asked about broader complaints from lawmakers such as South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford about the stimulus package leading to more debt , Schwarzenegger responded , `` I am more than happy to take his money or -LSB- that"}
-{"answer":"about the fees . `` I was outraged by it , '' he told CNN . `` I was very noisy about it . I just could n't believe it . An outrage is just too weak a word . It 's obscene . '' According to the U.S. Department of Labor , 30 states offer direct deposit cards to the unemployed . Many of the nation 's biggest banks have contracts with the individual states . JP Morgan Chase , for instance , has contracts with seven states and has pending deals with two others , according to Chase spokesman John T. Murray . About 10 states , the Labor Department says , pay by check only . The National Consumer Law Center says fees range from 40 cents to a high of $ 3 per transaction , if the debit card is used at an out-of-network ATM . Most banks give jobless debit card users one free withdrawal per deposit period , which averages every other week in most states . But consumer advocates , including the Law Center , say the unemployed `` should be able to obtain cash and perform basic functions with no fees .","question":"PHILADELPHIA , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If you 're out of work like Steve Lippe , who was laid off from his job as a salesman in January , you know you already have problems . But looking at the fine print that came with his new unemployment debit card , he became livid . A brochure that goes out to Pennsylvanians seeking unemployment via debit card lists a number of fees . `` A $ 1.50 -LSB- fee -RSB- here , a $ 1.50 there , '' he said . `` Forty cents for a balance inquiry . Fifty cents to have your card denied . Thirty-five cents to have your account accessed by telephone . '' He was quoting fees listed in a brochure that goes out to every unemployed person in Pennsylvania who chooses to receive benefits via debit card . He was given the option when he filed for jobless payments : Wait 10 days for a check or get the card immediately . Like most of the 925,000 state residents who received unemployment benefits in February in Pennsylvania , he chose the debit card and only then , he says , did he learn"}
-{"answer":"illness such as strep throat , upset stomach or headache . That was the reason behind Derrick Gross ' visit . The medical sales representative lives in Atlanta , but travels at least three days a week . He says he 's too busy to see a regular doctor , and when he saw the sign while passing through the airport , he decided to make an appointment . Gross spent about 20 minutes with physician assistant Sabrina Jackson going through a battery of tests to try to determine the source of his headaches . Health Minute : Airport clinic gives travelers a health-care alternative '' . He received a supply of ibuprofen when the tests revealed no obvious medical problems . `` I took a chance by coming here today and I 'm satisfied , '' Gross said . He agreed to follow up with his primary care physician . Mack said he treats a lot of patients like Gross . `` You have 250,000 passengers who come through Atlanta Hartsfield every day , and people are sick . What they do is delay their care or they do n't get their care at all . '' Dr. David","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Stephen Plumlee started feeling dizzy and nauseated shortly after his flight from Sarasota , Florida , landed in Atlanta , Georgia . He was wheeled off the plane by paramedics , but instead of being taken to a hospital emergency room downtown , he was treated in the atrium of the busiest airport in the world . The AeroClinic joins a growing field of easy-access medical facilities found in pharmacies and retail outlets . The AeroClinic , a new retail medical facility , offers quick , inexpensive care to travelers and some of the airport 's 55,000 employees . `` We 're kind of the stop in between the hospital during your travels , '' said Dr. Dominic Mack , chief medical officer for the clinic . The AeroClinic joins a growing field of easy-access medical facilities found in pharmacies and retail outlets around the country . You could say it falls somewhere between the newer , small clinics and the larger full-service after-hours clinics that have been around for many years . For about $ 80 , a patient can be treated by a doctor or physician assistant for a minor acute"}
-{"answer":"he said . They talked about selling their cars or other things , but it was Hannah 's mother , Joan , who came up with selling their 6,500-square-foot house , donating half the proceeds and then moving into a house half the size . For nine years , the family lived in a historic 1912 mansion near downtown Atlanta . It boasts five bedrooms , eight fireplaces , a kitchen that would make any cook jealous and even an elevator . See the new and old houses , side by side '' When Hannah would bring friends over , she said , often their jaws would drop and they 'd gasp , `` Wow , you live here ? '' Like most teens , Hannah loves to shop , and she jammed every space of her massive walk-in closet full of clothes . But she also knows many people are less fortunate ; she volunteers at a local community food bank and other relief agencies . Joan Salwen , a teacher , said the mansion was her dream home . `` It was a challenge , '' she said of giving up that house . `` It was a","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One day while driving with her father , Hannah Salwen noticed a Mercedes stopped next to a homeless man sitting on the curb . The Salwen family of Atlanta , Georgia , has decided to sell this house and give half the proceeds to charity . `` I said to my dad , ` If that guy did n't have such a nice car , then that guy could have a nice meal , ' '' the 15-year-old from Atlanta , Georgia , recalled . And so began the tale of what the Salwen family calls `` Hannah 's Lunchbox . '' Watch why family wants to give away $ 800K '' It started as family discussions about what they needed versus what was enough . Hannah 's father Kevin , an entrepreneur , is on the board of the Atlanta Habitat for Humanity and is no stranger to community work , but he said this family conversation was life-changing . `` We stopped and paused and thought about what are the things in the world that could really make a difference , a little bit of difference in the world , ''"}
-{"answer":"Stegall said . As his heart failed , Gonzalez 's plight moved the hospital staff to try to reunite him with his parents . They contacted U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey -- himself a doctor . Gingrey persuaded the State Department to expedite travel visas for Pascual and Maria Gonzalez , and Delta Air Lines provided a free ride . Last month , CNN aired a story on Juan Gonzalez . Afterward , the Larry King Cardiac Foundation -- founded by the CNN talk show host 21 years ago to pay for life-saving cardiac care for patients without insurance who do n't qualify for state or federal assistance -- helped get Gonzalez transferred to St. Joseph 's Hospital in Atlanta for evaluation . Many of the people who saw the story on CNN were moved to offer help . It was then that the possibility of a heart transplant became real , thanks to a large donation from one of those people . The donor has asked that details of the gift not be revealed , other than his name , Sam Shapiro . Gonzalez and his parents say they are grateful for the overwhelming support . St. Joseph 's has","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An 18-year-old Guatemalan man who doctors say faces almost certain death unless he receives a transplanted heart is surrounded by family as he waits , thanks to the kindness of strangers . Juan Gonzalez was earning $ 250 a week as a dishwasher when his heart trouble began . Juan Gonzalez , now lying in a hospital in Atlanta , hopes to learn Friday whether he will be added to the list of people eligible to receive transplants . Doctors at St. Joseph 's Hospital said Gonzalez appears to be a good candidate . Without a transplant , they said , he could die in six months . The teen traveled alone to Rome , Georgia , to earn enough money to help support his family back home . The undocumented worker took a job as a dishwasher for $ 250 a week . That 's when heart trouble stepped in . Dr. Frank Stegall , a cardiologist at Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome , told Gonzalez he had a chronically weak heart , or dilated cardiomyopathy . The organ pumps only 20 percent of the blood a healthy heart would ,"}
-{"answer":". `` We do seem to be in a new place , there 's a lot of uncertainty about where we go from here . And a lot depends crucially on how long-lasting this is , '' said Razia Kahn , an analyst specializing in Africa at Standard Chartered bank . Kenya has attracted a large number of multi-nationals and is home to one of the world 's fastest growing stock exchanges . Its relative economic success has been helped in part by its thriving tourist sector , with visitors attracted by its abundant wildlife and pristine beaches . Provisional figures for 2006 from the Kenya 's tourist board said the country had received 1.5 million visitors for the year , a growth of 5.2 per cent . However , fears that the tourist industry could take a heavy hit from the unrest grew with the British Federation of Tour Operators announcing Thursday it was suspending all holidays to the country departing up to and including this Saturday . Watch an aid worker describe fears that crisis may resemble Rwanda 's '' British tourists already in the country have been advised by the British Foreign Office to stay indoors and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The orgy of violence that has greeted Kenya 's disputed election result has led to hundreds of deaths and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes . But away from the tragic human cost , the unrest has also provoked concerns about the stability of the east African country 's economy , until now seen as a model for the region . Businesses have been destroyed and looted and supply routes disrupted after the opposition accused incumbent president Mwai Kibaki of election fraud after he was declared winner Sunday . Investors are watching events closely in the country , fearful of how it could affect one of Africa 's few economic success stories . And the early signs have been worrying . The equity market on the Nairobi Stock Exchange lost 40 billion Kenyan Shillings -LRB- $ 591 million -RRB- in value on its first day of New Year trading Wednesday , the Kenyan financial newspaper Business Daily Africa reported . And business leaders said that the government was losing around 2 billion Shillings -LRB- $ 29.5 million -RRB- a day in lost revenue as a result of the political violence , the paper reported"}
-{"answer":"close to the ground , and it felt as though the descent was somewhat rapid , '' said Berretta , who said he was sitting in seat 16A . Watch Berretta describe the landing '' As the plane headed down toward the river , the cabin was mostly silent , he said . `` After he told us prepare for impact , it was pretty evident we were not going to make the runway . '' At first , it felt like the plane was gliding , Berretta said , as if no engines were working . `` People started praying , and there was a lot of silence , and the realization that we were going in was really hard to take in at that moment , '' he said . As the plane started to go down , some passengers shouted to those in exit rows to be prepared to quickly open the doors . Berretta spent that time contemplating the chances of surviving a water crash . `` I think that -LSB- it -RSB- certainly went through my mind that this probably very much could be it , '' he said . Then the plane hit the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fred Berretta was aboard US Airways Flight 1549 bound for Charlotte , North Carolina , when he heard a loud bang and the plane shook . The New York Fire Department rescued passengers from the downed plane in the Hudson River . `` We were still on ascent , and the engine blew out , '' he said . `` The pilot turned around and made a line for the river . '' Passenger Alberto Panero said that immediately , he smelled smoke . `` All of a sudden , the captain came on and said brace for a landing , and that 's when we knew we were going down , '' he said . The Airbus A320 , carrying Panero and more than 150 other passengers and crew , crash-landed in the Hudson River on Thursday after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York . Watch Jeff Kolodjay describe the crash '' A New Jersey State Police source told CNN the pilot radioed to air traffic controllers that he had experienced a bird strike and declared an emergency . `` We knew there was n't a lot of time because we were quite"}
-{"answer":"tensions that had erupted following Gates ' arrest . Gates called the president 's gesture `` brilliant . '' Crowley arrested Gates on July 16 when the officer responded to a call of a possible home break-in at the Cambridge residence . Gates was charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly yelling at the officer and protesting his actions . But Gates , who is black , claimed he never raised his voice and accused Crowley of racial profiling . Charges against the professor were later dropped . The tone at the book fair turned more serious when someone asked Gates how the arrest has affected him . `` I 'm still trying to figure that out and processing it . It was stressful . I was worried about my daughters . '' Fortunately , he said , the press was not camped out at his family home like they were at the Cambridge residence , which is owned by the university . He admitted to receiving bomb threats and deaths threats and said the university is encouraging him to move . `` I have n't been back to the Cambridge house since I got arrested so I have to make","question":"BOSTON , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In his first public appearance since the `` Beer Summit '' at the White House , Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates joked about his controversial arrest last month in Cambridge , Massachusetts , and said he likes police Sgt. James Crowley . Sgt. James Crowley and professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. sit for beers with the president and vice president Thursday . `` I offered to get his kids into Harvard if he does n't arrest me anymore , '' Gates said . Gates was speaking Sunday at the Martha 's Vineyard Book Festival where he signed copies of his book , `` In Search of our Roots . '' The professor said he plans on meeting with Crowley again . `` I offered for the two of us to have lunch together , one-on-one , or go to a Red Sox game , or a Celtics games , or maybe the families can get together for dinner . Why not ? '' Gates had a face-to-face meeting and a beer with Crowley at the White House last week , a move orchestrated by President Obama in an attempt to defuse racial"}
-{"answer":"'' Russia is trying to counterbalance mounting pressure from the West over its military action in Georgia and its recognition of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia . But Russia 's hopes of winning international support were dashed Thursday when China and other Asian nations expressed concern about tension in the region . The joint declaration from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization , which includes China , Russia , Tajikistan , Kyrgystan , Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan , said the countries hoped that any further conflict could be resolved peacefully . CNN spoke to world affairs expert and author Fareed Zakaria about the Russia-Georgia situation . CNN : Is the crisis between Russia and Georgia likely to get resolved soon ? Zakaria : No , positions are actually hardening . The Russians have formally recognized the two regions of Georgia -- Abkhazia and South Ossetia -- and on our program , the Georgian president , Mikheil Saakashvili , has demanded the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers , to be replaced by European Union peacekeepers . So the two sides are actually further apart than they were 10 days ago . CNN : Who will prevail ? Zakaria : It 's difficult","question":"Editor 's note : Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts `` Fareed Zakaria : GPS '' on CNN at 1 p.m. ET Sundays . Fareed Zakaria says he does n't think the crisis between Russia and Georgia is likely to be resolved soon . NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of orchestrating the conflict in Georgia to benefit one of its presidential candidates . In an exclusive interview Thursday with CNN 's Matthew Chance in the Black Sea city of Sochi , Russia , Putin said the U.S. had encouraged Georgia to attack the autonomous region of South Ossetia . Putin said his defense officials had told him it was done to benefit a presidential candidate , but he presented no evidence to back it up . `` U.S. citizens were indeed in the area in conflict , '' Putin said . `` They were acting in implementing those orders doing as they were ordered , and the only one who can give such orders is their leader . '' White House spokeswoman Dana Perino blasted Putin 's statements , saying they were `` patently false ."}
-{"answer":"Today , Knockum is the band captain . He hopes to make music his career and teach it himself one day . `` Before , I was getting in trouble , '' Knockum said . `` Now ... when I come here , I 'm learning how to play the horn , be disciplined and , you know , just work hard . '' Tabb can relate . During a rebellious phase in junior high , his band teacher became his mentor and helped him get back on track . `` He saved my life , '' recalled Tabb , a professional drummer with the Rebirth Brass Band , one of the city 's most popular acts . Now Tabb , a New Orleans native , strives to keep young people on the straight and narrow in the city with the nation 's highest murder rate , according to FBI statistics . `` When all you 've seen is the drug dealers and the killing , you know , they think that 's cool , '' said Tabb , adding that many young people wind up in trouble because they have nothing else to do . The type of music","question":"NEW ORLEANS , Louisiana -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Drumsticks in hand , Derrick Tabb has found a way to transform New Orleans children from troublemakers to tuba players . Derrick Tabb 's program provides free tutoring , instruments and music instruction to more than 100 students . Tabb , wearing a gold chain and a baseball cap , does n't look the part of a typical band teacher . But every weekday evening in the French Quarter , he beats out the rhythm on his music stand as students play their chosen instruments . In doing so , he gives them an alternative to New Orleans ' rough streets . `` I tell everyone I 'm competing with the drug dealers , '' said Tabb , 34 . His program , The Roots of Music , offers free tutoring , instruments and music education to more than 100 students . Vote now for the CNN Hero of the Year Reformed class clown Terrence Knockum credits Tabb with changing his life . The 15-year-old tuba player joined the band eight months ago , when he was failing in school and `` heading up the wrong road , '' said Tabb ."}
-{"answer":", Lindahl sewed together two jock straps and -- presto ! -- the sports bra was born . The coeds founded the company Jogbra a year later , garnering eternal gratitude from exercise-loving women everywhere . Almost 40,000 sports bras are now sold annually . Real Simple : Best bras for every figure Is there a real Mary Jane behind Mary Jane shoes ? Not quite : The most widely held theory is that the single-strapped footwear was named for a character in `` Buster Brown , '' a children 's comic strip that was popular in the early 1900s . Mary Jane was either Buster Brown 's sweetheart or sister , depending on which source you consult . What 's the connection between Shakespeare and raincoats ? Gabardine , a water-repellent fabric invented by Burberry , got its first mention from Shakespeare . The Bard used the word in The Merchant of Venice to refer to a coarse cloak worn as protection from storms . During World War I , British officers on the front lines kept warm and dry in a uniform coat made of the material -- the original Burberry trench . Who was the first person","question":"-LRB- RealSimple.com -RRB- -- Why shoes are called `` pumps '' and other strange-but-true stories behind the clothes and accessories you know and love . So , how did the trend for pointed-toe shoes start ? Manolo who ? Long before they ever made an appearance on the TV show `` Sex and the City , '' pointed shoes were favored by Polish nobles , who introduced the fashion to England on a diplomatic visit in the 1300s . The shoes , dubbed `` crackowes '' or `` poulaines '' -- after Krak\u00f3w , Poland -- were so long that a chain running from the toe to the knee was often required to keep them from dragging . In 1363 the English attempted to rein in the look by law , assigning shoe spans to social classes . Commoners could sport footwear with toes of up to six inches , while those in the royal ranks were allowed a full two feet in length . Who invented the sports bra ? In 1977 University of Vermont student Lisa Lindahl was running 30 miles a week -- and her bra was n't holding up . With the help of two classmates"}
-{"answer":"Jackson 's death , many people appeared to find out through messages on social-networking sites . Some of those linked to celebrity gossip site TMZ.com , which was among the first to report the news . `` Damn ... it 's official , '' posted one Twitter user , shortly after the news of Jackson 's death was confirmed . `` RIP to the BIGGEST star the world has EVER seen . '' Another woman vowed in a tweet never to change her cell phone 's ringtone , which was set to `` P.Y.T -LRB- Pretty Young Thing -RRB- , '' a hit from Jackson 's classic `` Thriller '' album . Sony BMG , Jackson 's music label , removed from its Web site a list of dates for the singer 's European tour , which was to kick off next month in London . Within minutes , Jackson 's Wikipedia page had been updated to reflect his death , with biographical information changed to the past tense . On Flickr , fans posted images from all phases of Jackson 's career , from his child-star , large-Afro days to moody publicity shots to dramatic photos of a costumed","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One female fan on Twitter said `` Off the Wall '' was the first cassette tape she owned . `` I have it on CD now and still listen to it , '' she said . Many people found out about Michael Jackson 's death through Web sites like Twitter and Facebook . `` I saw the Victory Tour at Dodger Stadium in 1984 , '' posted a man on his Facebook status update . `` Anybody else ? '' And on CNN 's iReport.com , a tearful Melissa Fazli of Yorba Linda , California , posted an emotional video . `` I grew up with Michael Jackson , '' she said , choking back tears . `` This is just a very sad day . '' From Facebook to Flickr , Twitter to YouTube , stunned and saddened fans came together across the vast online universe to share their memories of the iconic pop star , who died Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles . By Thursday evening , 9 of the 10 top trending topics on micro-blogging site Twitter were about Michael Jackson . Because traditional media outlets were slow to confirm the news of"}
-{"answer":"its intended target , preventing detonation . One common method is barrage jamming , which knocks out a broad range of radio signals . However , it also knocks out communications used by U.S. troops putting them at increased risk . `` Ideally what you want to be able to do is have something that can grab very precise signals , capture the signals and render them irrelevant without knocking out your own communication , '' said CNN military analyst retired Army Brig. Gen. James `` Spider '' Marks . These technologies represent the last line of defense , Marks said . `` We do n't want to give our potential enemies an understanding of what we are doing to counter their efforts , '' he said . Along with jammers , troops use air surveillance , robots , blast-resistant vehicles and mine rollers as countermeasures . See counter-IED technologies in Iraq '' IEDs are the No. 1 source of U.S. and alllied casualties in Iraq , according to the Department of Defense . From July 2003 to July 2007 , 1,565 coalition forces were killed by IEDs , according to iCasualties.org . See the casualty toll inflicted by IEDs","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A silent , invisible battle is being fought against roadside bombs in Iraq . Though the military does n't like to advertise their use , electronic jamming systems are playing a key role in neutralizing the threat . Smoke billows from tires of a U.S. military truck hit by an IED near the Iraqi-Syrian border in October 2005 . `` Any weapon we had against IEDs , -LSB- improvised explosive devices -RSB- was utilized including jamming technology , '' said Jason Spencer , 29 , an Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , engineer who served with the Army in Iraq in 2005 . Vehicle mounted electronic jammers attempt to block a signal going to a radio-controlled IED . The military also uses portable backpack jammers . `` The sophistication of IEDs definitely increased during my time in Iraq , '' said Spencer . `` There was a definite increase in remote detonation . '' A signal going to a remote-controlled IED operates on a radio or infrared frequency . Jamming devices , known as Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare , or CREW systems , attempt to intercept or block a signal before it reaches"}
-{"answer":"and one of them was stationary when the crash happened , said John Catoe , Metro general manager . Watch woman say she , fellow passengers `` went flying '' '' Video footage of the scene showed two cars of one train lying atop the cars of the other train . Emergency personnel carried injured passengers , some on stretchers , from the wreckage . Watch injured passengers limp from the scene '' `` Metro officials do not know the cause of the collision and are not likely to know the cause for several days as the investigation unfolds , '' a Metro statement said . Fire department personnel cut through the trains to help people from the wreckage , officials said at a press briefing . Some three hours after the accident , fire department sources said rescue operations had ceased , with ongoing work focusing on recovery . See pictures of crash site '' President Obama issued a statement saying he and his wife Michelle were `` saddened by the terrible accident , '' and thanking the first responders to the scene `` who arrived immediately to save lives . '' A survivor , Jodie Wickett , described","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A rush-hour collision Monday between two Metro trains north of downtown Washington , D.C . , killed at least six people and injured scores , Mayor Adrian Fenty said . One train was stationary when the crash happened , according to Metro General Manager John Catoe . He called it the deadliest crash in the history of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , known as Metro . One of the dead was the female operator of one of the trains , Metro officials said . `` The scene is as horrific as you can imagine , '' Fenty said in a news conference . `` One car was almost squeezed completely together . '' Seventy-six people were treated for injuries , including two with life-threatening injuries , said Chief Dennis Rubin of Washington 's Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department . Two of the injured were emergency responders , Rubin said . See location of crash '' The crash happened just before 5 p.m. on an above-ground track on the Red Line in the District of Columbia near the border with Takoma Park , Maryland . Both trains were on the same track ,"}
-{"answer":"her favorite Chicago , Illinois , boutiques , Ikram . The new first lady has made a conscious effort to support young , diverse talent in the fashion community . In choosing Wu , who is originally from Taiwan , Obama continues a tradition of wearing American designers who hail from other countries . They include Cuban-American designers Isabel Toledo , who designed her yellow lace inauguration ensemble ; Narciso Rodriguez , designer of the red and black dress she wore on election night ; and designer Thakoon Panichgul , originally from Thailand , who designed the floral dress she wore the evening her husband accepted the Democratic nomination for president . Michelle Obama 's style statement is one meant to inspire ethnic and class diversity in the world of fashion . Aside from being a socially conscious purveyor of style , Obama also sends a clear message of hope and promise by choosing colorful , reasonably priced pieces . Watch the Obamas enjoy the night '' She prefers bright , cheerful shades such as yellow , electric blue , red and purple , and has been seen on multiple occasions in head-to-toe looks from moderately priced American retailer J.Crew","question":"-LRB- InStyle.com -RRB- -- Michelle Obama dazzled on the dance floor Tuesday night at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball in Washington , wearing an elegant , one-shouldered ivory gown created for her by 26-year-old designer , Jason Wu . First lady Michelle Obama dazzled in a Jason Wu original gown . The one-of-a-kind silk chiffon confection was embellished with organza rosettes , Swarovski crystal rhinestones and silver embroidery . The first lady accessorized with diamond chandelier earrings , a white gold and diamond ring and a stack of diamond bangles by jeweler Loree Rodkin . The president summed up his wife 's look best before their first dance -- to Beyonc\u00e9 's rendition of `` At Last '' -- when he said , `` First of all , how good-looking is my wife ? '' Michelle Obama has worn Wu once before , during an interview with Barbara Walters . Wu , one of America 's leading young designers , debuted his first collection in February 2006 and has since earned accolades such as Fashion Group International 's Rising Star Award . Watch InStyle.com 's Joe Berean discuss the gown '' Obama was likely introduced to the designer in one of"}
-{"answer":"the coast , said Coast Guard Petty Officer David Schulein . Three HH-65C helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station Houston rescued more than 20 people and were continuing to fly round-the-clock rescue missions until weather grounds them , said Petty Officer Renee Aiello , a station spokeswoman . The Coast Guard helicopters from Air Station Houston could make their last flights Friday afternoon as rain starts to move in , Aiello said . Watch Ike begin to spill water into Texas '' `` We 'll be out as long as the weather permits us , '' she said . `` We 're still working . '' Some 37,000 people may need to be rescued after Hurricane Ike strikes , a U.S. military official said Friday . Texas already has asked for help , and the active-duty military has 42 search-and-rescue helicopters on standby , the official said . iReport.com : Commander briefs Coast Guard crews Meanwhile , the Coast Guard and Air Force were unable to rescue 22 people aboard a freighter adrift in the Gulf of Mexico because of weather , the two military branches said Friday . `` Weather on scene deteriorated to a point that made the","question":"HOUSTON , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Even with Hurricane Ike more than 100 miles away , authorities began rescue efforts Friday , picking up more than 120 people stranded by rising seas along the southeast Texas coast . The U.S. Coast Guard rescues a person trapped in a car on Friday as Hurricane Ike hits Texas . Most of the rescues occurred in Galveston County , where rising water and other effects of the storm began hours before expected landfall early Saturday . Stranded residents have been airlifted from Crystal Beach , Bolivar Peninsula and other communities in the Galveston area . Many of those rescued were motorists stranded on flooded roads . In Surfside Beach , police waded through chest-high rushing water to rescue five people trapped in their homes . One man refused to leave , said Surfside Beach police Chief Randy Smith . Watch rescuers save a motorist from floods '' `` Some of them took convincing , some of them did n't , '' he said . Police also rescued another five people who waded out to meet the officers . About half of those rescues were done by helicopters out of several bases along"}
-{"answer":"Bahrain , a tiny Persian Gulf archipelago , embodies the Sunni-Shiite divide . With a majority Shiite population and a Sunni ruler , Bahrain has become a point of contention between Morocco and Iran , said Sandra Mackey , a Middle East analyst and author of `` The Iranians . '' Mackey said Bahrain 's government has not allowed its Shiite majority into the political and economic power structure , `` so Iran has an interest in egging on this Shia foment in Bahrain -- in order to raise Iran 's stature in the Persian Gulf . '' Morocco has ambitions to raise its stature among Arab states , and `` it would make some sense that they would jump on this , '' she said . `` They 're far enough away where it 's not going to impact on them directly , '' Mackey added . Mackey said other emirates would likely be more cautious about confronting Iran , she said , `` but the Moroccans can do it without posing any serious threat on their doorstep . '' There is potential for conflict within Bahrain , she said . `` The Shia are really pushing against this","question":"TEHRAN , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iran said Saturday that Morocco 's decision to cut diplomatic ties between the two countries harms Muslim unity , state media reported . Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says soldiarity in Islamic world needed to support Palestinians . `` The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that at the present juncture when the unity and solidarity of Islamic countries is necessary for supporting the Palestinian people , this act of Morocco harms unity of the Muslim world , '' Iran 's Foreign Ministry said in a written statement , the semi-official Fars News Agency reported . Morocco decided to cut diplomatic ties with Iran Friday , blaming Tehran 's `` inadmissible attitude '' against the African country as a reason for the decision for the move , Moroccan Press Agency said . The move ratchets up a feud between Sunni Morocco and Shiite Iran . On February 25 , Morocco recalled its interim charge d'affaires from Tehran for a week of consultations , the statement said . Morocco has demanded that Iran explain `` unacceptable '' language in a statement it issued after Morocco expressed its solidarity with Bahrain , the statement said ."}
-{"answer":"On Friday , Putin said Ukraine required about $ 730 million of `` technical gas '' to resume export deliveries from Russia . It has now been 11 days since much of Europe was cut off from crucial supplies of Russian natural gas because of the dispute between Russia and Ukraine , which is in charge of pipelines carrying gas to the continent . The taps remain shut despite a deal signed in Brussels earlier this week . The European Union has tried to pressure Russia and Ukraine into sorting out the matter , calling into question their reliability as energy suppliers . Russia has said the dispute is not bilateral . Tymoshenko said ahead of the trip that her top priority was to resume Russian natural gas transit to Europe in order to protect Ukraine 's reputation as a transit country and prevent the empty pipelines from suffering damage as a result of being idle . Watch how a simple price dispute led to the crisis '' `` The government takes full responsibility for resolving the crisis in relations with Russia , which was not initiated by us , '' Tymoshenko said in a statement on the government 's","question":"MOSCOW , Russia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gas will resume flowing `` in the next few days , '' Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told reporters following summit talks in Moscow aimed at resolving the ongoing dispute between Ukraine and Russia which has left many parts of Europe without natural gas . Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was in Moscow Saturday for talks with Russian leaders . Medvedev said the summit talks , which also involved Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin , had raised a number of `` interesting ideas , '' including loans and extensions of credit aimed at resolving the crisis . But he reiterated that no agreement had been reached . Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said the meeting highlighted Russian efforts to enlist major European gas companies as a part of an international consortium that would subsidize Ukrainian payments to ensure gas deliveries from Russia . `` Preliminary willingness -LRB- to join the consortium -RRB- has been stated by Eni , which was the first to do so , then by Ruhrgas , Wingas , Gaz de France , OMV , and Gasterra , '' Kupriyanov told Russian news agency Interfax ."}
-{"answer":". Whitney had only managed to film three-quarters of the script and the film 's future lay in the balance . `` When I heard that the crew members who had been shot were going to be fine I started to think like the businessman and the producer , '' says Whitney . `` I thought , ` How are we going to finish this film ? We 're not just going to give up . ' And to a man everybody involved agreed to finish it . '' After six months spent organizing financial backing , the original cast and crew flew to Tunisia to complete the movie and has been attracting interest from distributors . Despite the danger caused by shooting so close to the actual conflict zone , Whitney says he would shoot in the region again if he had the chance . `` Every place you point a camera there 's a great shot . You do n't have to go very far to find fantastic authentic Afghan architecture and beautiful landscapes . `` All the people are in the same sort of authentic costumes , so you do n't have the problem of trying to","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When David Whitney traveled to Pakistan to shoot his film about a man forced to flee Afghanistan after falling foul of the Taliban he did n't expect fiction to turn into reality . A still from `` Kandahar Break . '' Production of the film was halted after the crew were fired upon by suspected Taliban militia . But that 's exactly what happened three weeks into shooting political thriller `` Kandahar Break '' in late 2008 . Gunmen attacked the first-time director and his crew near the Afghan border . Four Pakistani crew members were shot and wounded in the incident and the entire crew was forced to flee the region . Pakistani authorities later told Whitney that the gunmen were affiliated with the Taliban and were in fact targeting the Western members of the team . `` I was very upset . It was terrifying to know that somebody was trying to attack us , trying to shoot us , '' Whitney told CNN . With the help of local security forces the team was immediately evacuated to Islamabad and put on a flight out of the country in 24 hours"}
-{"answer":"based on a conservative party 's petition that said the boy 's removal from Brazil would cause him psychological harm . But the father responded that his son was suffering psychological harm simply by remaining with his Brazilian relatives , whom Goldman -- a part-time model who captains boats -- accused of turning Sean against him . The case now goes to the Federal Appeals Court in Rio de Janeiro and does not mean the boy will return to his father without further rulings . Goldman said that he and his lawyers would have to study the high court decision , but he expressed optimism about what he had learned . `` There seemed to be a lot of good remarks that they want to honor the Hague Convention ; they believe in the Hague Convention and they want to return children . Hopefully , they sent that message to the lower federal courts , and they 'll hear that message . '' Watch CNN 's Campbell Brown talk with Goldman before latest ruling '' He said , `` It 's not over . '' The incident began in June 2004 , when Goldman 's then-wife , Bruna Bianchi Carneiro","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Brazil 's highest court said Wednesday it does not have jurisdiction over who should have custody of a U.S.-born 9-year-old boy -- his Brazilian stepfather or his father in the United States . David Goldman is seeking custody of his son , Sean , who is living with relatives of his deceased mother in Brazil . The high court 's ruling sends the ongoing case back to an appeals court in Rio de Janeiro . In the unanimous vote , Brazil 's Supreme Federal Court said it could not rule over The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction , of which Brazil is a signatory . Brazil is undergoing constitutional reforms and has recently voted on a law that would make all international human rights conventions part of its constitution . Last week , Judge Marco Aurelio , who sits on the Supreme Federal Court , suspended a lower court ruling that custody of Sean Richard Goldman be turned over to the U.S. consulate , which was to have then handed him over to the boy 's father , David Goldman , who is a U.S. citizen . Aurelio 's decision was"}
-{"answer":"people rely on coral reefs for their food and livelihoods . So Barber and his father , a marine biologist and fellow diver , sat down to devise a solution to `` put the reef back . '' What started as a basic idea to shape concrete around a beach ball led to three years of research , testing and prototyping with the help of friends and college professors . Watch as Barber explains his passion for saving reefs '' `` Our goal was to mimic nature , not dictate nature , '' says Barber . `` And that meant that I could n't come up with an idea ; I had to design something that would fit exactly what the reef required . '' The result was what Barber calls a `` Reef Ball . '' Made of concrete engineered to last more than 500 years , Reef Balls are circular structures with a hollow center that serve as a base habitat upon which a natural reef can grow . Portable , inexpensive and environmentally friendly , according to Barber , Reef Balls can be built anywhere and are used to mimic and rehabilitate all forms of oceanic reefs","question":"TAMPA , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After witnessing the rapid devastation of a Cayman Island coral reef where he had been diving since childhood , Todd Barber was moved from horror to action . He gave up a six-figure salary as a marketing consultant and dedicated his life to restoring the world 's ocean reef ecosystems . `` I had been following this reef since I had been 14 ; it was where my first dive was , '' recalls Barber . `` When that one little tiny reef was lost , that sparked something in me . If we lost one and it took that tens of thousands of years to get here , how fast is this happening ? '' Barber had caught a small glimpse of a larger global issue -- the destruction of the world 's coral reefs -- and it scared him . According to the Nature Conservancy , if the present rate of destruction continues , 70 percent of the world 's coral reefs will be destroyed by the year 2050 . Not only are they home to 25 percent of all marine fish species , but the organization states that 500 million"}
-{"answer":"were changing procedures . `` Suffice it to say that after any serious incident we evaluate the circumstances , think through the threat implications given our current practices and disseminate guidance to the field if adjustments are necessary , '' a senior military official said . The official would not describe the new security procedures because `` we do n't broadcast the specific changes we 've made to security postures or our intelligence procedures . '' A second U.S. military official said the guidance is meant to adjust procedures as quickly as possible on a large scale . `` We do n't want just the military intelligence guys looking out for specific things . We need MPs and ground forces to be aware , '' the official said . The official said the security guidance is meant to be disseminated to as wide a group as possible , while more specific guidance on intelligence operations is kept to a much more limited , restricted distribution . The officials had not seen specific guidance on handling sources , but both noted only one week has passed since the incident , and the investigation may not have progressed far enough to produce","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the wake of the suicide bombing at Forward Operating Base Chapman , new security guidance has gone out to U.S. bases across Afghanistan , U.S. military officials said . The December 30 suicide attack killed seven CIA officers and contractors , along with a Jordanian military officer who was the attacker 's handler . Former CIA official Robert Richer called it the greatest loss of life for the agency since the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut , Lebanon , which killed eight agents . A U.S. intelligence official , speaking on condition of anonymity , told CNN on Wednesday the attack was believed to have come on orders from `` the highest levels '' of al Qaeda . Bruce Reidel , a former CIA officer who has advised President Obama on al Qaeda , said the attack showed the capacity of terrorists to strike at U.S. targets remained `` very significant . '' `` It 's a very , very sophisticated operation , '' Reidel said . `` It must have taken a long time to plan and to set up . '' In response , U.S. military officials said they"}
-{"answer":"failed in a legal bid to halt the project at CERN , the European Organization for Nuclear Research . Others have branded it a colossal waste of cash , draining resources from its multinational collaborators that could have been spent on scientific research with more tangible benefits to mankind . Sound off : What do you think of the experiment ? French President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed the project as a major achievement for Europe . `` The repercussions of this scientific investment without precedent in the history of humanity will be essential not only for the intimate knowledge of our universe , but also for the direct applications in fields as varied as intensive calculation or even medicine , '' he said . Watch as Big Bang experiment gets underway '' The collider will operate at higher energies and intensities in the next year , potentially generating enough data to make a discovery by 2009 , experts say . They say the experiment has the potential to confirm theories that physicists have been working on for decades including the possible existence of extra dimensions . They also hope to find a theoretical particle called the Higgs boson -- sometimes referred","question":"CERN , Switzerland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Scientists Wednesday applauded as one of the most ambitious experiments ever conceived got successfully underway , with protons being fired around a 27-kilometer -LRB- 17-mile -RRB- tunnel deep beneath the border of France and Switzerland in an attempt to unlock the secrets of the universe . Scientists applaud during the switch on operation of the Large Hadron Collider . The Large Hadron Collider -- a $ 9 billion particle accelerator designed to simulate conditions of the Big Bang that created the physical Universe -- was switched on at 0732 GMT to cheers and applause from experts gathered to witness the event . While observers were left nonplussed by the anticlimactic flashing dots on a TV screen that signalled the machine 's successful test run , among teams of scientists involved around the world there were jubilant celebrations and popping champagne corks . In the coming months , the collider is expected to begin smashing particles into each other by sending two beams of protons around the tunnel in opposite directions . Skeptics , who claim that the experiment could lead to the creation of a black hole capable of swallowing the planet ,"}
-{"answer":"in Italy -- where he is considered as one of the brightest talents of the future . He made a move to Manchester United in September 2007 , and quickly moved up the ranks -- starting out in the under-18 side , before progressing to the senior reserve team . He officially signed a professional contract with the club on his 17th birthday , in August 2008 . Although Sunday 's goal puts his name permanently on the minds of all Manchester United faithful , it 's not the first time he has made an impression . Just six days before he scored a thrilling hat-trick for the reserve team in a 3-3 draw against Newcastle at St James ' Park . He has also represented Italy at under 19 level . What did you think of Macheda 's goal ? Can he go on to become a top club and international player ? Share your thoughts in the Sound Off box below . Macheda was eventually booked for celebrating with the crowd after his strike -- though he later revealed he had hugged family members -- who were in the crowd to see his debut . He was named","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Deep into injury time in one of Manchester United 's most important games of the English Premier League season a 17-year-old Italian on debut hit a stunning winner and lifted himself to instant stardom . Man of the moment : Seventeen-year-old Federico Macheda is now a legend at Manchester United Federico Macheda was the teenager who came on as a substitute and scored late on Sunday for the Red Devils -- helping them to a 3-2 win after they had earlier trailed 2-1 to Aston Villa at Old Trafford . The finish was of the highest quality -- as he curled the ball past Villa goal-keeper Brad Freidel from a wide angle . His fine touch , turn and shot were made all the more amazing given their significance in the context of both the match and season . But , who is this 17-year-old hero ? And how did he get to live his fairytale ? Born in Rome in 1991 -LRB- yes , 1991 -RRB- , Macheda , known by team-mates as `` Kiko '' , is a striker who developed his game through the ranks of the Lazio youth programme"}
-{"answer":"away across the Gulf of Mexico towards the Gulf Coast . View a map of Gustav 's projected path '' By Sunday night , more than 1.9 million people had fled the city and its surrounding parishes , Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said , many of them , like Ascencio , spending hours in traffic . Watch Jindal discuss the progress of evacuations '' `` I thought it was going to be a piece of cake . As soon as we hit the interstate , it was bumper-to-bumper . It was very , very slow-moving , '' he said . As the sun set behind him Sunday , Ascencio was driving east on Interstate 10 with his wife , daughter , three cats , three dogs and two birds . After 16 hours on the road , he was closing in on Biloxi , Mississippi , about 60 miles east of New Orleans . iReport.com : Leaving home ? Share your story `` We just took off , '' he says . `` We do n't know where we 're going right now . It 's just crazy . '' When Katrina hit three years ago , Ascencio and his","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Roberto Ascencio has lived in the New Orleans area for 30 years , 28 of them on the West Bank of the Mississippi River . Thousands of drivers sat in traffic for hours as they fled Gulf Coast ahead of Hurricane Gustav 's arrival . The last time he fled the city , ahead of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 , he was worried about his restaurant , which was two months away from opening . Once again , as he leaves town , his primary concern is his restaurant , which finally opened little more than a year ago after repairing damage from Katrina . `` It was very hard to get back to where we were , because the money was gone , '' he said . `` I 'm worried because it 's my livelihood . My wife runs the restaurant with my sister-in-law . We worked so hard to get there . If it gets destroyed again , I 'll probably go bankrupt . I 'm just praying that it 's going to be OK . '' Praying is all he or anyone leaving New Orleans can do as Hurricane Gustav makes its"}
-{"answer":"at St. Catherine 's Convent School . Sting later said of working at a convent school , `` I was the only man on the faculty . In fact , I was the only teacher not in a habit . '' Mental Floss : How 10 celebrities picked their stage names Robert Frost : Like King , Frost worked as a teacher to supplement the income from his fledgling literary career . Frost worked as both a farmer and teacher at the Pinkerton Academy in Derry , New Hampshire . His students called him `` the Hen Man '' because the poet was afraid of chickens , and Frost allegedly had trouble remembering to milk the school 's cows on time . Lyndon Johnson : The future president got his start as a principal at the Mexican-American Welhausen School in Cotulla , Texas . He later finished his teaching degree and landed gigs teaching public speaking at Pearsall High School in Pearsall Texas and Sam Houston High in Houston . The debate team he coached at Sam Houston lost the Texas state championship by a single point ; Johnson supposedly had to vomit backstage before he could bring himself to","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- Students , we know you may not be all that ecstatic about seeing your teachers -- and the homework they assign -- as the school year starts up . Pay attention in class , though ; you never know what hidden talents your teachers might have . Just look at all of these famous former teachers : After teaching and performing music , Gene Simmons is now starring in his own reality show , `` Family Jewels . '' Gene Simmons : The tongue-flicking bassist of Kiss taught sixth grade in Harlem before he became the world 's most famous bass-playing demon . Simmons later revealed in interviews that his superiors canned him for replacing the works of Shakespeare with Spiderman comics , which he thought the students were more likely to actually read . Alexander Graham Bell : The telephone pioneer got his start teaching Visible Speech at the Boston School for Deaf Mutes . He developed a bond with a student named Mabel Hubbard , and when she was 19 the two married . Sting : Before he became a star with The Police , Sting taught English , music , and soccer"}
-{"answer":", '' said Pascoe 's friends in a post on `` Jack The Cat is Lost in AA Baggage at JFK , '' the Facebook page devoted to the cat , which has more than 24,000 followers . `` Jack had been through so much , and the last thing anyone wanted was for him to suffer more . '' The saga started August 25 when Pascoe was flying from New York to San Francisco with Jack and a second cat as part of a job relocation . But Jack escaped his kennel and was last seen at Kennedy 's inbound baggage claim . -LRB- A Department of Transportation Pet Incident Report released last month explains how it happened : A clerk placed one kennel on top of another on a baggage cart and the kennel on top fell . The impact `` caused the kennel to separate , '' allowing the cat to escape . -RRB- When a search failed to turn up Jack after a few days , Pascoe became frustrated with American and started the Facebook page `` to help us put pressure on AA to step up their efforts . '' She also urged fliers to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The saga of Jack the cat , the lost pet that roamed New York 's John F. Kennedy International Airport for weeks before being found last month , has an unhappy ending . The feline had to be euthanized Sunday evening , American Airlines announced on Facebook , where the cat 's plight has attracted thousands of followers . `` We are deeply saddened that Jack the cat has passed away , and we offer profound sympathy to Jack 's owner , Karen Pascoe , for her loss , '' the airline wrote . `` From all of us at American , our sincere apologies to Karen and Jack 's family and friends . '' It was less than two weeks ago the airline announced that Jack had turned up in Kennedy 's customs room after being missing for two months . The carrier originally described him as `` well , '' but a health check revealed a number of problems . `` Jack had extensive wounds on the back of his body , and the wounds were unable to heal because his skin had deteriorated due to the malnutrition that occurred while he was lost"}
-{"answer":"image of a soldier , his head and arms drooping , and the words , `` If you do not release the U.S. soldier then ... you will be hunted , '' Capt. Elizabeth Mathias , a U.S. military spokeswoman , said Thursday . Soldiers have posted and handed out the pamphlets across Ghazni and Paktia provinces over the past 24 hours , Mathias said . Days after the soldier went missing , a senior U.S. military official said , he and the three missing Afghan soldiers were captured by low-level militants and then quickly `` sold '' to the clan and network led by warlord Siraj Haqqani , who is believed to be deeply involved in the action . The Haqqani clan operates on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border and is well known to the U.S. military . The soldier apparently left his small outpost on his own on June 30 with no apparent means of defending himself , the official said . Taliban commander Mulvi Sangeen said the U.S. soldier visited a military post in the Yousaf Khel district in Paktika province , got drunk , and was ambushed while returning to his car . Sangeen said","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. military is distributing pamphlets in eastern Afghanistan in an effort to find a soldier who has been missing for more than two weeks , the military said Thursday . A soldier mans a weapon at the rear of a U.S. Army helicopter over Afghanistan in May . The Taliban has claimed responsibility for kidnapping the soldier , who has not been identified , along with three Afghan soldiers . All went missing on June 30 in southeastern Afghanistan . The military believes the soldier may have been moved to various locations , including across the border into Pakistan , U.S. military officials said . There are two versions of the pamphlets , which are in the Pashto language and were made available to CNN by U.S. Forces Afghanistan . One shows the image of an American soldier shaking hands in a group of kids with the message , `` One of our American guests is missing . Return the guest to his home . Call us at ... '' and lists a phone number . The other shows a U.S. soldier kicking down a door , and then an outstretched hand with the superimposed"}
-{"answer":"remains on his 700-acre farm January 26 , police said . The farm is about 10 miles from the concert site . There have been no arrests in the case , police said . The cause of her death is still under investigation . Investigators think that the farm `` did not present an unnecessary risk for the person responsible '' and that the person passed through or visited the farm or the nearby area , Rader said . Traveling to the area where the remains were found `` would have created a significant risk for any person not familiar to that area and not comfortable with that type of setting , '' Rader said . `` Farmland like the place where Morgan 's body was located has obstacles , difficult obstacles . It has streams , it has fences , it has defects , it has terrain that changes . That 's important , that 's a high-risk opportunity to pick that location to take Morgan Harrington unless you 're familiar with the area , '' he said . `` We do n't believe those are challenges that someone unfamiliar with the area would confront . '' The farmer","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The person responsible for a Virginia Tech student 's death was familiar with the area where her body was recovered , police said Thursday . The farmland site where Morgan Harrington 's remains were found is the `` most significant '' aspect of the investigation into her death , Virginia State Police Lt. Joe Rader said . He asked that members of the surrounding community call police with any details of the area and who has frequented it . `` People in North Garden , people in the Anchorage Farm area , you know what goes on there , '' Rader said , referring to areas of Virginia 's Albemarle County . `` You know the history . You know who comes in and out of that vicinity . You may not realize it , but you probably have some information for us that you do n't think is important . '' Morgan Harrington disappeared October 17 , after attending a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia 's John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville , Virginia . The 20-year-old education major was separated from her friends at the concert . A farmer discovered her skeletal"}
-{"answer":"According to the San Diego 's mayor 's office , medical staff treated between 70 to 100 people since the stadium opened to evacuees . He said counselors are being made available to the evacuees at Qualcomm , where volunteers have also been providing food , tents and cots to families and others fleeing the fires . `` We 've been working nonstop now for about 48 hours with a few hours of sleep in between -- just enough to get well-rested , '' said Brautigam . Brautigam and another sailor , Seaman Jacob Hackfeld , stepped forward on their own to offer medical services after their nearby base was evacuated . Hackfeld said he was `` sitting on my couch watching TV and I 'm thinking to myself , why ca n't we come out here ? The community provides for us -- the military . Why ca n't we give back to them all the things that they 've given to us ? '' Although both men said they helped in the aftermath of 2005 's Hurricane Katrina , they said the emergency response to both disasters was markedly different . `` Here you have complete organization ,","question":"SAN DIEGO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Many among the thousands of evacuees from California 's wildfires were suffering from stress and worry about their homes after seeking shelter at San Diego 's Qualcomm Stadium , said a pair of Navy medical volunteers Wednesday . Navy medics Daniel Brautigam , left , and Jacob Hackfeld volunteered to help wildfire evacuees . The stadium -- home to the NFL 's Chargers -- at one time housed 11,000 evacuees , but that number dropped to 7,500 this morning . Of the thousands of people who 've been sleeping , eating and passing time at the arena , many are showing symptoms of stress , said Petty Officer Daniel Brautigam . Patients are showing `` a lot of smoke-induced nausea , '' he said . `` A lot of people are watching TV while they 're here -- they 're watching their houses burn . '' Brautigam said the word `` panic '' came to mind to describe how some evacuees were feeling . `` But it 's not . People are just worried sick . That phrase alone explains it all . '' Watch sailors tell more about treating evacuees ''"}
-{"answer":"blast is not known . South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has called for a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion , and the country 's defense minister , Kim Tae-young , has raised the possibility that one of the many North Korean sea mines placed during the 1950-53 Korean War could have triggered the blast . He said the military was `` trying its best '' to find survivors and that the cause of the incident will be made public `` at the soonest possible time . '' Rescuers find rear section of ship where sailors could be trapped The navy plans to salvage the vessel , which was carrying missiles and torpedoes , to determine what caused the incident , Yonhap reported . Kim said work to hoist the ship above water could start next week and he said the government is mulling the formation of a fact-finding group to look into the incident . `` We will explain anything to answer questions and address rumors concerning the incident , '' Kim said . `` We have nothing to hide and no reason to hide . So many lives are involved in this case . '' Monday","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The South Korean military suspended its search for missing sailors Wednesday because of high winds spawned by stormy weather , the Yonhap News Agency reported . Searchers have been looking for 46 missing sailors from the 1,200-ton ship Cheonan , a naval ship that sank Friday in the Yellow Sea near the maritime border of North and South Korea . Fifty-eight crew members were rescued , and the intense search led to the death of a military diver and the hospitalization of two others . Diver dies in rescue effort near sunken ship Yonhap reported that divers have injected `` air through a crack in the stem of the 88-meter-long corvette , hopeful that the latter section of the ship , about 45 meters underwater , is holding crew members alive . '' But high winds and strong currents have been working against the rescue effort . `` We are temporarily suspending operations . We can not expect to get near the ship in this condition , '' defense ministry spokesman Won Tae-jae told reporters . Military officials say an explosion tore a hole in the rear of the ship , but the cause of the"}
-{"answer":"to Ball contained a hoax weapon of mass destruction , said Ball spokeswoman Brittany Oat . The indictment said it contained threatening messages and a vial of an unknown liquid , labeled `` Zyklon B , '' which Barnette indicated was a biological agent or toxin . The vial of liquid was in fact perfume oil , according to CNN affiliate WXXA-TV in Albany , the New York state capital , which spoke to Barnette in April . The package also contained a toy monkey wearing the Star of David , as shown in photos released by Ball 's office . Barnette told WXXA-TV she was a grandmother and a Muslim upset with Ball for holding hearings earlier this year on New York City 's vulnerability to terrorism . `` He keeps messing with Muslims , '' Barnette told the station in April . `` Muslims have not been harassing anyone . '' Barnette said she was not a threat and did not want people to think she was a dangerous person for sending the package . A representative for Barnette could not be reached Monday . Also in April , Barnette sent a bloody severed pig 's foot and","question":"Atlanta -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A woman charged with sending threatening packages to two lawmakers , including a U.S. representative , was killed Sunday after she tried to attack a police officer at her home near Atlanta , police and the lawmakers said Monday . Jameela Barnette , 53 , was armed with a knife and handgun when a police officer knocked on her door on Christmas morning as he responded to reports of an alarm inside , Cobb County Police said . She opened the door and started assaulting the officer with the weapons , police said . The officer shot her , and Barnette died at the scene . Barnette was the same woman who sent threatening packages earlier this year to U.S. Rep. Peter King of New York and New York State Sen. Greg Ball , their offices said Monday . Barnette was indicted in U.S. District Court in Atlanta in October on two counts of sending threatening packages . She pleaded not guilty in November and was released on $ 20,000 bond , according to court records . Earlier this month , the court also ordered Barnette to undergo a mental evaluation . The package sent"}
-{"answer":"they 're having lots of second thoughts and are watching their wallets closely . Katie Parker , a Web designer who lives in Washington , is going to India next month to meet her husband on the last leg of his international business trip . Parker , 33 , said she 's excited about the vacation but apprehensive about spending $ 1,600 for her plane ticket in addition to lodging costs and other expenses during the two-week stay . `` Although I think my job is probably safe , you never really know , '' Parker said . `` Part of me thinks maybe we should have waited on this trip . '' She added , `` But I also feel like it 's a once in a lifetime thing . I do n't know when I 'm going to get another chance to go to India so we 're just going to do it . '' Parker and her husband , Damon Fodge , are usually frugal while traveling , staying in hostels and other inexpensive lodgings , she said , but they will be especially careful about spending money during this journey . Parker recalled feeling devastated after","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For anyone yearning to forget about the recession by escaping to a tropical paradise or relaxing on a cruise , finding great travel deals right now is n't hard . Deciding whether to take advantage of them is another matter . Katie Parker and her husband , Damon Fodge , are going to India soon , but she had second thoughts about the trip . For many Americans , spending money on a getaway may not be a priority , a possibility -- or even the right thing to do -- amid thousands of layoffs , plunging home prices and shrinking portfolios . The general misery is even causing some who can afford a big trip to stay put . Take `` NBC Nightly News '' anchor Brian Williams , who told the blog TVNewser this month that he and his family would skip a vacation in 2009 because it would n't seem appropriate during a time of hardship for so many people . `` We were going to try to get away , but it did n't feel right this year , '' Williams told the blog . Other Americans are jetting off , but"}
-{"answer":"job issues , but the information we have does not specify -LSB- the motive -RSB- was job-related . '' Coffee County District Attorney Gary McAliley told the newspaper in nearby Dothan that McLendon likely planned the rampage for a while . He said investigators have found dozens of ammunition boxes , military and survival gear and medical supplies at McLendon 's Kinston home . The Alabama Bureau of Investigation said authorities recovered a phone list and a notebook from the home , `` but there is no evidence that indicates a hit list of any kind . '' Tucker said the notebook contained , `` a couple of pages of notes , people he worked with , places he worked -- it was over a year old . '' Asked whether the notes expressed grievances against others , Tucker said no . The assault Tuesday ended at the Reliable Metal Products plant in Geneva , 24 miles from Kinston . Police said McLendon engaged in a shootout before killing himself inside the building . McLendon shot and killed at least 10 people , including two children , and wounded at least four others , officials said . McLendon , who","question":"GENEVA , Alabama -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The gunman who authorities said launched a shooting rampage over three south Alabama towns , slaying 10 people in his path before killing himself , was once a police officer in Samson , the small town hit hardest by the deadliest crime in the state 's history . Authorities identified the shooter , seen in a yearbook photo , as Michael McLendon , 28 , of Kinston , Alabama . Authorities identified the shooter as Michael McLendon , 28 , of Kinston , Alabama , in Coffee County . Speaking at several news conferences on Wednesday , authorities also released a detailed timeline of the rampage -- which lasted less than an hour -- and identified the victims . Investigators late Wednesday said they were closer to finding a motive behind why McLendon would fatally shoot his mother in his hometown of Kinston before moving on to open fire in Samson and then Geneva . `` Evidence collected does indicate his reasons -- what the reason are I ca n't get into right now , '' said Lt. Barry Tucker of the Alabama Bureau of Investigations . `` He was somewhat depressed about"}
-{"answer":"the day after Gadhafi 's death that `` it was a U.S. drone combined with the other NATO planes that fired on the convoy '' in which the Libyan leader was traveling outside the city of Sirte . But the Pentagon has denied that any U.S. forces were on the ground in a combat role in Libya . When asked about McCain , Putin said he had met the senator from Arizona , but said the questioner 's description of him as the prime minister 's friend was `` exaggerated . '' He then questioned the mental state of McCain , who ran for U.S. president in 2008 , saying he `` was taken prisoner in Vietnam , and was held not just in jail , but was put in a pit where he was kept for several years -- any person under those circumstances would hardly remain mentally sane . '' Shortly afterward , McCain himself jumped into the row via Twitter , posting : `` Dear Vlad , is it something I said ? '' and linking to a news story headlining the Russian prime minister calling McCain `` nuts . '' The senator 's earlier Twitter posts","question":"Moscow -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused U.S. drones and special forces of involvement in the death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in comments Thursday . He also attacked U.S. Sen. John McCain over a warning that Russia might follow the same path as Libya , suggesting McCain was not of sound mind following his time as a prisoner during the Vietnam War . Putin 's comments were prompted by a question during his traditional year-end question-and-answer program , broadcast live by state media . Responding to a question about McCain purportedly predicting Putin would meet the same fate as Libya 's leader , the Russian prime minister described the televised images of Gadhafi 's final moments as `` horrible , disgusting scenes '' and pointed to U.S. involvement in his death . `` Is that democracy ? Who did this ? Drones , including those of the U.S. , struck his motorcade and then commandos , who were not supposed to be there , called for the so-called opposition and militants by the radio , and he was killed without an investigation or trial , '' Putin said . U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta acknowledged"}
-{"answer":"the interval Sexton gave Ireland a lead they never relinquished with his trusty boot . Ronan O'Gara came off the bench to kick to further penalties , taking his Irish points tally to a record 1,039 and they almost added a late try as winger Tommy Bowe was pulled up by O'Connor five meters from the try-line . Meanwhile , South Africa made it two wins out of two in the defense of the title with a commanding 49-3 victory over Fiji on Saturday . After their narrow 17-6 win over Wales in their Pool D opener , the Springboks were far sharper and scored tries through center Jaque Fourie , Gurthro Steenkamp , Frans Steyn , Morne Steyn , Tendai Mtawarira and Danie Rossouw . Morne Steyn kicked 16 points with a Frans Steyn penalty the other score . Seremia Bai scored a sole penalty for Fiji , who beat Namibia 49-25 in their opener , but were outclassed here . In the other World Cup match played Saturday , Argentina scored their first win , after a narrow opening defeat to England , with a 43-8 victory over Romania in Pool B , running in six tries .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ireland upset the Australian Wallabies 15-6 at Eden Park Saturday to top Pool C of the Rugby World Cup . It was Ireland 's first win over Australia in five attempts at the global showpiece and puts them securely on the path to the quarterfinals after two victories from two matches . Inspired defense in wet conditions frustrated their more fancied opponents , who trail them by three points with two games to play . `` We were mentally in a place where we felt we owed ourselves a big performance as much as we owed the Irish public one , '' Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll told AFP . `` The Irish played more intelligently , they put us under a lot of pressure and profited from that , particularly in our end of the ground , '' Wallabies ' coach Robbie Deans said . Australia were ahead early through a James O'Connor penalty in the 11th minute , but Jonathan Sexton 's leveled for the Irish with a penalty of their own before putting them 6-3 ahead with a drop goal . O'Connor put Australia back on level terms before the break , but after"}
-{"answer":"crutches and canes are few . `` What I fear is that if I ca n't walk , I ca n't go to school and I ca n't go to church , '' said a boy who lost his foot in the earthquake . Without his foot , he said , he ca n't pedal the bike he normally takes to church and to school . `` It 's not an environment which is conducive to mobility for people who are not able to walk for a variety of reasons , '' Stephanie Stuart , director of Handicap International UK , told CNN . Amputees may have trouble getting to work , she said , and the problem is compounded if those people perform manual labor , which requires greater use of their limbs . `` Their circumstances are pretty dire , because an amputee in Haiti is highly disadvantaged in terms of being able to be mobile , have a job and look after family , '' said Eric Doubt , executive director of Healing Hands for Haiti International , which provides treatment and rehabilitation to people with disabilities . Young amputees face different issues , said Stuart .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Haiti 's earthquake is creating `` a generation of amputees , '' something that will pose a challenge for Haitian society for years to come , experts say . The 7.0 earthquake resulted in thousands having their limbs crushed as Haiti 's ramshackle buildings fell on top of them . The number of amputees created by the disaster is hard to measure , but Handicap International estimates it is at least 2,000 and growing . Dr. Mitra Roses of the Pan American Health Organization said some hospitals were performing between 30 and 100 amputations a day after the earthquake . At one small hospital in the capital that is now functioning under a tent , doctors say they are performing more and more amputations on children . `` We 're having a generation of amputees , '' said one medical worker . She had just discovered that a 2-year-old girl can not feel her left foot and may need an amputation . `` It 's heartbreaking . '' Amputations in Haiti are especially difficult for patients because so many people get around on foot or by bicycle . Sidewalks and roads are poor and wheelchairs ,"}
-{"answer":"she says . `` When I left my all-consuming job and cleared my head , I realized taking pictures was still what I wanted to do . '' Oprah.com : How to say no at work -- and still keep your job By 2003 the invasion of Iraq was dominating the airwaves . Everett made a gut decision `` to go where the news was happening , '' she says , hoping it would help her get her work published . She drove over the border from Jordan with a fellow journalist , and after she met an army media person , got embedded with the 101st Airborne . When U.S. forces killed Saddam Hussein 's sons in Mosul that July , Everett was in the right place at the right time . She showed her photos to an NBC producer , who ran them on Dateline . Oprah.com : 7 women who turned their passion for food into a career Since then Everett has worked in Pakistan , Darfur , the Congo , and the Gaza Strip . Eschewing the sensationalized scenes of explosions and gunfire favored by many news outlets , she tries to capture war 's more","question":"-LRB- Oprah.com -RRB- -- A decade ago Alissa Everett was holed up in her cubicle at an investment bank in San Francisco , flipping through acceptance packages from two top MBA programs . Numb from 100-hour workweeks , she 'd applied to business school `` because that 's what everyone else was doing , '' she recalls . But as she read about statistics , accounting , and operations courses , `` I had an aha moment , '' she says . Oprah.com : 10 pieces of advice to get you through a terrible day It suddenly seemed ridiculous to take on crushing debt to study subjects she was n't passionate about . Within weeks , Everett had tossed her acceptance letters in the trash , quit her job , and flown to Southeast Asia to do some soul-searching . Oprah.com : The one thing everybody in the world wants Backpacking for months through Thailand , Indonesia , Malaysia , and Burma -- and later the Balkans , Syria , Lebanon , Israel , Palestine , and Egypt -- she snapped thousands of photos . `` As a kid , I wanted to be a National Geographic photographer , ''"}
-{"answer":"doctors said . Long-term use of ketamine can impair cognitive function and damage internal organs . Watch Pauline Chiou 's report on ketamine sweeping Hong Kong '' An oversupply of the drug in Hong Kong and the fact that it is cheaper than other narcotics makes ketamine popular with young people , said Superintendent Wilson Fok of the Hong Kong Police Narcotics Bureau . One gram of ketamine sells on the street here for $ 13 and is enough to be shared with two other people , while cocaine , for example , sells for $ 103 a gram , Fok said . The drug is legal for medical use , but it is trafficked into Hong Kong from other parts of Asia , such as India and mainland China , and sold on the streets illegally , Fok said . Police have recently stepped up their efforts to crack down on drug use at clubs and bars in Hong Kong and Shenzhen , a city in mainland China just across the border . Nearly 120 alleged drug users from Hong Kong , mostly under the age of 30 , were arrested at entertainment venues in Shenzhen in July and","question":"HONG KONG , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 16-year-old Hong Kong boy makes two phone calls for delivery : One for pizza , the other for the drug ketamine . Two teenage girls are found semi-conscious in a car park after overdosing on ketamine . A 13-year-old boy joins a gang and is given free ketamine . Glass capsules containing ketamine , which has become the drug of choice for Hong Kong 's youth . These are anecdotes told to CNN by police , a family doctor and a former gang member . Ketamine has become the drug of choice among young people , as the number of people under 21 taking drugs has surged 57 percent in the last four years in Hong Kong , said Commissioner for Narcotics , Sally Wong . `` We started off with a very small number of young people taking drugs . We are now more worried about the trend , '' Wong said . `` We do n't want a runaway trend ; that 's why we are stepping up action . '' Ketamine , an animal tranquilizer , can put users in a dazed stupor for about two hours ,"}
-{"answer":"in a week , but few of the kidnappings were as dramatic as the one in which Lopez and 11 other lawmakers were taken . He is the only one of that group who remains alive . A video taken by the FARC that day in April 2002 and released in late 2006 shows the first minutes of the bold kidnapping that led to his captivity . The rebels had been training for months . At a FARC camp , they practiced in Colombian army and police uniforms and made mock-ups of the regional parliament in Cali with plastic tarps and sticks . A rebel camera was rolling as the 20-strong commando group drove a bus to Cali , Colombia 's third-largest city . Salsa music was blaring . Watch the FARC footage of the dramatic abduction of Lopez and other lawmakers '' They were posing as government soldiers . Motorcycle outriders cleared the way . Once they reached the parliament building , they faked a bomb alert . The bus pulled out in front of the building , and the video shows people running from the perceived threat . On the video , an unseen rebel is heard to","question":"BOGOTA , Colombia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former hostage Sigifredo Lopez landed in the Colombian city of Palmira to a hero 's welcome Thursday afternoon , free after nearly seven years of captivity by Marxist rebels in the jungle . A Brazilian helicopter takes off Thursday from an airport in Palmira , Colombia , to pick up Sigifredo Lopez . Lopez was met at the helicopter that ferried him to freedom by his wife and two sons , who cried openly and deeply as they hugged him . One son held his father 's head in his hands and spoke to him fervently as he kissed his forehead . Lopez 's mother also hugged him before the freed hostage was swallowed by a mob of family members of other hostages who had died in captivity . After hugging well-wishers for more than 20 minutes , Lopez climbed into a white Red Cross sport utility vehicle and drove off in a four-vehicle convoy . The former regional legislator was abducted April 11 , 2002 , by rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , better known as FARC . Lopez 's release was the sixth unilateral one by the rebels"}
-{"answer":"then Oroville , before the plane headed for Montana . Preliminary information indicates the pilot did not declare an emergency aboard the plane before the crash , Fergus said . The National Transportation Safety Board is sending an investigation team to the scene , Kristi Dunks , an aerosafety investigator with the agency , told reporters in Butte on Sunday evening . Dunks said the plane crashed at the Holy Cross Cemetery , located just south of the airport 's Runway 3 . She said there were no survivors , though she would n't confirm the number of people on board the plane . No one on the ground was injured , Sheriff John Walsh said . Eric Teitelman , Oroville 's director of community development and public works , said the small airport has no control tower but because it has a `` wide-open runway '' and a self-service fuel system , it is a frequent stop for private aircraft . Teitelman said at least one person -- an aircraft owner doing servicing work -- was at the airport Sunday when the Pilatus stopped for refueling . The aircraft owner `` met the pilot , saw the children running","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Children were among the victims of a plane crash that killed as many as 17 people Sunday in Butte , Montana , according to authorities in Oroville , California , where the aircraft stopped for fuel . Martha Guidoni said this photo was taken after she and her husband saw the plane `` nosedive '' in Butte , Montana . The single-engine plane stopped at the Oroville airport at about 11 a.m. PT , refueled and departed about half an hour later , Police Chief Kirk Trostle said . `` There were some adults and children on board , '' he told reporters Sunday evening , adding the passengers got out briefly to stretch while the pilot refueled the plane . Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus said based on preliminary reports , 17 people died in the crash . The Pilatus PC-12 was headed to Bozeman , Montana , but rerouted to Butte instead and crashed 500 feet short of the runway at Butte 's Bert Mooney Airport , Fergus said . The flight plan originated in Redlands , California , according to flight-tracking site FBOweb.com . Stops were made in Vacaville , California ,"}
-{"answer":", Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned that the ecological damage was significant . `` This likely harm can not be lightly dismissed , '' she said , `` even in the face of an alleged risk to the effectiveness of the Navy 's 14 training exercises . '' Justices David Souter , Stephen Breyer and John Paul Stevens also questioned the Navy 's arguments . The exercises have continued while the case was under appeal . Environmentalists had sued the Pentagon over the practice , and a federal judge ordered major changes to the Navy 's annual offshore training exercises in March . President Bush had issued an emergency waiver to allow the exercises to go on without the filing of an environmental impact study , but the lower court ruling blocked the use of sonar . That federal judge , in ruling against the government last March , said it was `` constitutionally suspect '' for Bush to issue the national security exemption to allow skipping the impact study . Military officials argued that the restrictions could hamper readiness in time of war , because new sonar technology is needed to detect increasingly sophisticated enemy submarines . `` This","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted sanctions placed on the Navy over its underwater sonar testing , a setback for environmental groups that claimed the warfare technology was harming whales and other marine mammals . An endangered blue whale surfaces off the coast of Southern California in July . At issue in the 5-4 ruling was whether the Navy 's need to conduct exercises to protect the country from enemy submarines outweighed concerns raised by environmental groups . The case focused on whether the president had the power to issue executive waivers allowing such tests and whether federal judges can issue preliminary injunctions blocking them . The high court ultimately sided with claims of national security over environmental concerns . Those environmental interests , said Chief Justice John Roberts for the majority , `` are plainly outweighed by the Navy 's need to conduct realistic training exercises to ensure that it is able to neutralize the threat posed by enemy submarines . '' Roberts said a lower federal court `` abused its discretion '' by imposing a 2,200-yard perimeter for testing and ordering a shutdown of sonar use during surfacing exercises . But in dissent"}
-{"answer":", the family was presented with a deal and payments they could afford . The interest-only , adjustable rate loan sounded good at the time . And since they were not first-time homebuyers , they thought they knew what they were getting into . Terese Hicks figured they could always refinance before the interest rates were adjusted . Soon , the family settled in their seven-bedroom , five-bathroom plantation-style home with a pool . It all seemed like a dream come true , until the couple learned the interest rate on their loan would readjust in just six months , making the loan a short three-year ARM . The mother of two , who handles the family 's finances , had wrongly assumed that their loan was a five-year ARM . The news could n't have come at a worse time . Breylan was unable to work because of a serious back injury , and the family 's income took a hit . They were also paying mortgages on vacant rental properties when they could n't find tenants because of the housing crisis . To make matters worse , Terese Hicks , a city employee , had to take a","question":"FAIRBURN , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a south Atlanta neighborhood lined with palatial homes and manicured lots , the Hicks family was living out its American dream . Breylan and Terese Hicks play with their sons Bryce , 3 , and Jordan , 2 . But like many Americans , that dream was interrupted when they almost lost their home to foreclosure . Terese , a firefighter , and her husband Breylan , a police sergeant , had always dreamed about owning a spacious house in the suburbs . When they began their search , the young family was living in a south Atlanta neighborhood . They grew concerned and decided to move when crime in the area started to pick up . Although they did n't think they could afford their ` dream home , ' they started searching in an affluent area just south of the airport and across the street from the 190-room estate owned by famed heavyweight boxer Evander Holyfield . `` I 've always been looking in this subdivision , but never thought we could afford a home here , '' Terese Hicks said . After discussing their financials with a mortgage broker"}
-{"answer":"That 's not our view that is the view of experts employed to review the EU 's own level of protection . '' Chalk said that despite being in possession of the report , the EU completely ignored the recommendations when they produced new fatigue proposals in January 2009 . The ECA and the ETF have printed over 100,000 dummy airline tickets which they will hand out to airline passengers . The tickets contain cigarette-style warnings giving details on crew fatigue and an explanation as to why the EU current legislation needs to be changed . `` All we are trying to do at this stage is raise public 's awareness . We 're not trying to get in anyone 's way , '' Chalk said . Hundreds of protesters are attending events taking place at 22 airports across Europe . 400 ECA members are expected to attend the protests at Madrid airport . `` What we are saying today is that they need to listen to the safety review , '' Chalk said . `` It was conducted by the best scientists in this field in Europe . It was commissioned by the European Aviation Safety Agency -LRB- EASA","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Airline pilots and cabin crew across Europe are holding demonstrations Monday to protest over rules governing their flying hours which they say are putting the lives of passengers at risk . European pilots and cabin crew are calling for shorter flying times to protect passenger safety . Organized by the European Cockpit Association -LRB- ECA -RRB- , and the European Transport Workers ' Federation -LRB- ETF -RRB- , protesters are demanding that European Union rules on flying times are brought into line with scientific evidence . The Moebus Report -- mandated by the EU in September 2008 -- recommends that an airline crew should not operate for more than 13 hours during the day and 10 hours at night . Current EU rules stipulate pilots work up to a maximum of 14 hours during the day and nearly 12 hours at night . Are you concerned at the hours worked by airline pilots ? Tell us . Speaking from one of the protests outside the European Parliament in Brussels , Captain Martin Chalk , President of the ECA told CNN : `` At the moment , the EU level is not adequate ."}
-{"answer":"Army spokeswoman . `` The targets were carefully chosen to pinpoint enemy positions and eliminate the likelihood of harming innocent civilians , '' she said . `` This region has provided an ideal environment to conceal enemy support bases and training sites , as well as plan and launch attacks aimed at terrorizing innocent civilians , both inside and outside the region . '' Also Wednesday , a manager at a private British security firm in Afghanistan was shot and killed in the capital Kabul , a spokesman for the company said . `` We did lose a manager today in Kabul to unknown assailants , '' Christopher Beese , spokesman for ArmorGroup International , said Wednesday . He said next of kin have been notified and an inquiry into the incident has begun . The name of the man , a British national , was not released . `` It 's bad news . He was a very well-respected man , '' Beese said , noting that the victim had experience in Afghanistan going back to the early 1980s . Beese -- who said the man 's role was to run the administration of the 1,200-person-strong security presence in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of U.S. and Afghan soldiers have embarked on a major operation against militants in the eastern Afghan region of Tora Bora , near the border with Pakistan , officials have told CNN . File photo of the remote mountain Tora Bora region on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan . Air and ground strikes under way in the remote mountain region are aimed at large numbers of militant fighters . The troops are targeting '' hundreds of hardened al Qaeda and Taliban in dug-in positions , '' said officials familiar with the intelligence . The operation started two days ago in the region , where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was once thought to be hiding . The Bush administration has been criticized for not sending enough ground forces to Tora Bora in December 2001 to capture the militant after the invasion that toppled the Taliban . `` U.S. and Afghan forces engaged al Qaeda and other violent extremist fighters in eastern Afghanistan during a combined arms assault using precision munitions . There have been no substantiated reports of civilian casualties in this engagement , '' said Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman , a U.S."}
-{"answer":"previously said 30 people were killed . He cited the error on wrong information by his sources at the scene . Watch more about the attack '' At a news conference Monday night , Malik named the leader of the Pakistani Taliban , Baitullah Mehsud , and his followers as the prime suspect in organizing the attack . Mehsud is also accused of plotting the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto . At least 78 people were wounded in the attack , authorities said . Lahore is the same city where gunmen opened fire March 10 on a bus carrying members of the Sri Lankan national cricket team on their way to a stadium for a match . The well-coordinated attack wounded at least eight members of the team and killed a driver and six Pakistani police officers . In Monday 's incident , the attackers hurled grenades , then stormed the compound and opened fire while officers were taking part in their morning drill . About 800 officers train at the facility , but authorities could not say exactly how many were inside at the time . The attackers , some in police uniforms , took dozens of officers","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Eight cadets and staff members were killed in Pakistan during an an eight-hour standoff Monday with gunmen who stormed a police training center in Lahore , said Gen. Athar Abbas , a military spokesman . Police fire into the air after retaking the police training center in Lahore attacked by militants . The militants had been holed up on the top floor of a three-story building , said Rehman Malik , the head of the country 's Interior Ministry . Security forces gained control of the first two floors and eventually made their way to the top , finally taking control of it and arresting the gunmen Monday afternoon . Television pictures showed security forces firing into the air from the roof of the building after the firefight . `` The operation is over . Four terrorists were killed and three arrested , '' Interior Ministry Secretary Kamal Shah told Reuters . Malik and Abbas confirmed the figures . Abbas added some of the dead militants blew themselves up . The gang of seven gunmen stormed the academy in the Manawan area of the eastern Pakistani city , said Malik . Abbas had"}
-{"answer":"repeatedly denied that he had strayed . But after much speculation and tension on the show , the couple announced in June that they had separated . The same day , Kate filed for divorce . Given the media spotlight , dating coach Patti Feinstein said , it 's not a good idea for Gosselin to be out with another woman so soon after the marital rift . `` You need to take a little time off from dating , because there is this rebound period , '' Feinstein said . `` He 's probably feeling that he was n't getting enough attention from his wife , so he 's all lonely , and he needs to be stroked up . `` Once he gets the feeling that ` I 'm loveable ; I 'm worthy ; someone loves me for me and wants to put me first , ' '' Feinstein theorized , `` then that person he is dating , either he will dump her , or she will dump him . '' Relationship expert Nancy Slotnick said the unfortunate ones in the high-profile tabloid fodder are the Gosselin children : 8-year-old twins Cara and Mady and 5-year-old","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Just three weeks after Jon and Kate Gosselin announced their separation , there is speculation of a new plus-one in the mix for `` Jon & Kate Plus 8 . '' Jon Gosselin , here with his sons , was photographed on vacation with another woman . Fans of the show are buzzing about photos of Jon Gosselin apparently on vacation in Saint-Tropez , France , with a young woman who is definitely not his wife and reality TV co-star . People.com identified her as Hailey Glassman , the daughter of Dr. Lawrence Glassman , a surgeon who famously performed a tummy tuck on Kate that was documented for the Gosselins ' hit TLC show . Gosselin and Glassman appeared to be the guests of designer Christian Audigier , creator of the Ed Hardy line , and the pair was spotted holding hands , smoking together and lounging aboard Audigier 's yacht . The Gosselins ' marriage became the focus of their reality show -- which had followed the adventures of the pair raising a set of twins and sextuplets -- amid allegations that Jon was cheating on Kate with 23-year-old teacher Deanna Hummel . Jon"}
-{"answer":"days . Me and Landon will talk , but that will be a private conversation . '' Donovan , who led the United States to the Confederations Cup final last month , said in the book that Beckham had been a negative influence since his high-profile move to the Major League Soccer outfit two years ago . He said Beckham , who brokered a loan move to AC Milan last season , had shown little interest in the Galaxy since coach Ruud Gullit resigned in August last year . Donovan , who leads the Galaxy in Beckham 's absence , also cast doubt on the 34-year-old midfielder 's leadership abilities . But last week he admitted that he should have brought up his grievances with Beckham earlier . `` I do n't apologize for what I said , '' Donovan told MLSnet.com on Thursday . `` I just apologize for the way I did . I should have told him to his face . I 've long told David since he 's been gone and I 've been gone that I want to sit down and talk with him about everything . `` It 's fresh in everyone 's minds","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- David Beckham is planning showdown talks with L.A. Galaxy teammate Landon Donovan , who questioned the English football star 's commitment to the MLS team earlier this month . Landon Donovan , left , is unhappy with David Beckham 's contribution at LA Galaxy . Beckham said the U.S. national captain was `` unprofessional '' for publicly voicing his opinions , which were reported worldwide from the soon-to-be-published book `` The Beckham Experiment '' by Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl . `` In every football player 's eyes throughout the world , it would be unprofessional to speak out about a team-mate , especially in the press and not to your face , '' Beckham said before watching the Galaxy 's 1-0 win over Chivas USA on Saturday night . What do you think ? Was Donovan right ? `` In 17 years , I have played with the biggest teams in the world and the biggest players , and not once have I been criticized for my professionalism . `` It 's important to get this cleared up , and I will be speaking to Landon either this evening or over the next couple of"}
-{"answer":"on Wednesday , said the statement was `` a voice recording by bin Laden . '' As for the tape 's authenticity , a CNN analysis said the voice does indeed sound like the leader of the terrorist network that attacked the United States on September 11 , 2001 . The counterterrorism official said `` there has never been a fake Bin Laden tape . '' The message comes as Obama begins his trip to the Middle East , visiting Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and , in Egypt on Thursday , making a major speech to the Muslim world . Zeroing in on the conflict in Pakistan 's Swat Valley , where Pakistan 's troops are taking on Taliban militants , the message asserts that Obama is proving that he is `` walking the same road of his predecessors to build enmity against Muslims and increasing the number of fighters , and establishing more lasting wars . '' The message said U.S. policy in Pakistan has generated `` new seeds of hatred and revenge against America . '' The remarks -- which would be bin Laden 's first assessment of Obama 's policy -- were believed to have been recorded","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The emergence of a purported statement from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden about U.S. policy in Pakistan as the U.S. president embarks on a major trip to Muslim countries is no coincidence , the White House spokesman and a counterterrorism official say . Osama bin Laden is seen in an image taken from a videotape that aired on Al-Jazeera in September 2003 . `` I think the reports we 've seen are consistent with messages we 've seen in the past from al Qaeda threatening the U.S. and other countries that are involved in counter-terrorism efforts , '' White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday . `` But I do n't think it 's surprising that al Qaeda would want to shift attention away from the president 's historic efforts and continued efforts to reach out and have an open dialogue with the Muslim world . '' A U.S. counterterrorism official , asked about the statement , said bin Laden `` has timed the release of tapes to major events so it is not surprising that he picked this particular week . '' Al Jazeera , the Arabic-language TV network that aired the message"}
-{"answer":"survey by Websense of 4,640 technology and security professionals , 52 percent said their businesses have experienced an increase in viruses and malware attacks because of employees ' use of social-media sites like Facebook and Twitter . Twenty-three percent said they had n't seen an increase , and 25 percent said they were n't sure . With a user base of some 800 million users , Facebook is fertile hunting ground for scammers and hackers . Often , users who click bad links will be infected with malware that causes them to , in turn , share the bad link with their friends . A common scammer technique is to post what appears to be an outrageous or racy link . When someone clicks the link , they are asked to enter their Facebook log-in information again to see the video or other post -- thus giving that info to the hackers . `` By providing real-time protection from malware , spyware , inappropriate content , data leaks , and spam , we make it safe for people and businesses to use the web , '' said Websense chief technology officer Dan Hubbard . The announcement comes at the beginning","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Facebook is ramping up the fight against those annoying and potentially harmful scam attacks . The site is teaming up with Websense , a San Diego , California-based Internet security firm , to warn users when they 're about to leave Facebook for a site that might be trying to steal their personal data . Starting today , any link users click on Facebook will be checked against Websense 's database of sites that might contain malware or be used for `` phishing '' of the user 's credit card or other personal information . If a site shows up on the list , a page will pop up warning users and asking them whether they 'd like to go back , get more information or proceed at their own risk . `` A platform as popular as Facebook is naturally a target for attackers , '' Websense wrote on its blog . `` We have been working with Facebook and their security teams for a number of years in order to keep their users safe , but now we have integrated directly into the platform for an unprecedented security combination . '' In a recent"}
-{"answer":"Capitol Hill , '' Obama said , adding that Democrats and Republicans need to be careful in choosing their rhetoric . `` A ton of civility instead of slash and burn would be helpful . '' The president highlighted what he said was problematic GOP rhetoric on his health care proposals . Republicans , he said , had characterized the proposed program as some `` kind of Bolshevik plot . '' In fact , he said that much of his plan was similar to what Republicans had proposed during the failed Clinton-era push to overhaul health care . Both sides need to `` close the gap a little bit between rhetoric and reality , '' the president argued . Calling his health care plan `` some wild-eyed plot to impose big government in every aspect of our lives '' leaves little room for bipartisan negotiation , Obama said . The president questioned how Republicans could negotiate in good faith after using such rhetoric without exposing themselves to conservative primary challengers . House Minority Leader John Boehner , R-Ohio , said he tried to be honest about differences over administration proposals . `` I truly believe a government takeover of health","question":"Baltimore , Maryland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama and House GOP leaders promised greater efforts to step back from the partisan brink Friday , acknowledging that Washington 's toxic political climate has made it increasingly tough to tackle major problems . The pledge was immediately called into question , however , as the two parties repeatedly expressed sharply differing viewpoints during a rare meeting at a House Republican retreat in Baltimore . Obama accepted an invitation from House GOP leaders to address their caucus . His speech Friday was followed by an often pointed question-and-answer session . `` House Republican leaders are grateful for -LSB- Obama 's -RSB- willingness to come ... and have a frank and honest conversation , '' said Rep. Mike Pence , R-Indiana . `` We welcome the dialogue with the president . '' The president accused Republicans of frequently mischaracterizing his policy proposals , particularly in the health care debate . Republicans , in turn , complained the White House and congressional Democrats had ignored their ideas , locked them out of the policy-making process and unfairly labeled them as obstructionists . `` Both sides can take some blame for a sour climate on"}
-{"answer":"and what I want to do . '' Now Julie thinks marriage may not even be what she wants . Instead of waiting around for a husband , she 's considering having a child on her own . `` I 'm probably going to investigate an anonymous donor and do it artificially ... I want it to be my own biological child , '' she says . DeChane , a successful attorney in Washington , D.C. , also struggles with the 30-something singles scene . Her fear is that men are intimidated by her . `` None of my female friends have ever said I 'm intimidating , '' she says . `` Having an education , a house , a job does not make me intimidating . It just makes me an adult living an adult life . '' She finds it ironic that her achievements may turn men off . `` I would think they would find it more unusual if I walked into the picture not having anything . But I think after 35 years of living , working and being driven , I should have something to show for it . '' DeChane also thinks men","question":"-LRB- OPRAH.com -RRB- -- What 's it like to be a 30-something woman in America today ? From religious choices to parental pressures , a successful single woman in Washington , D.C. and a devoted mother of four open up . American-born Muslim Mubaraka tries to be open with people so she can help them understand her religion . One issue that plagues an average of 6.3 million women in America is being single . Julie , a Chicago pediatrician , struggles with the stigma of being alone in her 30s . `` I 've tried JDate , a Jewish Internet dating service , Match.com , setups by my friends , '' Julie says . `` I recently adopted a dog , hoping to meet someone out in the dog park . '' Like many single women in America , Julie is no stranger to the dating scene -- but finding dates is n't always the problem . `` It 's not that there are no men to date . It 's that I 'm not meeting anyone that I 'm attracted to . Nobody that I think is quality and worthy of me and what I have to offer"}
-{"answer":"map : See how Texas compares with other states '' In his early days , he kept count . But he eventually stopped . He did n't want to know . `` In one circle , I was perceived as putting notches on my gun belt , '' the 59-year-old reporter said . `` I did n't like that . '' Prison regulations in Texas require The Associated Press to be given one of the five designated media witness passes for each execution . Graczyk works in the AP 's Houston bureau -- it 's closest to the state 's execution chamber in Huntsville . Since the early 1980s , he 's made the hourlong drive north almost every time an inmate has faced the needle . The first was March 13 , 1984 , for the execution of James `` Cowboy '' Autry , convicted of shooting a female store clerk between the eyes with a .38 - caliber revolver while arguing over a six-pack of beer . She died , along with a former Catholic priest that Autry killed at the crime scene . `` The first time definitely leaves an impression on you , '' Graczyk said","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It takes seven minutes to execute a death row inmate , according to the state of Texas . Mike Graczyk poses outside the Texas death chamber prior to an execution in January . At that rate , Mike Graczyk has spent about 40 hours of his life watching men -- and a few women -- die . Graczyk , a correspondent for The Associated Press , is believed to hold a macabre record . He 's almost certainly watched more executions than anyone else in the United States . `` I ca n't possibly imagine there 's been someone present at more than Mike , '' said Michelle Lyons , the spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice , which uses lethal injection at its execution chamber in Huntsville . Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 , no state has executed more inmates than Texas . And no one has witnessed more of them than Graczyk . He 's on the witness list for 315 of the state 's 439 executions -- more than any other reporter , prison employee or chaplain -- and no records were kept for another 80 . Interactive"}
-{"answer":". Three times as many Americans choose outpatient treatment as residential treatment , or rehab . It costs less , is more likely to be covered by insurance and does not require participants to leave work or their families for a month or more . The outpatient program Anderson chose , Mothers Making a Change , is designed especially for pregnant women and women with young children . Anderson was both . At the time , her oldest daughter , Sierra , was 5 ; her middle child , Anicia , was almost 2 . In addition to therapy and education , Mothers Making a Change provided transportation and offered free child care while Anderson was there . When she completed the program , Mothers Making a Change helped her find a job . `` I can say with everything in me , with every bit of my breath , that program helped me turn my life around , '' said Anderson , who now runs a program to help the developmentally disabled in DeKalb County , Georgia . Interactive : Addiction and the brain '' Like most programs , residential or outpatient , Mothers Making a Change is built","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Crack-addicted Felicia Anderson was pregnant with her third child when an ultrasound changed the direction of her life . After inpatient rehab , Felicia Anderson sought help from Mothers Making a Change to help beat her addiction . `` You could hear that baby 's heartbeat strong and steady . Really , that 's her personality today , a strong , vibrant little girl . And at that time , laying there , tears starting rolling down my face , '' Anderson , 44 , recalled . In that moment , Anderson vowed to stay off drugs , something she 'd been unable to do in more than a decade addicted to crack cocaine , even when she was pregnant with her first two children . Anderson did n't think she could do it alone , so , like almost 2 million Americans a year , she entered a treatment program . Anderson spent three weeks in residential treatment -- all she could afford -- but did n't think that was enough , so she enrolled in Mothers Making a Change , a year-long outpatient drug and alcohol program in Atlanta , Georgia"}
-{"answer":"the car to have the right personality for being the latest Ford . '' AOL Autos : Best sedans under $ 30K She goes on to define what how cars exhibit personality . `` Some cars have a more relaxed personality , so everything about the way they drive is soft and slower to react , '' she said . `` Fords have a DNA that is sportier , more fun to drive , more responsive , more alive , so they need to feel that way . '' You 'll be able to tell whether Rodriguez has done her job well when you get behind the wheel of the new Taurus . While we did n't get to drive the new Taurus , we did get an opportunity to ride in the high-performance Taurus SHO model at Ford Motor Company 's Dearborn , Michigan proving grounds -LRB- a special test track for developing new cars and trucks -RRB- . More on that experience later . AOL Autos : Best and worst automotive designs Preparing for success Rodriguez told us about her background in the automotive business . `` I 've grown into this job because Ford 's engineering group","question":"-LRB- AOL Autos -RRB- -- Over the decades , I 've interviewed dozens of automotive engineers ; engine engineers , transmission engineers , chemical engineers , tire engineers , etc. . But never have I interviewed an engineer quite like Ford 's Cristina Rodriguez . Cristina Rodriguez has been with the Ford Motor Company for 12 years . What separates Crissy -LRB- what she prefers to be called at work -RRB- from other engineers is that it seems as though she was born be where she is today ; the Vehicle Dynamics Development Engineer of the 2010 Ford Taurus . The Taurus goes on sale this summer , and it is arguably the most important vehicle Ford announces this year . This thirty-something Puerto Rican is the only woman at Ford Motor Company to have achieved her status as a Vehicle Dynamics Development Engineer . The job is equal parts engineer , race driver and vehicle psychologist . `` As an engineer , I need to make sure the car is safe , '' Rodriguez said . `` As a -LRB- race -RRB- driver I have to make sure the car handles well . And then I have to tune"}
-{"answer":"imminent . In fact , I have my phone on right here , I might get called off the set . King : As we talk . Gupta : As we talk , my wife is imminent with our third child . You know , this job that we have collectively takes us away from our children for so many years at once , and I sort of came to grips with the fact that I 'd probably be away at least the first several years , four or five years -- there 's my existing two daughters , one more on the way -- but several years of their lives . And I just did n't feel like I should do that now . And the other thing , let me just add , you know , you know me and a lot of people know me , obviously , as a journalist for CNN , but you know , I continue to practice neurosurgery , Larry . You and I have talked about that , and I. . . King : You do brain surgery all the time . Gupta : Yes . And it 's an important","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dr. Sanjay Gupta , CNN 's chief medical correspondent , withdrew his name from consideration as surgeon general of the United States on Thursday . He spoke to CNN 's Larry King about the decision and President Obama 's health care plans . Here is an edited transcript : Dr. Sanjay Gupta says he just returned from India , where he looked into medical tourism . Larry King : But , first , breaking news about CNN 's own Dr. Sanjay Gupta , long rumored to be the main candidate for U.S. surgeon general . He 's taken himself out of the running . Joins us now here in Los Angeles to talk about it . Why ? Dr. Sanjay Gupta : Well , first of all , it was a really tough decision , and a long decision and a long process for sure . And I was incredibly flattered , humbled by the consideration even for the position . I think for me it really came down to a sense of timing more than anything else . You know , I have two daughters . Our third daughter is now"}
-{"answer":"the cemetery , security forces used tear gas to clear the area of demonstrators and mourners . A witness said riot police and Basij militia were at the scene , but the confrontations with people in the crowd involved the militia . Watch a report on the memorial clashes '' The witness spotted instances of the baton-wielding militia charging the gathering , and said as many as nine beatings were seen . Other people appeared to have been beaten as they ran from police , the witness said . One of the mourners had a bloody head and one woman said she was struck on the back of the neck . One security force member sustained some sort of injury to the head and was bloodied . It is unclear exactly how that person was injured . A confrontation between women protesters and police also was seen . The women shouted , `` Do n't beat up our young people . You , our Muslim brothers . It is a shame to beat up our young people . '' The crowd chanted `` Ya Hossein , Mir Hossein , '' the first a reference to the revered Shiite imam and","question":"TEHRAN , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Security forces in Iran on Thursday confronted thousands of protesting Iranians across the city , first at a cemetery and later at a prayer venue and near a government building , witnesses and news reports said . Mourners gather around the grave of Neda Agh-Soltan in Beheshte Zahra Cemetery . Clashes erupted at the cemetery as two of Iran 's main opposition leaders tried to join the several thousand people at a memorial for the slain woman who became the symbol of Iran 's post-election violence , witnesses said . The gathering was banned , but participants ignored the government strictures . However , security forces barred opposition leaders Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karrubi from the gravesite of Neda Agha-Soltan , the 26-year-old woman shot in election protests on June 20 , witnesses and news reports said . More than 3,000 people were gathered at Agha-Soltan 's grave , a witness said . Mourners arrived on the religiously significant 40th day after the fatal shooting in Tehran . For Iranians , a predominantly Shiite Muslim population , the 40th day after a death marks the last official day of mourning . At"}
-{"answer":"country and was banned from reporting on `` protests or spontaneous news during Obama 's visit , '' the IFJ report said . It all added up to a year of increased censorship in China , on the heels of a period of relative openness around the Beijing Olympics in 2008 , the group charged . CNN 's calls to the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Chinese Embassy in Washington were not immediately returned . The IFJ report said that Chinese media were ordered not to report prominently on protests in Iran following the country 's controversial presidential election in June . They were barred from reporting at all on elections for the chief executive of Macau , a region of China , and were waved off stories about refugees entering China , threats to public health , political protests and corruption , the report said . They were allowed to report about some stories in English but not Mandarin , and others in newspapers but not online , said the report , which was compiled with the help of a group called Chinese Human Rights Defenders . That 's not to mention self-censorship in the press around two key","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Media must cease reporting on the discovery of a body at a psychiatric hospital in Dongguan . '' `` Media must not report on corruption allegations relating to the eldest son of President Hu Jintao . '' `` Media must not report on a lawsuit against China Eastern Airlines by victims of a plane crash in 2004 in which 52 passengers were killed . '' Those are just a few of more than 60 restrictions the Chinese government slapped on the media in 2009 , often secretly , according to the International Federation of Journalists . The press freedom group said it obtained written media-related orders which are published in its report , `` China Clings to Control : Press Freedoms in 2009 . '' Tight controls were put on reporting of ethnic riots in the west of the country in July , and clear orders were issued for how to report President Barack Obama 's visit to the country in November , the IFJ said in the report released Sunday . The press was instructed not to organize questions for the public to ask Obama at a town-hall style event he did in the"}
-{"answer":"lucky to grab a 2-2 draw with Valencia , La Liga 's early , surprise pace-setters . In a chaotic 11 first half minutes Eric Abidal gifted Valencia the lead when he deflected a low cross from the left into his own net . Pedro soon equalized for Barcelona but a few moments later Pablo Hernandez tapped in to restore Valencia 's well-deserved advantage . But the match turned on what may well be the miss of the season when Roberto Soldado , totally unmarked and in the middle of an empty net , somehow slid in and diverted the ball past the left hand post . In the second half Barcelona probed in their typically patient fashion before Cesc Fabregas scored his fourth goal of the season . The match finished 2-2 . Elsewhere Atletico Madrid won 4-0 win against Sporting Gijon . Big money summer signing Falcao scored twice , taking his tally to five goals in two games . Qatar-owned Malaga beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 whilst Levante followed their impressive victory over Real Madrid with all three points against Rayo Vallecano , beating them 2-1 . In Italy AC Milan needed a 63rd minute goal from teenage","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid were both held in La Liga as they battled to unconvincing draws . Real Madrid failed to score for a second consecutive game as they were held 0-0 by Racing Santander . Coach Jose Mourinho could do little to inject some life into his team as they struggled to break down a spirited Racing defense . In fact it was Racing who could have taken the lead after Oscar Serrano 's superb strike was only kept out by a stunning finger-tip save by goalkeeper Iker Casillas . The draw followed Real 's 1-0 defeat to Levante and leaves them seventh in the league . `` This was a different match to that against Levante as here it felt as though there was only one side looking to win the game , '' Mourinho told AFP . `` It is a worrying situation as we have now lost five points from two games away from home . It would be wrong to say one player has n't scored or another one has failed but as a team we were n't at our best although we tried . '' Meanwhile Barcelona were"}
-{"answer":"the patient 's history , motivation and ability to understand the risks of the transplant . And they found Culp to be an ideal candidate . Five years after a gun blast shattered her nose , cheeks and upper lip , she had a band of scar tissue extending across her face . `` The most devastating of all was the fact that society had rejected her and children were afraid of her , '' said Siemionow , who led the December 10 transplant operation . See before and after photos of Culp '' Culp , a mother of two and a grandmother , told her doctors she could understand that some adults would shun her . `` But what really bothered her the most were children -- the children that shied away from her , '' said Dr. Frank Papay , the chairman of Institute of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic . `` That sense of innocence , and her not being able to see that innocence really , really affected her . '' The shooting In September 2004 , Culp 's estranged husband shot her in the face in an attempted murder-suicide outside a restaurant","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Doctors chose a woman who survived a shotgun wound to her face as the first recipient of a face transplant after treating her for nearly four years . This image projects what Connie Culp , 46 , may look like two years after the face transplant . Connie Culp knew of the Cleveland Clinic 's interest in face transplants and approached the medical staff , doctors said at a news conference Tuesday . Dr. Maria Siemionow , the Cleveland , Ohio , hospital 's director of plastic surgery research and head of microsurgery training , had more than 20 years of experience in complex transplants . By 2004 , Siemionow was looking for the right candidate for a face transplant who was n't doing it for vanity . `` They are not looking to go out on the street and be beautiful , '' Siemionow told CNN in a 2006 interview . `` Some of these patients , when they were interviewed just said ' I want to walk on the street and just make sure I am not sticking out . ' They just want to have a normal face . '' The doctors examined"}
-{"answer":"were being held in the compound of the Islamic militants ' leader , Mohammed Yusuf . Under the sect 's strict form of sharia law , the group that was released was shielded from public view , Ojukwu said . He said 100 arrests have been made across the north . Shehu Sani , president of the Civil Rights Congress , a human rights organization based in northern Nigeria , said people were seeking refuge in police and military barracks and in hospitals . The militants disagree with the government 's teaching of Islam in the region , maintaining that the government allows itself to be influenced by Western values . They have been targeting high-profile government institutions , police and Islamic clergy , Ojukwu said . The operation to defeat the militants is ongoing , he said , and police have been deployed in all northeast and northwestern states . There is a history of religious violence in central Nigeria , where majority-Muslim North Africa meets largely Christian sub-Saharan Africa . Human Rights Watch estimates that more than 1,000 people were killed there in riots in 2001 . Last week the human rights organization alleged that police and soldiers","question":"LAGOS , Nigeria -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 2,500 Nigerians caught in the fighting between Islamic militants and government forces have fled their homes in the northern part of the country , a Red Cross spokeswoman said Wednesday . Mothers and their children take refuge this week at a police office in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri . More than 400 people have been killed , and 150 bodies were lying in the general hospital at Maiduguri , according to Aliyu Maikanu , a Red Cross disaster officer in the northeast . Most of the violence has been on the outskirts of the city , officials said . `` It 's a terrible situation for me . It 's a very serious battle -- something I have not seen in my life , '' Maikanu said . She said only security personnel were free to move around due to the risks . Up to 1,000 militants are holed up at their base of operations in Maiduguri , and police have cordoned off the area , she said . National police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu said Wednesday that police were able to free 187 women and children whom they claim"}
-{"answer":"she saw the photos '' `` How could I not tell them who that man was ? That little girl suffered unimaginable things , and I knew for a fact it was him , '' Thomas said . The judge in the case will hold an administrative hearing Wednesday , but Stiles will not be present , Clark County court spokesman Michael Sommermeyer said . Stiles was already being sought on an unrelated 2004 charge of felony lewdness with a child under 14 , Sommermeyer said , adding that authorities amended that earlier filing on October 4 to include 20 counts related to the videotaped rape , including sexual assault and attempted sexual assault . Jerry T. Donohue , the attorney for the girl 's mother , told CNN that the child on the videotape was younger than 3 when the abuse occurred . Henderson Police Officer Mike Dye said he pulled over Stiles ' car Monday night because it did not have a license plate and became suspicious when the driver gave him an expired California driver 's license with a photo that did not look like him . Dye said he and another officer , Mike Gower ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The man arrested for the videotaped rape of a toddler in Las Vegas , Nevada , will make his initial appearance in court Friday , a Clark County , Nevada , court official told CNN Tuesday . Authorities have not yet decided if Chester Arthur Stiles will appear in person or via video link . The judge will set a date for the arraignment at that hearing . Stiles , 37 , was taken into custody Monday night after a Henderson , Nevada , police officer pulled over the white Buick Century he was driving . A former girlfriend of Stiles ' said that , before the arrest , she lived in fear after going to police to identify the suspect after seeing enhanced photos from the videotape on the local news . `` I 've had my share of nightmares , '' Elaine Thomas told CNN 's Nancy Grace . Thomas said she screamed when she recognized the photos on television and had no choice but to contact police about the man she had thought was a `` weapons enthusiast '' with only a minor criminal record . Watch Thomas say how she felt when"}
-{"answer":"threats are inappropriate and irresponsible , '' the Ohio congressman said . `` If people are angry , they ought to register to vote and get involved in a campaign . '' The white-hot rhetoric that dominated the last several months of debate on the historic health care bill culminated in unruly protests by the Tea Party movement at the Capitol over the weekend . Three African-American House Democrats , including civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis of Georgia , reported protesters shouted racial slurs at them and spit at one of them , while Rep. Barney Frank , D-Massachusetts , an openly gay House member , had anti-gay slurs yelled at him . One House member mentioned a map on the Facebook page of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin during a Wednesday meeting on safety concerns , a Democratic source said . The map shows 20 House Democratic political targets believed to be vulnerable in the upcoming midterm elections -- some have already announced their retirements . Their home districts are marked with cross hairs . Mention of the map brought audible groans to the room , the source said . Republican House members encouraged protesters outside","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Democratic congressional leaders Wednesday demanded Republicans join them in condemning a spate of threats and vandalism that has followed Sunday 's vote on a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care system . More than 10 Democrats have reported trouble since the weekend vote , House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters . Windows have been smashed at Democratic offices in at least three states , and federal agents were investigating whether a cut gas line at the home of a Virginia congressman 's brother was related to the lawmaker 's yes vote . Democracy `` is not about violence , '' Hoyer said at a news conference with South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn , the No. 3 Democrat in the House of Representatives . `` Both of us believe that to remain silent in the face of such activity gives the impression of either condoning or sanctioning such actions , '' added Hoyer , D-Maryland . The top Republican in the House , Minority Leader John Boehner , told reporters that he has urged opponents to demonstrate legally . `` I 've made statements that I understand people are angry , but violence and"}
-{"answer":"If the current steps are regarded as ` plan B , ' there will be a ` plan C , ' '' Erdogan said on Tuesday in his first public comments on the matter since Ankara imposed sanctions on Israel . Erdogan 's government is incensed that Israel refuses to apologize or pay compensation for eight slain Turks and one Turkish-American . The humanitarian workers and activists were shot dead by Israeli commandos in a botched 2010 raid on an aid convoy that was trying to bust Israel 's sea blockade of Gaza . But `` Israel does not want to see a further deterioration in the relationship with Turkey , '' said a senior Israeli government official , who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue . `` There have been a number of proposals on the table to prevent a deterioration and unfortunately they have not been successful , but from our point of view a deterioration in the relationship serves neither side 's interests . '' Multiple Israeli sources said they are doing what they can to be responsible and reverse the negative dynamic . Some Israeli officials believe the current troubles","question":"Istanbul -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Turkey 's fiery prime minister ratcheted up rapidly-escalating tensions with Israel on Tuesday , comparing Ankara 's once-close ally in the Middle East to a `` spoiled boy '' and announcing additional sanctions would soon be imposed . `` We are completely suspending all of these , trade relations , military relations , related with the defense industry , '' Recep Tayyip Erdogan said , according to the semi-official Anatolian Agency . `` All of these are completely suspended and other measures will follow this process . '' Asked to clarify whether this meant Turkey will halt more than $ 3 billion in bilateral trade , an official in the Turkish prime ministry , speaking on condition of anonymity under government protocol , insisted Erdogan was not referring to trade relations . `` He was referring to the defense industry , '' the official said . `` Nothing more than the measures that have been announced so far . '' Last week , Turkey declared it was downgrading relations with Israel , suspending all military agreements between the two countries and giving senior Israeli diplomats less than a week to leave Turkish territory . ``"}
-{"answer":"had to rush to the hospital when I got the first call . '' Watch Jackson rehearse for London shows '' The death of the pop icon shocked the music world , not only because many fans were looking forward to his 50 sold-out shows in London , England , beginning in mid-July , but also because the 50-year-old singer -- while a step slower than in his prime -- was apparently healthy and up to the task of what has been described as a grueling show . `` He was just like a kid in the candy store because he was seeing his vision come alive , '' said Dorian Holley , the vocal coach for Jackson 's band , about the last rehearsal . `` He was just full of jokes , full of life , '' Holley said . He added that Jackson was due to be back at rehearsals again at 4:30 p.m. on the day of his death . On Thursday , Phillips ' promotion company , AEG Live , released a 1 1\/2 - minute rehearsal clip that was shot two nights before Jackson 's death . In that clip , Jackson barreled through","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The rehearsals ended on a high note that night . Jackson , here at a June 23 rehearsal , `` was full of jokes , full of life , '' band vocal coach Dorian Holley said . Michael Jackson was energetic and excited . He popped his signature moonwalk and dance spins that gave chills to some of those watching . As he walked to his car , he put his arm around concert promoter Randy Phillips and -- as Phillips later recounted -- in his soft voice , whispered : `` Thank you , I know we 're going to get it there together . I know I can do this . '' That was late Wednesday night , June 24 . A few hours later , Jackson was rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead . `` All I know is that the Michael Jackson that hugged me and said ` goodnight ' was a healthy , vibrant human being about to undertake the greatest undertaking of his life , '' Phillips said Thursday . `` And something happened between 12:30 when he left us and the morning when I"}
-{"answer":"statement said . Coalition forces have also suspended use of the HIMARS pending a review of Sunday 's incident . The intended target was an insurgent compound from where coalition forces were taking direct fire , ISAF said . NATO , which launched the effort Saturday , announced the offensive before it started so that citizens could get out of harm 's way . Karzai on Saturday had urged Afghan and international troops to exercise `` absolute caution '' and ensure civilian safety . Helmand is a bastion of pro-Taliban sentiment and awash with the opium used to fund the insurgency . Marjah , a region known as the heroin capital of Afghanistan , is where the Taliban has set up a shadow government . The Moshtarak operation also includes securing Kandahar and providing support to the government and police there , British Maj. Gen. Gordon Messenger said in a news release Sunday . The Taliban has had increasing influence in Kandahar . Officials said Sunday they did not know how many Taliban fighters remained in the Marjah region of Helmand province , but think they may be in the hundreds -- some of whom are holed up in civilian","question":"Marjah , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Twelve Afghan civilians were killed Sunday when two rockets fired by coalition forces in southern Afghanistan missed their intended target , as the Taliban showed stiff resistance to the NATO assault against the militant group . `` We deeply regret this tragic loss of life , '' U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal , commander of the International Security Assistance Force , said in a statement . `` The current operation in Central Helmand is aimed at restoring security and stability to this vital area of Afghanistan . It 's regrettable that in the course of our joint efforts , innocent lives were lost . '' Coalition forces fired two rockets with the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System at insurgents firing upon Afghan and ISAF forces , but they struck about 300 meters off their intended target , ISAF said . The incident happened in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province , where NATO forces have launched Operation Moshtarak , a huge offensive by an international coalition of 15,000 troops including Afghans , Americans , Britons , Canadians , Danes and Estonians . McChrystal conveyed his apologies to Afghan President Hamid Karzai , the"}
-{"answer":"500-pound half-ape , half-human creature near a stream . They also claim to have spotted about three similar living creatures -- and showed reporters video stills of what they say is one of those creatures shadowing them through the woods . Watch report of scientist skeptical of Bigfoot claim '' The announcement , which the men first made on the Internet radio show `` Squatch Detective '' several weeks ago , has been greeted with healthy skepticism , even among some Bigfoot enthusiasts . Scientists , including the head of North Georgia College and State University 's biology department , have said it 's unlikely a tribe of 7-foot-tall creatures would have avoided discovery in a region popular among hikers , hunters and vacationers . Several Web sites have popped up questioning the claim and comparing a photo that the men say is the creature 's body inside a freezer to a widely available Bigfoot costume . On Friday , Whitton acknowledged creating a pair of videos posted on the Internet video site YouTube , one in which his brother poses as a scientist and another in which Whitton briefly seems to admit that the body is a fake .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A pair of Georgia men faced more than a half-hour of skeptical questions from reporters Friday as they defended their claim that they stumbled upon the body of Bigfoot while hiking in a remote North Georgia forest . The thawed body of a creature reputed to be Bigfoot reportedly weighs more than 500 pounds . Introduced by a publicist and beside a man who promoted what turned out to be a fake Bigfoot discovery in 1995 , Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer repeatedly said that their claim is not a hoax and that scientific analysis will prove it . `` We were not looking for Bigfoot . ... We would n't know what we were doing if we did , '' said Whitton , a police officer on leave after being shot in the hand while making an arrest . `` I did n't believe in Bigfoot at the time . ... But you 've got to come to terms with it and realize you 've got something special . And that 's what it was . '' The men say they were hiking in early June when they discovered the body of a 7-foot-7 ,"}
-{"answer":"what you have to do . We just keep going , '' Wash said . Wash 's situation was only made worse as the economic recession set in . Jobs became harder and harder to find with more competition for each position . She says she 's still searching . The Washes are part of the changing face of homelessness in America today . For years , homelessness has been depicted as that of an individual man or woman living on the street and begging for money . But with the perfect storm of the foreclosure crisis and the faltering economy , more and more families are becoming homeless . According to a recent count by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments , the number of homeless families in the Washington region alone has jumped 15 percent since last year . There are several national estimates of homelessness , but many are dated or based on dated information . TheU.S . Department of Housing and Urban Development points to a study done in 2007 -- before the brunt of the foreclosure crisis hit -- which stated that about 3.5 million people , 1.35 million of them children , are likely","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sheila Wash greets her son and daughter , 13-year-old Cecil and 9-year-old Sheliah , every day when their school buses arrive `` home . '' Sheila Wash says being homeless has been an `` eye-opening experience '' for her . They talk about the school day , their homework and even joke that Sheliah ca n't remember what she ate for lunch . The fourth-grader wonders aloud , `` What did we have ? We had something good . '' But it 's hardly a homecoming for any of them . The Wash family has been homeless since 2007 , after Sheila lost her government job . She says unemployment benefits quickly ran out and , as she searched for a job , the family was forced to move six times in the last two years . They 're now living in the Family Forward Shelter in Washington . `` I just thank God we have a roof over our head right now . You have to accept the things that come to you . You do n't like them but , you know , until you can get your foot forward , you do"}
-{"answer":"couple separating in 2005 , she said : `` Two years ago an event happened of which unfortunately the whole of France is aware . In 2005 , I met someone , I fell in love and I left . '' The French president , in Portugal for an EU summit , has declined to comment on his marriage breakdown . His divorce comes as he deals with crippling public sector strikes at home that have shut down much of France 's transit system . Cecilia Sarkozy was a smiling figure at her husband 's inauguration in May as she stood with the couple 's five children . But she said recently she did n't see herself as having any role at all as the president 's wife . For the French public , news of the divorce is unlikely to come as a shock . French presidents and their spouses have a long tradition of leading separate lives , even while carrying on the functions of state . Former President Francois Mitterrand not only lived apart from his wife , Danielle , but he maintained a secret second family that turned up in public only at his funeral .","question":"PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has spoken for the first time about the reasons her divorce in an interview with a French newspaper . The announcement ended weeks of speculation over their marriage . Cecilia Sarkozy told L'Est Republicain on Friday that the couple 's relationship had not been able to survive the glare of the media spotlight following a highly public separation in 2005 . The Sarkozys announced on Thursday they were divorcing by mutual consent after 11 years of marriage . A former model , Cecilia Sarkozy said that she was not comfortable with her position as first lady . `` I am someone who likes the shadows , serenity , tranquility . I had a husband who was a public man , I always knew that , I accompanied him for 20 years . But me , I think that is not my place . It is no longer my place , '' she was quoted as saying . The couple has been dogged by persistent rumors of infidelities , which Cecilia Sarkozy seemed to confirm in her newspaper interview . Explaining the events that led to the"}
-{"answer":"discovered the boy in solitary confinement last week and he was taken to a hospital , according to media reports . His parents accused a counselor at the camp and Pu 's peers of repeatedly hitting him , Chinese media said , adding that particular camp has been closed . `` He is suffering from water on the lungs and kidney failure , '' Pu 's father , Pu Shiwei , told the publication China View on Wednesday . `` All injuries were done by the people at the camp . '' The training center denied that a counselor beat the youth , contending Pu was hit by other campers because he could n't get along with them , China View reported . Authorities in Zhongjiang county , where the camp is located , said they detained the counselor after a report of alleged abuse from the parents of another child . The man who established the military-style camp , Wu Yongjing , admitted to the BBC that youngsters were sometimes subjected to `` physical punishment . '' `` Physical punishment is an effective way to educate children -- as long as it can be controlled , '' he said","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 14-year-old boy allegedly beaten at a boot camp in China for young Internet addicts was in critical condition Thursday , less than three weeks after a youth at a different camp died , Chinese state media reported . People sit at a wireless cafe in Beijing , using their laptop computers . Internet use has skyrocketed in China , especially among teens . And Chinese parents have turned to hundreds of training camps that offer to wean their children -- mostly teenagers -- from excessive Internet use . There are at least 400 private rehabilitation clinics or camps in the country , according to a recent survey by the China Youth Internet Association , adding that China has 10 million teenage Web addicts . But the Chinese Ministry of Health says none of the private rehab clinics are legally registered . The parents of Pu Liang , the injured teen , had sent him to a camp called the Anti-traditional Education Training Center on August 4 near Chengdu , capital of the southwestern province of Sichuan , Chinese media reported . Pu allegedly was beaten three times between August 4 and August 11 . Police"}
-{"answer":"show was based on is very much real and most of the incidents depicted in the program still happen in parts of India . Even though the Indian legal age for marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys , the law is often ignored . Since it 's an illegal act , it 's very hard to find a record of how many child marriages take place -- but according to UNICEF , 40 percent of all child marriages in the world take place in India . Critics of `` Balika Vadhu '' say the premise -- that child marriage takes place in India -- is the only real aspect of the show . The driving force behind child marriage is poverty , says Puja Marwaha , of the children 's charity Child Rights and You . She says child brides are often illiterate , malnourished , considered a burden on their parents -- and their lives bear no resemblance to the glossy images seen on TV . According to Marwaha , the serial glorifies child marriage . `` To show it as harmless , is a problem . '' `` Poverty is not pretty so the child","question":"MUMBAI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dressed in fancy clothes , she applies eye liner , dabs her nose with a powder puff and the director shouts , `` Silence , rolling ! '' Avika Gor , who plays child bride Anandi in the popular but controversial show . On cue , the star of the show delivers her lines . Meet Anandi , the main character of `` Balika Vadhu , '' an Indian television serial . Twelve-year-old Anandi is a child bride who was married off at the age of eight . She now lives with her husband and in-laws , bound by customs and traditions in their home . The daily soap is just over a year old and already one of India 's most highly rated TV shows . An estimated 74 million people watched it in July . The CEO of Colors , the channel the show airs on , says viewers love it because it 's based on reality . Rajesh Kamat said : `` There is enough research on child marriage , the evils of child marriage . We 've based our storyline on that . '' Kamat added the concept the"}
-{"answer":". `` But secret holds , I think , have become a reprehensible part of the process here and need to end . '' Sen. Tom Coburn , R-Oklahoma , was the lone Republican on the floor Friday during the nearly two-hour debate on the issue . He objected to Democratic requests to approve the nominees not because he personally opposes them but `` as courtesy to people on my side of the aisle who have problems with some of these nominees . '' Coburn said Republicans have a right to a public debate on nominees they oppose and Democrats are trying to get around that by seeking unanimous consent to quickly confirm them . In fact , Coburn won praise from McCaskill because she said he is the only Republican senator who has made his holds public . Democrats are especially upset because they think most Republicans are getting around a Senate rule adopted three years ago that requires senators to make public their holds once they 've had them in place for six legislative days . Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse , D-Rhode Island , called the practice `` hold-laundering , '' which is when senators rotate a secret hold","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Frustrated Democrats went to the Senate floor Friday to seek Republican approval for a long list of administration nominees currently blocked by controversial secret holds placed by GOP senators . But a Republican senator objected to each of them as they came up . `` Most of the people on the list , we do n't know why they 're sitting there . We do n't even know who 's making them sit there , '' complained Sen. Claire McCaskill , D-Missouri , who is spearheading Democratic efforts to banish secret holds . `` Enter stage left , the anonymous hold . Or as I like to call it , nobody can blame me cause they do n't know who I am . '' McCaskill said the delay in approving these nominees is particularly agonizing because most of them passed out of committee with little or no opposition . `` If there is a legitimate complaint or grievance against any nominee , I think any senator has a right to be heard and appeal to the body for a vote , '' Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois , the number two Democrat , said Thursday"}
-{"answer":"he was involved with . '' Watch Letterman tell what happened '' Letterman revealed on his show Thursday night that he 'd had sexual relations with members of his staff and that he had testified about those liaisons before a New York grand jury for a case involving the alleged attempted extortion . A CBS producer , Robert `` Joe '' Halderman , has been charged with first-degree attempted grand larceny ; officials said he threatened to go public with the 62-year-old funnyman 's dalliances unless Letterman paid $ 2 million . Halderman pleaded not guilty Friday . The revelation , which Letterman shared with the audience of the `` Late Show , '' seemed especially shocking given his reputation as the self-deprecating everyman . `` Letterman picked up on -LSB- that shock -RSB- and played on that , '' said Robert Thompson , a professor and founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University . `` It was the weirdest 10 minutes of television I 've seen in a long time , and yet I think I 've concluded that it was brilliant . '' Watch `` Larry King Live '' guest host","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For someone who seems to go to great lengths to keep his private life away from prying eyes , late-night talk show host David Letterman has seen a great deal of his personal life become public . David Letterman has mined private events in his life for very public jokes on his show . Heart problems , a troubled stalker and a plot to kidnap his son have all landed Letterman in the news and provided fodder for jokes , including some of his own . The latest , an alleged extortion attempt involving his sexual dalliances -LRB- it 's been dubbed `` sextortion '' by pundits -RRB- , was handled very much the way Letterman fans might expect : with humor and a bit of storytelling . `` He told it as a story that you felt like you were living along with him , and so I think he immediately won your sympathy by telling it that way , '' said Hal Boedeker , TV critic for the Orlando Sentinel . `` He also took the seedy factor out of it with restraint by not saying too much and trying to protect the people"}
-{"answer":"young men who 'd gone tubing on a flooded creek on Sunday evening were missing , the mayor 's office said . Also on Sunday night , authorities were working to evacuate more than 500 residents from the MetroCenter in north Nashville . `` All of our major creeks and the Cumberland River are near flood level , if not at flood level , '' Nashville Mayor Karl Dean said at a press conference Sunday , referring to the waterway that bisects Nashville . `` The ground is entirely saturated , and the rain continues to fall . There 's nowhere for the water to go . '' The western two thirds of Tennessee has seen between 6 and 20 inches of rain since Saturday , with flooding spreading to Kentucky on Sunday . In Nashville alone , more than 600 people were rescued from the water this weekend , Dean said . Dean said Sunday that more rain has fallen in Nashville in the last 24 hours than has ever been recorded in the city . Video : Nashville resident captures ` practically a class two rapids ' on her neighborhood streets `` We are still at this point","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Some of the worst flooding the mid-South has seen in decades is thought to be responsible for at least 11 deaths in Tennessee , the Nashville and state emergency management offices said Sunday . Five of the deaths were in Davidson County , which encompasses Nashville , according to the Nashville mayor 's Office of Emergency Management . The rains have closed interstate highways , displaced thousands from their homes , prompted evacuations of hotels and nursing homes and turned city streets and parking lots into raging rivers . Parts of the state have been drenched with up to 20 inches of rain , with more expected . iReport : Experiencing the Tennessee floods ? Send photos , video On Sunday night , multiple vehicles were trapped by water on Interstate 40 with water rising around them and with authorities working since the afternoon to get to the cars , according to the Office of Emergency Management . Authorities have recovered bodies from a flooded house in Nashville and from an upside down vehicle floating on a flooded road , among other places , the mayor 's office said in a release Sunday night . Two"}
-{"answer":"predicted . We knew China would attack , so we focused on defending in the first half before sealing victory late on . '' Japan and Uzbekistan joined Jordan in clinching qualification Friday , continuing their domination of Group C. Japan routed Tajikistan 4-0 and Uzbekistan beat North Korea 1-0 with Timur Kapadze scoring the only goal of the match for the hosts . The big surprise of the day was the 1-0 defeat for Group D leaders Australia in Oman with Amad Ali scoring the winner in the 18th minute . Australia will still be expected to progress after four earlier wins , with Frank Rijkaard 's Saudi Arabia moving into second in the group after a 3-0 win over Thailand . In Group B , South Korea stayed top by beating the UAE 2-0 and Mahmoud El Ali grabbed the only goal of the game as Lebanon shocked hosts Kuwait 1-0 to move into second . Iran held on to top spot in Group E but needed an injury-time equalizer from Mojtaba Jabari to scramble a 1-1 draw in Bahrain . Iran lead Qatar , who recorded a 4-0 home win over Indonesia , on goal difference .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iraq scored in injury time Friday to beat 10-man China 1-0 and all but end their opponent 's hopes of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup finals . The Asia Group A match in Doha was a mirror image of the side 's earlier clash in China a month ago , with Younis Mahmoud , who scored the only goal in Shenzhen , coming up trumps again in injury time . China were handicapped by a red card for Zhang Linpeng and paid for missed chances . Iraq , coached by former Brazil legend Zico , have moved into a strong position in the qualifying section , which is led by Jordan , who confirmed their place in the second stage by beating Singapore 2-0 . Jose Camacho 's China would have to win their final two games and see Iraq lose by a heavy margin to Jordan and Singapore to claim an unlikely second in the group . `` China played bravely , but we won the match and the result has almost guaranteed our place in the last ten , '' Zico told the official FIFA website . `` The game went as we"}
-{"answer":"to look back at the Earth . They can float around and become astronauts . '' The cabin , which seats six paying passengers , is 90 inches -- nearly 8 feet -- in diameter , which provides `` lots of room for zero-G fun , '' Branson 's Web site said . The first voyage will carry Branson , his wife , mother and children , the entrepreneur said . `` Actually , that 's my mum on the side -- a younger version of my mum on the side of the spaceship , '' he said . After just a few minutes of space tourism , SpaceShipTwo will glide back to Earth , landing where it began the trip in New Mexico , he said . About 80,000 people have placed their names on the waiting list for seats on SpaceShipTwo and its successors . `` What we want to be able to do is bring space travel down to a price range where hundreds of thousands of people would be able to experience space , and they never dreamed that -LSB- they -RSB- could , '' Branson said . He said he hopes the technology will lead","question":"Mojave , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson on Monday unveiled the winged rocket his company developed to give paying customers a brief taste of space . The 300 people who have given Branson 's Virgin Galactic $ 20,000 deposits toward the $ 200,000 space-ride tickets were invited see SpaceShipTwo in its Mojave , California , hangar . CNN was given an early peek . The first flight in 2011 -- after 18 months of testing -- will launch from a spaceport under construction in New Mexico , Branson said . Another aircraft will carry the 60-foot-long SpaceShipTwo to 60,000 feet above the Earth , where `` they will drop away and they will then go to 2,000 miles per hour in 10 seconds , where they get propelled into space , '' Branson said . Its hybrid rocket motor -- still under development -- will reach a suborbital altitude high enough to reach the edges of space and weightlessness , according to Branson . `` Once in space , -LSB- passengers -RSB- will unbuckle their seats , '' he said . `` There are enormous windows , which no spacecraft has had before , for them"}
-{"answer":"1 at midafternoon , not long after its eye came ashore at South Padre Island . Forecasters said its winds had decreased to about 95 mph . `` It 's probably not the best decision to ride it out , '' said Murphy , 41 , but he said he felt that he did n't have a lot of choice.iReport.com : Murphy 's Law striking Murphy 's Law ? Only one shipyard in the area can pull a boat such as his out of the water , he said , and there are more boats than there are spaces , `` so you pretty much have to man it . '' See the projected path of the storm '' The charter company is a family business , and Murphy has been working on boats since he was 9 . He said his brother was in a boat anchored next to Murphy 's Law . He was alone because his deckhands left . View photos from the storm zone '' Murphy was accompanied by his girlfriend , Lisa Graves , and the captain of the company 's third boat , which had been hauled out of the water . `` When","question":"SOUTH PADRE ISLAND , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As his fishing boat , Murphy 's Law , was tossed about Wednesday in the path of Hurricane Dolly , Steven Murphy hoped to dodge the adage his vessel is named for : `` If anything can go wrong , it will . '' Captain Murphy 's Fishing Charters boats sit moored Wednesday at South Padre Island , Texas . Murphy , owner of Captain Murphy 's Fishing Charters , was riding out the storm in the 65-foot double-decker boat tethered to a pier at South Padre Island , Texas , just north of Brownsville . `` I do n't know if you can hear that wind , but it 's really blowing . It 's like a tornado , '' he said . `` It 's starting to tear it up real good . '' Dolly strengthened into a Category 2 storm Wednesday with 100-mph winds as it lashed the south Texas-Mexico border , sending residents and military personnel scurrying for safety and forcing people on South Padre Island to hunker down to wait it out . Watch Dolly pound South Padre '' The hurricane was reclassified to a Category"}
-{"answer":"never threatened anyone from the school before , they added . Auvinen published a manifesto online demanding war on the `` weak-minded masses '' and pledged to die for his cause . Watch Auvinen fire weapons in video from his Web page '' YouTube appeared to have removed 89 videos linked to his account , many of them featuring Nazi imagery , shortly after the incident . Finnish media reported someone posted a message two weeks ago on the Web site , warning of a bloodbath at the school . A video posted earlier Wednesday , by `` Sturmgeist89 , '' was titled `` Jokela High School Massacre - 11\/7\/2007 . '' `` Sturmgeist89 '' identified himself as Auvinen , and said he chose the name `` Sturmgeist '' because it means `` storm spirit '' in German . The video showed a picture of the school , which then disintegrated to reveal two images of Auvinen against a red background , pointing a gun at the screen . The clip is accompanied by the song `` Stray Bullet '' from rock band KMFDM . Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold , the students behind the 1999 Columbine High School massacre","question":"HELSINKI , Finland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An 18-year-old authorities say shot eight people inside his high school in southern Finland , before turning the gun on himself , has died , police said . An image from a video posted on YouTube by `` Sturmgeist89 . '' The shooting appeared to have been planned out in graphic videos posted on Internet file-sharing site YouTube . At a news conference this afternoon , police confirmed the dead numbered two girls , five boys and the school 's headmistress at Jokela High in Tuusula , a quiet town around 50 kilometers -LRB- 30 miles -RRB- north of Helsinki . Ten other people were taken to a hospital with minor injuries . The shooter , whom police identified as Pekka Eric Auvinen , died at Toolo Hospital , authorities said . Police said he took his own life . It was the first school shooting in Finland since 1989 , when a 14-year-old student shot and killed two others in the coastal town of Rauma , the Finnish news agency STT reported . Police said Auvinen is from Tuusula and who acted alone . He had no previous criminal record and had"}
-{"answer":"Institute of Technology . North Korea , following a 2007 agreement with five nations including the U.S. , handed over a declaration of its nuclear program on Thursday . The nation also took steps to disable a reactor that officials acknowledge helped extract plutonium to build nuclear weapons . On Friday , it destroyed the reactor 's cooling tower -- significant because the tower would take a year or longer to rebuild . Watch the tower being demolished . '' After North Korea 's declaration , President Bush said Thursday that he intends to move North Korea from the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism . Down the line , North Korea would receive economic and energy assistance if the U.S. and other nations agree it is complying with other efforts to dismantle its nuclear program . North Korea has been heavily sanctioned in the past because of its nuclear program . Stephen Hadley , the U.S. national security adviser , told reporters Thursday that the terror list was one incentive for North Korea to drop its nuclear ambitions . `` I think it is important to them not to be on a list that says ` enemies '","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- North Korea 's apparent cooperation with nations seeking to end its nuclear weapons ambitions -- six years after a deal collapsed and two years after testing a bomb -- may lead to questions about why it would play ball now . Some signs show North Korean leader Kim Jong Il does intend to drop his nuclear weapon program , experts say . One school of thought : The communist nation , in desperate economic straits , has long been willing to drop its program for better relations with the United States . But mistakes on both sides interfered , according to Jim Walsh , a national security analyst . North Korea could be trying to achieve survival through deceit , intending to keep its nuclear weapons as blackmail for better treatment , analysts suggest . But those making a case for North Korea 's sincerity , Walsh said , would say it must `` do the things economically that -LSB- it needs -RSB- to do to avoid collapse . '' `` Having nuclear weapons when the regime is collapsing wo n't do them much good , '' said Walsh , a research associate at the Massachusetts"}
-{"answer":"romantic -LRB- `` Chasing Amy , '' `` Jersey Girl '' -RRB- or as joyfully profane as `` Clerks '' -LRB- `` Dogma , '' `` Clerks II '' -RRB- . `` Zack and Miri , '' which opens Friday , is a blend of the two Smiths : full of sex and colorful language , but with a sweet side . Indeed , Banks told CNN not to be fooled by the film 's tawdry talk . `` Kevin Smith is a huge romantic , '' she said . `` He likes to wrap up the romance in profanity , but the guy is more sweet than spicy . '' Watch why `` Zack and Miri '' is so controversial '' In an interview with CNN , Smith , 38 , cheerfully acknowledged that this is not a film for prudes . The following is an edited version of the conversation . Kevin Smith : There 's a bit of language in this picture . I 'm not going to lie to you . ... I do n't even think of it as salty . To me , it 's just like part of a lexicon . CNN :","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Subtlety may not be in Kevin Smith 's vocabulary , but a lot of off-color words are . They 're sprinkled liberally throughout the writer-director 's new movie , `` Zack and Miri Make a Porno . '' Kevin Smith ca n't understand why the word `` porno '' is still a hot button for some people . The comedy stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks as roommates and longtime friends who decide that the solution to their money problems is to make a porn film . Strong language is nothing new for Smith , whose first film , `` Clerks , '' put him on the map with its merrily scatological musings . Though the film had little violence or exposed skin , it was initially given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA based on the language . `` Zack and Miri '' was also a possibility for an NC-17 , considered the kiss of death by studios because of distributing and marketing challenges , until Smith argued its merits to the ratings board and received an R . Since `` Clerks , '' Smith 's films have been almost wistfully"}
-{"answer":"is there any universal quality that you would say all moms have ? Katey Sagal : Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I 've ever done . I 've never loved anybody the way I love my children . It 's an experience I was surprised by . You have your boyfriend , your husband , your friends , but it 's a different thing . It 's deeper , and it 's a fantastic -- and risky -- commitment to love that deeply . I think the characters I 've played all have that quality , even Peg Bundy . She was devoted and loyal to her children in her own wacky way . But Gemma is intensely dedicated to her family and would do anything to protect her son and her extended family , which is the club . In my personal life , I do n't know that I would go to the lengths for my kids that Gemma does , but close . Bertsche : You were Peg Bundy before you were actually a mom . Once you had your first child , id having firsthand experience change","question":"-LRB- OPRAH.com -RRB- -- Do n't confuse Katey Sagal for Peg Bundy -- it 's a common mistake . Katey Sagal says being a mother has been her greatest teacher -- for all her roles . While her infamous alter ego was uneducated , Katey is thoughtful and well-spoken ; Peg 's fashion is time-warped -LRB- hello , bouffant ! -RRB- , Katey 's is earthy ; for every ounce of laziness in Peg 's body , Katey has a multitasking one to match . It may have taken years for the actress to shake her TV counterpart , but watch Katey as fierce matriarch Gemma Morrow on FX 's motorcycle drama `` Sons of Anarchy '' -LRB- which was released on DVD Tuesday -RRB- , and you 'll start to wonder , `` Peg who ? '' Rachel Bertsche : You 're known for playing three very different mothers -- `` Married with Children 's '' Peg Bundy , Kate from `` 8 Simple Rules '' and now Gemma . Plus , you have three kids of your own , two teenagers and a 2 1\/2 - year-old . Given all that on - and off-screen mothering experience ,"}
-{"answer":"that Apple 's new devices be stylish and technically impressive . But it 's equally important that they be in stock when people want to buy them , something that Apple has n't always been able to deliver . Only recently , for example , has the iPad 2 supply been able to meet demand . And as time goes on , thanks in part to new markets such as China , demand for each gadget will only grow . It 's not enough for Cook and his team to keep coming up with exciting new products . They also must continue Apple 's logistics revolution , so that consumers do n't have to wait forever to buy new Apple devices -- or turn instead to the competition . Consider the total number of devices Apple must now have built and shipped per year . In 2011 , including all iPhones , iPods , iPads , and Macs , Apple could end up shipping more than 175 million gadgets -- some 50 million more than it did last year , representing roughly 40 % growth . Next year , Apple is expected to ship an all-time high of around 215","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On Tuesday , new Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to help unveil Apple 's latest iPhone at its first big event since co-founder Steve Jobs stepped aside in August . Cook will no doubt be scrutinized for how he fulfills his new role Tuesday as chief pitchman for Apple 's products . And the new iPhone , expected to go on sale sometime in mid-October , will almost certainly draw lines of shoppers outside Apple 's stores . Then the question becomes : Can Apple make enough iPhones fast enough ? As demand for its gadgets continues to skyrocket , keeping Apple growing at its amazing pace will be a key hurdle for Cook 's regime . The consumer shift toward cheaper , portable computers -- and Apple 's huge success there with the iPhone and iPad -- means creating and selling an ever-increasing number of devices each year . Right now , for example , Apple will have to ramp up production of millions of new iPhones , and possibly new iPods , for the holidays . After that there will be more iPads , Macs , and other products . It 's important"}
-{"answer":"Kaye . The safety board resumed its three-day hearing Wednesday . Watch hearing consider whether crash could have been avoided '' At Tuesday 's hearing , Colgan Air acknowledged that Capt. Marvin Renslow never trained on the `` stick pusher '' emergency system in a flight simulator . But in a written statement , the carrier said that both Renslow and First Officer Rebecca Shaw had received other specific training about how to handle situations like those that preceded the crash . It said that the company provides FAA-approved ground training and that `` Captain Renslow and First Officer Shaw had thorough initial and recurrent training '' on how to handle a stall . `` Captain Renslow and First Officer Shaw did know what to do , had repeatedly demonstrated they knew what to do , but did not do it , '' the statement said . `` We can not speculate on why they did not use their training in dealing with the situation they faced . '' Anne Marie Russo , whose daughter Madeline died in the crash , watched Tuesday 's televised hearing at a hotel in Newark , New Jersey , with other families who lost","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Margie Brandquist wears a framed photo of her sister , who died in a plane crash three months ago . Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial near the site of a plane crash in Clarence Center , New York , in February . Her sister , Mary Pettys , 51 , was engaged to be married when her Continental Connection Flight 3407 went down in icy conditions near Buffalo , New York . The flight , operated by regional carrier Colgan Air , plunged into a house in Clarence Center , killing all 49 people on board and one man in the house . Brandquist is one of several of the victims ' family members attending this week 's National Transportation Safety Board hearing on Capitol Hill . Brandquist wants to know why the pilot , who failed several flight tests before joining the airline , never received hands-on training with the emergency equipment that was activated before the crash . `` We put our lives in the hands of people that we assume that the -LSB- Federal Aviation Administration -RSB- and the airlines are properly training , '' she told CNN 's Randi"}
-{"answer":"people appeared to believe that it was part of the performance . `` At the same time there were people rushing to get out , there were other people who seemed to be lacking a sense of urgency and did n't seem to realize what was going on , '' Hall said . The blaze started near a stage where fireworks were being used as part of a performance on the club 's closing night , said police Maj. Gen. Chokchai Deeprasertwit . Watch the fire engulf the building '' `` It may have been caused from sparks , but we do n't know if it was sparks from guests or from the nightclub 's countdown display on the nightclub stage , '' he said . iReport.com : Eyewitness captures scene of deadly aftermath Hall said his wife escaped ahead of him , but he got caught in a crowd . `` The lights went out , and at that moment , my back started burning , and I was breathing in hot air , '' he said . Watch Steven Hall describe his experience '' British citizen Andrew Jones said he was celebrating in the area when he walked","question":"BANGKOK , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 59 people were killed and more than 200 others injured early Thursday after a fire broke out at an upscale Bangkok nightclub where about 1,000 revelers were ringing in the new year , Thai police said . Rescue officials survey the scene of the nightclub fire in Bangkok , Thailand . Most of the victims died from smoke inhalation or were trampled in a rush to get out of the club . Thirty bodies have been identified : 29 Thai nationals and one Singaporean , according to police . The fire began at the nightclub Santika about 12:35 a.m. , police said . Rescue officials said 226 others were injured , including several foreigners . Two Americans were injured in the blaze , a U.S. State Department official said . The official did not release the victims ' names or the extent of their injuries but said the department was in contact with them . Steven Hall , a British national who was hurt in the fire , told CNN that flames began to spread along the ceiling above the stage where a band and DJ were performing . But some"}
-{"answer":"seek out the information flying around out there in the Twittersphere , but it all pretty much stays in the nutshell . With the overwhelming amount of widgets and gadgets and gizmos and doohickeys and whatnots attached to every other social network out there , is n't it nice to be able to get away with plain ol' simple every now and again ? Since we 're sticking with the `` less is more '' aesthetic , I 'm just going to give you 10 Twitter tips instead of the 20 I could have stretched this into . You 're welcome ! 1 . Be yourself , but beware . Say whatever you feel like saying , but remember that whatever you write could exist in the digital universe forever . Proceed with extreme caution . 2 . Do n't be afraid to interact with others . If you like something they say , reply by clicking the little grey arrow that appears when you hover over one of their tweets . You can also simply type in @username -LRB- replacing `` username '' with whatever their username happens to be on Twitter -RRB- . This is the formal way","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This Twitter thing has been coming on like gangbusters . The messaging site has been around for a couple of years , but its popularity seems to have exploded just recently . A self-admitted tech geek , Chris Pirillo is president of Lockergnome.com , a blogging network . Everyone from BarackObama to John Cleese to NASA to the consulate of Israel has a Twitter account . Heck , even yours truly does ! Do you ? Follow me and I 'll follow you back . Twitter is really more of a social commons than a full-blown social network like MySpace or Facebook . It pretty much does one thing : allows people to `` tweet '' what they 're up to -LRB- or what they 're thinking about -RRB- in 140 characters or less . Call it micro-blogging , if you will , but it 's about as close to the `` Keep It Simple , Stupid '' -LRB- K.I.S.S. -RRB- ideal as it gets . People can follow your tweets and you can follow theirs -- that 's pretty much it . There are some third-party apps out there that can help you organize and"}
-{"answer":"few mood swings in common . ... But the lifestyle and the attitude is not really me . '' George 's biggest problem is n't his desolation , however . He 's been diagnosed with a leukemia-like terminal disease , prompting him to get back to his roots and do more stand-up comedy . Along the way , he hires struggling comedian Ira Wright , played by Rogen , to pen jokes for him and act as his personal assistant . Despite hurling an occasional insult at Ira , George learns to trust his new , eager-to-please sidekick . The feeling is n't always mutual . Ira is forced to adapt to his boss ' constant mood swings , erratic behavior as he deals with the fear of dying and deep regret at losing Laura -LRB- Leslie Mann -RRB- , the only woman he ever loved . However , Ira does earn a steady paycheck -- and gets a taste of show business . Rogen , who says he would n't be in comedy if he never saw Sandler 's movies while he was growing up , says `` Funny People '' paints an accurate picture of the ups and","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Given a cast of Adam Sandler , Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill , and the guiding hand of director and writer Judd Apatow -LRB- `` Knocked Up '' and `` The 40-Year-Old Virgin '' -RRB- , perhaps there is no more appropriate title than simply `` Funny People . '' Adam Sandler , Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow get together at the `` Funny People '' premiere in Hollywood . Which is saying something , since `` Funny People '' frequently treads into the darker realms of comedy . Sandler leads the cast as George Simmons , an A-list Hollywood comedian whose fame and fortune has brought him a beautiful mansion on the beach , lots of luck with the ladies and , as the audience soon discovers , a life of loneliness . Sandler is quick to point out that he and his character have little in common . `` I ca n't really say this guy is me ; he 's not living my life , '' says Sandler , who is married with two children . `` The movie star thing we have in common ; we have a"}
-{"answer":"sleep . Many crews live far from their base of operations , causing them to come to work already tired from travel , NTSB investigators said . Renslow had nearly a full day off before assuming command of Continental Connection Flight 3407 . Yet the NTSB investigation found he slept in the Newark Airport crew lounge -- against Colgan Air regulations . The airline , though , appears not to have been enforcing that rule . `` Nobody argues that the human body needs to have its rest , and sometimes it does n't gel with the schedules of an airline , '' testified Capt. Rory Kay , executive air safety chairman for the Air Line Pilots Association . Watch hearing address issues of crew fatigue '' NTSB board member Kitty Higgins said the Colgan policy `` is that they 're not to sleep in the crew room , but it turns out they are sleeping in the crew room . '' Daniel Morgan , Colgan 's vice president for flight safety , said , `` People can come in between their flights to take a nap . '' Asked if napping was considered sleeping , he replied , ``","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The mother of the co-pilot who died in a plane crash near Buffalo , New York , in February , said Thursday that her daughter and the pilot were `` being used as a scapegoat . '' Lynn Morris says she was shocked at how her daughter , the plane 's co-pilot , was portrayed in the NTSB hearings . Lynn Morris ' daughter , First Officer Rebecca Shaw , was among the 50 people killed in the crash of the plane , operated by Colgan Air . Morris made the comments on the final day of investigative hearings held by the National Transportation Safety Board . `` I think I walked out of the hearings in shock , because I truly felt that both she and the captain were being used as a scapegoat , '' Morris said . Testimony from the hearings , which began Tuesday , revealed that fatigue may have contributed to the failure of Shaw and Colgan Air Capt. Marvin Renslow to save the plane as it approached Buffalo Niagara International Airport . Testimony on Wednesday indicated that crews on a number of airlines could be suffering from lack of"}
-{"answer":"renters . About 40 percent of people facing eviction from foreclosure in the United States are renters , according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition -LSB- NLIHC -RSB- . Yet regulations on the rental industry vary by state , and often there are no protections for those living in rental properties . For Stephens , the ordeal started with bad news from her landlord . `` My landlord came and told me that his property was being foreclosed on , '' Stephens said . She moved her children , one then a newborn and the other two under 7 , to a cheaper rental but had to leave there , too , when she lost her job and then her new landlord decided to sell the property . Watch more about the ordeals of some renters '' `` I had to hold back my tears because I 'm like , oh my goodness . I 'm from a middle-class family . ... I 've had the best of everything , '' said Stephens . `` I 've never been in a situation where I did n't have a place to live . I made the money . '' While","question":"RICHMOND , Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Maria Stephens barely flinches when her three rambunctious young sons strike up a baseball game in her living room . `` I thought you boys were going to play in the front yard , '' she laughs while Christian , 2 , swings a black plastic bat near the kitchen table . Maria Stephens went from making $ 80,000 a year to being homeless with three boys to care for . It 's hard to imagine all that energy cooped up in the small room where Stephens and her children spent seven months last year -- in a homeless shelter . Stephens , a mortgage underwriter who made $ 80,000 a year , faced a reversal of fortune so swift and devastating she still ca n't quite fathom it . The single mom went from paying $ 1,900 a month in rent to bunking at the shelter , an unexpected victim in the foreclosure crisis . And she is not alone . While the foreclosure rate across the country has grown dramatically in recent months , often lost in the statistics are numbers of Americans made homeless through no fault of theirs --"}
-{"answer":"own thrill rides . In addition to the new Epcot ride in Orlando , Florida , two Disney theme parks feature a ride called `` Toy Story Mania , '' which lets riders shoot at targets as they roll down the track and , in doing so , shape their own ride experience . Another Disney attraction , CyberSpace Mountain , caters to adults and kids by letting them customize their own virtual ride from a menu of drops , loops and other features . Universal Studios in Florida opened a roller coaster in August called the `` Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit , '' which lets people create their own personal musical soundtrack for their ride . Interactive rides are in the `` baby stages '' so far , since roller coasters and theme-park attractions are so expensive to build , but interaction and personalization promise to be running themes in the industry , said Bob McTyre , president of Apogee Attractions , which has has helped design rides for Disney , Universal Studios and others . McTyre was not involved in the new ride at Epcot . He said theme park designers frequently bring up ideas such as roller","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Any kid can dream up a roller coaster . But those who visit a new exhibit at Walt Disney World 's Epcot theme park can actually take a ride on their fantasy creations . An artist 's rendering of the `` Sum of All Thrills '' interactive ride , opening Wednesday at Disney World . Epcot on Wednesday opened a new attraction called `` Sum of All Thrills , '' which lets kids use computer tablets to design a virtual roller coaster , bobsled track or plane ride . After inputting their designs , kids climb into a robotic carriage that uses virtual-reality technology to help them experience the ride they 've created . `` This is really the next generation -- where there 's a lot more personalization involved '' in the amusement-park experience , said Eric Goodman , Disney 's lead project manager on the ride . This make-your-own-ride approach appears to be a growing trend in the world of amusement parks and museums . Taking cues from the video game industry , park and ride designers have realized that people -- especially young ones -- want to interact with and even design their"}
-{"answer":"after Ramos went missing , investigators found the SUV used in the kidnapping , but had few clues to lead them to the perpetrators , he said . So investigators focused on intelligence work -- matching the description of the snatching to the modus operandi of known criminal groups -- and eventually located a home where they believed Ramos was held . Venezuelan President Chavez himself authorized the operation on the house , which included using helicopters to deliver the rescue team near its target , El Aissami said . This house was , the team learned , a logistical base used by the kidnappers . According to the minister , it was the place where food and other logistics were prepared and then transferred to another location , where Ramos was actually being held . The owners of the home , Lesbia Quesada , 60 , and Aristides Sanchez , 64 , were accused of being accomplices to the crime and were arrested , he said . The rescue team then learned of a second home in an isolated area where Ramos was believed to be hiding . The trek there took three hours for the rescue team ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Colombian man , possibly linked with paramilitaries there , may be the mastermind behind the kidnapping in Venezuela of major league catcher Wilson Ramos , Venezuelan Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said Saturday . Authorities have identified him and an arrest warrant is being issued , he said . Six Venezuelans have been arrested in the case , and more arrests are possible as the investigation continues , El Aissami said . Ramos was rescued Friday night after a shootout between his suspected captors and rescuers in the mountainous region of Montalban , about 60 miles from the north central Venezuelan city where he was last seen . He is healthy and unharmed , authorities said . After the suspected captors opened fire on authorities , `` we responded in a proportional way , but not in a way that would put at risk -LRB- Ramos ' -RRB- rescue , '' El Aissami said at a news conference . The minister praised the bravery of the national guard troops who participated in the operation , singling out one guardsman who was under fire for several minutes `` but did not retreat . '' The day"}
-{"answer":". The plan 's failure emboldened Republicans and led to huge Democratic losses in the 1994 midterm elections , allowing the GOP to take control of Congress and stymie other Clinton initiatives . Now , 15 years later , Obama potentially faces a similar fate . Obama seeks the overhaul to ensure that health insurance is available to the 46 million Americans currently without coverage while preventing costs to both the government and individuals from continuing to climb . Watch more on the health care debate '' The president had set a deadline for passage of a bill before the August congressional recess , but in an interview Monday with PBS 's Jim Lehrer , the president said that if Congress tells him it 's `` going to spill over by a few days or a week , '' that 's fine . iReport.com : Weigh in on the health care debate A senior White House official adds that while there is a `` long way to go '' in coming up with legislation , there is a true effort being made to devise a bipartisan plan . See how the plans compare '' '' -LSB- The Senate -RSB- is","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In 1994 , universal health care was a key policy plan for then-President Bill Clinton . It eventually failed . In 1993 , President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton listen to a man 's story about health care problems . Now , 15 years later , another Democratic president is taking on the challenge , but facing an uphill battle from not only from Republicans , but from members of his own party . Will failing to reform health care have the same consequences for Obama 's administration as it did for Clinton 's ? Like Obama , Clinton came into office with reforming the nation 's health care system as one of his top priorities . Then-first lady Hillary Clinton , who headed the administration 's task force on reforming the system , delivered a 1,000-page plan that was dubbed `` Hillary Care , '' which required Americans and permanent resident aliens to enroll in a health plan . Other provisions included Americans below a certain income level paying nothing for care . Republicans decried the plan as overcomplicated and used it to tag the administration as big government-loving , tax-and-spend liberals"}
-{"answer":"pseudonym for fear of reprisal . `` It has become wide scale war against gays in Iraq . '' Iraqi officials acknowledged that the nation 's culture stigmatizes homosexuality , but said the government does not condone such attacks . Authorities are unable to provide homosexuals with special protection , said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh . According to Human Rights Watch , which is urging a government crackdown , attackers target people on the streets or storm homes , where they conduct interrogations and demand names of suspected gay men . Many end up in hospitals and morgues , the organization said , basing its conclusion on reports from doctors . Men have been threatened with `` honor killings '' by relatives worried that their `` unmanly behavior '' will ruin the family 's reputation , Human Rights Watch said . Watch Iraqi men discuss attacks '' Killings , kidnappings and torture of those suspected of homosexual conduct have intensified in areas such as the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City , the watchdog said . `` The Shiite people started this war and especially what happened in Sadr City , '' Qaisar said , adding that his sister-in-law had warned","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of gay men have been tortured and killed in Iraq in recent months , some by the nation 's security forces , Human Rights Watch said Monday . Iraqi clerics say homosexuality must be eradicated but warn against anti-gay violence . Interviews with doctors indicate hundreds of men had been killed , but the exact number was unclear because of the stigma associated with homosexuality in Iraq , the New York-based watchdog group said in its report . `` Iraq 's leaders are supposed to defend all Iraqis , not abandon them to armed agents of hate , '' said Scott Long , director of the Lesbian , Gay , Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch . `` Turning a blind eye to torture and murder threatens the rights and life of every Iraqi . '' Four victims who spoke to CNN gave accounts of the attacks , which they say have intensified in the past few months . `` In 2004 , militias and unknown groups started to go after the gays ... but the peak was six months ago , '' said Qaisar , who uses a"}
-{"answer":"gun -RSB- was stored in the closet . The mother never checked it , never fired it , '' Barreda said . `` They told detectives that they forgot they had stored it in a box inside a closet . Both her and her husband forgot about it , '' she said . Newman told detectives that she received the gun six years ago from a former employer . Police say that both she and her husband are cooperating in the investigation into the incident . The sheriff 's office says it 's unlikely that they will face charges . Florida law prohibits a person from leaving a loaded firearm where a minor might have access to it . Prosecutors do have some discretion , and depending on what happens with the gun , charges ranging from a misdemeanor to a felony can be filed in the event of death or serious injury . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that 17 states have child firearm access protection and safe-storage laws . Chief Assistant State Attorney Bruce Bartlett says that although laws are needed , an accident with a firearm can be a greater penalty than any judge","question":"MIAMI , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Florida boy remains in stable condition just days after he found his parents ' long-forgotten handgun in a closet and accidentally shot himself in the head . Police are deciding whether or not to charge parents after their son found a forgotten gun and shot himself . Sheriff 's detectives in Pinellas County , Florida , near St. Petersburg , say the boy found the . 25-caliber European semi-automatic handgun in a box in a closet in their home . `` They are dealing with this very tragic situation , and at this point , no charges have been filed , '' said Cecilia Barreda of the Pinellas County sheriff 's office . His stepfather found Jacob Larson , 12 , with a gunshot wound to the head Friday . The stepfather called 911 . Police say the shooting took place between 7:40 a.m. , when his mother , Tracy Newman , leaves for work , and about 11 a.m. , when his stepfather , Joseph Newton , returns home . The boy normally goes to school about 8:30 a.m. `` A few years ago , they moved , and -LSB- the"}
-{"answer":"the Internet that Jeremy was successfully diagnosed with LHON -- a hereditary disease with no treatment and no cure that only affects one in 50,000 people . Lissa Poincenot has since set up the website LHON.org to support fellow sufferers and their families , and to help raise funds for the USC Doheny Eye Institute , where Dr. Alfredo Sadun is researching a cure . Faced with the onset of blindness , Jeremy admits he slipped into depression for a couple of months until one afternoon he was jerked back into action . `` I saw this guy who had just lost his wife and baby daughter when a plane crashed down on his house , '' he told CNN . `` The guy was in a press conference crying , saying ` If anybody knows how to handle something this tragic , please tell me . ' I just thought , ` Hey if this guy can make it through this then I can survive having no central vision . ' That became my motto : ` Things could be worse . ' '' So six months after losing his sight , Poincenot decided to pick up his clubs","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jeremy Poincenot can no longer read , drive a car or even recognize faces . But the 20-year-old , who lost his central vision two years ago , can successfully hit a small white ball into a slightly larger hole from considerable distance . Chipping from off the green at a tournament in August , the American won a nerve-wracking playoff to officially become the world 's best blind golfer . Poincenot , a college student from San Diego , has an extremely rare disease called Leber 's hereditary optic neuropathy -LRB- LHON -RRB- . And not long ago , he feared he 'd never play golf again . He woke up the day before Thanksgiving in 2008 to notice his formerly perfect vision was a little blurry . A routine trip to the optometrist to pick up a pair of glasses ended up with him being diagnosed with a suspected brain tumor . The subsequent holidays were spent having an MRI scan , a spinal tap and then a catheter placed in his jugular as doctors struggled to diagnose the cause of his vanishing sight . It was n't until his mother discovered it on"}
-{"answer":"and she had her iPod and she was playing my song . She did n't know who she was standing next to . That was kind of funny . '' But hearing his music in public does n't mean he 's allowed to get too cocky , he said . `` It actually motivates me to make even more music , because that 's kind of big . Coming from where I 'm from -- coming from nothing -- it 's just amazing to hear people react to my music like they do . '' The Miami-born artist , whose real name is Kisean Anderson -- he changed his name to Kingston to reflect his Jamaican heritage -- got a taste for the big time in 2007 when his debut song `` Beautiful Girls '' became a No. 1 hit in the United States . His sophomore album , called `` Tomorrow , '' comes out September 22 . Kingston just wrapped filming in Los Angeles for the music video for its second single , `` Face Drop . '' Kingston dropped by CNN to share his thoughts on his abilities on the dance floor and the leading ladies of","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sean Kingston was talking about his hit song `` Fire Burning '' when his cell phone suddenly started to ring . The device blasted a familiar tune . Sean Kingston has one of the summer 's hottest hits with `` Fire Burning . '' She 's fire burning , fire burning on the dance floor . Wait a minute . His own song is his ringtone ? `` I 've got to support it , man , '' said Kingston , 19 , with a cheeky smile . `` It goes right back in my pocket , but hey . '' There had better be plenty of room in those pockets . `` Fire Burning '' is shaping up to be one of the summer 's hottest tracks , with more than a million downloads sold , and is the second best-selling song on iTunes this week . For mainstream radio listeners and nightclub goers , the reggae-trance track is inescapable . Even for Kingston . Watch how Kingston sets the dance floor ablaze '' `` Three days ago I was in an elevator , '' he said . `` A lady came in"}
-{"answer":"of the sea floor . How common are such waves ? Waves of this height are not very common in the Mediterranean under normal conditions , but it would not be unusual to find waves of this magnitude within strong storms -LRB- as was the case with these waves -RRB- . Rogue waves , especially those not associated with stormy conditions , are far less common , but present the biggest danger to ships due to their unexpected nature . Is it unusual for cruise ships to be hit by such abnormal waves ? Cruise ships are frequently affected by large waves all over the world , although normally not to this extreme , and with minimal consequences . Cruise ships normally set their course to avoid storms and rough seas when possible . We hear of events such as this one every couple of years , such as in March 2001 when two tourist ships were impacted in the same week -LRB- the Bremen and Caledonian Star -RRB- . Can abnormal activity in one ocean impact other seas or oceans ? All the world 's oceans are connected , and we know vary large scale events such as tsunamis","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two people were killed when unusually large and powerful waves crashed into a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea this week . Here CNN Senior Meteorologist Brandon Miller explains the science behind the deadly squall that hit the Louis Majesty as it traveled from Barcelona , Spain to Genoa , Italy . What caused the wave that hit the cruise ship ? There was a strong storm moving through the Mediterranean which brought winds gusting well over 100 kph . Winds of this magnitude will result in a very rough sea state and large waves . Buoys nearby recorded significant wave heights -LRB- defined as the average of the largest 1\/3 of waves over a 20 minute period -RRB- over 6 meters . The waves which hit the ship were reported to be between 8-9 meters . This would not be considered a `` rogue '' wave , as rogue waves must have a height at least double the significant wave height , but it is nevertheless abnormally high . Several factors can contribute to an increase in the size of the wave , including wind direction , ocean current direction , and shape and depth"}
-{"answer":"country occupied fewer than 20 acres of vineyards some 35 years ago , but today there are more than 4,000 acres . Local wines have been touted in Wine Spectator . This -- in combination with easy access to fresh seafood and produce -- has attracted a thriving group of epicures . Chef Tom Colicchio -LRB- of Top Chef fame , owner of the Craft restaurant empire , and cofounder of Manhattan 's tony Gramercy Tavern -RRB- bought a house here in 2004 . The area has not , however , become too enamored of its own success . Towns have been gently burnished , but their rural character has remained unchanged . `` This is the last vestige of what all of Long Island used to be , '' says Chris Baiz , owner of The Old Field Vineyards in Southold . Budget Travel gallery : Check out this mellow wine scene Only about 75 miles from Manhattan , the North Fork juts into the Long Island Sound , separated from the Hamptons by the Peconic Bay . The peninsula itself is only about 30 miles long . At Riverhead , strip malls begin to give way to open","question":"-LRB- Budget Travel -RRB- -- If the two forks of Long Island 's East End were sisters , the North Fork would undoubtedly be the innocent , modest one . Edgewater Cottage in Orient offers three rental apartments that share a front porch overlooking the water . She has none of the glitz of her southern peninsular twin , the Hamptons . Celebrities do n't seem to pay her much attention . She faces the quiet Long Island Sound instead of the lusty open ocean . And instead of a party scene , she offers bucolic countryside dotted with wineries and farm stands . But , as with sex appeal , geographic appeal is a matter of taste . Some of us prefer the North Fork 's easygoing charm to her famous sister 's haughty glamour . The North Fork may not be as posh as the Hamptons , in other words , but she has a better personality . `` The North Fork is like a young Sonoma , '' says Joe Watson , who opened Vine Wine + Caf\u00e9 , in Greenport , one of the area 's biggest villages , in 2006 . Long Island 's wine"}
-{"answer":"other delegations at the mosque 's entrance . The Ugandan guards -- who had traded hostilities with the predominantly-Arab Libyan guards at every joint event since Gadhafi 's arrival in the country Sunday -- reacted with fury and fought back . Museveni briefly lost his balance when a hefty Libyan guard pushed him to a wall . Another Libyan guard pushed Rwandan President Paul Kagame , who also lost his balance but was caught by his own guards . The vice president of Tanzania was knocked over by fighting guards as he was taking his shoes off to enter the mosque . Guards to the rest of the visiting presidents and prime ministers kept their respective leaders out of the fray , with some drawing their guns as the dignitaries looked on in disbelief . Some leaders -- notably those from Somalia , Burundi and Djibouti -- were visibly uneasy as guns were drawn on all sides . By the time the fight was over more than six minutes later , about a dozen presidential guards were left bleeding from compound fractures and the Libyan and Ugandan protocol officials traded bitter accusations of disrespect and racism . `` What are","question":"KAMPALA , Uganda -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A fight between Ugandan and Libyan presidential guards sparked chaos during a ceremony attended by the heads of state from 11 African nations on Wednesday . Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attend the opening of the mosque . Several of the guards to the visiting heads of state from Kenya , Tanzania , Burundi , Rwanda , Mali , Somalia , Sudan and Djibouti sustained serious injuries in the fight , which included punches , kicks and the drawing of guns . No leaders were hurt in the melee , though several were knocked over . Several journalists also were caught up in the fracas and suffered injuries or lost their grips on cameras and recorders . The incident occurred at the opening of a massive Gadhafi National Mosque in Kampala , a structure begun by the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in 1972 and completed with financing from Libya , according to African media reports . Minutes after Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his host , Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni , jointly unveiled a plaque to mark the event , the Libyan guards pushed away the guards of"}
-{"answer":"some guy read the Dow Jones numbers that day and said , ` Why do n't we have a vasectomy ? ' '' Jones said . `` More likely , people have already been considering it and typically a guy and his wife have spoken a year or two about this . '' Jones was told by patients that they were getting vasectomies because they were losing their jobs and health insurance , or concerned about being out of work soon . `` They realize they do n't have the financial security long-term with what 's going on , '' Jones said . `` Several of them have mentioned , ` We ca n't afford to have any more children in this economy . ' My perception is that it 's more of the concept of raising children in an uncertain economic future . '' Much like Jones , Dr. Marc Goldstein , surgeon-in-chief of male reproductive medicine and surgery at the Cornell Institute for Reproductive Medicine in New York , saw a 48 percent increase in vasectomy consultations compared with the same time last year . `` I have never seen anything like this , '' said Goldstein ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dr. J. Stephen Jones had seven vasectomies to perform in a day . Some urologists around the country are reporting increased numbers of patients coming in for vasectomies . The schedule for Jones , a Cleveland , Ohio , urologist , has become more crowded during a recent boom in vasectomies . `` My staff came to me and said , what 's happening ? '' said Jones , the chairman of the Department of Regional Urology of Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute at the Cleveland Clinic . `` Why are we suddenly having an explosion in guys asking for vasectomies ? '' They looked at their statistics and realized the uptick started around November as the economic crisis deepened . October went down in the history books as one of Wall Street 's worst months . Since then , the Cleveland Clinic has seen a 50 percent increase in vasectomies , an outpatient surgery that is the cheapest form of permanent birth control . Vasectomies are less invasive and cheaper than tubal ligation , which involves blocking , tieing or cutting a woman 's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy . `` It 's unlikely that"}
-{"answer":"Several other employees said they did not want speak to CNN in fear of jeopardizing the generous severance packages offered by Disney . Employees let go will receive pay for 60 days ; extended medical coverage ; and severance packages that vary according to their years of service , said a Disney source . Disney 's Griffin said : `` These decisions were not made lightly , but are essential to maintaining our leadership in family tourism and reflect today 's economic realities . '' Central Florida 's unemployment rate is 9.7 percent -- a 33-year high , according to the area 's job service agency , Workforce Central Florida . The rate is more than double from the same time a year ago . The job agency 's spokeswoman , Kimberly Cornett , said 40,000 to 50,000 people registered with the agency are vying for 1,000 jobs available through Workforce Central Florida . Fewer than 100 available job listings are in the tourism industry . Cornett said she does not believe Disney 's layoffs will have a significant effect to the area 's overall economy , since currently 107,000 people are unemployed in Central Florida . Cornett said ,","question":"ORLANDO , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Disney World has not been the happiest place on Earth for employees this year . The Walt Disney World resort in Orlando , Florida , has lost some 1,600 jobs . Imagine one day receiving recognition for decades of service from your employer only to be laid off the next day . That is what happened to one Walt Disney Parks and Resorts employee who asked not be identified . Disney has eliminated 1,900 U.S.-based positions since mid-February . Some 900 salaried employees working at Disney 's theme parks in Florida were laid off , and 700 open positions were eliminated , said communications Vice President Mike Griffin . In California , 200 workers were laid off and 100 open positions were cut . Disneyland in California and Disney World are having their behind-the-scenes operations combined in a restructuring , said Griffin . Disney officials say theme parks , the Disney Cruise Line , Disney Vacation Club and off-property resorts have seen some people with decades of experience laid off during the restructuring . The former employee let go after decades of service is still hoping to return once the economy improves ."}
-{"answer":"10 Amistad St. , about 10 blocks from Yale University 's campus . Her body was found inside the basement wall of the building on September 12 , the day she was to be married . Authorities have charged Yale lab technician Raymond Clark , 24 , with Le 's murder . Bond has been set at $ 3 million , according to police . See timeline of case '' Vivian Van Le addressed her daughter 's fiance , Jonathan Widawsky , on Saturday at the funeral , saying , `` Even now , Annie is gone . But I still have you and love you very much , like my son , Christopher . '' Widawsky is a graduate student in physics at Columbia University , according to Yale . Watch loved ones say goodbye to Le '' Monsignor James C. Kidder told the mourners that `` the worth of Annie 's life was not its length , it was its intensity of love . '' Yale released a statement Friday , saying that a university memorial service would be held on October 12 . The university is also establishing a scholarship in Le 's memory . It released","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mourners gathered Saturday in a California church to remember slain Yale graduate student Annie Le , 24 , whose body was found on the day she was to be married . Yale student Annie Le 's family said in a statement that `` her laughter was infectious . '' `` You were born in my loving embrace , '' said Le 's mother , Vivian Van Le , reading a poem she 'd written in Vietnamese to those gathered for the funeral at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in El Dorado Hills , California . Chris Le -- her son and Annie Le 's brother -- provided a translation . `` The most wonderful gift that God had sent to me . ... You left life at too young an age , at the beginning of many great things . All the dreams and hopes of your future gone with you to your resting place , '' Vivian Van Le said , according to her son . Le , a pharmacology graduate student , was last seen alive on September 8 , the day she appeared in a surveillance video as she entered the four-story lab at"}
-{"answer":"quiet moments with her alone , is something that I 've been missing as an actor , and I feel like the audience has been missing , too . `` She is such a complicated , fascinating character , and watching her growth and lack of growth is something that is really interesting , '' she said . When CNN asked whether the new episodes might include a wedding for her character , Sedgwick laughed . `` That might very well happen , '' she said . `` That 's pretty insightful of you . I 'm just going to just say that . '' A marriage for Brenda Johnson would be `` a complicated , difficult situation , '' she said , because `` she 's basically married to her work . '' Sedgwick 's job also complicates her real-life marriage to Bacon , since the show is produced in Los Angeles and the couple lives in Connecticut with their two children . That 's where the approval -- whether on the street from fans or at award shows -- has `` been a wonderful phenomenon for me , '' she said . `` On a personal level ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For actress Kyra Sedgwick , it 's the public 's approval that makes it worth being away from her family for six months to tape her critically acclaimed series `` The Closer . '' Kyra Sedgwick and her husband , Kevin Bacon , at the 66th annual Golden Globe Awards this month . But she may be getting more approval from her peers , too . Sedgwick will walk the red carpet again Sunday night at the Screen Actors Guild Awards , where she is nominated for a fourth consecutive year for outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series for her role as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson . She 's also won a Golden Globe for her performance , in 2007 . The TNT series resumes Monday night where it left off in September with what Sedgwick called `` a fantastic five episodes . '' -LRB- TNT is a unit of Time Warner , as is CNN . -RRB- `` I said to the writers , ' I really want a lot of personal stuff for Brenda , ' '' Sedgwick said . `` I feel like there 's some of those personal"}
-{"answer":"Villanova have won a combined nine NCAA championships and reached 31 Final Fours . But more important to the city are the visitors -- and the wallets -- that college basketball 's marquee weekend will bring to Detroit . City leaders expect 100,000 fans to visit -- staying in hotel rooms , renting cars and spending an anticipated $ 30 million to $ 50 million . The participation of Michigan State adds icing on the cake . The school 's campus sits just 90 miles away , in East Lansing , giving the Spartans a home-floor advantage as they give locals some added pride on a special weekend . MSU helped things along mightily by advancing to the finals Saturday , defeating Connecticut 82-73 . In the national championship game , the Spartans will play North Carolina , 83-69 victors over Villanova later Saturday . More than half the Michigan State players are from in-state and many have felt the impact of the region 's economic woes . `` I have family that are unemployed right now , '' said sophomore guard Durrell Summers , who starred at Detroit 's Redford Covenant High School . '' -LSB- For the Final","question":"DETROIT , Michigan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's a stimulus plan on sneakers . The NCAA men 's Final Four at Detroit 's Ford Field could generate $ 30 million to $ 50 million from visitors . The NCAA men 's basketball Final Four could n't come at a better time for the city of Detroit -- the hard-hit capital of the U.S. auto industry at the center of the state of Michigan 's economic woes . The 12-percent unemployment rate here is the highest in the nation , and with the Big Three automakers all needing multibillion-dollar government bailouts in an attempt to stay afloat , the future is n't much brighter , some say . `` We need some help , '' said Detroit resident Mark Franklin , who took his 5-year-old son to Friday 's Hershey 's College All-Star Game at Ford Field . `` There are too many people out of work already . Even if you have a job , you know someone who does n't . '' Enter the Final Four and a quartet of powerhouse college basketball teams -- all seeking NCAA brass . Connecticut , Michigan State , North Carolina and"}
-{"answer":"against Jon Stewart 's assault . '' Kurtz is very familiar with the style of both men . He has appeared on `` The Daily Show '' and is the author of `` The Fortune Tellers : Inside Wall Street 's Game of Money , Media and Manipulation , '' in which Cramer is featured . Kurtz said Stewart `` made clear at the outset that he was n't going for laughs '' and displayed very much the same passion for holding the media accountable as he did when he appeared on , and denounced , CNN 's `` Crossfire . '' Watch the debate on `` Reliable Sources '' `` When I went on -LSB- Stewart 's -RSB- show last year , he was so wound up in ripping the media that he went on for another 10 minutes , knowing full well that we were out of time , '' Kurtz said . `` Stewart , as funny as he can be , is a very trenchant media critic who cares passionately about this stuff , and we saw that Thursday night . '' iReporter David Seaman of New York said he was surprised at the vigor with","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- By most accounts , the showdown was pretty brutal . Many declared Jon Stewart , right , the victor in his face-to-face with Jim Cramer on `` The Daily Show . '' Many watching Thursday night 's `` Daily Show '' on Comedy Central felt that comedian-turned-media-critic Jon Stewart held bombastic financial guru and CNBC `` Mad Money '' host Jim Cramer 's feet to the fire . And Cramer flinched . Stewart , known for his zany , satirical take on the news , was serious as he took Cramer 's network to task for what Stewart viewed as their `` cheerleading '' of corporations at the heart of the nation 's current economic crisis . And despite the title of his financial show , Cramer came off as less mad and more apologetic . Watch Stewart vs. Cramer '' `` If it was a prize fight , they would have stopped it , '' said Howard Kurtz , the `` Washington Post '' media critic and host of CNN 's `` Reliable Sources . '' `` I was stunned that Jim Cramer kind of did a rope-a-dope strategy and did n't really defend himself"}
-{"answer":"death penalty for war crimes before a civilian court , where he was tried because he had been discharged from the military before his crimes came to light . Four other former soldiers are in prison for their roles in the crimes and the cover-up that followed . Green faces either death or life in prison without the possibility of parole . His fate will be in the hands of the jury by week 's end . The defense has presented relatives and medical professionals who have pieced together a picture of Green 's childhood as troubled and stressful . It included the breakup of his parents ' marriage , routine beatings to the point of injury by an older brother and being moved about through Texas by his mother . Ruth , the final witness scheduled by the defense , said that when the idea of the military came up for her nephew , she was unsure the Army would accept him . Even after he received a high school diploma through a correspondence course , she said , `` I could not picture or imagine how he could make it through basic training . '' Ruth said when","question":"PADUCAH , Kentucky -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The aunt of former U.S. soldier Steven Green told jurors tearfully Monday that `` We did not send a rapist and murderer to Iraq '' as defense lawyers worked to save her nephew from a death sentence . Former U.S. soldier Steven Green has been convicted of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl . Patty Ruth , a Texas elementary school principal , told a civilian jury about Green 's childhood as a reader who loved to be hugged by relatives . `` I do not know how we got to this spot , '' Ruth said in emotional testimony . `` I do not know how this happened . '' Green was convicted last week in U.S. District Court in Kentucky of murder , rape , conspiracy and obstruction of justice in connection with a 2006 rape-and-murder south of Baghdad . A jury found him guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl , then killing her and setting her body on fire to destroy evidence . Green also was found guilty of killing the girl 's parents and 6-year-old sister . He could become the first former U.S. soldier to face the"}
-{"answer":"developed by San Diego-based company SkyWindPower . Code-cracker turned turbine enthusiast The latter is headed by David Shepard , who started his career cracking Japanese military ciphers during World War Two , and went on to create the Farrington B numeric font that appears on credit cards around the world . Shepard has long been convinced of the need for a new global energy source to reduce reliance on carbon-emitting fossil fuels . For the last two decades his attention has focused on the electricity-generating potential of high-altitude winds , and when he learnt of Professor Roberts ' prototype `` gyromill '' -- a flying wind turbine that the Australian had been developing since 1979 -- he decided it offered the best model for realizing that potential . The two men started working together in 2002 , and the FEG is the result . High-altitude winds The guiding principle of the FEG is that wind speed and constancy are far greater at high altitude than they are on the ground , especially in the two major jet streams - the Sub-Tropical Jet and the Polar Front Jet - that exist in each hemisphere -LRB- at around 30 degrees and 60","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- James Bond would be lost without them -- those madcap gadgets merging two technologies that help him beat the bad guys and save the planet . The underwater watch with a built-in Geiger counter , for example ; or the car that doubles as a submarine ; or the exploding bagpipes and missile-launching wheelchair . An artist 's impression of what a Flying Electric Generator might look like Now a U.S. company has taken a leaf out of 007 's book and developed a similarly unlikely `` combination '' technology . The `` villain '' in this case is not a psychotic , cat-stroking megalomaniac , but something both more prosaic and , potentially , more threatening -- global warming : in particular , how to meet the world 's energy needs without swamping the planet with clouds of atmosphere-clogging pollutants . And the madcap gadget that might just provide a solution ? A helicopter that doubles as a wind turbine . Or , to give it its technical name , a FEG -LRB- Flying Electric Generator -RRB- . The brainchild of Australian engineering specialist Professor Bryan Roberts , the FEG is being"}
-{"answer":"highly critical of her leadership and that of her husband and predecessor , Nestor Kirchner . Although the proposed legislation would not affect newspapers , Grupo Clarin 's other business interests in cable , television and radio would be forced to be sold off or restructured . '' -LSB- Cristina -RSB- Kirchner saw -LSB- Clarin -RSB- as a limit to her power , and this was the origin of the conflict , '' Argentine political analyst Rosendo Fraga said . Argentina 's case is just one of a number of fights between the presidency and the media in Latin America . `` At this moment , in Nicaragua , Venezuela , Bolivia , Ecuador and Argentina , the presidents have conflicts with the private media and seek to dominate them , although each country is a different case , '' Fraga said . Among the changes proposed in the bill , a company that owns a cable business would not be allowed to own any over-the-air broadcast channels . Also , the owner of a cable company would be allowed to have only one channel on that system . In its current form , Grupo Clarin would be in violation","question":"BUENOS AIRES , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The lower house of Argentina 's Congress has approved a controversial media law that spells out media ownership rules and calls for the creation of a regulatory agency . Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has blamed Grupo Clarin for her low approval ratings . The measure passed Thursday by a vote of 147 to 4 , but the wide margin does not reflect the heated debate over it . Lawmakers opposed to the measure protested by walking out of the chamber and not voting . Some even threatened to turn to the courts to challenge the legitimacy of the vote . The goal of the so-called Audio-Visual Communication law is to regulate television and radio broadcasters and increase competition in the media industry , according to a draft of the bill . Opponents say it targets media critical of the current government and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner , especially the media giant Grupo Clarin . This bill is `` for everyone who wants to live in a more democratic and more pluralistic Argentina , '' Fernandez de Kirchner said in a speech last month . The newspaper Clarin has been"}
-{"answer":"match with the bulk of possession but were unable to work an opening to leave the French to contemplate a final against either hosts New Zealand or Australia who play the second semifinal Sunday on the same ground . But at the end , the main talking point was the crucial red card for Warburton , whose tackle on Vincent Clerc lifted the French wing off his feet as he released a pass . Blog : Why New Zealand must win the World Cup Rolland believed the infringement merited dismissal rather than a sin-bin offense or warning but former World Cup winning captain Francois Pienaar of South Africa thought otherwise . `` It was a dangerous tackle , yes . Never a red card , '' he told ITV Sport . `` It killed the game , '' he added . Warburton , who could miss next Friday 's third place playoff match , was also amazed to have been sent off . `` I 'm gutted . There was no malicious intent . I thought it was a normal tackle , the next thing I was walking off into the stands . '' Wales have made only one previous","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- France beat heroic 14-man Wales 9-8 in Auckland Saturday to reach the final of the Rugby World Cup . The match was overshadowed by the 18th minute dismissal of Wales captain Sam Warburton for a dangerous tackle . It looked to be a harsh decision by Irish referee Alain Rolland and tipped the match in France 's favor although they had to withstand a late Welsh onslaught to maintain their slender lead . Wales had led 3-0 through a James Hook penalty before losing their skipper , but a pair of Morgan Parra penalties put France 6-3 ahead at the interval . He increased that lead to 9-3 with his third penalty early in the second half only for Wales to hit back through a clever solo try by scrum half Mike Phillips . Stephen Jones , a second half replacement for Hook , missed the conversion as it hit the post before Wales had a second chance to take the lead in the closing moments . Fortunate to win a penalty on the halfway line , Leigh Halfpenny 's kick was accurate but dipped just under the posts . Wales spent the remainder of the"}
-{"answer":"to today 's big rigs -- an action it says will allow higher load limits and lead to safer roads . Adding an axle would give big rigs 22 wheels , up from the current 18 . Without the change , `` more trucks will have to take to the road '' to handle rising cargo demand , said John Runyan , co-chairman of the truck cargo industry group . Runyan was at the back of the room during the other group 's news conference , where families gave tearful accounts of losing loved ones in truck wrecks . One of those couples , Mark and Tracy Quinichett , lost their 21-year-old daughter a few months ago when a truck 's wheel flew off and crashed through the windshield of her car on the Capital Beltway outside Washington . `` The larger the trucks -- it 's just so much more dangerous . And if they are allowed to make these trucks larger , it 's going to be a real , real problem , even more than it is right now , '' Mark Quinichett said . Runyan told CNN that going from 18 wheels to 22 wheels would","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Safety advocates are fighting efforts to allow tractor-trailers to carry heavier loads on highways , saying the trucks are already too dangerous . But at least one group says adding an axle would improve safety margins so such loads can be carried . Mark and Tracy Quinichett , whose daughter was killed in a wreck , speak Monday against raising trucks ' load limits . `` It is a public health crisis , '' policy activist Joan Claybrook said Monday , announcing a petition drive to fight larger loads that could be authorized as part of a transportation bill moving through Congress . At a Monday news conference , Claybrook -- who chaired the National Highway Transportation Administration during the Carter administration -- and her Truck Safety Coalition presented several families who have lost a loved one to a highway accident involving commercial trucks . A new Web site from the coalition , StopBiggerTrucks.org , provides statistics the group believes will persuade people to pressure lawmakers to leave truck limits as they stand . But an industry group , the Coalition for Transportation Productivity , hopes lawmakers will approve a proposal to add an axle"}
-{"answer":"hands to salute this indefatigable spirit of such change makers through `` Circus for Change . '' Both organizations are comprised of people who have devoted themselves to reduce the misery of the earth and her people by way of grassroots level advocacy , raising awareness about social , cultural and political issues or by bringing smiles to the faces of many by entertaining them through their creative performances . The Dreamtime Circus is a troupe of fire dancers , jugglers , aerialists , clowns and musicians who travel the world to share the uplifting experience of the circus with the peoples of the world . During their travels , the troupe aims to support local organizations working on vital environmental , health , and humanitarian issues that impact the communities they visit . The Dreamtime Circus was founded by fire dancers and non-profit organizers Chris Dunn and Kara `` Kfire '' Voss in 2005 , when they first started performing in villages throughout Indonesia . Since then , Dreamtime Circus has grown from two to 30 performers and their debut performance , `` Between Worlds , '' played to five sold out audiences in San Francisco , California ,","question":"NEW DELHI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Vimlendu Jha is the founder and head of Swechha -- We For Change Foundation which is based in India 's capital , New Delhi . `` The Dreamtime Circus is a troupe of fire dancers , jugglers , aerialists , clowns and musicians who travel the world to share the uplifting experience of the circus . '' Swechha started out as an organization to combat the pollution of the city 's main waterway , the river Yamuna . Today it deals with the environmental issues that affect several aspects of Delhi . Vimlendu leads volunteers and local children to key sites around the city to tackle the ecological problems , as well as to raise awareness of the issues . Follow his efforts in his blogs and video diaries . December 4 , 2007 We live in a conflict-ridden world . There is upheaval and turmoil between countries , between people , between man and nature and within one 's own self . Fortunately , there are people who are striving hard to fight this feeling of gloom and despondency . Dreamtime Circus and Swechha -- We for Change Foundation have joined"}
-{"answer":". Senk could n't fit through the window . One of Senk 's fellow firefighters put him on a ladder and got him to a different window . But then the boy did something unexpected . He disappeared into the black smoke back inside his bedroom . `` What am I gon na do now ? '' Senk recalled . `` I masked up and went in . '' Senk says there was intense heat . The smoke was so thick that he could n't see a thing . He felt around for the boy with his hands . Senk found him near a doorway . In video that 's been aired repeatedly on local , national , and international TV , Senk is seen leaning out the window and handing the boy to Cretan . Senk says he knew the boy was n't in good shape . `` He was unconscious . The body was limp . He was foaming at the mouth . '' `` I did n't think he was going to make it , '' Senk added . Watch Senk talk about the rescue with CNN 's Susan Candiotti '' He says he yelled to his","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He 's the other hero . After pulling child to safety , firefighter Jimmy Senk went back into burning building in case another was inside . Jimmy Senk is a Bronx , New York , firefighter who went inside a burning apartment with black smoke billowing out of the windows on Wednesday , pulled out a 4-year-old boy and handed him to a bystander . `` I 'm just glad he 's alive , you know ? '' Senk told CNN . The boy has since been released from the hospital . The bystander , shopkeeper Horia Cretan , climbed four floors up a fire escape to try to help the boy before firefighters arrived . Cretan could n't reach the youngster . But when firefighter Senk and his fellow battle blazers arrived on the scene , they sprung into action . Senk could n't use the fire escape . Too many apartment residents were using it to get out . `` When I looked up , '' Senk said , `` I could see the boy 's arm sticking out the window . '' But the window was blocked by a bunk bed"}
-{"answer":"as the strictest state immigration law in the nation . Law 's enactment spooks immigrants `` We expected the judge to rule like the other judges who blocked the laws in Arizona and Georgia , '' Vazquez says , referring to similar anti-illegal immigration laws approved in those states , with federal judges subsequently blocking the more severe parts of those bills . `` Now , they can take me away from my children anytime , '' Vazquez says . Her journey began five years ago when she and her husband left the Mexican state of MIchoacan and headed north in search of jobs . `` In Mexico , it is hard to find a job . I 'm 35 years old , and the ads seeking help say they want people between the ages of 18 and 35 , '' Vazquez says . `` It was n't easy coming over . We left our parents , our siblings , our family , and they did n't know what was going to happen to us . '' The couple entered the United States illegally and headed for Montgomery , where they had relatives . They first rented a room in","question":"Montgomery , Alabama -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gabriela Vazquez maneuvers through piles of clothes and toys while trying to control her two small children . `` They never stop , '' she says , while pulling a pair of pants from an almost-empty drawer and deciding whether to toss the pants to the `` keep '' or `` leave '' pile . The decision is not an easy one . Vazquez is attempting to pack five years of her life in the United States into only a handful of bags . `` I crossed over into the U.S. with nothing but my clothes , so I 'm taking nothing , only my clothes and my kids , '' she says . Vazquez began packing moments after a federal judge in Birmingham , Alabama , last week allowed most of the state 's controversial law , known as HB56 , against illegal immigration to go into effect . Judge refuses to block law during appeal The law allows police officers to check the legal status of people when suspicions exists , detain them and turn them over to federal authorities . It is described by both its supporters and its opponents"}
-{"answer":", served mainly blue-chip companies trying to get employees into work , said Keith Cain a Control Room manager for the company . Customers waited up to an hour and a half for a cab early in the morning , he said . See gallery of UK under snow '' Jochen Jaeger , 36 , found himself stranded at Heathrow , unable to fly home to Zurich or to get back into the apartment he rented in London . `` I will stay here at the airport , '' he told CNN . `` There is no other option . I may have to spend the night here . '' American businessman Ken Plunkett , 60 , from St. Paul , Minnesota , was trying to fly out from Heathrow Airport but found himself caught in the weather chaos . `` I know England does not have the infrastructure to remove snow like we do in Minnesota , '' he said . Watch passenger stranded by snow '' Jenny Leslie , a shop worker at Heathrow 's Terminal 2 , said it was so quiet at the airport `` you can hear a pin drop . '' Southampton Airport ,","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The worst snowstorm to hit Britain in 18 years forced the cancellation of more than 650 flights at London 's Heathrow airport Monday and shut down the city 's bus network , partially paralyzing the British capital . A group of men push a giant snowball across Kensington Gardens , west London Monday . Heathrow , one of the busiest transport hubs in the world , closed both its runways for more than two hours Monday morning and operated with just one for the rest of the morning , according to BAA , the company which runs it . London City airport is also closed , while the British capital 's other two airports , Stansted and Gatwick , were operating with severe delays , BAA said . British Airways canceled all flights out of Heathrow until 5 p.m. except for Edinburgh and Lisbon routes . Send your iReport videos , stories One of the city 's largest cab companies was in such high demand it stopped taking cash and credit card bookings , serving only customers with accounts , it said . Dial-a-Cab , which has a fleet of over 2,500 vehicles"}
-{"answer":"a new financial era dominated by complex products and securities . `` Money Never Sleeps , '' which is slated for release in September , is a `` bookend '' rather than a sequel , to the 1987 film , Stone says . Stone , whose father worked on Wall Street as a broker , set out to tell a morality tale about excess in the original film , with Gekko positioned as the bad guy . But judging by the recent financial crisis , not many Wall Streeters took Stone 's message to heart . Instead of being seen as a villain in the 1980s , Gekko became a paragon of success for a generation of traders and business school graduates . Douglas , who won a Best Actor Oscar for the first `` Wall Street , '' said he 's always surprised at the reaction MBA students have to Gekko , the suspender-sporting character out to win at all costs . `` They would come up to me and say , ` Hey Gordon , he 's the man , ' '' he told CNN at Cannes , where the film premiered earlier this month . `` And","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gordon Gekko-inspired suspenders may have faded from Wall Street and lunch is n't for wimps anymore , but if there 's one thing that has n't changed in the last two decades it 's this : greed is good . With his new film director Oliver Stone is back to exposing financial chicanery , this time showcasing how complex and unfettered the system has become since his 1987 hit film `` Wall Street . '' What did he find when he returned to the scene after more than two decades ? After years of bank deregulation , Wall Street `` got ridiculous , and I mean it 's insane . It became a financial casino , '' he told CNN . That outrageous environment serves as the backdrop for `` Wall Street 2 : Money Never Sleeps , '' a follow-up film which , amid massive bank bailouts , sweeping financial reform in Washington and investigations into the practices of Wall Street 's leading firms , could n't be more timely . In the movie , Michael Douglas reprises the role of corporate shark Gordon Gekko . Fresh out of prison , he finds himself in"}
-{"answer":"of some sort , '' Bickel told CNN . God 's Littlest Angels is considered one of Haiti 's larger orphanages . Parents who have adopted children through the orphanage are also pressing their governments for emergency action . `` The orphans need to be granted refugee status and allowed to come home to their adoptive parents , '' said Allison Garwood of Los Angeles , California , who adopted a boy from GLA and brought him home last year . `` The U.S. needs to not only allow but demand that children be sent to their adoptive families right away . '' British citizen Chris Skelton , who arrived in Haiti hours before the earthquake hit to sign paperwork as part of the adoption process , wrote a public letter urging foreign help . `` I can not express the sheer magnitude of the plight that the children of this country have faced , one which will now spiral downwards further with devastating results , '' Skelton wrote in the letter . `` The situation is dire -- there will be many more children in need of help , and GLA and other orphanages can not cope with the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Foreign governments should urgently accept Haitian orphans on humanitarian grounds following this week 's devastating earthquake , an orphanage director in Haiti and adoptive parents said Friday . Emergency visas and passports could help push through adoptions that were stalled after the quake , and would open up beds for children who lost their parents in the disaster , said Dixie Bickel , director of God 's Littlest Angels orphanage just outside Port-au-Prince . Paperwork for adoptions that were under way when the earthquake hit Tuesday night may now be buried in the rubble of collapsed buildings and lost , said Bickel , whose orphanage cares for 152 children , including 84 babies . The government officials who deal with adoption cases may be missing , hurt , or otherwise focused on the disaster , which means the adoptions wo n't go through , she said . `` I would like to see the international community come up with a plan for the children that have been adopted by European , Canadian , and American citizens of how these children can go to their adoptive parents ' countries , either under refugee status or emergency status"}
-{"answer":"said they were all from the western part of the country . Two were from the state of Totonicapan and three were from the state of Quetzaltenango , she said . After the fire broke out , Chan managed to get her 2-year-old son to safety , apparently by handing him to someone on the floor below , and threw her 2-month-old daughter toward a passerby , said Alvarado , who said he received that account from someone close to the family . `` Thank God they 're safe , '' he said . A 2-month-old baby was in critical condition , fire officials said , but the child was not immediately identified ; three other people sustained injuries ranging from serious to minor . Thirteen firefighters sustained minor injuries . The fire started about 2:30 a.m. Saturday behind a door in one of the apartment units , Dwyer said . `` If somebody starts a fire there intentionally , that would certainly be looking to kill somebody , because there 's no way for them to get out , '' Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano said . At Chan 's church , members in mourning were waiting Monday for more","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Investigators suspect arson in a fire that killed five Guatemalan immigrants in Brooklyn , they said Monday . `` People are all concerned and very sad , '' said Maria Luz de Zyriek , the Guatemalan consul in New York . `` This is a horrible tragedy . '' Authorities continue to investigate and have not formally determined a cause , the Fire Department of New York said . The blaze damaged a restaurant and apartments in a three-story building in the Bensonhurst neighborhood , Frank Dwyer , a fire department spokesman , has said . Luisa Chan , a mother of two , died in the blaze , said Mario Alvarado , a member of Jovenes Cristianos -- Christian Youth , a church with about 200 members , most of them Guatemalan immigrants , on 17th Avenue in Brooklyn . Chan usually attended services on Tuesday , Wednesday , Saturday and Sunday , Alvarado said . The congregation mourned her on Sunday . `` The service was so quiet , '' he said . Are you there ? Share your story Investigators have not publicly identified the victims , but the Guatemalan consul"}
-{"answer":"quoted one passenger who said it was n't the money , but the attitude of the airline that irked them . This is n't the first such incident in Hong Kong . The Standard newspaper reported in February that a group of Mainland tourists staged an all-night protest in the airport over flight delays . Hong Kong Airlines spokesperson Eva Chan blamed the incident on cultural differences . `` Our air staff never had any bad attitude towards the passenger , '' she said . `` They tried to negotiate and explain that the compensation policy of HK airlines is different from mainland Chinese airlines . '' The irate travelers would likely have been better off if they had been traveling within the European Union . The EU requires passengers be compensated between $ 330 and $ 800 if their flight is delayed by two hours or more , depending on the flight length . However , the airline can claim exclusion for `` extraordinary circumstances , '' including weather and security incidences . The United States has no federal regulation on delay compensation , but it has instituted regulations that penalize airlines if passengers are stuck in a plane","question":"Hong Kong -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A nearly 9-hour flight delay turned into a standoff at Hong Kong airport Wednesday , with passengers refusing to leave the plane for 5-hours until the airline agreed to higher compensation . The incident underscores just how high tensions can rise in modern air travel with passengers and airlines jockeying it out in a low-frill , high-fee world . There is no global standard for passenger compensation in the case of airline delays and wide gulf can exist between passenger expectations and airline offers . When Hong Kong Airlines flight 752 from Singapore arrived at 530 a.m. Wednesday morning , the airline says 80 passengers refused to get off . The travelers , mainly members of package tours from mainland China , demanded the airline increase the original compensation offer of $ 50 per passenger . Twenty-one of the passengers stayed on board for another five hours , requesting reimbursement for the unused hotel rooms they had paid for the night before . The airport police were called in to negotiate and the passengers finally at 10:25 a.m. , after the airline agreed to pay them $ 150 . Hong Kong 's I-Cable News"}
-{"answer":"a statement calling Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund an `` extreme fringe group , '' and saying , `` It is reprehensible and hypocritical that the Defenders of Wildlife would use Alaska and my administration as a fundraising tool to deceive Americans into parting with their hard-earned money . '' Watch why Judd , Palin are trading barbs '' Judd said Alaska 's program is a `` distortion '' of wildlife hunting under normal circumstances , and that the program attracts `` urban hunters , trophy hunters from out of state . '' Palin did not appear on `` Larry King Live , '' but Rod Arno , executive director of the Alaska Outdoor Council , told King by telephone that only Alaska residents can participate in the aerial wolf-hunting program , and then they must obtain a state permit . The purpose of the program is to facilitate control of Alaska 's wolf population , which preys on moose and caribou , Arno said . `` The only criticism is from people who are n't up here participating in a predator-prey scheme , '' he said . Judd was accompanied by Rodger Schlickeisen , CEO of the Defenders of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Actress Ashley Judd says a wolf management program backed by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is `` incredibly savage ... it 's not right , it 's not appropriate , it makes no sense on any level . '' Ashley Judd is criticizing the aerial hunting of wolves , a program supported by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin . Appearing on CNN 's `` Larry King Live , '' Judd repeated her criticism of a program that allows hunters firing from aircraft to shoot wolves to thin the numbers of the animals . Judd recently appeared in a video for the Washington-based Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund , which also opposes the Palin-backed aerial hunting program . Referring to the former Republican vice presidential candidate by name in the video , Judd says that Palin is `` championing the slaughter of wildlife . '' `` When Sarah Palin came on the national scene last summer , few knew that she promotes the brutal aerial killing of wolves , '' Judd says in the video , adding , `` It is time to stop Sarah Palin and stop this senseless savagery . '' Palin responded on Tuesday , releasing"}
-{"answer":"status of students enrolling in the system . The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit granted the Justice Department 's request for an emergency injunction for that section of the law but allowed other controversial parts to continue being enforced . Justice urges Alabama schools ' compliance on immigrant laws The Alabama Department of Education sent a memorandum to school districts recommending they wait for resolution of the issue between the state attorney and Justice Department before responding to the DOJ request . In the days following the implementation of HB 56 , the number of Latino students skipping class spiked . Malissa Valdes , communication manager for the Alabama Department of Education , said the number of Latino absentees has since leveled off but remains several hundred higher than normal . The Department of Education also released enrollment numbers for the current school year showing an overall decrease in the student population but a 2.8 percent increase in Latino students , who represent some 35,000 of the state 's 740,000 students . Valdes said the state tried to inform the districts of possible changes related to HB 56 while stressing that no student should be denied enrollment","question":"Montgomery , Alabama -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Alabama 's attorney general questioned Wednesday whether the federal government has the legal right to ask for data from school districts in the state , which has recently passed controversial legislation intended to reduce illegal immigration . In a letter sent Wednesday , Attorney General Luther Strange said he was `` perplexed and troubled '' about a request from the Justice Department for information about Alabama 's schools . The Justice Department issued the letter Tuesday to Alabama school districts to ensure they are complying with federal law , which declares that a child may not be denied equal access to schools based on his or her immigration status . Strange 's letter noted that the law was still being litigated . Strange set a Friday noon deadline for Thomas Perez , assistant attorney general for DOJ 's civil rights division , to provide the legal authority for his request . Last spring , the Alabama legislature passed the law known as HB 56 relating to illegal immigration and a federal judge allowed most of its provisions to go into effect , including a mandate for public schools to ask about the immigration"}
-{"answer":"it did n't really seem to impact the girls in any way . Watch what Essence found inside the Obamas ' home '' Chetry : Much was made of an earlier televised interview they with their daughters and they said , looking back , they probably should n't have done that . There is so much interest about their family , and yet they want to protect their girls . How do they balance that ? Burt-Murray : They try to take a look at who is around the family and make sure they try to keep things as structured as possible . But also , you have instances where magazines like Essence show up to take photographs , but the girls are very relaxed because they 're in their home environment . And I think that 's the difference between our photo shoot and what you saw on television . Taking the girls outside of their home and putting them in the spotlight is probably a bit more challenging for them as parents . Chetry : They have to deal with completing stereotypes , if you will : They were parodied as these angry black radicals and as these","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The September issue of Essence magazine features an interview with Sen. Barack Obama and his family inside their Chicago home . Angela Burt-Murray is editor-in-chief of Essence magazine . Essence editor-in-chief Angela Burt-Murray said it took a year for the magazine to gain access to the Obama 's Illinois home for an intimate interview with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee , his wife , Michelle , and their daughters , Sasha and Malia . Burt-Murray talked Thursday with CNN `` American Morning '' anchor Kiran Chetry about the interview and the Obama family . Chetry : You are the first African-American media outlet to get this inside look . Did your team get a chance to see the real Obamas ? Burt-Murray : I think we did . We went to their home on the South Side of Chicago and it was wonderful to see them as a family interacting with each other , and see the girls skipping around the house , just acting like it 's a normal , everyday occurrence to have a camera crew in their home and Secret Service at different points throughout the house and around the yard . But"}
-{"answer":"hold of their better players due to an improved national economy , and it is clear to see why many are questioning the health of the sport . River Plate 's fate is a warning to Latin American giants So far , the omens are not looking good . A late goal from Sergio Aguero rescued a point for Argentina in their opening group match against Bolivia . And things got even worse for the hosts in their second group game when they were booed off after a dreadful 0-0 draw against Colombia . Next Monday 's final match against Costa Rica is now a must-win affair , with the very real possibility that Argentina might crash out of the tournament at the first hurdle . CNN 's Buenos Aires correspondent Brian Byrnes summed up the mood that pervades many of the passionate followers of football in the nation . `` Argentina have some of the best players in the world and for some reason the team is not producing what it is capable of , '' said Byrnes . `` World-class players like Sergio Aguero -LRB- Atletico Madrid -RRB- and Gonzalo Higuain -LRB- Real Madrid -RRB- can not even","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Despite current world player of year Lionel Messi 's recent declaration that he wants to finish his career in his native Argentina , there are very real concerns about the current well-being of football in the soccer-mad South American nation . Messi may be the best player on the planet , but problems both on and off the pitch -- including Argentina 's humiliating 4-0 defeat at the hands of Germany in the 2010 World Cup finals -- have put immense pressure on the national team to perform well in the Copa America tournament they currently host . There is no doubt that the tournament is being staged on the back of a traumatic few months for Argentine football . Serious crowd disorder , chronic financial problems , the continued drain of top talent to rich European clubs and the shock relegation of the mighty River Plate have all combined to leave many fans with furrowed brows . Add to this the apparent strength of traditional rivals Brazil , who have just won the Copa Libertadores -- the biggest club prize in South American football -- with Santos , and whose teams are managing to keep"}
-{"answer":"Army interrogation tapes obtained by CNN , other soldiers complained about the Army rules for evidence gathering . Despite the high release rate , Quantock said he has confidence soldiers can take basic evidence from a crime scene in Iraq . `` We 're asking them to take basic evidence , which they 've been trained to do , '' said Quantock , who oversees detainee operations in Iraq . `` We 've got the greatest soldiers in the world . And I do n't accept that they ca n't take basic evidence off of a crime scene . '' CNN asked Quantock to explain why , if it were so easy to collect evidence , so many detainees have been released . `` It took us a while to realize , it goes back to my point of we were trying to make the fight fit the Army as opposed to have the Army fit the fight , '' Quantock said . `` I think a lot of times we thought the insurgency would dissipate , we were working closely with the government of Iraq , we were trying to improve the Iraqi security forces , but at the","question":"Vilseck , Germany -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The military released 77,000 of about 87,000 detainees locked up during the Iraq war because there was not enough evidence to hold them , CNN has learned . `` In most cases , if we do n't have anything , eventually they 'll be released , '' said Brig. Gen. David Quantock , who oversees detainee operations in Iraq . Quantock said `` many cases are driven purely on intelligence . '' `` Intelligence does not win a fight in a courtroom . It does n't win the fight in a courtroom in the United States . It does n't win in Iraq . '' According to the U.S. military , 76,985 detainees have been released out of the 87,011 captured during the Iraq war . A CNN investigation found that frustration over the Army 's policy on detainees may have led to the 2007 killings of four Iraqi men by three decorated Army sergeants at a Baghdad canal . Former 1st Sgt. John Hatley , who led the mission that day , told CNN in a letter that the detainee policy has `` extensive flaws '' that repeatedly frustrated soldiers . On"}
-{"answer":"road traffic is legendary -- a chaotic melange of cars , mopeds , motorized rickshaws and red double-decker buses , seemingly fused together in a writhing , gridlocked mass . All big cities have deprived areas , but in Mumbai the deprivation is impossible to avoid . Up to half of Mumbai 's residents live in slums , about a million in the shacks of Dharavi , the biggest slum in Asia . In these cities within a city children play next to the sewers that run through the streets , whole families often live in a single room and clean water is scarce . Yet while the slums can be grindingly poor , they are also buzzing with activity . Many residents of Dharavi work in cottage industries and in the thriving recycling trade , and their biggest threats are the annual monsoon floods and the developers eager to clear the slum in order to exploit the prime real estate it occupies . For outsiders , the contrast between rich and poor can be jarring , but Mumbaikars have learned to live with adversity . While the Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008 horrified the world , the killings","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mumbai is extreme India . In this booming metropolis all the wealth , inequalities , colors , flavors and passions of India are magnified to an almost unbearable degree . For many Indians , Mumbai is the place where dreams can come true . Somewhere between 13 and 20 million people are squeezed into the city that is India 's leading financial and industrial center and the home of the Bollywood movie . For countless migrants from all over the country , be they business school graduates , aspiring actors or destitute laborers , Mumbai is the place where dreams can come true . Those who like to think of India as a land of tradition and mystery would be shocked by the way modern Mumbai has embraced western consumerism . In Mumbai the rigidities of India 's traditional caste system are being replaced by a kind of brutal meritocracy in which the winners become extraordinarily rich and the losers struggle for survival . While Mumbai is fearlessly embracing modernity , minting millionaires and erecting skyscrapers , its infrastructure is hopelessly outdated and creaking under the weight of the city 's ever-expanding population . Mumbai 's"}
-{"answer":"family Whether you 're bringing home one new baby or six , expanding your brood requires adjustment . Sleep deprivation can trigger depression and anxiety , said Dr. Ken Robbins , a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin . New moms are also at risk for postpartum depression , and both parents will likely feel stretched for time . Health.com : 4 Myths about healthy sex Then there 's the issue of intimacy , which will undoubtedly be affected with children in the house . `` Sex lives of people who have children are worse -- there 's data to prove it , '' said Dr. Andrew Goldstein , an obstetrician and gynecologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the author of Reclaiming Desire . `` But a relationship is not like a job where you just have to accomplish what is necessary ; you ca n't just put it on autopilot . '' Smart solutions : Couples need to work together to find creative ways to support and appreciate each other through this transition . \u2022 Adjust sleep schedules so that one partner sleeps while the other is awake with the baby . \u2022","question":"Although it may have been Jon and Kate Gosselin 's unusual family that landed them a reality show , it is their marital problems -- to which much of their audience can likely relate -- that have made them a household name in recent weeks . Jon and Kate Gosselin 's marital problems have give their TLC show record-breaking ratings . During the previous four seasons of TLC 's Jon & Kate Plus Eight , the couple has bickered , eye-rolled , and jabbed its way through adventures in rearing now 9-year-old twins and now 5-year-old sextuplets . In this past Monday 's record-breaking fifth-season premiere -LRB- 9.8 million viewers -RRB- , Jon and Kate finally addressed the very topic that has kept them on tabloid covers for weeks : Their marriage is on the rocks . Even without the stress of eight children , rolling cameras , and public scrutiny , all couples encounter tension in their relationships . Below , five trigger points that have tested Jon and Kate in their reality-TV run -- and how to make sure the same stressors do n't take a toll on your relationship . Stress trigger No. 1 : A growing"}
-{"answer":"experts believe are taking refuge in Pakistan 's remote tribal areas . `` Al Qaeda has had safe haven in Pakistan since 2002 , '' she told a group of Pakistani journalists Thursday . `` I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and could n't get them if they really wanted to . '' She added , `` Maybe they 're not gettable . I do n't know . '' In the CNN interview Friday , Clinton said she was not suggesting that someone inside the government might be complicit with al Qaeda or might be failing to follow through in fighting the terrorist group . `` No , no , '' she said . `` What I was responding to is what I have been really doing on this trip , which is there exists a trust deficit , certainly on the part of Pakistanis toward the United States , toward our intentions and our actions . And yet we have so much in common , we face a common threat . We certainly have a common enemy in extremism and terrorism , and so part of what I have been","question":"Islamabad , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she did not come to Pakistan for `` happy talk . '' Her three-day trip is aimed at getting frank , open discussions going about the fight against terrorism , and that includes presenting U.S. concerns about how much success Pakistan is having , she said . In an interview with CNN , Clinton said it 's time to `` clear the air '' with a key U.S. ally . She added , `` I do n't think the way you deal with negative feelings is to pretend they 're not there . '' `` I think it 's important , if we are going to have the kind of cooperative partnership , that I think is in the best interest of both of our countries , for me to express some of the questions that are on the minds of the American people , '' Clinton told CNN 's Jill Dougherty . The secretary 's comments came a day after she seemed to question the commitment of some in the Pakistani government for going after the leaders of al Qaeda , who U.S. intelligence"}
-{"answer":"as they marched down the street -- a sign of resilience amid huge mounds of rubble . It is not the first time such a display has been observed . Singing and clapping has been heard well into the night in a large square that thousands of people have made home after the earthquake , a CNN crew reported . Meanwhile , a crucial 72-hour window elapsed Friday afternoon -- the time to free those who still may be alive trapped under the remains of buildings . An 18-month-old baby was pulled from the rubble Friday , seemingly unharmed . Get the latest developments in Haiti Still , those rescued were n't out of danger as hospitals lacked proper supplies to treat some of them . An 11-year-old girl rescued Thursday -- an effort CNN captured on camera throughout the day -- died later that night from her injuries after a first-aid station said it could n't treat her severe leg wound , her family said . Aid workers continued to trickle into the country Friday , trying to provide water and food to survivors in the capital , which still was being rocked by aftershocks Friday . The quake","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Scores of bodies were found in a mass grave outside the capital city of Port-au-Prince on Friday , a sign of Haitians ' desperation three days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated the impoverished nation . At least 100 bodies were discovered by a CNN crew in one open pit outside Port-au-Prince , with several other pits half-filled or completely covered over with earth , presumably full . The bodies were brought to the site by dump trucks , still accompanied by the remnants of what loved ones used to move them -- pieces of plywood , makeshift shrouds and in one case , an old refrigerator . Elsewhere , bodies were being shoved into old crypts in the city 's existing cemeteries . Haiti 's Minister of Civil Protection said Friday that the government estimates more than 50,000 people were killed , with the number possibly closer to 100,000 . There is not yet an official count of the dead from the quake . Despite the death and destruction , hundreds of people , mostly women , took to the streets in an area of the capital on Friday , singing and chanting"}
-{"answer":"affectionately called by staffers . `` The kids kind of dig in their heels and put a line in the sand . '' Health Minute : Watch more on the perils of potty training '' The American Academy of Pediatrics reports that most children show signs they 're ready to potty train between 18 and 24 months . Doctors suggest a child may be ready to start trying if he 's staying dry for at least two hours at a time during the day , walking to and from the bathroom , asking for a diaper change and asking to use the potty . For some kids , the toilet training process can take more than a year , or longer . The six-week program at Children 's Hospital is one of a handful around the country . Kimberly Dunn , a pediatric nurse practitioner , has worked with some of the 450 young graduates over the years . She said most of the kids admit they are afraid to use a toilet . `` Oftentimes , the parents come in and they want to know why they 're afraid , '' Dunn said . `` You could ask the","question":"BOSTON , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It all started with the flush of an automatic toilet . The terrifying sound marked the beginning of a two-year nightmare for Sarah Teres as she desperately tried to potty train her daughter Molly . Molly graduated from Potty School four days before her brother , Archer , was born . `` It was awful '' Teres said . `` We tried everything including bribery and threats . '' Teres , the mother of three from Andover , Massachusetts , hoped her middle child would be toilet trained by the time she was 2 1\/2 . Two years later , the girl was still in diapers , refusing to use the bathroom . `` I was going crazy , '' Teres admitted . `` She would n't poop . She would hold it for days . '' At wits end , Teres enrolled Molly in the Toilet Training School at Children 's Hospital Boston . `` By the time the children come in with their families , it has become a power struggle , '' explained Dr. Alison Schonwald , a pediatrician who supervises the `` poop school , '' as it 's"}
-{"answer":"Hooper 's body , which was last believed to have been in the Dog River in Douglas County , west of Atlanta . Late Monday afternoon , authorities discovered a female body in the Dog River Reservoir , said Brad Robinson , chief deputy of the Carroll County Sheriff 's Office . They are waiting for lab work to identify the body , which is expected to be released Tuesday afternoon . Six flood-related deaths already have been reported in Douglas County . Bartke believes her mother went missing Sunday , September 20 , the eve of her 44th birthday . Last Friday , when the water ebbed , a search crew of nearly 25 law enforcement officers from Carroll and Douglas counties uncovered Hooper 's vehicle , a Jeep Liberty , stuck in the water in the Dog River . The team also recovered Hooper 's purse . `` It was like putting an ant in front of the fire hose , '' said Sheriff Phil Miller of the Douglas County Sheriff 's Office . `` The little Jeep Liberty looked like it had been put in a crusher and beat into pieces . '' The following Saturday morning","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Punctuality was one of Debbie Hooper 's best traits . Authorities sort through the wreckage thought to be Debbie Hooper 's car . She went missing September 20 . The 44-year-old grandmother from Whitesburg , Georgia , was always on time for her play dates with her baby granddaughter . She was always on time picking up her 15-year-old son from school . So when Hooper , who juggled two jobs to support her family , did n't appear at her dispatch job for a transportation company last Monday morning , her daughter Jessica Bartke , 19 , knew something was wrong . Her mother 's cell phone went straight to voicemail . Co-workers had n't seen the bubbly , kindhearted woman with curly brown hair and a magnetic presence . `` She 's always at work , '' said Bartke , who lives in Winston , Georgia , about 10 minutes from her mother 's home . `` She was never lazy . I knew something had to be wrong . '' Nearly a week after the torrential downpours that left the metro Atlanta area drenched , authorities are still searching for"}
-{"answer":"in this posture , I want Mrs. Jackson to have information about what is going on and I do n't want to be in court all the time . '' The process of probate of Jackson 's will , which named Branca and McClain as executors , has been slowed since soon after the pop star 's June 25 death by numerous legal challenges filed by Katherine Jackson 's lawyers , led by Levitch . Howard Weitzman , lead lawyer for the estate 's administrators , expressed optimism that the two sides would be able to work better toward a settlement with Streisand in charge . The estate 's administrators were able to make a series of deals expected to bring in at least $ 100 million to the estate this year , mostly through a documentary movie that premieres next week . Katherine Jackson 's legal team has asked that a member of the Jackson family `` have a seat at the table '' as a third executor . They 've also raised questions in sealed court papers about possible conflicts of interest that might prevent Branca and McClain from controlling the estate . Streisand said the Jackson family","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson 's mother fired the lawyers helping her fight for control of her son 's estate , but her new lawyer missed a key hearing where the judge gave more power to the men she is opposing . Katherine Jackson , with Michael in 2005 , is challenging the appointment of Michael 's estate trustees . Katherine Jackson replaced lawyers Burt Levitch and Londell McMillan with Adam Streisand , a lawyer known for his expertise in Los Angeles probate cases . `` The family came to a decision before they called me , '' Streisand said . `` They felt they needed a different perspective and fresh look at how this case was being approached . '' But Streisand arrived at court Thursday minutes after Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ended a hearing in which he granted a request from estate special administrators John Branca and John McClain for more authority to make deals on behalf of Jackson 's estate . `` I want this estate to move forward and I want these creditors to be dealt with , '' Beckloff said . `` And while we are proceeding"}
-{"answer":"forecast , '' Lixion Avila said . `` The forecast will not be degraded if we do n't have the QuikSCAT . '' Last week , the Commerce Department launched an unscheduled review of the hurricane center after word of the staff 's dissatisfaction started to become public . His staffers on Thursday issued a petition calling for him to step down . Watch how Proenza lost the confidence of his staff '' The petition said the center 's `` effective functioning '' is at stake as the Atlantic hurricane season heads toward its peak . `` The undersigned staff ... has concluded that the center needs a new director , and with the heart of the hurricane season fast approaching , urges the Department of Commerce to make this happen as quickly as possible , '' said the petition , which was signed by twenty-three people , including four of five senior hurricane specialists . Hurricane center staffers told CNN 's John Zarella they were unhappy not only about his comments about the QuikSCAT , but also about the environment at the center -- one characterized by closed doors and the public airing of dirty laundry . Proenza on","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- National Hurricane Center director Bill Proenza left his position Monday , just days after nearly half of the NHC staff signed a petition calling for his ouster . Hurricane Center Bill Proenza left his job as director Monday . Proenza is still employed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- a parent organization of the NHC -- but he is currently on leave , said NOAA spokesman Anson Franklin . Deputy Director Ed Rappaport has been temporarily placed in charge . Proenza , 62 , became the director in January after the retirement of Max Mayfield . Proenza caused an uproar last month with comments about a key hurricane satellite called QuikSCAT . The satellite is five years beyond its life expectancy and operating on a backup transmitter . Proenza said if it were to fail , forecast tracks could be thrown off by as much as 16 percent . He said Washington reprimanded him for the remarks : `` They wanted me to be quiet about it . '' But one of the center 's longtime forecasters said Proenza 's comments were misguided . `` QuikSCAT is another tool that we use to"}
-{"answer":"one with the higher price of premium features . But winning those customers can have a good payoff with better profit margins . And that 's critical in this day and age . Market research firm IDC expects that after years of growth , the shipments of digital cameras will decline in 2009 . `` It 's crowded , and it 's getting crowdeder , '' IDC analyst Ron Glaz said of the digital camera market . `` We 're anticipating that with the slowdown in economy and disposable income , we 'll start seeing consolidation of the vendors . '' In other words , even though something in the neighborhood of 38 million digital cameras are sold annually , some companies will throw in the towel . Even as the compact-digital market saturated in recent years , digital SLRs showed strong market growth . Some high-end compact models are geared for those thinking of buying an SLR , but who want something less bulky and complicated . Another type : SLR owners who need something they can slip into a pocket or easily take on a trip . Dethroning Canon The company to dethrone here is Canon , the","question":"-LRB- CNET -RRB- -- Compact-camera manufacturers have begun testing the waters with a wealth of high-end features as they search for new ways to gain revenue , market share , and recognition . A prototype of Olympus ' Micro Four Thirds model , one of several small cameras with big features . In earlier digital photography days , a camera with an extra megapixel of resolution , face recognition , or image stabilization could stand apart from the herd . But now that herd has grown larger , most folks who 'll buy a digital camera already have done so , the economy has put consumer spending on ice -- and camera makers are making some bolder bets with high-end features . Among them : Nikon 's built-in GPS support to record where a photo was taken , Casio 's high-speed video , and the Micro Four Thirds camera system from Panasonic and Olympus . Premium features are n't an easy sell . They tend to appeal to market niches rather than the mainstream . Early implementations are often rough around the edges . And it 's hard enough to convince people to buy a new camera , much less"}
-{"answer":"largely a nonissue for most Americans . Similarly , the American public would be more likely to tolerate the losses of blood and treasure in Afghanistan if they saw real progress being made there . And right now , they do n't . The second front we 're losing is the Afghans themselves , who are the United States ' center of gravity in the Afghan war . Eight years into this conflict , America and its NATO allies -- who are still looked on favorably by a majority of Afghans -- are not providing large swaths of the Afghan population with the most basic public good , which is security . It 's time to table fancy counterinsurgency doctrines about `` connecting the Afghan people to the government '' -- Afghans have never had , and do n't expect much , in the way of services from their government , and it 's time now to focus on something much more basic : security . The last government to provide Afghans with real security was ... the Taliban . When they ruled the country before 9\/11 , security came at a tremendous price : a brutal , theocratic regime","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- We are losing in Afghanistan , on two fronts . The most important center of gravity of the conflict -- as the Taliban well recognizes -- is the American public . And now , most Americans are opposed to the war . For years , Afghanistan was `` the forgotten war , '' and when Americans started paying attention again -- roughly around the time of President Obama 's inauguration -- what they saw was not a pretty sight : a corrupt Afghan government , a world-class drug trade , a resurgent Taliban and steadily rising U.S. casualties . Many surely thought : Did n't we win this war eight years ago ? Americans , of course , hate seeing the deaths of fellow citizens in combat , but even more they hate to see those deaths in the service of a war they believe they are either not winning or maybe even losing , which is one of the reasons why they largely turned against the Iraq war in 2006 . Within a couple of years , Iraq came back from the brink and started to turn around , after which the war there became"}
-{"answer":"most deafening silence surrounding it . Even the most political people , the most thoughtful and engaged , tend not to `` go there . '' And for good reason . Going there can be extremely uncomfortable . Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up ; it is culture and identity . Reason plays some role in our decisions about food , but it 's rarely driving the car . We need a better way to talk about eating animals , a way that does n't ignore or even just shruggingly accept things like habits , cravings , family and history but rather incorporates them into the conversation . The more they are allowed in , the more able we will be to follow our best instincts . And although there are many respectable ways to think about meat , there is not a person on Earth whose best instincts would lead him or her to factory farming . My book , `` Eating Animals , '' addresses factory farming from numerous perspectives : animal welfare , the environment , the price paid by rural communities , the economic costs . In two essays","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Like most people , I 'd given some thought to what meat actually is , but until I became a father and faced the prospect of having to make food choices on someone else 's behalf , there was no urgency to get to the bottom of things . I 'm a novelist and never had it in mind to write nonfiction . Frankly , I doubt I 'll ever do it again . But the subject of animal agriculture , at this moment , is something no one should ignore . As a writer , putting words on the page is how I pay attention . If the way we raise animals for food is n't the most important problem in the world right now , it 's arguably the No. 1 cause of global warming : The United Nations reports the livestock business generates more greenhouse gas emissions than all forms of transportation combined . It 's the No. 1 cause of animal suffering , a decisive factor in the creation of zoonotic diseases like bird and swine flu , and the list goes on . It is the problem with the"}
-{"answer":"started falling from the ceiling , and then it was dark . '' Alexander said she went to check on her co-workers , and they headed for the nearest door . `` As we open the door , this ` poof ' sound comes in as if it were a flame or something behind it , '' she said . `` So we immediately shut the door and we smelled that smell , it was probably jet fuel . '' They closed the door and stood there , trying to figure out how to escape . `` The first thing that crossed my mind is I 'm not going to see my son anymore , '' Alexander said . A few blocks away , Robin DeHaven was driving his truck on his way to install windows when he spotted something strange in the sky . `` I looked on the horizon and I just saw a little dot and ... I 'm staring at it like , ` What is this ? It does n't look like a bird or anything . ' '' DeHaven said . `` And I realized it was a plane . '' Realizing there was","question":"Austin , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lisa Alexander woke up early on February 18 , the same way she does every morning . `` My alarm usually goes off at 4:30 , 4:45 , '' she said . `` I lay in the bed and kind of plan out my day . '' She had no idea that her life was about to be targeted by a man with a vendetta against the government . She got up , woke up her son and headed to work at the IRS offices in Austin . `` The first thing I do is get in , organize my desk and wipe it down ... fire up my computer and tell everybody good morning , '' Alexander said . `` Before I know it , the building kind of went to the left and came back ... `` I thought it was an earthquake . '' It was n't . Just a few minutes before 10 a.m. , a single-engine Piper Cherokee PA-28 crashed into the multistory building where Alexander worked . `` It was like an explosion , '' she said . `` The windows started breaking out and the tiles"}
-{"answer":"the Jet City remained a solidly working-class town until the 80s , when local startup Microsoft started making a name for itself . As Microsoft grew into the behemoth it is today , other tech firms such as Amazon.com and Nintendo were drawn to the city , bringing with them a wave of young , educated and affluent workers . Seattle began to shake off its blue-collar roots and in recent years its cultural credentials have been boosted by the addition of the Olympic Sculpture Park and a showpiece public library , while the acclaimed Seattle Symphony , Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet have all moved into impressive new buildings in the last decade . Some resent Seattle 's gentrification , bemoaning the near-gridlocked traffic and arguing that the city 's most interesting neighborhoods have lost their individuality to the property developers . But if you spend some time in neighborhoods like Capitol Hill or Fremont , the self-proclaimed `` Center of the Universe , '' you 'll find there 's still plenty of the native free spirit in evidence . It was that free spirit that gave birth to Grunge , the post-punk guitar noise that came out of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There are few cities in the world blessed with a more beautiful setting than Seattle . It is surrounded by rugged green wilderness ; to the west the Olympic Mountains , to the east the volcanoes and glaciers of the Cascade Range , and all around the brisk waters of the Northwest . The Space Needle dominates the Seattle skyline . Over the years , Seattle has inspired a number of nicknames . It 's not hard to understand why some refer to it as `` Rain City , '' but visit when the sun is shining , when lakes Union and Washington are sparkling under a blue sky and majestic Mount Rainier is visible in the distance , and you 'll realize that `` Emerald City '' is the most appropriate of its monikers . Seattle started out as a logging town , grew as a stop-off point for gold prospectors at the end of the 19th century , and earned another nickname , `` Jet City '' , when plane manufacturer Boeing rose to prominence in the 1950s and 60s . At the height of its powers , Boeing employed some 100,000 locals and"}
-{"answer":"fourth will kick off on June 11 in Johannesburg 's Soccer City stadium -- five Confederations Cups and the creation of the World Club Cup which has taken place annually since 2005 . The 74-year-old has been heavily involved with charitable programs during his presidency . These include UNICEF 's `` Say Yes for Children '' campaign , which aims to increase awareness of children 's rights , and the more recent `` 1Goal '' program , that seeks to increase education opportunities in Africa . Blatter was a key figure in securing Africa 's inaugural World Cup for 2010 after he introduced a system which saw each regional confederation take turns in hosting the tournament . The soccer chief has also courted controversy during his 12 years in charge , most recently by ruling out the introduction of goal line technology into the game . `` The application of modern technologies can be very costly , and therefore not applicable on a global level , '' Blatter told FIFA 's official Web site . `` Many matches , even at the highest level , are not even televised . The rules need to be the same for all association","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Why is goal line technology not used by football ? Is Africa 's hosting of the 2010 World Cup a step in the right direction ? Are the world 's best players being asked to compete in too many global competitions ? These are just some of the issues that may be puzzling you about the beautiful game . Well worry no more because here is your chance to quiz the man in charge of global soccer , Sepp Blatter , the head of world football 's governing body FIFA . CNN will speak to Blatter in an exclusive interview at FIFA 's headquarters in Zurich , Switzerland on Monday 29 March where we will ask him the questions you want answered -- just add your query to the bottom of the page . Are you a World Cup super fan ? Represent your team Joseph -LRB- Sepp -RRB- Blatter , a former Swiss amateur footballer , was voted in as the FIFA president in 1998 before securing a second term in office in 2002 , and a third in 2007 . His tenure has seen him lead world football through three World Cups -- the"}
-{"answer":"computers , Josh . I did n't grow up with them . And I have four kids , and they were always saying , `` Oh , Mom , please get connected . '' And I would go , `` No , I do n't have time . '' But I was really scared . And so , a few months ago I decided that if I felt that way , there must be a lot of older adults that feel the same way , or maybe even some younger ones . I am now sending e-mails , I 'm videoconferencing . I 'm taking photos off my camera and actually putting them on the computer . Facebook , it is so exciting . I mean , I 'm thrilled . CNN : What kinds of calls are you getting ? What have people been calling and saying they need help with ? Henderson : Things like as simple as learning how to send an e-mail . We have all North American-based technical experts standing by . Eighteen hours a day . Seven days a week . They are all very patient and very caring , and they will access","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- She 's been called `` America 's mom . '' Strangers stop her for hugs in the airport . And she still dishes up kindly parental wisdom daily in reruns of `` The Brady Bunch . '' `` Brady Bunch '' actress Florence Henderson founded a service to help older adults learn about computers . Now , actress Florence Henderson , otherwise known as Mrs. Brady , has a new mission : Helping older adults learn to use technology . Her new business , Floh Club , is a `` telephone-based technical support service '' focusing on people who did n't grow up with computers -- especially grandparents who want to stay in touch with family but are intimidated by webcams , Facebook , instant messaging or even e-mail . Henderson says Floh Club is `` like roadside assistance for your computer . '' She spoke with CNN 's Josh Levs about her inspiration , her grandkids and `` Brady Bunch '' rumors as the show celebrates its 40th anniversary . See more of our chat with Florence Henderson '' CNN : What made you think of this ? Florence Henderson : I was terrified of"}
-{"answer":"McCain , whose plane was shot down during a combat mission over Vietnam in 1967 , is considered one of the most famous prisoners of war . He was captured by the Communist Viet Cong and spent nearly six years in a prisoner of war camp , where he was often tortured . A grainy black-and-white film released by his captors showed a severely injured McCain talking on camera in the so-called `` Hanoi Hilton . '' McCain later refused to be released before other prisoners . He eventually returned to the United States in 1973 . `` During the years , we were kept in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell because they did n't want us to see each other . We 'd spend all our time tapping on the walls to each other and encouraging each other and organizing , organizing , organizing with our chain of command . The days and hours go by , '' McCain told CNN 's John King last year . Iraq And most recently , in 2003 , video from Iraq painted a picture of an unruly and chaotic terror organization holding U.S. soldiers captured in the Iraq","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Video showing Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl , captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan , is just another example of how captors use the medium for psychological warfare . U.S. Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson , who was held by insurgents in Iraq , prepares to enter a plane to safety . The latest video shows Bergdahl , of Ketchum , Idaho , looking comfortable and eating food . While he expresses concern about not seeing his family and girlfriend again , he does appear to speak calmly and has no visible signs of abuse . `` I have a very , very good family that I love back home in America , and I miss them every day that I 'm gone , '' he says in a 28-minute video released by his captors . `` I miss them , and I 'm afraid I might never see them again and that I 'll never be able to tell them I love them again . I 'll never be able to hug them . '' But that is in stark contrast to the well-publicized captures of U.S. servicemen and women in conflicts past . Vietnam Sen. John"}
-{"answer":"bringing back manufacturing industry to New York , '' said Rosenbaum . According to the Public Policy Institute of New York State , manufacturing in New York declined more than 30 percent between 1997 and 2007 . Watch Rosenbaum talk about his plans '' Rosenbaum estimates that Saratoga Cheese Corp. would bring 75 factory jobs and 150 temporary construction jobs to the region . Plans also include 50 yeshiva work-study students to be placed on participating farms . In addition , several rabbis and imams would supervise production . If Saratoga Cheese can get off the ground , it could mean a boost for local farmers like Dale Hemminger , who has agreed to supply kosher milk to Saratoga Cheese Corp. . Hemminger says it could be a crucial new market for his milk . And though he was at first skeptical of Rosenbaum 's plan , Hemminger says he admires Rosenbaum 's vision . But that vision is still $ 10 million short of becoming reality . Rosenbaum has secured $ 30 million in government grants , loans and private funding , but needs $ 40 million before Saratoga Cheese Corp. can break ground . Given the recession ,","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNNMoney.com -RRB- -- Is cheese the answer for Cayuga County , New York ? Larry Rosenbaum surveys the field where he hopes to build a high-end specialty cheese factory . Like small towns all across America , this agricultural community is suffering , with unemployment approaching 10 percent . Entrepreneur Larry Rosenbaum thinks he can do his part to turn things around . For a decade , the insurance man by trade has been dreaming of building a factory for high-end specialty cheese . One key selling point : His product would meet the strictest standards of the Jewish and Muslim faiths . Rosenbaum says the demand for kosher and halal cheese is high but the selection is slim . So he 's been eyeing a plot of barren farmland between Aurelius and Auburn -- two Cayuga towns -- as the future home of a $ 40 million , 64,000-square-foot factory that would churn out feta and brie . The goal is for his company , Saratoga Cheese Corp. , to produce 30 million pounds of cheese in the first year and distribute it domestically and internationally . `` It 's the beginning of a trend of"}
-{"answer":"happen Wednesday , when the convention roll call will either provide the `` catharsis '' Clinton predicted it might -- or reopen primary season wounds ? Watch Clinton 's entire speech '' The overriding goal for Clinton Tuesday night was to redirect the energy and emotion of her strongest supporters to the presumptive nominee 's campaign -- if not for his political future , for her own . If the rank-and-file believe a schism in the party generated by her supporters cost Democrats the election , it could sabotage any potential White House plans for her . She pushed for her loyalists to back her primary season rival with language that echoed her stump speech about forgotten Americans : `` I want you to ask yourselves : Were you in this campaign just for me ? '' she asked . `` Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him ? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids ? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage ? Were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible","question":"Like nearly everything else Clinton-related this week , Hillary Clinton 's convention speech remained a question mark until the last minute . The overriding goal for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night was to redirect her supporters toward Barack Obama . Its content was a mystery to even some of her closest advisers , who told CNN hours before the speech they were n't sure it was finished quite yet . It was a work in progress until the very end -- and one of its strongest rallying cries appeared nowhere in the prepared text . `` That is our mission , Democrats -- Let us elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden , '' the New York senator told a capacity crowd waving signs that said `` unity '' on one side and bore either Clinton 's or Obama 's name on the other . So far , the Democratic convention has been dominated by news of the Clintons . What would Hillary Clinton say Tuesday night ? And what would her husband , former President Bill Clinton , say Wednesday night ? Would daughter Chelsea introduce her mother onstage , fueling visions of another Democratic dynasty ? And what will"}
-{"answer":", of dollars to ensure few people are wearing the same shoes . See some of the rarest shoes '' `` Coming up , my mom got five kids so there was n't a whole lot of stylish tennis shoes around the house , so I used to want a lot of sneakers , '' Big Boi said , explaining that he started making up for lost time -- and shoes -- long before OutKast 's 1994 debut , `` Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik . '' Juan Castaneda , 27 , also grew up in a family of modest means and longed to don the fresh kicks he saw his peers wearing . `` When I got money to buy them , I started catching up , '' said Castaneda , who works at a nursing home in Hendersonville , North Carolina . He estimates he owns about 200 pairs of sneakers , including a pair of Nike Air Jordan XIs with patent-leather trim called `` Space Jams . '' They cost him $ 500 . It 's supply and demand at its simplest , said Elliott Curtis , a former Carnegie Mellon University basketball player who for two semesters taught Sneakerology 101","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- OutKast 's Big Boi is a junkie , has been for years . Big Boi : `` You can really tell a lot about a person through the shoes , so I always like to keep me a fresh pair . '' The multiplatinum rap star got his first shoe fix back when he was better known as Antwan Patton , a busboy at Steak and Ale . He saved up his paychecks and rushed to a dealer to cop the only thing that could cure his jones -- a pair of British Knights tennis shoes . `` I 've actually been into sneakers since I was a little kid , '' Big Boi , 34 , said backstage before his concert this month at the Sneaker Pimps exhibition in Atlanta . `` You can really tell a lot about a person through the shoes , so I always like to keep me a fresh pair . '' Sneaker culture has thrived for decades , but shoe companies have increasingly capitalized on the demand for one-of-a-kind kicks . Collectors , known as sneakerheads , have lined up to pay hundreds , even thousands"}
-{"answer":"American History . Bell sent recordings to the Smithsonian in the 1880s for safekeeping , and to prove his scientific finds in case of patent questions . But there was no playback device , so `` the collection has been silent , '' said Stephens . Enter modern-day scientists Haber and Earl Cornell , who took detailed photos of the discs made in Bell 's laboratory and created a virtual playback machine on a computer . `` To be or not to be , that is the question , '' begins one of the recordings from a green wax disc that scientists believe was recorded in 1885 . The male voice reading the famous quote from Shakespeare 's Hamlet is muddled , but understandable . On a glass disc recording from 1884 , a voice can be heard saying the word `` barometer '' several times . And on another type of wax recording from 1885 , a man is heard reading a description of a cotton factory in New Hampshire . To get the audio from the discs , the Berkeley scientists put them on a turntable . As the disc slowly turned , as many as 18,000 images","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Voices recorded by inventor Alexander Graham Bell more than 125 years ago are being heard now , thanks to digital imaging technology . `` It 's not high fidelity , but you can definitely figure out what they 're saying , '' said Carl Haber of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , one of the scientists working on the project in a laboratory at the Library of Congress . The early audio recordings were made during an intensely competitive time , when scientists were racing to improve on Thomas Edison 's phonograph , which was invented in 1877 . Scientists like Bell , who worked at his Volta Laboratory in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington , were looking to improve both the quality of the phonograph and the nature of the sound to make the product commercially viable . `` I think this is a very critical episode in the history of American invention and innovation and it highlights an otherwise unknown aspect of Washington , D.C. , at the end of the 19th century as the center of invention and innovation , '' said Carlene Stephens , curator of the Smithsonian 's National Museum of"}
-{"answer":". But her life changed when a fellow musician told her to stop being so nice , as she revealed in the following interview with CNN : Watch Newfield talk about her nominations '' CNN : What went through your head when you received five nominations for this year 's Academy of Country Music Awards ? Heidi Newfield : I thought one or two would be so fabulous , that would be so great . And they kept calling my name , and you know , I wo n't lie -- I 'm going to tell on my husband -- the tears started flowing , and we were just really happy . All the hard work , all the time , and all the road -- and just the experience over time starts to play back in your mind , just like a movie.This is a really special time . CNN : Was it validation that leaving Trick Pony was the right thing to do ? Newfield : People tell you , `` You ca n't do this . '' You know in country music oftentimes it does not work when a front person leaves a group . In other","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Heidi Newfield goes into Sunday 's Academy of Country Music Awards with five nominations . It 's more than any other female , but she still considers herself the dark horse -- and in many ways , she is , especially since she 's up for top female vocalist against such heavyweights as Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift . Heidi Newfield says she considers herself an underdog at Sunday 's Academy of Country Music Awards . For 10 years , Newfield was the lead singer of the honky-tonk trio Trick Pony . Her soulful debut solo album , `` What Am I Waiting for , '' was released in August to stellar reviews -- many from critics who scoffed at the high-energy antics of her former band . If you spend any time with the petite blonde from Northern California , you 're struck by how many times she says , `` Please '' and `` Thank you . '' There 's a smile for everyone -- waiters , doormen , cameramen -- and she steers conversation away from herself to ask how others are doing . Newfield is a nice girl"}
-{"answer":"-- Real remain 11 points behind defending champions Barcelona in the Spanish league . Mourinho hit out at his arch-rivals , saying that he did not think that the two clubs were receiving the same treatment in terms of their match schedules . `` It 's not fair for everyone . One team plays the Champions League on a Tuesday and La Liga on Sunday , and another play on a Wednesday and Saturday , '' he said . `` Real Madrid is not being given the same chances to compete . I am not stupid . We all know that the moment the lead increases the championship is lost . '' Nevertheless , Mourinho said his side would not be taking anything for granted against 18th-placed Hercules , and hoped for a positive result before the home clash with Lyon -- who knocked Real out at the same stage last season before reaching the semifinals . `` Whoever 's season is at stake is n't worried . It 's not an easy match for us . Their players have a lot of personality and they will expect to earn a positive result , '' the Portuguese coach said ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is hopeful that star striker Cristiano Ronaldo will return for Wednesday 's Champions League clash with Lyon . The Portugal captain will not feature in Saturday 's La Liga game at home to Hercules , having sustained a thigh injury during Real 's 7-0 defeat of Malaga on March 3 . `` I am pretty sure he will play , but I do not like players who are not at 100 % , '' Mourinho told reporters at a press conference on Friday . `` If Cristiano had to play tomorrow he would n't because he is not fully fit , but I am sure after training on Saturday , Sunday , Monday and Tuesday he will play next Wednesday . '' Real are looking to qualify for the quarterfinals of the European competition for the first time since 2004 , having drawn 1-1 with the French side in the first leg of the last-16 tie on February 22 . However , despite recording a 3-1 win over Racing Santander last weekend -- and having an unblemished home record this season and Mourinho with any club for the past nine years"}
-{"answer":"officer . But he said nothing compared to this bloody confrontation . `` This was terrible , '' Weeks said softly . `` This was worse . ... We lost Officer Johns . '' Johns died shortly after the shooting , leaving behind a family that includes a teenage son who told CNN affiliate WUSA-TV the day after the tragedy that his dad was `` my hero . '' Watching a video clip of those comments , McCuiston started crying . `` First thing I thought about , I have an 11-year-old , '' the officer said before breaking down . Watch the officers tell their story '' Just moments before their joint interview with CNN on Thursday , McCuiston and Weeks attended a grief counseling session together , and both men say they are still struggling with their emotions . The security officers said they believe von Brunn will survive his wounds and eventually face trial . So they would not discuss details of the shootout out of a fear of jeopardizing the criminal investigation , but they were willing to discuss their memories of Johns so that the public knows more about him . McCuiston said the 6-foot-6-inch","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When shots rang out at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum last week , security officers Harry Weeks and Jason McCuiston were stunned . Harry Weeks , left , and Jason McCuiston fired on James von Brunn at the Holocaust Memorial Museum . `` I would say it was surreal , both of us could n't believe what was happening , '' Weeks told CNN in his first national televised interview since the June 10 shooting . `` I know myself I just , I heard ` pop , pop ' and it was surreal . '' McCuiston added : `` It was n't normal . You knew something was wrong and you knew it was very bad . '' What went terribly wrong is that white supremacist James von Brunn allegedly walked into the museum and started firing his rifle , shooting security officer Stephen Johns in the chest . Despite their initial shock , Weeks and McCuiston kept their composure enough to draw their weapons and start shooting at von Brunn , 88 . Weeks had fired his gun in the line of duty 25 years earlier as a Washington , D.C. , police"}
-{"answer":"which formally approached Australia to assist in the transfer -- did not lay out any conditions for the transfer , in which the men were brought on board the Australian ship , the Oceanic Viking . Watch the anti-whaling activists board the Japanese vessel '' Capt. Paul Watson , founder of Sea Shepherd , had said earlier that the men were seized by the Japanese crew and assaulted . Watch Watson describe the incident '' Sea Shepherd claims Japan 's Institute for Cetacean Research , which is backing the operations , had said it would release the two activists if Sea Shepherd agrees to stop interfering in its whaling operations . The group says it will not agree to that demand . The Japanese Fisheries Agency said Thursday it would readily hand over the two men . But the agency charged that the Sea Shepherd members were the terrorists . At a news conference earlier , the agency released pictures of broken bottles they claim group members threw at the ship . They also released a photo of the two activists relaxing and drinking tea aboard the Yushin Maru . `` For some time , for 10 , 15 minutes","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two anti-whaling activists who were seized by a Japanese whaling vessel two days ago have been handed over to Australian government officials on a ship in the Antarctic , Japan 's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Thursday . Australian citizen Benjamin Potts and British citizen Giles Lane , both members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society , jumped on board the Yushin Maru No. 2 Tuesday to deliver a letter saying the vessel was violating international law and Australian law by killing whales . The anti-whaling group accused the crew of the Japanese vessel of kidnapping the men based on a video that showed Potts and Lane tied to the ship 's railing . In the video , Japanese fishermen pace back and forth in front of them . Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith Wednesday did not answer questions about whether the men would be charged for their actions , stressing instead that the immediate priority was to retrieve them . `` I 'm not going to give a running commentary on who 's done what to whom and the various allegations and counter allegation , '' he said . Smith said the Japanese government --"}
-{"answer":"not want him to grow up with no one caring about him , the same way that she had grown up where nobody had cared about her . '' An emotional Schultz added that Toribio has tried to kill herself since her arrest . She was being held in isolation at a detention facility and kept under observation , he said . He added , `` As you can see , this case has been very emotional for everybody in the department . '' Toribio was charged with first-degree murder and an array of other charges , including abuse of a child under 12 that caused death . The discovery of the body at Alvarado Park on Friday shocked the community , which dubbed the boy `` Baby Justice '' and `` Baby Angel '' as they rallied around his case . Police released a composite image of the boy Tuesday , hoping to garner more leads in the case . They were n't able to release a photo of the boy because his body was so disfigured by the sand 's heat . Schultz said that after killing her son , Toribio dug a hole under gym equipment at","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 23-year-old woman suffocated her son and then buried his body beneath the sand of a playground , police in Albuquerque , New Mexico , said Thursday . Tiffany Toribio , 23 , was arrested and charged with killing her son . Police arrested Tiffany Toribio about 4 a.m. , just hours after they said they wanted to speak to her about her missing 3-year-old son , Ty . Family members had contacted authorities , saying her son matched the description of a boy found Friday at an Albuquerque playground . Police Chief Ray Schultz said she confessed to killing the boy soon after being apprehended . `` She placed her hand over her son 's mouth and nose and suffocated him . She had second thoughts about what she did . She performed CPR on her son , brought him back to life and then decided to go forward with that original act she had started to commit , '' Schultz said . Watch Schultz describe the alleged killing '' `` What makes this story especially sad is , when asked the reason why she took Ty 's life , Tiffany said that she did"}
-{"answer":". `` I just thought they 'd make some kind of exception for me . '' Randon 's power will stay on until the commission examines the facts in the case , said Terry Hadley , spokesman for the commission . CenterPoint told Randon she failed to meet the criteria . Spokeswoman Alicia Dixon told KHOU that Randon could have bought a battery-powered oxygen machine . The critical care program has thousands of applicants , and only 300 of them have been accepted , she said . `` This program is a communication program , not a guarantee of uninterrupted power , even to customers who are on the list , '' she said . Since the rejection , Randon said she is `` up and down all night , '' partly because she is worried about whether the power will be on when she wakes up . `` They have no consideration for life , '' she said . `` It 's just like they do n't care . '' CenterPoint spokeswoman Leticia Lowe said the company does not send electric bills ; it merely owns the wires and poles and is directed to disconnect power by retail electric","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Public Utility Commission of Texas will review the case of a cancer patient fighting to keep her electricity on to power her oxygen machine , the commission told CNN on Wednesday . Mable Randon , who has stage 4 cancer , was denied help paying for electricity , which she needs to power her oxygen tank . CNN affiliate KHOU of Houston , Texas , said calls poured in from as far away as Connecticut after the station aired its story on Mable Randon , a stage 4 cancer patient who received a cutoff notice after she fell behind on her bills . `` I 'm on a set income , '' she told KHOU . `` My husband lost his job . He finds a little work every now and then , but it 's hard . '' She applied to CenterPoint Energy 's Critical Care Program which helps maintain service for people who depend on electric-powered life support systems , but she was rejected . `` I 'm fighting for my life , and I thought people at the power company would help me , '' said Randon , who uses a wheelchair"}
-{"answer":"one new style or color will prove that there are more ways than you thought to look your best . Do n't be ruled by your insecurities If you 've been avoiding the beach or missing out on parties because you 're afraid of being the largest person there , grab a friend and go to the very place that incites terror -- just be sure you 're wearing an amazing outfit . Avoid a blackout `` Have you ever seen a happy goth ? '' muses Kressley . `` I think everyone needs color to feel good . '' Too many women rely on head-to-toe black as a form of camouflage . But any hue can be slimming if worn monochromatically -- so instead of black , reach for plum , gray or chocolate brown . Clean out your closet Whether you 're holding on to clothes that are too small because you hope you 'll fit into them someday , or clothes that are too big for fear you 'll grow back into them , you 're keeping past wounds open . `` Old clothes stop you from living in the present , '' says Kressley . ``","question":"-LRB- InStyle.com -RRB- -- Style-maker , TV host and opinionated fashionista Carson Kressley explains how to give yourself a complete makeover -- inside and out . Style-maker Carson Kressley spills the naked truth on giving yourself a mental makeover . Minimize the negative As Coco Chanel said , `` Fashion is architecture : It 's a matter of proportions . '' In other words : No matter which part of your body you dislike , there 's a clever way to divert the eye elsewhere . Try different styles and employ horizontal -LRB- widening -RRB- , vertical -LRB- elongating -RRB- and diagonal -LRB- slimming -RRB- lines as necessary . Venture out of your comfort zone `` Many women get used to dressing their body a certain way because they think it 's the only thing that works for them , '' says Kressley . Find a boutique or department store with well-trained salespeople and try on three styles you 've never worn . It might be a fabric such as jersey that you 've always deemed too clingy or an Empire-waist camisole that you 're convinced looks too young . Not every experiment will be a success , but even"}
-{"answer":"a whole artifact of this nature is extraordinary . The dish is extremely fragile but the glasswork is intact and illuminates beautifully nearly two millennia after being crafted . '' The glass petals are blue with white borders and are each indented . They were originally embedded in opaque red glass , the museum said , and while the red coloring has diminished across most of the dish , it can still be seen around the edge . `` The complexity of its manufacture indicates that the dish was a highly-prized and valuable item , '' the museum said in a statement . Such beautifully crafted vessels were in vogue in the 1st and early 2nd centuries , the museum said . Dating is under way to determine the precise period of the find . The excavations that uncovered the dish are part of an ongoing dig at the extensive eastern cemetery of Roman London , which was then called Londinium . The site now lies in the neighborhood of Aldgate . The cemetery -- which , by law , lay outside the city walls -- spanned more than 400 years of Roman occupation from the late 1st to early","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Archaeologists excavating a site in East London have made an `` extremely rare and unprecedented '' find -- a delicately detailed dish made of hundreds of pieces of tiny glass petals , the Museum of London Docklands announced Wednesday . The dish unearthed after about 2,000 years . The `` millefiori '' dish -LRB- the name means `` thousand flowers '' -RRB- was found buried in the grave of a Roman Londoner , the museum said . Based on the other grave goods found at the site , archaeologists believe the person buried there was wealthy , the museum said . The dish was highly fragmented when archaeologists unearthed it , the museum said , but it had been held together over the centuries by the earth around it . A conservator at the museum reassembled the dish , which is now on display at the Museum of London Docklands . `` Piecing together and conserving such a complete artifact offered a rare and thrilling challenge , '' said conservator Liz Goodman , who did the work . `` We occasionally get tiny fragments of millefiori , but the opportunity to work on"}
-{"answer":"their losses . `` Even after I die , I could not close my eyes , '' Cai Tie Juan said , describing her stress and exhaustion through a translator . On March 8 , 2007 , Cai 's son , Bian Jin , 27 , better known to his American counterparts as Jack , was returning from a spring break shopping trip with Sun Yan and Xue Bing , both 24 . Learn more about students '' According to the Dayton Daily News , Bian was driving . Sun , aka Zoe , and Bian 's girlfriend , Xue -- whose friends called her Jo -- were in the backseat of Bian 's Ford Taurus . They were trying to get back in time for Sun 's 6:30 p.m. shift at a local Chinese restaurant in Urbana , Ohio , where the three attended graduate school . Witnesses told the newspaper that several cars were waiting at a traffic light when Jason Skaggs , then 34 , approached the intersection of Urbana and Moorefield roads . Skaggs crashed his blue Chevy Tahoe into a Buick Skylark at 98 mph -LRB- about 158 kph -RRB- , went airborne and sandwiched","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The three mothers hail from the same province in China , but they 'd never met until a reckless driver in central Ohio killed their only children . From left , Sun `` Zoe '' Yan , Bian `` Jack '' Jin and Xue `` Jo '' Bing were students at Urbana University in Ohio . Two years later , the women wade through a cultural morass , struggling with American laws and language as they work to recoup the tens of thousands of dollars they borrowed to educate , and bury , their children . They 've also lost their pride and possibly their future . In China , a family 's future often rides on the education of its youngest member , and parents routinely mortgage the present for a brighter retirement . The three mothers have no good news for friends and relatives who stop by their homes in northeast China , sometimes for hours , asking for their money . The mothers face the cultural shame of not being able to repay them , and many of their creditors do n't believe them when they explain they 've received little compensation for"}
-{"answer":"tried to separate fans outside the ground after the match . `` Incidents of this nature at a match are thankfully rare , but it would appear that a small number of supporters were intent on causing a confrontation . `` A team of dedicated police officers will be reviewing all the events that took place and will be looking at CCTV both inside and outside the ground to identify evidence of offenses and offenders . `` We will proactively seek to obtain football-banning orders for those responsible so they will not be permitted in stadiums throughout the country or abroad . '' The Football Association -LRB- FA -RRB- , who are currently promoting England 's bid to stage the 2018 or 2022 World Cup , have denounced the violence . `` We absolutely condemn all of the disorder that has occurred at Upton Park , both inside and outside of the ground , '' an FA spokesman said . `` We will very quickly be working with all parties , including the police and clubs to establish the facts surrounding the events . We expect all culprits to be banned from football for life - they have no place","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man was stabbed in the chest and 13 people were arrested after violence marred an English League Cup tie between Premier League side West Ham and east London neighbors Millwall . Millwall fans taunt West Ham supporters during their English League Cup tie . The 44-year-old man was stabbed in Priory Road , a few yards from West Ham 's stadium as fans clashed with police before and after the match ; police say he is now in a stable condition . During the match , which West Ham won 3-1 , fans fought with police and stewards inside the stadium and play was temporarily suspended when numerous supporters invaded the pitch . Metropolitan Police chief superintendent Steve Wisbey , who was in charge of policing the match , confirmed his force were investigating the events and would seek to punish those responsible for the trouble . Commenting on the tie which has a tradition for trouble among rival fans Wisbey added : `` Police worked closely with West Ham Football Club , British Transport Police and the local authority to minimize disorder . `` Officers responded swiftly whilst missiles were being thrown as they"}
-{"answer":"The survey found that largely because of the conflict in Iraq , 35.5 percent of participants were acting as head of the household and that `` nearly 25 percent had not been married . '' `` If this reflects Iraq as a whole , it is the highest rate in the larger region , a result of the loss of men of marrying age as a result of the conflict , '' the survey said . Oxfam and its Iraqi partner group Al-Amal Association , conducted the survey in five provinces -- Baghdad , Basra , Tameem , Najaf and Nineveh . Questioners interviewed 1,700 respondents starting last summer . While the survey does n't represent the situation facing all Iraqis , it provides `` a disturbing snapshot of many women 's lives and those of their children and other family members . '' `` A quarter of the women interviewed still do not have daily access to water , a third can not send their children to school and , since the war started , over half have been the victim of violence , '' Hobbs said . `` And to add further insult more than three-quarters of widows","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While violence decreases across Iraq , women in the war-ravaged country face worsening hardships as warfare has thrust them into the role of family breadwinners , an aid group 's survey said . An Iraqi woman who sells incense and candles to support her children says , `` to work is to preserve your honor . '' In a release dated Sunday coinciding with International Women 's Day , Oxfam International issued , `` In Her Own Words : Iraqi Women Talk About Their Greatest Concerns and Challenges . '' Many women have been widowed and have had to run their families because their husbands `` had been killed , disappeared , abducted or suffered from mental or physical abuse , '' the survey says . As a result , many have been unable to earn a decent living . While there are no precise numbers , there are now an estimated 740,000 widows in Iraq , Oxfam says . `` Women are the forgotten victims of Iraq , '' said Oxfam International Executive Director Jeremy Hobbs , in quotes included in the survey . See pictures of women working in Iraq ''"}
-{"answer":"that has gripped the country . The new bill is expected to lead to around 30,000 job losses and further cuts to wages and pensions for workers in the public sector . `` We have no hope . The only hope we have is the strength of the people , '' said protester Vagelis Filezis , a civil engineer , before the vote . He said Europe 's leaders were trying `` to save the banks but they do n't think about the people . '' And he warned Italy and Spain , which are also facing debt crises : `` Look at us . This is where you will be in two to three years . '' Organizers had urged protesters from all over the country to come to Athens Thursday , suggesting the crowd could be larger than the 70,000-plus police estimated Wednesday . Organizers estimated the turnout Wednesday at 120,000 , which would make it one of the biggest protests in the country in years . Police said there were about 40,000 people on the streets Thursday morning -- fewer than at the same time a day earlier -- and about 3,000 police officers . The mood","question":"Athens , Greece -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Greek lawmakers voted to approve a new round of tough budget-cutting measures Thursday , despite a second day of angry protests in which one demonstrator died . Tens of thousands rallied outside the parliament building as lawmakers debated the unpopular measures , aimed at bringing down the country 's huge national debt . After a peaceful start , violent clashes broke out between anarchist rioters and the police , and between the anarchists and some union demonstrators who wanted to keep the protest calm . Tear gas was fired into the crowd , while rocks and fire bombs were thrown . The protester who died was a member of the PAME workers ' union , lawmaker Makis Voridis told parliament . Hospital officials told CNN he was a 53-year-old man who suffered cardiac arrest . The Greek minister for health said the demonstrator had been taken to an Athens hospital without a pulse and could not be revived , but he had no injuries . Earlier reports suggested he had been injured . Lawmakers approved the austerity measures by 154 in favor to 144 against , despite nationwide protests and a two-day strike"}
-{"answer":"been blamed for at least seven deaths across the nation . Share your photos , video of winter weather Record-breaking lows were forecast for two-thirds of the country , for most areas east of the Rockies . For some regions , even lower temperatures are on tap through the weekend , forecasters said . `` But the brunt of the cold air will ride down the Mississippi River , '' said CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano , reporting from Memphis , Tennessee . Marciano said temperatures have been the lowest there in more than a decade . `` You have people not used to this weather , and homes are not built for this weather . Yesterday alone , the city -LSB- Memphis -RSB- went around to turn on the heat for homes when people have not been able to pay -LSB- their utility bills -RSB- . '' Alabama issued a warning to drivers Thursday night , urging them to stay off icy roads as driving conditions were `` becoming dangerous '' with numerous accidents reported . Trooper Curtis Summerville with the Alabama State Patrol said the biggest problem on the roads was black ice on overpasses and bridges . But","question":"Atlanta , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Snow and ice dealt a major blow to U.S. air travel Thursday , while much of the nation shivered from record low temperatures . At least 400 flights at Chicago , Illinois ' , O'Hare International Airport were canceled . Arriving flights were being delayed an average of 45 minutes and outgoing flights about 30 minutes , according to the Federal Aviation Administration . Chicago 's Midway Airport and Newark International Airport in New Jersey also reported delays . Those bottlenecks were affecting flights at many other international airports . Meanwhile , the National Weather Service was keeping an eye on a dangerous mix of ice and snow expected in the Southeast , where temperatures have dipped between 10 to 35 degrees below normal for the past two weeks , said CNN meteorologist Jacqui Jeras . Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines offered to issue winter weather travel waivers to Delta and Northwest passengers on flights to , from or through five states . Travelers can change their schedule without fees until Saturday if their routes include Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Mississippi or Tennessee . The arctic blast that began last weekend has"}
-{"answer":"them , a ban on arms and diamond trades , a travel ban and asset freezes for some individuals . The sanctions , renewed last year , are in effect until October 29 . Earlier in Jackson 's trip , Amon N'Douffou V , king of the Krindjabo kingdom , named Jackson a prince of the Agni people , news reports said . Jackson said it was a `` very exciting ceremony . '' Jackson 's wife , Jacqueline , suffered a broken leg during the trip when a stage she and her husband were on collapsed , Jackson told CNN in a telephone interview . `` We had excellent medical care , '' the pastor said , adding that the collapse was `` not the fault of the organizers , '' but that too many people had gathered on the stage . Official news agency Agence Ivoirienne de Presse reported that the stage collapse occurred in a sports complex in Yopougon , north of Abidjan . A doctor was to accompany them on their Friday night flight back to the United States , Jackson said . The coming elections in the Ivory Coast are being closely watched by U.N.","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson ended a trip to the Ivory Coast on Friday , after he spoke to leaders from the nation 's political parties and was honored as a prince by a tribe in the West African nation . Jesse Jackson says ceremony to name him a prince of the Agni people was `` very exciting . '' Jackson said he met with President Laurent Gbagbo and leading members of two opposition parties , Henri Konan Bedie and Alassane Ouattara . Bedie is a former president of the nation and Ouattara is a former prime minister . Jackson said his mission was not to endorse a candidate , `` but a process . '' `` I wanted the three of them to agree ... -LSB- to -RSB- campaign vigorously ... not to create divisive language , to each agree to support the winner , -LSB- and -RSB- end the -LSB- U.N. -RSB- sanctions , '' he said . `` I think there 's a common agreement on these points . This country has so much to offer the world and Africa . '' The United Nations imposed sanctions on the nation in 2004 , among"}
-{"answer":"wealthy Gulf investors . Not for the first time , the Kuwaiti Al Kharafi family was linked with Liverpool FC , currently owned by Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett . Meanwhile , Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim , an Emirates property mogul and TV personality , is fronting an audacious bid to buy a controlling interest in Chelsea from Abramovich . Jassim al Kharafi has shot down speculation that his family is interested in buying Liverpool . The Kharafis , who made much of their estimated $ 9.7 billion fortune in construction and fast-food interests , have been in talks with Liverpool before . They considered a bid last year after the ruler of Dubai , Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum , abandoned his efforts to buy the club . But that may not be the end of the story . Some analysts think potential suitors are biding their time , as Liverpool 's current American owners approach the deadline for refinancing their takeover of the club . That would mean renegotiating the terms of a whopping # 350 million -LRB- $ 550 million -RRB- loan by July . Most analysts think it highly unlikely in the current economic","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mega-rich Middle Eastern investors are the latest wave of businessmen being linked with some of the biggest clubs in English soccer . Sulaiman Al Fahim eyes Chelsea , while Liverpool 's fans also see a change of ownership looming . They follow an influx of ` foreign ' owners led by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich at Chelsea , and Americans at Manchester United and Liverpool . Sheikh Mansour , a member of the oil-rich Abu Dhabi royal family , has transformed the financial fortunes of Manchester City -- a team long in the shadow of its more successful neighbor United -- since buying the club last summer . He bought Brazilian Robinho for a record # 32.5 million -LRB- $ 45 million -RRB- at the start of the season , has spent millions more on players in the January 2009 transfer window and had a bid to sign Kaka , a former World Player of the Year , for a record-busting # 100 million -LRB- $ 138 million -RRB- fail . At the weekend British newspapers suggested that two of the Premier League 's `` Big Four '' are attracting the attention of"}
-{"answer":"When Michael Jordan retired , they withdrew the number 23 jersey as an honor . It 's the same thing with Heath . '' Barbella said he thinks any new performance just wo n't be able to top Ledger 's . `` He upgraded the character in a thrilling way , '' he said . `` Although a lot of actors would love the chance to play the Joker , as Batman fans and now Heath Ledger fans , we think no one could ever perform it as well as he did . '' The Web site is the brainchild of Barbella , 34 ; Nico Pimentel , 33 ; and Natalia Rodoni , 33 , all advertising creatives in Buenos Aires . The trio say that if they collect enough names , they may go to the studio to present their petition . `` As soon as we start seeing that we have more than 50,000 names on our Web site , perhaps we will go to the Warner Brothers gate and do a bit of activism , '' Pimentel said . The huge buzz around Ledger 's performance as the Joker last year stemmed from his update of","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A group of Heath Ledger fans have taken their reverence for the late `` The Dark Knight '' star to a whole new level . Heath Ledger fans launched a petition calling for studios to remove the Joker from future Batman movies . Followers of the actor , who electrified audiences with his chilling reinvention of the Joker in the second Batman blockbuster , are calling for the character to be retired from the movies permanently . Ledger supporters at new Web site , The Ultimate Joker , launched a petition last week calling for studios to remove the Joker from any future Batman movies . The petition currently has 2,431 supporters . `` We think Heath deserves this honor , '' the site 's team leader , Fer Barbella , told CNN from Buenos Aires , Argentina . `` He is the ultimate Joker . `` We are Batman fans from the comics and from the movies , '' he said , `` After we saw ` The Dark Knight , ' we thought this Joker was really the best . It deserves to be withdrawn from any Batman sequels . ``"}
-{"answer":"include default papers , auction sale notices and repossessions -- reached 803,489 in the first quarter , according to a recent report by RealtyTrac , an online marketer of foreclosed properties . Watch Victor Guevares give a quick tour of his new home '' That is a 24 percent jump over a year earlier and a 9 percent increase compared to the previous quarter . Of those first-quarter filings , 341,180 happened in March , a 17 percent increase from February and a 46 percent jump from March 2008 . Sitting with his stomach in knots on that March 8 afternoon , Guevares made the opening bid and kept pace until they passed $ 100,000 , then $ 200,000 . Looking shell-shocked , Guevares ended up with the winning bid : $ 230,000 . But he soon realized there was much more to it , after plunking down $ 7,000 in auction fees and another $ 5,000 required from every bidder . And still , he could n't immediately lock in a mortgage at the auction as he had hoped because records showed the home faced a possible code violation . `` I had a problem , '' Guevares said","question":"QUEENS , New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For Victor Guevares , winning a bid at a raucous foreclosure auction two months ago was just the first step toward achieving his dream of home ownership . And after getting through several obstacles along the way , he finally moved his family into the two-story , three-bedroom house in Queens . Victor Guevares , second from right , bought a home at a raucous foreclosure auction two months ago . The auction process is n't as easy as it looks , Guevares said . `` If you 're going to an auction , do your research , '' he told CNN . CNN first met the Guevares family in March when he grabbed a home once worth $ 527,000 for less than half that price . Guevares had won an auction at USHomeAuction.com 's foreclosure sale in New York . Banks and other lenders were unloading foreclosed houses , and many were selling at 50 percent to 60 percent below their highest values . Foreclosures skyrocketed in March and the first quarter of 2009 to their highest levels on record as banks lifted moratoria on filings . Foreclosure filings -- which"}
-{"answer":"one else would dare swim . But rather than just aiming for a place in the history books , his motivation is to publicize the environmental damage he has witnessed on his swims . In 2006 , to raise awareness about global warming and that year 's drought in England , Pugh swam the entire length of the River Thames -- all except the first 26 miles , which had already dried up . He took a break from the 200-mile journey to call in at No. 10 Downing Street , where he discussed climate change with Tony Blair . The next year , Pugh became the first person to swim the 87 mile-width of the Maldives . The 10-day swim was Pugh 's way of raising awareness of how climate change is threatening to submerge low-lying islands . But he is best known for his North Pole adventure . His Arctic swim lasted 19 minutes in temperatures of around minus 2 degrees Celsius . Were any normal person to fall into waters that cold they would be in serious trouble . Pugh 's long-time coach Professor Tim Noakes told CNN , `` People usually drown very quickly on exposure","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What on Earth would drive a man to swim in Arctic waters wearing nothing but Speedos , goggles and a cap ? Lewis Pugh braves the icy water off the arctic archipelogo of Svalbard . For Lewis Pugh , it was a love of the environment and a passionate desire to save the Arctic from global warming . His 1 km swim -LRB- 0.62 of a mile -RRB- in 2007 made him the first person to complete a long-distance swim at the North Pole -- the purpose , to highlight the fact that it was possible to swim for a kilometer in a place that should be solid ice . Pugh , now aged 39 , is a former maritime lawyer who abandoned his practice six years ago to become a full-time environmentalist and adventurer . Since then he has become the first person to complete long-distance swims in all five of the world 's oceans and has become the world 's leading cold water swimmer . Born in England and brought up in South Africa , Pugh sees himself in the mould of pioneering British adventurers like Sir Edmund Hillary , fearlessly braving waters no"}
-{"answer":"the failure came as a blow . `` It was like having a hammer over the head , '' he said . Watch Fournier talk about trying again '' The former paratrooper had hoped his `` Big Jump '' would start 40 kilometers -LRB- 25 miles -RRB- above the Earth 's surface . But his hopes dissipated over the Canadian prairie shortly after 5 a.m. -LRB- 7 a.m. ET -RRB- , when the balloon took off before his capsule could be attached . Still clad in his bright yellow pressure suit , a visibly frustrated Fournier waved away cameras after his balloon 's abrupt departure . It drifted back to the ground about 40 km away . Fournier says he spent nearly 12.7 million euros -LRB- $ 20 million -RRB- on his quest , a risky endeavor that French authorities refused to allow him to attempt over France . Canadian authorities approved the mission over the town of North Battleford , in sparsely populated Saskatchewan . The town 's mayor , Julian Sadlowski , said Monday 's failure was `` a disappointment . '' `` I thought this was going to be the day that we saw history made in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- French parachutist Michel Fournier vowed Tuesday to try again to launch a record-breaking skydive in August , hours after a `` freak '' accident over Canada aborted his second attempt to do so . Michel Fournier tests his equipment a few days before his attempt to break four world records . `` I 'm not about to give up , '' the 64-year-old adventurer said of his shot at setting a world record for the highest jump and fastest , longest free fall by a man riding a balloon . Tuesday 's attempt was thwarted when an electrical charge broke the cable connecting the balloon to the gondola , causing it to slip away from his ground crew and rise into the Saskatchewan skies over North Battleford . `` The question is , why was it electrically activated ? '' said Michel Chevalet , a balloon expert working on Fournier 's technical team . He suggested that static electricity may have been to blame but that it had been an unforeseen possibility . `` Unexpected freak accidents do happen , '' he said . Watch report on Michel Fournier 's failed free-fall quest '' Fournier said"}
-{"answer":"mafia '' as they were known at Columbine , and thus had been outcasts . This theory has been widely refuted , but for goth students around the country , the damage was done . `` As a result -LSB- of Columbine -RSB- , the public were afraid of the ` goths ' and ` punks ' and ` metalheads ' at school , '' says Muzquiz , who was a high school senior at the time . `` Parents , often successfully , lobbied to get trench coats and all-black attire banned in their local schools . School administrators started considering these groups to be gangs and harassment of students was rampant , with unwarranted backpack searches , detainment in the hallways by security guards , and being called into the administrative offices for questioning . '' Rumors ran rampant about kids who `` looked like they were going to bring a gun to school , '' and Muzquiz says her classmates quickly learned if they wanted to cause trouble for a student , all they had to do was report that student had a list of enemies . `` They could simply report to administrators that the person","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jennifer Muzquiz was `` goth '' in high school . She had , and still has , multicolored hair , a `` face full of piercings , '' and an all-black wardrobe , even though she no longer identifies with the goth subculture . And while her style had always earned her her fair share of strange glances , she says everything changed for the worse after the Columbine school shootings on April 20 , 1999 . Jennifer Muzquiz , in all black , decided to study at home after feeling shunned as a goth after Columbine . It was on that day that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and teachers in a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton , Colorado . The massacre was one of the deadliest school shootings in history , and it had a profound effect on students and teachers across the country . As the media and the public groped for meaning behind the incident , there were plenty of theories about the motive behind the massacre . One of these was that Harris and Klebold were members of the goth subculture , or `` trench-coat"}
-{"answer":"human being , '' read a message from Jones on his Facebook page . For about a year , the masked Jones has patrolled the streets of Seattle , often with a film crew in tow , looking for crime and generating international headlines . Jamieson said it is unclear how many -- if any -- crimes Jones has assisted police with . Police urge people to call 911 rather than take the law into their own hands , he added . On a video released by Jones of the incident that led to his arrest , Jones is heard telling the film crew to call 911 , then rushes into a crowd of people who appear to be engaged in an altercation . A spokesman for Jones said he had no recourse but to get involved . `` The fight was a huge group of people against a smaller group , '' said Peter Tangen . `` It was an unfair fight , he went there to break it up . '' A chaotic scene unfolds on the 13-minute video after Jones runs toward a man and woman who appear to be fighting . The man walks away and","question":"Seattle , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Instead of the traditional bad guys , it was the costumed , self-styled superhero that ended up behind bars after an altercation Sunday in Seattle . Phoenix Jones , the moniker used by a man who dons a skintight black-and-gold rubber suit and mask , was arrested on four counts of assault after allegedly trying to break up a fight with pepper spray , the Seattle Police Department said . According to the statement , a group of men and women were leaving a downtown Seattle club at 2:32 a.m. Sunday and `` were dancing and having a good time '' when an `` unknown adult male suspect came up from behind and pepper sprayed the group , '' the statement said . `` He inserted himself and sprayed them with pepper spray , '' Seattle Police spokesman Mark Jamieson told CNN . Jones was arrested and charged with four counts of assault , Jamieson said . But Jones claimed he used the pepper spray only to break up a fight and to protect himself . `` I would never hurt or harm another person if they were not causing harm to another"}
-{"answer":"Watch more on Abdul 's challenges '' Abdul acknowledged several years ago that she used medications to kill the pain for a series of injuries , but this is apparently her first admission she was hooked on them . When People magazine asked her about it in 2005 , she chose her words carefully : `` Drugs ? I 'm not addicted to pills of any kind , '' Abdul then said . Her painkillers were , in fact , not pills . Abdul wore a patch that delivered a pain medication about 80 times more potent than morphine , she told Ladies ' Home Journal . Abdul 's slurring of words and apparent confusion on `` American Idol '' and during interviews stirred rumors of a drug problem in recent years . She told the magazine , though , she was never under the influence during a show . Her pains began with a cheerleading accident at age 17 , but were compounded by later mishaps -- including a stage accident in 1991 , a car wreck in 1992 and a plane crash in 1993 , she said . The persistent hurting is almost gone after a 15th surgery","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Paula Abdul is ready for another fresh start , now that she 's kicked her addiction to painkillers , the `` American Idol '' judge told a magazine . Paula Abdul told Ladies ' Home Journal that she struggled with a drug problem . The former pop star released a new song this week and will take the `` American Idol '' stage Wednesday night to perform it . Abdul , in an interview for the Ladies ' Home Journal 's June issue , acknowledged what she has denied for years -- that she had a drug problem . But last November , days after an obsessed fan apparently killed herself outside Abdul 's home , she went to a health spa where weaned herself off prescription pain medications she had used for a dozen years . `` Withdrawal -- it 's the worst thing , '' she told the magazine . `` I was freezing cold , then sweating hot , then chattering and in so much pain , it was excruciating . But at my very core , I did not like existing the way I had been . ''"}
-{"answer":"Centaur upper-stage rocket would result in plumes of dust of more than 250 metric tons . After it hit , the debris was analyzed by a satellite -- launched along with the rocket -- that traveled through the dust cloud before its own impact on the moon . The goal of the $ 79 million mission was to determine whether there is water on the moon . After the impact , NASA officials called the mission a success , saying the satellite sent back a good amount of data that now will be analyzed . Jennifer Stracener of Vilonia , Arkansas , said she got up early to watch NASA 's live telecast of the impact . She was disappointed , and posted her reaction on CNN 's iReport.com . `` These was no plume , no nothing , '' she said by phone . `` It just kind of blacked out . '' She said the telecast did not show the rocket 's impact clearly . `` I was looking for some action -- something happening , '' she said . `` I think a lot of people were , because they -LSB- NASA -RSB- hyped it up ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There was n't a cloud in the sky early Friday when Dave Samuels trained his telescopes at the moon , hoping to catch a glimpse of a NASA rocket striking the lunar landscape . The moon , shown shortly before NASA 's rockets hit on Friday morning . `` We saw nothing , '' he said . Samuels is vice president of the Fremont Peak Observatory near Monterey , California , which had invited members of the public to watch Friday 's NASA mission through its telescopes . The lunar strike happened shortly after 4:30 a.m. on the West Coast -LRB- 7:30 a.m. ET -RRB- . NASA had encouraged everyone around the country to host `` impact parties , '' saying the plume of dust generated by the lunar impact would be visible through `` mid-sized backyard '' telescopes 10 inches or larger . It said the chances of seeing the plume were greater for people living in areas that were still dark . The space agency even posted an interactive map on its Web site so people could find `` a public event near you . '' NASA officials had said the impact of the"}
-{"answer":"Tuesday Group '' includes some perennial Republican favorites such as regulatory relief , an individual tax break for purchasing health insurance and limits on malpractice lawsuits . It also would encourage insurers to pool their coverage to a greater extent than currently allowed , which Kirk and other supporters say has worked well in California . But it also emphasizes preventive care , computerizing patient records and reducing `` defensive medicine '' by promoting treatments proven effective -- all principles the White House has endorsed , as well . The centerpiece of the plan , Kirk said , is a `` Medical Rights Act '' that would keep government out of `` decisions made by you and your doctor . '' He said the plans were drawn up during four months of talks with dozens of groups , including patient advocates , doctors , nurses , employers and `` other interested groups . '' The proposal came as the conservative GOP leadership in the House stepped up attacks on the proposal being drafted by Senate Democrats . House Minority Leader John Boehner , R-Ohio , said Monday 's budget office report showed `` millions of Americans '' would lose their","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Congressional Republicans offered what they call a `` centrist , practical '' plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system Tuesday , one they say would be the cheapest of any option proposed so far . House Republicans say their health care plan is a better package than the Senate version . Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk said the package put together by moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives would be far cheaper than a plan being drawn up in the Senate . A preliminary review of that plan by the Congressional Budget Office found it would cost about $ 1 trillion over 10 years to extend health insurance to 16 million people who otherwise would not be covered -- about a third of the roughly 45 million now uninsured . `` I think this plan that we put forward is more centrist , more bipartisan and would be at significantly lower cost , '' Kirk said . He said no cost estimate had been prepared for the measures he put forth Tuesday , but asserted its elements would require less money from taxpayers than other proposals . The package announced by the GOP ``"}
-{"answer":"his safety . '' The 32-year-old faces eight years in a labor camp for participation in what the Uzbekistan government says is an extremist religious organization , according to Forum 18 , a religious freedom watchdog organization The group says that Uzbek security forces arrested Dadahanov and four other men -- Bakhrom Ibrahimov , Davron Kabilov , Rovshanbek Favoyev and Botyrbek Eshkuziyev -- last summer after the men had written for an Islamic journal called Irmoq . The National Security Service reportedly claimed the magazine was `` sponsored by a Turkish radical religious movement . '' Officials from the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington have refused to comment on the case . Forum 18 says Dadahanov and the four other Uzbek men were convicted of `` dissemination of information and materials containing ideas of religious extremism , separatism and fundamentalism , calls for pogroms or violent eviction of individuals aimed at creating panic among the population . '' Human rights organizations say the convictions appear to be part of a broader crackdown in the former Soviet republic , targeting members of `` Nurchilar , '' a moderate Muslim movement of Turkish origin , which follows the writing of a 19th-century","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The e-mail arrived from Uzbekistan on February 26 . It was titled `` Bad News . '' Abdul Dadahanov had intended to study business , but changed his mind after 9\/11 , his academic adviser said . `` Dear Mama Judy , '' a young woman named Aziza Dadahanov wrote in shaky English . `` Very very bad news !!! Abdul is given 8 years of prison . Today was the verdict . Now i feel myself very bad . And i ca n't write now . I am shocked . '' `` It was like being kicked in the stomach , '' recalled Judy Skartvedt , a retired flight attendant living in Easton , Connecticut . She knew Dadahanov 's husband , Abdul Dadahanov , as an Uzbek exchange student who had wanted to help heal people after the 9\/11 attacks . She thought of him as an open-minded Muslim whom her family had hosted when he came on a scholarship to study at Fairfield University in 2001 . `` We were totally shocked that someone like Abdul could be arrested for anything , '' Skartvedt said . `` We have n't stopped worrying about"}
-{"answer":"not that powerful , '' Rudd said in the Australian Parliament . He said that the apology was the start of a new approach towards Aborigines which included helping them find their lost families , closing pay gaps and a 17-year difference in life expectancy between Aborigines and white Australians . Watch Rudd make the apology '' He said new policies would be introduced to provide better healthcare and education to Aborigines . `` The mood of the nation is for reconciliation now , '' Rudd said . Watch why this apology is considered significant '' The policy was largely a secret until a decade ago , when a government inquiry and high-profile movie exposed it . That sparked a mass movement , supported by many white Australians , demanding an apology . Former Prime Minister John Howard refused to offer an apology , saying the current generation should not be held accountable for past misdeeds . He instead issued a statement of regret . Rudd , who defeated Howard last November , made an apology part of his election campaign . Howard 's successor as leader of the Liberal Party , Brendan Nelson , supported the apology Wednesday .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Australian government apologized Wednesday for years of `` mistreatment '' that inflicted `` profound grief , suffering and loss '' on the country 's Aboriginal people . Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes the apology on Wednesday from inside Parliament . New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd read the apology Wednesday to Aborigines and the `` Stolen Generations '' of children who were taken from their families . `` To the mothers and fathers , to the brothers and sisters we say sorry . And for the indignity and degradation on a proud people and a proud culture we say sorry . '' For 60 years , until 1970 , the Australian government took mixed-race Aboriginal children from their families and put them in dormitories or industrial schools , claiming it was protecting them . As a result of the policy , `` stolen '' children lost contact with their families and heritage , received poor education , lived in harsh conditions , and often endured abuse . Watch one of these `` stolen '' children discuss this legacy '' `` There is nothing I can say today that will take away the pain ... Words are"}
-{"answer":"he was just 6 years old . He and his wife of 57 years , Eva May , raised 13 children and six grandchildren in a cypress-sided house in the middle of cotton fields in northwestern Mississippi . He was a sharecropper most his life , but rarely qualified for food stamps . Watch `` Obama , he come up like '' '' His father died in 1935 when he was 5 , and he had to step up and be the `` Little Man '' of the house , a nickname that has stuck seven decades later . He 's lived a raw-knuckled life where hope moved at a molasses-slow pace . The last time he had hope for a better future was four decades ago -- first with President John F. Kennedy and then with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. . Obama has changed everything to the poor in these parts . iReport.com : What does Obama 's presidency mean to you ? `` I 'm a church man , '' he says . `` And I kind of figured this here is about like it was with Moses with the children of Israel . On that","question":"Editor 's note : The n-word appears in this piece because CNN feels the context in which it is used is pertinent to the story of James `` Little Man '' Presley . James `` Little Man '' Presley has worked in the cotton fields of Sledge , Mississippi , since he was just 6 years old . SLEDGE , Mississippi -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- James Presley stands amid chopped cotton , the thick Mississippi mud caked on his well-worn boots . A smile spreads across his face when he talks about voting for Barack Obama and what that might mean for generations to come . His voice picks up a notch . He holds his head up a bit higher . `` There 's a heap of pride in voting for a black man , '' he says . At 78 , Presley is a legend of the past living in the present and now hopeful for the future . A grandson of slaves , he 's one of the few men left in America so closely tied to his slave past , still farming cotton on the same land as his ancestors . He 's picked cotton since"}
-{"answer":"shaken Dario Franchitti , speaking after the canceled Las Vegas Indy 300 , said `` one minute you 're joking around ... the next , Dan 's gone . '' `` We can put so much pressure on ourselves to win races and championships and it 's what we love to do , '' said Franchitti , who knew Wheldon since he was a child . `` And it 's what we live for . And then on days like today , it does n't really matter . I lost , we lost ... a good friend . '' Franchitti recalled Wheldon 's early IndyCar years . `` He was kind of brash , but he was a charmer , '' Franchitti said . `` He became this loving family guy . He was still charming , but he had this whole new side to him . '' Wheldon , 33 , left behind his wife , Susie , and two young boys , Sebastian and Oliver . They live in St. Petersburg , Florida . Born in Emberton , England , Wheldon raced go-karts at the age of 4 . His father was a go-kart racer and his mother","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dan Wheldon brought a bit of England with him when he began driving extremely fast cars in the United States . `` When I first started racing , a lot of the guys said that I raced with a lot of heart , occasionally not my head , but always with a lot of heart , like the way that Richard the Lionheart fought in battle , '' Wheldon wrote on a sponsor 's blog in 2010 . Wheldon placed a small mural of the 12th-century warrior king on his helmet in 1995 , before he competed in America and eventually released `` Lionheart , '' a biographical photo book . Wheldon 's fellow IndyCar drivers remembered the heart , competitiveness and growing maturity of the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner , who died in a horrific multi-car wreck at a Las Vegas event on Sunday at age 33 . `` Dan came over years ago as a young , brash kid from England , '' former IndyCar driver Lyn St. James said Monday , `` and we watched him mature into being this absolute , consummate professional ... He touched so many people . '' A"}
-{"answer":". Only the largest survived . '' The youngest are in the most danger , since their smaller trunks ca n't reach deep into the few remaining wells , the group said . The worst drought in 26 years is threatening the existence of the `` last desert elephants in West Africa , '' the northernmost herds in the continent , Save the Elephants said . The animals , now numbering only about 350 to 450 , have been called `` the last elephants of Timbuktu , '' said Jake Wall , a scientist with Save the Elephants . But they 're south of Timbuktu , Wall told CNN in a phone interview from Bamako , Mali . `` We tend to refer to them as ` the last Sahelian elephants . ' '' See a map of Mali '' Each year , the elephants trek farther on the fringes of the Sahara to find water . They have the longest migration route of any in the continent , traveling `` in a counterclockwise circle '' of about 700 kilometers -LRB- 435 miles -RRB- , Save the Elephants said . The images are signs of the crisis gripping the northwest","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The bodies of young elephants covered in the brown dirt of dried-up wells tell a heartrending story . A baby elephant in the Gourma region of central Mali had been trapped in a well for three days . Reaching desperately for drops of water , they had lowered their trunks , toppled in , remained trapped and died in Mali 's scorching heat . The `` last desert elephants in West Africa '' have `` adapted to survive in the harsh conditions '' they face , Save the Elephants said Monday . But now , the group says , conditions have gone from bad to worse , and they are living `` on the margin of what is ecologically viable . '' Save the Elephants distributed new pictures Monday that depict the devastating drought and the struggle for survival in Mali , one of the poorest nations in the world . `` Six elephants have already been found dead , '' the group wrote in a news release accompanying the photos . `` Four others , including three calves , were recently extracted from a shallow well into which they had fallen when searching for water"}
-{"answer":"that the ongoing trial is extensively covered by the Chinese media . For years after the Cultural Revolution , Chongqing languished as a decrepit mountain-city in Sichuan province , better known for its spicy food and poor farmers carrying goods on bamboo poles . It became the world 's largest city in 1997 when the central government , by administrative edict , incorporated a huge area adjacent to the city into what is now the Chongqing municipality . China 's goal was to build up Chongqing into a modern mega-city that will later serve as the new economic engine in central China . Over the years , thanks of the influx of corporate investments and central government funding in infrastructure projects , the city of 31 million has become a center of an economic boom . But the economic boom has also led to the resurgence of local gangs engaged in human and drug trafficking , illegal gambling , prostitution , extortion and protection rackets . Gangsters were blamed for heinous crimes of murder and kidnapping . Local officials were accused of `` economic crimes '' -- bribery , profiteering and malversation involving public funds and property . Such abuses","question":"BEIJING , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- China 's long simmering battle against corruption has come to a boil , this time in Chongqing , the largest megalopolis in the world . A massive crackdown has implicated millionaires , gangsters , and even police officers . Known as `` dahei '' -LRB- combat triads -RRB- , the campaign has put the spotlight on organized crime and how it has infested local bureaucracy and businesses through bribery , extortion , blackmail and violence . The anti-triad campaign in Chongqing is being led by Bo Xilai , the city 's party chief . Criminal trials are underway following months of police investigation . Details of murky cases are trickling out . Among those on the dock is Xie Caiping , a portly woman believed be the `` mama san '' of one of Chongqing 's notorious triads . Xie is accused of operating gambling dens , drug trafficking , giving and collecting bribes and terrorizing people , including policemen who had tried to investigate her illicit activities . More trials are expected as the city fights at least 14 mafia-style gangs . Given China 's opaque political world , it is notable"}
-{"answer":"interview is expected to happen . Ray 's publicist , Howard Bragman , did not immediately return calls from CNN on Saturday . Ray posted a noted late Friday on his Twitter page , saying : `` I 'm shocked & saddened by the tragedy occurring in Sedona . My deep heartfelt condolences to family & friends of those who lost their lives . '' On Saturday he posted another message , saying he 's `` spending the weekend in prayer and meditation for all involved in this difficult time ; and I ask you to join me in doing the same . '' The self-help guru is widely known for his programs that claim to teach individuals to create wealth through all aspects of their lives -- financially , mentally , physically and spiritually . Ray , whose company is based in Carlsbad , California , has appeared on a variety of national programs , including CNN 's `` Larry King Live . '' In that appearance , Ray was about to address 3,000 people in Phoenix , Arizona . Asked what he thinks about critics of his teachings , Ray told King : `` Well , you know","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The two people who died and the 19 others who fell ill at a central Arizona resort after spending time in a sauna-like `` sweatbox '' were attending a program by self-help expert James Arthur Ray , authorities said Saturday . Two people died and were 19 injured after spending up to two hours inside this `` sweatbox '' at an Arizona resort . The dead were identified as James Shore of Milwaukee , Wisconsin , and Kirby Brown of Westtown , New York , Sheriff Lloyd Waugh told reporters . They were among the 50 or so visitors at the Angel Valley Resort near Sedona attending Ray 's `` Spiritual Warrior '' program . Nineteen others were treated for injuries sustained in the sweatbox , a dome-like structure covered with tarps and blankets . Hot rocks and water are used to create steam in the enclosed environment . Waugh said investigators are looking into evidence that `` may turn this into a criminal prosecution . '' Investigators are looking into similar events held previously in other locations by Ray , who refused to speak with officers at the scene , Waugh said . A follow-up"}
-{"answer":"technician and two Indonesians on July 11 and 12 . And two directors of the company were wounded Friday in a twin attack at the Ritz Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in the capital Jakarta . Papua residents have long resented the presence of PT Freeport in the province . They have criticized the environmental impact of the mining operations and the small share of revenues the province receives . In 2008 , a separatist group claimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks in the area . No one died in the attacks , Antara said . In 2002 , two American teachers and an Indonesian colleague who worked at the mine were shot dead in an attack , the news agency said . Meanwhile , authorities on Wednesday released sketches of two men believed to have carried out the bombings at the luxury hotels in Jakarta . One was about 40 ; the other 17 , officials said . Analysis of their DNA matched those obtained from a homemade explosive found in a room at the Marriott where they had checked in , police said . But authorities still do not know their identities . CNN 's Andy","question":"JAKARTA , Indonesia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A U.S. mining company has denied a report by Indonesia 's state media that a convoy of its buses came under fire in the province of Papua Wednesday . Indonesian soldiers provide security near a PT Freeport-owned gold mine in Timika , Papua province , on July 18 . The state-run Antara News Agency had said that two people were reportedly killed when a 12-bus convoy carrying employees of PT Freeport was attacked by unidentified gunmen in the country 's eastern-most province . The company clarified that a vehicle was wrecked in the province , killing one person and wounding several others . When police and mechanics drove to the area to assist , shots were fired at them . Three people were hurt in the shooting , the company said . '' No shots were fired at the PT-FI bus convoy as earlier reported , '' the company said . Following the company 's comments , Antara 's Web site changed its report to reflect the new information . PT Freeport is the largest copper and gold mining company in the province . Attacks directed at the company killed an Australian mine"}
-{"answer":"'s worth being aware of this classification -- just as you should be mindful of your intake of coffee , another group 2B carcinogen . But this announcement is not a reason to panic . Would labels help ? San Francisco has been wrestling with whether to require cell phones to be labeled for their RF emissions . Last year , the city tried to mandate cell phone radiation labeling in stores , originally to take effect February 2011 . But according to the San Francisco Chronicle , `` implementation was delayed until May 1 , then June 15 . There now is no proposed start date . '' The city backtracked on this partly out of concern over a lawsuit filed by the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association -- but also because officials did n't know how to ensure the accuracy of the labels . Scientists are n't sure what 's the most realistic , intuitive way to communicate cell phone RF emissions to consumers . Specific absorption rate , a measure of the rate of RF energy that your body absorbs from the phone , is the most commonly cited benchmark . For a phone to be certified","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Following the World Health Organization 's announcement that radio frequency emissions from cell phones may increase the risk of some kinds of brain cancer , what do you need to know about the radiation coming from your phone ? How can you protect yourself ? And should RF emission information be listed on cell phone packaging , and in stores ? First things first : The WHO study did not say `` cell phones cause brain cancer . '' Rather , there is some evidence indicating a possible connection -- and while not conclusive , it warrants further study . Consequently , WHO has now categorized radio frequency electromagnetic fields as a `` group 2B '' possible human carcinogen . Here 's how Ed Yong , head of health information at Cancer Research UK , explained it in his detailed analysis of the WHO announcement : `` Group 2B means that there is some evidence for a risk but it 's not that convincing . This group ends up being a bit of a catch-all category , and includes everything from carpentry to chloroform . '' Dr. Gupta : Cell phones , brain tumors So it"}
-{"answer":"movement of capital outside the G8 -LRB- Canada , France , Germany , Italy , Japan , Russia , the United Kingdom and the United States -RRB- . Sallie Krawcheck -LRB- SK -RRB- : I think what 's happening right now , it 's fascinating because in the United States and in developed Europe we 're having a liquidity crunch -- someone might argue a liquidity crisis . And in fact , we are awash with liquidity in the Middle East and in Asia as well , so there 's really a bifurcation that 's occurring in the world . And if you think about , oil does n't even have to stay at the 90-plus dollar level it is ; even at levels in the 70 's , 60 's , 50 's , 40 's , a tremendous amount of liquidity is being generated in these markets which is really being put back into the market . Yes , the investments are going up globally , but the governments here really are investing back in the infrastructure and the economies of this region . And so over time , you 're really going to see ... I think","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If you thought it was difficult managing your own money in 2007 , consider the pressure of the task when you 're dealing with $ 1.8 trillion of client assets . Sallie Krawcheck has made Fortune 's list of the World 's Most Powerful Women every year since 2002 That 's what Sallie Krawcheck does as Chairman and Chief Executive of Citi Global Wealth Management . She joined the banking industry as a research analyst , but quickly rose through the ranks , gaining a reputation for honesty and integrity along the way . Dubbed the `` Mrs Clean '' of Wall Street , Ms Krawcheck was credited with restoring investors ' faith in analyst reports while head of retail brokerage firm Smith Barney . She joined Citigroup in 2002 , and spent some time as Chief Financial Officer before taking up her current role in March 2007 . Sallie Krawcheck has been a regular entrant on Fortune 's list of the World 's Most Powerful Women in Business -- in 2007 , she made number 12 . John Defterios caught up with Ms Krawcheck in Dubai . He asked her for her views on the"}
-{"answer":"Kennedy-Thomas . She worked to stanch the blood flow from her son 's legs while his father rushed the boat to shore and fetched paramedics . Thomas was rushed to a hospital where he spent the next two weeks -- undergoing several surgeries on what was left of his legs and , along the way , discovering what would become his life 's work . While there , Thomas visited other amputees . `` I just remember seeing so many kids who did n't have parents , did n't have health care , '' he said . `` I just knew that the future was grim for them . '' The top-of-the-line prosthetics Thomas was fitted with -- the ones that helped him return to the golf links -- cost about $ 22,000 . He learned that many insurance plans only cover about $ 5,000 . That 's especially tough on child amputees , who will outgrow several limbs before adulthood . `` I had no clue , '' he said . `` It 's one of those things , unless you 're affected by it , you just do n't know . '' Thomas knew he was lucky .","question":"CHATTANOOGA , Tennessee -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An annual family fishing trip to the Florida keys took a bloody and life-changing turn for Jordan Thomas . Noah Parton , 6 , got prosthetics from foundation started by Jordan Thomas , right . `` It was a beautiful day and we were going to go out spear fishing that night , '' said Thomas , who was 16 during the 2005 trip . But when he jumped into the water , the boat 's wake dragged Thomas hard into its sharp , whirling propellers . He immediately knew what was about to happen . `` I looked down -- my black fins were gone and all I saw was red just everywhere , '' said Thomas , an athletic teen who was captain of his high school 's golf team . `` But I had this unbelievable calmness over my body . '' Watch video of Thomas telling his story '' His father and mother , both doctors from Chattanooga , Tennessee , jumped into action . `` All of a sudden , my 16-year old , happy-go-lucky captain of the golf team was potentially dying , '' said Dr. Liz"}
-{"answer":"asked the government to investigate the case and prosecute death threats against other journalists . `` Doing so will send a strong message that there will be no impunity for attacks against the media , nor for any serious crimes , '' the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal said . Singh wrote for a daily newspaper and reported for a radio station in Janakpur , about 240 km -LRB- 150 miles -RRB- southeast of the capital city , Kathmandu . When she got home from work Sunday night , a group of about 15 men barged into the room she rented at a house and hacked her with `` khukhuris '' -- curved knives traditional to Nepal -- in full view of other boarders , authorities said . `` I am very very shocked , '' said Dharmendra Jha , president of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists , which is leading the protests . `` If the government is not ready to provide any kind of security to journalists , it will be very difficult to do journalism in a free mode . '' The group said it will announce a new phase of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The body of a journalist who was hacked to death in southeastern Nepal was cremated Tuesday as businesses and public transportation in the town of Janakpur remained shut for a second day to protest the killing . Uma Singh , who was murdered in Nepal Sunday , had talked about the difficulties of practicing journalism . Authorities said they arrested four people in connection with the death of Uma Singh , but they did not release the suspects ' names or possible motive , said Damakant Jayashi , associate editor of the online news Web site , myrepublica.com . `` Journalists and human rights groups have descended on the town , and shops are shuttered in what almost seems like a spontaneous protest , '' Jayashi said . `` Journalists are all wearing black bands on their arms . And the FM stations in the city , all day yesterday , they played mourning tunes instead of their regular programs . '' The killing of Singh , 26 , is the latest in a `` troubling trend '' of attacks on reporters , the United Nations ' human rights office in the country said . It"}
-{"answer":"this year , and just overall probably one of the best performers that 's ever been on the `` Idol '' stage . Watch Kris Allen heap praise on Adam Lambert '' Seacrest : So aside from getting more votes , why do you think you won ? Allen : I do n't know . I think it was a combination of a lot of stuff . It was maybe , probably , a little bit of personality , a little bit of -- hopefully it was about the music , as well . I know that 's not always the case on `` American Idol . '' That 's what I care about the most : the music and how I portray it . Seacrest : It 's no secret that you 're a man of faith , that you referred to the `` Christian thing , '' as it were . You did n't rely on the Christian vote . Do you think that played a part in your win , though ? Allen : I hope it did n't . Because I guess me and Adam were doing an interview before the show : `` Kris ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` American Idol '' viewers had a clear choice when it came down to the final decision : the low-key but sincere Kris Allen or the flamboyant and powerful Adam Lambert . `` American Idol '' winner Kris Allen , left , and runner-up Adam Lambert say they 're good friends . The vote went for Allen , and Lambert told Ryan Seacrest on CNN 's `` Larry King Live '' that the outcome did n't surprise him . There are no hard feelings , though . Allen , Lambert , Danny Gokey and the other seven finalists spoke of their friendship and camaraderie on `` Larry King Live . '' Here is an edited transcript of the interview . Ryan Seacrest : I think the first thing you said -LSB- after being announced as the winner -RSB- was `` Adam 's great . '' Actually on the air , you were complimenting him at the moment you should be complimenting yourself . Kris Allen : I think that 's kind of how I am . Seriously , we 're really good friends and he 's amazing . He 's been probably the most consistent performer"}
-{"answer":"the Frenchman told the club 's official Web site . `` But this group is so strong mentally and have a unity , so this will give us one more reason to fight until the end and do it for him . `` We had some other problems two years ago . But on Saturday we had a midfield of Nasri , Fabregas , Ramsey , Song , Eboue . They have an average of 20 or 21 years old . Up front , Bendtner is 21 years old . `` At their age , to handle the game like they did is absolutely remarkable . '' Wenger 's dedication to `` the beautiful game '' has often seen his team criticized for being `` soft '' but he said that he often tells his players off for not committing to tackles . `` I encourage my players to play and be committed , '' he said . `` I have a go at them when they do n't put their foot in sometimes . `` But as well , sometimes I nearly feel guilty to do that because when Aaron goes for the ball like he did on Saturday","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called on his team to continue their rejuvenated bid to win the English Premier League title in the wake of the horrific broken leg suffered by young midfielder Aaron Ramsey . The 19-year-old Wales international has been ruled out for the rest of the season after sustaining fractures to the tibia and fibula in his right leg in Saturday 's 3-1 victory against Stoke City . The injury , caused by a challenge from Stoke 's new England squad member Ryan Shawcross , brought back memories of the horror break suffered by Arsenal teammate Eduardo against Birmingham two years ago . Ramsey is seen as a star of the future , having impressed after making 29 appearances in his second season with the club . The Londoners battled back from 1-0 down at Stoke to move to within three points of leaders Chelsea , who had two players sent off in a 4-2 defeat at home to Manchester City on Saturday . Wenger believes his team can still win the title despite recent defeats to Chelsea and second-placed Manchester United . `` It will be tight until the end , ''"}
-{"answer":"have no coat on ? Clooney : No -- and no pants either ... King : Well , you 've always been a little strange , George . Anyway , you met with the vice president today about Darfur . What did you tell him ? Clooney : Basically , we were just talking about coming back from Chad , right on the border of Darfur . And we were talking about there 's a moment coming up relatively soon , probably by the middle of next week , where the International Criminal Court is going to indict the president of Sudan for war crimes , which has never happened before -- a sitting president . And we talked about this being an opportunity , perhaps , not just for the United States , but all of us together to work with the international community in a real diplomatic effort to try and bring some sort of peace to this region . King : What scale of interest did Biden show ? Clooney : Vice President Biden has been incredibly vocal on the issue . We had a long talk about the idea of , first and foremost , appointing","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On Monday night , CNN 's Larry King had an exclusive interview with actor George Clooney , who returned from the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan and just finished meeting with Vice President Joe Biden . George Clooney , left , talks with Vice President Joe Biden at the White House on Monday . King spoke with the activist actor live from the White House on the humanitarian crisis Clooney says we must confront , along with getting a couple of tidbits about what 's next for Clooney 's acting career . The following is a partial transcript , edited for brevity and clarity : Larry King : We begin with George Clooney , the Oscar-winning actor and activist . He 's traveled to Darfur at the refugee camps near the Sudan\/Chad border last week and met with Vice President -LSB- Joe -RSB- Biden today . He 's standing , as you see , in front of the White House , where it 's 12 degrees . And we thank him for doing this , because he 's freezing to death . George Clooney : I should have worn an overcoat tonight . King : You"}
-{"answer":"if I win this week , I 'll be happy no matter what . I 'll finish what I think has been a really good season , moving in the right direction with everything , and look forward to next season . '' Veteran Korean K.J. Choi matched the resurgent Scott , who has bloomed since taking on Tiger Woods ' former caddy Steve Williams . Choi went into the weekend on seven-under 133 to be one shot clear of another in-form Australian , Jason Day , and world No. 1 Luke Donald . `` You never know what can happen in the next two days , '' said Choi , who regularly donates part of his winnings to charities . `` You know , if I were able to win that money ... I could put the money to good use through my foundation . But there 's still two days left , so all I can do is try to finish it out and hope for the best . '' Donald was the best of the top five as the Englishman carded 68 , one shot worse than Day . Big-hitting Bubba Watson burst into contention with a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Golf 's $ 10 million jackpot is well and truly up for grabs this weekend after the FedExCup series pacesetters faltered in Friday 's second round . Five players are guaranteed to take home the loot if they can claim the Tour Championship 's additional $ 1.44 million first prize on Sunday , but it was Adam Scott who moved into pole position at the halfway stage . The Australian started the week 19th in the PGA Tour 's standings , but a five-under-par 65 at East Lake gave him a one-shot tournament lead and catapulted him into top spot in the end-of-season playoffs . Webb Simpson , who leads the FedEx standings , was tied for 19th after his 70 -- which dropped him below Scott in the projected points . He bounced back from four early bogeys with a late birdie and an eagle . `` I 've got to win and I imagine Webb must have to finish pretty low to give me a chance , '' Scott , who birdied the last two holes for the second day in a row , told the PGA Tour website . `` I just figured"}
-{"answer":"I parked the car on the sidewalk . I opened the trunk , pulled out the suitcase and when I reached the banks of the river , I threw it . She 's finished . I finished her . I saw the water seeping in and the suitcase slowly sinking . '' The family drama centers on Rose 's mother , Marie-Charlotte Renault-Pizam , 23 , and Ron -- her estranged husband 's father -- with whom authorities say she has had two more daughters . Rose 's father lives in France . Both the mother and grandfather are in custody . Renault-Pizam has denied any role in her daughter 's disappearance . She told police she thought Ron sent Rose to an institution in France , although police , without elaborating , have said they have a telephone conversation that shows she knew the child 's fate . Rose 's great-grandmother , Vivienne Yaakov , reported the girl missing in late July , saying she had not seen her great-grandchild for about two months . Rose and her mother had been staying with Yaakov , who told police that Ron had taken the child and she never returned .","question":"JERUSALEM -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Israeli police divers found a suitcase Thursday containing human remains that are believed to be the body of a missing 4-year-old girl , an Israeli police spokesman said . French-Israeli girl Rose poses for a photograph with her mother , Marie Pizem . The suitcase was pulled out of the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv , where police have been searching for Rose Pizem , Mickey Rosenfeld said . Two weeks ago , the girl 's grandfather Roni Ron , 45 , told police he stuffed her body in a suitcase and dumped it in the Yarkon River . The remains will be tested to confirm the identification of the body , and the tests could be completed within 24 hours , Rosenfeld said . `` The body was found in a very bad , severe condition , as you can imagine after being in the water for weeks , '' Rosenfeld said , explaining why the tests could not be completed sooner . Ron initially told police he accidentally killed Rose when he slapped her in a fit of rage but then changed his account . Police transcripts quote Ron as saying , ``"}
-{"answer":"for political , humanitarian and moral support from the United States . He said he does not plan to be part of Libya 's new government . Asked if she was concerned about civil war continuing in Libya , Clinton said she is encouraged that steps are being taken to address reconciliation and get the Libyan army and police under one command , but noted that action can not be taken with fighting still under way . On whether the United States will cooperate with Islamists , Clinton said democracy must reflect the aspirations of the Libyan people . America will support a democratic process that respects the rule of law , she said , and includes renouncing violence and giving up arms . Women in Libya should have equal rights , she said , as they sacrificed in the revolution and deserve to be part of the new Libya . Clinton then attended a town hall meeting , telling residents : `` Do n't spend your time settling scores of the past . Keep an eye on the future . ... You ca n't drive forward when looking in the rearview mirror . '' She also visited a hospital","question":"Tripoli , Libya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Tripoli on Tuesday , making her the first Cabinet-level American official to go to Libya since the ouster of longtime strongman Moammar Gadhafi . She landed under tight security in a country where forces loyal to the transitional government are still battling Gadhafi loyalists . She met with officials of the National Transitional Council and visited those wounded in the fighting . NTC fighters toppled Gadhafi 's nearly 42-year-old government in August after six months of battles . Gadhafi , his son Saif al-Islam Gadhafi and his brother-in-law and intelligence chief , Abdullah al-Sanussi , are wanted on war crimes charges and remain fugitives . Regarding Moammar Gadhafi , Clinton told reporters : `` We hope he will be captured or killed soon . '' As Clinton boarded the military plane to leave for Malta on Tuesday evening , she saw several Libyan fighters , who gave her a warm welcome . After a short meet-and-greet at the airport with Malta Embassy employees , Clinton was headed for Oman . At a news conference Tuesday with Clinton , interim Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril expressed appreciation"}
-{"answer":"to offer . '' According to Dwyer , the city generally offers the opportunity for members of the public to apply to become a New York City firefighter only every four years . Step one in the process is to sign up to take an entrance exam . This year , the window for potential candidates to sign up was July 15 through September 19 , Dwyer said . Monday , Sullivan and the city filed a motion to allow them to reopen the official application period to allow Meyer to apply . The city sought to reopen the applications to all would-be candidates , but U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled that other applicants had plenty of time to sign up for the firefighter test , and the one-day window for a late application would only be open to Meyer , `` in view of Sergeant Meyer 's recognized and truly exceptional military service , '' court documents said . `` We suggested in our court filing that the application period should be reopened for both Sgt. Meyer and the general public . However , we will respect the judge 's decision , '' said Kate O'Brien Ahlers","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sgt. Dakota Meyer , the 23-year-old Marine who received the Medal of Honor earlier this month , wants to join another well-known outfit celebrated for bravery in the face of danger , the New York City Fire Department . Unfortunately , he missed the deadline to sign up , so he has to wait four more years . And when a federal judge agreed Monday to reopen the application window for one day to allow Meyer , and only Meyer , to apply , he said no , no special treatment . On September 15 Meyer met President Barack Obama and received the Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White House . Caught up in the bevy of activities surrounding the Medal of Honor ceremony , Meyer missed the deadline to apply to the FDNY , according to his attorney Keith Sullivan . `` The Fire Department would love to have him . Who would n't , whatever the organization ? '' said Frank Dwyer , a spokesman for the FDNY . `` He 's truly an example of what the military is all about , the best of what America has"}
-{"answer":"Allah willing , the defeat of the Zionist-crusader enemy and the establishment of the Islamic state , the Ummah , the so eagerly anticipated , '' Gadahn says in English . Gadahn also notes that `` victory in Kashmir '' has been delayed for years , adding that , `` It is the liberation of the jihad there from this interference which , Allah willing , will be the first step towards victory over the Hindu occupiers of that Islam land . '' He also cited the economic woes in the U.S. economy . `` The enemies of Islam are facing a crushing defeat , which is beginning to manifest itself in the extending crisis their economy is experiencing . The crisis , whose primary cause , in addition to the abortive and unsustainable crusades they are waging in Afghanistan , Pakistan and Iraq , is they are turning their backs on Allah 's revealed laws , which forbid interest-bearing transactions , exploitation , greed and and injustice in all its forms and demand the worship of Allah alone to the exclusion of all false gods , including money and power , '' he said . Gadahn , who grew","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- American al Qaeda member Adam Gadahn appeared in a video posted on the Internet on Saturday , focusing on Pakistan , with references to the U.S. economic meltdown and fighting in Kashmir . Adam Gadahn , also known as Azzam the American , is seen in a video posted on the Internet in August 2007 . The rambling , wide-ranging video was released by www.LauraMansfield.com , a Web site that analyzes terrorism . The 32-minute video was produced by As Sahab , al Qaeda 's video production arm . Gadahn , also known as Azzam the American , is on the FBI 's Most Wanted List , with a reward of up to $ 1 million for information leading to his capture . He was indicted in 2006 on charges of offering material support for terrorism and treason , making him the first American charged with treason since World War II . He has renounced his American citizenship . `` It 's time for you to put aside tribal , ethnic and territorial differences and petty worldly disputes not just for now but forever and unite to restore the glories of your forefathers and hasten ,"}
-{"answer":"This latest incident is another indication to me the RNC is completely tone-deaf to the values and concerns of a large number of people they are seeking financial support from . '' The RNC scandals smack of the type of arrogance that was at the heart of the scandals that brought down key Republicans in 2005 and 2006 . During these critical years , it became clear that party leaders had been abusing their influence by focusing on expanding their own power rather than advancing the agenda of the right . House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was forced to resign in early 2006 after being accused of violating campaign finance laws in Texas . He was also tied to the lobbying scandals that centered on Jack Abramoff . California Rep. Duke Cunningham ended his career for accepting bribes from defense contractors who benefited from his decisions on appropriations . There was also the case of Florida Rep. Mark Foley , to whom Republican leaders turned a blind eye despite his highly inappropriate text messages to underage male pages . Even Ralph Reed , the darling of the Christian Coalition , had been in cahoots with Abramoff in schemes to mobilize","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele might be reminding conservative activists of a past Republican leadership turned arrogant with power . Under Michael Steele 's leadership , the RNC has been accused of spending campaign funds on private jets , booze , limousines , five-star hotels , overseas resorts and a party donor 's trip to a Hollywood bondage club . Most conservatives will agree that these expenditures are a horrible waste of funds at a time when Republicans are hoping to enjoy sizable gains in the 2010 midterm elections . After the devastating results of the 2006 and 2008 elections , conservatives were unexpectedly able to energize their followers as the Tea Party movement emerged and President Obama experienced first-year difficulties . Local Republican victories in gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey boosted the spirits of conservatives who feared Democrats might be on the verge of another New Deal . But along comes the RNC scandals , which have had the exact opposite effect . Tony Perkins , the president of the Family Research Council , told his followers that they should not write checks to the national party . Perkins said : ``"}
-{"answer":"self-rescue within about 20 minutes . These two used their avalanche beacons to locate a third buried victim who they rescued after an additional 20 minutes of digging , '' police said . iReport.com : Wyoming avalanche training covers pulling people out of snow A search command post was set up Sunday , but darkness and avalanche hazards prompted authorities to postpone the search until Monday . On Monday morning , before the bodies were found , authorities said searchers and police dogs were being dispatched to the rugged , snowy area , and crews would dig into any sites where searchers thought they might find any of the missing men . The snowmobilers resided in Sparwood , a small town just north of Fernie . Sparwood 's mayor , David Wilks , said Monday morning that `` it certainly does n't look good '' for the missing . `` Reality tells us if you 're stuck in the snow for about 24 hours , bad things can happen , '' he said . The region has had previous coal mine disasters , `` but in recent memory , this is the largest single tragic event to hit this community","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The bodies of seven of eight snowmobilers missing after Sunday 's avalanches in southeastern British Columbia have been found , the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Monday . Authorities found seven bodies a day after avalanches in British Columbia , Canada . One man still was missing , but rescue personnel suspended their search near Fernie , British Columbia , at mid-afternoon Monday because of heavy snowfall and dense low clouds , the RCMP said . The search will resume Tuesday morning , authorities said . All eight men -- and three others who escaped -- faced two avalanches Sunday afternoon about 20 kilometers -LRB- 12.4 miles -RRB- east of Fernie , a town in the Canadian Rockies about 300 kilometers -LRB- 186 miles -RRB- southwest of Calgary , Alberta . The three survivors suffered minor injuries , and one of them was hospitalized overnight . The men had been in an area called Harvey Pass , which police called a popular backcountry snowmobile destination . Officials said an avalanche buried part of the group , and a second buried the rest as they tried to assist . `` Two of the buried riders managed to"}
-{"answer":"to my friends and family and everyone at Liverpool football club for supporting me . '' His comments were met with a round of applause from a large group of fans of the Premier League club who had gathered outside the court , before he was ushered away . Gerrard was celebrating in the Lounge Inn in Southport , a suburb of Liverpool , after scoring twice his team 's 5-1 win at Newcastle which took them to the top of the Premier League . Video footage , which was available to the court , showed the moment around 2 . am in the morning when trouble flared . Gerrard apparently wanted to change the music on the CD player and the 34-year-old McGee said the football star had acted aggressively in trying to grab the device . In the fracas which followed , Gerrard admitted throwing three punches but said only one connected . He claimed , and his version was accepted by the jury , that he believed he was about to be attacked himself . `` You did not start the violence , it was started by the violent elbowing of Marcus McGee in the face by","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- England international footballer Steven Gerrard was found not guilty of affray by a court in his home city on Friday . England international Steven Gerrard was cleared by a court in Liverpool of affray . The jury at Liverpool Crown Court took a little over an hour to clear Gerrard of charges relating to a fracas in a nightclub bar in the north-western of England city on December 29 of last year . They accepted the Liverpool captain 's version that he acted in self defense in punching businessman Marcus McGhee . The 29-year-old was the only one of the seven defendants in the case to be cleared after an incident which was described by judge Henry Globe as an `` explosion of violence . '' Gerrard spoke of his relief outside the court . `` Can I just say how pleased I am with today 's verdict , '' he said . `` I 'm glad to put this case behind me and I am really looking forward to the season ahead and concentrating on my football now . `` I would just like to say a big thank you to my legal team and"}
-{"answer":"to estate lawyer Howard Weitzman . McClain is a former music industry executive who worked with Jackson for years . Katherine Jackson 's challenge of Branca and McClain appears headed for a trial in December , unless an agreement is reached between them . Her lawyers have not publicly given their objections to the two men , but have suggested the trial would explore possible conflicts of interest that would prevent them from running the estate . Jackson 's lawyers have also said a Jackson family member should be included as an executor . While Joe Jackson did not speak to reporters after the hearing , a Jackson family friend , Majestik Magnificent , talked about the special administrators . `` Why are they even here ? Why are they even involved in this ? This is a family affair , '' he said . Until now , the administrators had to ask for court approval for every agreement they made for the estate , including a deal for a movie that will hit theaters at the end of October . `` Things went well for the estate , because the estate can now continue to do it 's business","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The two men running Michael Jackson 's estate gained new powers and an extension of their authority until the end of the year in a court hearing Friday . An investigator 's report said Michael Jackson 's children are doing well with Katherine Jackson as their guardian . Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff also accepted an investigator 's report that said Jackson 's three children are adjusting well under the guardianship of Katherine Jackson . `` It looks like the children are really doing wonderfully with their grandmother guardian , '' Beckloff said . Joe Jackson sat in the courtroom for the hearing on estate and custody matters . It was the first time Michael Jackson 's father has attended the hearings since his son 's June 25 death . John Branca and John McClain , named as executors of Jackson 's 2002 will , have been handling the estate 's business as temporary special administrators since July while the will probate process is completed . Branca was a longtime attorney for Michael Jackson , who was rehired by the pop star just a week before his death , according"}
-{"answer":"plan in which they would receive a cash advance to ship a load of corn from Syracuse to Athens . Due to the dangers associated with shipping , the buyer would take on full risk if the shipment did n't make it to Athens , so if the boat sank Xenothemis and Hegestratos could keep their cash . Instead of loading the ship with expensive corn , the conniving pair made a plan to sail an empty ship out to sea for a few days , then sink it and escape in lifeboats . Since the boat itself was insured , this plot seemed airtight , and the potential profit was great . Unfortunately , though , the boat 's other passengers allegedly caught wind of the scheme during the attempting scuttling of the ship . These passengers were understandably a bit peeved at Hegestratos ' attempts to drown them for his own financial gain . Hegestratos panicked and jumped overboard , at which point he drowned . Unable to sink the ship by himself , Xenothemis had to sail on to the port , at which point the buyer , Protos , wanted to know why his shipload of","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- Starting a legitimate business is hard , boring work . There 's paperwork to fill out , employees to hire , and all sorts of other drudgery , not to mention the biggest hurdle of all : providing a product or service for which customers are willing to pay . President Ulysses S. Grant foiled a gold scam . In all likelihood , it would be much easier to just stumble upon some clever scam to line your pockets . Or so it would seem . As many aspiring scam artists quickly learn , when a business scam fails , it tends to fail in rather grand fashion . Just ask any of these four teams of not-so-smooth operators . A corny sea story Xenothemis and Hegestratos may not have been the world 's first white-collar criminals , but they were certainly noteworthy for their incompetence . In 360 B.C. , the pair stumbled upon what seemed like a killer plan to make some quick cash . Shipping was extremely risky at the time , and boats went down at sea with alarming frequency . To exploit this uncertainty , Xenothemis and Hegestratos devised a"}
-{"answer":"operational capability , '' he said . Lavoie said that rebels had occupied Surman and Sabratha west of Tripoli , but added that the regions were `` still contested . '' However , Libyan state television reported that pro-Gadhafi forces and tribal fighters were `` cleansing the city of Sabratha from the gangs of traitors '' and had secured the coastal road , a key supply pipeline into Tripoli . Though the center of Zawiya was under rebel control , `` there 's still reports of fighting also in the suburbs , '' Lavoie said . Still , U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed optimism . `` I think the sense is that Gadhafi 's days are numbered , '' she told reporters in Washington . But a spokesman for the Gadhafi government offered a different view . `` We are doing very well , '' Ibrahim Musa told reporters . `` It 's true that it 's a bit slow -- people are still saying that we 're not acting immediately and that we 're having problems in Surman and Sabratha and whatnot because of armed gangs . That 's true but , God willing , we are","question":"Tripoli , Libya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Over the past few days , anti-Gadhafi forces have made `` significant advances '' -- in the northwest and in the regions of Misrata and al-Brega -- a spokesman for NATO 's military operation told reporters Tuesday . `` Anti-Gadhafi forces are now assuming control of the key approaches to Tripoli , '' said Col. Roland Lavoie , who described the advances as `` the most significant anti-Gadhafi territorial gain we have seen in months . '' Since the end of July , as the threat from pro-Gadhafi forces has diminished , thousands of people have returned to their homes in the western Nafusa mountains , he said . Since Friday , the northwest coastal city of Misrata has been free of pro-Gadhafi forces , he said . And the threat from nearby Zlitan has diminished as pro-Gadhafi forces are being pushed farther west , he added . Over the last week , NATO warplanes have damaged or destroyed some 150 military targets as part of Operation Unified Protector , Lavoie said . `` Our assessment , without going into details , is that the Gadhafi regime does not have anymore an effective"}
-{"answer":"Glenn Beck on his sickbed '' The video , which has had more than 800,000 hits on YouTube , brings to mind the case of Edith Rodriguez . Last year , she was on the floor of a Los Angeles hospital emergency room vomiting blood , and witnesses say no one did anything to help her . Her boyfriend actually called 911 , which refused to help since she was already in a hospital . Rodriguez died in the emergency room . These cases , while unusual , certainly happen , say emergency room doctors . `` There are truly situations where it 's so busy there are sick patients who are waiting . I will admit that , '' says Dr. Assaad Sayah , who runs three emergency rooms for Cambridge Health Alliance in the Boston , Massachusetts , area . `` Ridiculously long wait times are a huge issue , '' says Dr. David Beiser , an emergency medicine physician at the University of Chicago Medical Center . `` Recently we 've had over 40 patients in our waiting room . When I was in training -LSB- five years ago -RSB- , it was rare to see more","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The video is deeply disturbing . Experts attribute long emergency rorom waits mostly to situations no one can control . In it , former CNN Headline News anchor Glenn Beck describes going to the emergency room in intense pain -- so overwhelming , he wept . He says that for two hours , no one gave him pain medication . In fact , he says , no one lifted a finger to help him at all for 40 minutes . Beck says his wife literally held him up in the emergency room , while nurses looked on and chatted about their holidays . He does not identify the hospital . `` I 'm in massive , massive pain , '' Beck writes on his Web site . `` This guy , this triage nurse , is 250 , 300 pounds , big guy . Not only does he not go to help my wife help me up , he actually had the audacity to stand there and drum his fingers against the door and look at us like , come on , come on , come on . '' Watch the video of"}
-{"answer":"a real hit . Pickens : That 's a good hit . That 's right . Watch Pickens discuss his , America 's problems '' Roberts : What happened ? Pickens : I turned the wrong direction , is what it was . You know , you win some and lose some . Some are rained out , you know . You wish this one had been rained out , but it was n't . Roberts : I 'm sure you saw the president 's address last night , or at the very least you heard about it . The secretary of the treasury wants all the money up front . The government wants safeguards on it . They want to make sure there 's protection for taxpayers . They want to limit executive compensation . Are you on board with all that ? Pickens : I 'm ready to go . I 'd give -LSB- Treasury Secretary Henry -RSB- Paulson the money and tell him get it fixed . Roberts : You believe that his plan will work ? Pickens : I do . I think it will work , yes . But I think it needs to work","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Billionaire hedge fund manager T. Boone Pickens spoke about the beleaguered U.S. economy , a prospective bailout and natural gas Thursday , a day after reports that his energy-related hedge funds lost $ 1 billion this year . Billionaire T. Boone Pickens has reportedly lost about $ 270 million this year . Speaking to CNN 's John Roberts , Pickens said he concurred with President Bush 's Wednesday assessment that a `` distressing scenario would unfold '' in the U.S. economy without immediate intervention . The U.S. economy needs a quick solution , and the U.S. Treasury -- while capable in its own right -- could use help from someone like Warren Buffett , whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reportedly invested $ 5 billion this week in Goldman Sachs , the Wall Street investment bank . Roberts : By some estimates , your energy fund lost $ 1 billion . Personally , you may have lost almost $ 300 million . A lot of people say , `` Well , T. Boone Pickens has got a lot of money , '' but by some accounts , that 's 10 percent of your net worth . That was"}
-{"answer":"Chelsea 's underwear led them to 30-year-old John Gardner III . They showed his picture to the first runner and she said , `` He 's the same guy . '' Now he 's been charged with Chelsea 's rape and murder . The suspect was a registered sex offender . In 2000 , he lured a 13-year-old girl into his home on the pretext of watching the movie `` Patch Adams . '' Once he got her inside , he molested her and beat her to a pulp before she escaped . Before Gardner was sentenced , a psychiatrist warned that he showed no remorse and would likely attack a young girl again . He recommended `` the maximum sentence allowed by law . '' The courts sentenced Gardner to six years ; he got out after five . Five years for pummeling a 13-year-old girl in the face and fondling her . That is `` junk justice . '' If Gardner had been prosecuted to the full extent of the law then , he would have been behind bars when Chelsea went for a run on February 25 . Her grieving mom spoke directly to this point to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chelsea King , 17 , was a straight-A student , a high school track star and she loved to volunteer . Now , she 's been killed , the latest victim of what you could call `` junk justice . '' When Chelsea went running in a San Diego , California , park , it 's doubtful she had any idea that another young female runner had been attacked in that very same park just a couple of months before . That first victim said she feared her attacker was going to rape her . She managed to get away by elbowing the large man in the nose . If there were falling rocks in that park , a warning sign would be up . If a hungry coyote had been spotted scrounging for food , a warning sign would tell you . But there was no warning at all that a human predator , on the hunt for young women , might be in the park . If there had been a sketch of this suspect , or a warning posted , Chelsea might not have gone running alone there . Police said DNA on"}
-{"answer":"her husband was trying to kill her . Her letter , read aloud in court , said in part : `` I pray I 'm wrong + nothing happens ... but I am suspicious of Mark 's suspicious behaviors + fear for my early demise . '' Read the letter '' The case turned on the admissibility of the letter , which would have been considered unusable `` hearsay '' evidence if Schroeder had not ruled that it was a `` dying declaration . '' In such cases , the defendant has no opportunity to face his accuser . After the verdict , jurors told reporters that the letter gave them `` a clear road map '' to conviction , as one female juror phrased it . Another female juror said he believed Mark Jensen was trying to push his wife over the edge . `` He tortured Julie hoping she could be classically diagnosed as a nutcase , '' she said . Several of the jurors were in the court gallery for the sentencing hearing Wednesday . Jensen , dressed in blue jail fatigues , sat stoically while Julie Jensen 's four brothers asked for the harshest possible sentence","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Wisconsin man accused of poisoning his wife with antifreeze and convicted of murdering her was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of parole . Mark Jensen 's chin quivers as a letter from his sons is read in court Wednesday before his sentencing . Mark Jensen , 48 , was found guilty Thursday in Elkhorn , Wisconsin , of killing his wife , Julie Jensen , in 1998 . The prosecution said the murder culminated years of torment . `` Your crime is so enormous , so monstrous , so unspeakably cruel that it overcomes all other considerations , '' Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder said before pronouncing the sentence . Watch the judge lower the boom '' Prosecutors contended that Jensen poisoned his 40-year-old wife with antifreeze and then suffocated her in 1998 , but the defense argued that Julie Jensen was a depressed woman who killed herself and framed her husband . Julie Jensen had given a neighbor a letter pointing an accusing finger at her husband should anything happen to her . She also made foreboding comments to police and to her son 's teacher , saying she suspected"}
-{"answer":"under some very difficult circumstances . '' `` That does not detract from my assessment that over the last several years , we have made a series of bad choices and we are now going to be inheriting the consequences of a lot of those bad choices , '' Obama said . In addition to his relationship with Bush , Obama also discussed some key issues that he will face in the first days of his administration , including national security and the economy . Even before taking the oath of office , Obama has already faced a showdown with Congress over releasing what remains of the $ 700 bailout bill that Bush and Congress authorized before the election . The $ 350 billion that the Senate approved will come with specific conditions , Obama said . `` There 's nothing wrong with us placing some conditions , making sure that the money 's not going to executive compensation , making sure you 're not seeing big dividend payoffs to shareholders and making sure that money is being left so that we can get credit flowing again , not just for individual homeowners who are losing their homes , but","question":"BEDFORD HEIGHTS , Ohio -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After two years of traveling around the country and criticizing President Bush , President-elect Barack Obama said Friday that he `` always thought -LSB- Bush -RSB- was a good guy . '' Barack Obama tells CNN 's John King that it was `` tough '' for him to request the additional bailout funds . `` I mean , I think personally he is a good man who loves his family and loves his country , '' Obama said in an exclusive interview with CNN 's John King . During the election season , Obama frequently campaigned against what he called Bush 's `` failed policies '' and promised a `` clean break '' from the past eight years . Asked if there was anything he wanted to take back , now that he has spent more time with the president , Obama praised Bush 's team for helping with a smooth transition and said part of what America is about is being able to have `` disagreements politically and yet treat each other civilly . '' Obama also said he thought Bush made `` the best decisions that he could at times"}
-{"answer":". `` Over the past ten years , I 've seen many patients that work in restaurants , and there were always two things in common : They had no real access to any kind of medical care , and they also waited a long time to come see a doctor , '' Ores says . `` I decided to form this co-op in order to get them early , basic health care . '' Watch the doctor at work '' The restaurant workers , many of whom have never been medically insured , can now make appointments , stop by the office , text medical questions and even send photos of their injuries to Dr. Dave , free of charge . `` This is my first checkup ever , '' Asaf , a waiter at Macao Trading Co. , told CNN in the waiting room . `` It 's an example of how someone finds an easy and fair solution to a serious problem or a need . '' And statistics show there is , in fact , a need . According to a 2005 study by the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York , about 73 percent of","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dr. David Ores , or Dr. Dave as he 's referred to by his patients , is n't your average neighborhood doctor . It 's not because his arms are covered with tattoos of nearly naked women or because he drives a Harley to work , but because eight months ago he started New York City 's first health care cooperative for restaurant workers . The Harley-riding Dr. David Ores has started New York 's first health care cooperative for restaurant workers . The Restaurant Worker 's Health Care Cooperative , currently servicing 15 restaurants in lower Manhattan , provides free health care to all restaurant employees , from bus boys to bartenders . Every month the owner or manager of each restaurant contributes money into a common fund based on its number of employees . In return , their workers can go see Dr. Dave with any kind of health issue they may have . Dr. Dave , a graduate of Columbia Medical School , has been treating uninsured people for more than a decade . He decided to start the co-op after noticing a trend among patients working in the restaurant industry"}
-{"answer":"where Wiles , then 26 , ran a branch of his family 's international aircraft maintenance business , National Flight Service , at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport . The FBI said Holt worked for Wiles at the time he disappeared . He was among several employees who told investigators they last saw Wiles on April 1 , 2008 , at the office and had no clue what happened to him . The FBI wo n't reveal the suspected motive or why agents believe it was Holt who left a uniquely signed ransom note demanding money two days after Wiles disappeared . At the time , agents said Wiles ' father tried to comply with the demand to get back his son , but heard nothing . Holt is described as an employee who , at least at one time , had a supervisory role at the company . Authorities say he now works as a contract employee doing similar flight maintenance work at Patrick Air Force base near Cape Canaveral in Florida . Wiles was single . When he vanished without a trace , fellow employees said they were stunned . `` All that he ever worked on was customer","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Missing Florida pilot Robert Wiles , who was believed kidnapped and held for ransom 21 months ago , now is believed to be dead , and a former co-worker is in custody , accused of his death , the FBI said Friday . Authorities arrested Stobert `` Tobie '' Holt Jr. , 42 , Friday in Orlando , Florida , after he arrived from Colombia , where he was on a business trip , according to Tampa-based FBI spokesman David Couvertier . Holt faces state charges of first degree murder , kidnapping , extortion , and intent to inflict death or serious bodily harm , the spokesman said . The arrest was made by police from Lakeland , Florida , the Polk County Sheriff 's Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement , who were accompanied by FBI agents , he said . Though authorities now believe Wiles was killed , they do n't know where his body is , he said . The arrest was uneventful , Couvertier said : `` Holt was advised of his rights and said nothing . '' A four-count grand jury indictment was unsealed Friday in Polk County ,"}
-{"answer":", he asked a court to intervene to ensure the teen got chemotherapy . Doctors say that , without it , the disease would likely prove fatal . But last week , before the court could act , Colleen Hauser packed up her son and flew with him to Southern California , from where they were planning to continue to Mexico to seek alternative alternative medical treatment . She said he would have run on his own had she not helped him flee . She changed her mind before crossing the border and returned this week with Daniel to Minnesota , where the family agreed to comply with whatever treatment the court ordered . A medical examination revealed that the boy 's tumor had grown since he was diagnosed and the boy 's doctor recommended he resume chemotherapy . After examining the boy on Monday , Dr. Michael Richards estimated the tumor 's size at 5.3 inches by 5.1 inches by 6.3 inches , and said it was `` protruding outside the chest wall . '' He said initiation this week of standard chemotherapy treatment was `` imperative . '' Richards recommended at least another five cycles of chemotherapy followed","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 13-year-old Minnesota boy who has cancer has resumed chemotherapy treatments and is not responding well , a family spokesman said Friday . Doctors say Daniel Hauser 's lymphoma responded well to a first round of chemotherapy in February . Danny Hauser started a second round of chemotherapy treatment this week , Jim Navarro said in a statement on the family 's Web site , dannyhauser.com . `` The doctor changed the number of chemotherapy drugs in the protocol submitted to the court . Danny is not tolerating the drugs well and has been vomiting all day . He is understandably angry and depressed about being forced to go through the ravages of chemotherapy again . '' Daniel underwent his first round of chemotherapy in February , a month after he was diagnosed with Hodgkin 's lymphoma . But his parents were concerned about the treatment 's side effects , which typically include nausea , and decided to end the chemotherapy regimen and pursue holistic treatments instead . When Daniel 's oncologist learned of the decision to reject standard treatment , which doctors say is associated with a cure rate of as high as 90 percent"}
-{"answer":"the tree . `` I get an idea of what that carving is going to look like , and I go after it with a wide variety of steel chain saws . '' Miller said . He works his way down to high speed grinders , sanders and chisels to add the final detail work . `` They 're live oaks , so it 's like carving stone . Sparks fly off my chain saw blades when I go after one of the trees , '' Miller said . Some of the trees , which are as much a part of south Mississippi 's heritage as the antebellum homes scattered along the coastline , are estimated to be as much as 500 or 600 years old . Miller 's sculptures along U.S. 90 range from eagles and herons to seahorses and dolphins . He said local governments have never dictated how his carvings should look . In Pass Christian , Miller created what he believes to be the world 's largest eagle wood carving , at 25 feet tall . `` That sculpture is dedicated to Col. Lawrence Roberts , one of the original Tuskegee Airmen , '' he said","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The wooden sculptures lining the median of U.S. 90 are among the top tourist attractions on the Mississippi Gulf Coast . Marlin Miller 's live oak sculpture in Biloxi 's Town Green will be dedicated Saturday . They are also a creative tribute to the live oaks that lined the scenic highway before the saltwater surge of Hurricane Katrina killed them at their very roots . After the storm , the Mississippi Department of Transportation began bulldozing the dead trees , much to the chagrin of area residents . Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway , one of the coast 's longtime civic leaders , intervened . He contracted to have some of the live oak trunks turned into sculptures . But it would have proved to be a costly venture . Enter Marlin Miller , a wood sculptor from Fort Walton Beach , Florida , who volunteered to create a few live oak sculptures for free -- in part to leave his artistic mark on the Mississippi Gulf Coast , but also as a service to the community . A tree sculpture begins with the transportation department removing all the branches , leaving just the core of"}
-{"answer":"in the message and it did not explicitly claim responsibility for the attack . Goodwin took early retirement after RBS nearly collapsed amid the economic crisis and was later part-nationalized . Watch more on the attack '' On the same day as the size of his pension was revealed RBS announced a UK record loss of $ 34.6 billion -LRB- # 24.1 billion -RRB- for 2008 . Politicians and commentators have expressed fury about the deal and excessive bonuses being given by bailed-out banks . Britain 's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling , head of the Treasury , urged Goodwin to give up his pension . He refused , saying he had already given up a number of contractual rights which had cost him a lot of money . Watch consternation at Goodwin 's # 16 million pension fund '' The statement warning of more attacks on bankers came days after AIG sent a memo to employees giving them security advice as fury grows in the U.S. over millions paid out in bonuses by the bailed-out U.S. insurance giant . Employees were warned not to wear the company logo , to travel in pairs and park in well-lit places","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A warning of more attacks on UK bankers was made on Wednesday after the home of former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin was vandalized . A recovery vehicle removes a Mercedes from the Edinburgh home of Fred Goodwin . Windows were smashed in Goodwin 's house in the Scottish capital Edinburgh and those of a Mercedes-Benz limousine parked outside . It is not known if anyone was at home at the time . Goodwin -- dubbed `` Fred the Shred '' by the media for his ruthless cost-cutting -- and his family have not been living in the house since it was revealed that the 50-year-old Goodwin was receiving an annual pension of $ 1 million -LRB- # 700,000 -RRB- for life . A statement issued to media organizations including the Press Association after the attack said : `` We are angry that rich people , like him , are paying themselves a huge amount of money and living in luxury , while ordinary people are made unemployed , destitute and homeless . `` Bank bosses should be jailed . This is just the beginning . '' No group was named"}
-{"answer":"States made the magazine 's top five , too , with New Orleans , Louisiana coming in at No. 3 . Its murder rate is estimated as 67 per 100,000 by its police department and 95 per 100,000 by the FBI . Still , the rate in Caracas comes in far ahead of the following four murderous capitals . `` Caracas has become far more dangerous in recent years than any South American city , even beating out the once notorious Bogota , -LSB- Colombia -RSB- , '' Foreign Policy said . `` What 's worse , the city 's official homicide statistics likely fall short of the mark because they omit prison-related murders as well as deaths that the state never gets around to properly ` categorizing . ' `` The numbers also do n't count those who died while ` resisting arrest , ' suggesting that Caracas ' cops -- already known for their brutality against student protesters -- might be cooking the books , '' the magazine said . CNN affiliate Globovision TV reported this week that officials reported 510 killings in Caracas this month , capping a particularly brutal year . `` It 's shocking ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 510 people were killed in Caracas , Venezuela , in December , giving support to a recent report that called the city the murder capital of the world . A chalk message reads No More Murders as a student protests killings in Caracas in this file photo . It 's against that backdrop that the country 's minister for Interior Relations and Justice announced efforts this week to combat crime in 2009 . Minister Tareck El Aissami said Monday he will form 50 community police units in Caracas and take other measures so that `` we can have in a short time a culture of peace , tranquility and calm for all the Venezuelan public . '' By all accounts , it will be a tall order . Foreign Policy magazine said in September that Caracas tops the list of five murder capitals of the world , with an official tally of 130 homicides per 100,000 residents . The city , which is Venezuela 's capital , has about 4 million inhabitants . Foreign Policy is owned by The Washington Post Co. and published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . The United"}
-{"answer":"for Romney in South Carolina ? His record in Massachusetts -- 85 % His Mormon faith -- 13 % His role at Bain Capital -- 2 % Now that Romney wants the GOP presidential nomination again , he has moved to the right from some of his positions and the tone of his previous campaigns in the state . And that has fed the perception that Romney is willing to change his stands for political expediency . Ironically , Romney 's continued defense of the Massachusetts health care reform law he helped enact as governor remains a stumbling block with some conservatives who would rather he repent on that issue . `` The two big issues that stick out to me regarding his record are his flip-flopping on abortion which many voters in South Carolina do n't understand , and of course his signing of ` Romney-care , ' '' said one South Carolina insider . `` As a result , many do n't trust him and wonder if he will simply say anything in order to win the election . '' And while Gingrich maintains that he 's the logical alternative for conservatives , the former House Speaker 's","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As South Carolina Republicans begin voting in the first primary of the south today , GOP insiders say that all the candidates have had their problems in Palmetto State , one reason why today 's outcome has been so hard to predict . One veteran South Carolina GOP operative summed up the dilemma of many of his colleagues in the state who are still on the fence . `` For the first time in my professional life I am not working for a candidate and undecided on whom I will vote for . My heart says one thing , my mind says another . '' According to a CNN survey of 46 South Carolina GOP insiders -- including state legislators , state and local party officials , business and conservative interest group leaders , veterans of previous presidential primary campaigns , Palmetto State GOP political consultants , and other party activists -- former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 's biggest hurdles in South Carolina are his Massachusetts political roots and his more centrist views . Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich calls Romney a `` Massachusetts moderate . '' What do you think has been the biggest obstacle"}
-{"answer":"-LRB- k -RRB- account statements . They 're also turning to their history books . Politicians and commentators routinely invoke the Great Depression and other historical events to describe today 's economic crisis . Watch the debate over ` Depression ' talk '' But how fair is that historical analogy ? Why Great Depression comparisons may be unfair James Kolari , an economist at Texas A&M University , says the nation experienced two `` rough '' recessions in the mid-1970s and the early 1980s . A recession is generally defined as a decline in the Gross Domestic Product for two or more consecutive quarters . He says it 's not fair to compare the current economic crisis to the Great Depression , because the federal government was far more passive in the 1920s . `` We let 15,000 out of 30,000 banks fail , '' he says . `` Government efforts to jump-start the economy were slow and relatively weak until President -LSB- Franklin -RSB- Roosevelt came along with the New Deal . '' Kolari says people can learn more by looking at Japan . He says the U.S. economy is facing the same crisis as Japan in the 1990s","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The stock market crashed . Wall Street panicked . People stashed silver and gold under mattresses while businesses shut doors across America . People in Detroit , Michigan , line up for food at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen . We 're talking , of course , about the Great Depression ... of 1873 . That 's the event that Scott Reynolds Nelson cites when asked to give an historical perspective on today 's sputtering economy . The historian says the economic panic of 1873 started with the same toxic mix as today 's crisis : risky mortgages , a stock market dive and the use of complex financial instruments that few understood . `` Until 1929 , when people used the word -LSB- s -RSB- Great Depression they referred to 1873 , '' says Nelson , a professor of history at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg , Virginia . `` That was a worldwide international depression that started with the banks . That 's what we 're seeing now . This looks like 1873 . '' The nation 's economic crisis is not only causing people to look more closely at their 401"}
-{"answer":"by government officials , preventing the public from hearing them . In addition , the commission staff sharply criticized later White House estimates that 75 percent of the oil had been scooped up , burned or naturally dispersed , saying an operational tool -- known as the oil budget -- used by responders failed to accurately account for biodegradation and was not peer-reviewed by scientists . Gibbs acknowledged that some mistakes were made , in particular citing comments regarding the estimated oil dispersal by former White House environmental adviser Carol Browner in one of `` hundreds '' of interviews she gave . However , he insisted that the administration worked with the information available at all times , noting that it was impossible to see or measure the oil spill rate in the initial weeks after the explosion . `` Throughout this process , we got better information , '' Gibbs said . `` When the rig exploded and the blowout preventer failed 5,000 feet below the ocean , nobody could see what happened . '' The installation of video cameras and other technology improved the ability to estimate the spill flow in ensuing months , Gibbs said . At","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Obama administration made public all information available throughout the Gulf of Mexico oil spill , White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday in response to a preliminary report that criticized how it handled the disaster . `` This was an unprecedented environmental disaster met with an unprecedented federal response which prevented any of the worst-case scenarios from coming to fruition , '' Gibbs told reporters when asked about the report made public the previous day . `` When we had information , we gave it to the public . '' According to the working paper released Wednesday from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling , the administration vastly underestimated the tens of thousands of barrels of oil pouring into the Gulf after the April 20 oil rig explosion that caused the disaster , despite contrary information from scientists using better methodologies . The explosion claimed 11 lives and led to more than 60,000 barrels of oil being spewed into the Gulf daily for almost three months . According to the working paper , the White House Office of Management and Budget squelched higher worst-case estimates accepted"}
-{"answer":"men are created equal '' and pronouncement of the right to `` life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness '' -- galvanized many during his lifetime . Those words have resonated across the years with diverse groups of Americans seeking to gain full citizenship in the United States . Working-class whites , blacks , women , immigrants , gays -- all have turned to the Declaration as a form of promise , a credo for the nation to live up to . It is particularly interesting to ponder Jefferson 's legacies at this moment in American history . The election of the country 's first African-American president has brought an intense focus on America 's past , specifically the history of relations between the races . Again , it is not possible to consider that history in any serious way without thinking of Jefferson . The great and often remarked-upon paradox is that the man who wrote about the equality of all mankind , and who wrote insightfully and forcefully about the evils of slavery , was also a lifelong slave owner in a racially based slave system . He was not alone in this , of course .","question":"Editor 's note : Annette Gordon-Reed won the 2008 National Book Award for `` The Hemingses of Monticello : An American Family . '' A law professor at New York Law School and a history professor at Rutgers University , she will speak at the dedication of a new visitors center Wednesday at Monticello . Annette Gordon-Reed says Thomas Jefferson 's ideals have been a powerful force in American life . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Does the legacy of Thomas Jefferson speak to Americans today ? Or perhaps we should ask about Jefferson 's legacies , for there are many . His fingerprints are everywhere . Politics , government , race , slavery -- our third president 's life and words touch on so many aspects of the nation 's journey from rebellious colony to world superpower that it is impossible to understand the country 's history without dealing with him in some fashion . Even today , Jefferson 's name is regularly invoked in the news -- the latest example being writers harking back to the forceful action he took against the Barbary pirates 200 years ago . His soaring language in the Declaration of Independence -- `` all"}
-{"answer":"of my condition . This is just who I am and I 'm not a victim of anything . Lapin : We have a question from our Web site that said , `` What motivated you to become a pilot , Jessica ? '' Cox : Actually , flying was my greatest fear . Eleanor Roosevelt once said , `` Identify your greatest fear and walk directly at it . '' And that 's how it has been for me as a student pilot and learning how to fly an airplane . The first time , a fighter pilot , he came up and asked me if I would like to fly , and I did n't answer right away because it was my fear . But , when -LSB- someone -RSB- offered to take me up in a Cessna for the first time , I thought about it for a while and said what great opportunity , to attempt to fly an airplane . Lapin : You use your right foot on the throttle , left foot on the yoke and up you go . Cox : Yes . Lapin : We have another question in from -LSB- a","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Even though she was born without arms , Jessica Cox never says `` ca n't . '' Jessica Cox , 25 , uses her life story to inspire young people to face challenges head-on . She was determined to become a pilot , and she did . Not only has she mastered flying with her feet , but she also earned a black belt in tae kwon do and can legally drive a car . Cox also conquered otherwise mundane challenges like putting in contacts , text messaging , and applying makeup . Instead of saying she ca n't do something , Cox prefers to say , `` I have n't figured it out yet . '' Watch more of the interview with Jessica Cox \u00c2 '' CNN 's Nicole Lapin spoke to Cox about her determination to overcome obstacles . The following is an edited transcript of the interview : Nicole Lapin : -LSB- Your dad -RSB- said to us he never shed a tear for you . Jessica Cox : He never saw me as a victim . I never had that as an excuse , that I was a victim"}
-{"answer":"application . Neither Funnymals nor Apple responded to requests for comment . About a week earlier , another mobile phone application , `` Hottest Girl , '' showcased a photo of a topless woman and also was pulled from the iPhone app store . `` Apple will not distribute applications that contain inappropriate content , such as pornography , '' an Apple company spokesman said at the time . The explicit material is putting attention on Apple 's attempts to filter out potentially objectionable apps before they 're posted on its app store . The iPhone app store , with more than 50,000 applications , is the most popular entertainment and information venue of its kind for mobile phones . Observers say the successful app store buoys the iPhone 's popularity and adds to Apple 's sterling image as a hip and family-friendly company . The explicit content has the potential to tarnish that image . But Apple , like any company or Web site that hosts user-submitted content , may be engaged an impossible task by trying to keep all offensive material from the app store . Some iPhone apps are developed by Apple , but many are submitted","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nude photos and other potentially objectionable materials have been showing up in the iPhone application store in recent weeks , raising questions about Apple 's ability to control iPhone content . An iPhone app called BeautyMeter was pulled from the app store after a nude photo surfaced . In the most recent example , a nude photo of a young woman , reported to be 15 years old , showed up on an iPhone application called `` BeautyMeter , '' according to Wired.com and Krapps.com , an app review site . CNN could not independently confirm the young woman 's age . The photo , which apparently was submitted by one of the photo-sharing app 's users , prompted Apple to remove the entire mobile application from its online store . Funnymals , maker of the BeautyMeter app , which lets users upload and posts photos of people and then rank them based on `` hotness , '' says in a statement on its Web site that it agrees with Apple 's decision to yank the phone application from its online store . Funnymals also says its policies prohibit people from posting nude photos to the"}
-{"answer":". Then comes a tidal wave of euphoria that sweeps away every negative thought in my head . I 've never felt so alive , so hopeful -- and I 've never felt such energy , '' Agassi recounted in an excerpt of his book that has been serialized by British newspaper The Times . Following his use of crystal meth , the former world number one pulled out of the French Open and admitted he did not practice for Wimbledon a month later . Later in the year an Association of Tennis Professionals -LRB- ATP -RRB- doctor confirmed to Agassi -- who is currently married to former number one women 's tennis player Steffi Graf -- that his use of recreational drugs had shown up in a positive dope test and that he faced a three-month suspension . The tennis great revealed how he lied in a bid to retain his reputation : `` My name , my career , everything is now on the line . Whatever I 've achieved , whatever I 've worked for , might soon mean nothing . Days later I sit in a hard-backed chair , a legal pad in my lap ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- American tennis legend Andre Agassi has admitted using crystal methamphetamine a year before he won the French Open in 1998 , and that he lied to the sport 's governing bodies in the same period about a positive drugs test to avoid a ban . The 39-year-old , who is only one of six men in history to have completed a career grand slam of winning titles at all four majors , confessed in his autobiography that he took the highly addictive narcotic in 1997 while suffering poor form and to quell worries about his upcoming marriage to actress Brooke Shields . The eight-time grand slam champion revealed in his book how he felt when he first took the substance -- possession of which carries a maximum five-year jail sentence in the United States . `` Slim -LSB- Agassi 's assistant -RSB- dumps a small pile of powder on the coffee table . He cuts it , snorts it . He cuts it again . I snort some . I ease back on the couch and consider the Rubicon I 've just crossed . `` There is a moment of regret , followed by vast sadness"}
-{"answer":"cooking lesson the next , shop or tour museums till you drop and gain a new perspective on Native American history ? New Mexico is home to 22 sovereign Indian nations , including the Navajo Nation , two Apache Tribes and 19 Pueblos . The Pueblo of Acoma -LRB- http:\/\/www.skycity.com\/ -RRB- , which sits on a 367-foot-high sandstone rock , is considered the oldest inhabited village in the United States . The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque can help you get started -LRB- www.indianpueblo.com -RRB- . You can even stay on a Pueblo -- the deluxe Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa -LRB- http:\/\/www.tamaya.hyatt.com -RRB- , owned by the Santa Ana Pueblo and managed by Hyatt , offers holiday packages . The 350-room resort , halfway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe , sits on 500 sprawling acres of a 73,000-acre reservation and is one of the largest resorts ever built on Native American land . And you ca n't beat the Sandia Mountains on the horizon for scenery . Great pains have been taken to respect the ancient spirits at the resort . One of the pools is built in a circle , replicating the ceremonial Kivas that have","question":"-LRB- Tribune Media Services -RRB- -- Three hundred and forty . At the Bandelier National Monument visitors can climb into ancient cliff dwellings used by Native Americans . That 's how many steps and ladder rungs we climb to Bandelier National Monument -LRB- http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/band\/ -RRB- , to crowd into its ancient -LRB- dating back to before 1300 -RRB- cliff dwellings about 50 miles northwest of Santa Fe , New Mexico . Even the kids are impressed that Ancestral Pueblo families lived here before Columbus arrived , even before the Pilgrims stepped foot on Plymouth Rock . We look at the crumbling adobe and try to imagine apartment-type dwellings that stretched more than three stories : We crouch inside the ceremonial Kivas where the ancient people gathered to teach the children , weave , congregate and discuss the affairs of the day . These unique sites -- Bandelier certainly is n't the only one -- and spectacular desert landscape make New Mexico a terrific family destination winter or summer , and one that will win kudos from all ages . Where else can you ski one day -- in Taos or outside of Santa Fe , gallery hop or take a"}
-{"answer":"mean a relaxation of restrictions on European airlines ' investment in U.S. carriers and the ability for European airlines to compete in the U.S. domestic market . The issue is pending in U.S. Congress . If the U.S. does n't deliver , there is a clause in the agreement that states the Open Skies treaty -- phase I included -- can be torn up . Industry experts foresee some fare wars in both economy and business-class . Service options are also likely to improve as competition intensifies . U.S. airlines will vie with BA , the dominant carrier at Heathrow , that currently has flights to 24 U.S. cities . The biggest challenge to the incumbent airlines operating out of Heathrow will come from carriers in the SkyTeam alliance , that includes Air France and KLM , Delta Air Lines , Northwest Airlines News , and Continental Airlines . Before Open Skies , the SkyTeam alliance offered no transatlantic routes to and from Heathrow . By summer they will offer 10 percent of these flights . SkyTeam carriers will be located for the first time in Terminal 4 . Given the size of the market for U.S.-London flights , airlines","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On March 30 the Open Skies treaty went into effect , liberalizing air travel between the U.S. and Europe . But how will the ease of restrictions on transatlantic routes affect business travelers ? Under Open Skies , European and U.S. airlines will be given unlimited access between Europe and U.S. points . The treaty puts an end to the exclusive arrangement granted to British Airways , Virgin Atlantic , United Airlines and American Airlines to fly transatlantic out of London Heathrow . But with the airport currently operating at almost-maximum capacity , new flights will be severely limited . As a result competition is fierce for Heathrow slots , with airlines paying as much as $ 60 million to get their hands on them . For each flight that is added , another less lucrative service is scrapped . Airlines are giving priority to high-yield business routes to and from Heathrow . While European carriers are now allowed to fly from any point within E.U across the Atlantic , the U.S. domestic market remains closed to them . Operators in Europe hope that a second phase of the Open Skies deal will"}
-{"answer":"lot of burn at the gym '' ? Wallach and Max Drummey met at Harvard , but found music to be more interesting than their studies . Fortunately for them , sought-after producer Pharrell Williams liked what he heard and signed the group to his label . So far things seems to be working out for Chester French -LRB- named for sculptor Daniel Chester French , though the group is sick of explaining -RRB- . They won a place on Rolling Stone 's `` Artists to Watch '' list in 2008 . HBO 's `` Entourage '' showed some love for their catchy single `` She Loves Everybody . '' Watch Chester French get punched by a pretty girl '' And then there 's the transportation situation . `` Right now we 're on the first tour bus we 've ever had , '' says Wallach . `` We were driving around in a van for the past year and a half and it 's a real luxury now to be able to sleep while we 're driving . '' The band spoke to CNN about the challenges of navigating a rapidly changing industry , getting punched by a pretty","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chester French is giving its music away . Chester French , Max Drummey , left , and D.A. Wallach are earning buzz as a band to watch . Go to the duo 's Web site and you can scoop up an entirely free `` athletic-themed '' album . The idea is that you 'll be so impressed by the free stuff , you 'll feel inspired to buy the band 's official debut album , `` Love The Future '' -LRB- Star Trak\/Interscope -RRB- , which came out last month . `` We 're doing something that 's never been done by a band before , '' says lead singer D.A. Wallach . `` It 's great because when you put out free music , people can spread it around as much as they want . And right now as we 're just trying to expose ourselves to more people . Every new supporter helps . '' The band has even come up with a fancy name for its fans : `` VIP Concierge Service . '' So who are these two clever , skinny dudes who jokingly claim to `` put in a"}
-{"answer":"present , which is about aiming to do well this weekend and in the future : to learn as much as possible with next season in mind . `` It 's right that it should be like that because in sport , as in the rest of life , you must always look ahead . `` Abu Dhabi 2010 was an important stage in my career and I have no doubt that even through that bad day , my relationship with Ferrari has become even stronger . '' Alonso , from Spain , is currently third in the drivers ' world championship standings , 13 points behind McLaren 's British driver Jenson Button in second . But the gulf between Vettel and the rest of the field is underlined by his 134-point lead over Button . Alonso acknowledges that winning will be `` difficult '' in Abu Dhabi but says he is keen to fight for a podium place to counter last year 's bitter disappointment . `` I completely appreciate that winning will be very difficult , '' he said . `` In this closing part of the season the relative positions are very clear but we have also","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fernando Alonso is determined to banish his demons in Abu Dhabi as he returns to the track where his 2010 Formula One world championship chances disintegrated . The Ferrari driver was in pole position to grab his third career title last year , needing to finish in the top four to claim the crown . But the Italian team took the decision to bring Alonso into the pits at an early stage and he spent the rest of the race stuck behind Renault 's Vitaly Petrov , finishing seventh , and handing Red Bull 's Sebastian Vettel his first ever world championship . A dominant Vettel has n't looked back , retaining his title with four races of the 2011 season to go and Alonso admits returning to the Yas Marina circuit will be a painful experience for him . `` It would not be honest if I told you I wo n't be a bit uncomfortable thinking about it when I see the paddock for the first time , '' Alonso wrote in his blog on Ferrari 's official website . `` But then the feeling will vanish and it will leave room for the"}
-{"answer":", '' the National Organization for Marriage said in a press release . `` But Carrie 's courage inspired a whole nation and a whole generation of young people because she chose to risk the Miss USA crown rather than be silent about her deepest moral values . '' `` This vision of marriage is not hateful , '' Prejean said . `` It 's not discriminatory . It 's good . '' Although she claimed that her view represents that of the majority of Americans , Prejean said she has no plan `` on getting into politics anytime soon , that 's for sure . '' According to the group , the ad will call `` gay marriage advocates to account for their unwillingness to debate the real issue : gay marriage has consequences . '' The Miss California USA TV ad is the group 's second . Its first , called `` A Gathering Storm , '' ran in several states and featured actors issuing ominous warnings about the threats posed by same-sex marriage . Executive directors and producers of the Miss California USA pageant released a statement Wednesday lamenting that Prejean had taken on such a ``","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Carrie Prejean , the Miss USA contestant from California who declared her opposition to same-sex marriage on the pageant stage , will star in a new $ 1.5 million ad campaign funded by the National Organization for Marriage . Miss California USA Carrie Prejean has gotten support from many same-sex marriage opponents . Prejean appeared Thursday at a news conference in Washington to unveil the ad , called `` No Offense . '' Prejean was roasted by same-sex marriage advocates after she stood up for what she called `` opposite marriage '' -LRB- marriage between a man and a woman -RRB- when responding to a question from celebrity blogger Perez Hilton during the pageant . But she 's also become a fresh-faced standard-bearer for same-sex marriage opponents , who have rallied to her defense . `` Marriage is good , '' Prejean said at the news conference . `` There is something special about unions of husband and wife . Unless we bring men and women together , children will not have mothers and fathers . '' `` She is attacked viciously for having the courage to speak up for her truth and her values"}
-{"answer":"army , though . During the Revolutionary War , women fought as men on both sides . Hannah Snell , for example , joined the British army to find her husband , who had walked out on her to enlist . Once her true sex was discovered -LRB- thanks to a pesky groin injury -RRB- , she became a national celebrity in Britain , and made a post-war career of performing in bars as the `` Female Warrior . '' Mental Floss : The Confederacy 's plan to conquer Latin America 2 . Cross-dressing to keep a royal family together With all the power play that went on in the court , the French royal family would go to great lengths to avoid sibling rivalry . In one of the more extreme cases , Philippe I , Duke of Orleans -LRB- 1640-1701 -RRB- , was raised as a girl to discourage him from any political or military aspirations . This would make things easier for his brother , the future King Louis XIV . Philippe wore dresses and make-up , enjoyed traditionally feminine pursuits , and was even encouraged towards homosexuality . A girly man he might have been ,","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- Over the centuries , people have had some very good reasons to dress up like a member of the opposite sex . After record-setting Olympics athlete Stella Walsh died in 1980 , it was revealed that she had indeed been a man . And I 'm not talking about people who live this way out of personal preference , or those who dress up for theater and entertainment . Here are just five examples . 1 . Cross-dressing to join the army Until recently , women have rarely been allowed to serve as soldiers . So what was a gal to do if she wanted to serve her country ? Naturally , disguise herself as a man and join the troops . At least 400 Civil War soldiers were women in drag . These included Union Army soldier `` Frank Thompson '' -LRB- also known as Sarah Edmonds -RRB- , whose small frame and feminine mannerisms -LRB- rather than causing suspicion -RRB- made her an ideal spy , as she could spy on the Confederates disguised as ... a woman ! She was n't the first woman to don a male disguise and join the"}
-{"answer":"took photos of the girls in a classroom and at a pizza party at her home . After a search of Crain 's home , police confiscated computers and numerous documents and asked for FBI assistance , Simmonds said . Crain was arrested on December 1 . The FBI found information on the woman 's Skype account that led them to Doby , Simmonds said . A search Thursday of Doby 's home yielded a computer `` among other questionable items , '' the FBI said . As he was being led away from his arraignment and extradition hearing , Doby told a reporter for CNN affiliate WNEP in Scranton , Pennsylvania , `` Be kind and considerate to my family , because they 're going to need it and they did n't have anything to do with this . They need prayers and it 's me , not them . '' Crain is accused of taking photos or videos of girls , in many cases with either their breasts or genitals exposed . A concerned Shawnee , Oklahoma , parent contacted police in mid-November after she became aware of contact the teacher had with students at her home ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former teacher in Oklahoma has been charged with sending lewd images of young female students to a retired professor in Pennsylvania , authorities said Thursday . Kimberly Ann Crain , who taught third grade in McLoud Public Schools , faces 23 criminal counts , including manufacturing and possessing juvenile pornography , distribution of juvenile pornography and lewd molestation , according to a Thursday filing in Pottawatomie County district court . The alleged recipient of the photos and videotapes -- sent via e-mail and Skype -- was identified as Gary Joseph Doby . Students allegedly knew him as `` Uncle G , '' according to authorities . The retired Bloomsburg University professor also has been arrested , according to Oklahoma City FBI special agent Clay Simmonds . Doby , 65 , faces eights counts of manufacturing juvenile pornography and one count of conspiracy to manufacture it . Doby 's location following his arrest could not be confirmed Thursday night , nor could it be determined whether he was being represented by an attorney . CNN 's attempts to reach Crain 's attorney Thursday night were unsuccessful . According to the complaint , Crain , 48 ,"}
-{"answer":", '' said the woman identified only as Christine R. in a Saturday interview conducted and translated by AP . `` He tolerated no dissent , '' Christine R. added . `` Listen , if I was scared myself -- I was scared of him at a family party and I did not feel confident to say anything in any form that could possibly offend him -- then you can imagine how it was for a woman who spent so many years with him . '' Watch what the sister-in-law has to say '' In the televised interview , Christine R. added detail to the bizarre story of 73-year-old Fritzl who was recently arrested and confessed to holding his daughter captive in a dungeon under the home for decades , repeatedly raping her and fathering seven kids -- with six of them surviving . Christine R. also said Fritzl committed an unrelated rape in 1967 , served 18 months in prison for that crime and that her sister continued to stay married to him in a desperate attempt to keep their family together . Recent media reports also claimed Fritzl had been convicted of rape . Austrian police have said","question":"AMSTETTEN , Austria -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Austrian who reportedly admitted holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering seven children with her will plead insanity , his lawyer said . Josef Fritzl admitted to authorities he raped his daughter and fathered her children . Attorney Rudolf Mayer said he believed 73-year-old Josef Fritzl had a mental disorder , The Associated Press reported . Mayer said someone who was mentally ill `` did n't choose '' to do what police allege he did . Mayer said Fritzl would be confined to a psychiatric institution rather than a prison if he was certified as insane and convicted , AP reported . Police said last week that Fritzl had confessed to imprisoning his daughter in a secret cellar dungeon in his home , fathering seven children with her and burning the body of one who died in infancy in a furnace . Meanwhile , Fritzl 's sister-in-law has said his wife did not know her daughter was held captive in their basement for decades because she had been trained not to ask questions under her husband 's tyrannical rule of the household , . `` He was such a tyrant"}
-{"answer":"country . Baitullah Mehsud , the leader of the Pakistan Taliban , had threatened to target major Pakistani cities if the operations did not cease . `` The enemies of Pakistan are trying their very best to use every venue to destabilize the country , '' Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters Wednesday . The blast occurred on Mall Road near the city police headquarters and the high court . It is one of Lahore 's busiest areas . A passenger van , laden with explosives , broke through a security barrier and was headed toward the police building when guards opened fire to stop it , said Lahore 's district coordination officer , Sajjad Ahmed Bhutta . Watch rescue workers respond to the scene '' The two sides exchanged gunfire , with the attackers hurling grenades , said Faisal Gulzar , deputy police superintendent . The van exploded before it could reach the building . It was carrying an estimated 100 kilograms -LRB- 220 pounds -RRB- of explosives , Bhutta said . The impact was immense . The targeted building -- Building 15 -- collapsed . It housed the city 's rapid response team , which is dispatched during","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three suspects were arrested after an explosives-packed van reduced a police building to rubble Wednesday in eastern Pakistan , killing 27 . The scene of an apparent suicide car bomb attack on a police building in Lahore on May 27 . The morning attack in Lahore -- Pakistan 's second-largest city -- also wounded more than 250 people , most of them police officers and staffers , authorities said . Fourteen of the dead included police officers . Three others were identified as bodies of `` terrorists , '' said City Commissioner Khusro Pervez . Immediately after the blast , police arrested two of the suspects , said City Commissioner Khusro Pervez . Local television showed the men being led away by officers . Sir Ganga Ram hospital , which was damaged by the explosion , was treating 128 victims . Authorities expected the death toll to rise as rescue workers picked through twisted metal and other debris from the building , looking for more bodies . Watch more on the attack '' The attack comes amid a Pakistani military offensive to rout militants from their haven in the northwestern part of the"}
-{"answer":"in the brine . Mental Floss : 8 disastrous product names 4 . In the Delta region of Mississippi , Kool-Aid pickles have become ridiculously popular with kids . The recipe 's simple : take some dill pickles , cut them in half , and then soak them in super strong Kool-Aid for more than a week . According to the New York Times , the sweet vinegar snacks are known to sell out at fairs and delicatessens , and generally go for $ .50 to a $ 1 . 5 . Not everyone loves a sweet pickle . In America , dill pickles are twice as popular as the sweet variety . 6 . The Department of Agriculture estimates that the average American eats 8.5 lbs of pickles a year . 7 . When the Philadelphia Eagles thrashed the Dallas Cowboys in sweltering heat in September 2000 , many of the players attributed their win to one thing : guzzling down immense quantities of ice-cold pickle juice . Mental Floss : 31 unbelievable high school mascots 8 . If it were n't for pickles , Christopher Columbus might never have `` discovered '' America . In his famous 1492","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- People have been eating pickles ever since the Mesopotamians started making them way back in 2400 B.C.E. . Here are some even more important things you should know about them . Pickles have gotten credit for health and beauty and winning football games . 1 . In the Pacific Islands , natives pickle their foods in holes in the ground lined with banana leaves , and use them as food reserves in case of storms . The pickles are so valuable that they 've become part of the courting process , helping a man prove he 'll be able to provide for a woman . In Fiji , guys ca n't get a girl without first showing her parents his pickle pits . 2 . Cleopatra claimed pickles made her beautiful . -LRB- We guess it had more to do with her genes . -RRB- 3 . The majority of pickle factories in America ferment their pickles in outdoor vats without lids -LRB- leaving them subject to insects and bird droppings -RRB- . But there 's a reason . According to food scientists , the sun 's direct rays prevent yeast and mold from growing"}
-{"answer":"more money without taking a second job ... 1 . Become a focus group participant : An old co-worker turned me on to focus groups about 8 years ago and after I made 75 bucks giving my opinion on a series of coffee ads , I immediately went home , opened the phone book -LRB- remember those ? -RRB- , and called dozens of market research companies to get my name added to their databases for future groups . Over the years I 've made thousands of dollars telling people what I think about ads , product concepts , packaging , services , and the taste of food and beverages . Once , I even made $ 200 tasting vodka for an hour . Talk about easy money ! Check the `` Etc. '' section of Craigslist for current focus groups in your area , or do an online search for market research recruiting companies and then can call and have your name added to their databases . 2 . Use your blog : If you have a blog -- and who does n't these days ? -- you 're sitting on valuable real estate . Depending on the size","question":"-LRB- The Frisky -RRB- -- Despite the tough economic times , you ca n't just expect to stop lusting after those Frye riding boots you 've had your eye on forever , or that your longtime trusted hair stylist is going to suddenly start cutting her prices . From hobbies to bake sales to your own Web site , there are ways to make extra money in your spare time . The fact is no matter how frugally you learn to live , there are still going to be some things you 'll want to splurge on , and that 's okay . I mean , this is a recession , after all , not a potato famine . You do n't have to give up all your luxuries or switch to low-cost everything ; you just have to get savvier about making extra money for those treats you enjoy . But I 'm not talking about getting a second job or really working that much harder ; a true recessionista knows how to make extra cash for little luxuries while leaving plenty of free time to enjoy them , too . After the jump , seven ways to make"}
-{"answer":"in 1990 . Welfare reform in 1995 . Medicare Part D . What else ? Leave aside whether you are liberal or conservative , whether you approve the measures mentioned above or disapprove . It 's hard to dispute : Congress just got a lot more done in the 1950s , 1960s and 1970s than in the 1980s , 1990s and 2000s . Why ? You hear many grand , sweeping explanations . Let 's try just one simple one . Congress in the first period was controlled by a handful of committee chairmen , who owed their positions to seniority . The committees did their work in secret . Bills written in committee typically could not be amended on the floor of Congress . The institution was authoritarian , hierarchical , opaque . And stuff passed . In the mid-1970s , Congress underwent a revolution . The power of the committee chairmen was broken . The number of subcommittees proliferated . The committees met in public . Amendments multiplied . Congress become more open , more egalitarian , more responsive . And stuff ceased to pass . Again and again , today 's gridlock can be traced to yesterday","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At the end of his career , former House Speaker Tip O'Neill was asked how Congress had changed between the 1950s and 1980s . O'Neill answered : `` The people are better . The results are worse . '' Watching last week 's health summit , you see what O'Neill meant . The conversation was intelligent , civil , well-informed . It also predictably achieved nothing . How could it ? Deals are never reached in front of the television camera . Take this quiz . Name the most important legislation enacted in the 30 years between 1950 and 1980 . Overwhelming is n't it ? Civil rights . Voting rights . Interstate highways . Medicare . Medicaid . The deregulation of the airlines , natural gas , trucking , rail and oil . The immigration act of 1965 . Clean Air , Clean Water , and the Endangered Species Acts . Supplemental Security Income in 1974 . I could fill the whole screen . Now ... the next 30 years . There 's the Reagan tax cuts of course . Deregulation of the savings & loans in 1982 . The Americans with Disabilities Act"}
-{"answer":"Albania was a big customer for Chinese armaments in the 1960s and '70s , the Times reported . Angelo Diveroli , Efraim 's grandfather , told CNN affiliate WPLG-TV that his grandson is being targeted by `` jealous competitors '' in the international arms market . Since he was a boy , the grandfather said , Efraim Diveroli has known his way around weapons . Read the WPLG story `` He 's a genius about anything to do with weapons , '' the 72-year-old says . `` Ever since he was a little boy , I would take him to gun shows and he could identify every model of guns . People would ask : How can he do that so young ? He has a gift , I would tell them . '' Michael Diveroli , Efraim 's father , told CNN affiliate WFOR-TV that he wished his son had turned his intellect elsewhere . He said Efraim was `` a boy genius '' who is `` hard to control . '' Read the WFOR story `` I would prefer he became a nice Jewish doctor or lawyer rather than an arms dealer , '' WFOR quoted Michael Diveroli","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Efraim Diveroli 's father hoped his son would become a doctor or lawyer . Efraim Diveroli , 22 , is doing his `` patriotic '' duty as an arms dealer , his grandfather says . What he got instead is a 22-year-old international arms dealer who faces a congressional inquiry for allegedly selling old Chinese ammunition to the U.S. military to equip allies in Afghanistan . Diveroli is president of AEY Inc. , a South Florida company which , according to U.S. government documents , has done more than $ 10 million of business with the U.S. government since 2004 . The papers also reveal the company struck it big in 2007 with contracts totaling more than $ 200 million to supply ammunition , assault rifles and other weapons to the Afghan National Army and police . The company 's contract said it would get the ammunition from Hungary . But Army investigators found what the Afghan military got included corroded ammunition made in China as long as 46 years ago . The New York Times reported Thursday that AEY shopped stockpiles and ammo dumps in old Soviet bloc allies , from Albania to Kazakhstan ."}
-{"answer":"and other government initiatives like the `` Cash for Clunkers '' program for automobiles . Ben Bernanke , the Federal Reserve Chairman , said recently that economic conditions were better than they were a year ago , and a modest recovery was on the horizon . Sounding a note of caution , he said : `` Some important headwinds -- in particular , constrained bank lending and a weak job market -- will likely prevent the expansion from being as robust as we would hope . '' Polls suggest many Americans are not confident about the economy . `` Some economic indicators may suggest that the economy has turned the corner -- but try telling that to the American people , '' said Keating Holland , CNN 's polling director . More than eight in 10 Americans say that economic conditions are in poor shape , according to a recent CNN\/Opinion Research Corp. poll . Of that number , 43 percent described the conditions as `` very poor . '' See the poll results -LRB- pdf -RRB- Ali Velshi , CNN 's chief business correspondent , said it may not feel as if the economy is in a recovery until","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Despite some signs that the economy is on the mend , a lack of confidence from consumers and companies alike may hamper job growth during the next few months , economists say . Unlike this point last year , there are some indicators for optimism about the U.S. economy . The market seems to be on a rebound , with stock prices growing steadily since March . Meanwhile , the U.S. Gross Domestic Product , a broad indicator of the economy 's strength , grew during the third quarter . It was the largest such growth since the summer of 2007 . However , the unemployment rate is staggering . The national rate hit 10.2 percent last month , the first time it has been double digits in more than 25 years . The jobless rate increased in 29 states and the District of Columbia in October , according to a recent Labor Department survey . Thirteen states reported an unemployment rate above the current national rate . Track unemployment numbers by state and industry There is also concern that the GDP growth is largely the result of the economic stimulus implemented by the federal government"}
-{"answer":"Cornell in 2005 , has been praised by counselors for encouraging openness on an issue that many schools try to cover up . In an e-mail to students on Friday , he encouraged them to use available suicide-prevention resources . Skorton placed full-page ads in the university newspaper , The Cornell Daily Sun , every day this week , which read , `` If you learn anything at Cornell , please learn to ask for help . It is a sign of wisdom and strength . '' The message may be getting through . The first sentence of the quote has been written in chalk on one of the bridges where the suicides took place . The cause of the wave of suicides is unclear , Marchell said . The national average for school suicides is 7.29 per year for every 100,000 students , said Paula Clayton , medical director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention . That means Cornell , with 19,639 students , should average fewer than two suicides a year . Cornell had no suicides from 2005 to 2008 , according to Marchell . And the school has consistently fallen within or below the national average","question":"Ithaca , New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two suspected cases of suicide on the Cornell University campus have officially been confirmed by the Tompkins County chief medical examiner , bringing the total number of suicides for the academic year to six . Cornell officials had previously said authorities confirmed four other deaths at the school as suicides . The medical examiner says his office has been in touch with the families of the latest suicide victims . `` They have all been made aware of the manner of death , '' Dr. Howard Socoff told CNN . The rash of cases has rocked the highly competitive Ivy League school in central New York State . The most recent suicides came on successive days and prompted the university 's mental health initiatives director , Timothy Marchell , to declare a `` public health crisis . '' In February , a freshman jumped off a bridge over one of the area 's well-known gorges . The body of a sophomore engineering major was found March 11 under similar circumstances . Police are also searching for a body in another suicide witnessed March 12 . David Skorton , who became president of"}
-{"answer":"wounded veterans return home feeling that the VA system , specifically its 62-year-old disability ratings system , has failed them . Watch Ziegel display his model skull '' `` The VA system is not ready , and they simply do n't have time to catch up , '' Tammy Duckworth -- herself a wounded veteran who heads up the Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs -- told the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee in March . VA Acting Secretary Gordon Mansfield said cases like Ziegel 's are rare -- that the majority of veterans are moving through the process and `` being taken care of . '' He also said most veterans are fairly compensated . `` Any veteran with the same issue , if it 's a medical disability , ... it is going to get the same exact result anywhere in our system , '' he said . More than 28,500 troops have been wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom , including about 8,500 that have needed air transport , according to the U.S. military . See photos of these Iraq war heroes '' A recent Harvard study found that the cost of caring for those wounded over the course of","question":"WASHINGTON , Illinois -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ty Ziegel peers from beneath his Marine Corps baseball cap , his once boyish face burned beyond recognition by a suicide bomber 's attack in Iraq just three days before Christmas 2004 . Ty Ziegel , a Marine , was badly wounded in Iraq . He battled the VA over disability benefits when he returned . He lost part of his skull in the blast and part of his brain was damaged . Half of his left arm was amputated and some of the fingers were blown off his right hand . Ziegel , a 25-year-old Marine sergeant , knew the dangers of war when he was deployed for his second tour in Iraq . But he did n't expect a new battle when he returned home as a wounded warrior : a fight with the Department of Veterans Affairs . `` Sometimes , you get lost in the system , '' he told CNN . `` I feel like a Social Security number . I do n't feel like Tyler Ziegel . '' His story is one example of how medical advances in the battlefield have outpaced the home front . Many"}
-{"answer":"to hard-pressed voters . Facing an intensifying risk of self-inflicted defeat in a winnable race , party leaders and donors enticed former state budget director Tom Campbell into the race . Campbell immediately stepped into first place in the polls , five points ahead of Fiorina , 15 ahead of DeVore . The `` demon sheep '' ad was Fiorina 's attempt to head Campbell off at the pass . No description can do justice to the ad 's low-budget strangeness . The ad presents Campbell as a dangerous predator with glowing red eyes , preying upon Fiorina 's flock . Never mind that it 's not usually smart tactics to represent the voters as dim-witted sheep . The more urgent question for California Republicans is this : What should they make of the substance of Fiorina 's attack on Campbell ? Here 's the former front-runner 's case : Campbell presents himself as a committed fiscal conservative . In fact , however , he 's a career politician largely responsible for the state 's budget crisis . He helped write the 2005 California budget , which contained a big jump in state spending . He called for raising the","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The weirdest campaign ad of this season -- maybe any season -- debuted on the Internet this past week . The ad has been nicknamed , `` Demon Sheep , '' and can be viewed here . The ad is an opening salvo in what will could prove the most expensive Senate race in U.S. history . The incumbent , Barbara Boxer , has always been the less popular of California 's two Democratic senators . Boxer now looks vulnerable . Two Republicans declared early for the nomination against Boxer : state Sen. Chuck DeVore and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina . Fiorina took an early lead . But her performance on the campaign trail disheartened many of her supporters . Worse , Fiorina never developed a good answer to the questions about her business career . Portfolio magazine had dubbed Fiorina one of the 20 worst CEOs of all time after a disastrous merger with Compaq . Fiorina was fired in 2005 after company stock dropped 60 percent in a year . She herself walked away with a payday estimated as high as $ 40 million . That history was tough to explain"}
-{"answer":"work . Keith said `` everybody you talk to '' tells him , '' ` well , we 're not hiring . We ai n't got nothing open right now . ' '' Vickie has suffered her own layoff . She lost her job in 2006 when furniture maker Ethan Allen closed its plant in the area . She decided to retrain and will graduate from the local community college in May as a certified medical assistant . Vickie hopes to get a job at a local clinic , but jobs are hard to come by in this area . Major industries , including textile manufacturing , furniture making and mining , have downsized or left the area completely . The Rev. Bill Sweetser works with Shepherd 's Staff , a local food pantry . He says workers there are seeing three times as many clients as they did just last year . Watch how the Murdocks have struggled against the bad economy '' The food bank is in an old textile mill that just a few years ago was one of the largest employers in Mitchell County . Now , former workers come there for assistance . `` Right","question":"SPRUCE PINE , North Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Like most parents , Vickie and Keith Murdock worry about providing for their family . With three teenage daughters , that can be a big challenge , but these days it 's more difficult than ever . Keith and Vickie Murdock retrained for new jobs after suffering layoffs . But they remain unemployed . Vickie and Keith are both out of work . They live in Spruce Pine , North Carolina , a tiny mountain town about an hour 's drive northeast of Asheville that has lost more than 2,000 jobs since 2003 . That 's a devastating number , given that Mitchell County 's 2000 Census population was only 15,687 . Keith was laid off in 2001 , when a textile mill closed . He had worked there for 13 years . He did what all the experts say to do : He went back to school , got his GED and retrained to be an auto body mechanic . After graduation , he found a job at nearby Altec Industries . But again , he was laid off in January . Today , he spends his time looking for"}
-{"answer":"plans to stay in New Jersey , where the families of many Pan Am 103 victims reside . '' A representative from the Libyan Mission in New York would not confirm Gadhafi will stay in Englewood , only that he is scheduled to come to New York . Gadhafi has a history of setting up his extensive tent when visiting other countries , including Russia and France . Media reports have said that his request to pitch his tent in Central Park had been denied , and the New Jersey property was a likely second choice . Boteach said he had previously been willing to approach Gadhafi 's rumored visit with an open mind , but he backtracked after the Lockerbie bomber 's release . `` Judging by his actions , he has n't changed one iota , '' Boteach said . `` He loves terrorists and welcomes them as heroes and speaks with a forked tongue . As soon as he had the opportunity he lionized people who committed murderous acts . Gadhafi is a fraud . I do n't want him or his security team near my home . '' Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes said he was not","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In just a few short weeks , Rabbi Shmuley Boteach could wake up at his home in Englewood , New Jersey , with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi camped a few feet from his front lawn . Gadhafi may be staying in a tent on the front lawn of a New Jersey house owned by the Libyan Mission . The authoritarian ruler of Libya is rumored to be planning to stay in an air-conditioned tent on the front lawn of a house owned by the Libyan Mission when he attends the U.N. General Assembly meeting in September . Members of the predominately Orthodox Jewish Englewood community are less than enthused about a visit from a leader who has made anti-Zionist statements in the past . The recent release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber to Libya has heightened the animosity . On Monday , Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg , D-New Jersey , called for the U.S. Department of State to restrict Gadhafi 's travel to the area around U.N. headquarters in New York City , saying in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton he `` was particularly concerned by news reports indicating that -LSB- Gadhafi -RSB-"}
-{"answer":"ground because you ca n't quite get it there . '' Get the latest developments in Haiti Holmes said it was key to dig out survivors from ruined buildings as soon as possible . `` There are something like 27 search-and-rescue teams now either on the ground or on their way , and that 's beginning to make a difference , '' he said . `` Of course , with every day that passes , we know that the chances of finding somebody alive diminish , but that effort must continue , and we must continue to try and look after the injured . '' Impact Your World New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly , who was in Haiti just before the earthquake and served there in the mid-1990s , also emphasized the importance of saving the lives of people who are trapped and injured . `` I think there 's still an opportunity even though it 's almost 72 hours . I think that 's got to be job number one , '' Kelly told Amanpour . As far as aid distribution is concerned , Kelly said it was essential to move supplies from the airport into Port-au-Prince","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A top United Nations official acknowledged Friday that the earthquake relief operation in Haiti was not progressing fast enough . `` You ca n't snap your fingers and make it happen just by magic , '' U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes said . But he promised , `` We will do it , slowly and surely . '' In an interview with CNN 's Christiane Amanpour , Holmes said , `` We have blockages at different points or bottlenecks of different points . The airport , coming in -- not as many planes as we 'd like to get in there because of the landing blockages . It 's happening , but it 's happening not as fast as we would like . '' Referring to the slow pace of aid deliveries , Holmes added , `` We 've got to unload it , get it into warehouses , then get it into trucks , then get it to distribution points , and then start to distribute it . '' `` There 's a huge effort going in from huge numbers of countries and aid organizations , but it 's not so visible on the"}
-{"answer":"more than 86,000 customers were without power Monday in New York City and Westchester County , New York , while the Long Island Power Authority said that 64,437 customers were in the dark . In New Jersey , about 100,000 were without power . Flooding caused 2,000 customers in New Jersey to lose their gas service , PSEG said . Connecticut Light and Power said that about 56,000 customers also had no power Monday . And in Pennsylvania , utility companies had restored power to a majority of residents , but the outage still affected more than 5,000 . `` The ground is so wet from all the snow we 've had this winter , it 's helping the trees to topple over as well as our utility poles , '' said Long Island Power Authority President and CEO Kevin Law . `` The conditions are still too terrible to get crews out there . '' Some customers probably will go without power for a few days , Law said . The outages were due mostly to power lines downed by Saturday 's winds , which knocked over trees and utility polls . Wind speeds reached 75 mph at New","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities have linked seven deaths to the nor'easter affecting the Eastern Seaboard , and more than 300,000 customers remained without power Monday in the Northeast after rain and fierce winds . Hurricane-force winds over the weekend toppled trees , taking power lines with them . Five of the weekend 's deaths were caused by falling trees , authorities said . Two people died in New Jersey ; authorities from Rhode Island , New Hampshire , Connecticut , West Virginia and New York each said they had one storm-related death . Heavy rain also caused flooding across the region . Flood warnings were in effect from northern Virginia to southern New Hampshire , the National Weather Service said . The city of Alexandria , along the Potomac River across from Washington , distributed nearly 800 sandbags to those in low-lying areas that typically are first to see high water . A coffee shop there experienced minor flooding , said Alexandria official Rich Baier . Some coastal areas have received more than 6 inches of rain since Saturday , according to the National Weather Service . Are you there ? Share pictures and video Con Edison said that"}
-{"answer":"greater purpose than burial or cremation . Body Worlds ' donor program boasts about 800 people in North America and 8,600 worldwide . `` I thought , since I like to think outside the box , this would be a really good way to preserve our bodies instead of the typical funeral , '' Toney-Alvarez said . `` It 's also something I can go to my death feeling good about , like I made a contribution to humankind . '' Individual Americans have had the right to bequeath their bodies to science since 1965 , when the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act established the human body as property . With that law , a donor 's wishes superseded those of the next of kin . But academics in the field of gross anatomy attribute recent increases in body donations to relaxed social mores , according to an article published by the Association of American Medical Colleges . Traditionally , medical schools have been the most common recipients of willed specimens in America . Then , in 1993 , controversial German anatomist Gunther von Hagens emerged with an alternative . Von Hagens , a self-styled iconoclast who earned the moniker Dr.","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Toney Dixon 's fascination with dead bodies goes back to her childhood , when she would sneak around her uncle 's funeral home and watch him prepare bodies . The bodies on display are plastinated , a process that replaces bodily fluids and fat with plastic . `` I found my heart racing , '' said Dixon , 67 . `` But instead of being taken aback and terrified , I wanted to know more . '' Years later , Dixon 's curiosity drew her and her twin sister , Erlyene Toney-Alvarez , to Body Worlds , an exhibit that shows preserved human specimens bisected and stripped of skin . `` It 's like standing in the mirror and seeing yourself in a totally new way , '' said Dixon , the younger twin . The twins were so impressed that they signed up on the spot to donate their earthly remains to the exhibit , which is currently showing in the United States , Canada , England and Germany . With their signatures , the women joined a group of people who believe that having their bodies dissected , preserved and displayed will serve a"}
-{"answer":"they are going to say ? ` You are supposed to beat him , you are Floyd Mayweather , you are the bigger man ' . If I knock him out they 'll say ` you 're supposed to knock him out he 's been knocked out before ' . `` I 'm in a no-win situation and when I beat him no one is going to be surprised because he 's been beaten before ; whatever I do to Pacquaio has been done before - he 's been beaten on three occasions . And if I knock him out I do n't want the world shouting because he 's been knocked out twice before . '' If the fight goes ahead it is expected to challenge the mark set by Oscar De La Hoya 's bout with Floyd Mayweather for the most profitable in history . Money generated from pay-per-view subscriptions earned the two fighters an estimated combined total of $ 77 million in 2007 . Mayweather , whose nickname is `` Money , '' said : `` If I go out and make $ 60-75 million in one night ; come on - I 'm not losing .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Floyd Mayweather Jr . has said he is ready to make the big-money fight with newly crowned WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao happen . After victory in Las Vegas over Puerto Rico 's Miguel Cotto on Saturday , Pacquiao 's trainer Freddie Roach said the `` whole world '' now wanted to see a fight with Mayweather . Reacting to the proposition the undefeated 32-year-old , who formerly held the WBC title at welterweight , told British broadcaster Sky Sports : `` If he wants to fight Floyd Mayweather all he has to do is step up to the plate . '' The twice-voted Ring magazine fighter of the year added that he felt Pacquiao 's approach was one-dimensional but the Filipino would be a favorite with the crowd . `` The thing is with Pacquaio I do n't see any versatility as a fighter ; he 's a good puncher but just one-dimensional . Is Pacquiao the greatest ? `` The world 's going to go ` wow ' if Floyd Mayweather gets beaten . That 's what everyone is looking to see . `` If I beat Manny Pacquaio do you know what"}
-{"answer":"head and leg injuries in the explosion and said he now struggles with short-term memory loss and post-traumatic stress disorder . Employee Stephen Stone told committee members that the explosion `` was hardly the first thing to go wrong '' on the rig . Both men described a horrific scene on board the Deepwater Horizon the night of April 20 , with people crying and screaming for help as others scrambled for safety . `` I was pretty certain I was going to die , '' Stone said . After making it onto a lifeboat , being rescued by the Coast Guard and reaching land , some 28 hours after the explosion , survivors `` were lined up and made to take a drug test '' before being allowed to leave or call their families , Stone said . Transocean asked him to a sign a document -- without his attorney present -- saying he was not injured in the blast in exchange for $ 5,000 for the loss of his personal possessions , he said . He refused to sign the portion saying he was uninjured , he said , because even though he did not require medical treatment","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Survivors of the oil rig explosion April 20 that triggered an underwater oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico , along with the father of a man who died in the blast , urged members of a House committee Thursday to hold Transocean and BP accountable for the incident . `` Please believe me , no amount of money will ever compensate us for Gordon 's loss , '' said Keith Jones , a Baton Rouge , Louisiana , attorney whose son , 28-year-old engineer Gordon Jones , died in the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon off the coast of Louisiana . `` We know that . But payment of damages by wrongdoers is the only means we have in this country to make things right . '' Two employees of rig owner Transocean , meanwhile , accused the company of putting profits above lives and cutting back on safety and employees leading up to the explosion . When workers complained of needing more help , `` They just kept telling us they 'd see what they could do , '' said engineer Doug Brown , 50 , of Vancouver , Washington . Brown suffered"}
-{"answer":"hear Big Ben strike midnight and watch a fireworks display at the London Eye . A multicolored light show at The Eiffel Tower dazzled crowds in Paris , France . In New York , security was tight for Thursday night 's iconic ball drop . After the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane over Detroit , Michigan , security forces are on high alert . `` We want people to have a happy experience . But we are also concerned about a terrorist event . We have to do that after 9\/11 , '' New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said . Celebrating ? Share your photos and videos New York police estimated a million people had already filled the square by early Thursday evening . Weighing 11,875 pounds , the sparkling sphere features 2,668 crystals woven into a triangular pattern and is powered by 32,256 LED lights . It is capable of producing a kaleidoscopic array of 16 million vibrant colors and billions of patterns , according to the event 's official Web site . This New Year 's ball is also be greener , consuming 10 to 20 percent less energy than last year","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 1 million people marked the passing of another year at the iconic ball drop in New York 's Times Square , despite an early morning dusting of snow and late-night freezing rain . With the help of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and students from 12 city high schools , the dazzling crystal ball began its descent Thursday at 11:59 p.m. ET . Revelers counted down the final seconds of the decade . The New Year got under way with blasting horns and fireworks shot from the Sky Tower as revelers partied Friday morning in Auckland , New Zealand . Similar celebrations were moving like a wave from east to west as midnight struck across the globe , starting at the International Date Line in the mid-Pacific Ocean . Throngs danced to pounding rock 'n' roll music and cheered a spectacular 12-minute fireworks display over the picturesque Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia . A giant bell rang before a huge crowd in Seoul , South Korea . Crowds across Europe braved near-freezing temperatures to ring in 2010 . In London , England , people gathered along the banks of the River Thames to"}
-{"answer":". It 's a great way to see both sides of the city . When you get back on land , the New England Aquarium awaits with a `` Sharks and Rays '' exhibit that wraps up September 1 . It includes a large touch tank where visitors can pet stingrays and small sharks . Megan Moore , a visitor program specialist at the aquarium , is excited to teach people that most sharks are not scary . Out of the 900 different species of sharks and rays , Moore says , only 10 to 15 have ever been known to attack a human , mostly because they confuse people with food . Sea dragons , jellyfish and harbor seals are among the other sea creatures on display at the aquarium . If you 'd rather see animals in their own habitat , you can board a whale watch tour at the harbor just outside the aquarium . Tours take about three hours on a high-speed catamaran to the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary . It 's been a protected area since 1992 and is a rich feeding ground for all kinds of marine life . Tour operators guarantee whale","question":"BOSTON , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Everyone knows Boston is a city steeped in history , but on a steamy hot summer day , one of the best places to experience the city is from the ocean or the harbor . Codzilla boats zip passengers around Boston 's inner harbor . A new high-speed thrill ride called Codzilla -- a 70-foot turbocharged boat that makes 180-degree turns at close to 40 knots -LRB- 43 mph -RRB- -- takes passengers out of the inner harbor into the Atlantic . White-knuckled riders are tied down with seat belts but still hold on to the railings with one hand and cling to their belongings with the other so they do n't fly overboard . Teenage boys like Ben Whatley from Michigan think Codzilla is `` pretty cool . '' Younger brother Jeremy agrees while huddling with his grandmother . If you want both history and a boat ride , take one of Boston 's famous Duck Tours . Operated on amphibious vehicles from World War II , the tours take you through downtown historic Boston . Then the bus becomes a sea-going vessel , settling into the harbor for a short cruise"}
-{"answer":"'' Firefighters are still fighting the blaze , which is 84 percent contained . Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Frank Garrido said officials expected 15,000 uniformed firefighters and , including members of the public , as many as 40,000 people , CNN affiliate KTLA reported . No official attendance figures were immediately available `` Ted , trusty veteran , widely respected , hardcore firefighter ; he was immersed in the fire service , '' said Dave Gillotte , of Los Angeles County Fire Fighters , Local 1014 . `` Arnie , he knew no strangers , '' Gillotte said . `` What a smile , what a family . '' Vice President Joe Biden also spoke at the memorial , saying there was `` very little that we can do today that is going to bring genuine solace to the empty void that the families are feeling . '' Hall is survived by his wife , Katherine , and two sons , Randall , 21 , and Steven , 20 , as well as his parents . Quinones is survived by his wife , Loressa -- who is expecting the couple 's first child within the next several weeks --","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mourners gathered Saturday to remember two California firefighters who died last month battling the largest fire in the history of Los Angeles County . Capt. Ted Hall and firefighter Specialist Arnie Quinones died while seeking an escape route for their crew . `` We were all blessed by these two men , and we will continue to be blessed by their example and their spirit . Their deeds and their names live on , '' Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told the crowd at Dodger Stadium . `` Ted Hall and Arnie Quinones , you are giants in my eyes and in the eyes of all Californians . '' Hall , a captain , and Quinones , a firefighter specialist , were killed on August 30 when their vehicle slid down a steep embankment in Angeles National Forest . Schwarzenegger said the two men were searching for an escape route for their crew , which included 55 inmates . The governor said Hall and Quinones had sheltered the crew in a cinder block dining hall . `` Everyone reached safety , except Ted and Arnie , '' he said . `` We are humbled by their courage ."}
-{"answer":"'' `` Typically there are hints that something like this may take place , '' Warren said . `` Certainly you ca n't anticipate someone engaging in this type of shooter rampage , but if there is any justification , any explanation , '' police will find it , he said . `` Apparently he had been experiencing some mental health problems , ideations of suicide . '' Debora Maruca-Kovac -- a friend of Hawkins ' family who was letting him live in her home -- found the suicide note just minutes before the shootings . Watch her describe their last conversation '' `` He basically said how sorry he was for everything , '' she told CNN 's Anderson Cooper on Wednesday . `` He did n't want to be a burden to people and that he was a piece of s -- all of his life and that now he 'd be famous . '' Warren said the rifle used was an AK-47 . Police have n't finished tracing the gun , but believe Hawkins stole it from his stepfather 's home . Security officers flagged Hawkins as suspicious when he entered the mall . He left soon","question":"OMAHA , Nebraska -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Investigators probing the deadly mall shooting in Omaha have seized computers and are analyzing information on Web sites in the search for clues in the case , police said Thursday . The 19-year-old gunman sent at least one text message to his former girlfriend , with whom he broke up about two weeks ago , Omaha Police Chief Thomas Warren said . Robert Hawkins also left a voice mail for his mother before killing eight people at a department store Wednesday . He chose his victims randomly , police believe , then took his own life . Hawkins visited a friend near the Westroads Mall before the shootings and apparently went directly to the shopping center after that meeting , Warren said . Police do n't yet know why Hawkins chose the mall or the Von Maur department store in particular , Warren said , adding only that the teen `` may have frequented the Westroads Mall . '' See who Hawkins killed in department store '' The incident itself appeared to be premeditated , as Hawkins left a suicide note and other correspondence , Warren said . Watch officials detail the rampage"}
-{"answer":"people protested before , '' said Behzad Yaghmaian , author of `` Social Change in Iran . '' Follow CNN 's special coverage on Iran `` So the dangers were much higher today . '' Witnesses said there was some confusion about organizing the protests ; for example , it was n't clear to some whether they were supposed to hold up their signs before or after they arrived at Azadi Square , where President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was to speak . It appeared that the strength of the opposition response was less than other recent days of unrest in Iran , namely the protests on the holy day of Ashura in late December . Because of reporting restrictions , there was no way to independently confirm the turnout of the opposition . Yaghmaian said the so-called Green Movement , which is demanding democracy and fair elections , suffered a `` numbers shock . '' `` The Green Movement anticipated a much larger turnout -- the turnout was not that large , and the turnout of the pro-government people was a lot larger than what people expected , '' said Yaghmaian , who teaches at New Jersey 's Ramapo College .","question":"Tehran , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Coming through on a promise to crack down on protesters on the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution , Iran 's security forces clashed with demonstrators Thursday , as hundreds of thousands filled a `` disruption-free '' Tehran square to hear their president announce the expansion of Iran 's nuclear program . Iran 's celebration of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution culminated February 11 , a date that three decades ago marked the end of the country 's Western-backed monarchy and the start of an Islamic republic . A coalition of Iranian reformist groups had urged opponents of Iran 's hardline regime to stage nonviolent protests at central Tehran 's Azadi Square on Thursday , on the official anniversary of the ouster of Iran 's shah . However , the Iranian government deployed thousands of police and plainclothes Basij militiamen in Tehran and other cities to quash anti-government protests during anniversary celebrations . Eyewitnesses said Iranian security forces quickly squelched out opposition protests , though CNN could not independently confirm the reports . `` The city was under siege . It was controlled entirely , it was impossible to protest the way"}
-{"answer":", a former University of South Florida football player , was found around noon Monday clinging to the upturned boat in rough seas about 35 miles west of Clearwater , Florida . The four men had left for a fishing trip from Seminole Boat Ramp in Clearwater Pass on Saturday . The U.S. Coast Guard is unable to provide specific numbers of how many people go missing from boating accidents like this past weekend 's , but officials say that since last fall there have been three people who have not been found after triggering Coast Guard searches . Those incidents can range from an unaccounted swimmer to a passenger gone missing after a boat sinks , said O'Neil , at the Coast Guard headquarters in Washington D.C. Capsizing is one of the leading boating accidents , according to the Coast Guard 's most recent report on recreational boating in 2007 . Officials report there were 398 accidents from capsizing , causing 204 deaths and 284 injuries in 2007 . Capsized boats cost nearly $ 1.8 million a year in property damages , officials say . Collision with vessels or fixed objects and falling overboard are other major boating accidents","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bad weather , poor planning , a lack of safety equipment . Any one could put a boater in the kind of peril that befell two NFL players and their two friends off the coast of Florida last weekend , Coast Guard officials say . Ex-college football player Nick Schuyler clings to an overturned boat Monday in this Coast Guard photo . And such incidents happen all too often . The capsizing of the 21-foot fishing boat carrying the four men to a favorite fishing spot in the Gulf of Mexico was the latest of 200 such incidents reported to the U.S. Coast Guard in the past five months . `` The oceans are an unforgiving environment , '' said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Chris O'Neil . `` Weather can be unpredictable . Any time you are in an open environment , you are taking a certain amount of risk . '' That risk includes being lost at sea like Victor `` Marquis '' Cooper , an Oakland Raiders linebacker ; Corey Smith , a Detroit Lions free-agent defensive end ; and their friend William Bleakly . The fourth member of the group , Nick Schuyler"}
-{"answer":"inches fell and black ice could pose a problem as wind chills drop , National Weather Service forecaster Phil Grigsby said . Officials in Georgia were bracing for enough snow to paralyze parts of the state . Atlanta 's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport , which canceled hundreds of flights , had reported 4 inches of snow , National Weather Service meteorologist Dan Darbe said . Numerous accidents have been attributed to the dangerous conditions , he said . Temperatures were to fall to the mid - to upper-20s in the Atlanta area after the snow tapered off sometime between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday , he said . Traffic accidents were expected to increase as slush turned to ice late Friday , he said . The clear skies already over parts of western Alabama are expected to move into Georgia later this weekend , Darbe said . In Louisiana , Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis announced state government offices were closed in 42 parishes . Earlier in the day , iReporter Susan Sharman in Bastrop , Louisiana , said she could n't believe snow was falling over her town . `` I have n't seen snow like this in Bastrop","question":"Atlanta , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In some parts of the South , Friday 's rare snowfall did n't pack the punch anticipated , but it still forced the closure of schools and the cancellation of flights . Cities put emergency crews to work throughout much of the region while state offices and schools were shut down . An estimated 8 inches fell in De Kalb in eastern Mississippi , while 200 miles south in metro Biloxi , snow fell but did n't stick , the National Weather Service reported . `` We had flurries for about five minutes where I am , that 's it , '' said John DeMiller , owner of the Petit Bois Grocery in Biloxi . DeMiller 's 10th-grade daughter stayed home from school Friday after the Mississippi Department of Education closed all schools due to inclement weather . DeMiller had n't expected much snow , and when schools were closed in his town without accumulations , he was flabbergasted . `` I 'm going , ` they just lost their mind , ' '' he said . Share your winter weather photos , stories Just north of metro Biloxi , though , 1-2"}
-{"answer":"get on deck . `` We went to our training , '' he said , declining to provide details : `` If I tell you all what we did , pirates , they would know . '' Watch the crew praise their captain '' The pirates intended to ask for a $ 3 million ransom , Reza said . He said he and the ship 's chief engineer took one of the pirates hostage . Reza said he persuaded the pirate -- whom he described as a young man , maybe 18 or 19 -- to trust him , pointing out that he is Bangladeshi and the pirate was Somali . `` His name is Abdul , '' Reza said . `` I told him , ` Trust me . I am Muslim ; you are Muslim . ' '' He told Abdul he would take him to the engine room to find more crew members . When they got there , the room was dark , he said , and he did n't know the ship 's chief engineer was in there . He said the chief engineer jumped the pirate first , then Reza stabbed him with his","question":"OXON HILL , Maryland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Crew members of the Maersk Alabama , safely back in the United States after being attacked by pirates last week off Somalia , recounted their ordeal Thursday . Navy personnel recover the lifeboat from which Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips was rescued Sunday . `` They start firing before they climb , with AK-47 , '' crew member Zahid Reza said . `` I was scared for my life . I was almost close to that . And they tried to shoot me many times , '' he said , pointing to his head . `` Pointing gun all over . Here , there , in the back . '' Pirates tried three times to board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship before their fourth attempt was successful , fellow crew member William Rios said , adding that the groups of pirates were different but that he thinks they were working together . Rios said he was working on deck when he was called back to lock down the ship . Then , he said , there were gunshots , and an alarm went off to alert all crew members to wake up and"}
-{"answer":". `` We know when they change medically , what has to happen to prevent them from making an ER visit . '' Terry Carter 's father , Aubrey , has been homebound since he suffered a stroke over 20 years ago . For most of those years , Carter ran back and forth to doctors ' offices and the ER , making sure his father got the best medical help . It got to be expensive and time consuming and , as the years progressed , it became increasingly difficult to care for his dad . Carter says it was tough because `` I really do n't have very much help to take him out . '' Now , with DeJonge making regular visits , Carter 's father does n't have to be moved from his home and his health has improved . `` He 's only been in the hospital twice in the last three years , '' says Carter . `` Before that he was in the hospital every other month . '' Dr. Gupta : Watch more on the return of the house call '' House calls , once popular in the 1930s , began to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's a Tuesday morning and Dr. Eric DeJonge is headed to work . But unlike most physicians , DeJonge 's office is his car and his patients are waiting for him in their homes , not in a large waiting room . As part of the Medical House Call Program , Dr. Eric DeJonge visits one of his group 's 600 patients . DeJonge , a geriatric specialist at Washington Hospital Center , runs the hospital 's `` Medical House Call Program . '' Sharing duties with program co-founder Dr. George Taler and two other doctors , DeJonge criss-crosses the nation 's capital , checking on patients in their homes . Armed with a black bag and blackberry , DeJonge visits mostly the elderly who either ca n't get to a hospital or are so ill that moving them would prove life-threatening . He usually sees them once a month to check on their status , to make sure their medications are working , and to let them know he 's there for them . DeJonge says the one-on-one care is invaluable . `` We know the patients , their families , '' he says"}
-{"answer":"appeared heavily damaged even before the crash , but the reason for that was unclear . There was no one other than the driver in the car at the time , Naber said . Members of the royal family saw the crash and gasped , then quickly sat down as the bus continued driving . The driver is in the hospital , badly injured , Naber said . He is among the five seriously hurt -- three men and two women . Queen 's Day is a national holiday in the Netherlands , the Netherlands Antilles , and Aruba . The tradition started in 1885 and celebrates the birthday of the queen . Although Queen Beatrix 's birthday is January 31 , she officially celebrates her birthday April 30 , according to the Dutch government . Queen 's Day is known for its free market all over the country , where anybody is allowed to sell things in the streets . Other activities include children 's games and musical performances . Were you there ? Send us your video , images The day is marked with the color orange all over the country as a reference to the colors of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Five people were killed Thursday after a man tried to attack the Dutch royal family during a Queen 's Day celebration by crashing his car near the royal family 's bus , Dutch police said . A car is pictured after crashing into the crowd waiting for the visit of the royal family in Apeldoorn . Authorities are not releasing the name of the man , but said they have charged him with with trying to attack the royal family . Twelve people were injured in the incident in the Dutch town of Apeldoorn , about 45 miles east of Amsterdam , police spokeswoman Esther Naber told CNN . Crowds had lined the streets to see Queen Beatrix and her family ride by in an open-top bus during the Netherlands ' annual holiday . As the bus moved along , a black hatchback zoomed past it . The crowds were behind barriers off the road , but security officials and journalists , including many cameramen , were in the road as the car went by . The car crashed into the low metal railing around a column on the side of the road . The vehicle"}
-{"answer":"The Meredith Emerson Memorial Privacy Act , '' which would prevent gruesome crime scene photos from being publicly released or disseminated , according to Rep. Jill Chambers , the bill 's principal sponsor . House Bill 1322 would prevent the release of photographs of the bodies of crime victims that are `` nude , bruised , bloodied or in a broken state with open wounds , a state of dismemberment or decapitation , '' said Chambers . `` We have to walk the line between open record laws and the constitutional provisions that allow women to be able to be photographed nude or in pornography when they knowingly and willingly offer their bodies for dissemination , '' she said . `` Meredith is n't in a position to give that kind of permission to have her exploited in that kind of venue , '' Chambers said . `` We 're not only protecting future victims of crime , we 're protecting the integrity of what happened to Meredith . '' The bill allows credentialed journalists , lawyers and law enforcement to view such photographs at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation 's headquarters , Chambers said , but not make copies","question":"Atlanta , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Photos of the nude and decapitated body of a murdered hiker , sought by a writer on assignment for Hustler magazine , will not be released , a judge in Georgia ordered Wednesday . The decision came as state lawmakers considered legislation that would ban public release of graphic photos of crime victims . First Amendment lawyers say the legislation could have a chilling effect on open records requests . DeKalb Superior Court Judge Daniel Coursey issued a temporary order restraining the Georgia Bureau of Investigation from releasing `` any and all photographs , visual images or depictions of Meredith Emerson which show Emerson in an unclothed or dismembered state . Emerson 's family sought the order after learning of the request for copies of crime scene photos of the 24-year-old , attorney Lindsay Haigh said . Emerson 's admitted killer , Gary Michael Hilton , received a life sentence in exchange for leading investigators to her body in the north Georgia mountains on January 7 , 2008 , six days after Emerson disappeared . The judge 's order came on the same day the Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously passed ``"}
-{"answer":"the levees and others are bagging sand in correctional institutions . `` We were very , very disappointed that this levee broke today , '' said Thompson . `` It 's a very powerful river , and it can be hard to harness . '' With the help of the National Guard , Sebastian and his fellow residents hustled Tuesday to build a barrier between Gladstone and the encroaching floodwaters . Even though Gladstone is about four miles from the banks of the Mississippi , the rising floodwaters have submerged homes and created rivers where crop fields once stood . The muddy townspeople worked with anxious resolve , cracking the occasional joke , as they filled bags with sand and dirt and loaded them onto ATVs . On the receiving end were members of the Illinois National Guard , who piled up the sandbags as the tops of cornstalks rose above the waters behind them . `` Threats can happen in all shapes and forms , so we are trying to help out , '' said National Guardsman Capt. Lanny Finn , whose unit previously served in Iraq . `` We 'll be here for as long as we 're","question":"GLADSTONE , Illinois -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Residents of this small town in Illinois , like many others who live along the banks of the surging Mississippi River , raced against the clock Tuesday to erect a makeshift levee as rising floodwaters threatened . Residents of Gladstone , Illinois , work with the National Guard to create a makeshift levee . `` I 'm not moving , not moving my business , '' said Byron Sebastian , a longtime resident of Gladstone , Illinois , who also serves on the city council . `` We 've got a lot of good people here helping to try to save this part of town . '' Gladstone is one of many towns under threat Tuesday after rising waters breached a 300-foot area of a levee near Gulf Port , Illinois , before 5 a.m. Levees all along the mid-Mississippi were being topped with sandbags Tuesday as the river , fed by its flooded tributaries , continued to rise . Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich called up 1,100 National Guard members to assist in sandbagging efforts , said Patti Thompson of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency . She also said inmates are helping on"}
-{"answer":"said . Once that work is complete , a third-party group will look at how the system handles vibrations , he said , adding , `` There is still a lot of work to be done . '' Transportation officials had said Thursday night that repairs of the bridge , which carried about 280,000 vehicles per day , would be complete by late Friday morning , but Ney said contractors were still working on custom-fitting steel for the structure . Crews worked Friday to replace four steel rods . One of those had failed and caused the problems , Dale Bonner , California 's secretary of business , transportation and housing told reporters Thursday . Engineers also will make sure the rods are centered and will strengthen the welds to ensure stability , Bonner said . Vibrations in the rods , affected by strong winds , caused the break , officials said . In the wake of the bridge 's closing , commuters flocked to the Bay Area 's rail system . On Thursday , Bay Area Rapid Transit -LRB- BART -RRB- said , the system carried the most passengers ever , breaking a record set the day before .","question":"San Francisco , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Repair work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will continue nonstop into the weekend and the bridge may reopen Monday , but officials were making no promises Friday . `` Commuters are going to need to check back with us over the weekend , '' said Bart Ney , a spokesman for the California Department of Transportation . `` We 're going to do everything we can to get the bridge open for the Monday morning commute , but safety is the priority for us right now . '' Repair work has not stopped since it began Tuesday night when two steel rods and a steel crossbeam plummeted from the bridge , landing on the roadway and forcing the span 's closure . The same section had been the site of repairs over Labor Day weekend , when crews fixed a crack . On Friday , workers were grinding the areas where there was the potential for steel-on-steel connection , Ney said . `` We want them to be very smooth . '' The rods ' alignment has not been completed to the point where workers could begin stressing them , he"}
-{"answer":"completely unthinkable , '' she wrote . Watch Hillary 's camp insist the remark had nothing to do with Obama '' Clinton said the newspaper 's editor and Bobby Kennedy Jr. issued statements arguing that was the meaning of her remark . No other member of the Kennedy family has issued a public statement on the matter . `` I realize that any reference to that traumatic moment for our nation can be deeply painful -- particularly for members of the Kennedy family , who have been in my heart and prayers over this past week , '' she said , in a reference to Sen. Edward Kennedy 's diagnosis with brain cancer . `` And I expressed regret right away for any pain I caused . `` But I was deeply dismayed and disturbed that my comment would be construed in a way that flies in the face of everything I stand for -- and everything I am fighting for in this election . '' Some people -- particularly a number of bloggers -- have suggested she was imagining the possibility that Sen. Barack Obama , the likely nominee , could be assassinated . After Clinton 's initial remarks","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sen. Hillary Clinton said Sunday some people are using her controversial reference to Robert F. Kennedy 's assassination to suggest that she meant something `` completely unthinkable . '' Sen. Hillary Clinton says her supporters urge her to stay in the race until it is over . Her campaign also accused the rival Obama campaign of `` inflaming '' the situation and purposely taking her words out of context . But the Obama campaign said it was not trying to `` stir the issue up . '' In an editorial in the New York Daily News , the Democratic presidential hopeful also acknowledged her dwindling chances of winning the nomination , saying she is aware of `` the odds '' against her . Headlined `` Hillary : Why I continue to run , '' the editorial began with an explanation of her reference to the assassination when she was speaking to the Argus Leader newspaper in South Dakota . She said she was pointing out that presidential primary campaigns have continued into June . `` Almost immediately , some took my comments entirely out of context and interpreted them to mean something completely different -- and"}
-{"answer":"have been deported . `` The children are living alone , sometimes with relatives , at churches or with neighbors , '' he said . Teresa Gutierrez , a co-coordinator of the event , blames current government policy for the United States ' immigration woes . She said she believes the Clinton administration 's landmark 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement , or NAFTA -- which was meant to promote cross-border growth between the United States and Mexico -- actually had exploitive effects on the Mexican population . `` Immigrants came because of NAFTA . They do n't risk their lives crossing the border because they want to , but because they have to , '' she said . A smaller anti-illegal immigration rally assembled across the street , organized by the New Yorkers for Immigration Control and Enforcement . Charles Maron , a New York firefighter and husband of a first generation Pakistani , believes illegal immigrants who commit crimes should be deported . `` Someone who comes , teaches their kids the American way , I support that . '' Participants in the May Day rally included people from Latin America , Africa and the Middle East .","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of people converged on New York 's Union Square Friday for the May Day Immigration Rally , calling for workers ' rights and a path to citizenship for the country 's nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants . New Yorker 's support the rights of undocumented workers on Friday at a May Day rally . The annual event , which began in 2006 , was organized by the May 1st Coalition for Workers and Immigrants Rights . Similar rallies were scheduled across the nation in Boston , Massachusetts ; Detroit , Michigan ; Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ; San Diego , Los Angeles and San Francisco in California , and San Antonio , Texas , according to the group 's Web site . Following rally cries from speakers in both English and Spanish , demonstrators braved a rainstorm and marched approximately two miles to New York 's Federal Plaza . Among the participants was Saul Linares , who emigrated from El Salvador six years ago and works at a Long Island factory making equipment for the U.S. Army . Linares is particularly concerned about children who are American citizens , yet whose illegal immigrant parents"}
-{"answer":"carry weapons to protect their aircraft . They undergo initial training at federal law enforcement training academies and must re-qualify with firearms every six months , and undergo a two-day recurrent training every three to five years . `` I 'm grateful -LSB- for the extension -RSB- because that will keep the most cost-effective last line of defense -LSB- of aircraft -RSB- in place , '' Karn said . `` But I 'm still concerned that such a limited budget has been approved for this program , and volunteers who want to protect the American public will be turned away . '' Karn said the budget for the program has not increased since 2003 , effectively capping the number of armed pilots . The exact number of FFDOs is classified , but government officials have said in the past the number greatly exceeds the number of federal air marshals -- plain-clothed officers who fly in the cabin of the plane to protect aircraft . Several FFDOs contacted by CNN said DHS has made getting recurrent training onerous for pilots , limiting the number and sizes of classes . Pilots also must pay for their own hotels and food during training","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday extended permission for hundreds of pilots to carry firearms -- just hours before their certification to carry the weapons was to expire , according to an organization which represents the pilots . `` A few hundred '' Federal Flight Deck Officers -- or FFDOs -- were to lose their certification to carry firearms effective midnight on New Year 's Eve , said Mike Karn , executive vice president of the Federal Flight Deck Officer Association . The loss would have come at a time of heightened concern about air security because of the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day . But Karn said the DHS 's Federal Air Marshal program notified him Thursday afternoon that the pilots ' certification would be extended . A Transportation Security Administration official confirmed that certifications had been extended for six months `` in light of recent events . '' The official said that `` due to an internal miscommunication , scheduled notifications to these officers were prematurely issued , '' but he offered no further explanation . FFDOs are commercial pilots who volunteer to undergo training so they can"}
-{"answer":"these factors have prompted retailers to rethink Black Friday . And in a new development , the deals will be available from right now throughout the remainder of the holiday season . No need to freeze your butt off in a long line overnight ! For example , I picked up a laptop at Best Buy for $ 249 on November 11 . It was part of a one-day sale that the electronics retailer held to kick off the holiday shopping season . You can monitor the best deals out there on any number of Web sites dedicated to Black Friday deals . Some of the ones I 've checked in the past have included blackfriday.info , gottadeal.com and bfads.net . While we 're on the topic of holiday shopping , you 'll no doubt be asked to buy extended warranties on some of your purchases . I want to reiterate my annual refrain that they are n't necessary and are really just a waste of your money . Modern electronics seldom fail . In fact , flat-panel LCD and plasma TVs fail at only a 3 percent rate during the first three years of ownership , according to Consumer","question":"Atlanta , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For all the ballyhoo about Black Friday , the crown jewel in the holiday shopping calendar has been something of a bust for retailers . That 's led to a shift in how the day is being handled this season . Historically , nobody outside the retail world was really familiar with the idea behind Black Friday . But sometime in the '90s , it suddenly became the thing to do to camp out overnight the day after Thanksgiving and wait for stores to open with their door-buster deals at 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. . But talk about inefficiency . The crowds that waited so long would thin out by 9 a.m. , and stores were more like ghost towns the rest of the day . And retailers probably did n't make any money on the stuff they were selling anyway ! Then there have been the actual physical dangers of having large crowds of people mill around and then dash like mad to snatch up deals . During Black Friday 2008 , a Wal-Mart employee was actually trampled to death by a mob of shoppers in New York . All of"}
-{"answer":"they would use pentobarbital , a barbiturate that has alternately been used to put animals to sleep . Foster 's lawyers had challenged that change , saying Texas foisted the new protocols so late , with little time for legal or medical review . The state has since executed several inmates with the new drug mixture , without noted complications . Foster has blamed his co-conspirator for the murder . His lawyers in their Supreme Court appeal presented letters from three fellow inmates who said co-defendant Sheldon Ward told them he acted alone in Pal 's murder . The state countered Ward 's statements to a psychologist implicating Foster as the mastermind behind the killing . They also said DNA from both men were found in the victim . Texas has a planned lethal injection Wednesday . Lawrence Brewer , 44 , was one of two white men convicted in the 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Jr. , an African-American . That widely reported crime led to national movement to step up prosecutions and penalties for hate crimes . Brewer has no pending appeals . It would be the 11th execution this year in Texas , the most active","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Supreme Court for the third time this year has stopped the pending capital punishment of a Texas inmate , giving lawyers for the man more time to file their appeals . The justices on Tuesday issued an order granting a stay of execution for Cleve Foster , about 2 1\/2 hours before his scheduled lethal injection . The Gulf War veteran was convicted along with another man of the 2002 murder of Nyanuer `` Mary '' Pal , a Sudanese immigrant he met at a Fort Worth bar . The court indicated it would need more time to rule on the inmate 's claims of prior ineffective assistance of counsel , and related claims of innocence of the murder . This is the third time Foster , 47 , has been granted a high court reprieve . His previous scheduled execution was stopped in January and April , once after he had already been given his last meal . His April procedure was to be the state 's first execution using a new sedative , the first in the lethal drug cocktail . A nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental forced corrections officials to announce"}
-{"answer":"the World Cup . Iraq eliminated China from competition and is in the running to advance . Celebratory gunfire also rang out across Baghdad , and the Baghdad Operations Command put an urgent message on state TV asking people to be careful and avoid shooting to celebrate . Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki issued congratulations to the team , which last year won the Asia Cup . The bombing underscored the tensions that persist in a country where violence has dropped . Twenty females have carried out suicide bombings in Iraq this year , many more than in previous years . According to the U.S. military , women carried out eight bombings in all of 2007 . Authorities said that al Qaeda in Iraq is recruiting women and that more women are offering themselves up for missions . The officials said the women are desperate and hopeless , most have pre-existing ties to the insurgency , and their main motive is revenge for a male family member killed by U.S. or Iraqi forces in the war . `` We do see certain members of cells attempting to persuade women , specifically in many cases wives of those who have been killed","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A female suicide bomber in northern Iraq targeted buoyant soccer fans who had just watched their national team win a big match against China , authorities told CNN . At least 29 people were wounded when the bomber detonated her suicide vest in a marketplace in the Diyala province town of Qara Tappa , a predominantly Shiite Kurdish town with a Shiite Turkmen population . Col. Ragheb al-Omairi , spokesman for Diyala Military operations command , who confirmed the account , said police on foot patrols were also in the area of bombing . Twenty-five civilians and four police were wounded , with at least 12 of the civilians in critical condition . The match , which Iraq won 2-1 , was watched avidly across the country by Iraqis of all stripes -- united by their love of soccer . The game was part of the Asian qualifier for the 2010 South Africa World Cup , and Iraq and China are part of Group 1 , along with Australia and Qatar . The match was played in China . The top two teams in the round advance to another stage of qualifying for"}
-{"answer":"gun -RSB- was stored in the closet . The mother never checked it , never fired it , '' Barreda said . `` They told detectives that they forgot they had stored it in a box inside a closet . Both her and her husband forgot about it , '' she said . Newman told detectives that she received the gun six years ago from a former employer . Police say that both she and her husband are cooperating in the investigation into the incident . The sheriff 's office says it 's unlikely that they will face charges . Florida law prohibits a person from leaving a loaded firearm where a minor might have access to it . Prosecutors do have some discretion , and depending on what happens with the gun , charges ranging from a misdemeanor to a felony can be filed in the event of death or serious injury . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that 17 states have child firearm access protection and safe-storage laws . Chief Assistant State Attorney Bruce Bartlett says that although laws are needed , an accident with a firearm can be a greater penalty than any judge","question":"MIAMI , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Florida boy remains in stable condition just days after he found his parents ' long-forgotten handgun in a closet and accidentally shot himself in the head . Police are deciding whether or not to charge parents after their son found a forgotten gun and shot himself . Sheriff 's detectives in Pinellas County , Florida , near St. Petersburg , say the boy found the . 25-caliber European semi-automatic handgun in a box in a closet in their home . `` They are dealing with this very tragic situation , and at this point , no charges have been filed , '' said Cecilia Barreda of the Pinellas County sheriff 's office . His stepfather found Jacob Larson , 12 , with a gunshot wound to the head Friday . The stepfather called 911 . Police say the shooting took place between 7:40 a.m. , when his mother , Tracy Newman , leaves for work , and about 11 a.m. , when his stepfather , Joseph Newton , returns home . The boy normally goes to school about 8:30 a.m. `` A few years ago , they moved , and -LSB- the"}
-{"answer":"Appeals concluded the communications commission had acted `` arbitrarily and capriciously . '' The Supreme Court 's action marks the second time in recent days that it has dealt with cases involving broadcast standards . Last week , the justices narrowly upheld the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to punish networks for airing profanity . The government clampdown on obscene images and words began in 2003 . Enforcement of the law , as well as fines and sanctions for the incidents , have been put on hold while the cases are being argued . The television networks say their scripted shows no longer air nudity , racy images or expletives , even after 10 p.m. , when some potentially vulgar words are permitted . They worry , however , about unplanned , often spontaneous indecent or profane incident at live events , such as awards shows and sporting events . Company officials say such programs are often on a five-second delay , and censors are on hand to bleep any offensive language . But some indecent words can slip through , they admit , and they want to be protected from heavy government fines . Critics call that laughable","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The case of Janet Jackson 's `` wardrobe malfunction '' on national television -- and subsequent fines against CBS -- will be re-examined at the order of the Supreme Court . Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson perform at the Super Bowl just before the infamous `` wardrobe malfunction . '' The justices Monday sent the case back to a federal appeals court in Philadelphia that had thrown out a $ 550,000 government fine against the broadcast network and its affiliates for airing the incident during halftime of the 2004 Super Bowl . The pop singer 's breast was briefly exposed during a performance with singer Justin Timberlake . After viewer complaints and national media attention , the Federal Communications Commission said the Jackson incident was obscene . In addition to CBS Inc. , 20 of its affiliates also were fined . Congress quickly reacted at the time to the visual shocker by increasing the limit on indecency fines tenfold , up to $ 325,000 per violation per network . And it said each local affiliate that aired such incidents also could be punished by the same amount . But the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of"}
-{"answer":"album for me , '' said Jagger . `` It 's one of the real good ones , '' he told King . `` And it 's a real favorite of people . And we do play a lot on stage of this album . So , you know , I rank it right up there . '' He said Stones fans are one reason the band is able to continue doing world tours . `` What really keeps it going is the audience , because ... you feed from the audience and their enthusiasm , '' Jagger said . `` And if you have an enthusiastic audience , you feel that ... you could give more , you know ? '' Jagger said he and his bandmates learned how to play to an audience when they first started playing small clubs in England and developed an early following . `` We had a super enthusiastic club audience , '' he said . `` And that audience really taught us how to behave , how to have , you know , repartee with the audience and so on . Even from those early days , it 's not really that","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger played down his status as an iconic rock 'n' roller during an interview to be broadcast Tuesday night , crediting his band 's longevity to luck , hard work and loyal fans . `` You know , you always need a lot of luck , '' Jagger told CNN 's `` Larry King Live . '' `` And I think -LSB- the Stones -RSB- were in the right place at the right time . And ... when we work , we work very hard . '' The Stones have been rocking for nearly 50 years , and even though its members are now at an age when most people have retired , the band shows no signs of slowing down . Tuesday marked the re-release of one of the Stones ' most famous albums , `` Exile on Main Street . '' The new album features previously unreleased tracks culled from recording sessions in a basement in France nearly 40 years ago . The album 's release coincides with a documentary , `` Stones in Exile , '' out on DVD next month . `` Exile '' is `` a special"}
-{"answer":"public storage facility in Vienna Township , near Flint , Leyton said . The bag was covered in mothballs `` in an apparent attempt to mask odors from the dead body , '' his office said in a news release . `` For her to have to live like that , and then to die and be stuffed into a bag and plastic bin in a storage facility , just breaks my heart , '' the prosecutor said . CNN affiliate WJRT reported that the suspect could face charges including murder , first-degree child abuse and welfare fraud . The station also reported that investigators are trying to determine why the girl 's disappearance was n't reported until six weeks after she went missing . Relatives told WJRT that they remember Shylea as a happy child , who loved music and whose smile was infectious . Watch a family in shock '' `` The last memory I actually have of Shylea is seeing her when she was in my care , '' said her second cousin , Josette Thomas . `` She was on the bed listening to the radio and smiling . Those are actually the memories I want","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michigan authorities are investigating whether foul play led to the death of a 9-year-old quadriplegic girl whose body was found inside a public storage facility . Shylea Thomas , 9 , of Flint , Michigan , was quadriplegic and used a feeding tube . `` This is a very sad and tragic case that hurts all of us involved in the ongoing investigation , '' Genesee County prosecutor David Leyton said at a news conference Wednesday . Shylea Myza Thomas of Flint , Michigan , had n't been seen in six weeks , and relatives reported her missing Tuesday , Leyton 's office said . Her adoptive mother , who is also her aunt , is in custody as a suspect , special assistant prosecuting attorney John Potbury told CNN . No charges have been filed pending the results of the autopsy , he said . Because of her physical disabilities , Shylea used a feeding tube . She suffered from quadriplegia because of a `` suffocation issue '' in her crib at 3 weeks of age , Leyton said . On Wednesday , Flint police found her body stuffed inside a garbage bag in a"}
-{"answer":"killed six employees and two customers of Von Maur department store on Wednesday before turning his AK-47 rifle on himself . Two employees remained hospitalized Thursday , one with critical injuries and one in serious condition . A woman who called 911 before ducking into a security office in the store said she heard the gunman demand that a vault be opened near the store 's customer service area . Police have not described the shooting as a robbery attempt , saying Thursday they do n't know why Hawkins chose the store as a target . The caller described the shooter as having `` a very large gun '' and said he came out of an elevator on the store 's third floor and began firing shots into the air . `` I heard the gunshots and I got down as soon as possible because I 've got kids , '' she said . Later , she told the dispatcher she 'd moved into the security office -- where she appears to have seen Hawkins ' dead body on a surveillance camera . `` Oh my gosh ! It looks like the gun is laying over by customer service --","question":"OMAHA , Nebraska -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dozens of calls flooded the Omaha Police Department 's 911 emergency line after a gunman opened fire inside the city 's Westroads Mall , with witnesses calling in tones that ranged from almost matter-of-fact to near terror . Police make their presence known at the Westroads Mall in Omaha , Nebraska , Thursday . `` I have n't seen anything . I 'm hiding in a clothes rack , '' a woman said after a dispatcher asked her for a description of the shooter . `` I mean , there 's been like 50 gunshots . '' In one of the recordings , provided to CNN by the police department , a rapid burst of three gunshots can be heard , followed by two more a moment later before the line goes dead . A dispatcher asked one caller to move away from a woman shouting in the background . `` Oh Lord God help us , '' the woman can be heard screaming . Hear some of the 911 calls '' `` She said there is a bunch of people shot , '' the caller says . Robert Hawkins , 19 ,"}
-{"answer":"turn him from an angry recovering alcoholic to a spiritual life pastor . `` It changed my perspective on prayer from being ask , ask , ask to building a relationship with God , '' Johnson said . `` It went from God being a vending machine to actually having a relationship with him , acknowledging who he is as opposed to what he does . '' Such is the demand for the prayer summits that Henderson speaks at 20 to 30 churches and to as many as 13,000 college students annually , he said . Even pillars of the Christian faith struggle with prayer . `` As for me , the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see , listen and do not hear , '' Mother Teresa told the Rev. Michael Van Der Peet in 1979 , expressing her concern about decades seemingly going by without her prayers being answered . Henderson cites The Lord 's Prayer in the sixth chapter of the book of Matthew as the blueprint for Christians , containing what could be called the four Rs of prayer . He breaks down the passage this way from","question":"Atlanta , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After 2,000 years of Christian prayer , many faithful still do n't know how to pray effectively , pastor Daniel Henderson says . `` Most Christians pray out of crisis or pray a grocery list , '' he said , making `` God a lifeline of last resort . '' Henderson teaches that prayer should be about worshipping God , having a one-to-one relationship through prayer . `` Every believer wants to be intimate with God and experience his power in a personal way , '' he said . `` Many are hungry to be more effective , because they have n't been taught . '' Teaching is what sends Henderson across the country . He 's on `` The Creative Prayer Tour , '' a series of workshops that will have stopped in 14 cities by year 's end . Henderson also is an author and head of a group called Strategic Renewal , based in Forest , Virginia , which aims to strengthen churches through worship-based prayer . The prayer workshop was life-changing , said pastor Jeremy Johnson of Arcade Church in Sacramento , California . Johnson said the training helped"}
-{"answer":"until the show ended in 2008 . Another ABC show , `` Grey 's Anatomy , '' introduced a short term character during the 2008-2009 seasons . Dr. Virginia Dixon appeared in a three-episode arc . `` Parenthood '' is one of the few shows that have included a regular character with Asperger 's from the beginning . The show has gotten good reviews in general and favorable comments from people affected by the disorder . One CNN.com reader named Dani , who has an 8-year-old with Asperger 's , wrote , `` Overall I think it 's been really true to the behavior our Aspie kids display -- which is often confused for being naughty or a lack of discipline . Thanks for doing your homework NBC ! '' Because the show has received good reviews and positive feedback from families affected by the disorder , it may seem apparent that including a character with Asperger 's was a good move . Executive Producer Jason Katims says it was n't so clear at the beginning . `` I think there were moments everybody had of whether to do it , including myself , '' he said . `` I","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a scene from NBC 's `` Parenthood , '' two parents are attempting to get their 8-year-old son ready for school . The child insists on wearing a pirate costume to class , again . His father asks him to take it off so he wo n't get teased . His mother says it 's OK , mainly so she can get him out the door on time . It could be a scene from any prime-time comedy . But its context in `` Parenthood '' is unusual . The 8-year-old boy , the son of main characters Adam and Kristina Braverman , has been diagnosed with Asperger 's syndrome , an autism spectrum disorder . What is Asperger 's syndrome ? Perhaps because tackling a sensitive issue such as living with a child with special needs can take a deft touch from the writers , producers and actors , a storyline dealing with autism spectrum disorders is n't something that 's been portrayed often in Hollywood . The most recent regular prime-time character with Asperger 's was Jerry Espenson on ABC 's `` Boston Legal . '' The character 's run lasted from 2005"}
-{"answer":"Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean this year . So far , pirates have attacked almost 100 vessels off Somalia 's coast and successfully hijacked nearly 40 , according to the center . Watch how NATO is combating piracy \u00c2 '' Those hijacked vessels include an enormous oil tanker , a chemical tanker , and a ship laden with Soviet-era arms including tanks . The pirates normally hold the ships for ransom . A luxury cruise ship carrying more than 1,000 passengers and crew successfully outran pirates off the coast of Yemen last weekend . The IMB has tracked at least 11 incidents of actual or attempted piracy near the Tanzanian coast this year . A multinational fleet , including vessels from the U.S. , NATO member states , Russia and India , has been patrolling the Indian Ocean waters near the Gulf of Aden , which connects the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea . Around 20,000 oil tankers , freighters and merchant vessels pass along the crucial shipping route each year . Watch anti-piracy vessels patrol the region . \u00c2 '' In a recent interview provided to CNN , a pirate leader claimed attacks on shipping would","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Dutch-operated container ship outran pirates off the coast of Tanzania this weekend , an official with the International Maritime Bureau said Sunday . French soldiers , who have joined British , Indian , Russian and American patrols off Somalia , during an exercise . The incident took place `` very far out to sea , '' showing that Somali-based pirates are extending their reach further and further , Noel Choong of the IMB 's Piracy Reporting Center told CNN . `` Earlier attacks were on ships off the coast of Somalia , then off the coast of Kenya , and now this was 450 nautical miles off Dar es Salaam , '' he said , tracing the southward expansion of the pirates ' area of operations . The ship , which Choong declined to name , came under attack from rocket-propelled grenades , starting a fire on board , he said . The crew was able to put out the fire and escape by increasing speed . The ship and crew are now out of danger , he said , following the incident at 11:42 GMT Saturday . Piracy has become increasingly common in the"}
-{"answer":"`` Trafficking has been a huge problem for a very long time ... so I think everybody that means well needs to really take that very seriously , and not get frustrated , but really work with the country , '' she said . `` And for myself , as somebody who is an adoptive parent , I understand the urge to assist in that way , but now is not the time . An emergency is not the time for new adoptions anyway . '' Pressed on whether she might consider adopting a Haitian child , Jolie told Amanpour , `` I 'm always open to children around the world . We 're that kind of family . Brad -LSB- Pitt -RSB- and I talk about that . `` But that 's not what we 're focusing on at this time , by any means . We 're not here for that . We 're here to see how we can help protect the children in the country and scale up the needs here . '' Jolie said it is vital to reunite families that have been torn apart by the disaster and set up a system to register","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Actress Angelina Jolie says she feels passionate about Haiti , whose `` extraordinary '' people are inspiring her with their resilience after the devastating earthquake one month ago . During a visit to Haiti this week , she said that despite the terrible tragedy , Haitians are dignified and calm . Jolie , a good will ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees , said of the Haitians , `` They 're very inventive people , they 're very strong people , and they 're finding ways to help themselves . '' `` I think we have a moral duty to do what we can for any country that 's suffering , '' she told CNN 's Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview from Port-au-Prince . `` I think we have a very big obligation to the place . ... I 'll continue to come back and I 'll continue to express what I am learning . '' Jolie expressed particular concern about the fate of Haiti 's children -- the amputees , the homeless and the orphans -- and worried about the risk of child trafficking . Haiti earthquake : Numbers tell the story"}
-{"answer":"'s so overwhelming to be a part of this history . '' This week , the 53-year-old Young was elected the mayor of Philadelphia , a town of about 8,000 in the east-central part of the state . Despite a 55 percent white majority , Young defeated Rayburn Waddell , a white , three-term incumbent , by the slim margin of 46 votes . See where the town is located '' Young described the victory as `` an atomic bomb of change . '' Another resident rejoiced , saying Young 's win symbolized the scab finally falling off this town 's wound . `` I could n't even have wrote that in a fairy tale , '' Young said . `` Who would have thought a little country boy like me would be mayor of Philadelphia , Mississippi ? '' Philadelphia was the site of one of the most notorious killings of the civil rights era . On June 21 , 1964 , three civil rights workers -- James Chaney , a 21-year-old black man from Mississippi ; Andrew Goodman , 20 , and Michael Schwerner , 24 , both activists from New York -- were shot to death at","question":"PHILADELPHIA , Mississippi -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- James Young still remembers the Ku Klux Klan tormenting his neighborhood . He can still see his father holding a gun on the living room couch ready to shoot anyone who threatened his family . James Young poses with one of his young supporters after winning this week 's election . Nothing about Young 's childhood ever made him think he could be the mayor of Philadelphia , Mississippi , the town best known for the killings of three civil rights workers in 1964 . That 's the way it was for black kids growing up in this crucible of racial hostility -- big dreams were often squelched . Sitting on a sprawling Southern front porch this week , Young broke down in tears about what it means to be elected the town 's first black mayor . `` When you 've been treated the way we 've been treated , '' he told CNN , choking up and then pausing to wipe the tears from his face . Watch tearful Young describe victory '' For a moment , he could n't speak . He then regrouped , `` That 's why it"}
-{"answer":"network of local activists , reaching more than 100,000 members . They published pamphlets and books and threw their support behind local candidates . Some mainstream conservative outlets depended on supporters who were in these groups . Many right-wing organizations in the South were opponents of civil rights and advocates of racial segregation . During the fall campaign of 1964 , President Johnson devastated Goldwater and his running mate , William Miller , by painting them as an extremist duo with close ties to military hawks and racist demagogues . Since Miller , a New York congressman , was known for his close ties to the right , Democrats could charge that Republicans had not balanced their ticket . The `` Daisy '' advertisement had Americans look into the eyeball of a young girl as it reflected the image of a nuclear explosion . Another advertisement showed images of the Ku Klux Klan decked out in their garb and carrying burning crosses . The ads played on statements by the candidates and extremist organizations . The narrator of the KKK ad reminded viewers that Robert Creel , grand dragon of the Alabama KKK , had said : `` I like","question":"Princeton , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As he stood before the delegates of the 1964 Republican Convention in San Francisco , California , Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater , the party 's presidential nominee , said , `` I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice . And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue . '' The delegates , who had booed New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller when he called for the party to respect moderation , were thrilled . Many of Goldwater 's supporters were determined to push their party toward the right wing of the political spectrum . They felt that their party leaders , including President Eisenhower , had simply offered a watered-down version of the New Deal . Yet Goldwater soon learned that extremism could quickly become a political vice , particularly to a party seeking to regain control of the White House . The right wing of the Republican Party in the early 1960s inhabited a world that included extremist organizations , such as the John Birch Society , that railed against communism . The Birchers developed a huge"}
-{"answer":"punish those responsible . The lawmaker said that after he gave a speech in parliament criticizing the government , he came under heavy criticism from government supporters , Parleman News said . No date was given for the speech . `` After that speech in the meeting of the Planning Council for Cahar-Mahal Bakhtiari -LSB- Province -RSB- , we witnessed the anger of the province 's governor-general , '' Torabi said . Investigators `` must not allow some people to use force , scare tactics and oppression to bring the three principles of independence , freedom and Islamic Republic under question , '' he added , according to Parleman News . Torabi said that after he gave the speech , banners condemning him were distributed throughout Shahr-e Kurd , with the backing of the governor 's office . According to Moussavi , Torabi told the news organization : `` In the middle of the night some made their last pathetic attempt and set the office of a representative of the people on fire with the aim of silencing the members of the parliament . '' Moussavi called the fire an attempt at intimidation . Opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have","question":"Tehran , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The office of a reformist Iranian member of parliament burned Tuesday night , and a reformist Web site said the act was the work of extremists . Mir Hossein Moussavi , an opposition candidate in the disputed June 12 presidential election , blamed the fire at the office of Nasrollah Torabi on plainclothes militia on Moussavi 's Facebook Web site , where he also posted photos . The photos showed heavy damage , with charred furniture , peeling wallpaper and floors strewn with broken glass , debris and ashes . Parleman News , a newsgathering organization for the Path of the Imam Khomeini faction of parliament , said the office was vandalized before it was torched . Khomeini was the leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran . Torabi , who represents the southwestern province of Cahar-Mahal Bakhtiari in parliament , told Parleman News that he was awaiting the outcome of an investigation . The office is in the city of Shahr-e Kurd . Torabi urged people not to react to the incident , according to Parleman News . He said intelligence agencies and the Interior Ministry must investigate the fire and"}
-{"answer":"their loved ones whom they have been waiting for for a long time , '' said Christophe Beney , the International Red Cross 's chief in Colombia . `` We are very satisfied that , in the end , the agreements assumed by the sides , as much by the Colombian government as by the FARC , have been carried out . '' With the handover , the number of people freed by the FARC since February 9 rises to six , the Red Cross said . The releases came three days after an initial attempt to retrieve the hostages failed when coordinates for their location proved to be inaccurate . Solorzano , Sanmiguel , and police patrolman Carlos Alberto Ocampo were to have be released Sunday , but only Ocampo was freed . Colombian authorities were upset at what they said were wrong coordinates given by the Marxist guerrilla group . In December , the FARC pledged to release five hostages as a humanitarian gesture . Wednesday 's releases surpassed that number by one . Some have suggested the hostage releases could fuel renewed negotiations between Colombia 's government and the rebels . One of the freed hostages called","question":"Bogota , Colombia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Members of a Colombian leftist rebel group released two more longtime prisoners Wednesday afternoon , bringing the total released since February 9 to six , the International Committee of the Red Cross said . The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , known by the Spanish acronym FARC , freed Police Maj. Guillermo Solorzano and Army Cpl. Salin Antonio Sanmiguel Valderrama on Wednesday afternoon in a rural area located in the departments of Cauca and Valley of the Cauca in southwest Colombia , the Red Cross said in a news release . Solorzano had spent three years and eight months in captivity ; Sanmiguel had been held for two years and eight months , it said . Both men were handed over to former Sen. Piedad Cordoba , ICRC representatives and a member of the group Colombian Men and Women for Peace , the Red Cross said . The freed men were being taken to the city of Cali in a helicopter donated by the government of Brazil . From there , they were to travel to Bogota to reunite with their families . `` It pleases us that the relatives can be with"}
-{"answer":"than any other moment . '' She has had two number one albums in the Billboard Charts , and in 2009 , Swift became the first country music artist ever to win an MTV Video Music Award . Asked what she would have thought had someone told her 10 years ago that she would be famous by the age of 18 , she said : `` I thought I was going to do what my parents did . They went to college . They went into business and I loved music and I never imagined that I would actually get to do that as a job . It 's wonderful . '' Asked why it is that her songs are considered country music , she said : `` I think that what categorizes country music , to me , in my head . I think a country song is when you are singing about being proud of your life . `` I sing about love and boys and that 's my life . So that 's what fascinates me , feelings , and so I think if you are singing and writing songs about the way that you live your","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Country music artist Taylor Swift has told CNN she never dreamed she would shoot to stardom so quickly . At just 19 years old , she is one of the most successful recording artists of the decade in the United States . Her album `` Fearless '' is certified quadruple platinum , and her 60-date tour of the U.S. , UK and Australia sold out in minutes . Talking to CNN 's Becky Anderson , she said : `` I think for me the most satisfying thing is going out with my first headlining tour and having every show sell out . That was something that I never dreamed would be so quick to happen . `` Putting Madison Square Garden on sale and having it be sold out in 59 seconds . Like I ca n't believe that . I 'm still completely blown away by that . `` And I think my parents are most proud of the moment when where we were all sitting in the crowd at the CMA Awards and they heard my name announced as entertainer of the year . `` I think my parents cried more for that moment"}
-{"answer":"Larry King : What caused the breakup of the marriage ? David Goldman : I do n't know . Apparently , she decided she wanted to live in Brazil , where she said she had more friends and more family and where she was known . King : Did you feel happily married ? Goldman : Yes , I thought we were happily married . King : So this was a call out of the blue ? Goldman : I was completely blindsided and crushed . King : What did you do then ? Goldman : Well , I -LRB- got -RRB- a phone call . My mom tracked it down as being Father 's Day , about three days after they arrived . The first call was they got there safe , everything was OK . Then , I got a phone call and a very serious voice -- a voice they did n't recognize , really , as being , you know , it was out of her normal tone . Bruna says , `` David , we need to talk . You 're a great guy . You 're a wonderful father , but our love affair","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An 8-year-old American boy is caught in the middle of an ugly custody battle so high profile that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is using her clout to try to bring the boy home . David Goldman 's legal battle to gain custody of his son has drawn the attention of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton . In 2004 , David Goldman dropped off his wife , Bruna , and then-4-year-old son , Sean , at the airport for a two-week vacation in Brazil . Shortly after she arrived in her native country , Bruna told David she wanted a divorce and planned to stay in Brazil with their son . Bruna later remarried and got pregnant , but she died while giving birth last summer . Goldman thought he was getting his son back , but a Brazilian family court judge granted custody of Sean to Bruna 's new husband . Goldman talked with CNN 's Larry King about the international legal battle he is waging to gain custody of his son . King also talked to Helvecio Ribeiro , Bruna Goldman 's uncle . The following is an edited version of the interviews ."}
-{"answer":"director about Heath Ledger , the Ibiza Film Festival and why he 'll never shake off the Monty Python label . The Screening Room : Heath Ledger 's death during `` Parnassus '' was tragic , but how did you deal with losing your star in the middle of production ? Terry Gilliam : I was just , it 's like , now you 've got to use your imagination because reality has bitten very hard . And , so , you call your friend Johnny -LSB- Depp -RSB- and say , `` Heath just died . Can you help me ? '' And he says , `` Fine , whatever . Whatever you need . I 'll do it . '' That 's how it started . Then I got Jude -LSB- Law -RSB- and Colin -LSB- Farrell -RSB- , they came ... the point is that they were all friends of Heath , too . It had to be people that were close to him in order to do what we did . TSR : How do you feel about it now you 've had some time to reflect ? TG : The experience was awful . That","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Is there a filmmaker in the world with worse luck than Terry Gilliam ? He was directing Heath Ledger in `` The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus , '' when the actor died -- and it 's not the first time he has lost a leading man . Is there a filmmaker in the world with worse luck than Terry Gilliam ? Jean Rochefort did n't die eight years ago , but Gilliam had to abandon `` The Man Who Killed Don Quixote '' after a few days when 70-year-old star Rochefort became seriously ill and a flash flood washed away the entire set . The whole fiasco is captured in the documentary `` Lost in La Mancha . '' But the animator-turned-director who made his name with the surreal opening sequences of `` Monty Python '' is also known for never giving up . He saved `` Parnassus '' by enlisting the help of Ledger 's friends , among them Johnny Depp . He has even resurrected `` Don Quixote , '' which will start shooting next year . The Screening Room talks to `` The Fisher King '' and `` Brazil ''"}
-{"answer":"less stuck in traffic in 2007 than they did in 2006 and wasted 1 gallon less of gasoline . Congestion delay per traveler in 1982 was 13.8 hours . In 2005 , that number had almost tripled to 37.4 hours . But it was down to 36.1 hours in 2007 , representing a `` rare break in near-constant growth , '' the report said . Because the changes were nominal , most people may not have noticed any change in their commutes . The average person still needs 25 percent more time to travel during rush hour than during other parts of the day , Fette said . `` Things were so congested and bad , it was kind of hard to notice , '' Fette said . Among the report 's other findings : \u2022 American travelers still wasted 4.2 billion hours stuck in rush-hour traffic jams . That amounts to nearly one full work -LRB- or vacation -RRB- week for every traveler . \u2022 The overall cost , based on wasted fuel and lost productivity , reached $ 87.3 billion in 2007 , the report said . That 's more than $ 750 per person . \u2022 The","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Americans are spending less time stuck in traffic and wasting less gas , according to a new report . Americans spend a little less time in traffic , a study shows , but drivers on I-110 in Los Angeles might not notice . Rising joblessness and stinging gas prices have put the brakes on worsening trends in traffic congestion , according to a study issued Wednesday by the Texas Transportation Institute , the nation 's largest university-based transportation research facility . `` It 's temporary , but real , '' said institute spokesman Bernie Fette about the declines . `` As goes the American economy , so goes traffic . There 's fewer people going to work . '' The institute attributed the changes to the recession , but the U.S. economy did not begin to slow significantly until the end of 2007 . The organization began tracking traffic trends in 1982 , and by `` every measure , congestion has increased substantially '' in those 25 years , the latest Urban Mobility Report said . Not in 2007 . Researchers surveyed 439 urban centers in the United States and found that travelers spent one hour"}
-{"answer":"town hall meetings seem to share the same ideology as my kinfolks in East Tennessee and my former CIGNA buddy : the less government involvement in our lives , the better . That point could n't have been made clearer than by the man standing in line to get free care at Remote Area Medical 's recent health care `` expedition '' at the Wise County , Virginia , fairgrounds , who told a reporter he was dead set against President Obama 's reform proposal . Even though he did n't have health insurance , and could see the desperation in the faces of thousands of others all around him who were in similar straits , he was more worried about the possibility of having to pay more taxes than he was eager to make sure he and his neighbors would n't have to wait in line to get care provided by volunteer doctors in animal stalls . Watch Potter interview with Sanjay Gupta '' Friday morning my former CIGNA buddy sent me an e-mail challenging something he said his wife heard me say in a radio report about my press conference in the Capitol on Wednesday with Rep. Louise","question":"Editor 's note : Wendell Potter has served since May 2009 as senior fellow on health care at the Center for Media and Democracy , a nonprofit organization that says it seeks to expose `` corporate spin and government propaganda . '' After a 20-year career as a corporate public relations executive , Potter left his job last year as head of communications for one of the nation 's largest health insurers , CIGNA Corporation . Ex-insurance company spokesman Wendell Potter says the industry seeks to drive the health care debate . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Having grown up in one of the most conservative and Republican places in the country -- East Tennessee -- I understand why many of the people who are showing up at town hall meetings this month are reacting , sometimes violently , when members of Congress try to explain the need for an expanded government role in our health care system . I also have a lot of conservative friends , including one former co-worker who was laid off by CIGNA several years ago but who nonetheless worries about a `` government takeover '' of health care . The most vocal folks at the"}
-{"answer":"The Aso administration 's approval rating fell below 10 percent two months ago , but has been buoyed by the stimulus package and the recent North Korea rocket launch , Ogasawara said . If approved , the package could add two points to the country 's gross domestic product , Ogasawara said . But its long-term impact remains an open question . `` It will help the economy from collapsing from this point ... -LSB- but -RSB- unless the package improves productivity or increases demand , it will be a short-term fix , '' Ogasawara said . Jesper Koll , president and chief executive of TRJ Tantallon Research Japan , said the stimulus package was unlike the \u00a5 12 trillion injections into the economy in the past eight months . `` This is the first designed with real business input , and that 's reflected in the package , '' he said , referring to a series of meetings Aso held with business leaders last month . `` That 's outside the normal technocratic , bureaucratic fix . ... It is n't just pork-barrel money for the boys . '' Koll cites details of the plan -- such as tax","question":"TOKYO , Japan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Japan 's Prime Minister Taro Aso announced a historic \u00a5 15 trillion -LRB- $ 150 billion -RRB- stimulus package Friday aimed to turn around the recession in the world 's second largest economy . Japan 's Prime Minister Taro Aso has announced a $ 150 billion stimulus package . Steeped in a recession , with a surge in bankruptcies and sentiment among its largest manufacturers at a record low , Japan has seen unemployment reach a three-year high . The stimulus plan is meant to keep Japan 's economy from cracking open , coalition party officials told CNN . It is the biggest-ever supplemental budget to boost the ailing economy . Japan has been hit hard by the global financial slump . Although Japanese banks were spared the brunt of the credit crisis , the drop in exports to the United States has sent the country into its worst recession since World War II . Aso needs the package to boost Japan 's economy and his government 's popularity . `` This could help save his life as prime minister , '' said Satoru Ogasawara , a Tokyo-based economist for Credit Suisse ."}
-{"answer":"days after his ship , the Maersk Alabama , was attacked last week . The freed Maersk crew members are expected to return to the United States on Wednesday evening . Pirates in Somalia vowed revenge . Pirates said an attack Tuesday on another U.S.-flagged merchant ship , the Liberty Sun , was in response to the killing of Phillips ' captors . `` It was a revenge , '' Hassan Mohamud told a Somali journalist . `` The U.S. ship escaped by a matter of chance . '' `` We sent out 14 boats full of well-armed men and we are looking for vessels of U.S. and French nationals , '' said Mohamud . He is a pirate leader based Gara'ad in Puntland , a semi-autonomous Somali region with a long coastline along the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden . `` The U.S. and French governments should know this because they started the aggression on us , '' he said . Other pirates in the region have also vowed revenge . Two days before Phillips was rescued , the French military freed four hostages , including a child , who had been held by pirates for nearly a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The French navy on Wednesday captured 11 suspected pirates off the coast of Kenya , Franc ' e mnistry of defense announced , while other pirates who had held a Greek vessel for nearly a month let it go . Pirates attacked The Liberty Sun , a U.S.-flagged cargo ship , but were unable to board . The navy tracked the pirates overnight after they attacked a ship called the Safmarine Asia , then seized them at dawn Wednesday morning , the ministry said in a statement . The Greek-flagged Titan cargo ship was carrying a load of iron to South Korea when pirates seized it . Twenty-four crew members were on board -- 17 Filipinos , three Greeks , three Romanians and a Ukrainian . They are in good health , said Tilemahos Gasteratos , spokesman for the Greek Merchant Marine Ministry . The European Union , NATO and the United States have been patrolling the region since an upsurge in piracy off the coast of Somalia began last year . U.S. snipers on Sunday killed three pirates holding hostage a U.S. merchant ship captain . Richard Phillips was held in a lifeboat for five"}
-{"answer":"2009 , '' she said . While she talked a lot about specific economic indicators , Fernandez did not abandon her populist side . `` I am not the president of the corporations , '' she said . `` I am the president of the 40 million Argentinians . '' Fernandez ranks as one of the most popular candidates in Argentina since its return to democracy . She won re-election with more than 54 % of the vote . Her presidential campaign was also the first she had to wage without her late husband and former president , Nestor Kirchner . He was president from 2003 to 2007 , when Fernandez succeeded him . He died in October of 2010 . In an apparent symbol of mourning , Fernandez wore black at her swearing in . And when she took the oath of office , she asked God , country and `` he '' -- referring to her husband -- to hold her to account . Her eyes watered as she said those words . `` As everyone can imagine , today is not an easy day for this president , '' Fernandez said . `` Despite the happiness ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was sworn in for a second four-year term Saturday , extolling her country 's economic stability during a time of global crisis . `` We are a new Argentina , but we are also in a new world with more challenges and more decisions to be made in the best interest of our people and society , '' she said . A bulk of her long speech focused on specifics of the Argentine economy that are impressive against the backdrop of a global downturn . Industrialization has created more than 5 million jobs during her administration and minimum wages are the highest in the region , she said . Argentina 's economy could see growth of 9 % in 2011 , she said . Internal growth in the country was one of the main drivers that kept the economy afloat , she said . `` I do n't have to read you the consumption statistics . It 's enough to go to the streets in any place , in any town ... to know that the domestic market is precisely what permitted us to survive the crisis of 2008 and"}
-{"answer":"`` sounding like Jews , '' or dubbed as undesirables , according to survivors . More than 100 soldiers perished at the camp or on a forced death march . It was on this day six decades ago , April 23 , 1945 , when most of the slave labor camp soldiers were liberated by advancing U.S. troops . The emaciated soldiers , many weighing just 80 pounds , had been forced by Nazi commanders to march more than 150 miles before their rescue . Watch survivor break down in tears over liberation '' The new photograph was likely taken in May or June 1945 when U.S. war crimes investigators combed Berga . It was donated earlier this month to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum by Jim Martin and his family , whose father , Elmore `` Bud '' Martin , is believed to have snapped the picture as part of the war crimes investigation team . The photo and dozens of others sat for years in Jim Martin 's closet . Some of the photos , including graphic images of American corpses , were placed on record at the National Archives years ago . See shocking photos of the","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The photograph is a jarring image that shows Nazi Party members , shovels in hand , digging up graves of American soldiers held as slaves by Nazi Germany during World War II . Members of the Nazi Party are forced to dig up mass graves of U.S. soldiers while American GIs look on . While the men dig up the site , U.S. soldiers investigating war crimes stand over them . Two crosses with helmets placed atop them -- the sign of a fallen soldier -- are visible . Two Germans are knee deep in mud . Another , with a handlebar mustache , has the look of a defeated man . The bodies of 22 American soldiers were found in at least seven graves , according to the photographer . On the back of the photo is written , `` Nazi Party members digging up American bodies at Berga . '' Berga an der Elster was a slave labor camp where 350 U.S. soldiers were beaten , starved , and forced to work in tunnels for the German government . The soldiers were singled out for `` looking like Jews '' or"}
-{"answer":"report . We provided them with all the information with all the threats . And they told us that we should take this very seriously . Watch Killeen describe receiving threats '' King : Why you and not her ? Killeen : Well , they 've also threatened her . But the majority of the threats are coming to our office . I mean , Nadya does n't have an e-mail account . She does n't have a computer . So there 's no way to reach her . So the closest thing they can do is come after me . And they have -- and just in painful , painful ways . King : How would do you characterize the nature of the threats ? Killeen : Well , they 've said to me that I should be put down like an old dog , I should be paralyzed , my client 's uterus should be ripped out , she should be put on an island . I mean , Larry , I do n't know what 's happened with America , but they are really , really angry and letting me know what they think about this issue","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Joann Killeen is president of the Killeen Furtney Group , the Los Angeles , California-based public relations firm that represented octuplet mom Nadya Suleman . Nadya Suleman had her octuplets through fertility treatments . Suleman , who underwent fertility treatment , gave birth to six boys and two girls January 26 in Bellflower , California . She already had six children at home . The Killeen Furtney Group recently stopped representing Suleman because of death threats that came in to the firm 's office , Killeen said Monday on CNN 's `` Larry King Live . '' Following is an edited transcript of Killeen 's conversation with King : Larry King : When you did this show February 3 , you were representing her . Now you 're not . Why not ? Joann Killeen : Well , Larry , the number of death threats that came into our office , both by e-mail and voice mail , we had to make a decision about what was in the best interests of our own personal safety and that of our firm . So we met with the police department on Friday . We filed a criminal"}
-{"answer":"aggresive work developing IE9 . Microsoft has been trying to rid the world of Internet Explorer 6 , introduced in 2001 and now considered outmoded , slow , and insecure . Even though IE lost share overall , Microsoft can point to progress in upgrading : The various versions of IE8 accounted for 28.9 percent of usage . Meanwhile , another analytics firm , StatCounter , reported IE6 use had dropped below 5 percent in the United States and Europe and to 9.8 percent worldwide . `` At these levels , Web developers now have valid justification not to support IE6 in the future , '' StatCounter Chief Executive Aodhan Cullen said in a statement . The company collected its data from 15 billion page views of Web pages in May . Net Applications also released statistics for iPad use , showing gradual gains since the Apple tablet 's release . With the iPad now for sale internationally , usage peaked May 29 with 0.17 percent . Net Applications ' data shows the iPad is relatively popular on the weekend . Use generally is lowest as a fraction of browsing on Monday , climbs gradually as the weekdays progress ,","question":"-LRB- CNET -RRB- -- Google 's Chrome browser continued to carve away share of worldwide browser usage from rivals in May , new statistics show . Chrome rose 0.3 percentage points to 7.1 percent of share , said Net Applications , which monitors browser usage on a network of Web sites . The statistics reflect activity , not the number of people using a browser , as people load up about 160 million pages each month on sites Net Applications monitors . Because Web usage is increasing , the absolute number of people using a browser can increase even as its fractional share of usage drops . The share losses came from Microsoft 's Internet Explorer , which dropped 0.3 percent to 59.7 percent , and Mozilla 's Firefox , which dropped 0.2 percentage points to 24.4 percent . Fourth-place Safari from Apple rose 0.1 percentage points to 4.8 percent , and Opera rose 0.1 percentage points to 2.4 percent . The browser market has become hotly competitive with new features being built in to support new Web standards . Even Microsoft , long considered a technology laggard even as its browser dominated , is back in the game with"}
-{"answer":"question . In addition to the studio albums , they 've written a musical , `` Closer to Heaven , '' and a soundtrack to Sergei Eisenstein 's 1925 silent film classic , `` The Battleship Potemkin . '' For `` Yes , '' the Pet Shop Boys worked with Xenomania , a production group known for collaborating with Cher and other pop stars . Xenomania co-wrote three of the tracks on `` Yes '' with Lowe and vocalist Neil Tennant , who write most of their own songs . Watch the official video for `` Love , etc. '' on YouTube The Pet Shop Boys , who recently won an award for outstanding contribution to music at the 2009 BRIT Awards , `` felt very much at home '' at the house outside London , England , that Xenomania has devoted entirely to music , Tennant said . Every bedroom has a studio , and bands hang around downstairs waiting to record amid the sounds of instruments , record mixing and talking . `` You can hear this cacophony of music all day long , '' he said . Like a vinyl record , `` Yes '' is divided","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Twenty-five years after the hit single `` West End Girls , '' can the Pet Shop Boys pull off songs that make you want to dance like it 's 1984 , but still reflect a social consciousness of 2009 ? Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe , shown at the BRIT Awards in February , are releasing their 10th studio album . The answer is the title of their latest album : `` Yes . '' The British duo will release their 10th studio album on April 21 in the United States through Astralwerks . `` Yes '' has been out in the United Kingdom through Parlophone\/EMI since March 23 , and entered the Billboard UK albums chart at No. 4 . `` We thought that ` Yes ' just kind of summed up the theme of the album . It 's a positive , upbeat , euphoric pop album , '' keyboardist Chris Lowe said . `` It 's almost an answer to the question , ` Is that the Pet Shop Boys ? ' ` Yes ! ' '' Given how many different projects the duo has been involved with , it 's a valid"}
-{"answer":"next five years . The VA plans to focus its new efforts on preventing the problem . `` Our plan enlarges the scope of VA 's efforts to combat homelessness , '' said Shinseki in a news release . `` In the past , VA focused largely on getting homeless veterans off the streets . Our five-year plan aims also at preventing them from ever ending up homeless . '' The department plans to expand the recently passed educational grants program for veterans who served after September 11 , 2001 , to include not just college but vocational programs as well , according to VA spokeswoman Katie Roberts . `` Not every veteran wants to spend four years pursuing a college degree , but they might be interested in learning a trade that would get them into the taxpaying work force sooner , '' Shinseki said . The VA will also try to win more federal contracts for veteran-owned businesses , encouraging other agencies to exceed the minimum goal of 3 percent of contracts to veteran-owned small businesses . The increase , the VA believes , will also help employ more veterans since `` veterans hire veterans , '' Shinseki","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With a simple , declarative statement , the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs announced his ambitious goal to eradicate one of the country 's most shameful problems . `` My name is Shinseki , and I am here to end veteran homelessness , '' VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said Tuesday in a speech to the National Summit on Homeless Veterans . But Shinseki indicated the challenge in meeting his goal by adding , `` I learned long ago there are never any absolutes in life , and a goal of zero homeless veterans sure sounds like an absolute . '' The plan unveiled by Shinseki includes trying to leverage existing education and jobs programs , boosting the ability of veteran-owned businesses to compete for federal contracts and spend an additional $ 3 billion on medical services and homeless programs . An estimated 131,000 veterans are homeless , according to the VA. . That is an improvement from 2003 , when the number was as high as 196,000 . But the secretary warned that given the ailing economy , the number could increase by as much as 10 percent to 15 percent in the"}
-{"answer":"Ebert . `` The survivors -- Stacie 's mother and -LSB- her sister -RSB- -- have really been traumatized by delay after delay . Hopefully they 're going to get some peace and closure after all these years . '' CNN does not identify sexual assault victims without their permission , even though the surviving victim , now 25 , has talked publicly about the case . The crime shocked the Washington area . Reed knew Powell , then 20 and an admitted racist . The state 's highest court eventually threw out the 2000 verdict in the first trial , saying prosecutors had not proven other necessary death-eligible offenses were committed against the 16-year-old . Such `` aggravating '' factors could include rape , attempted rape or robbery in commission of the murder . The sexual assault and attempted murder of Reed 's younger sister was upheld , and Powell was given a long prison sentence . Powell , believing he was free from execution , proceeded to write a taunting , profanity-filled letter from behind bars to Ebert , laying out explicit details of the crime unknown to investigators at the time . `` Since I have already","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The murderer of a 16-year-old girl who bragged about his crimes was electrocuted Thursday night , a spokesman for the Virginia Department of Corrections said . Paul Warner Powell was pronounced dead at 9:09 p.m. at a correctional center in Jarratt , Virginia . He did not make a last statement at the execution attended by the victim 's family . Powell was convicted in the 1999 murder of Stacie Reed and the rape of her 14-year-old sister in their Manassas , Virginia , family home . Powell 's execution comes after Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell denied him clemency and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block the execution . The killer claimed double jeopardy after state prosecutors put him on trial for a second time in the killing . In July , the high court delayed Powell 's execution while considering the broader constitutional claims , which were finally rejected . Powell rejected lethal injection , the state 's usual method of execution . `` I 'm hopeful this is the last legal chapter in the long history of this case , '' said Powell 's prosecutor , Prince William County Commonwealth 's Attorney Paul"}
-{"answer":"Los Angeles where she had hoped to attend last week 's memorial for Jackson . `` It 's one of the most devastating heartbreaking things that has ever happened in my life . I just felt it was my duty to pay my respects who has given so much magic and light and beauty to my life . '' Martin Russo , 28 , and Enrico Ardito , 34 , had travelled from Italy for the tribute . `` I grew up with his music and he is my only idol , '' said Russo . `` He had a special bond with his fans . Michael cared truly . '' Sophie Bradley , who had flown in from the Middle East , said she had come to say thank you to Jackson . `` I had to come here . He was a father figure and a role model , '' said the 25-year-old . `` It 's a chance for fans to talk and share stories and just remember how much he means to us . '' Gemma White and Terry Shaw said they were still `` in denial '' about Jackson 's death . `` I feel","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans gathered in London on Monday to pay tribute to the tragic pop star on the night when he was supposed to be opening his 50-night residency in the city . Fans scrawl messages to the star on a wall outside the London venue where he would have been playing . The O2 arena in southeast London , where Jackson 's `` This is It '' shows were due to be staged , had been the site of an unofficial shrine to the performer since his death last month . On Monday fans laid flowers and memorabilia , wrote messages to the star on a wall and sang Jackson songs . At 7 p.m. -LRB- 2 p.m. ET -RRB- many of the crowd joined hands and sang the Jackson-penned `` We Are the World , '' and chanted `` Michael ! King of Pop . '' Many present had bought tickets for the opening night but had decided to come anyway . `` I 'm here to pay tribute to the king , '' said Morganna Bramah , a 29-year-old Web site artist , who had just returned from"}
-{"answer":"` Well , the little boy looks well , he looks happy , he looks well looked after . Perhaps we should n't be so hard on her , ' '' said Geisler . A British children 's charity earlier asked the pop star to reconsider her reported plans to adopt a girl from the country . Save the Children spokesman Dominic Nutt said the child would be better off staying in Malawi than being raised by the recently divorced singer , who has three other children , including the adopted Malawian boy . `` The best place for a child is in his or her family in their home community , '' he said . `` Most children in orphanages have one parent still living , or have an extended family that can care for them in the absence of their parents . '' Critics of the singer had argued she should donate money to orphanages in Malawi , rather than adopt another child . The charity argued that foreign adoptions should happen only if a child does not have any relatives , and all other options have been considered . The 50-year-old performer is a big supporter of","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Madonna 's planned adoption of a Malawian girl will apparently go forward , despite earlier opposition from the girl 's family , a reporter for the ITN television network told CNN Sunday . The pop star arrived in Malawi on Sunday . Madonna holds her adopted Malawian son , David Banda , in 2007 . `` The family , I 'm told , were admittedly reluctant to agree to this , but they 've softened after learning more about this , the upbringing that Mercy will be given and they think perhaps it is in her best interest , '' ITN reporter Martin Geisler told CNN . The girl , who is about 4 , is named Mercy James . Her uncle is scheduled to sign adoption agreement papers in a Malawian court on Monday , Geisler said . Geisler said Malawians ' public opinion toward Madonna softened after she was interviewed by the Malawi Nation newspaper and released family photographs showing a happy David Banda -- a Malawian boy she adopted more than two years ago . `` The sense , I 'm told , in Malawi after that , was ,"}
-{"answer":"them , it was nothing short of a miracle , '' paramedic David White , who was riding with Ward , told CNN on Thursday . Watch White and Ward describe the rescue '' Dominguez and his three children had been lost in the snow since Sunday , when they set out to cut down a Christmas tree . They sought shelter first in a lean-to they made of branches , then in the culvert under a road . See family 's photos of their ordeal '' Dominguez said his daughter Lexi , 14 , was the first to hear the helicopter overhead . He said he ran though several feet of snow barefooted to wave it down . `` When they turned around , man , I was just praising God and saying , ` Thank you , Lord . Thank you , Lord , ' because I knew we had made it , '' he said . Thursday , Lexi was hospitalized after complaining that her feet hurt . Trying to protect their cold , wet feet from frostbite was an ongoing problem while the four were lost in the forest . Through their three-day ordeal , the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A few seconds could have made all the difference in the fate of a family who spent three days lost in the snowy California woods , according to the helicopter pilot who found them . Josh and Lexi Dominguez exit a helicopter Wednesday , shortly after being found . The father of the family , Frederick Dominguez , came running out of the culvert where they had sought shelter when family members heard the sound of the California Highway Patrol helicopter Wednesday afternoon . `` Had he not been moving , we would not have seen him , because the tree line was very dense and he came climbing out of the culvert , '' helicopter pilot Steve Ward told CNN on Thursday . `` We were just very lucky . '' Dominguez had arranged branches to spell the word `` help '' near the culvert , but rescuers did n't see that until they were turning the helicopter around after spotting Dominguez . The helicopter was on its way out of the area at that point , trying to get ahead of bad weather . `` The small window of opportunity we had to find"}
-{"answer":"'s wishes -RRB- , the same way readers have traditionally traded paper books . The Nook 's color touchscreen allows you to navigate titles and enter search terms using a virtual keyboard that goes dark once you 're reading . The Nook will be available for pre-order starting Tuesday night for $ 260 at Nook.com , and will ship in November . It has a 6-inch , `` paper-like , '' 16-level grayscale display that supports up to five fonts and various font sizes . It can read a user 's PDFs , as well as the 1 million-plus books , magazines and newspapers available in Barnes & Noble 's eBook store . The device connects to the Barnes & Noble eBook store using a free 3G AT&T connection , but lacks a web browser `` because those are clumsy '' on eReaders , Lynch says . It includes support for the ePub eBook format , FictionWise and PDF , as well as RSS feeds from the internet . However , you ca n't subscribe to any old RSS feed . Instead , Barnes & Noble selects certain feeds to convert to ePub , then sends them out each morning","question":"-LRB- WIRED -RRB- -- Barnes & Noble 's Kindle competitor may have been the worst-kept secret since balloon boy 's disastrous appearance on CNN last week . Barnes & Noble has unveiled an e-reader called '' Nook , '' which will sell for $ 260 in November . But the advance hype does n't seem to have hurt the launch of the Nook , an impressive-looking $ 260 device that will go head-to-head with Amazon.com 's Kindle , currently the most successful product in a small but growing market for e-book readers . Basic details of the Nook were published by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday following leaked images that appeared on Gizmodo last week . And Barnes & Noble leaked product details hours before reporters filed into Pier 60 in Manhattan for the announcement on Tuesday afternoon . `` Simply following the leader is not in our DNA , '' said Barnes & Noble president William Lynch . Indeed , Barnes & Noble 's $ 260 Nook device differs from the Kindle in a number of ways . Most notably , it shares : A feature called LendMe lets users borrow certain books -LRB- depending on the publisher"}
-{"answer":"federal government and states often use the survey information to set national health policies aimed at reducing the number of people who lack health insurance , decreasing high-risk behavior and determining immunization rates for children and teens , Blumberg said . The CDC 's report is the first to compare wireless phone -- only homes on a state-by-state basis . The new report is based on 2007 data , which found that Oklahoma had the highest percentage of cell phone -- only homes -LRB- at 26 percent -RRB- and Vermont has the lowest -LRB- 5 percent -RRB- . There are probably more landline-free homes now , as the rate has increased by 3 percentage points each year , said Blumberg . Health.com : Cell phone study suggests people are losing their wanderlust `` I 'd expect today in 2009 the rate is probably 5 percentage points higher , perhaps even more , '' he said . Overall , about one in six American homes or about 18 percent , rely solely on wireless phones . The high rates of cell phone -- only homes were not that surprising , said Blumberg . What was surprising , he noted , was","question":"Could your cell phone be bad for your health ? Maybe . But not because it 's zapping your brain . More homes are using just the cell phones , which limits the CDC 's ability to collect health data . According to a report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , as many as one-quarter of homes in certain areas , such as Oklahoma and Utah , lack a landline and are completely reliant on cell phones . While that 's terrific news for reducing the cost of phone bills , it may not be so great in terms of health -- or at least health care in general . The CDC often relies solely on landline phones when conducting large , state-based health surveys , conducted every year to determine sexual habits , childhood immunizations rates , and dozens of others factors related to American health . `` It does n't affect health per se , rather it has implications for how well the CDC and others can track the health of the nation , '' said Stephen Blumberg , senior scientist at the CDC 's National Center for Health Statistics . The"}
-{"answer":"But a few years later , Pool 's already unconventional life took an even more astonishing twist . Almost two decades after she left the Eritrean orphanage where she was adopted , Pool received a letter from the east African country informing her that her father was alive and well , living back home with her brothers and sister . The news left the then 19-year-old Pool reeling . `` It was a complete shock , '' she recalls . `` And it was n't a creeping thing like ` maybe you have a cousin ' or ` maybe you have an aunt ' -- it was like BAM ! ` you have a father , ' BAM ! ` here are your brothers and here 's your sister , ' '' she says . `` My head went into a spin , I did n't know what to do or how I was supposed to respond to this -- was I supposed to get on a plane and go to Eritrea , was I supposed to go back to all the people who I told my story to and tell them ` actually that story is not right ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For years , all Hannah Pool knew was that her biological parents had died shortly after her birth . An Eritrean-born girl adopted as an infant by a British academic , Pool found herself spending her first years in Norway before landing in the UK at the age of seven . At times , she remembers , growing up in the northwest English city of Manchester as a Norwegian-speaking black girl with a white father was a source of confusion for people around her . `` When I was walking down the street holding my dad 's hand , people would sometimes check that he was n't sort of taking me , that he was n't kidnapping me , '' says Pool , who today is a writer and journalist in the UK . `` There were lots of incidents like that which actually are just part of my upbringing , part of my DNA almost -- I 'm used to having to explain myself , explain what I 'm doing in the room , explain my relationship , whether it 's with my dad or my brother or my sister , '' she adds ."}
-{"answer":"'s `` House '' two years ago . He 's also known as Kumar Patel in the `` Harold & Kumar '' movie series . The White House job likely ends his Kumar roles , he said . In fact , he will not consider any acting jobs until he leaves the Obama administration , he said . Penn will take a big pay cut to work for the government , but he has committed to at least one or two years in the job , he said . His focus will be as a liaison for the arts community and the Asian-American community , he said . He filled a similar role in the Obama presidential campaign , he said . `` We want to make sure that everyone 's concerns are heard and they are familiar with the president 's plans and proposals , '' he said . Penn said he spoke briefly with Obama after the election about `` trying to find the right fit '' for him in the administration . He said he has bittersweet emotions as he leaves Hollywood to search for an apartment in Washington next week . The writers ' decision to","question":"Editor 's Note : The following story contains spoilers regarding the show `` House . '' If you 'd rather not know what happens , stop reading now . Kal Penn , left , with Peter Jacobson on `` House , '' is joining the Obama White House . LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Dr. Lawrence Kutner killed himself on the latest episode of `` House : MD , '' it was the beginning of a new career for actor Kal Penn. . The demise of Penn 's character cleared the way for the actor to move on to another `` House , '' the White House . Penn , 31 , will be an associate director for the Obama administration 's Office of Public Liaison . `` It seemed like something I would enjoy doing , '' Penn said . `` I figured it was something to do . '' He 's not retiring from acting , just pursuing a longtime desire for public service that was rekindled when he campaigned for Barack Obama 's election , Penn said . Penn played a teen terrorist on Fox 's `` 24 '' before joining the network"}
-{"answer":"n't know if you 're getting carjacked . You do n't know what 's happening . '' The idea of a `` safe zone '' around celebrities has been kicked around by L.A.-area lawmakers for years . The push became more intense in the wake of multiple mob scenes around pop star Spears last year , including a virtual siege of her Studio City , California , home and similar scenes during her trips to hospitals . Starr has been in contact with the officials but is `` not ready to publicly comment '' on any plan he may have , according to a Pepperdine spokesperson . Lawmakers have set no timetable for when they 'd like to have laws drafted . Police Chief William J. Bratton has argued that there 's no need for new laws to deal with the problem . But Zine and others argue that police resources are stretched thin by the current state of things , citing $ 25,000 shelled out last year for a police escort for Spears . To some , Starr -- the man vilified by liberals for a lengthy and costly Clinton investigation that turned up Clinton 's personal foibles but","question":"LOS ANGELES -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The man whose investigation of President Clinton provided reams of tabloid fodder is now working to help crack down on photographers working for the very publications his efforts once filled . Photographers surround singer Britney Spears ' car in Los Angeles , California , in October . Kenneth Starr -- the independent counsel whose open-ended investigation of a Clinton land deal veered into an intimately detailed report on the president 's affair with intern Monica Lewinsky -- is helping California lawmakers craft laws to crack down on celebrity-hunting packs of paparazzi . Malibu Mayor Pamela Conley Ulich contacted Starr , now a law school dean at Pepperdine University in Malibu . Local governments in Los Angeles and West Hollywood are also part of the effort to curb what they call a dangerous and expensive problem . `` Just imagine you 're a motorist driving down the street and Britney Spears parks next to you ; all of a sudden you 're swarmed by these people , '' Los Angeles city Councilman Dennis Zine said . `` They 've got cameras ; they 're jumping on the hood of my car . `` You do"}
-{"answer":"Safari Truck tour to observe over 80 species of wild animals in a natural habitat . Safari West 's director of communications Aphrodite Caserta calls the tour a `` do n't miss experience . '' `` Simply , '' she says , `` it 's a rare opportunity to experience an authentic African adventure without a passport and without the jet lag . And , without spending thousands of dollars . '' Safari West also offers private truck tours , educational animal presentations and overnight tent accommodations . They even offer many seasonal specials to make your stay more affordable . Check out http:\/\/www.safariwest.com\/ for information on their Full Moon Madness package . You can save 50 percent off room rates on or around the full moon each month . Napa Valley-esque wine tastings If it 's wine you want , find an alternative to Napa Valley in Michigan 's Leelanau and Old Mission peninsulas . Here you 'll discover more than 850 acres of land and more than 20 wineries for your choosing . The area offers tastings and gourmet meals , and Kantrowitz says , `` The region is particularly known for its great pinot blancs . ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Travelers do n't always have to fight the masses and schlep overseas to find exotic vacation thrills . Safari West near Sonoma , California , offers a taste of Africa in North America . If you know where to look , you can find destinations closer to home that offer relief from crowds and pricey travel arrangements . The right location can generate the makings of an African or European vacation -- without leaving North America . Along the same lines , wine-lovers yearning for a taste of the Napa Valley do n't necessarily have to travel to California . Watch more about getaways with an exotic vibe '' Africa-like safari If you 've always wanted to take an African safari but do n't have the time or money , Sarah Kantrowitz of Travel + Leisure recommends traveling to Sonoma , California , for a host of wild adventures . In the heart of wine country , Safari West offers a slice of Serengeti life with 400 acres of preserve . `` You 'll be able to visit almost 500 animals including cheetahs , zebra and wildebeest , '' says Kantrowitz . Climb aboard their Classic"}
-{"answer":"in a Santa Cruz neighborhood appeared to be the day 's most violent . Police fired tear gas three times at demonstrators . In the other four departments where the strike was being observed , there were no disturbances . The 24-hour strike was called by civil committees of the departments to demand that the government give back the money it has collected by taxing hydrocarbons in order to fund the pension plan . The president of Santa Cruz 's civic committee , Branco Marincovick , said the tax is constraining regional development . The government condemned acts of violence during the day and said that the strike was limited . The strike comes nine days after Morales garnered more than 67 percent of votes in a recall referendum , which he had proposed in May to break a power struggle long simmering between him and the conservative leadership in the Media Luna states . Despite the solid show of support for Morales , the vote also endorsed the leaders in Santa Cruz , Pando , Beni and Tarija , making it impossible to reach a solution to the stalemate . Morales , a former labor organizer and the country","question":"LA PAZ , Bolivia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Five of Bolivia 's nine states staged a civic strike Tuesday , protesting against President Evo Morales and demanding a larger share of the country 's natural gas revenues . Members of Santa Cruz 's Juvenile Union burn wood during protests Tuesday in Santa Cruz , Bolivia . Officials in Santa Cruz , Beni , Pando , Tarija -- states in the wealthy , eastern lowland known as the `` Media Luna , '' or half-moon -- and Chuquisaca , also in the eastern part of the country , instructed residents not to leave their homes until the end of the one-day strike , Bolivian newspaper El Diario reported . The five departments contain much of the Andean country 's natural gas deposits , and their leaders are asking for natural gas revenue that Morales has earmarked to increase funding for pension plans , the five regions said in a statement on the strike posted on Santa Cruz 's Web site . They said they were `` sorry that the inflexibility of the government forced the prefectures to take this type of resolution . '' Confrontations between government supporters and pro-autonomy groups"}
-{"answer":"guest characters during the segment . Poehler reportedly will join Meyers for some segments of `` Weekend Update Thursday , '' a 30-minute , prime-time version of the skit that debuted during the 2008 presidential election and that the network hopes will have similar success during the upcoming season . `` I owe a big thanks to politicians , '' said Meyers . `` They did not stop being crazy and disingenuous after the election . So we have that going for us . '' Poehler wo n't be the only cast member from last year missing on the September 26 premiere , hosted by actress Megan Fox with musical guest U2 . Fans were surprised last week about news that regulars Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson had been sacked . Both said they were surprised that their contracts were not renewed . `` I think that the two who are leaving are going to be incredibly successful wherever they go , '' Meyers said , declining to elaborate on his thoughts about the decision by creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels . In their places will be Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad , both veterans of the Upright Citizens","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Seth Meyers will remain the lone talking head on the `` Saturday Night Live '' Weekend Update desk , at least in the near future , according to the comedian . Seth Meyers is thankful that politicians `` did not stop being crazy '' after the 2008 elections . `` It looks like for right now , we 're going to stick with doing it solo , '' Meyers said Monday in New York as he was getting ready for the show 's 35th season premiere on September 26 . Meyers , SNL 's head writer , hosted the popular sketch alone after Amy Poehler left the show last season . Last week , several online sites were reporting that featured player Kristen Wiig was set to become Meyers ' partner on the show 's longest-running recurring segment . `` I 'm so heartbroken that the Internet , for the first time , was wrong about something , '' Meyers joked . `` How are we ever going to trust the Internet again ? '' Meyers called Wiig `` almost too valuable , '' saying making her a full-time co-anchor would mean she could never play"}
-{"answer":"My family , everyone is coming . It is a huge day for Indian motorsport . '' Karthikeyan , who became India 's first ever F1 driver in 2004 , says a solid following has built up for the sport since the races were televised in 1993 . And he thinks India 's maiden grand prix will only increase the country 's thirst for motorsport . He added : `` Once Formula One is here the exposure will create a big opportunity for the young drivers and for the whole motorsport infrastructure to grow . We are all looking forward to it . India is different to China . `` There has been a lot of interest in Formula One for a long time . It has been that long , since 1993 , that it has been on TV live here and I think it is going to be very good for the sport and all the motorsport fraternity here is very , very excited . '' Karthikeyan also said the track at the Buddh International Circuit should make for an exciting race . `` With the circuit , again like everybody else , it is wide in some","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Narain Karthikeyan says India is brimming with excitement on the eve of the country 's first ever Formula One grand prix . The Buddh International Circuit , 50km outside the capital New Delhi , is set to welcome the world 's fastest drivers at the weekend as it makes its Formula One debut and Karthikeyan thinks the event could spark a huge boom in the sport 's popularity . As the only native driver in the race , Karthikeyan believes Sunday 's Grand Prix is an important landmark both for himself and his country . `` It is an historic and symbolic moment that an Indian driver is on the grid and , of course , there is a lot following Formula One for a long time , '' the Hispania Racing Team driver told F1 's official website . `` There will be a lot of fans here . It will be hard to explain but it is what it is . I want to enjoy the weekend , have a lot of fun , and try and do the best I can do . `` I just want to enjoy the whole atmosphere ."}
-{"answer":"potentially spark a trade war and , in their opinion , deepen the global economic crisis . Canada has been hit hard by the global downturn . The country 's critical manufacturing-based sales dropped 8 percent in December , reflecting roughly equal decreases in both volume and price , according to Statistics Canada , an agency charged with tracking key economic data for officials in Ottawa . In a recent letter to U.S. Senate leaders , Canada 's ambassador to the United States warned that the U.S. was losing the moral authority to pressure other nations not to erect their own trade barriers . `` A rush to protectionist actions could create a downward spiral like the world experienced in the 1930s , '' wrote Ambassador Michael Wilson . `` In the end we got into this economic crisis together . We need to work together to build ourselves out of it . '' Some Canadian leaders also cite unresolved concerns over what they perceive to be vague and potentially harmful language in the `` Buy American '' provision . Specifically , they are questioning whether NAFTA and World Trade Organization rules will apply to state and city governments receiving","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama takes his first foreign trip Thursday , but domestic politics will loom large as he tackles the explosive issue of protectionism in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper , the leader of the United States ' largest trade partner . Trade will be a major issue when President Obama visits Canada beginning Thursday . At issue is a controversial so-called `` Buy American '' provision requiring the use of U.S.-produced iron , steel , and other manufactured goods in public works projects funded by the $ 787 billion economic stimulus bill . Several Democratic-leaning unions and domestic steel and iron producers favor the provision ; a large number of business and trade organizations are opposed . Administration officials altered the language in the final version of the stimulus bill to ensure that the provision will not trump existing trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement , known as NAFTA . Canadian companies will therefore still have the chance to sell products used in stimulus-funded projects . Canadian government officials , however , are still concerned by what they perceive as rising protectionist sentiment in the United States that could"}
-{"answer":"did not define him at all . He was bigger than that . '' Dolla was a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of singer Akon , who collaborated with him on his first single , `` Who the F -- is That ? '' which also featured another high-profile artist , T-Pain . Another Dolla song , `` Feelin ' Myself , '' appeared on the soundtrack to the 2006 movie `` Step Up . '' According to his official MySpace page , Dolla was born in Chicago , Illinois , and his family relocated to Los Angeles soon after . He was 5 years old when he and his older sister , Divinity , witnessed their father committing suicide . After that incident , their mother moved the family to Atlanta , according to his biography . The Burton family released the following statement on Tuesday : `` First and foremost we , the family , would like to thank everyone for all their kind thoughts and prayers . Furthermore , the family would like to note that rumored details of the shooting on popular Web\/blog sites are false . `` Due to the circumstances of the situation , no other information will","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The murder of rapper Dolla reverberated throughout the music industry on Tuesday as police sought a motive for the brazen killing . Rap artist Dolla was known as a nice guy who survived a rough childhood . The aspiring Southern hip-hop artist , whose real name was Roderick Anthony Burton II , was gunned down in the busy parking lot of the upscale Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles , California , on Monday afternoon . Police later arrested Aubrey Louis Berry , 23 , at Los Angeles International Airport , a Los Angeles Police statement said . No other details were given about Berry . The 21-year-old rapper was based in Atlanta , Georgia . He was in Los Angeles to work on his debut album . Those who knew him said that despite coming from a rough background , Burton was extremely gracious and polite . `` Everything with Dolla was ` please ' and ` thank you , ' '' said Ant Rich , manager of A&R for Jive Records , who discovered the rapper for the label when Burton was 17 and helped sign him a year later . `` The streets"}
-{"answer":"Jones industrial average surged 363 points in early trading after Bush and Paulson spoke before dropping back and eventually closing down by 76 points , or 0.82 percent . Bush said the measures taken in Europe were right , and had brought stability to the system . Watch the European Central Bank chief 's assessment '' `` This new capital will help struggling banks to fill the hole filled by crisis during the time we are in , '' Bush said . `` This is a short-term measure to insure the viability of America 's banking system . '' Watch Bush announce the plan '' He also announced that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -LRB- FDIC -RRB- would `` temporarily guarantee most new debt '' issued by banks . `` This will address one of the central problems plaguing our financial system -- banks have been unable to borrow money and that has constricted their ability to lend to consumer and businesses , '' Bush said . `` When money flows freely between banks , it will make it easy for Americans to borrow money for homes and cars . '' The government , through the FDIC , would also","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said golden parachute payments would be banned and the salary deals of bankers `` clawed back '' as part of the government 's $ 250 billion bailout of the financial sector . U.S. President George W. Bush announces his government 's bank bailout plan . Meanwhile , U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday of a $ 250 billion bailout plan to help stabilize the financial system . In Washington , Bush said the Treasury would buy into banks in return for shares using authority granted in the country 's $ 700 billion bailout bill . However , Paulson stressed taxpayers would get a return on their money and banking excesses would be brought to an end . `` Institutions that sell shares to the government will accept restrictions on executive compensation , including a clawback provision and a ban on golden parachutes during the period that Treasury holds equity issued through this program , '' he said . The world 's sharemarkets climbed again after European governments Monday announced bank bailouts worth more than $ 1 trillion and in anticipation of the U.S. bailout . Watch market prices The Dow"}
-{"answer":"show is not to detail the genocide but so that we have proof for the trials that are to come , '' said Sara Derotier de Cobacho , secretary of human rights for Buenos Aires province . `` But let us not forget , '' she said in a statement , `` that behind every clandestine center there were the names of the repressors . ... So it is very important for all citizens to know those names . '' The detention center was among those used in Argentina during the country 's `` Dirty War , '' which started in 1976 when a group of generals staged a coup and started a vicious crackdown against anyone considered a subversive . By the time civilian control of the government resumed in 1983 , up to 30,000 Argentines had been abducted and taken to the secret government detention centers , where they were tortured and killed . They are widely called `` los desaparecidos , '' or `` the disappeared . '' Thousands more people were abducted and killed by right-wing dictatorships in other South American countries during the 1970s and 1980s , particularly in Chile and Uruguay . The bone","question":"BUENOS AIRES , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 10,000 charred bone fragments were found buried at the site of a former Argentine government detention center , the first find of its kind at one of the secret centers , Argentine officials said . Bones were unearthed during a seven-month search at an ex-detention post in La Plata , Argentina , officials said . Searchers said they also found a wall with more than 200 bullet holes and an `` important quantity '' of spent ammunition shells on the ground nearby . In some cases , bullets were still lodged in the wall . The announcement was made Tuesday at a news conference by government officials and representatives of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team , better known as EAAF , the initials of its name in Spanish . A team of six professional anthropologists and support crew said it believed the remains were human , but it was unable to determine how many bodies the fragments represented . `` I ask the forgiveness of family members , because I can imagine what the mothers and all who are gathered here will feel , but what we are about to"}
-{"answer":"the following : cafecito -LRB- a shot of sugary Cuban coffee -RRB- , cortadito -LRB- sugary Cuban coffee cut with milk -RRB- and caf\u00e9 con leche -LRB- a Latin latte -RRB- . A block west of David 's is The Frieze -LRB- 1626 Michigan Ave. -RRB- , which devoted regulars will swear serves the best ice cream in the world . A taste of one of the many flavors of ice cream or sorbet -- made from fresh local fruits -- may make you a convert as well . Flavors such as wasabi or tamarind have to be tried to be believed . Whether it 's the best in the world is open for debate , but for sure The Frieze serves the best scoops in Miami . At Segafredo 's , on the West end of Lincoln -LRB- 1040 Lincoln Road -RRB- , the real attraction is people watching . It 's the place to see and be seen in Miami Beach . Customers spending hundreds of dollars on champagne and cocktails or a few bucks on coffee and simple snacks enjoy the same great view of local characters on parade and the beautiful people who act as if","question":"MIAMI , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Miami area seems to be enjoyed most by people who live somewhere else . Garcia 's offers freshly caught fish and a great view from a deck overlooking the Miami River . More often than not snowbirds , the yearly visitors who winter in South Florida , and other tourists appear to take over . But there are plenty of places that are beloved by locals and wo n't cost you a fortune . A good first stop is Lincoln Road , the pedestrian boulevard that runs almost the width of Miami Beach . A farmers ' market each Sunday is a weekly meeting point for many locals , and although the area has lost some of its identity to chains , there are plenty of unique restaurants and shops to sample . Start your stroll on Lincoln with coffee at David 's Caf\u00e9 -LRB- 1654 Meridian Ave. -RRB- . From a large open window facing the street , the cafe keeps the Cuban coffee flowing 24\/7 to a wide mix of Miamians who line up for their caffeine fix . Not too much English is spoken here though , so practice"}
-{"answer":"for kilims at the Covered Bazaar ? It 's worth tracking down Seyhmus -LRB- lunch for two $ 30 -RRB- , a macho kebab dive colonized by gaggles of mustached vendors . Order lahmacun -- wafer-thin lamb-slathered pizza -- with seyhmus kebap -LRB- an epic charcoal-grilled lamb patty -RRB- and a vegetable salad dressed with pomegranate molasses . Washing your meal down with ayran , a tart yogurt drink , is a sure way to pass for a local . Beer Break Unwind with a frosty glass of Efes Pilsen on the rooftop terrace of Seven Hills Hotel -LRB- drinks for two $ 10 -RRB- , which feels like it is suspended between the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sofia against the backdrop of the Marmara Sea . Dinner Though certain Istanbullus swear that fish should be eaten at the water 's edge , the suave , smart-suited businessmen and bejeweled matrons who patronize Balik\u00e7i Sabahattin -LRB- dinner for two $ 65 -RRB- know better . A waiter appears as soon as you settle in your seat , carrying a tray of meze , small plates meant to be sampled with raki , Turkey 's signature anise liquor . Order platters","question":"-LRB- Travel + Leisure -RRB- -- Breakfast , beer breaks and goat 's - milk ice cream : The ultimate two-day tasting itinerary in Turkey 's largest city . Savor the flavors of Istanbul in between visits to the city 's landmarks . Day 1 : Sultanahmet -LRB- The Old City -RRB- Breakfast On a street lined with carpet shops near the Arasta Bazaar , Tamara Restaurant -LRB- breakfast for two $ 20 -RRB- , whose owners hail from Turkey 's eastern Lake Van area , serves up the region 's puffy breads , herb-flecked otlu cheese , and addictive tahini spread . Eggs baked with spicy soujuk sausage might seem like overkill , but order them anyway . Mid-Morning Fix It would be a crime to miss the S\u00fcleymaniye Camii mosque , an Ottoman masterpiece ; it would be sadder still not to visit the nearby Vefa Bozacisi -LRB- boza for two $ 4 -RRB- . Decked out in weathered marble , this vintage cubbyhole specializes in boza -- a cross between pudding and a beverage , which is made from fermented bulgur . Traditionally it 's consumed with leblebi , nutty roasted chickpeas . Lunch Famished after haggling"}
-{"answer":"comment and reported it to the principal , who took disciplinary action , Sayer said . He said it was school policy not to specify what disciplinary actions may have been taken against any individual student , though he said the latter case did not include expulsion and that the student returned to school . `` To our knowledge the action taken was effective in ending their involvement in any bullying of Phoebe , '' he said . Prince , who had recently moved with her family from Ireland to South Hadley , hanged herself on January 14 after enduring what Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth B. Scheibel described to reporters Monday as `` a nearly three-month campaign of verbally assaultive behavior and threats of physical harm toward Phoebe , on school grounds , by several South Hadley High School students . '' Six students were named in an indictment returned by a grand jury Friday and made public Monday . In addition , Scheibel said three female students received juvenile charges , but she would not clarify if they were among the six named in the indictment . That left even Sayer confused . `` There could be as many","question":"South Hadley , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The 15-year-old girl who hanged herself last January after enduring months of bullying from schoolmates failed to alert others to her plight , the superintendent of South Hadley Schools said Thursday . The girl , Phoebe Prince , `` was apparently a very private person ; she bore a lot without talking to friends or with her parents or with anybody at school , '' Gus Sayer told CNN . `` She did n't reveal to people what she was being subjected to and , unfortunately , until January 7 , we were not aware of what she was being subjected to , so -LSB- there was -RSB- very little way we could have intervened in the bullying . '' Sayer cited two incidents that occurred on January 7 . In one , a girl walked into a classroom and called Prince `` an Irish slut , '' he said . The name caller was taken to the principal 's office and disciplined , he said . In the other , a girl `` said something threatening about Phoebe '' to another girl , he said . A staff member overheard the"}
-{"answer":"a different place and time . Instead of mid-20th century Los Angeles , `` The Long Fall '' is set in modern-day New York , where McGill is finding it hard to leave his less-than-stellar past behind . That past includes a childhood as a red-diaper baby abandoned by his union organizer father and left to fend for himself at an early age , a loveless marriage to an unfaithful woman named Katrina and a son who 's a burgeoning criminal mastermind . Moreover , he 's at work on a case where you just know people are going to die . Such page turners are nothing new for Mosley , who is known for his strong , black male characters and his passionate musings on race , politics and the writing life . McGill 's creator recently spoke with CNN about the new mystery novel , why he does n't miss Easy , and how the changes in the United States are mirrored in his writing . The following is an edited version of the interview . CNN : Why leave Los Angeles for a setting in modern-day New York ? Walter Mosley : I have been a resident","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fans of the character Easy Rawlins do n't want to hear it , but author Walter Mosley says he has officially moved on . Author Walter Mosley found fame with his Easy Rawlins mysteries and has debuted a new series . The prolific writer seemingly wrapped up his beloved series -- which spawned the 1995 film `` Devil in a Blue Dress '' starring Denzel Washington -- in 2007 with the 10th Easy Rawlins mystery , `` Blonde Faith . '' The ending saddened die-hard fans who had faithfully followed the adventures of the Los Angeles , California-based everyman-turned-private investigator whose stories played out in an era from the Jim Crow 1940s to the politically charged 1960s . Now Mosley , who has found success writing everything from erotica to science fiction , has launched a new mystery series with the release of his book `` The Long Fall '' -LRB- Riverhead -RRB- . The book features an ex-boxer named Leonid Trotter McGill , the latest colorfully named Mosley character . Three of his previous books involved ex-convict Socrates Fortlow , and another trio concerned bookseller Paris Minton . But the new novel takes Mosley to"}
-{"answer":"rhetoric and political posturing . If they can view the Prop 8 trial via YouTube , they will be surprised by what they see : a decision-making process devoid of politics , in which a thoughtful and unbiased judge asks hard questions of both sides ' lawyers in search of legal rules reflecting neutral principles , not political fiat . At a time when most Americans have lost confidence in the government 's ability to act in the general interest , the potentially huge audience for the Prop 8 trial would see that at least one branch of government tries to make decisions on the merits . Broadcasting the trial will confer legitimacy on the proceedings as nothing else can . Legitimacy matters . If , in the end , Judge Walker upholds Prop 8 , rejecting challenges to its constitutionality , opponents of the law will feel angry and aggrieved -- to put it mildly . But if they have viewed the trial online , they are less likely to feel victimized in a process that was politically rigged . Defenders of Prop 8 are against broadcasting the trial because they believe it would infringe on their right to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's hard to imagine a video of lawyers debating points of constitutional law going viral on YouTube , but the audience for the Proposition 8 trial -- a lawsuit seeking to overturn California 's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage -- is potentially vast . Unfortunately , that audience will have to wait . U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker had decided to allow the proceedings to be taped , then aired on YouTube . But as the trial was set to begin Monday morning , the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order blocking its broadcast . Our camera-phobic high court is making a mistake . Public access should be encouraged , not thwarted , in court cases involving divisive issues -- all the more so when judicial power is invoked in an effort to invalidate the outcome of a vote . Although some Supreme Court justices might worry that cameras in the courtroom undermine the legitimacy of the judicial process , the reality is just the opposite . The Prop 8 trial is a case in point . People on both sides of the same-sex marriage issue are accustomed to a political process coarsened by ideological"}
-{"answer":"interview is expected to happen . Ray 's publicist , Howard Bragman , did not immediately return calls from CNN on Saturday . Ray posted a noted late Friday on his Twitter page , saying : `` I 'm shocked & saddened by the tragedy occurring in Sedona . My deep heartfelt condolences to family & friends of those who lost their lives . '' On Saturday he posted another message , saying he 's `` spending the weekend in prayer and meditation for all involved in this difficult time ; and I ask you to join me in doing the same . '' The self-help guru is widely known for his programs that claim to teach individuals to create wealth through all aspects of their lives -- financially , mentally , physically and spiritually . Ray , whose company is based in Carlsbad , California , has appeared on a variety of national programs , including CNN 's `` Larry King Live . '' In that appearance , Ray was about to address 3,000 people in Phoenix , Arizona . Asked what he thinks about critics of his teachings , Ray told King : `` Well , you know","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The two people who died and the 19 others who fell ill at a central Arizona resort after spending time in a sauna-like `` sweatbox '' were attending a program by self-help expert James Arthur Ray , authorities said Saturday . Two people died and were 19 injured after spending up to two hours inside this `` sweatbox '' at an Arizona resort . The dead were identified as James Shore of Milwaukee , Wisconsin , and Kirby Brown of Westtown , New York , Sheriff Lloyd Waugh told reporters . They were among the 50 or so visitors at the Angel Valley Resort near Sedona attending Ray 's `` Spiritual Warrior '' program . Nineteen others were treated for injuries sustained in the sweatbox , a dome-like structure covered with tarps and blankets . Hot rocks and water are used to create steam in the enclosed environment . Waugh said investigators are looking into evidence that `` may turn this into a criminal prosecution . '' Investigators are looking into similar events held previously in other locations by Ray , who refused to speak with officers at the scene , Waugh said . A follow-up"}
-{"answer":"McNeil -LRB- 08-7369 -RRB- . But Justice Clarence Thomas took issue with his colleagues ' conclusions . `` It is the crime and not the punishment imposed by the jury or the delay in execution that was ` unacceptably cruel , ' '' he responded . Thomas took time in his concurrence to detail the graphic crime that led to the conviction of Thompson and his co-defendant . The men had held Sally Ivester and another woman in a motel room and were demanding money from the victim 's families . Ivester had promised she could raise hundreds of dollars but was only able to secure $ 25 . That enraged the men who savagely beat the woman with a belt , chair leg and nightstick , causing internal injuries . She was also burned with cigarettes . The other woman witnessed the murder and said she feared for her life if she tried to leave . Thompson and his co-defendant both pleaded guilty but the state 's high court initially tossed out Thompson 's sentence . The man 's lawyer had told the defendant if he accepted responsibility for the crime , he would not get the death penalty","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two Supreme Court justices on opposite sides of the ideological aisle exchanged tough words Monday over the fate of a Florida murderer who has been on death row for 32 years . Siding with the court 's majority , Justice Clarence Thomas described brutal details of a Florida slaying . The high court has refused to hear the appeal of William Thompson , who had plead guilty twice in the March 1976 kidnapping and torture-murder of a woman . His case and subsequent appeals have been litigated since , but a new execution date has not been set . A key part of his request to be spared lethal injection is that three decades as a capital inmate constitutes cruel and unusual punishment . `` Our experience during the past three decades has demonstrated that delays in state-sponsored killings are inescapable and that executing defendants after such is unacceptably cruel , '' said Justice John Paul Stevens , who disagreed with the court 's decision to allow the execution to proceed . He was supported by Justice Stephen Breyer in his objection to the court 's ruling on Monday in the case , Thompson v."}
-{"answer":"Mountain , '' has garnered him three Oscar nominations . The lighthearted `` Taking Woodstock '' is a mild departure for a man whose films tend toward serious drama . The film 's plot concerns Elliot Tiber -LRB- Demetri Martin -RRB- , son of the owners of a fading Catskills hotel , who helped attract the Woodstock festival to the area . It 's based on Tiber 's memoir . The film also stars Emile Hirsch , Jonathan Groff and Eugene Levy . The 36-year-old Martin , who is best known for his standup , his contributions to `` The Daily Show '' and hosting `` Important Things with Demetri Martin , '' might have benefited the most from working with Lee . `` Taking Woodstock '' is his first film as star , and he 's made only a handful of others . `` Ang is not really going to hold your hand and reassure you through the whole thing . He 's going to be more like a sensei , kind of a tough-love thing , '' Martin said . `` He 's like , ` Punch this wall , ' and you 'll be like , `","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The music of Woodstock was a draw that attracted hundreds of thousands of people to the festival . Similarly , the name of Ang Lee is a draw that attracted a number of actors to his new film , `` Taking Woodstock . '' From left , `` Taking Woodstock 's '' Emile Hirsch , director Ang Lee and Demetri Martin at the movie 's premiere . `` Taking Woodstock , '' which is out August 28 , features performers who were either not born or very young when the monumental festival occurred in 1969 , but many were enticed to join the movie because of Lee 's involvement . `` I 'd read the Sunday paper for Ang Lee . I 'd do anything . He 's a filmmaker I 've always admired and -LSB- was -RSB- sort of eager to work with , '' said Liev Schreiber , who plays a transvestite . `` So when he approached me , you know : Dress , shmess , I 'll do whatever you want . '' Lee 's work , which includes the renowned films `` Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon '' and `` Brokeback"}
-{"answer":"touted Intel 's Ultrabook concept , which the company has been reportedly nudging partners to embrace . The laptop concept facilitates very thin , light and affordable computers with batteries that can last for about a full day on a single charge . They look similar to Apple 's MacBook Air , which uses Intel 's Core processor . Otellini also discussed a new processor , slated for 2013 , called Haswell . Devices with the chip can remain connected to the Internet in standby mode for 10 days before the battery depletes , he said . Haswell will be tailored to Ultrabooks and tablets running Windows 8 , the new operating system Microsoft was showing at the same time at its own conference in Anaheim , California . `` Computing means a lot more than just computers , '' Otellini said . `` Just as computing has evolved , so too has Intel 's architecture . '' Intel 's recent focus on reducing energy consumption , thereby improving battery life , should bolster its efforts in smartphones , analysts say . The company is also working on more compact chips , which it is calling `` 3-D transistors ''","question":"San Francisco -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Intel , which dominates the PC market but has struggled to break into smartphones , is getting a hand from Google . Upcoming versions of Android , the No. 1 smartphone operating system from Google , will be compatible with Intel processors , the companies announced at Intel 's developer conference on Tuesday . `` We want to make Intel architecture the platform of choice for smartphones , '' Intel CEO Paul Otellini said onstage . `` Every time we have collaborated with Google , good things have come out of it . '' The partnership will aid Intel in delivering on its promise to finally release smartphones with its technologies by the middle of 2012 . Google may benefit from accommodating a company that has significant influence in computers , which is the market Google is struggling to break into with its Chromebook project . The two companies already collaborate on that laptop operating system . `` The partnership has been great , '' said Andy Rubin , Google 's executive for mobile development , who took the stage at Intel 's conference to announce the deal . In his keynote , Otellini"}
-{"answer":", '' he said . `` I never say how many goals I 'm going to score , my intention is to be happy and make sure that people around me are too . I think that when we are happy we can bring better results . `` I 'm happy that they have trusted me , with this project , I believe I can return to him -LRB- the Anzhi president -RRB- inside the field and outside as well , helping the club with good results . '' In local paper Sovietsky Sport daily the Cameroon striker insisted his move was not purely about finance . `` The project is very interesting , money is not so important for me , that 's just part of football , '' Eto'o was quoted as saying . `` It was always important for me to be happy -- and now I am happy . I came to Anzhi because it is a new project and they are starting from scratch . I am interested . I have won everything I possibly could have in Europe . '' In a statement on Inter 's official web site Eto'o thanked the club and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Samuel Eto'o has rejected claims his move to Anzhi Makhachkala is all about money and claims he wants to transform the Russian club into a `` big '' team . The former Barcelona striker signed with Anzhi , who hail from the war-torn Dagestan region of Russia , on Wednesday from Italian outfit Inter Milan . The four-time African Footballer of the Year will be paid around $ 14 million a season for the length of his three-year deal with Anzhi said to have paid a reported fee of $ 30 million to seal the capture . Eto'o jetted into Russia on Wednesday and joined up with his new team-mates in Moscow on Thursday as they prepare for the weekend match with Rostov . Anzhi train in Moscow and fly to home games from the Russian capital -- a journey of some 1,250 miles . At a press conference Eto'o , who has won the European Champions League three times , told reporters he was excited by his new challenge . `` I 'm impatient to play the first home game , but most important to take this project from the base and make it big"}
-{"answer":"CDC -RRB- show the importance of steps health officials can take to prevent further spread of the virus . These measures include `` social distancing , '' or encouraging those sickened with the flu to stay home or seek medical treatment ; closing places where groups of people gather ; and making anti-flu medications available to large portions of the population . In the simulations , Longini said , these forms of containment reduce the sickness by nearly two-thirds . `` The name of the game is to slow transmission until a well-matched vaccine can be made and distributed . I am fairly optimistic we can do that , '' he said . Watch how computer models simulate an outbreak 's spread '' So far , Longini said , it appears that everyone sickened by swine flu in the United States contracted the disease while traveling in Mexico , the apparent epicenter of the outbreak . But he cautioned : `` That could change very fast . Obviously people in these communities could also get on airplanes and go other places or get on buses or cars or trucks and move around . The picture may change very rapidly .","question":"SEATTLE , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Predicting the path of a swine flu outbreak is next to impossible , public health officials say . But Dr. Ira Longini has spent more than three decades trying to do just that . Dr. Ira Longini studies simulations of hypothetical influenzas and how they would spread . And Longini says the apparent new strain of swine flu appears to be here to stay . `` We are probably going to have to live with this virus for some time , '' he told CNN . Longini specializes in the mathematical and statistical theory of epidemics . He works at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute at the Hutchinson Research Center in Seattle , Washington . The researcher studies simulations of hypothetical influenzas and how they would spread across the United States . For the moment , he said , there is not enough information about the swine flu that has sickened hundreds in Mexico and about 50 people in the United States to accurately forecast how the disease will travel . But Longini 's simulations of a fictional killer flu that were ordered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -LRB-"}
-{"answer":"take the positives out of it and move on . We showed an ability in the first half to turn defense into attack and the amount of lineout ball we won was a big plus . `` We made some good line breaks but did n't finish them off . Maybe we need to improve our support play . '' England flanker James Haskell scored two tries to lift the pressure on head coach Martin Johnson , as Wales paid the price for Alun-Wyn Jones ' sin-binning with 17 points conceded while the lock was off the field at Twickenham . The match was level at 3-3 when Jones was yellow-carded for leg-tripping England hooker Dylan Hartley , and the hosts subsequently scored a penalty and two converted tries , Haskell 's first in Tests and another five minutes after halftime by scrumhalf Danny Care . Wales battled back to 20-17 down with eight minutes left as Jones made some amends by setting up prop Adam Jones for a try and then James Hook crossed for another . But four minutes later Haskell went over again thanks to Delon Armitage 's interception , and then Jonny Wilkinson kicked his third","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ireland opened the defense of their Six Nations rugby title with a 29-11 victory at home to Italy , while England repelled the challenge of Wales to win 30-17 in Saturday 's other match . Ireland , who won all five matches last year to complete a Grand Slam , led 23-8 at halftime in Dublin but could not run away with victory against a determined visiting team . Recalled flyhalf Ronan O'Gara became the first player to score 500 points in the tournament as he was successful with all six kicks at goal , while Jamie Heaslip and Tomas O'Leary crossed for first-half tries . Italy 's only try came just before halftime , despite the sin-binning of center Gonzalo Garcia meaning coach Nick Mallett 's team were reduced to 14 men , after a charge-down of Rob Kearney 's kick by Kaine Robertson . `` It 's not easy to click immediately having only been together for two weeks and not having played together since November , '' Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll told reporters . `` There is plenty to improve on . It 's the first one and job done . We 'll"}
-{"answer":"world we live in , and it should n't be the world that we live in . '' In two simple sentences , the president accomplished a lot . In the first sentence , he made a fair point about how no U.S. president -- Barack Obama or George W. Bush -- can simply wave a magic wand and get the world to follow his lead . And in the second , with the line about how `` it should n't be the world that we live in , '' he was trying to send a signal to Europe that he 's not planning to bully them . Again and again , Obama said he was here to listen and learn -- not to lecture colleagues such as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel . Left unsaid , since it was plain enough to see , was what Obama was really saying : I 'm not President Bush . That was clearly Obama 's biggest accomplishment on this trip . He was able to effectively press that reset button administration officials have been talking about in order to make the case that traditional U.S. allies should come","question":"Editor 's note : CNN 's Ed Henry traveled with Barack Obama to Europe on the his first overseas trip as president . President Obama speaks during a news conference after the G-20 summit in London , England , on April 2 . ISTANBUL , Turkey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One of the most revealing moments of President Obama 's European tour came early in the trip at the close of the G-20 summit in London , England , where expectations were sky high for the new guy . He had just scored some victories on the financial crisis , while also taking some lumps . And now he had to face the media . Pushed by a reporter on why he could n't get more done , the president was ready with a comeback about how it was far easier for American and British leaders to get their way at summits in years gone by . `` Well , if there 's just Roosevelt and Churchill sitting in a room with a brandy , that 's a -- that 's an easier negotiation , '' the president said to laughter from reporters . `` But that 's not the"}
-{"answer":"cot in August 2007 . He had more than 50 injuries , including a broken back and fractured ribs , despite being on London 's Haringey council 's at-risk register and receiving 60 visits from social workers , doctors and police over eight months . The resulting public outrage saw the government 's child secretary , Ed Balls , step in to demand the removal of the council 's head of children 's services , Sharon Shoesmith , with two other leading officials also stepping down . Shoesmith had to be placed under police guard after death threats were made . Judge Kramer told Peter 's mother that she was `` a manipulative and self-centered person , with a calculating side as well as a temper . '' Watch more on the case '' `` Your conduct over the months prevented Peter from being seen by social services . You actively deceived the authorities ... you acted selfishly because your priority was your relationship , '' he told the court , PA reported . Judge Kramer 's comments echoed the country 's response to the case . `` Any decent person who heard the catalogue of medical conditions and non-accidental","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The British mother of a child who died after being brutally abused has been jailed indefinitely . A police computer image of some of the facial injuries suffered by baby Peter . The child 's -- originally known as Baby P -- horrifying death caused a furor in Britain , with the media , public and politicians united in demanding to know how his terrible injuries were missed by social workers , police and medical staff . Judge Stephen Kramer also Friday jailed the 27-year-old mum 's boyfriend for life with a minimum of 12 years and their lodger , Jason Owen , 37 , indefinitely but with a minimum of three years , the British Press Association reported . The boyfriend , 32 , was also convicted of raping a two-year-old girl . Baby P 's mum has to serve a minimum of five years . She and her boyfriend can not be named . Baby P -- he could not be known by his first name , Peter , until the recent lifting of a court order -- was only 17 months old when he was found dead in his blood-spattered"}
-{"answer":"as the state of Delaware -- in exchange for a 9 percent cut of the plantation 's profits . In theory , this setup seemed like one of Ford 's ideas that would shake out pretty well , and in 1928 , Ford sent a barge full of supplies from Michigan down to his new plantation town , which was dubbed `` Fordlandia . '' Growing rubber in the jungle Unfortunately for Ford 's stockholders , though , the captain of industry did n't always have a great eye for detail . -LRB- One famous story about Ford was that he disliked accountants so fiercely that he never had his company audited . By the end of his tenure , the Ford Motor Company allegedly had no idea exactly how much it cost to build a car . -RRB- Ford did n't check to see if the plantation was suitable for growing rubber . According to Greg Grandin , author of `` Fordlandia : The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford 's Forgotten Jungle City , '' Ford never consulted any sort of expert on rubber cultivation ; he just sent a bunch of supplies and managers into the jungle","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- We remember Henry Ford as the automotive magnate who perfected assembly line technology , but he also dabbled in ambitious social programs , including one in which he hired ex-convicts straight out of Sing Sing to staff his factories . Henry Ford , pictured in 1942 , unsuccessfully attempted to increase the rubber supply with a plantation in Brazil . Although many of these efforts were successful , Ford 's ill-fated foray into the Brazilian jungle was a notable and fascinating exception . The plan If you 're going to make millions of cars , you 're going to need an awful lot of rubber . In 1927 , Ford came up with a novel plan : He 'd solve his rubber problem and test out his lofty theories about social planning . If everything went well , he could craft both a utopia full of healthy , productive workers and a direct pipeline of coveted rubber to Detroit . Ford approached the task with characteristic zeal . He talked the Brazilian government into granting him 10,000 square kilometers of land in the Amazon rain forest -- a plot that was nearly twice as big"}
-{"answer":"responsible or apportion blame . But inquiry members will be able to judge the legality of the conflict . Brown spent much of Friday defending military spending allowances , which have come under harsh scrutiny in Britain . Earlier witnesses have said Brown , as head of the British Treasury leading up to and after the Iraq invasion , did not allow the Ministry of Defence to spend as much as was needed . Such cuts would have restricted the military 's ability to buy helicopters , body armor and weapons that would have subsequently been used in Afghanistan . Brown said as chancellor , he never ruled out a military option on the basis of cost . `` I said that every single request that was made for -LSB- military -RSB- equipment had to be met , and every request was met , and at any point military commanders were able to ask for equipment that they needed , and I know of no occasion when they were turned down for it , '' Brown testified . Tony Blair testifies at Iraq inquiry Geoff Hoon , defence secretary at the time of the 2003 invasion , testified that Brown","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Britain 's involvement in the invasion of Iraq `` was the right decision and it was for the right reasons , '' Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday in his first response at an inquiry into country 's role in the March 2003 conflict . Brown was answering a question from the chairman of the inquiry , John Chilcot , about whether he thought taking military action in March 2003 was the right decision , especially given that it led to such a great loss of life among military personnel and civilians . The prime minister said he respects members of the armed forces `` who served with great distinction in Iraq '' and lost their lives , and to civilians who died . `` I think any loss of life is something that makes us very sad indeed , '' Brown said . The inquiry began last year and is expected to be the most thorough investigation yet into decisions that led up to the war and governed Britain 's involvement , analysts have said . It is not a court of law , so the inquiry can not find anyone criminally"}
-{"answer":"Crusaders , then today 's Palestinians should be willing to live peacefully with a Jewish state in their midst . This story is important because it provides Hamas with religious legitimacy and allows it to justify and explain its change of direction to followers . As an Islamic-based movement , Hamas ' very raison d'etre rests on religious legitimization , and its leaders understand that they neglect that at their peril . Hamas ' recent narrative marks a pronounced departure from the past in which Hamas moderates called for a minor or long-term truce . Now Hamas leaders appear to be going further by laying the ground for a shift in their position by educating their social base about the requirements of permanent peace -- recognition of the Jewish state . Although the evolution of Hamas ' stance on the peace process has been slow , gradual and qualified , in the last three years many of its leaders repeatedly have said they wanted a two-state solution . Pressed by an Australian journalist on policy changes that Hamas might make to any new order , Khaled Meshaal , the top Hamas leader and head of its political bureau based in","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Something is stirring within the Hamas body politic , a moderating trend that , if nourished and engaged , could transform Palestinian politics and the Arab-Israeli peace process . There are unmistakable signs that the religiously based radical movement has subtly changed its uncompromising posture on Israel . For example , in the last few months top Hamas officials have publicly stressed that they want to be part of the solution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict , not part of the problem . What is happening inside Hamas ' mosques and social base shows a concerted effort on the part of its leadership to re-educate its rank and file about co-existence with the Jewish state and in so doing mentally prepare them for a permanent settlement in the future . In Gazan mosques , pro-Hamas clerics have begun to cite the example of Salah al-Din al-Ayubi , a famed Muslim military commander and statesman , who , after liberating Jerusalem from the Western Crusaders , allowed them to retain a coastal state of their own . The moral lesson of the story is that if the famed leader could tolerate the warring , bloodthirsty"}
-{"answer":"Center for Health , Environment & Justice looking at just four states -- Massachusetts , New York , New Jersey and Michigan -- found half a million children attending schools within half a mile of known toxic dumps . Gibbs points to New Bedford High School in Massachusetts as an example of children at risk . New Bedford High opened in 1972 on top of a former burn dump for PCBs , an industrial chemical linked to cancer and brain damage . PCB levels in the body build over time , raising health risks . `` Like a lot of teachers there now , I figured , how bad could it be ? I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 , '' said former New Bedford teacher Susan Dias , who is now cancer-free . She is returning to the classroom this fall but will not go back to New Bedford High . Former teacher Maria Quann also says New Bedford High made her ill . `` I became very , very sick . My immune system shut down . I collapsed and was bedridden for several months , '' Quann said . Her health improved after she left","question":"NIAGARA FALLS , New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thirty years ago this summer , America learned the name Love Canal . The working-class Niagara Falls neighborhood built atop tons of chemical waste became a synonym for environmental disaster . Lois Gibbs , who runs an environmental justice group , shows a photo of children from Love Canal protesting . Troubles at the local elementary school -- and health problems among its students , such as seizure disorders -- were among the first signs of a much larger problem that made news around the world and prompted federal Superfund legislation to clean up the most polluted sites in the United States . Despite the outcry over Love Canal , little has been done to make schoolchildren safer from hazardous or toxic waste , says Lois Gibbs , who headed the Love Canal Homeowners Association and now runs the Center for Health , Environment & Justice . `` We should be farther along today than we are , '' said Gibbs , who started the nonprofit a year after her evacuation from Love Canal . The organization is dedicated to helping communities facing environmental threats . A 2005 study by the"}
-{"answer":"or capture the 100 American infantrymen in Company C within hours . The Americans were running out of ammunition and could not move because of heavy casualties . There were no available landing zones for medical and rescue helicopters to touch down . Alpha Troop heard of their plight on a radio and rode in with an infantry company to rescue their comrades . `` Troop A skillfully penetrated four kilometers of nearly impassable jungle terrain and unhesitatingly mounted a fierce assault directly into the heavily fortified North Vietnamese army position , '' the presidential proclamation states . When the battle was over , more than 70 Americans lay dead or wounded . For retired Capt. John Poindexter , who led the rescue , the award is for all Vietnam veterans , many of whom came home to an unwelcome and sometimes hostile reception . `` The veterans of Alpha Troop feel very strongly that we stand in the stead of all veterans of the war of Vietnam , '' Poindexter told CNN before the ceremony . `` The fact is that we 're being singled out for a very distinct honor , a very rare one , but it","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nearly 40 years after members of a U.S. cavalry unit put their lives in peril to save 100 fellow soldiers trapped under blistering enemy fire in Vietnam , they received the Presidential Unit Citation on Tuesday . Veterans watch Tuesday 's ceremony , which recognized members of a U.S. cavalry unit . It 's an honor their captain says is long overdue . President Obama awarded the citation for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry to 86 members of the Army 's Troop A , First Squadron , 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment . `` These soldiers defined the meaning of bravery and heroism , '' Obama said at a White House reception honoring the group 's heroics . `` It 's never too late . You can never say it enough . ... We honor your service , and America is forever grateful . '' On March 26 , 1970 , the 120-member Troop A volunteered to rescue an American infantry company surrounded by an overwhelming enemy force at a site on the Cambodian border called the Dog 's Face . The enemy had survived hours of aerial and artillery bombardment and was expected to kill"}
-{"answer":"plans to stay in New Jersey , where the families of many Pan Am 103 victims reside . '' A representative from the Libyan Mission in New York would not confirm Gadhafi will stay in Englewood , only that he is scheduled to come to New York . Gadhafi has a history of setting up his extensive tent when visiting other countries , including Russia and France . Media reports have said that his request to pitch his tent in Central Park had been denied , and the New Jersey property was a likely second choice . Boteach said he had previously been willing to approach Gadhafi 's rumored visit with an open mind , but he backtracked after the Lockerbie bomber 's release . `` Judging by his actions , he has n't changed one iota , '' Boteach said . `` He loves terrorists and welcomes them as heroes and speaks with a forked tongue . As soon as he had the opportunity he lionized people who committed murderous acts . Gadhafi is a fraud . I do n't want him or his security team near my home . '' Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes said he was not","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In just a few short weeks , Rabbi Shmuley Boteach could wake up at his home in Englewood , New Jersey , with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi camped a few feet from his front lawn . Gadhafi may be staying in a tent on the front lawn of a New Jersey house owned by the Libyan Mission . The authoritarian ruler of Libya is rumored to be planning to stay in an air-conditioned tent on the front lawn of a house owned by the Libyan Mission when he attends the U.N. General Assembly meeting in September . Members of the predominately Orthodox Jewish Englewood community are less than enthused about a visit from a leader who has made anti-Zionist statements in the past . The recent release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber to Libya has heightened the animosity . On Monday , Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg , D-New Jersey , called for the U.S. Department of State to restrict Gadhafi 's travel to the area around U.N. headquarters in New York City , saying in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton he `` was particularly concerned by news reports indicating that -LSB- Gadhafi -RSB-"}
-{"answer":"in terms of information . President-elect Barack Obama is her man . After seeing his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 2004 , she invited him to be her honored guest at an event in her hometown of Detroit , Michigan . He could n't come , but she 's been a loyal supporter since then . She 'll sing at his inauguration in January . In the meantime , Rolling Stone magazine , in a poll of music industry heavyweights , just named her the No. 1 singer of all time . And there 's her new holiday album , `` This Christmas , Aretha . '' In a career that 's spanned more than 50 years , it 's the first seasonal CD she 's ever made . Aretha helps us set the stage for Santa -LRB- eggnog optional -RRB- . Aretha Franklin : The snow is lightly falling -- you get the picture -- you 're by the fireside with your sweetie , and no Aretha ! There 's no Aretha in the music ! What 's going on ?! So I had to do an album . CNN : You 've been wanting to","question":"BEVERLY HILLS , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Here 's what happens when you go to interview Aretha Franklin : Her publicist will e-mail the cell phone number of her security man to your BlackBerry . Once you reach the lobby of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills , you call the cell phone . Someone will come down to get you and bring you up to her suite , where you 'll be greeted by Carlton , her longtime makeup artist . Aretha Franklin was voted the No. 1 singer of all time in a Rolling Stone survey . Then you look around , and you notice Aretha -- the Queen of Soul and recipient of 18 Grammys -- is quietly padding around the room in jeans , a turquoise T-shirt and flip-flops . She 'll offer you `` a seat and Cokes '' -- then proceed to shoot the breeze , while you and your camera crew invade her room to set up for the interview . Then it hits you . You may be an Aretha Franklin groupie , but Aretha is a groupie of CNN . She loves to talk politics , and she 's up-to-the-minute"}
-{"answer":"protesters marched peacefully outside the site of the convention site . While Walsh described the individuals as a being part of a `` splinter group '' from the main body of protesters , he said it would not characterize their activity as being a protest . Watch the police use pepper spray '' `` I think they did a disservice to those that came here to protest , '' he said . Besides damaging private property , the group also smashed in the windows of five squad cars . iReport.com : Protesters swarmed at RNC Police on Sunday saw little disruption in advance of the convention , which is being greatly scaled back because of Hurricane Gustav . And , despite the disruptions Monday , the security scheme is working as planned , Walsh said . Watch the police take on the protesters '' `` We had some expectation that there may be some of this activity , '' he said . The Republican convention , which officially began Monday , has been designated a `` national special security event , '' which means the Secret Service is responsible for planning and implementing the security scheme . View the convention","question":"ST. PAUL , Minnesota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 56 people were arrested Monday after police fired projectiles and used pepper spray and tear gas to disperse a crowd demonstrating near the site of the Republican National Convention . Police fire tear gas to dispurse protesters in St. Paul , Minnesota , Monday . CNN photojournalists witnessed police detaining between 20 and 30 individuals with plastic handcuffs a few blocks from the security perimeter around the Xcel Center in downtown St. Paul . A crowd of 300 individuals was later seen conducting what appeared to be a sit-in at a parking lot near the Mississippi River . Earlier Monday , a group of self-described anarchists threw park benches into streets and smashed windows , police said . Watch police detain nearly two dozen people '' Thomas Walsh , a public information officer for the St. Paul Police Department , said Monday afternoon that 13 people had been arrested so far , accused of damage to property and conspiracy to riot . Those arrested will be formally charged in Ramsey County District Court on Tuesday , he said . The arrest of the `` anarchists '' came after nearly 5,000"}
-{"answer":"had contact with several other women while they were together . `` I 've never been a big fan of the holiday , '' Sullivan says . `` But now I typically refer to it as Black Monday ... '' Watch whether romance is still alive '' Good times , bad times Sullivan is n't alone in dreading Valentine 's Day . Thanks to super-sized expectations and over-the-top commercialization , February 14 has gone from a sentimental aside to a pressure-filled gauntlet lined with chocolate boxes , tennis bracelets and cheesy stuffed bears . See where the love dollars go '' `` The holiday 's designed to make you feel -LRB- bad -RRB- , '' says Judy McGuire , author of `` How Not to Date . '' `` If you 're in a relationship , it 's never anything that it 's supposed to be . And if you 're single , you feel like a big loser because you do n't have anybody . I think people should lower Valentine 's Day expectations to pretty much nil . That way , anything that happens is good . '' Brian Wise , a 32-year-old technical writer from Seattle has","question":"-LRB- LifeWire -RRB- -- For some , Valentine 's Day can be heavenly . For others , it 's just plain hell . Take Felicia Sullivan , of Brooklyn . Four years ago , she and her live-in boyfriend -- the guy she thought she would marry -- were having a pre-Valentine 's Day brunch when Sullivan leaned over and whispered a few sweet nothings in his ear . `` I said , ` I 'm so happy to know that you 're the one for me . Are n't you glad to know I 'm the one for you ? ' '' says Sullivan , 32 , who works in marketing . `` And there was this silence . And then he was , like , ' I know you 're the one for me now . But can you give me until summer to make a final decision ? ' '' Aghast at his response , Sullivan quickly broke things off -- but she could n't move until she found a new apartment . Home alone on February 14 in the apartment they shared , she decided to snoop through her ex-boyfriend 's e-mail and discovered he 'd"}
-{"answer":"Turkey and Greece , after the original plan to turn it into an artificial reef was scrapped for environmental reasons , the group said . The British ship recycling company that will scrap it had to apply for special permission from the country 's Environment Agency and Health and Safety Executive . But the company , Able Ship Recycling , hailed its arrival in the English city of Hartlepool as a milestone . `` The dismantling of the vessel will be the largest ship recycling project ever undertaken in Europe , '' the company said in a statement . The work will take place at the company 's Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre , where it will produce about 200 jobs in the economically depressed region . Able chairman and chief executive Peter Stephenson said the contract was `` crucially important ... at a time when there are so many economic problems facing the world -- and especially a region such as the north-east of England . '' `` Recycling the Q790 will be the largest project so far handled by any European yard but , with the biggest dry dock in the world , we have the capacity","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A ship laden with toxic substances is due to arrive in northeast England for recycling Sunday , ending an odyssey that has seen it turned away from at least three other countries . The scrapping of the aircraft carrier has been hugely controversial and a major headache for France . The French Navy spent years looking for a site that would decommission the former aircraft carrier Clemenceau , now known simply as the Q790 . The ship contains asbestos , which can cause cancer . Greenpeace activists boarded the ship off the coast of Egypt in 2006 to prevent it being sent to India to be scrapped . The environmental campaign group said at the time it contained `` high levels of asbestos and other hazardous materials . '' Two activists climbed the ship 's masts and hung banners reading `` Absestos carrier : stay out of India . '' The group declared `` victory '' a month later when then-President Jacques Chirac of France recalled the ship after the country 's Council of State ruled its export could violate European law , Greenpeace said . The ship had earlier been rejected by"}
-{"answer":"and interpret what it means in order to help law enforcement agencies see through the bull . His character is based on Dr. Paul Ekman , a specialist who reads clues embedded in the human face , body and voice to expose the truth in criminal investigations . Ekman , who in 2001 was named as one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century by the American Psychological Association , is a scientific consultant for the show . Roth says Ekman can be intimidating . `` He makes me very , very nervous , Paul , you know , '' he said . `` I mean , he 's the sweetest man , as sweet as can be , but when he 's around , you feel like your acting is really being judged . '' Roth is perhaps best known for his outings with famed director Quentin Tarantino . The British actor pulled off a convincing American accent in the cult classics `` Reservoir Dogs '' and `` Pulp Fiction . '' He uses his true-Brit accent in `` Lie to Me , '' which debuted in January and is one of the season 's few successful","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Actor Tim Roth is in an abandoned building near downtown Los Angeles , and he 's about to mix things up . British actor Tim Roth plays a human lie detector on the hit series `` Lie to Me . '' `` This is a scene where the FBI is interrogating a suspect , '' Roth said . `` I 'm breaking into the interrogation to get information out of him using the sort of techniques that my character espouses as opposed to pressuring him . '' Roth , who plays Dr. Cal Lightman on the hit Fox series `` Lie to Me , '' is shooting scenes for the season finale , which will air May 13 . His character is an expert on body language and the detection of deception . `` Our series is based on the idea that we can read what 's going on across your face and if it 's contradicting what you 're actually saying , '' Roth said . Lightman and his colleague , Dr. Gillian Foster -- played by Kelli Williams -- run `` The Lightman Group . '' They observe body language"}
-{"answer":"up the hill was when things got pretty bad . '' Once inside , Munley , who has been trained in active-response tactics , began exchanging fire with the alleged gunman , Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan , a military psychiatrist , authorities said . They said her shots disabled Hasan and halted the attacks . Thirteen people -- 12 soldiers and one civilian -- were killed . Munley suffered three gunshot wounds , in both thighs and a knuckle , and remains at Metroplex Adventist Hospital in good condition , authorities said . `` The training does take over , '' she said when asked about her quick reactions . `` In that particular incident , we did n't have much time to think . '' `` When I got shot , it felt like a muscle being torn out of my leg , '' she told Winfrey , and added , `` I 'm doing well . '' `` Every day is a progress for me , and things are getting better day by day . And emotionally , I 'm just hoping that the rest of the officers and the injured and the families of the deceased are","question":"Killeen , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The civilian police officer hailed as a heroine for ending the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army Post said Wednesday she was washing her patrol car just before she headed to the bloody scene . Sgt. Kimberly Munley was cleaning the car and topping off the gas tank , routine duties at the end of her shift , when she heard the report last Thursday that shots had been fired at the Army post , she told Oprah Winfrey via teleconference . The brief interview was taped to air later in the day on `` The Oprah Winfrey Show . '' Police Senior Sgt. Mark Todd also responded to the scene , where he said they were directed to the Soldier Readiness Processing Center , where soldiers were preparing to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq . Both Munley and Todd did n't know what they were about to face . `` The entire incident was very confusing and chaotic , '' Munley said . `` There was many people outside pointing to the direction that this individual was apparently located , and as soon as I got out of my vehicle and ran"}
-{"answer":"added more : `` These reprehensible acts require us all to persevere in the fight against gangs of unscrupulous criminals . All the support to NL -LRB- Nuevo Leon -RRB- . '' About five families were outside the casino waiting for information from authorities , local journalist Javier Estrada reported . Gustavo Madrazo was one of those waiting outside the casino . He said his wife , Martha , and her sister , Miriam Gonzalez , were inside . Authorities have not identified any of the victims . So far , no representative for the company that manages the casino had arrived outside . The Mexican Army and state and municipal police forces were also on the scene . Alejandro Poire , Mexico 's top national security spokesman , said the federal government has made contact with local officials and that Calderon has spoken to the governor of Nuevo Leon to offer support . Poire said those who carried out the attacks will be held responsible . `` They will pay for their crimes . ... We will do absolutely everything ... to restore tranquility . '' The National Commission on Human Rights in Mexico sent a news release saying","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 40 people were killed and numerous others injured in a reported grenade attack at a casino in Monterrey , Mexico , the capital of Nuevo Leon , according to attorney general in that northern state . The incident occurred around 4 p.m. local time -LRB- 5 p.m. ET -RRB- at the Casino Royale when two people aboard a vehicle arrived , and one threw three grenades into the building . There were conflicting unconfirmed reports from local media that the assailants poured gasoline on the building before setting it on fire . Between 20 and 30 people were trapped in the casino because of debris from the explosions , said Cmdr. Angel Flores with the Green Cross . Video from the scene showed a burned-out building as firefighters made rescue attempts to break the wall of the facade of the casino to release the smoke inside the building . Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent the following statement from his official Twitter account -LRB- translated from Spanish -RRB- : `` With deep consternation , I express my solidarity with Nuevo Leon and the victims of this abhorrent act of terror and barbarism . '' He"}
-{"answer":": Too many houses were built . Yes , but the answer is too simplistic : Why did that happen ? One can say the Fed failed twice , both as a regulator and in the conduct of monetary policy . Its flood of liquidity -LRB- money made available to borrow at low interest rates -RRB- and lax regulations led to a housing bubble . When the bubble broke , the excessively leveraged loans made on the basis of overvalued assets went sour . For all the new-fangled financial instruments , this was just another one of those financial crises based on excess leverage , or borrowing , and a pyramid scheme . The new `` innovations '' simply hid the extent of systemic leverage and made the risks less transparent ; it is these innovations that have made this collapse so much more dramatic than earlier financial crises . But one needs to push further : Why did the Fed fail ? First , key regulators like Alan Greenspan did n't really believe in regulation ; when the excesses of the financial system were noted , they called for self-regulation -- an oxymoron . Second , the macro-economy was","question":"Editor 's note : Joseph E. Stiglitz , professor at Columbia University , was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001 for his work on the economics of information and was on the climate change panel that shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 . Stiglitz , a supporter of Barack Obama , was a member and later chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration before joining the World Bank as chief economist and senior vice president . He is the co-author with Linda Bilmes of the `` Three Trillion Dollar War : The True Costs of the Iraq Conflict . '' Economist Joseph Stiglitz says federal regulators and executives helped create the Wall Street crisis . NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Many seem taken aback by the depth and severity of the current financial turmoil . I was among several economists who saw it coming and warned about the risks . There is ample blame to be shared ; but the purpose of parsing out blame is to figure out how to make a recurrence less likely . President Bush famously said , a little while ago , that the problem is simple"}
-{"answer":"and why humans make decisions is a field now called neuroeconomics . Money gives us a convenient way to measure how much someone cares about another person . For example , in one experiment we randomly matched strangers in the lab by computer and put $ 10 in an account for each of them . In each pair there was a decision-maker 1 -LRB- DM1 -RRB- and a decision-maker 2 -LRB- DM2 -RRB- . All participants got these instructions : DM1 can give up some or all of his or her $ 10 and transfer it to DM2 by computer but can not talk to , or meet , the other person . Whatever is transferred is removed from DM1 's account but is tripled in DM2 's account . Then , DM2 gets a computer message identifying how much has been received from DM1 and a reminder of the total in his or her account . Next , the software asks DM2 if she or he wants to send some of this larger pot of money back to DM1 . The amount sent back comes out of DM2 's account one for one and is not tripled -- it","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The longest debate since humans have been having debates is whether we are good or evil . It underlies the stories of Adam and Eve , Cain and Abel , Jesus and Judas . What is our human nature ? Of course , the answer is we can be both good and evil . But what determines which part of our character emerges ? About a decade ago , my lab made an unexpected breakthrough in the understanding of good and evil . We discovered that the neurochemical oxytocin makes people trustworthy . We then found oxytocin was responsible for many other moral behaviors , from being generous to sacrificing to help a stranger . Wait -- morality is chemical ? In my TED talk , I describe how I made the unlikely discovery of the moral molecule , how I was roundly discouraged from even looking for such a chemical , and what drove me to persist in my search . In these experiments , we tempt people with virtue and vice using money -LRB- share with others : virtue ; selfishly keep everything for yourself : vice -RRB- . Using money to understand how"}
-{"answer":", who was among the members of the panel at the time of Pearson 's review , said `` a judge is a judge 24\/7 ; whether or not they use good judgment in all aspects of their lives is what we can consider . '' The civil case , in which Pearson represented himself , sought punitive and compensatory damages against a small family-owned dry cleaners that once posted signs promising `` satisfaction guaranteed . '' A pair of trousers that hung by the witness stand was a featured part of the trial last summer . The owners testified that the pants belonged to Pearson , who denied under oath that they were his . The judge found in favor of the dry cleaners and disagreed with Pearson that the satisfaction promise was unconditional . Pearson petitioned the trial judge for a reconsideration , which was denied . He then filed an appeal with the D.C. Court of Appeals , which will hear his appeal later this year . In court documents made available Friday at U.S. District Court in Washington , Pearson , again acting as his own attorney , relies on what he considers Washington 's ``","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The former judge who last year lost a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a dry cleaners over a missing pair of pants wants his job back . Roy Pearson sued the owners of this dry cleaning business for $ 54 million over a missing pair of pants . Roy Pearson was not reappointed after his term expired as an administrative law judge in the District of Columbia . He filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court accusing city government and others of an `` unlawful demotion and subsequent termination . '' Pearson was taken off the bench in May 2007 , during his unsuccessful $ 54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaning business , which he accused of failing to meet its promise of `` satisfaction guaranteed . '' As an administrative law judge , Pearson would hear cases involving zoning law and certain business disputes . A city panel that decides reappointments had notified Pearson during the controversial lost trousers trial that his status was under review . A source on that panel said at the time that any judge must meet certain standards of conduct `` on and off the bench . '' The source"}
-{"answer":"because they were the only witnesses to the disaster , some doubted their accounts , leading to various theories about the real fate of the Sydney . After the wrecks of both ships were located in March 2008 , an Australian commission began an inquiry to formally close the book on the loss of the Sydney . The results confirm the accounts provided by the German sailors . They said the Sydney closed in on the Kormoran until it was parallel with the German ship , little more than 1,000 yards away . `` Sydney obviously thought the ship was friendly and was taken by surprise when , after she asked what she believed to be -LRB- a friendly ship -RRB- to give her secret call sign , the response was a number of salvos that destroyed Sydney 's bridge and amidships superstructure and a torpedo strike that crippled the ship and her forward guns , '' the report said . The Sydney had given up its tactical advantage of speed and armaments by getting so close to an unknown vessel , the report said . While that may have been an error of judgment by the Australian captain ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Australian cruiser met the disguised German vessel in the waters off western Australia two years after the two became enemies in World War II . The gun turret of the Sydney II was discovered with the rest of the vessel in March 2008 . The Australian ship approached , trying to determine whether the vessel was friendly . It was n't . What resulted was Australia 's worst naval disaster : the sinking of the Australian ship and the loss of its entire crew of 645 . The wreckage was n't found until last year , leading to decades of conspiracy theories about what actually happened . On Wednesday a long-awaited report on the sinking of the Sydney II ended the mystery that began when it met its fate , November 19 , 1941 . Made to look like a cargo ship , the German vessel was in fact a military raider that fired on the Australians when they got close . The Sydney fired back and , in the end , both ships went down . More than 300 of the sailors on board the German vessel , the Kormoran , survived . But"}
-{"answer":"fighting corruption and narcotrafficking are involved in it , '' said Tomas Castro Monegro , an anti-corruption attorney for 25 years in Santo Domingo , the capital . Tobias Friedl , a regional manager for Latin America at Washington-based iJET Intelligent Risk Systems , which helps companies assess and deal with dangers abroad , said , `` The security forces -- the army and the police -- have been corrupted . '' The Dominican government generally carries out military promotions and retirements on February 27 , the day in which the nation celebrates its 1844 declaration of independence from Haiti . But this year 's numbers are unprecedented , Castro said . In 1978 , he said , 48 generals were let go -- some for perceived corruption , others for political reasons . But Castro said he never has seen 700 police officers fired or more than 500 military personnel relieved of their duties . `` In the majority of cases , '' he said , `` there has to be something linking that person to narcotrafficking or corruption in general . '' National police chief Rafael Guzman addressed his force Monday , admonishing them not to cave in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez continues to shuffle his top military commanders as he tries to make good on his recent promise to cleanse the government of corruption . Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez has faced political pressure to act on government corruption . After firing 700 police officers and forcing the retirement of 31 military and police generals Sunday , Fernandez on Monday removed more generals and reassigned others . The government also has announced that more than 535 members of the nation 's 24,000-strong military have been forced out in the past six months due to their suspected involvement in the drug trade . Among the generals forced to retire was the former head of the nation 's top anti-drug agency , the Dominican National Drug Control , known by its Spanish acronym DNCD . In his state-of-the-nation speech Friday , Fernandez said , `` In the Dominican Republic -- listen well -- narcotrafficking will not pass . '' Despite the president 's strong words , many Dominican citizens and outside analysts said narcotrafficking already has taken hold . `` The situation in the Dominican Republic is that organizations that are supposedly involved in"}
-{"answer":"Cuba 's everyday problems on the communist regime led by Fidel Castro and the island 's socialist economy . The island 's transportation woes , for example , were the topics of jabs such as , `` Some go around in Mercedes , some in -LRB- Russian-built -RRB- Ladas , but the system forces almost everyone to hitch rides . '' The sign -- erected in 2006 by the Bush administration and billed as a way to circumvent censorship and , the administration said , offer hope and freedom to Cubans oppressed by a brutal regime -- fueled a propaganda war with Fidel Castro , who referred to the U.S. interests section as `` the headquarters of the counterrevolution . '' Calling the ticker an assault on Cuba 's sovereignty by an imperialist bully , an infuriated Fidel Castro marched 1 million Cubans past the interests section in protest , dug up the U.S. mission 's parking lot and blocked the ticker by erecting anti-U.S. billboards and 138 huge black flags to commemorate victims of so-called U.S. aggression . He promised there would be no contact between U.S.-based diplomats in Havana and Cuba 's foreign ministry until the sign came","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was the U.S. government 's version of the ticker in New York 's Times Square , blasting Havana 's main seaside strip with anti-Cuba slogans in 5-foot high crimson letters . It symbolized the tit-for-tat diplomatic row between Washington and Havana . Cuban flags flutter in front of the U.S. interests section building in Havana in 2007 . But the ticker at the top of the U.S. interests section in Cuba has gone blank , yet another signal the past half-century of animosity between the two countries is easing . State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said the ticker was turned off in June because it was not considered `` effective '' as a means of delivering information to the Cuban people . The scrolling electronic sign , fitted across 25 windows of the U.S. interests section , ran quotes from American heroes , such as Martin Luther King 's `` I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up , '' and Abraham Lincoln 's `` No man is good enough to govern another man without that other 's consent . '' It also streamed news and political messages that blamed"}
-{"answer":". One U.S. dollar is trading above 300 trillion Zimbabwe dollars . This third attempt to lop off zeros comes barely six months after the Zimbabwe government last adjusted its currency as it continues to lose value . World-record inflation estimated to be in the billions of percent -- but officially at 231 million percent as of July last year -- has quickly eroded the currency 's value again and again . The highest note on the new set is 500 Zimbabwe dollars . Many Zimbabwean traders have stopped accepting the local currency , preferring foreign currency due to the hyperinflationary environment . Last week , the country 's acting finance minister , Patrick Chinamasa , allowed the use of foreign currency by everyone else . Despite the use of foreign currency , the Zimbabwe dollars are in acute shortage , resulting in many people sleeping outside their banks hoping to get money the following day . Regarding the cash shortages , Gono blamed Germany for dropping a contract that helped the country print money . `` The country has suffered bouts of cash shortages , which have disadvantaged both the corporate and household sectors , '' he said .","question":"HARARE , Zimbabwe -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Zimbabwe slashed 12 zeros from its currency as hyperinflation continued to erode its value , the country 's central bank announced Monday . Patrick Chinamasa , Zimbabwe 's acting finance minister , arrives last week at Parliament to present the '09 budget . `` Even in the face of current economic and political challenges confronting the economy , the Zimbabwe dollar ought to and must remain the nation 's currency , so as to safeguard our national identity and sovereignty . ... Our national currency is a fundamental economic pillar of our sovereignty , '' said Gideon Gono , governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe . `` Accordingly , therefore , this monetary policy statement unveils yet another necessary program of revaluing our local currency , through the removal of 12 zeros with immediate effect . '' The move means that 1 trillion in Zimbabwe dollars now will be equivalent to one Zimbabwe dollar . The old notes -- with the highest being 100 trillion dollars -- not enough to buy a loaf of bread -- will remain valid until June 30 , after which they will cease to be legal tender"}
-{"answer":"come to that . `` I realize that I am an aged woman . I do n't have the body nor am I a young woman who can attract anyone , '' she told the newspaper . `` My intention to remarry is to fill my forlornness , '' particularly during the Muslim month of fasting , Ramadan , she said . Malaysian media , which has previously reported on the woman , said Wok has been married 22 times . That would make her marriages last an average of four years . Wok would not discuss past relationships , Murali said . `` Some of her better halves have passed away or have divorced , but she does n't want to talk about them or her children , '' he said . Wok and her current husband , Mohammed Boor Che Musa , hail from the same village and met there . Muhammad , 37 , was quoted in an earlier report as saying the couple fell for each other because it was `` God 's will . '' On Monday , he told The Star that he is still very much in love with his wife and can","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Afraid that her husband will leave her for a younger woman , a 107-year-old Malaysian woman is looking to marry again -- for the 23rd time . Wok Kundor : `` I am an aged woman . I do n't have the body nor am I a young woman who can attract anyone . '' Wok Kundor has been happily married for four years to her husband , a man 70 years her junior . But since he left their village in northern Terengganu state for a drug rehabilitation program in the capital , Kuala Lumpur , Wok has had a gnawing feeling . `` She said that she has been feeling insecure lately and she needs to find out whether he still loves her or not , '' said R.S.N. Murali , a reporter for The Star . The English-language Malaysian daily was among several local media outlets reporting on the lifelong romantic . `` She is worried he might not come back after his program and find himself a younger wife , '' Murali said . If so , Wok has her eyes set on a 50-year-old man , but hopes it does not"}
-{"answer":"Street movement started , authorities had warned protesters they would be arrested if they defied the curfew . Police stood guard at the entrance of Washington Square Park , sending protesters spilling out into nearby streets . They chanted anti-Wall Street slogans and banged drums as they wandered into the night . The arrests came hours after thousands marched to New York 's iconic Times Square on Saturday night , hoisting signs and chanting . Browne described the Times Square rally as orderly . As police cleared the street , protesters chanted , `` We are peaceful '' and `` The whole world is watching . '' In another part of the city , another group of protesters made their voices heard . `` Banks got bailed out , we got sold out , '' chanted a crowd meandering east of the city 's Zuccotti Park , considered a home base for the Manhattan protesters . Columns of police on patrol and atop scooters monitored the march , but as dusk fell , it appeared largely peaceful . In addition to the nationwide rallies , demonstrations have picked up steam , culminating in a global day of protests Saturday in","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police hauled away protesters in various cities Sunday as Occupy Wall Street rallies continued for the 30th day . In Washington , D.C. , 19 people were arrested by Supreme Court Police , a spokeswoman said . New York authorities arrested 14 people for violating a midnight curfew by sitting in a fountain with no water at Washington Square Park . The number was in addition to 78 arrested Saturday in citywide protests . `` It was a classic peaceful sit-in , '' said Paul Browne , the deputy police commissioner . In Chicago , a police spokesman said there were `` multiple '' arrests early Sunday for disorderly conduct and violating an 11 p.m. curfew . And in Minneapolis , a woman was arrested for trespassing , CNN affiliate KARE reported . City police officials declined to comment . About 150 people were camped out under a canopy near city hall after police took away their tents , a Minneapolis protest organizer said . `` It 's cold . We do n't have any protection from the elements , '' said organizer April Lukes-Streich . In New York , where the Occupy Wall"}
-{"answer":", but some see that endorsement as a gilded cage . Formed in 1996 , rap duo `` Doble Filo '' -LRB- `` Double Edged '' -RRB- have been part of the Havana scene since the beginning and work with the Cuban Rap Agency . But rapper Irak Saenz admits there are contradictions in being part of the system . `` It does limit our creative freedom , '' he told CNN . `` The CRA has an agenda that goes with the government 's agenda . It does n't limit me but it does force me to be creative in how I express my ideas . '' Along with fellow Cuban rap duo `` Los Aldeanos '' -LRB- `` The Villagers '' -RRB- `` Doble Filo '' work with U.S. hip hop audio\/visual label , Emetrece Productions . But `` Los Aldeanos '' , who formed in 2003 , are part of a younger generation of Cuban rappers . They do n't belong the CRA , and nor do they want to . They are defiantly underground and outspoken . `` Hip hop is an art form speaks the truth about how people are living , '' says Aldo","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hip hop is one U.S. commodity that has made it past the trade embargo to Cuba . Cuban rap duo `` Doble Filo '' say hip hop allows them to embrace social issues . Cuba has developed a homegrown rap movement , inspired by the sounds and fashions of U.S. hip hop . But what makes Cuban rappers different is that rather than celebrating bling , girls and guns , their lyrics address social issues in a country where free speech is tightly controlled . Cuban rap began to surface in the 1990s , a grassroots affair , with songs recorded in rappers ' bedrooms and distributed on cassette tapes . The island 's fledgling hip hop scene was given a boost in 1999 , when it was endorsed by the government as `` an authentic expression of Cuban Culture . '' In the following years the government set up the Cuban Rap Agency -LRB- CRA -RRB- to promote the scene , as well as a record label , `` Asere Productions , '' and a rap magazine called `` Movimiento . '' Government approval helped Cuban hip hop emerge from the underground"}
-{"answer":"-- a different one . Jaguars , an endangered species , have a breeding population in northern Mexico . Scientists believe there are no more than 120 left in the wild there . It 's believed that since 1910 , the cats are only visitors north of the border . They have been virtually unstudied here until recently . But Glenn and other conservationists worry that the possible return of breeding jaguars to the United States could be stopped in its tracks . The reason : the border fence . Last month the Department of Homeland Security waived 30 environmental laws to finish 470 miles of the fence by the end of the year . Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told Congress that the agency continues to talk to some 600 landowners along the border to get their input . But in order to comply with the congressional mandate , he said , there is no time to deal with `` unnecessary delays caused by administrative processes or potential litigation . '' `` We are currently in a lawless situation at the border , '' says Chertoff . `` I feel an urgency to get this tactical infrastructure in .","question":"DOUGLAS , Arizona -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's a tale of homeland security concerns blocking wildlife management , and the hue and cry that ensues . This photo , taken by Warner Glenn in 1996 , is believed to be the first of a live jaguar in the United States . When most people think of jaguars , they think of the jungles of Central and South America , not the remote desert ranges between the United States and Mexico . That region is known as mountain lion country , and that 's what rancher Warner Glenn thought he was tracking when he saddled up his mules on a summer day 12 years ago near Douglas , Arizona . Glenn has hunted mountain lions for 60 years , since he was eight years old . But Glenn was stunned when he saw what his hunting dogs had chased up to a high mountain perch . The rancher took what 's believed to be the first photo of a live jaguar in the United States . But it was n't his last . In 2006 , some 40 miles away , Glenn and his hunting party again cornered a jaguar"}
-{"answer":"of the mine 's two airtight rescue chambers . `` The rescue teams have taken four breathing apparatuses with them , '' Stricklin said . `` In the best case scenario , we would find four survivors . Once they get in there , we 'll put oxygen masks on the survivors and bring them out . '' At least 25 miners died in Monday afternoon 's explosion in West Virginia , while four others remain missing and two were injured . Rescuers -- 32 of them working in four teams -- got within 500 feet of one of the rescue chambers before having to turn back Thursday , said J. Christopher Adkins , chief operating officer of Massey Energy , the mine 's owner . They were pulled back after it was determined that noxious gas levels were high enough to cause another blast . The readings showed potentially explosive levels of methane and hydrogen and high levels of carbon monoxide . Stricklin said air samples were tested at regular intervals Thursday night and that rising barometric pressure in the wake of a cold front that moved through the region had helped reduce the chances of another blast .","question":"Naoma , West Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Crews planned to pump nitrogen into a West Virginia coal mine as the search resumed early Friday for four miners who may be trapped after a deadly explosion earlier in the week . Kevin Stricklin of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration -LRB- MSHA -RRB- said crews would neutralize potentially explosive air in the Upper Big Branch coal mine with nitrogen , allowing rescuers to go back in and remain there even if an explosive mixture builds again in the air . The hope , though slim , is that the four missing miners were able to survive by entering one of the chambers , which were stocked with enough food , water and air to keep 15 miners alive for four days . `` We committed to the families that we wanted to get into the chambers within 96 hours and we 're trying to everything in our power to do that without taking a chance on the rescue teams , and I think this is the way to do it , '' Stricklin said . Officials said the rescue teams will make `` a mad dash '' to one"}
-{"answer":"a comic book with sound effects , page turns and even voiceover . Gibson himself voices the title character , a masked , dagger-hurling hero described as the `` embodiment of raw justice and vengeance . '' Gibson 's new hobby is another example of Hollywood 's love affair with comic books . Just last month , Walt Disney Studios acquired Marvel Entertainment -- and all 5,000 of the comic book company 's characters -- for $ 4 billion in cash and stock . With the success of action films based on comic book notables , including `` Batman , '' `` Iron Man '' and `` Wolverine , '' it 's not a stretch to think that Gibson might be strapping on the `` Mayhem '' costume for a summer blockbuster in the future . But for now , Gibson is focused on the early stages of his new venture . Although he would not provide details on sales figures , he did say that worldwide sales of `` Mayhem '' would `` knock your socks off . '' The following is an edited version of the interview . CNN : What turned you on to comic books ?","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tyrese Gibson is far from the first singer to make the transition from music to movies . However , the `` Transformers '' star is blazing a whole new trail with his latest crossover venture . Tyrese Gibson voices `` Mayhem , '' a hero described as the `` embodiment of raw justice and vengeance . '' The actor\/singer\/model has partnered with Apple to develop his own comic book series called `` Mayhem , '' and he 's doing it in a very nontraditional way -- digitally . `` There was an experience that I felt was pretty limiting as far as the comic book experience itself on paper , '' says Gibson , who stresses that he did not grow up reading comic books and is not a comic book veteran . '' -LSB- So -RSB- I set up this technology with my team and this is the first-ever digital comic book -LSB- on iTunes -RSB- in the history of comic books . '' The third issue of `` Mayhem , '' which is downloadable from iTunes , is the first to go digital . It features an interactive version of"}
-{"answer":", with one man noting they had voted for Specter before the senator switched parties this year . One woman prompted a standing ovation by telling Specter : `` I do n't believe this is just health care . This is about the systematic dismantling of this country . ... I do n't want this country turning into Russia , turning into a socialized country . What are you going to do to restore this country back to what our founders created , according to the Constitution ? '' See a comparison of different countries ' plans '' Specter responded by noting his support for the Constitution as a past chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on issues such as warrantless wiretaps . `` When you ask me to defend the Constitution , that 's what I 've been doing , '' Specter said . Specter said that overhauling the health care system is about America taking care of all of its people . `` In our social contract , we have provisions that see to it that you take care of people who need some help , '' he said . Several people asked if a health care bill","question":"LEBANON , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A hostile crowd shouted questions and made angry statements Tuesday at a town hall meeting on health care in Pennsylvania led by Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter . Sen. Arlen Specter , left , answers questions Tuesday during a forum in Lebanon , Pennsylvania . The meeting drew an overflow of about 250 people , with more gathered outside the hall to demonstrate for and against President Obama 's push to expand health insurance for 46 million people without coverage while bringing down costs . It was the latest in a series of emotional public meetings on the health care issue that have prompted Obama and Democratic leaders to complain of a campaign by opponents to drown out the debate with unruly disruptions . At one point , Specter shouted into his microphone that demonstrators disrupting the proceedings would be thrown out . `` We 're not going to tolerate any demonstrations or any booing , '' he said after one audience member shoved another making an unsolicited speech . `` So it 's up to you . '' Watch the shouting and shoving '' Many in the crowd identified themselves as conservative Republicans"}
-{"answer":"-- and perhaps that 's the point of asking the question -- but it would be foolish to ignore other aspects of the Games that contribute to making the event happen . Although the presence of public officials at host-city bids shows the International Olympic Committee that they are behind the bid and will be supportive , such appearances are not required . On Friday , President Obama , a Chicago , Illinois , resident for many years , will arrive in Copenhagen , Denmark -LRB- his wife is already there -RRB- , to support and try to persuade the IOC voters in favor of the 2016 Chicago bid . Obama 's visit to Copenhagen will make him the first U.S. president to attend an Olympic host-city vote . His visit will not be the first by a president -LRB- or prime minister -RRB- whose country went on to win a bid for the Games . British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife were in Singapore lobbying IOC members for the 2012 Summer Games host-city vote when London was awarded the event . Two years later , Russian President Vladimir Putin went to the host-city vote in Guatemala when","question":"Editor 's note : Sarah Hughes won the gold medal in figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , Utah , and is a graduate of Yale University . Medalist Sarah Hughes says the Games are about excellence and unity . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What are the first thoughts that pop into your mind when you hear the word Olympics ? Probably something synonymous with excellence , greatness , excitement , achievement . Maybe it 's the striking image of Nadia Comaneci scoring a perfect 10 etched in your mind , or the experience of following Michael Phelps ' quest to win a record-breaking eight gold medals last summer in Beijing , China . Or is it the thrill of watching the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team winning the gold medal in Lake Placid , stacked up against unimaginable odds , that occupies that space ? I could go on and on , but whatever image the Olympics has for you is probably accompanied by a feeling of pride , happiness , joyfulness , maybe even a childlike glee . Sometimes it 's the simple way you can sum up your response to the question"}
-{"answer":"some areas , '' said Wilma Lacaden , a member of the World Vision organization , in a statement . `` Homes constructed of light materials were blown away . In many areas , there is no electricity , and rivers have overflowed , making some towns and villages inaccessible . '' World Vision staffers handed out food and candles to 200 families on Saturday night , and plan to assist another 350 families in nearby Zambales on Sunday , distributing relief packs of food and water , the statement said . Parma , known locally as Typhoon Pepeng , made landfall Saturday afternoon in a rural region of fishermen and farmers in Luzon . Tens of thousands of people fled their homes for safer shelter . Winds whipped the coastline and felled power lines in northernmost Cagayan Province . Debris littered the roads , making evacuations more difficult . Read about the fate of a farming community in Cagayan Parma avoided a direct hit on heavily populated Manila . In the capital city on Sunday , it was sunny , Manila resident Arturo Fidelino said in an e-mail to CNN , adding the last few days have been ``","question":"CABANATUAN CITY , Philippines -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Typhoon Parma crossed the northern tip of the already storm-battered Philippines over the weekend , triggering landslides that killed at least 12 people , local media reported Sunday . Residents paddle boats through the streets of Santa Cruz , south of Manila . At least three other deaths related to the storms were confirmed earlier . Among the latest victims were children ages 8 and 10 , a local reporter who was at the scene of both landslides told CNN . The storm is expected to stall for at least three days north of Luzon -- the largest of the Philippine islands -- dumping more rain on the island nation still reeling from a typhoon last week , said CNN meteorologist Ivan Cabrera . Heavy rains will remain , but wind will not be much of a factor , Cabrera said . At 11 p.m. ET on Saturday , Parma had maximum sustained winds of 120 kph -LRB- 74 mph -RRB- , Cabrera said . Aid agencies were in the area assisting survivors . `` There are many uprooted trees , as well as down power lines , making roads impassable in"}
-{"answer":"your images So far , the movement 's success is in the eye of the beholder . Tea Party activists running for office have yet to make much impact in the Republican primaries , and Stupak rejected the notion that the Tea Party played a role in his decision to step down . Tea Party changes tone , not outcome of Texas primary But House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer admitted Tuesday that the protests and rallies by the Tea Party across the country are having an impact on lawmakers ' decisions about running for another term . `` Do I think that negative atmosphere that 's been created by the Tea Party and by others certainly goes into the thinking of members ? I think it does . I think you honestly have to point out that it does , '' Hoyer said . Hoyer : Tea Party having an impact The Tea Party developed last year in protest to what its supporters saw as overspending in Washington -- by Republicans and Democrats -- following the stimulus bill , the bank bailouts and President Obama 's budget . Fueled by anger at the government and fear of where the country","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As Tax Day approaches , Tea Party activists are uniting to voice the message they 've been honing for more than a year : It 's time to reduce the size of government , honor the Constitution and return to fiscal responsibility in Washington . The Tea Party Express ' third cross-country tour brings activists to Boston , Massachusetts , on Wednesday , before culminating with an anti-tax rally at the nation 's capital on Thursday . The `` Just Vote Them Out ! '' tour has weaved through areas represented by vulnerable Democrats , bringing thousands to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid 's hometown in Nevada on its opening day . The tour 's other top target -- Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan -- announced his retirement the same day the tour was in his turf . Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin was the top draw at the Boston event . Republican Sen. Scott Brown , whose winning Massachusetts campaign was infused by the Tea Party , turned down his invitation to the event , although his office said he wished the rally success . Are you at a Tea Party rally ? Share"}
-{"answer":"home , '' said Mark Davis , whose two-story Rancho Bernardo house burned to the ground . `` It was us . We had been there 28 years , and it had a lot of our flavor . '' The change in the weather also meant that firefighting aircraft -- grounded for most of the week by the winds -- could finally fly . California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Capt. Scott McLean called the droning sound of aircraft the `` sound of joy . '' `` Their drops are hitting their mark because the wind is not there , '' he said . The rate of burning had slowed significantly by Wednesday . Still , the fire damage increased to 434,543 acres , said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger . Watch Schwarzenegger give a progress report '' That amounted to 679 square miles , or about 10 times the size of Washington , D.C. By Wednesday evening , the largest fire -- the Witch in northern San Diego County -- was 10 percent contained . It burned about 196,000 acres before combining with the smaller Poomacha blaze . Seven fires among the 22 counted Wednesday were contained . See where","question":"SAN DIEGO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Conditions that created what California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dubbed `` the perfect storm for fire '' eased Wednesday , helping firefighters gain ground against devastating Southern California wildfires . A plane drops fire retardant on the fourth day of a wildfire pushed by winds through Pauma Valley , California . Winds that gusted as much as 101 mph on Sunday dropped to about 30 mph Wednesday evening . Meanwhile , the dry Santa Ana winds that have fanned the flames , changed direction and began blowing inland from the Pacific Ocean , increasing the humidity and easing the burden on almost 8,900 firefighters in the area . But the destruction was taking its toll on the men and women on the front lines of the fires . `` It hurts us to have those homes lost . It hurts us to have those injuries . And it is frustrating for us to watch our community be devastated by this , '' said firefighter Andy Menshek . As conditions improved , officials allowed people to return to communities that had been off-limits because of intense flames and dense smoke . `` It was"}
-{"answer":"that he planned to take things slowly following the operation . `` I 'm very happy about the results , '' he told www.Ferrari.com before returning home to Sao Paulo . `` After the small surgery , in the next few days I can finally start to go to the gym to get back into shape and drive some tests in karts . `` On the track with a Formula One single-seater ? Let 's take it step by step . At the moment I 'm concentrating on taking up physical activities , which is a great step forward . '' Ferrari said Massa was expected to be at 100 percent fitness in time for the 2010 season , but gave no indication whether he would return to racing this year -- he has , however , indicated that he would like to drive at his home Brazilian Grand Prix on October 18 . His replacement , test driver Luca Badoer , is not expected to drive at the Italian Grand Prix two weekends away after finishing last in his two races so far . Badoer , who stepped into the breach when F1 legend Michael Schumacher was unable to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Injured Formula One star Felipe Massa is looking forward to taking his first steps towards driving again after passing a series of mental and physical tests in Miami . Felipe Massa has been given the all-clear to begin training as he bids to return to the race track . His team Ferrari reported on its Web site on Tuesday that the Brazilian , who suffered horrific head wounds in Hungary in July , had come through the tests satisfactorily on Monday . `` The checks -LRB- which included neurometric , impact and cognitive capacity tests -RRB- all had a positive outcome , just like the eye exam : everything is in order for Felipe to get back to racing , '' the statement said . `` Now there has just to be carried out some plastic surgery at the brain box , where the spring at the accident at the Hungaroring hit his helmet . `` The surgery will take place in the upcoming days . After a short convalescence Felipe can then gradually start with physical preparations . '' The 28-year-old , who finished second in last year 's drivers ' world championship , said"}
-{"answer":"he and Hill were pleased with the new indictment . `` We look forward to a conviction as Tasha and her 7-year-old daughter move forward to recover from this heinous incident , '' he said . West 's lawyer , Larry King , had no comment about the indictment , according his assistant . Hill , 35 , said the attack occurred after she warned West to be careful after almost hitting her 7-year-old daughter with the restaurant 's door as she was leaving . West , according to a police report , admitted striking Hill `` after she spit on me and accused me of trying to hit her daughter with a door . '' During an interview on CNN following the attack , Jones denied that she spat on West or did `` anything to provoke the attack . '' Hill , an African-American , told police that West , 47 , yelled racial epithets at her during the attack . Police said witnesses confirmed her account . `` He did punch me with a closed fist repeated times . My head is still hurting today . I have knots on my head , '' Hill told CNN","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man accused of screaming racial slurs while beating an Army reservist in front of her daughter outside a restaurant in Morrow , Georgia , was jailed and held without bond Wednesday after being indicted on felony charges . Troy Dale West Jr , of Poulan , Georgia , is being held without bond on new felony charges . Troy Dale West Jr. , of Poulan , Georgia , is facing one count of aggravated assault , two counts of battery , two counts of disorderly conduct , false imprisonment and cruelty to children for allegedly beating Tashawnea Hill outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant on September 9 , according to a Clayton County Court online docket . West had been arrested on misdemeanor charges following the incident , but Clayton County District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson took the the case to a grand jury asking for more serious charges . Hill 's attorney Kip Jones told CNN that several hundred supporters , believed to be with the NAACP , Al Sharpton 's Political Action Network and Rainbow Push , gathered outside the courtroom Wednesday morning in support of more serious charges against West . Jones said"}
-{"answer":"in London , Monaco , Switzerland and Japan . The original , Ladur\u00e9e Royale on Rue Royale , does n't open until 8:30 am -LRB- and later on Sundays -RRB- , so for early morning pastries drop into the Champs-Elysees store which opens at 7:30 am every day . The queues at Paris ' most famous art gallery , the Louvre , are notorious so impatient visitors are advised to go to the Mus\u00e9e de l'Orangerie , set in the historic Jardin des Tuileries . You wo n't see the Mona Lisa , but the gallery does boast a collection of Claude Monet 's Water Lilies . The queues are shorter the earlier you go and to really beat the crowds pre-book your time slot online . Head north to have your own images sketched by street artists in Montmartre , a former stomping ground for famous names including Salvador Dali , Claude Monet , Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh . Drop into the Basilique du Sacr\u00e9 Coeur to pray , light a candle or simply enjoy the spectacular views over Paris . From there , visit Rue Lepic where you will find Caf\u00e9 des Deux Moulins , where","question":"PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Truly appreciating the beauty of Paris is a pleasure that ca n't be hurried . Stop , breathe , appreciate and perhaps kiss in the romantic city of Paris . Take time to wander down its wide boulevards , savour every sip of strong , black coffee and resist the temptation to fall into step with the throng of tourists and sightseers . Our advice to anyone who finds themselves with 24 hours to spare in the French capital is to stop , breathe , appreciate and indulge . Start the day with a walk down the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es . For some , it retains the title of the world 's most beautiful avenue . For others , the road 's historical charm has been blighted by the arrival of global brands , traffic and tourists . Sunrise offers the history without the hurry . Take a leisurely stroll down its expansive pavements and look up for impressive architecture without fear of bumping into shoppers . Treat yourself to breakfast at one of Paris ' oldest tea salons . Ladur\u00e9e was founded as a family business in 1862 and now appears in luxurious locales"}
-{"answer":"of Maine , between 10 and 18 inches of snow was expected to fall Sunday and Monday , the weather service said . Whiteout conditions were expected at night , with wind gusts of up to 45 mph , the weather service said . The Minnesota Department of Transportation ordered snowplow drivers off the road until Sunday morning in 13 southwest counties , because of poor visibility , blowing snow and wind gusts up to 40 mph , an agency spokeswoman said Saturday . The western U.S. has also been hit with the cold blast . Parts of Washington saw 2 to 3 feet of snow last week . On Friday , two buses carrying 80 people collided on a road in Seattle and crashed through a metal railing , where they hung over a freeway for several hours before two trucks rescued them . Many roads in Walla Walla , Washington , had yet to be plowed by Saturday , and the only practical way to drive on them was to have chains on tires , iReporter Aaron Cloward said . Watch how driving has been difficult in Walla Walla '' Cloward , a native of Salt Lake City","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Snowstorms and icy conditions on Sunday delayed flights across the northern United States , caused havoc on roads and left thousands without electricity . A worker shovels snow as the storm hits Chicago , Illinois . At least one death has been attributed to storms that hit all over the country in the past week . A 44-year-old Massachusetts man died Friday when a tree limb weighed down by snow fell on him , authorities said . Forecasters say there 's more cold weather to come . Authorities urged motorists in north-central and northeast Iowa to stay off roads because of poor visibility caused by blowing snow . Authorities prohibited tow trucks from operating on U.S. Highway 20 , near the border with Minnesota , because of concerns the tow trucks would get stuck . Forecasters said wind chills of 20 below and 30 below zero were possible in much of the rest of the Midwest , prompting wind chill advisories and warnings for the region into Monday morning . Blizzard warnings also were expected to be in effect into Monday for parts of Maine and western parts of Michigan 's lower peninsula . In much"}
-{"answer":"relief here , '' Rivers said . Many Libyans were concerned that a free Gadhafi might play a role in destabilizing Libya in the future , he said . In Sirte -- Gadhafi 's hometown and the city where he was discovered -- video showed people gathering in celebration , some riding on the tops of cars waving Libyan flags and shooting guns in the air as horns honked . One man , dressed in fatigues and carrying a weapon , ran up and kissed a television camera . Others chanted , danced and waved their hands in the air , some flashing the `` peace '' sign . Many had suspected Gadhafi was hiding in Sirte after revolutionary forces took Tripoli in August . He had not been seen in public in months . A former regime loyalist who did not want to be identified said in an e-mail to CNN that Gadhafi 's death was `` good for the Libyan people '' because both his supporters and opponents `` can see a valid point in his death that they can relate to , although for different reasons . '' His supporters , he said , can find ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Libyans erupted in jubilation Thursday from the very first incomplete reports that ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi was dead . A `` cacophony of celebration '' could be heard in Tripoli as ships and cars blasted their horns and shots were fired into the air , said CNN 's Dan Rivers . `` It is very , very loud -- a lot of excitement , '' Rivers said . `` It 's a great moment , '' said Mahmoud Shammam , information minister for Libya 's National Transitional Council . `` I 've been waiting for this moment for decades , and I 'm thanking God that I 'm alive to see this moment . '' Video footage showed a Tripoli street where people embraced and jumped in joy and crowds ran alongside vehicles . Other rejoicing people were hanging out of car windows and sunroofs and gathered in the beds of pickup trucks . The sound of cheering could be heard , along with a call to prayer . Outside a hotel , staff including chefs wearing their white hats gathered , dancing and waving Libyan flags . `` They 're breathing a huge sigh of"}
-{"answer":"and two of them also were charged with kidnapping , Thomas said . All the suspects except for the 14-year-old live in the same apartment complex , according to Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill . The victim and the boys charged are all from refugee families that have come to the United States from the war-torn West African nation of Liberia , police said . Detectives said the girl was placed in the custody of Phoenix child protective services after the attack because of her parents ' attitude toward her . `` The parents felt that they had been shamed or embarrassed by their child , '' Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill said . The Phoenix Police Department has a community response unit that assists with such sensitive cases . `` They made some initial contacts with the refugee community . They acted as liaison and were present when the child protective services agency took the victim , '' Hill said . Protective services officers `` will determine what 's going to happen in the days ahead and they 'll look at the past history with that family , if there is one , '' he said . CNN affiliate","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With four Phoenix , Arizona , boys ages 9 to 14 charged with sexual assault on an 8-year-old girl , a prosecutor vowed Thursday his office will `` seek justice for the young victim in this heartrending situation . '' Police say a girl was lured to a storage shed at an apartment complex where she was sexually assaulted . `` This is a deeply disturbing case that has gripped our community , '' said Maricopa County attorney Andrew Thomas . According to Phoenix police , the girl was lured to a storage shed at an apartment complex on July 16 . The four boys , who had offered the girl chewing gum , allegedly restrained and sexually assaulted her . At a news conference about the case Wednesday , police did not release any information on the girl 's condition , but officers called the case one of the worst they have investigated in many years . The 14-year-old was charged as an adult and will face two counts of sexual assault and one count of kidnapping , Thomas said Thursday . The other three boys were charged in juvenile court with sexual assault ,"}
-{"answer":"some communities , a single school takes on its own problem . In others , like Jacksonville , Florida , and Niagara Falls , New York , the battle is system wide . And New Jersey is about to institute a statewide system , targeting six cities with the worst truancy problems . The DeKalb County program , started in May 2006 , was designed to get children from the age of 6 to 16 back in class . If a child has 10 or more unexcused absences from school , parents are referred to an intervention program where they sign a contract agreeing to make sure their children get to class . If they fail to do that , they face the judge . According the county solicitor general 's office , around 300 families have gone to court so far . Watch how a Georgia mother ends up in handcuffs '' Most of the parents who are cited are charged with educational neglect , said DeKalb County Solicitor-General Robert James . Most of those charged plead guilty and get probation , he said . The probation usually involves parenting classes , counseling , and follow-up visits for progress","question":"DECATUR , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police quietly wait by the front door of the small , brick suburban Atlanta home as investigators tell 48-year-old Lajuana Robinson , a mother of nine , `` I 'm going to have to put you in handcuffs . '' Investigators take a woman from her Decatur , Georgia , home after her arrest in a truancy case . She 's charged with violating her parole in a truancy case because three of her younger children have missed hundreds of days of school combined . While students have always suffered the consequences of playing hooky , parents in DeKalb County , Georgia , are facing one of the more aggressive anti-truancy programs in the country , one where punishment can include time behind bars . DeKalb 's program is one of a growing list targeting truancy in U.S. schools , said Jodi Heilbrunn , senior research and policy analyst at The National Center for School Engagement . `` Ten years ago , there were n't too many anti-truancy programs , but now they are springing up like rabbits , '' Heilbrunn said , and `` they come in many varieties . '' In"}
-{"answer":"as the state of Delaware -- in exchange for a 9 percent cut of the plantation 's profits . In theory , this setup seemed like one of Ford 's ideas that would shake out pretty well , and in 1928 , Ford sent a barge full of supplies from Michigan down to his new plantation town , which was dubbed '' Fordlandia . '' Growing rubber in the jungle Unfortunately for Ford 's stockholders , though , the captain of industry did n't always have a great eye for detail . -LRB- One famous story about Ford was that he disliked accountants so fiercely that he never had his company audited . By the end of his tenure , the Ford Motor Company allegedly had no idea exactly how much it cost to build a car . -RRB- Ford did n't check to see if the plantation was suitable for growing rubber . According to Greg Grandin , author of `` Fordlandia : The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford 's Forgotten Jungle City , '' Ford never consulted any sort of expert on rubber cultivation ; he just sent a bunch of supplies and managers into the jungle","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- We remember Henry Ford as the automotive magnate who perfected assembly line technology , but he also dabbled in ambitious social programs , including one in which he hired ex-convicts straight out of Sing Sing to staff his factories . Henry Ford , pictured in 1942 , unsuccessfully attempted to increase the rubber supply with a plantation in Brazil . Although many of these efforts were successful , Ford 's ill-fated foray into the Brazilian jungle was a notable and fascinating exception . The plan If you 're going to make millions of cars , you 're going to need an awful lot of rubber . In 1927 , Ford came up with a novel plan : He 'd solve his rubber problem and test out his lofty theories about social planning . If everything went well , he could craft both a utopia full of healthy , productive workers and a direct pipeline of coveted rubber to Detroit . Ford approached the task with characteristic zeal . He talked the Brazilian government into granting him 10,000 square kilometers of land in the Amazon rain forest -- a plot that was nearly twice as big"}
-{"answer":", '' Kershaw said . `` We thought the insurgency was far too deep for us to be able to effectively root it out and develop the relationship with the locals . '' As happened in Anbar province to the west , local Sunni leaders from this town south of Baghdad finally turned on the al Qaeda extremists in their midst when the death and destruction became too much to bear . `` Killing people , stealing goats , everything , you name it , '' said Sheik Hamid Karbouli , when asked why he and his men now oppose al Qaeda . Karbouli has recruited some 150 volunteers to man checkpoints and carry guns . Sunni sheik lists grievances against al Qaeda '' The U.S. military calls the men concerned local citizens . `` I have n't had more than one IED destroy a vehicle in an area where concerned citizens were located ... in the past two months , '' Kershaw said . To further encourage local tribesmen to turn against al Qaeda , the U.S. military pays local sheiks to provide security in their area ; they receive up to $ 10 per man . It 's","question":"YUSUFIYAH , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Until recently , Yusufiyah was among the most dangerous places in Iraq . U.S. Col. Michael Kershaw meets with Sunni leaders in Yusufiyah , formerly a hot spot for insurgent activity . Located in the so-called `` triangle of death , '' a violent area south of Baghdad , it was the site of frequent clashes between coalition forces and Sunni fighters . In May , two U.S. soldiers went missing in Yusufiyah and were never found , despite a massive search . But today , Sunni tribal leaders in this town cooperate with U.S. forces in their battle against foreign fighters and al Qaeda in Iraq . `` It 's all the roll of the dice . It 's people and politics all intertwined down here , '' said Col. Michael Kershaw , commander of the Second Brigade , 10th Mountain Division . Kershaw now greets his former enemies with kisses , hears their grievances , spends time in their homes and even shares meals with them . He is surprised at how far relations have progressed . `` Our hope a year ago was to establish very basic inroads down here"}
-{"answer":", and I knew how to pray . And I just started praying for someone ; for God to please send me an angel . '' Andersen recalls one particular morning last October when her customer 's normally cheerful demeanor had changed . `` I could tell that she just was n't feeling real well , '' said Andersen . `` So I asked her what was wrong . '' Across the counter , Ausnes confided in her barista : Her kidneys were failing rapidly and no one in her family was a match . Without hesitation , Andersen said she would test for her . Ausnes remembers the moment vividly . `` She threw her hands up in the air . She said , ` I 'm testing . I 'm going to test for you . ' And it was a complete shock to me . '' Even more so because Andersen did n't even know Ausnes ' name . Andersen ca n't explain it either . `` I just knew in my heart , I ca n't tell you why . I knew I had to find out as much info as possible , '' recalls Andersen","question":"TACOMA , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At a time when she really needed a miracle , Annamarie Ausnes found one in an unusual place . Sandra Andersen , right , donated a kidney to Annamarie Ausnes . Last fall , Ausnes , 55 , was one of nearly 75,000 Americans in need of a kidney . Today , she is recovering from a successful kidney transplant -- thanks to her local Starbucks barista . Sandra Andersen only knew Ausnes as her upbeat morning customer who always ordered a short cup of coffee . What Andersen did n't know was that Ausnes suffers from a genetic kidney disease called polycystic kidney disease . When both of her kidneys began failing , she was placed on a kidney transplant waiting list . `` I was kinda losing a little hope , '' said Ausnes . Her next step would be dialysis . `` I 'd read the statistics . People have been waiting on dialysis for many , many years before a donor comes forth . I felt like the control was being taken away from me , '' Ausnes said . `` But I did have control over one thing"}
-{"answer":"with restaurants that had iPad kiosks to take your order in the gate area and have your food delivered there . Overall , the airport offered more electrical outlets than any other and `` decent '' free Wi-Fi . The country 's busiest airport , Georgia 's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International -LRB- ATL -RRB- , came in third place . The electrical outlets available to passengers totaled 1,377 , an average 8.1 per gate . No. 20 on the `` best '' list ? Oregon 's Portland International , which managed to rate in all categories despite what PCWorld called its `` painfully slow -LRB- but free -RRB- airport Wi-Fi . '' PCWorld researchers visited 3,300 gates , testing more than 17,000 electrical outlets , 5,000 USB ports and 1,350 charging stations during an audit of the 40 busiest airports in the United States . Auditors also conducted hundreds of tests of airport Wi-Fi and cellular broadband service . Among the airports that did n't make the top 20 list , Denver International came in last , at No. 40 . The exhaustive study took nearly four months and examined the features , or lack thereof , that were common frustrations","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Are airports equipped for the crunch of tech-savvy holiday travelers ? Not really , according to a report from the folks at PCWorld , who say that only a fraction of the country 's airports are ready for takeoff when it comes to meeting passengers ' electronic needs . `` Overall , I would give the top 40 airports a C grade for accommodating tech-savvy travelers , '' senior editor Mark Sullivan said . `` The airports , together , offer an average of 5.5 outlets per gate . When you consider that most people are now carrying devices that need wireless service and battery charge-up , this number is woefully low . '' Dallas\/Fort Worth International -LRB- DFW -RRB- tops the magazine 's `` 20 Best U.S. Airports for Tech Travelers '' list released this week . The airport got decent marks across all categories , and its Wi-Fi and cellular signals helped it edge out the competition . Following close behind is New York 's JFK International -LRB- JFK -RRB- , whose $ 800 million Terminal 5 wowed researchers . Delta Air Lines ' terminals 2 and 3 at JFK also impressed them ,"}
-{"answer":"immediately accepted his invitation and was given a guided `` step-by-step '' tour of where the rampage took place and shown where their son died . `` It was extremely emotional . They wanted to hear the details . I kept telling them I would stop with details , but they wanted to hear them , '' he told CNN in a phone interview this week . At one point , the parents also met with security guard Jeanne Assam , who shot their son in the leg before he turned his gun on himself . The parents thanked Assam for her swift action and for helping save more lives , said Casey Nikoloric , a Murray family spokeswoman and long-time friend . `` They told Assam that they were so deeply sorry she had to do what she did , '' said Nikoloric . `` There were tears , lots of embraces , prayers . '' The visit , she said , was `` very , very , very important '' in the healing process for the Murrays as they deal with the loss of their son and the terror he inflicted . Boyd agreed . `` I thought","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pastor Brady Boyd calls it the `` highlight of my ministry '' -- seeing the parents of the man who shot up his church be embraced by the parents of two teenage sisters who were killed in the attack . A former roommate took this photo of Matthew Murray performing in a 2002 Christmas program . `` The four of them met and hugged and cried , '' said Boyd , the senior pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs , Colorado . `` It made me evaluate my own life and think , ` Is there anyone I 'm not forgiving ? ' '' Boyd was referring to a meeting on January 3 between Ron and Loretta Murray , whose 24-year-old son Matthew carried out the December 9 attack at New Life Church , and David and Marie Works , whose daughters , Stephanie , 18 , and Rachael , 16 , were killed in the rampage . David Works also was wounded in the shootings . Learn more about the victims '' The pastor said he invited the Murrays to visit the New Life campus after praying over the holidays . The family"}
-{"answer":"ask `` tough questions '' before deciding whether to send additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan , saying it was necessary to have a clear strategy in place before deploying resources . Watch Obama talk with Letterman '' He said his `` No. 1 job '' is to make sure the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11 , 2001 , attacks can never harm the United States again . Asked about the economy , Obama called the $ 787 billion economic stimulus package passed in his first month in office a `` tourniquet '' that prevented the recession from getting worse . Complete economic recovery will take time , he warned , but added that the situation appeared to be getting better . On the hostile debate over his push to overhaul the nation 's health care system , Obama disagreed with the analysis by some that the public anger against him is fueled by racism . He drew a big laugh by pointing out he was black before he became president , then noted that his election by the American public `` tells you ... a lot about where the country is at . '' `` I think that what","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama mixed policy discussion with personal reflections on his daughters and , yes , a few jokes in an appearance on CBS ' `` Late Show With David Letterman . '' President Obama jokes with David Letterman in New York in an interview taped Monday afternoon . It was the first time a sitting president has been a guest on the popular late-night entertainment show , according to the CBS Web site . It was taped Monday afternoon . After taking the stage to a huge ovation , Obama teased Letterman about being surprised to see the event on his daily schedule , saying : `` That 's one of those where you ask your advisers , ` Who 's responsible for this ? ' '' Later , when talking about summer activities of daughters Malia , 11 , and Sasha , 8 , Obama said that they `` goofed off , '' which he added was something he could n't do . Letterman quickly quipped : `` Well , others have , '' prompting a big laugh from both the audience and the president . On topical issues , Obama promised to"}
-{"answer":"case , there 's a patient who turned out to be positive for the swine-flu virus , with the exception that at that time in no region of the world it had been established as an etiological , epidemic cause , '' said Mexico Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova . Edgar has managed to bounce back from his symptoms and playfully credits ice cream for helping him feel better . His mother blamed a huge pig farm in the neighborhood for the virus . Officials have conducted tests at the farm owned by U.S. company Smithfield Foods , and those tests came back negative . Swine influenza , or flu , is a contagious respiratory disease that affects pigs . When the flu spreads person to person , instead of from animals to humans , it can continue to mutate , making it harder to treat or fight , because people have no natural immunity . Symptoms include fever , runny nose , sore throat , nausea , vomiting and diarrhea . Learn more about swine flu and how to treat it '' Common seasonal flu kills 250,000 to 500,000 people every year worldwide , far more than the current","question":"LA GLORIA , Mexico -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tucked away in this small mountain village in Mexico , off a dusty road flanked by pig farms , is where the earliest case of swine flu -- a virus spreading globally -- was confirmed . Five-year-old Edgar Hernandez , known as `` patient zero , '' survived the earliest documented case of swine flu . Meet the child known as `` patient zero '' by his doctors -- 5-year-old Edgar Hernandez , who survived the earliest documented case of swine flu in an outbreak that , officials say , has now spread across four continents . His family lives in the 3,000-population village of La Gloria in the state of Veracruz , where a flu outbreak was reported on April 2 . State officials arrived and tested dozens of people . Lab tests confirmed that Edgar was the only patient in Veracruz to test positive for the swine flu virus ; the others had contracted a common flu . Health officials had returned to Edgar 's sample only after cases of the new flu strain were spotted around the country . Watch Dr. Gupta meet little Edgar '' `` In this"}
-{"answer":"has cut back , it still pays to contribute . Also consider an Individual Retirement Account . You can get your money out any time and , after five years , use it without penalty for a first-time home purchase . Insurance Do n't cut your homeowners insurance thinking that because home values have dropped you do n't need as much coverage . What you 're paying for is the amount it would cost to rebuild your home and replace your belongings . If you need to save , boost your policy 's deductible . Raising it to $ 1,000 from $ 500 could shave 25 percent off the cost . Exercise Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota just completed a study that found that people who go to the gym at least eight times a month have significantly lower health costs than those who do n't . You can get those same benefits by going for a brisk walk , running or riding a bike or by spending less than the cost of a monthly gym membership on a pair of dumbbells . Healthcare Some cuts are fine -- generic drugs instead of name brand , for instance .","question":"-LRB- OPRAH.com -RRB- -- The recession has millions of consumers spending less , saving more and paying off debt . The fact that we are adjusting to the reality of this economy is good news , to be sure . There are items in any budget that can be scaled back easily . Financial expert Jean Chatzky warns there are items you should not cut out of your budget . But there 's some spending areas where you should n't budge . Retirement planning The Pension Rights Center counted about 20 corporations in December that announced changes to their 401 -LRB- k -RRB- plans . Many others have discontinued or downsized their traditional pension plans . If your company is still offering matching dollars , you should keep kicking in money to grab them . `` To get that free money from your employer is so important for the long-term growth of your retirement nest egg . Especially now , with the down market , when you 're dollar-cost averaging in at lower prices , that free money has more value in the long run , '' said Derek Kennedy , a financial planner in Cincinnati . If your company"}
-{"answer":"suspect that criminal gangs are responsible . The agency reports that as many as 2,000 children a year are trafficked to the Dominican Republic , often with their parents ' support . And about 1,000 children are working as spies , messengers or soldiers for armed gangs in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince . Earlier in the month , a demonstration was held in Haiti 's capital after a 16-year-old hostage was murdered and other hostages had been raped and lynched , including infants , UNICEF said . The agency urged officials to take action . `` There is no acceptable motive or rationale for these crimes , as there is no acceptable excuse that they should be allowed to continue with flagrant impunity , '' UNICEF 's Haiti representative , Annamaria Laurini , said in a statement . The agency recently received reports that Iraqi children have been recruited by militia and insurgent groups . `` Girls are increasingly subject to murder , kidnapping and rape , or are being abducted and trafficked within or outside Iraq for sexual exploitation , '' according to the report . In the Central African Republic , the agency reports that armed gangs","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 50 children have been abducted in Haiti since the beginning of the year , adding to a trend of kidnappings in countries affected by violence , according to a United Nations Children 's Fund report . Haitians demonstrate June 4 in Port-au-Prince against the kidnappings and acts of violence in Haiti . `` It is everyone 's duty to ensure children are safe from harm , and governments have a responsibility to enact and enforce measures that provide a protective environment for all children , '' the agency said in a statement released Friday . In countries torn by war , like the Central African Republic , Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq , food shortages and poverty have added to the already hellish conditions children live in . The youngest in unstable countries have become primary targets for armed groups who see them as commodities , the agency said . In Haiti , UNICEF and local officials report that kidnapped children are being raped , tortured and murdered . The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti has been working with the national police force to try to halt such crimes . They"}
-{"answer":"long-term transformation of the economy for sustainability and prosperity -- and both goals can be addressed simultaneously . However , in judging our progress , a simple tally of jobs in `` green sectors '' is only a partial indicator of the impact and thus can be misleading . A lot depends here on definitions . For example , Sherraden cites a 2008 report produced by Global Insight on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors , which identifies a little more than 750,000 green jobs in the United States today . A report in the same year , from the American Solar Energy Society , counts more than 9 million green jobs in the United States . This is not to say that one report is better than the other , but to point out that much difference -- in this case , more than 8 million jobs -- depends on how you count . The critical point Sherraden misses is that it 's not just job creation in new green industries that matter , but also new jobs in traditional industries -- or the retooling of old jobs -- to make those industries greener . A great example","question":"Andrew L. Shapiro is founder and president of GreenOrder , a strategy and management consulting firm that specializes in energy and the environment and is a subsidiary of LRN . Brad Bate and Ted Grozier , consultants at GreenOrder , also contributed to this article . Andrew Shapiro says society should aim to transform all jobs into `` green jobs . '' NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a recent CNN commentary entitled `` Green jobs : hope or hype ? '' Samuel Sherraden argues that green job creation will be insufficient to bring America out of recession . But Sherraden narrowly defines green as a `` sector , '' and fails to see its potential as a strategy for the revitalization of the entire economy . When the public debate is focused around the precise number of green jobs created in , say , a solar panel factory , we miss the opportunity as a country to think more broadly about greening the economy -- and building a foundation for real growth and competitiveness . The aspiration to create `` green jobs '' should really be seen as shorthand for two public priorities -- immediate job creation and"}
-{"answer":"inspector general 's office opened a criminal investigation . On Wednesday , the Archives announced a $ 50,000 reward for information leading to its return . The Archives said no national security information is on the hard drive , nor any original documents . But they said it does contain `` personally identifiable information , '' and they take the loss `` very seriously . '' U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa , R-California , whose staff was briefed on the matter , said the House will hold a hearing Thursday on the incident . `` If they -LSB- the National Archives ' staff -RSB- ca n't handle a hard drive that may be sensitive properly , we need to ask the question , will they handle the most secret materials properly ? '' Issa said . The Archives Wednesday gave the following account of the disappearance : Last October , the hard drive was moved from a `` secure '' storage area to a workspace where it was being used for routine recopying to ensure preservation of the records . But work was halted last year because archivists `` wanted to investigate using automated tools to generate inspection reports . ''","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The National Archives -- a repository of important government documents , including the U.S. Constitution -- has lost a computer hard drive containing large volumes of Clinton administration records , including the names , phone numbers and Social Security numbers of White House staff members and visitors . The National Archives has lost a hard drive containing large volumes of Clinton administration records . Officials at the Archives say they do n't know how many confidential records are on the hard drive . But congressional aides briefed on the matter say it contains `` more than 100,000 '' Social Security numbers , including one belonging to a daughter of then-Vice President Al Gore . It also contains Secret Service and White House operating procedures , the staffers said they were told . The hard drive was last seen in the National Archive 's complex in College Park , Maryland , sometime between October of last year and the first week of February . It was discovered missing in late March , prompting a thorough search for the small , 2.5 pound device , the Archives said . When it could not be located , the"}
-{"answer":"regular clashes with police , but it immediately sparked clashes and riots in Athens and Thessaloniki , the country 's second-largest city . The violence then spread to other municipalities . Watch iReporter John Kountouris ' videos of the violence '' The events have exacerbated the unpopularity of the ruling party and left Greek Prime Minister Konstandinos Karamanlis scrambling to shore up support . Watch crowds gathered for funeral '' On Tuesday , he met with President Karolos Papoulias and cabinet members before briefing political leaders on the country 's security situation . Opposition leader George Papandreou of the left-wing PASOK party said : `` The country does not have a government that can protect its citizens , their rights , or their safety . `` I told Mr. Karamanlis that our society , our citizens are experiencing a multiple crisis : an economic crisis , a social crisis , an institutional crisis , and a crisis of values . And the government is unable to address these crises ; they have lost the confidence of the Greek people . '' See images of anarchy on Greek streets '' Karamanlis ruled out early elections and called for all political parties","question":"ATHENS , Greece -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Protesters clashed with riot police and 10,000 people marched on parliament in Greece as a 15-year-old boy killed by police was buried Tuesday . Tear gas fills the air near where the teen 's funeral service was held . Thousands paid their respects to Alexandros Grigoropoulos at his funeral , but a small number of the protesters there grew violent at the end of the ceremony . Riot police lined up as night fell and a reasonably peaceful candlelight vigil was held in central Athens . Some 10,000 people marched on the country 's parliament Tuesday to express their anger at the teenager 's death , and also other issues like the economy , jobs , and allegations that the government is corrupt . Groups clashed with riot police at the parliament and across central Athens . Street riots started over the weekend after Athens police killed 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos on Saturday . Police said six young protesters pelted a police patrol car with stones , and the teen was shot as he tried to throw a fuel-filled bomb at the officers . The shooting occurred in a neighborhood where there have been"}
-{"answer":"her husband , Martin , is a respected private tax attorney in Washington . Justices Stephen Breyer , John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia are also millionaires . Justice Samuel Alito , the newest member of the high court , also reported income ranging from $ 700,000 to $ 2 million . In the area of reported gifts , Alito cited about $ 500 in `` Italian food and wine '' given to him by a friend , about whom the justice helpfully noted it `` is not likely that he will appear before this court . '' The latest financial records continue to show Justices Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas reporting assets under $ 1 million , not including homes and judicial salaries . Thomas received a one-time boost to his income when his best-selling memoir was released in October . He received the remaining half of a reported million-dollar book advance and traveled extensively on a book promotion and signing tour . Scalia also received an advance for his book on how to be a better appellate lawyer . The amount was relatively paltry compared to his colleague 's : $ 33,000 . The annual records show that","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Most of the Supreme Court justices piled up a lot frequent flyer miles in 2007 , jetting to such exotic locales as Austria , India and Hawaii , according to financial disclosure reports released Friday . The U.S. Supreme Court justices at a shoot for their 2006 `` class photo . '' And they generally have a good bit of spending money for their travels , based on reported investment income . The records , which were released Friday by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts , confirm what has been known for some time : that most of the justices are relatively well-off financially . The eight associate justices make $ 208,100 in annual wages plus income from a variety of resources . Federal judges are not required to publicly release exact income figures , just a general range . The wealthiest justice may be David Souter , with a wise investment he made years ago in a Vermont bank paying off handsomely . His assets in Chittenden Corp. are valued from $ 5 million to $ 25 million . Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 's asset totals are boosted by the fact that"}
-{"answer":"lottery will determine which fans will be invited to purchase tickets , it said . The concert in the Wales Millennium Stadium in Cardiff , which seats 75,000 people , would be at least four hours long , Global Live Events CEO Chris Hunt said . Jackson matriarch Katherine Jackson and the promoter are scheduled to discuss the show 's plans in a live broadcast on CNN Monday . The delay produced grumbling and doubts expressed on Jackson fan websites , but promoters hope the revelation of the lineup will satisfy them . `` Fans of Michael 's music will get the concert they 've been waiting for , '' Hunt said in a message posted on the promoter 's website last week . Two of the five surviving Jackson brothers , Jermaine and Randy , objected to the timing of the show , issuing a sharply worded statement last month that reflected a deep division within the Jackson family . `` We want to make clear that this does not reflect the position of the entire family , '' the two brothers said in a joint statement after their mother and four siblings endorsed the show . `` While","question":"Los Angeles -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Acts signed for October 's tribute concert for Michael Jackson include Christina Aguilera , Leona Lewis , Smokey Robinson , Cee Lo Green and JLS , the promoters told CNN Thursday . Members of the Jackson family taking the stage October 8 in Cardiff , Wales , include several of Michael Jackson 's brothers , `` the next generation of Jacksons , '' and 3T , which consists of Tito Jackson 's three sons . Alternative rock band Alien Ant Farm and British R&B singer Craig David are also on the bill , while other artists will be added in the next few days , according to promoter Global Live Events . `` This announcement is just the beginning , we have many more to announce , '' Global Live Events executive Paul Ring said . `` This concert will unite various generations and musical genres , reminding everyone of just how amazing a talent Michael was . '' With the `` Michael Forever : The Tribute Concert '' lineup now known , fans can start `` registering their interest for tickets '' online at http:\/\/www.michaelforevertribute.com\/ beginning Thursday , the promoter said . A"}
-{"answer":"for Great Britain , told CNN in an exclusive interview . But earlier , he pointed out , at the same time the 15 British troops had been killed , at least 197 Taliban forces had been confirmed killed in fighting . Watch questions being asked about the sacrifices '' `` These casualties are pretty one-sided . Sad though our losses are , they are very small compared to the losses that the enemy is taking , '' he said in an interview at the British Embassy . Stirrup , whose position is equivalent to Adm. Michael Mullen , the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff , said the government wants people to know that the sacrifices are worth it . `` This is a military operation and on military operations , you engage in fighting . That 's why we have militaries and , sadly , you take casualties . The real issue is , first of all , are we getting something of sufficient strategic benefit to justify the price that our people are paying ? '' he said . `` Secondly , are we doing everything we can to ensure that we achieve that strategic","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- July is on track to be the deadliest month yet for British troops supporting Operation Enduring Freedom . Air Chief Marshall Jock Stirrup says the sacrifices of British forces are worth it . So far , 15 British servicemen have died in Afghanistan this month , mostly in connection with Operation Panther 's Claw , the British-led offensive in Helmand province that is mirroring a similar operation by U.S. Marines in the same area . Britain 's deadliest month in Afghanistan so far has been September 2006 , when 19 died -- 14 in a single incident , the crash of a Royal Air Force plane near Kandahar . The sudden spike in British deaths has triggered an outcry in the United Kingdom over the mission there and whether it will be successful . `` Every casualty is sad , every casualty is deeply felt by us in the military . I mean , they are part of our military family . The losses , of course , are felt most by the real families of those involved and the bereavement is terrible , '' Air Chief Marshall Jock Stirrup , the chief of defense staff"}
-{"answer":"says she should ask herself one question before turning down a date . `` Are you willing to be the same thing to him that you 're talking about on that list ? '' he says . `` A lot of women are not . '' In general , do women even need a list ? Steve says single ladies do need to set standards . `` I think lists are great . You 've got to have them . You 've got to know what you 're looking for , '' he says . `` Without standards , you settle for stuff . '' Before you get discouraged , Steve reminds women to stay patient and remember that real men are n't afraid of standards and requirements . `` You 've got to wait on this guy to come along . He 's coming . He 's out there . He 's already created . God has already made him , '' he says . `` He has a job . He 's wearing the clothes you like . He 's walking around . You 're not waiting on him to be born . He exists today . All","question":"-LRB- OPRAH.com -RRB- -- Attention single ladies ! Comedian Steve Harvey , the best-selling author of `` Act Like a Lady , Think Like Man '' and a self-professed expert on manhood , is here to take you inside the male mind . Comedian Steve Harvey says real men like to provide and protect , but some also like to cheat . Whether you 're looking for Mr. Right or trying to forget Mr. Wrong , Steve is n't holding anything back . Many women have long lists that describe what they 're looking for in a man ... but are their standards simply too high ? Yinka and Lynell are two 30-something friends who have long lists . They 're here to ask Steve if they 'll ever find a man who meets all their requirements . Lynell says she 's looking for a God-fearing , spontaneous African-American millionaire with straight teeth and nice shoes who wants children ... among other things . `` That would be the Lord , '' Steve jokes . `` I 'll be trying to meet him the same time you do . '' If a woman is serious about her list , Steve"}
-{"answer":"Tyrone Johns , a six-year veteran of the museum 's security staff who , according to museum director Sara Bloomfield , `` died heroically in the line of duty . '' The alleged assailant is James von Brunn , a Holocaust denier who created an anti-Semitic Web site . The 88-year-old often challenged the authenticity of `` The Diary of Anne Frank , '' the book about a teenage girl living in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands . So it was probably no coincidence that the shooting occurred on the same day the museum had scheduled a play based on a fictional meeting between Anne Frank and Emmett Till , a martyr of the civil rights movement . Von Brunn also had longstanding ties to white supremacist groups , according to authorities . These outfits flourish in bad times because they give underperformers something really valuable : convenient scapegoats for their troubles , failures and shortcomings . Without that , these misfits might actually have to look in the mirror and take responsibility for their own lives . Although these groups are properly categorized as `` hate groups '' by organizations such as the Southern Poverty Law","question":"Editor 's note : Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a member of the San Diego Union-Tribune editorial board and a nationally syndicated columnist . Read his column here . Ruben Navarrette says hate crimes should be punished severely because they 're aimed at society as a whole . SAN DIEGO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- To think there are some people who still argue that the law should n't categorize some offenses as hate crimes and allow for enhanced criminal penalties . They claim that all sorts of crimes are motivated by hate , and to separate some from others elevates some victims over others and amounts to the state policing thoughts and feelings . They also fear that politicians and institutions are simply yielding to political correctness , liberal pressure groups and identity politics . My view is that hate crimes deserve special punishment because they do n't just victimize whoever they 're aimed at ; they 're intended to send a message , and they terrorize the whole society . That debate might have been settled Wednesday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum , where hate was on display . A shooting left one man dead : Stephen"}
-{"answer":"for five years from any form of cricket . I do feel sorry for teenager Amir ; while I am not convinced that he was coerced or pressurized , he was naive and in all probability did not fully appreciate what he was doing or its consequences due to his background and education . Butt and Asif must never again play for Pakistan ; I would treat Amir 's case with more sympathy but it will be very difficult for him to get back into international cricket in five years time . I am not happy with the sentence given to agent Mazhar Majeed ; it should have been much tougher . For me the important question is how did this happen ; what lessons did we learn and what should the game do going forward ? It was very clear that the three players did not understand the ethos of the game or what the spirit of cricket means . They also callously ignored the ICC Code of Conduct on corruption and matching fixing . The ICC has an excellent program for awareness and prevention of corruption ; so where did the message fail to get through ? The","question":"Islamabad , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The recent convictions of Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt , Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir brings to an end this sad chapter on corruption , however , the full story will continue as names of other players were also mentioned during the trial ; they will be investigated and further action may also be taken . Butt , Asif and Amir sold themselves for a relatively modest amount of money and in the process destroyed their careers and brought cricket and Pakistan into disrepute . The fact that three players , possibly more , were involved is worrying ; none of them considered that what they were doing was not only wrong but also dishonest and illegal . In Pakistan , where cricket provides a welcome distraction from the internal security threats and the terrible natural disasters the country has faced in recent years , there is a sense of outrage and anger at being let down by people who were role models for hundred of thousands of fans . I believe that the convictions for the players were correct . In addition to the jail sentences and fines they have all been banned"}
-{"answer":"Dinara Safina in the Australian Open final as `` embarrassing , pitiful and pathetic . '' `` Her humiliation of Dinara Safina was a terrible advertisement for a sport that has apparently disappeared up its own backside . '' Rather than provoking a tirade of abuse , many readers agreed with the author , outspoken Australian journalist and sports commentator , Rebecca Wilson . `` Right on the money . Women 's tennis is boring . Typical game . `` Ugh . Grunt . Ugh . Grunt . Ugh . Grunt . Out . Love-Fifteen , '' one said . Another added : `` It 's about time someone said what everyone was thinking . '' More chimed in : `` Everyone agrees , few will say it '' and `` totally agree . Women 's tennis is pathetic . '' A couple of dissenters in the crowd urged Wilson to turn her attentions elsewhere : `` The usual tripe that Wilson dishes up week after week , '' and `` please go away and let someone with something important to say use your space . '' What do you think ? Do women deserve equal prize money in tennis","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The polite hush that descends on the crowd seconds before service is nowhere to be heard when it comes to the issue of equal prize money in women 's tennis . Australian Open champion Serena Williams pocketed $ 1.3 million for the tournament , the same as male winner Rafael Nadal . It may be two years since Wimbledon and the French Open joined the other major tournaments in offering women the same cash prize as men , but for some tennis fans the issue is far from resolved . `` Admit it sisters , '' screamed one recent headline on Australian Web site AdelaideNow , `` this is not equal . '' The author went on : `` Political correctness , sexual equality and feminism all prevent many commentators from stating the bleeding obvious ... no sports watcher in their right minds could honestly say female tennis players , or golfers for that matter , deserve as much money as their male counterparts . '' The writer -- a woman -- went on to lambaste the world 's best female tennis players , describing world number one Serena Williams ' defeat of"}
-{"answer":"the steps the industry is taking to preserve profitability , '' said A4A Chief Economist John Heimlich . Lingering economic concerns , higher energy prices and less disposable income have all contributed to the slight decrease this winter , officials said . The large weather system currently blasting parts of the West and Midwest is making driving through the southern Rockies dangerous but forecasters say to this point , it has not had a major impact on large airline hubs . However , forecasters are watching it closely . `` All hands are on deck and ready to go , '' said Tom Hendricks , A4A senior vice president for Safety , Security and Operations . In the event winter weather causes problems , the FAA may open up Defense Department airspace not regularly available to commercial flights on an as-needed basis to help ease congestion . Daily passenger volumes are expected to range from 1.6 million to 2.3 million during the holiday . The busiest days are expected to be between December 21 through December 23 , December 26 through December 30 and then January 2 and 3 as travelers fly home . The airline organization recommends passengers check","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If you 're on your way to some of the nation 's airports this holiday season and have a feeling there are fewer people schlepping their suitcases and looking for long-term parking spaces , it 's not your imagination . The estimate for the upcoming winter holiday travel period predicts there will be fewer fliers than a year ago . A projected 43.3 million air travelers will fly on U.S. carriers for both domestic and international routes during a 21-day period , according to Airlines for America -LRB- A4A -RRB- , the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines . That 's a 1 % drop from the same period last year which translates to about 20,000 fewer travelers on average per day . However , travelers will not find that translates into more leg room once they board planes . On the busiest days , flights will be filled to at least 85 % capacity , according to the forecast . `` Passengers still should expect to see full flights as many airlines have reduced capacity to match the decline in travel and increased cost of operations . Capacity reduction is one of"}
-{"answer":"much about the game other than we had our concerns about winning it , but I do recall the drive into the city . '' Schwartz said . `` You could just see and feel what was happening at the time . It was eye-opening . '' That was in stark contrast to what is happening in Detroit three years later . In 2011 , the Lions are 4-0 for the first time since 1980 . Their matchup Monday night against Chicago at Ford Field is perhaps the most anticipated football game the Lions have played since they advanced to the NFC championship game in 1991 . Meanwhile on the mound in Detroit , the Tigers are also showing amazing promise . In a thrilling game , the Tigers beat the New York Yankees 3-2 on Thursday to advance to the American League Championship Series . The Tigers did capture the AL pennant in 2006 -- eliminating the Yankees -- but had been a high-payroll , low-achieving club since until this summer , when they ran away with the AL Central title . The pressure to deliver the division title this season was so intense that on the night the","question":"Detroit -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thanksgiving Day 2008 shows where Detroit has been . The Detroit Lions have played at home every Thanksgiving since 1934 . It is the city 's greatest football tradition . Yet instead of a source of great pride , the game had become an embarrassment , as well as representative of everything going horribly wrong in Detroit . The auto industry melted down with alarming and unprecedented speed . The City of Detroit was rife with political scandal that eventually put Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and several other prominent public officials behind bars . All this turmoil came while the Lions were poised to be the only team in NFL history to go 0-16 . The sentiment ? The Lions were viewed as incredible losers in the NFL landscape , so we must be incredible losers , too . However , the fans maintained their love for the team in spite of their obvious difficulties . The Tennessee Titans ended up thrashing the Lions , 47-10 . Tennessee 's defensive coordinator that day was Jim Schwartz . Less than two months later , he was the Lions ' head coach . `` I do n't remember"}
-{"answer":"living in a parallel universe of acting as if the launch was a success , when tracking and everything has shown that in fact , it is a failure . And I think it proves a point , which is that the North Koreans , Kim Jong-Il is doing this for his own internal reasons -- because on Thursday , tomorrow , there will be a rubber stamp by the parliament of his leadership -- and the problems that he 's generally had since he had his stroke . So this is part of their kind of Orwellian approach of saying that `` This is what happened , and was n't it a success , '' when we know it was n't . Costello : The U.N. Security Council has n't been able to come up with any sort of resolution because apparently that body is split . President Obama made a really big deal of this and said this was like a clear violation . It sort of seems like the United States is stuck , and it ca n't do anything about North Korea . Albright : Well , I do n't think that 's true , because","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is using his claims of a successful rocket launch to shore up his political strength within his country . Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses North Korea on CNN 's `` American Morning '' on Tuesday . Albright , who was secretary of state in the Clinton administration , told CNN 's `` American Morning '' that `` it was a huge mistake for the United States to stop talking to North Korea '' when the Bush administration took over . The communist nation launched the rocket over the weekend in defiance of international opposition . Satellite images released Monday appear to show the rocket in flight , according to a nonprofit institution that focuses on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons . The following is a transcript of Albright 's conversation with CNN 's Carol Costello . Carol Costello , CNN : We do have this video from North Korea of this rocket taking off . What do you make of that ? Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright : Well , I think that the North Korean leadership is"}
-{"answer":"Johnisa Turner , said . `` A weight has definitely been lifted . '' Grandmother Lorene Turner said U.S. Embassy officials called with the news that her granddaughter would be turned over to U.S. officials . `` When I heard those words I did n't hear nothing else . I flipped out . I ca n't wait , '' she said . But Jakadrien 's family was still demanding to know why immigration authorities deported the teen -- a U.S. citizen with no knowledge of Spanish -- and why they simply took her at her word when she gave them a fake name . The teen 's family had been searching for her since she ran away in the fall of 2010 . Her grandmother scoured Facebook looking for the girl , viewing Jakadrien 's friends ' pages for any information . `` There 's no words , '' Johnisa Turner told CNN of the ordeal . `` It has n't been easy at all . '' The Colombian Institute for Family Welfare confirmed Thursday that Turner is in its custody , is pregnant , and entered the country as an adult . The institute said Colombian authorities learned about","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Colombia is preparing to hand over to U.S. officials a Dallas teenager who was mistakenly deported after she ran away from home more than a year ago , the South American country 's foreign ministry said in a statement Thursday night . Jakadrien Turner will be turned over to diplomatic officials Friday so she can be transported to the United States , the statement said . But the foreign ministry did not say when -- or how -- that will happen . The U.S. Embassy in Bogota is working with Colombian authorities but can not provide additional details `` due to privacy considerations , '' said a U.S. State Department official who asked to remain anonymous per department policy . Jakadrien somehow wound up deported to Colombia after U.S. authorities mistook the girl , who lacked identification , for a Colombian national . Family members said Thursday night that they were thrilled at the news that the 15-year-old would be returning home . `` It 's a giant step . I 'm relieved , but I wo n't be completely relieved until I get her in my arms again , '' the girl 's mother ,"}
-{"answer":"raised in laboratory conditions . `` We could reduce the risks of diseases like swine flu , avian flu , ` mad cow disease ' , or contamination from Salmonella , '' he told CNN . `` We could produce meat in sterile conditions that are impossible in conventional animal farms and slaughterhouses . And when we grow only the meat we can eat , it 's more efficient . There 's no need to grow the whole animal and lose 75 to 95 percent of what we feed it . '' Conventional meat production is also hard on the environment . The contribution of livestock to climate change was recently highlighted by the United Nations ' report , `` Livestock 's Long Shadow '' , while groups such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have demonstrated how soy farming for animal feed contributes to the destruction of the Amazon . In this context Matheny believes his project could significantly cut the environmental impact of meat production -- using much less water and producing far fewer greenhouse gases . `` We could reduce the environmental footprint of meat , which currently contributes more to global warming than the entire","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Meat is murder ? Well , perhaps not for much longer . Artist Banksy has satirized modern farming and meat production ; could in-vitro meat be a better option ? A pioneering group of scientists are working to grow real animal protein in the laboratory , which they not only claim is better for animal welfare , but actually healthier , both for people and the planet . It may sound like science fiction , but this technology to create in-vitro meat could be changing global diets within ten years . `` Cultured meat would have a lot of advantages , '' said Jason Matheny of research group New Harvest . `` We could precisely control the amount of fat in meat . We could make ground beef with an ideal fatty acid ratio -- a hamburger that prevents heart attacks instead of causing them . '' But it is n't just the possibility of creating designer ground beef with the fat profile of salmon that drives Matheny 's work . Meat and livestock farming is also the source of many human diseases , which he claims would be far less common when the product is"}
-{"answer":"the shooting suspect who took his own life as well . What can you tell us about the situation this morning , Mayor King ? Mayor Clay King , Samson , Alabama : Well , the whole community is still in shock . Like I said , we know , I personally know everyone that is involved , both the shooter and the victims . And that makes it more difficult to have to deal with . Watch the mayors talk of the tragedy '' Chetry : And Mayor King , you say you coached him , along with your own sons in T-ball , in Little League , and that you would have never had any idea that he could have done something like this . Is there any motive that people are talking about this morning ? King : No , ma'am . At this time , I do n't think anybody has any idea of what the motive is . And yes , I did . I coached the shooter 's -- I coached him in both T-ball and in Little League baseball along with my two sons . Chetry : And Mayor Melton , I want","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A slaying spree spread across two southern Alabama towns left 10 people dead Tuesday . The gunman then took his own life . Mayors Wynnton Melton , left , of Geneva , Alabama , and Clay King of Samson , Alabama , speak with CNN . CNN `` American Morning '' anchor Kiran Chetry spoke with the mayors of the two towns on Wednesday . They are Mayor Wynnton Melton of Geneva , Alabama , and Clay King of Samson , Alabama . Kiran Chetry , CNN anchor : Police have identified the gunman who they say went on a killing spree in southern Alabama yesterday afternoon . They say Michael McClendon murdered 10 people , including his own mother , his grandparents , an aunt , an uncle , along with a sheriff 's deputy 's wife and child . And these are crime scenes now spread out across two small towns this morning . And their mayors join us now , Wynnton Melton of Geneva , Alabama , and Clay King of Samson , Alabama . Mayor King , let me start with you . ... You knew all of the victims and also"}
-{"answer":"next day , Wiles was supposed to be on a flight out of Orlando . He never showed up . Two days after he vanished , Wiles ' father , Thomas , received a ransom note . It demanded money and threatened to harm Robert Wiles if the terms were n't met . Wiles ' parents said they tried to comply but heard nothing back . Nearly a year later , the FBI says their investigation shows that those involved `` were very familiar with Robert 's work , Robert 's personal information and had knowledge of his parent 's personal affairs . '' Agents say they 've tracked down leads in nine U.S. cities and as far away as Thailand where National Flight Services also does business . The Ohio-based company services aircraft in 50 countries and has been in business since 1972 . Investigators are reaching out to the public in hopes of sparking any additional information about Wiles to `` close the loop , '' Couvertier said . Investigators want to talk with `` people who knew about his work routine , who might know someone who was obsessed with him , who was upset or jealous","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After almost 10 months , the FBI has zeroed in on a suspect in the case of missing Florida pilot Robert Wiles , who may have been kidnapped for ransom . Missing Florida pilot Robert Wiles is thought to have been kidnapped for ransom . `` We 're close to solving the case , '' said FBI special agent David Couvertier . He would not elaborate . Agents also would not identify the suspect , and they said the person is not in custody . Investigators would only reveal that the `` key suspect '' is in Florida , either in Orlando , Lakeland or Melbourne . `` They 're holding that back in hopes of getting additional information , '' said Couvertier . The FBI says it 's also looking at several persons of interest in those same three Florida cities . Wiles , 27 , was last seen in the family 's aircraft maintenance business , National Flight Services , at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport on April 1 , 2008 . The day Wiles disappeared , he left behind his bags , his computer , and even his car . His father says the"}
-{"answer":", issued a statement published by London 's Guardian newspaper saying lawyers for his insurance company -- which will pay the money to Allen -- made the decision to settle the case . `` For the record , I personally think we had a good case , '' Charney said . Allen filed his suit , asking for $ 10 million , against American Apparel in March 2008 after the company placed several billboards and online ads using an image of Allen dressed as a Hasidic Jew in his 1977 movie `` Annie Hall . '' `` I sued American Apparel because they calculatingly took my name , my likeness and image and used them publicly to promote their business , '' Allen said Monday . `` Testimony revealed that American Apparel believed that fear of publicity would keep me from ever taking action , and so they put my face on billboards , on the Internet , and my image on their building , '' he said . Charney , who said he finally could talk about the case , said the ad was a `` an attempt to at least make a joke about '' sexual harassment lawsuits","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Woody Allen 's lawsuit against American Apparel for unauthorized use of his image on billboards ended Monday with a $ 5 million settlement to be paid to the actor-director by the clothing company . Woody Allen received $ 5 million to settle a suit with American Apparel . Allen said the case should discourage advertisers from using celebrities ' images without permission , but American Apparel 's head said he still thinks his company had a good defense . The settlement , announced just moments before jury selection was to begin in New York , interrupted a trial that lawyers had hinted could include a parade of witnesses testifying about Allen 's sex scandals . `` Threats and press leaks by American Apparel designed to smear me did not work , and a scheme to call a long list of witnesses who had nothing to do with the case was disallowed by the court , '' Allen said . `` I hope this very large settlement will discourage American Apparel and others from doing this type of thing to myself or others in the future . '' Dov Charney , founder and CEO of American Apparel"}
-{"answer":"him , not because he was he top U.S. commander in Iraq , but because it felt like he was `` interviewing Shrek . '' Odierno is an imposing bald figure at 6-feet , 5-inches tall . Odierno said the military is `` not yet ready to declare victory '' in Iraq and that there was a little more work to be done for long-term stability . `` I , Stephen Colbert , by the power invested in me by basic cable , officially declare we won the Iraq war , '' Colbert said , as his audience broke out into applause . The interview was interrupted when President Obama appeared on large television screens . The commander-in-chief told his general it was time to `` cut that man 's hair . '' With white electric hair clippers in his hand , Odierno stood up and began shaving Colbert 's trademark thick dark hair . The troops stood and cheered as a female member of Colbert 's staff finished the job . After the haircut , Colbert ran through the audience , high-fiving the troops as he showed off his new military look . One Army major said that ``","question":"CAMP VICTORY , Iraq -- Stephen Colbert left no doubt about his solidarity with American troops when he taped the first of four Comedy Central shows he 'll produce in Iraq this week . Stephen Colbert high-fives a serviceman after submitting to a military-style haircut in Iraq on Sunday . Colbert , wearing a business suit made of the same camouflaged material used for soldiers ' desert uniforms , submitted to a regulation military haircut as hundreds of U.S. troops cheered wildly Sunday . The comedian , who satirizes conservative TV pundits on his `` Colbert Report , '' began his `` Operation Iraqi Stephen : Going Commando '' USO tour Sunday in the Baghdad headquarters of the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq . `` It must be nice in Iraq , because some of you keep coming back again and again , '' Colbert said , joking about the multiple tours many troops have had in Iraq since the 2003 invasion . Some troops had accumulated enough frequent flyer miles to earn them a free ticket to Afghanistan , he joked . Colbert told his guest , Gen. Ray Odierno , he felt `` a little intimidated '' by"}
-{"answer":"told by one of the intruders , `` Do n't worry . It 'll all be over in a few minutes . '' Petit said that 's when he knew `` I had to get out . '' Petit managed to escape but could not summon help in time to save his family . He described his eldest daughter , Hayley , as captain of her varsity basketball team , a crew participant and soccer player , and Dartmouth-bound . His younger daughter , Michaela , was a piano player , a flute player , into sports and a member of a Brownies troop , he said . Joshua Komisarjevsky , 31 , faces 17 charges in connection with the brutal home invasion . The first defendant to stand trial in the case , Steven Hayes , was sentenced to death in December after being convicted on 16 of the 17 charges filed against him . Testimony in the trial began Monday , with witnesses describing the final moments of Petit 's wife and daughters inside their burning home and the futile attempts to save them . Prosecutors declined to give an opening statement to start the trial . But","question":"New Haven , Connecticut -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The lone survivor of a deadly home invasion wrapped up his testimony Tuesday afternoon after taking the stand against the second man charged with brutally killing his wife and two daughters . With relatives packed shoulder to shoulder in the two rows closest to the jury , Dr. William Petit testified in detail about the tragic events at his Cheshire , Connecticut , home on July 23 , 2007 , beginning with him being awakened by being hit by a bat . After his hands and feet were tied and a cloth was thrown over his head , he said , he heard a voice say , `` If he moves , shoot him . '' Some of the evidence presented in court Tuesday included a handgun and photos of the rope used to bind Petit . The jury also saw pictures of his bloody head injuries . Petit told the court that while he was tied to a pole in the basement , he could hear `` loud thuds '' and `` moaning , '' likely from his wife , Jennifer Hawke-Petit . Shortly before hearing his wife , Petit was"}
-{"answer":"were being carried out more than doubled , while the number in the United States and Western Europe decreased , the researchers at Duke University said . The shift appears to have been driven at least in part by economics -- a top medical center in India charges about a tenth what a second-tier U.S. medical center would charge per case report , the authors said . Another incentive to move such work abroad : other countries ' regulatory environments can be less burdensome . The authors reported one study that found only 56 percent of 670 researchers surveyed in developing countries said their work had been reviewed by a local institutional review board or a health ministry . Another study reported that 18 percent of published trials carried out in China in 2004 adequately discussed informed consent for subjects considering participating in research . In addition , recruitment of study subjects can be easier in developing countries , where a trial subject may get more than a year 's pay to participate or participation could be his or her sole means of being able to get treatment , the authors said . Transparency is yet another issue . ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The practice of moving research involving human subjects from wealthy countries to less wealthy countries has grown in recent years , raising a number of ethical and scientific issues that need to be addressed , researchers said in a journal article Wednesday . More and more clinical trials are being moved to less wealthy nations , a medical journal article reports . `` The question is proportionality , '' said Dr. Kevin Schulman , director of the Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics at Duke University Medical Center in Durham , North Carolina , and one of the study authors . `` We should test products where we are going to market them . The populations who take risks to participate in clinical research should be the ones that we anticipate will get the benefits of the research . '' He and his co-authors reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that in November 2007 , about one-third of clinical trials -LRB- 157 of 509 -RRB- were being carried out entirely outside the United States , many of them in developing countries . Between 1995 and 2005 , the number of countries where such trials"}
-{"answer":"to be replaced , the U.S. Embassy in Kabul said . The actions of the embassy guards went beyond pranks or laughs , he said . `` When you start encouraging people to drink alcohol running off someone 's body parts , '' Pearson said , pausing for a moment , `` a bit over the top . '' Watch Pearson describe guards ' `` insensitive '' conduct '' He took his grievance to his superiors as well as those of ArmorGroup . The answer he received was , '' ` they 're just letting off steam , ' and I think that 's the way they looked at some of the incidents that happened , '' Pearson said . Pearson said he was looking for a change of behavior , not for mass firings . But at Camp Sullivan , he was made to feel that he had done something wrong and he resigned . Pearson said he reconsidered the resignation almost immediately after he submitted it , but it was too late . `` Although we are now aware of the alleged events at Camp Sullivan ... the employee 's resignation was not associated with this matter ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A whistle-blower who helped shed light on misconduct among the ranks of contractors working as guards for the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan is back home in England sooner than he expected after he resigned in the fallout of the scandal . `` It was just downright stupid , '' Terry Pearson says of guard misconduct in Afghanistan . Terry Pearson , who worked as an operations manager for contractor R.A. International at Camp Sullivan in Afghanistan , said he witnessed mistreatment among the guards employed by ArmorGroup North America , who were housed at the camp . `` It was just downright stupid , some of the things they were doing , '' Pearson told CNN . `` And insensitive . '' Allegations surfaced last week that contractor ArmorGroup allowed mistreatment , sexual activity and intimidation within the ranks of private guards hired to protect the embassy in Kabul . The company and U.S. officials are investigating . Wackenhut Services Inc. , the corporate parent of ArmorGroup , said in an e-mail it is `` fully cooperating '' in the investigation . Fourteen guards were fired and the entire management team for ArmorGroup in Kabul was"}
-{"answer":"Anne Bremner , a lawyer and former prosecutor working with the group Friends of Amanda , told CNN . The case could n't look more different depending on where you stand . Knox 's murder trial is entering its final stages , with closing arguments beginning November 20 . The jury will begin deliberating December 4 . But there is still no agreement on the key pieces of evidence that prosecutors say convict her and the defense says clear her . Behind the Scenes : How we examined the evidence In Knox 's corner : her friends and family from Seattle , Washington . For them , she is the victim - railroaded by an overzealous Italian prosecutor , who faces charges of prosecutorial misconduct in another case . Knox 's supporters say he 's tried to force the evidence to fit his theory of what happened . And with negative and often false details about the case appearing in the press - all for the jury to read - Knox supporters fear she could be convicted regardless of the facts . On the other side : Perugia 's prosecutor Giuliano Mignini . For him and his colleagues , the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Within weeks of British student Meredith Kercher 's death in the vibrant college town of Perugia , Italy , prosecutors and police declared the case closed . They 'd seized two knives in their search for the murder weapon . They took DNA from the room where Kercher was killed . And at least one suspect had confessed to being at the murder scene . Or so they said . Kercher had been stabbed in a sexual misadventure , officials said . And they knew the killers . American Amanda Knox , Kercher 's roommate ; Italian Raffaele Sollecito , Knox 's boyfriend ; and Ivory Coast native Rudy Guede , a drifter known in the area , had their pictures splattered across the world 's media . Knox 's photo was even hung in the police plaza alongside Italy 's most infamous mobsters and criminals . The prosecution case seemed a sensational slam-dunk , almost too good to be true . Knox 's supporters say that 's because it is . `` In the beginning , all of this supposed evidence was being leaked , showing what sounded like a pretty convincing case , ''"}
-{"answer":"50 other Mexicans on various states ' death rows were improperly denied access to their consulate upon arrest , a violation of a treaty signed by the United States decades ago . Their home countries could have provided legal and other assistance to the men had they been notified , the court said . In a separate judgment , the ICJ declined Mexico 's demand that the United States provide guarantees against executing other foreign inmates in the future . The U.S. Supreme Court last March ruled for Texas , allowing the Medellin execution to proceed . Efforts stalled in Congress last summer over legislation that would have given foreign death row inmates like Medellin a new hearing before any punishment could be carried out . State Department officials have said the international ruling will not help other foreign inmates in U.S. prisons , because federal officials can not force states to comply . Administration officials also said that the president did all he could to force state compliance and that Congress now needs to intervene with specific legislation . Medellin was 18 when he participated in the June 1993 gang rape and murder of two Harris County girls :","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A United Nations court has found that the United States violated an international treaty and the court 's own order when a Mexican national was executed last year in a Texas prison . Jose Ernesto Medellin was executed by lethal injection for raping and murdering two girls aged 14 and 16 . The International Court of Justice -LRB- ICJ -RRB- issued a ruling Monday in an unusual case that pitted President Bush against his home state in a dispute over federal authority , local sovereignty and foreign treaties . Mexico had filed a formal complaint against U.S. state and federal officials `` The United States of America has breached the obligation incumbent upon it '' to stop the execution , the ICJ announced in a unanimous opinion . Jose Ernesto Medellin 's death by lethal injection in August followed a 15-year legal dispute after his conviction for two brutal slayings . At issue was whether Texas and other states had to give in to a demand by the president that the prisoner be allowed new hearings and resentencing . Bush made that request reluctantly after the international court in 2004 concluded that Medellin and about"}
-{"answer":"me to US F1 is just that , that it is a start-up , '' he said . `` And it 's a very similar situation to one that would be in Silicon Valley . `` It 's a small team of talented , smart individuals trying to break the mould , trying to accomplish something that others think is impossible . '' However , Hurley does not expect instant success for the new franchise , which will be the only F1 outfit based outside of Europe and comes into the sport in difficult economic times when sponsors are dropping out . `` Obviously we want to be competitive , '' he told Autosport.com . `` I know there is going to be a lot of competition -- it 's going to take quite a few years to ramp up this team and get the cars into a position where we are competing for the world championship , but ultimately that 's our goal . `` We 're not necessarily going to get involved and be satisfied with just getting a car onto the track . Our aspirations and goals go much farther than that . '' While major manufacturers","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Formula One 's new Team U.S. F1 will have the financial backing of YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley -- and the video sharing Web site 's chief executive expects to make a big impact in motorsport . Chad Hurley is hoping his start-up experience can help the US F1 team become a major player . The American , who along with co-founders Steve Chen and Jawed Karim sold YouTube to internet giant Google for $ 1.65 billion in 2006 , has faith in the team 's prospects for the 2010 season . It is fronted by engineer Ken Anderson , formerly involved with NASCAR team Haas CNC Racing , and Peter Windsor , a journalist who has worked with F1 's Ferrari and Williams . `` I believe in Ken and Peter and the team that they have put together , and I believe that we have a chance to hopefully start from a clean slate and try to build a team in a different way , '' Hurley told Web site Autosport.com . Hurley started YouTube from scratch , and sees parallels with his involvement with US F1 . `` The business aspect of what attracted"}
-{"answer":"dad , but do n't tell him he 'll be on the air . When the commercials ended , I pulled him up on the air and asked , `` So , dad , have you made that doctor 's appointment ? '' He started to laugh and said that he had done so the day before and that he was seeing the doctor later in the week . Luckily , he followed through , and they discovered that he had another one growing in the other eye . Both eyes were taken care of , and all has been well since . Yet what ticked me off was that here was a guy with insurance , a son who could pay for the bill even if he did n't , but he still refused to go to the doctor ! Watch Roland 's commentary segment '' My dad 's story is all too common to a lot of you who must deal with fathers , brothers , uncles , husbands and male cousins , church members and co-workers , who are obstinate and absolutely refuse to go to the doctor . `` Oh , I 'll be fine .","question":"Editor 's note : A nationally syndicated columnist , Roland S. Martin is the author of `` Listening to the Spirit Within : 50 Perspectives on Faith '' and `` Speak , Brother ! A Black Man 's View of America . '' Visit his Web site for more information . Roland Martin says men are harming their health by their reluctance to go to the doctor . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A couple of years ago , my dad told me that he had a cataract in his eye and could barely see out of it and that he needed to get it fixed . `` Cool . Go to the doctor and get it taken care of , '' I said . `` I will , '' he replied . One month became three ; three months turned into six months ; and a year later and numerous calls later by a ticked-off son , he still had not gone to the doctor . So one morning , when I was hosting the 6 to 9 a.m. talk show shift on WVON-AM in Chicago , Illinois , I told my producer , Geneen Harston , to call my"}
-{"answer":"accused the top U.S. diplomat in Havana of delivering money from private anti-Castro groups in Florida to dissidents in Cuba . U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that `` the U.S. government has programs to provide humanitarian assistance to people that are essentially forgotten by the Cuban government and that we ... do not stand in the way of private groups doing that as well . '' As to how that is done , he said , `` I 'm not aware of the mechanics ; I do n't steep myself in these things . '' Fidel Castro , beset with health problems , handed day-to-day governing power over to Ra\u00fal , his younger brother , earlier this year . After being elected president in February , Ra\u00fal Castro announced that Cubans who can afford them could buy cell phones and DVD players and stay in hotels previously reserved for foreign tourists -- overturning bans from the Fidel era . The goods and services remain out of reach for most people on the island , where $ 120 cell phones plus $ 10.80 calling cards cost about six times the average monthly salary . Bush said Wednesday it is","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The United States will allow Americans to send mobile phones to relatives in Cuba under a change in policy that President Bush announced Wednesday . President Bush announces the U.S. policy allowing cell phones to Cuba at the White House on Wednesday . Bush said he is making the change since President Ra\u00fal Castro `` is allowing Cubans to own mobile phones for the first time . '' `` If he is serious about his so-called reforms , he will allow these phones to reach the Cuban people , '' Bush said . Bush urged the Cuban government to loosen restrictions further , saying if Cubans can be allowed to own mobile phones , `` they should be trusted to speak freely in public . '' They should be allowed to watch uncensored movies and have free access to the Internet , he said . And he called for the government to implement major free-market reforms . Relations between the United States and Cuba remain tense nearly 50 years after Fidel Castro overthrew the pro-American government in Havana . The United States has maintained an embargo against Cuba for decades . Cuban officials on Monday"}
-{"answer":"the massive growth of Facebook , where the games are so popular they 've spawned `` fan '' pages devoted to complaining about having to watch friends play them . Facebook , with its 400 million users , is where the vast majority of people play FarmVille and Mafia Wars along with other Zynga titles like FishVille , Vampires , Caf\u00e9 World , YoVille and Zynga Poker . In all , more than 65 million people play Zynga games every day , according to media tracking company Developer Analytics . Zynga 's top title , FarmVille , is played by an estimated 75 million people each month -- roughly equal to the number who have played the classic arcade and desktop game Tetris during its entire existence . The massive growth was satisfying but not altogether surprising to Pincus , whose previous startups had included Freeloader , a Web-based information-gathering service ; tech-support company SupportSoft ; and Tribe.net , an early social networking site from 2003 . He said that starting the game company , which he named after his late English bulldog , was an effort to fill what he considered a surprising void in most people 's daily","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Early each morning , millions of farmers around the world rise to toil in their fields . By night , gangs of mobsters scheme and legions of poker players shuffle up and deal . Sure , none of it 's real . But the overwhelming popularity of so-called social gaming -- simple games that let people play with their friends on networking sites such as Facebook -- is changing the face of video games , experts say . And as the maker of popular titles like FarmVille and Mafia Wars , San Francisco , California-based Zynga has ridden the games ' skyrocketing popularity to the top of that emerging market . For Zynga founder Mark Pincus , the formula for gaming success on Facebook , MySpace and other sites was as simple as it might seem counterintuitive : create simple games that people like but can easily set aside . `` We built the games so they could be played in a tab on your browser while you 're on a conference call , '' said Pincus , a veteran Web entrepreneur who created Zynga in 2007 . Of course , they 've been helped by"}
-{"answer":"represents all those who share his views . `` This empowers these people to think that this is how you get to be famous , gain notoriety , and they hope other people will mimic him -- and that 's scary , '' he said . Eva Rich Blumberg , 85 , of Rockville , Maryland , also worries that the shooting may have emboldened others to attack Jews and symbols of Jewish culture , she said . Blumberg , whose father was killed by Nazis and who spent about a year at Majdanek concentration camp in Poland in 1942 , was scheduled to speak Sunday at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington , but is now having second thoughts . Watch author discuss importance of combating Holocaust denial '' `` I lost everyone in the Holocaust . This incident just shook me up so that I do n't know what to say , '' she said . Anytime a group asks Blumberg to speak about the Holocaust , she obliges , she said , out of a sense of duty to educate people so that the atrocities perpetrated by Nazi Germany are never repeated . However , she","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The gunman who opened fire at Washington 's U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum this week is no better than a suicide bomber , a survivor of the Holocaust said . Sel Hubert , seen here with his wife , says education is the best weapon against bigotry . Sel Hubert , 83 , of Rye Brook , New York , said he also fears that through the shooter 's `` ultimate act of Holocaust denial , '' he has invigorated others who embrace hate and who might wish to exact violence against others . `` By doing this , he gives worldwide notoriety to himself and his ideals of hatred , '' said Hubert , who at 13 escaped Germany on a transport to England just weeks before World War II erupted . `` He chooses martyrdom to glorify his hatred similar to a suicide bomber . '' Authorities have charged James von Brunn with murdering Stephen Tyrone Johns , 39 , a security officer who opened a museum door Wednesday for the 88-year-old reputed white supremacist . Watch more on who von Brunn is '' Authorities say von Brunn acted alone , but Hubert says he"}
-{"answer":"11 , 2001 attacks . `` That man is not running for president , '' the paper wrote . `` The Rudolph Giuliani of 2008 first shamelessly turned the horror of 9\/11 into a lucrative business , with a secret client list , then exploited his city 's and the country 's nightmare to promote his presidential campaign , '' the paper writes , describing Giuliani as `` a narrow , obsessively secretive , vindictive man . '' Giuliani played down the harsh words , suggesting that the Times has a liberal editorial staff that often disapproved of him . `` I probably never did anything the New York Times suggested I do in eight years as mayor of New York City , and if I did , I would n't be considered a conservative Republican , '' Giuliani said during a Republican debate Thursday night hosted by MSNBC in Boca Raton , Florida . `` I changed welfare , I changed quality of life , I took on homelessness -- I did all the things that they think makes you mean and I believe show true compassion and true love for people . '' His was n't the only","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The New York Times endorsed Arizona Sen. John McCain for the Republican presidential nomination over Rudy Giuliani and the rest of the GOP field , strongly criticizing the former mayor of its home city . Sens. John McCain , left , and Rudy Giuliani took part in a debate in Florida on Thursday . In endorsements posted on its Web site for Friday 's editions , the Times also endorsed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination . `` Senator John McCain of Arizona is the only Republican who promises to end the George Bush style of governing from and on behalf of a small , angry fringe , '' the paper 's editorial board wrote . `` With a record of working across the aisle to develop sound bipartisan legislation , he would offer a choice to a broader range of Americans than the rest of the Republican field . '' The endorsement anticipated readers asking how the New York paper could reject Giuliani , a man it endorsed for re-election in 1997 and praised for his work cleaning up crime in the city and during the time of the September"}
-{"answer":"union contract stipulations , Gallo said she could not disclose the name of the teacher . Gallo said it was difficult to comprehend how a teacher could not `` understand that a class full of children are very offput by such a ` joke . ' `` He does n't see it as making a mockery or , worse , just total disrespect , '' Gallo said . `` Clearly , he was n't thinking . '' She said the matter is under disciplinary review and has been sent to Rhode Island State Police . State police have not returned phone calls seeking comment . The local teachers union condemned the act Thursday . `` Simply put , the teacher 's actions were wrong and can not be condoned under any circumstances , '' Jane Sessums , president of the Central Falls Teachers Union , said in a written statement . `` The teacher has apologized verbally to his students and has asked Superintendent Frances Gallo for permission to apologize to them in writing . He understands that his actions affect not just his students but all of us . There is no excuse for what he did . ''","question":"Central Falls , Rhode Island -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The teacher at an embattled Rhode Island school who displayed an effigy of President Obama in his classroom is under disciplinary review , according to the school superintendent . The Obama effigy was an apparent protest of the president 's support of mass firings of the school 's teachers . Its existence was first reported on CNN.com on Thursday . An Obama doll , about a foot tall , hung by its feet from a white board ; the doll held a sign that said , `` Fire Central Falls teachers . '' Superintendent Frances Gallo discovered the item late Monday at Central Falls High School after being asked about a rumor about an Obama doll hung by his feet in a classroom . Gallo took it upon herself to investigate and found the effigy Monday night . `` It was obviously imprudent on -LSB- the teacher 's -RSB- part , very ill-conceived and nothing to fool around with , '' Gallo said . Bold superintendent hated , loved The superintendent said the teacher was contrite when confronted but said it was `` a joke to him . '' Due to"}
-{"answer":"work on were n't always things that I felt good about putting out into the world , '' she says now in a Q&A on her website . `` I did n't see that getting better as I got older . I wanted to change my life , see what else was out there for me , what else I might become . '' She ended up following her then new boyfriend into a strange new life of growing marijuana , mostly for medical purposes -- a journey she relates in her forthcoming memoir , `` GrowGirl : How My Life After The Blair Witch Project Went to Pot . '' Donahue ended up living for a year in Nuggettown , California , with a bunch of growers and their `` pot wives , '' helping to build grow rooms and tending to the crops . She tells the Inquirer that she was `` always an avid gardener '' and quickly fell into a routine , becoming `` a solitary country girl '' after her years in the fast lane in L.A. . She gave up growing pot after deciding to write about it -- and after a friend got","question":"-LRB- PEOPLE.com -RRB- -- In 1999 , Heather Donahue was unexpectedly catapulted to stardom as a co-creator and costar of the indie horror film `` The Blair Witch Project '' -- who memorably filmed herself crying in terror in the genre-breaking flick . A few short years later , just as unexpectedly , her acting career stalled . And soon she was embarking on the most peculiar of second acts -- that of marijuana grower . `` I took all my stuff into the desert related to my acting career and burned it all , '' Donahue , who turns 37 on Thursday , tells the Philadelphia Inquirer . Well , she did spare one thing : the blue ski cap from the `` Blair Witch '' poster . `` That 's the only thing I kept , '' she says . `` I figured if things got really bad , I could always sell it on eBay . '' At the time of `` Blair Witch 's '' release , Donahue told PEOPLE that her newfound fame was `` hilarious and overwhelming . '' But soon she became disillusioned . `` The acting projects I was lucky enough to"}
-{"answer":"Ipsos research shows that ringtones are the most common type of mobile music content downloaded by users , compared to full-length songs and ringback tones , tones that replace the typical ringing signal heard by the caller . `` I find regular ringtones kind of dull , so I wanted something exciting , '' said Gordy King , a 51-year-old from Salt Lake City , Utah . King said he gets a kick out of annoying his mostly Republican co-workers with his Barack Obama ringtones , even playing them over the intercom at the electrical supply warehouse where he works . `` It 's fake news people saying ` Barack Obama has won the election , ' '' he said . `` I really like Barack Obama . I think -LSB- my ringtone -RSB- probably says that I 'm nonconventional and it says I lean a little more liberal . I do n't know anyone else who has that ringtone . '' Using a ringtone creator application on Facebook , King said he also makes his own ringtones by downloading sound files onto his computer and editing them to be shorter and louder or softer . Donald Kaplan found a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Every time her cell phone rings , Christy Harness thinks of her husband . More consumers download ringtones to their cell phones than full-length songs . The 34-year-old native of Jackson County , Georgia , set her ringtone to Sugarland 's `` All I Wan na Do , '' a song that , she says , perfectly expresses the way she feels about him . `` I kind of put myself in -LSB- the singer 's -RSB- place because ... she 's in love with this guy . If he 's not around , she misses him . Basically , I think the song relates to me and -LSB- my husband -RSB- and our relationship , '' Harness said . These days , ringtones do much more than alert mobile phone users of a call . Ringtones seem to have become vital fashion statements , a way for people to showcase their personalities and even their feelings about who is calling . According to a 2008 study by Ipsos MediaCT , a marketing research company , approximately one-third of mobile phone users download ringtones , and about 40 percent of users change their ringtones frequently ."}
-{"answer":"calendar . `` I am confident that the Tour will take appropriate actions to ensure that this injustice is not allowed to occur in the future , and that the Tour will make sure I will not be further harmed in the short and long term , '' Peer said in a statement on Tuesday . `` There should be no place for politics or discrimination in professional tennis or indeed any sport . '' Peer has experienced a `` tremendous outpouring of support and empathy '' from fans , friends and fellow players , but agrees with the Tour decision to go ahead with this week 's Dubai Open . WTA chairman and chief executive officer Larry Scott had said : `` The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour believes very strongly , and has a clear rule and policy , that no host country should deny a player the right to compete at a tournament for which she has qualified by ranking . '' Scott noted this is not the first time Dubai has taken this type of action . Last year an Israeli men 's doubles team was denied entry while Andy Ram , a member of Israel 's","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Organizers of a tennis tournament in Dubai , criticized for banning an Israeli player , said Tuesday they were trying to protect the woman from anti-Israel protests . Shahar Peer told CNN she learned of her visa ban Saturday , just before her scheduled flight to Dubai . `` The Tournament respects Ms. Shahar Peer as a professional tennis player on the Tour and understands her disappointment , '' the organizers wrote in a statement . `` Ms. Peer personally witnessed protests against her at another tournament in New Zealand only a few weeks ago . `` We do not wish to politicize sports , but we have to be sensitive to recent events in the region and not alienate or put at risk the players and the many tennis fans of different nationalities that we have here . '' Peer was scheduled to fly to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday , but was informed on Saturday night by telephone that she would not be granted a visa . Watch Peer describe her disappointment '' This sparked a response from the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour that it could drop Dubai from the World Tennis Tour"}
-{"answer":"the nooses in the tree were not . Munsen and an unnamed conspirator had attached nooses to their pickup on September 20 and driven to Alexandria specifically to threaten and intimidate the marchers , the authorities said . View a series of photos of the truck '' A juvenile passenger was apprehended with Munsen , according to the arresting officer 's report . The juvenile told police he and his family are in the Ku Klux Klan and that he had `` KKK '' tattooed on his chest , the police report said . He also said that he tied the nooses and that brass knuckles found in the truck belonged to him , the report said . `` This indictment accuses the defendant -LSB- Munsen -RSB- of conduct that constitutes a federal civil rights conspiracy violation and a federal hate crime , '' said U.S. Attorney Donald Washington . Washington and Grace Chung Becker , acting head of the Justice Department 's Civil Rights Division , announced the indictment , issued by a grand jury in Shreveport , Louisiana . A photograph of the truck was sent to CNN by I-Reporter Casanova Love , 26 , who said he","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly displaying hangman 's nooses from the back of a pickup truck during a civil rights march last year in Jena , Louisiana . A photo taken by I-Reporter Casanova Love shows a noose hanging from a pickup in Alexandria , Louisiana . Jeremiah Munsen , 18 , of Grant Parish , repeatedly drove slowly past a group of marchers gathered at a bus depot in Alexandria , which is near Jena , as they awaited buses to return them to Tennessee , federal authorities said Thursday . As many as 20,000 marchers had taken part in the huge protests in Jena . Authorities there had been accused of injustice in the handling of racially charged cases , including the hanging of nooses in a tree after a group of black high school students sat in an area where traditionally only white students sat . The noose incident at Jena was the beginning of months of racial tension that included the beating of a white student , allegedly by six black classmates . The black students were prosecuted , but the three white students responsible for"}
-{"answer":"'s Benfica who beat Basel 2-0 in Switzerland . `` We did n't have the penetration first half , '' coach Alex Ferguson told the cameras after the game . '' -LSB- Wayne Rooney showed -RSB- Composure with his two penalties , he took them well . '' He was less convinced by Nemanja Vidic 's red card . `` He 's raised his foot and in the context of the interpretation -LSB- of the rules -RSB- I can see why he -LSB- the referee -RSB- has given it , '' he admitted . `` But it 's very harsh . '' Manchester City kept up appearances with the neighbors after they too secured their first UEFA Champions League win . City have found life harder in the Champions League compared to the English Premier League - where they are currently top - and soon fell behind to Spanish side Villarreal after Ruben Cani scored within four minutes . A Villarreal own goal leveled the match but Sergio Aguero scored with virtually the last kick of the match to keep City in touch with Group A leaders Bayern Munich , who drew 1-1 with Napoli Real Madrid continued their perfect","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manchester United secured their first victory in this season 's UEFA Champions League with an unconvincing 2-0 victory against Romanian side Otelul Galati at The National Stadium in Bucharest . After a tepid first period the game burst into life in the second half with a string of penalties and red cards following a handball by the Galati defender Sergiu Costin . Wayne Rooney scored from the penalty spot but the relief was short lived . Two minutes later , Manchester United 's Serbian center back Nemanja Vidic was harshly sent off for a high tackle on Gabriel Giurgiu . Galati pushed on but failed to make their numerical supremacy count , with Bratislav Punosevic guilty of missing the target when found unmarked in front of goal . A second red card was flashed , this time for the Romanian side , when Milan Perendija picked up a second yellow card . Deep in injury time Rooney was tripped in the Galati box and awarded a second penalty which he duly dispatched . It was a far from convincing performance from Manchester United , who now sit second in Group C , two points behind Portugal"}
-{"answer":"to do something that you love , and to get compensated for something that you love at a very , very great rate , is unbelievable . And it 's something that a lot of kids dream of . They 've just got to have somebody who believes in them . And that 's something I 'm trying to do with being the spokesman for this Recess Week . Y' all need to get back out there . We need to get back out there with the kids and help them believe in themselves . Lapin : Some people see you as the role model . Who was your role model growing up ? Wade : You know , I had different role models growing up . Of course , I 'm from Chicago , so when it comes to sports and when it comes to basketball , Michael Jordan . No question about it . But , you know , on a personal level , I always looked at people that were close to me that were doing things . My sister was always a role model to me , just because of the way that she always helped","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sports stars seem to have it all -- from seven-figure salaries to big endorsement deals . But lately , what some do n't have is a good reputation . The NBA 's Dwyane Wade started a foundation to help inspire kids in at-risk situations . With the steroids controversy in baseball and drug allegations against the world 's greatest swimmer , many adoring fans may wonder , `` Where are the good guys in sports ? '' Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat is one of those good guys . He stays out of the controversy and insists that his fame should be used to help others . CNN 's Nicole Lapin talked to the NBA star about the foundation he started and his partnership with National Recess Week . The following is an edited transcript of the interview . Nicole Lapin : It feels like you 're getting paid for recess now . You 're 27 years old . Do you look at your paycheck sometimes and are like , `` I get paid for this ? Watch more of Nicole Lapin 's interview with Dwyane Wade '' Dwyane Wade : First of all ,"}
-{"answer":"in the halls of Congress made me feel a little better , '' he said . `` It elevated me and made me feel like , well , you know , maybe I do belong here , maybe I can contribute even at that little minute level . '' Watch Gomes tell his story '' As the need for couriers on Capitol Hill declined with e-mail and fax , courier services like Quick Messenger Service of DC , Inc. have added the service of contracting men and women to hold places in line for lobbyists at hearings . The seats are valuable to lobbyists because the hearing is often their only face time with legislators . For big hearings with limited availability , line-standers may wait 20 to 30 hours . They 're paid anywhere from $ 11 to $ 35 an hour . Gomes was living in a shelter when he started line-standing . He said working in the halls of Congress gave him the motivation and money he needed to get off the streets . He now makes extra money by recruiting men for the line-standing services from the homeless shelters where he used to stay . ``","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Once he roamed the streets , moving from shelter to shelter . Now , Oliver Gomes rubs shoulders with Washington 's elite . Oliver Gomes says working in the halls of Congress gave him the motivation and money to get off the streets . Squatting next to a white wall outside a Senate hearing room recently with a cell phone glued to his ear , Gomes is being paid to hold a place in line for a lobbyist at a hearing on the climate-change bill . Gomes -- 6 feet tall , with long curly hair pulled back , wearing a polo shirt and shorts -- is one of the contracted men and women holding places in line for this hearing . Many have been waiting since midnight to ensure their clients a seat . By 9 a.m. , more than 100 people are lined up for the hearing . Only 10 seats are available to the public , and the first 10 spots are held by line-standers . The rest are shut out . Though the practice is controversial , Gomes said it has lifted him from life on the street . `` Sitting"}
-{"answer":"for others . There were no official details on voter turnout and it has been difficult to get an accurate count of how many Afghans voted in defiance of threats of violence from the Taliban . CNN 's Atia Abawi said election officials at one polling station in Kabul had already begun counting ballots after a low turnout when the order to extend voting reached them . Afghan voter turnout low as presidential election nears end '' When asked how many ballots had been counted , an election official said 1,000 -- which seemed high to the CNN crew that had been at the polling station all day . `` We were there all day and we did not see 1,000 people , '' CNN 's Kevin Flower said . Election workers in central Bamiyan province immediately began reopening the polls after the order to extend voting . `` Election workers had put up security tape barriers and even tied down the flaps to their voting tents shortly after 4 p.m. local time , '' CNN 's Ivan Watson reported from the province . `` The security tape has been removed and voters are straggling in again . '' Election","question":"KABUL , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Afghanistan officials said 26 people across the country were killed in election day violence , although they hailed Thursday 's vote as a success . A woman dips her finger in ink to show she voted in Bamiyan , one of Afghanistan 's more peaceful provinces . Nearly 95 percent of the more than 6,000 polling stations across Afghanistan opened on Thursday , according to government and electoral officials . Counting is under way but initial results are not expected for another 36 to 48 hours , while final results will not be certified until mid-September . Officials extended voting until everyone waiting in line had a chance to cast their ballots . `` At some -LSB- polling stations -RSB- there is a very large line , '' said Azizullah Ludin of Afghanistan 's Independent Electoral Commission . `` We have to complete all these people that are coming here . '' It is the nation 's second presidential election since the 2001 fall of the Taliban . Ludin said the decision to add more time to vote was because of a large turnout at some stations and technical issues that delayed voting"}
-{"answer":"moderate Arab states who also share the worries about the rise of Iran , and would allow the moderate Arab states to form a kind of tacit alliance with Israel ? '' Zakaria , author and host of CNN 's `` Fareed Zakaria GPS , '' spoke to CNN on Wednesday . Here is an edited transcript : CNN : In your view , how badly have U.S.-Israeli relations been damaged by the announcement of the East Jerusalem settlement expansion ? Fareed Zakaria : I think by itself this would be a small friction that could easily be overcome , but it comes on the heels of increasingly tense relations between Washington and Tel Aviv , and because of that , it has become larger than life precisely because it seems to be the straw that broke the camel 's back for the Obama administration . It became a symbol for the fact that in their view , the Netanyahu government is simply not trying to be cooperative in the search for some kind of movement forward on the Israeli-Palestinian issue . CNN : And why do they feel that way ? Zakaria : They have been trying to get","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Israel 's government is missing an opportunity to secure the country 's future and build a coalition of nations to counter increasing Iranian influence , according to analyst Fareed Zakaria . He says the government , headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , is letting the dispute with the United States over expanded settlements in East Jerusalem get in the way of making progress toward resolution of the conflict with the Palestinians . `` The Netanyahu government goes on and on about the existential threat that Israel faces from Iran , the need for the world to mobilize , to put that above all else , '' Zakaria said . `` If that really is the case , should n't Israel try to be supportive and deepen the relationship with the one country whose military , political and economic support is going to be absolutely crucial in dealing with this threat , that is , the United States ? `` If the Iranian threat were really the overriding threat to Israel , would n't it be willing to subordinate other issues and make some progress on the Palestinian issue because it would help the"}
-{"answer":"be that high , because most of those clubs have very good scouting networks . '' Poland and Ukraine primed for Euro 2012 kick-off Hamilton believes that with clubs now possessing wide-ranging global scouting networks , the need to pay such large sums to agents should be lessened . `` They discover and scout players themselves , and the clubs that are n't scouting players are relying on agents . They do n't need to be doing that . They 've got their own scouting network , '' he said . With agents primarily employed to negotiate deals on behalf of players with their respective clubs , Hamilton argues it is the footballers themselves who should foot the bill for their services . `` It 's the player that hires the agent to secure them a transfer , a new contract , so the players really should be paying the fees , '' he said . `` It 's a big surprise to me that clubs continue to cover agents ' fees , rather than insist the players , who are so well paid , reward their agents for the work they 've done . '' While the spending on","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The vast sums of money made by football 's middle men continues to soar , with English Premier League clubs this week detailing huge amounts paid to agents for helping to seal multi-million-dollar deals during the last 12 months . Big-spending table-toppers Manchester City predictably had the highest outlay , paying agents to the tune of $ 15.2 million between October 1 , 2010 and September 30 , 2011 for aiding the transfer of players such as Sergio Aguero , Samir Nasri and Edin Dzeko . Immediately behind City were Tottenham Hotspur -LRB- $ 12 million -RRB- and Liverpool -LRB- $ 11 million -RRB- . These figures beg the question , what do England 's biggest clubs gain from the use of agents and why are the payments made to them so large ? The total \u00c2 # 71.87 million -LRB- $ 112.8 million -RRB- spent in that period is a rise of almost $ 7.5 million . `` It 's very hard to know , to be honest -- clubs need to give us some answers , '' World Soccer Magazine editor Gavin Hamilton told CNN . `` There 's no reason that they should"}
-{"answer":"were destroyed or damaged by Katrina . The kits included cleaning supplies , mops , brooms , pots and pans . After CNN reported on the giveaway , Louisiana officials asked that the supplies be redirected to the state , which originally passed on them . John Medica , director of the Louisiana 's Federal Property Assistance Agency , told CNN he was unaware Katrina victims still needed the items because no agency had contacted his office . Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana , an outspoken critic of FEMA 's response to the hurricane , told CNN the supply giveaway was `` just a shame . '' `` It 's just another example of the failings of the federal bureaucracy , '' said Landrieu , who wrote Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff last week to request an explanation . `` We 're still trying to fix it . It 's going to take a lot more work . '' Paulison said much of the stockpile included `` things we do n't normally store -- refrigerators , stoves , coolers , diapers , things like that . '' States , meanwhile , were requesting those items , he said . ``","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The director of Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday defended giving away an estimated $ 85 million in hurricane relief supplies , blaming Louisiana officials for turning down the stockpiles . A New Orleans charity keeps goods in trash bags in an empty church . FEMA never told it about the free items . `` We still have quite a few left if Louisiana needs those , '' David Paulison said . `` But we did find out , we did ask Louisiana , ` Do you want these ? ' They said , ` No , we do n't need them . ' So we offered them to the other states . '' A CNN investigation revealed last week that FEMA gave away 121 truckloads of material the agency amassed after 2005 's Hurricane Katrina . The material was declared surplus property and offered to federal and state agencies -- including Louisiana , where groups working to resettle hurricane victims say the supplies are still needed . Paulison told CNN 's `` Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer '' his agency distributed more than 90,000 `` living kits '' to people in Louisiana whose homes"}
-{"answer":"of non-footballing events , including pop concerts , which are required at Wembley to make the rebuilding project viable , it was felt the rye-grass option was more likely to withstand the extra punishment . However , it has proved not to be the case , with Wenger claiming the surface is worse than at any of the 20 Premier League grounds . `` When you build a new stadium , the first priority is that the pitch is good , '' said Wenger on Tuesday . `` If that 's not right the whole stadium is bad . `` Before everybody wanted to play at Wembley because the pitch was so special . Now , nobody wants to play at Wembley . '' Although the FA acknowledge they will still need to change the pitch at regular intervals , the organisation is optimistic the work should at least allow Wembley to restore its previous reputation for a surface of the highest standard . A statement read : `` Wembley Stadium is a multi-purpose venue and needs to be able to offer both a quality playing surface and a quality calendar of events . `` The pitch has always been","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The controversial pitch at the new Wembley stadium is to be dug up immediately . Wembley 's pitch has come in for plenty of criticism since the stadium weas reopened in 2007 . Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger branded the surface ' a disaster ' after the FA Cup semifinal defeat by Chelsea last Saturday , while Sir Alex Ferguson called it ` dead ' in the aftermath of Manchester United 's penalty shoot-out defeat to Everton 24 hours later . In the wake of such criticism , stadium officials decided to launch a thorough review of the pitch and have concluded the rye grass surface should be replaced with immediate effect . The new pitch will be a different composition to the current one , which it is hoped will be better suited to the stadium design . Although the FA had confirmed there would be a new ` sand-soil ' pitch installed , it was not anticipated the work would be done until after next month 's FA Cup final . There have been problems with the new stadium 's pitch since it first opened just over two years ago . Due to the number"}
-{"answer":"on Tuesday . `` Moving to a more comprehensive primary care delivery model could challenge VA clinicians , who may have dealt predominantly with male veterans and sometimes have little or no exposure to female patients , '' said Patricia Hayes of the department 's Women 's Veterans Health Strategic Healthcare Group . Only one-third of veterans ' facilities offer a separate space for women to receive gynecological , mental health and social work services , according to Hayes . There is a goal to have a gynecologist available at every facility by 2012 , she said . And Dennis Cullinan , national legislative director for the Veterans of Foreign Wars , noted that Veterans Affairs has contracted out to provide female veterans care in the facilities where there are not in-house providers . He said the department is fighting an aging infrastructure that is making it tougher to improve facilities . `` The facilities to provide the level of care and privacy just are n't there , '' he said . `` The VA is pursuing this . They are absolutely not dodging it . '' There are more than 1.8 million female veterans in the United States ,","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities do not consistently offer the level of services and infrastructure necessary to properly treat the growing number of female veterans , a government investigation concludes . One official says the VA can offer women better medical care than they would get in private practice . The report by the Government Accountability Office found wide variation in the medical centers ' facilities and programs for female veterans . Investigators visited 18 veterans ' facilities and found that basic services , like pelvic examinations , were being provided and that patients had access to female providers for gender-specific care . But the facilities were lacking in some simpler accommodations , such as the configuration of exam rooms and privacy in check-in areas . The department says it is taking comprehensive steps to improve , including programs for primary care and mental health care for female veterans , along with having a female veterans ' program manager in each of its medical facilities . But Veterans Affairs faces hurdles in its efforts to improve its services and facilities , the department 's chief consultant for women 's medical care testified before Congress"}
-{"answer":"'s statement . When asked about the chance he could leave Inter , Mourinho had earlier told the club Web site : `` There is still a 0.01 % -LRB- chance -RRB- . But for me this is not an important number , it just means that I am closer to Inter than to Real . `` I am satisfied with the relationship with the fans and with my players . I repeat , I am closer to staying at Inter than going elsewhere . '' Those comments failed to impress Inter president Massimo Moratti , but the extended contract has settled any differences . Mourinho made his mark at Porto in 2004 when he led the Portuguese team to the Champions League title , beating Monaco 3-0 in the final , before moving to Chelsea . At Stamford Bridge he claimed the Premier League title in each of his first two seasons and the FA Cup the following campaign , but left the club in September 2007 . Not all Inter fans have warmed to the Portuguese since his arrival in Milan last summer . He has been involved in several disagreements with the Italian media and his style","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jose Mourinho has extended his contract at Serie A champions Inter Milan by 12 months until June 2012 , killing off speculation that he could be on his way to Real Madrid . Coach Mourinho has signed an extended deal ending fears he could wave goodbye to Inter Milan . Former Chelsea supremo Mourinho took charge at Italian giants Inter a year ago following the departure of Roberto Mancini and has just guided the club to their fourth straight scudetto . They also won the Italian Super Cup , but were eliminated by defending champions Manchester United in the first knockout round of the Champions League . A statement on the Inter Web site read : `` In response to the wish of the coach to continue the project started together a year ago , a wish welcomed with pleasure by the club as a sign of attachment and winning spirit , FC Internazionale announces the extension of Jose Mourinho 's contract until 30 June 2012 . '' Mourinho had promised the fans more titles would be on the after lifting his first Italian title , but the eal issue refused to go away until Monday"}
-{"answer":"island territory . Cars , debris , and parts of buildings were randomly strewn over the landscape where the powerful waters dropped them . See iReporter images of the aftermath '' But in some cases , the sea left nothing behind . `` Other villages were taken to the ocean , '' Faumatu said . `` I ca n't even compare the image . It 's one thing to see a photo or footage , but just to be there in person is pretty dramatic , '' Maneafaiga T. Lagafuaina told CNN Wednesday . `` American Samoa itself is experiencing a great loss . '' The 8.0-magnitude quake hit the small cluster of Samoan islands in the South Pacific early Tuesday . In Samoa , the death toll stands at 82 , according to government minister Maulolo Tavita . But he said he feared the number of causalities would continue to rise . Around 220,000 people live on the two main islands which make up the nation of Samoa . The population of American Samoa is about 66,000 . See a map of the affected region '' Salamo Laumoli , director of health services at the LBJ Tropical Medical Center","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Survivors of a deadly earthquake-triggered tsunami which hit the Samoan islands Tuesday have described how they watched the inrushing sea swallow up coastal towns and villages leaving devastation in its wake . iReporter Alden Tagarino captured this image of the damage caused by the tsunami in Pago Pago . At least 111 people are confirmed killed in Samoa , neighboring American Samoa and Tonga . But officials in the Polynesia region have expressed fears the toll will rise as rescue workers struggle to reach outlying villages submerged and flattened by the wave . American Samoa resident Frances Faumatu told CNN she had fled to Aoloau , the highest village on the island , as the earthquake shook her house . `` All of a sudden we heard on the radio everybody had to run for safety , '' she said . `` Right after the quake , the tsunami came . '' Faumatu and others stayed on the mountain for two or three hours until the warning was lifted , watching as the sea swallowed Pago Pago , island 's capital , and then receded . At least 22 people are confirmed dead in the U.S."}
-{"answer":"the SIM card to activate , and AT&T could offer little to no assistance in that process . They were , quite simply , overwhelmed . I contend that a lot of perceived iPhone issues have more to do with AT&T than they do with Apple . Even so , Apple saw fit to issue a $ 30 iTunes gift card to people caught in this delay . Now that is customer service . So , what else has Apple given the world in the iPhone 3GS ? 1 . Video recording capabilities . With the swipe of a finger , you can record a quick video . With another swipe , you can trim your recording . With yet another swipe , you can email it or upload it to your YouTube account . Even when it 's transferred over AT&T 's 3G network , the A\/V quality is rather impressive . Based on my first mobile YouTube upload test , I know I 've sold a few more people on the 3GS . Apple seems to have integrated some kind of anti-shake feature into its video processing , too . 2 . It 's 50 percent faster than","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Another summer , another iPhone hardware update . This one 's worth getting , too -- especially if you have an original iPhone or the iPhone 3G . A self-admitted tech geek , Chris Pirillo is president of Lockergnome.com , a blogging network . If you keep holding out because the iPhone does n't have everything you want , it may be time to re-evaluate your position . This is n't just a phone -- it 's a mobile communications device that boasts few true rivals in the marketplace . Instead of waiting in line at an Apple or AT&T store , I simply ordered mine though Apple , and that process was amazingly simple . I was guaranteed delivery by the June 19th launch date , and indeed , my 32GB -LRB- black -RRB- iPhone 3GS was handed to me on Friday morning . No muss , no fuss . Kinda . Before I get into the reasons I 'm in love -LRB- LOVE !? -RRB- with the iPhone 3GS , let me just say that the activation process on AT&T 's network was less than impressive . It took close to 32 hours for"}
-{"answer":"the process is simple in theory -LRB- see factbox -RRB- , it is unwieldy in practice -- demanding ultra-high temperatures which gobble up electricity . `` The operation is only practical now that we have relatively cheap sources of renewable electricity to power it , '' says Olshausen . Using conventional electricity was never an option , he adds , after all `` what 's the point of turning carbon into fuel if the electricity you 're using to do it burns up more carbon than you started with ? '' But this highlights an uncomfortable fact : Sunfire 's synthetic fuel contains only 70 % of the energy that goes into making it , as heat is lost during the process . So , why waste hard-won green electricity to produce old-fashioned petrol ? Dr. Jeff Hardy is head of the UK 's National Energy Research Network -LRB- NERN -RRB- . He says that , while all efforts should be made to reduce our dependence on liquid fuels , it may not be possible for some industries : `` The thing with fuel is that it offers very high density energy storage ... for areas like long haul aviation","question":"Dresden , Germany -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Would n't it be great if you could simply grab carbon dioxide from the air and turn it back into fuel ? According to Germany-based renewable energy start-up Sunfire , you can . `` In fact , the idea has been around since at least the 70s , '' says Christian von Olshausen , the company 's Chief Technology Officer . But the process is expensive . `` For as long as fossil fuels have been cheap and readily available , there 's not been sufficient demand , '' he adds . Now -- with the world 's finite stock of crude oil on the wane , and amidst pressure to reduce global carbon dioxide -LRB- C02 -RRB- emissions -- the idea of converting those very carbons back into what Olshausen calls `` synthetic fuels '' is becoming more financially viable . `` The combustion of synthetic fuel does not increase the amount of C02 in the atmosphere , '' he explains . `` This is because the carbon is being continuously recycled . '' Synthetic fuel can come in the form of everything from diesel to gasoline to wax . But while"}
-{"answer":"flu season . When Arab health ministers met in Cairo , Egypt , a few months back , it looked like several groups might even be banned from this year 's event because of the flu . They were children under 12 , adults over 65 , pregnant women and people with chronic illnesses . The Saudis did n't ban anybody from coming and left the responsibility to the pilgrims ' countries of origin . In effect , officials issued guidelines only for people at risk . Two days ago , Saudi Arabia 's health minister , Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah , gathered representatives to discuss efforts to detect the ailment . `` It would be nice to have more time to prepare -LSB- for the possibility of H1N1 spreading in Saudi Arabia -RSB- ahead of the hajj , but I am very satisfied with all the measures taken and have great confidence , '' he said before the meeting . Al-Marghalani said the `` safe weapon '' for the kinds of H1N1 cases that resulted in the deaths is Tamiflu , the drug used to fight influenza . `` If we lose Tamiflu , we will lose the war .","question":"Mecca , Saudi Arabian -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus , the Saudi Health Ministry said . The victims of the virus were a 17-year-old Nigerian female and a Sudanese man , an Indian man and a Moroccan woman who each were 75 years old . `` These cases were discovered too late , '' said Dr. Khaled Al-Marghalani , the ministry spokesman . `` Some were old , and the others had pre-existing chronic conditions . '' Al-Marghalani said the Sudanese man initially went to a doctor who treated him , but not for H1N1 . `` So when his doctor sent him to the hospital , and he was treated for H1N1 , it was too late , '' he said . The annual pilgrimage to Mecca , Saudi Arabia , is required of Muslims at least once in their lives , and millions of people around the globe make the trek to attend . This year , the hajj begins Wednesday , and many pilgrims have been arriving days and weeks ahead of the event , which coincides with"}
-{"answer":"inside this world . Everywhere I traveled with it scores of women lined up to tell me of their rapes , incest , beatings , mutilations . It was because of this that over 11 years ago we launched V-Day , a worldwide movement to end violence against women and girls . The movement has spread like wildfire to 130 countries , raising $ 70 million . I have visited and revisited the rape mines of the world , from defined war zones like Bosnia , Afghanistan and Haiti to the domestic battlegrounds in colleges and communities throughout North America , Europe and the world . My in-box -- and heart -- have been jammed with stories every hour of every day for over a decade . Nothing I have heard or seen compares with what is going on in the Democratic Republic of Congo , where corporate greed , fueled by capitalist consumption , and the rape of women have merged into a single nightmare . Femicide , the systematic and planned destruction of the female population , is being used as a tactic of war to clear villages , pillage mines and destroy the fabric of Congolese society","question":"Editor 's note : Eve Ensler is the playwright of `` The Vagina Monologues '' and the founder of V-Day , a global movement to end violence against women and girls . V-Day has funded over 10,000 community-based anti-violence programs and launched safe houses in the Democratic Republic of Congo , Haiti , Kenya , South Dakota , Egypt and Iraq . This commentary was adapted from remarks Ensler made Wednesday to the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs and the Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations , Human Rights , Democracy and Global Women 's Issues . Playwright Eve Ensler says conflict in Congo is taking a terrible toll on women and girls . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I write today on behalf of countless V-Day activists worldwide , and in solidarity with my many Congolese sisters and brothers who demand justice and an end to rape and war . It is my hope that these words and those of others will break the silence and break open a sea of action to move Congolese women toward peace , safety and freedom . My play , `` The Vagina Monologues , '' opened my eyes to the world"}
-{"answer":". Watch Murphy discuss abuse in her marriage '' Discussions with her dying father led to him apologizing for not being `` my knight in shining armor '' by intervening , she said . But Murphy said seeing a photo of singer Rihanna 's bruised face , taken soon after Brown 's admitted attack last February , convinced her to go public with the story . `` I still had no intention to talk to anybody until I saw Rihanna 's face and seeing that just brought it all up . '' `` Abuse , it just survives and thrives in silence , '' Murphy said . US Weekly magazine 's current issue offers a detailed version of Murphy 's revelations in its cover story . Murphy tells the magazine about a whirlwind romance that began in 1977 when she was a 19-year-old Ohio State University student -- swept off her feet by an 18-year-old who was `` extraordinarily handsome . '' She told King that the marriage began `` getting out of control '' after just three months when her husband 's jealously triggered fights . `` It increased until we started to have just horrible fights , ''","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- TV dance judge Mary Murphy said singer Chris Brown 's attack on his girlfriend , Rihanna , prompted her to talk publicly about spousal abuse that she says she suffered first as a teenage bride three decades ago . Mary Murphy says she was abused by her ex-husband during their nine-year marriage . Murphy -- the vivacious judge on Fox TV 's `` So You Think You Can Dance '' -- told CNN 's Larry King that she wants other victims to learn from how she endured , but escaped , domestic violence . Discovering her talent with dance eventually changed her life and helped her flee the relationship after nine years , she said . Her ex-husband strongly denied that he ever physically or mentally abused Murphy , whom he married in 1978 soon after they met as teenagers in college . `` I did just tuck it away and just buried it and went on with my life and I thought that , you know , I could leave it there and I wanted to leave it there until my father died a couple years ago , '' Murphy said"}
-{"answer":"a dishwasher , would assume that it ended at a 6-foot fence . Watch aerial images of the backyard compound '' `` You could walk through the backyard and never know there was another set of living circumstances , '' said Fred Kollar , undersheriff of El Dorado County . `` There was nothing that would cause you to question it . You ca n't see it from either adjoining property . It was presumably well arranged . '' But tucked away beyond the tangle of bushes , high grass and trees was a blue tarp that concealed the only world Dugard had known since her abduction . Kollar said the property had `` a hidden backyard within a backyard . '' It included several sheds no taller than 6 feet , two tents and several outbuildings , `` where Jaycee and the girls spent most of their lives . '' It also held a vehicle that matched the description of the car used in Dugard 's kidnapping , Kollar said . The `` secondary '' backyard was inside the first and was `` screened from view . '' One of the sheds was soundproof , he said . In","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From the time she was an 11-year-old , blue-eyed , freckle-faced blonde until she was a 29-year-old woman with two children , Jaycee Dugard was kept locked away in a backyard compound of sheds and tarps by a couple who police say abducted her . Jaycee Dugard was locked in a shed tucked under a blue tarp in her alleged captor 's backyard . She was more than 160 miles from home , and her family had no idea where she was . Nobody else knew she was there except the couple who snatched her off the street in front of her house in South Lake Tahoe , California , in 1991 , and took her straight to the soundproof shed , police said . Dugard 's pocket of Phillip and Nancy Garrido 's backyard in Antioch , California , was so overgrown no one even knew it existed . The details about Dugard 's time in captivity emerged Thursday after one of Northern California 's most enduring mysteries was solved and the Garridos were arrested and accused of her kidnapping . Anyone who came across the couple 's backyard , littered with garbage cans and"}
-{"answer":"fix for our financial system . And I think , in spite of all of the things that have been done now by the federal government , we 're not quite there . If I were secretary , I would do this . I would order the 19 major financial institutions to put on the Internet the classifications of their assets by investment grade rating , beginning with AAAs down through BBB-minuses , which is the final level of investment grade ratings . And for those parts of their asset holdings that ca n't be rated investment grade -- or , in fact , as they say , ca n't be valued or ca n't be fairly valued -- I would create a new device which I call a `` quarantine account . '' One could make a judgment about the value of these institutions , and the institutions could make a self-judgment , about how much more lending capacity they had , if the quarantined assets are set aside . Watch O'Neill offer his advice to Obama administration '' Zakaria : The basic idea -- the basic proposal you 're making is transparency . Let everyone understand what 's","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Paul O'Neill , who was appointed treasury secretary in 2001 by President Bush , says the federal government is not doing enough to fix the U.S. financial system . Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill says he 's hoping for a `` V-shaped '' recession . O'Neill appeared on CNN 's `` Fareed Zakaria GPS '' on Sunday to talk about his outlook on the recession and what the Treasury Department should demand of major financial institutions in order to get the U.S. economy back on track . Following is an edited transcript of their conversation . Fareed Zakaria : Looking at the current economic crisis , do you think there is any prospect of what people call a `` V-shaped recession , '' that is , a quick recovery ? Or are we in for a long , perhaps years of sluggish growth , what economists call an `` L-shaped recession '' ? Paul O'Neill : You know , I 've got to tell you , I 'm praying for a V - shape . But I 'm one who does n't believe we 're going to start moving back up until there is a credible"}
-{"answer":"and for that we are truly sorry . '' Maruster said the airline intends to `` fully participate with the Department of Transportation and cooperating with their investigation into events over the weekend , and we 're also going to conduct an internal evaluation so that we can learn from this event because at the end of the day , you deserve better -- and we expect better from our crewmembers and our operation . '' `` We can only earn your loyalty and trust one flight at a time and we ask you to give us a second chance . '' JetBlue Flight 504 departed Fort Lauderdale at 10:07 a.m. ET Saturday -- 32 minutes late . The flight made it to Newark -- just not to the runway , thanks to the weather before it was diverted to Hartford . It landed at 1:07 p.m. . What came next was an eight-hour ordeal for passengers -- and crew -- as the plane sat stuck on the tarmac with little food or water . `` I got a problem here on the airplane . I 'm going to need to have the cops onboard , '' a flight crew","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The head of JetBlue is apologizing for a `` confluence of events '' that left a plane filled with passengers stranded on the tarmac at Bradley International Airport near Hartford , Connecticut , over the weekend . Chief Operating Officer Rob Maruster said in a video posted on the company 's blog and its YouTube Channel that the airline had six flights divert to Hartford during the freak weekend snowstorm `` due to various runway , congestion and other operational issues at Newark and JFK Airports '' and that the airline `` did not deplane those aircraft in our target time allotted . '' One of those flights , JetBlue 504 from Fort Lauderdale spent nearly eight hours stranded on the tarmac before passengers were allowed to deplane . `` At no point in this weekend was safety ever compromised , '' Maruster said , stressing that safety was the airline 's number one concern . `` But let 's face it , you count on us at JetBlue for a lot more -- and we promise a lot more -- and we know we let some of you down over the course of this weekend"}
-{"answer":"Pakistanis . Five days ago , it was an empty field . Watch as CNN 's Ivan Watson tours a refugee camp '' Khan 's family has joined tens of thousands of other Pakistanis fleeing south to escape the escalating conflict between the military and Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan . Meanwhile , columns of Pakistani troops in military trucks head in the opposite direction , hauling field guns north toward the conflict zone . Pakistani families have fled the area any way they can : on foot , by hitching rides on the back of trucks and by stowing their belongings on the roofs of cars . As fighting has spread from the districts of Buner and Lower Dir to the Taliban stronghold in the Swat Valley , camps for displaced people are cropping up across northwest Pakistan . The United Nations said the new exodus is exacerbating an already existing humanitarian crisis . Since August , the U.N. has registered more than 500,000 Pakistanis forced to flee their homes by fighting in other northwestern parts of the country . `` Last year ... 4 million people worldwide lost their homes , out of which you have half a","question":"MARDAN , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A family of 18 Pakistani men , women and children trudges down a dirt road toward a refugee camp . These children are among the thousands of refugees this week at the Jalozai camp in western Pakistan . Adolescent girls carry infants on their hips , while the men lug bundles of belongings on their backs . `` Come , stay close to me , '' said one woman wrapped in brightly colored robes , speaking to three children trailing behind her . `` This one is empty , '' a white-bearded Pakistani police officer tells the family , pointing toward a tent . The women and children scramble under the canvas flap , as Salar Khan explains what led his family to flee to Mardan . `` Mortars destroyed three houses in my village , '' he said . `` It was dangerous . A piece of shrapnel almost pierced my child 's leg . '' Khan said his family left their home Wednesday morning in Sultanwas , a town in Buner district . Now , they are living in Mardan 's rapidly growing tent city of more than 1,400 other displaced"}
-{"answer":"want to build their groups , with Muqtada al-Sadr 's political movement using a Hezbollah model to set itself up `` as the main service provider in the country . '' Hezbollah , the Lebanese Shiite militant group labeled a terrorist group by the United States , has built a large base of support with its social service network . `` Similarly , other Shiite and Sunni groups are gaining ground and support through the delivery of food , oil , electricity , clothes and money to the civilians living in their fiefdoms . `` Not only do these militias now have a quasi-monopoly in the large-scale provision of assistance in Iraq , they are also recruiting an increasing number of civilians to their militias -- including displaced Iraqis , '' the report said . The report says al-Sadr 's militia , the Mehdi Army , has resettled displaced Iraqis `` free of charge in homes that belonged to Sunnis . '' `` It provides stipends , food , heating oil , cooking oil and other non-food items to supplement the Public Distribution System rations which are still virtually impossible to transfer after displaced Iraqis have moved to a new","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A leading humanitarian group says Sunni and Shiite militias in Iraq are pulling displaced people into their movements because governments and international entities are failing to adequately address their plight . Two Shiite militiamen take up combat positions during recent clashes with Iraq security forces . Refugees International underscored that development in a report issued Tuesday titled `` Uprooted and Unstable : Meeting Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Iraq . '' The report says the United States , the government of Iraq and the international community are n't doing enough to address the daily problems faced by the 2.7 million internally displaced Iraqis , who have fled homes in war-torn regions to other places in Iraq . Those people find themselves unemployed in their new locations and many times unable to access food and health care . `` As a result of the vacuum created by the failure of both the Iraqi government and the international community to act in a timely and adequate manner , non-state actors play a major role in providing assistance to vulnerable Iraqis , '' the report says . Social services are being provided by `` militias of all denominations '' that"}
-{"answer":"it 's just a lovely home . I hate to leave it . I want to keep the home . I want this all to work out . Watch McMahon tell King what went wrong '' King : And the payments , you ca n't make -- what 's the problem ? Ed McMahon : Well , if you spend more money than you make , you know what happens . And it can happen . You know , a couple of divorces thrown in , a few things like that . And , you know , things happen . You want everything to be perfect , but that combination of the economy , I have a little injury , I have a situation . And it all came together . King : Did you break your neck ? Ed McMahon : I broke my neck . I had a fall . ... King : Has that stopped you from working ? Ed McMahon : Oh , sure . You know , you ca n't work with this -LSB- brace -RSB- around your neck . And I have to wear this . King : But , Pam , the assumption","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The nation 's foreclosure crisis threatened a high-profile victim this week : TV legend Ed McMahon , best known as Johnny Carson 's sidekick on `` The Tonight Show . '' Ed McMahon and his wife , Pam , talk to CNN 's Larry King about their mortgage problems . The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that McMahon was $ 644,000 in arrears on a $ 4.8 million loan for a home in Beverly Hills , California , and his lender had filed a notice of default . McMahon and his wife , Pam , appeared on CNN 's `` Larry King Live '' on Thursday night to talk about their financial woes and other topics . Some highlights : Larry King : What did happen , Ed ? Ed McMahon : It 's a combination , it 's like a perfect storm . Economy problems . Selling the house right now is a tremendous operation ... . We 've had this house on the market for two years . We 've shown it , I do n't know how many , 50 organizations or people . Nobody has made an offer . I mean ,"}
-{"answer":"86 per 100,000 this year . Despite the high criminality , Hondurans do n't always turn to the police for help . According to residents , the police are sometimes to be more feared than criminals . This is the context under which two university students last month decided to flee from police instead of being pulled over . According to the national police , the officers shot and injured one of the students and headed toward a hospital . But along the way , police said , the officers instead decided to take the pair to a different location and execute them . The officers implicated in the killings are from the same district that is under investigation . Already , four officers who have been charged with covering up the killings have appeared before a judge . The four officers accused of actually carrying out the killings are fugitives . The investigations and possible firings of the 176 is latest of a series of steps that the government has taken since the outcry over the killings . Days after the incident , the national police shook up its top ranks . `` In these times of violence it","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a campaign to cleanse its national police force of `` rotten apples , '' Honduras has placed 176 police officers under investigation for a range of alleged crimes , from corruption to murder . All the officers belong to the same police post , which is based in a Tegucigalpa neighborhood known as `` La Granja , '' or the farm , Security Ministry spokesman Silvio Inestrosa told CNN Friday . Officers who worked at the post during the past five years are under investigation , he said . The police scrutiny comes as distrust of police officers reaches new highs , following the killing of two university students , allegedly by police officers . `` As an institution , we have to strengthen the police , but we have to remove the rotten apples , '' President Porfirio Lobo said during a speech Thursday . Honduras has the world 's highest murder rate , with a rate in 2010 of 82.1 per 100,000 inhabitants , according to the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime . According to a recent report by the country 's own human rights commission , that rate could increase to"}
-{"answer":"and no one else , '' Perry wrote . `` Now , I know that 's not true . '' When his first movie -- `` Diary of a Mad Black Woman '' -- debuted in 2005 , people who had seen his stage plays in person or on DVD flocked to theaters , making it the week 's top movie with almost $ 22 million in ticket sales . Critics , who consistently pan Perry 's productions , were confounded . `` They think I do n't know what I am doing , '' he said in a CNN interview . `` They think that this is all haphazard , that I am some sort of idiot or something . '' Watch Perry sound off on `` Madea '' and other topics '' Perry said he does not write to please the critics , but for a broad audience of all ages . With six films already out and a seventh -- `` Madea Goes To Jail '' -- coming soon , Perry has never made a box office flop . His movies average nearly $ 22 million on opening weekends and almost $ 47 million in total domestic","question":"Editor 's note : CNN writer Alan Duke has had two small voice-only roles in Tyler Perry 's TV series , `` House of Payne , '' which airs on CNN 's sister network TBS . He has had no relationship with Perry beyond observing him on set . Tyler Perry stars in `` Madea Goes to Jail , '' which is due out Friday . Perry is trying to expand his reach to Europe . ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tyler Perry wants to take his character Madea to Europe , but he 's been told that audiences there wo n't relate to his stories about African-American lives . The films have made nearly $ 300 million at U.S. box offices . The challenge to conquer Europe has `` sat in my spirit , '' Perry wrote in a newsletter to his fans . Perry , who just a few years ago was homeless and broke , has made a fortune proving naysayers and critics wrong with a successful string of low-budget movies based on his Christian-themed stage plays . `` I was once told -LSB- by -RSB- someone that my movies only appeal to black people"}
-{"answer":"calling every filmmaker we can to help fix this terrible situation . '' Watch a report on celebrities ' feelings about Polanski 's arrest '' Roman Polanski first stormed Hollywood with his psychological thriller , `` Rosemary 's Baby , '' in 1968 . He remains one of the most celebrated directors in Hollywood and the world , despite not having set foot in the United States in more than three decades . `` We stand by and await his release and his next masterwork , '' said Zurich Film Festival Jury President Debra Winger on Monday on behalf of Polanski . Adrien Brody , who Polanski directed in 2002 's `` The Pianist , '' had glowing words when it came to his experience working with Polanski . `` If you have the guidance from someone you admire , like Roman Polanski , who not only is a gifted director and actor , but who knows the subject matter and in my opinion the character that I portray , implicitly , then , it 's a huge gift , '' Brody said . `` I learned a great deal about film and the process , '' the Academy Award","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When filmmaker Roman Polanski was arrested Saturday in Switzerland , he was on his way to accept an award for Lifetime Achievement at the Zurich Film Festival . Peers of Roman Polanski have praised him for his talent and lamented his arrest . Polanski 's friend , Swiss filmmaker Otto Weisser , was among the first to publicly run to his defense . `` This is for me a shock . I am ashamed to be Swiss , that the Swiss is doing such a thing to brilliant fantastic genius , that millions and millions of people love his work , '' Weisser said upon learning the director had been detained by Swiss authorities . `` He 's a brilliant guy , and he made a little mistake 32 years ago . What a shame for Switzerland . '' By Tuesday , more than 130 heavyweights in the movie industry had taken up Polanski 's cause . An online petition has been signed by directors such as Marin Scorsese , Woody Allen and Pedro Almodovar , as well as actors . Studio chief Harvey Weinstein told CNN in a statement : `` We are"}
-{"answer":"and Qatar in the region . As the nation diversifies its economy away from oil , commercial opportunities for UK thrive in a variety of sectors . Saudi Arabia is currently planning six privately-developed economic cities . The $ 26.6 billion King Abdullah Economic City -- the largest of these -- will create one million jobs and home to two million residents . The aim , says the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority , is to boost the economy by creating a pro-business environment , and attracting investors and fostering investment opportunities . The UK has , since the early 1990s , been one of the top five exporters to Saudi Arabia , behind USA , Germany , China and Japan . In 2007 , Saudi Arabian bank SABB predicts that UK exports to the Kingdom will increase by more than 5.5 per cent to reach $ 2.8 billion . While the balance of trade continues to be favor of the British , Saudi Arabia 's exports to Britain are also gaining ground and closing the trade gap . This year , exports to Britain are expected to reach a record high of $ 2.1 billion , says SABB .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Behind the state banquet and smiles from Queen Elizabeth and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown , King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia 's visit to London this week caused a wave of dissent . The UK political elite boycotted events . Demonstrators lined the Mall . The UK foreign secretary pulled out of a meeting with his Saudi counterpart to be with his new adopted son . And just days before he arrived , the Saudi King accused British officials of ignoring information that could have averted the terror attacks in London on July 2005 . Whether the politics of the event were a success is open to debate . But this was just part of the story . The Saudis were also in town to cement a strong trading and business relationship that has developed between the two Kingdoms over the last 20 years . Saudi Arabia is the UK 's largest trading partner in the Middle East . And behind the USA , the UK is the second largest foreign investor in the Kingdom . UK Trade & Investment has designated Saudi Arabia one of its 17 `` High Growth Markets '' along with UAE"}
-{"answer":"according to state records . Less than two years after his parole , Dryman was listed by the Montana Department of Corrections as `` absconded . '' He had disappeared . And that is where the `` old family story '' stopped for nearly 40 years , until last year when Clem Pellett came across some old newspapers clippings of the murder , which had occurred two years before he was born . `` So what I knew of it -LRB- was -RRB- ` never pick up a hitchhiker , ' and ` your grandfather died begging for his life , ' '' he said . `` It 's hard -- this is someone I never knew , but as I read , I thought , ` You know , this poor man who happens to be my grandfather -- his death just got kicked to the curb , ' and that became the issue . '' Over the course of a year , Clem Pellett worked closely with the Montana Parole Board and with Department of Corrections officials , who supplied him with an old post office box number in Glendale , Arizona , and details about Dryman 's","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For Clem Pellett , tracking down his grandfather 's killer was not his original mission . `` I was just putting together an old family story ... and these serendipitous events happened , and we accidentally caught him , '' Pellett , of Bellevue , Washington , told CNN in a phone interview Wednesday . That `` old family story '' focuses on two men : Clarence Pellet -- a grandfather that Clem Pellett never knew -- and a drifter named Frank Dryman . According to the Montana Department of Corrections , on April 4 , 1951 , Clarence Pellett picked up a hitchhiker near Shelby , Montana . The hitchhiker was Dryman , then a 19-year-old drifter who was carrying a loaded gun that , according to the state , he used to shoot and kill Clarence Pellett on the side of windswept Montana road . Dryman took the car and drove to Canada , where he was later arrested for the murder , according to the Montana Department of Corrections . After several trials and appeals , Dryman was convicted in Montana and sentenced to life in prison , then paroled in 1969 ,"}
-{"answer":"And it does n't strengthen our economy when government decides how much each job is worth . In America we leave that job to markets . So what 's the answer ? To strengthen transparency , all aspects of CEO pay and perks should be fully disclosed on a regular basis . This should include airplanes , cars , golf-club memberships , bonuses , stock options , retirement plans and salaries -- in short everything that a common-sense person would consider part of a CEO reward package . See Fiorina discuss exec pay , including her own '' To strengthen accountability , all aspects of CEO compensation should be voted on by shareholders on an annual basis . Ultimately , it is the owners of a company who must determine whether a CEO 's rewards are justified by a CEO 's performance . And because the American taxpayer is now a partial owner in many companies , the government can get a vote as well -- in some cases a very sizeable vote . In addition , `` clawback provisions , '' which require a CEO to return compensation to shareholders if promised results are n't delivered , should be","question":"Editor 's note : Carly Fiorina is chief executive of Carly Fiorina Enterprises and former chief executive of HP . She was an adviser to Sen. John McCain 's presidential campaign last year . Carly Fiorina says outrage at Wall St. pay is justified but salaries should n't be set by government . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Americans are outraged over excessive CEO pay and perks . That outrage is justified , particularly when American taxpayers are footing the bill . Our capitalist system works best when there is transparency and accountability . There has been too little of both on Wall Street . Inevitably , the president and Congress are now attempting to respond to taxpayer anger and restore some `` common sense , '' as President Obama recently declared , to CEO compensation . The proposed solution caps top executive pay at $ 500,000 for institutions that have received bailout money . I do n't think this is the answer , although it is an understandable reaction . It 's arbitrary : Why not $ 400,000 or $ 600,000 ? It 's incomplete . It only applies to institutions that will receive more government assistance going forward ."}
-{"answer":"of the American suspects , dated Thursday , focused on one identified as Ahmed Abdullah Minni , a 20-year-old born in Virginia . The report said he regularly goes online to watch attacks on the U.S. military in Afghanistan and that he left comments praising the actions . That caught the attention of militants , and he eventually was contacted by a person named Saifullah , the report said . After contact had been made , a Yahoo e-mail account was set up so the men and militants could communicate , the report says . E-mails were never sent from the account , but people would leave messages in the draft section of the e-mail account and delete them after reading them , the Pakistani police report said . `` This mode of communication enabled them to pass on messages without fear of interception by the FBI , '' the report said . It said the suspects made a plan with Saifullah to go from Pakistan to Afghanistan . They gathered in Karachi and left for Hyderabad on December 1 . They tried to hook up with two militant groups , Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Jamaat-ud-Dawa , but neither of them","question":"Islamabad , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A court order issued Monday blocks five Americans arrested in Pakistan last week from being deported or being handed over to the FBI , officials said . `` All the government functionaries , including federal government or provincial governments are directed not to hand over the alleged detainees -LSB- Americans -RSB- to any American agencies , or any other foreign agencies , '' the order said , according to Faisal Zaman , attorney for the government of Pakistan 's Punjab province . The five were arrested Wednesday amid suspicion that they were plotting terrorist attacks . They were transferred Saturday from Sargodha , a small town where they were seized , to a more secure location in Lahore , police said . The court order was a response to a petition from Khalid Khawaja , a former Pakistani intelligence official and founder of an organization called Defense of Human Rights of Pakistan . Under Pakistani law , any citizen can file a petition with a court . The Lahore High Court scheduled a hearing for Thursday and ordered the government to respond to Khawaja 's petition . A police report on the interrogation"}
-{"answer":"at this stage . As soon as we have any information we will immediately contact all customers who have booked tickets through Ticketmaster . '' Seatwave , Europe 's biggest online market for fan-to-fan ticket sales , told CNN that customers who bought tickets via its Web site would receive a full refund , the cost of which would be covered by an insurance claim which could top # 2 million -LRB- $ 3.2 million -RRB- . `` This is what you buy insurance for . Unfortunately it 's always for these kind of terrible circumstances , '' Joe Cohen , Founder and CEO of Seatwave told CNN . The official secondary ticketing partner for the shows , Viagogo , also promised fans a full refund . Consumer rights group Which ? warned fans who bought tickets from third parties , including auction Web sites such as eBay , may have more difficulty getting their money back . Michael Jackson was scheduled to play 50 shows at the O2 Arena in London , a grueling schedule for even the fittest pop star , according to celebrity media advisor , Simon Astaire . `` He needed money , there is no","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For almost four months , fans of Michael Jackson were holding what were deemed by concert promoters AEG Live as the `` Hottest Tickets on the Planet . '' Queues for tickets to Michael Jackson 's concert wind outside the O2 Arena in London on March 13 , 2009 . Now some 750,000 would-be concert-goers have been left with slips of paper that , while steeped in sentimentality , wo n't entitle them to see the hyped spectacular that was promised to be Jackson 's farewell concerts . It 's unclear whether all fans will receive a full refund . Early Friday morning , AEG Live 's Web site was still promoting the concerts , announcing there were just `` 17 days until show time . '' After midday , all reference to the shows had been removed . Late Friday afternoon , the O2 Arena was still saying that ticketing information would be available `` in due course . '' And callers to Ticketmaster 's customer service number were still being greeted the message , `` Ticketmaster is aware of the news relating to Michael Jackson . We have no official information"}
-{"answer":"had been retreaded , in violation of safety rules . The blown tire was the only one that was recapped , and it was the only one whose tread separated , she said . Asked what caused the Goodyear tire to lose its air , she said , `` we do n't know the answer to that question ; that 's why we 're here . '' The bus itself was made in 2002 by Motor Coach Industries . The trip to Carthage , Missouri , had been scheduled by the Vietnamese Catholic Martyrs Church in Houston , though some of the passengers may have belonged to other churches , Hersman said . The 52-year-old driver had his commercial driver 's license , but his medical certificate had expired , she said . Late Friday , police were assisting NTSB investigators with gathering evidence and mapping the scene , documenting the location of witness marks and scars on the highway and bridge rail over an overpass , she said . Preliminary evidence suggests that the bus hit a rail on the right side of the bridge and then traveled 1,809 feet before coming to a stop on its right side","question":"SHERMAN , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A seventeenth person has died from injuries suffered in Friday 's bus crash in northern Texas , a hospital spokeswoman said Sunday . The damaged bus is hauled from the crash scene on a flatbed truck Friday in Sherman , Texas . The driver of the bus , which was carrying dozens of Vietnamese people on a church trip , apparently lost control on northbound U.S. 75 early Friday . The bus smashed into a guardrail before rolling on its side and sliding into a gully . The accident happened near the Texas-Oklahoma state line . Twelve people were declared dead at the scene , and four others died at hospitals , officials said . Police estimated that , in addition to the deaths , 33 to 39 of the 54 passengers and the driver suffered mild to serious injuries . Watch what investigators are learning about the accident '' The bus was operating illegally , according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration . The National Transportation Safety Board has begun investigating the crash . On Friday , NTSB member Debbie Hersman told reporters that the right front tire of the bus"}
-{"answer":"that agencies can attain greater transparency and overcome perceptions of wrongdoing . Plus , people can feel more at ease about their donations . The Muslim Charities Accreditation Program , which began in August 2008 , examines nonprofits and trains agency leaders to comply with the federal government 's legal and financial regulations , said Vohra , the program 's legal counsel . Just before the start of Ramadan a month ago , three nonprofit organizations had met all 20 standards required for accreditation . Vohra said several others are going through the process . In turn , Vohra hopes that Muslim charities will start seeing more dollars come their way . `` We do n't make comments on which group to give to , '' Vohra said . `` What we 're concerned about is giving the right way -- best practices for zakat . `` To be able to give freely is a right of all Americans . '' he said . Vohra takes phone calls from people around the nation seeking guidance . `` We 're planning to send money , '' people tell him . `` Is this group OK ? What 's the best way","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Akil Vohra quit a lucrative job in international trade litigation to take up something he strongly believes in -- as a legal expert , a Muslim and , most importantly , he says , as an American . He wanted to make sure that Muslims could fulfill zakat , one of the five pillars of Islam that mandates the giving of alms . Zakat is especially important during the holy month of Ramadan , which ends on Saturday . But after the terrorist attacks of September 11 , 2001 , a dark cloud hung over Muslim charities as the federal government heightened scrutiny over terrorism concerns . Zakat suddenly became a risky religious obligation . Agencies all over America from women 's shelters and health clinics to inner-city community centers saw donation checks dry up . `` The fear of giving was very real , said Vohra , 33 , who now works for San Francisco-based Muslim Advocates , an agency that was created to address two needs in post-September 11 America : racial profiling of Muslims and charitable giving . Muslim Advocates partners with the Better Business Bureau to attain accreditation for Muslim nonprofits so"}
-{"answer":"to his opponent as `` a solid welterweight with great accomplishments , '' but dismissed his chances of a victory at the MGM Grand . `` We are totally different , '' he added . `` He 's a fighter that always worries about landing one big shot , he worries about who is extremely strong . `` And I worry about being smart and winning . We approach fights in two totally different ways . When I shoot my shots , I am looking at my opponent . When Shane punches , a lot of times he closes his eyes . `` I am pretty sure Shane is going to be in good condition . We are going to put on one hell of a show on May 1 come the fight . Like I have always said before - there is no remedy on how to beat Floyd Mayweather . Everyone is trying to solve the problem . `` It 's like a difficult maths problem that no one can solve . No one can solve it . The ultimate goal is try to solve the problem . How to beat Floyd Mayweather ? I know what I","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Floyd Mayweather will not be fighting Shane Mosley for a world title on May 1 after the `` Money Man '' refused to pay the World Boxing Association 's sanctioning fee . The five-time world champion takes on Mosley in Las Vegas on May 1 but insists his legacy is more important to him than fighting for `` Sugar Shane 's '' welterweight title . `` I did not want to fight for the WBA title , '' Mayweather told Sky Sports . `` At this point , it 's all about enhancing my legacy . `` I 've done a lot of things in this sport , things that a lot of fighters were n't able to do in the sport and did n't do in the sport . This fight with Shane Mosley will enhance my legacy . '' Mayweather , 33 , has won all 40 of his professional bouts and is a six-time world champion at five different weights . His proposed `` super fight '' with WBO welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao broke down after a disagreement over drug testing procedures , and he opted to fight Mosely instead . Mayweather referred"}
-{"answer":"he had found , announcing that he would sell them . That caught the attention of the Mexican government , which is studying the origins of the items and has claimed them . Now , DiMola wants to donate his find , but not necessarily to Mexico , he told CNN . The Queens native was excited about his discovery when he allowed representatives from the Mexican Cultural Institute to examine and photograph nearly all the pieces , DiMola said . His curiosity about them was growing , and he was expecting an appraisal from the government officials . What he got instead was a heads-up about a possible petition to return the entire collection to Mexico . `` My reaction is that that is not very diplomatic , '' DiMola said . `` It 's a blow to the jaw . '' Ruben Beltran , Mexico 's consul general in New York , was not available for comment Tuesday . However in an interview with the U.S.-based Spanish-language TV network Telemundo , he said that if the pieces are part of Mexican culture , the government will try to get them back . But as of now , no","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One man 's trash is another man 's mystery . Nick DiMola holds what he believes are about 60 artifacts and pieces of artifacts from Mexico . Five years ago , Nick DiMola 's rubbish removal company was hired to clean out a Manhattan apartment following the death of the owner , abstract artist Clinton Hill . The contents of a barrel that DiMola salvaged from the trash then has today raised a series of questions . What DiMola holds are about 60 artifacts and pieces of artifacts that he thinks are from Mexico , dating to between 300 B.C. and 500 A.D. . The mystery , which the Mexican Consulate in New York is trying to solve , is twofold : How much are the artifacts worth ? And , if authentic , whom do they belong to ? DiMola first saw the collection of pottery and figurines while cleaning Hill 's apartment in 2004 . He stored the barrel in his warehouse instead of disposing of it , then promptly forgot about it . Last week , DiMola rediscovered the pieces , only this time he told the New York Daily News about what"}
-{"answer":"to stamp out corruption . A match-fixing scandal in the domestic league in 2005 led to about 70 people being arrested , though no one has been prosecuted . Significantly , neither country has hosted a major sporting event and concerns remain about the shortage of adequate stadiums , high-quality hotels and poor transport infrastructure in both Poland and Ukraine . With the proposed semi-final venues in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk and the Polish capital Warsaw , fans would currently be faced with a 30-hour train journey to attend both games . Although there are plans to expand and improve the highway linking the nations . The opening match is scheduled to be staged at a new 70,000-capacity National Stadium in Warsaw when construction work is completed in 2009 at a cost of $ 800 million . The final will be held at Kiev 's redeveloped Olympic Stadium , however all 12 proposed venues need considerable work in order to comply with international standards . The remaining games will be held in the Polish cities of Gdansk , Poznan , Wroclaw , Chorzow and Krakow , as well as the Ukrainian cities of Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk . Concerns","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In April 2007 , UEFA 's executive committee voted to accept a joint proposal from Poland and Ukraine to host the European football Championships in 2012 . Poland faces a struggle to upgrade many of its venues , such as Tenth Anniversary stadium in Warsaw . The decision to award the tournament to Poland -- a former communist country -- and Ukraine -- a former Soviet Republic -- was viewed with surprise by many in the world of sport as they had defeated a rival bid from established football powerhouse Italy . In addition to providing economic benefits -- hosting Euro 2008 was worth over $ 450 million to the Austrian economy according to its government -- staging such a high-profile international event would cap their remarkable transformation into credible democracies in the eyes of the world . However , both countries have had to address a number of problems . Watch more about Poland 's bid \u00c2 '' Political instability remains an issue in Ukraine -- the fragile ruling coalition recently collapsed -- while Poland 's national team narrowly avoided a suspension after football 's world ruling body FIFA said its federation had done little"}
-{"answer":"affiliated with Google -RRB- made it available for free through Cydia . It 's difficult to get accurate data on how many customers have jailbroken their iPhones . But based on the number of unique device identifiers tracked on his server , Freeman claims that about 4 million , or 10 percent of the 40 million iPhone and iPod Touch owners to date , have installed Cydia . On a recent day , he said 470,000 people were connecting to the Cydia store , up from 350,000 per day just a few months ago . Among many free apps , there are also 15 paid apps in Cydia , and the store has earned $ 220,000 in overall sales in just five months . `` People are so annoyed by Apple and their s -- , and if you give them opportunity to go around it , then they 'll even pay for it , '' said Kim Streich , a developer whose app 3G Unrestrictor earned $ 19,000 in sales in just two weeks through Cydia . Though Cydia is relatively young , the underground `` Jailbreak '' community has existed since the first iPhone launched in 2007 .","question":"-LRB- WIRED -RRB- -- Apple is the exclusive gatekeeper to its iPhone App Store , able to reject apps at will -- as it did July 28 with Google Voice . Some would-be iPhone developers , rejected by Apple , are turning to an unauthorized app store called Cydia . But some developers are n't taking the rejection lying down : They 're turning instead to an unauthorized app store called Cydia , where forbidden wares continue to exist -- and even earn developers some money . That store is operated by Jay Freeman , more fondly known in the iPhone `` Jailbreak '' community as Saurik . Only five months old , his app store Cydia specializes in selling apps that Apple would reject or ban -LRB- or already has -RRB- . To use Cydia or the apps available through it , customers need to jailbreak their phones -- hack them to work around Apple-imposed restrictions -- a process that Apple claims is illegal . Indeed , you can even get a Google Voice app , GV Mobile , through Cydia . After Apple pulled the app from its App Store , developer Sean Kovacs -LRB- who is not"}
-{"answer":"and its president renewed their sincere condolences to the families of victims involved in this tragic terrorist attack which happened January 8 , 2010 . `` The attack was condemned by CAF and also a total support was given to the Togolese team . `` At that time , CAF said they have understood perfectly the decision of players not to participate in the competition . `` Meanwhile , following a decision taken by players to participate in the competition , the Togolese government decided to call back their national team . `` The decision taken by the political authorities is infringing CAF and CAN -LRB- African Nations Cup -RRB- regulations . `` Therefore , a decision has been taken to suspend the Togo national team for the next two editions of Africa Cup of Nations , with a fine of U.S. dollars 50,000 handed to the Togolese national football association , in conformity with article 78 of Africa Cup of Nations Angola 2010 . '' Two men arrested over the attack were said to be members of the Forces for Liberation of the State of Cabinda , an armed wing of a separatist group that has claimed responsibility for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Togo , who pulled out of the Africa Cup of Nations soccer competition after a terrorist attack on their team bus , have been suspended from taking part in the next two competitions . The Confederation of African Football -LRB- CAF -RRB- also announced on Saturday that the team would be fined $ 50,000 . Why Togo ban rubs salt into open wounds Three people were killed in the attack , which took place while Togo travelled to the team hotel two days before their opening match earlier this month . Communications chief Stanislas Ocloo and assistant coach Abalo Amnalete were shot dead and goalkeeper , Kodjovi Obilale , was among the injured . Togo , captained by Manchester City star Emmanuel Adebayor , wanted to continue despite the attack but quit on their national government 's orders . The attack raised fears about security for the World Cup , which takes place in South Africa later this year . CAF has decided the decision to recall the team was political interference , leading to Saturday 's suspension for the tournaments in 2012 and 2014 . CAF said in a statement : `` The executive committee"}
-{"answer":"in New York , alone , cold , and without cigarettes or the money to buy them -- I had smashed open a vending machine to get a pack . A friend called up and told me to start living like a human being again . He invited me to the track . I had nothing better to do , and I figured it would be good therapy to get out and have lunch with a friend and watch the horses come down the stretch . I 'll never forget that day . I put on a Pierre Cardin jeans outfit that had no pockets and drove to Calder Race Course . I can still see the horses warming up before the third race . There was a horse called Lady Forli -- a filly running against males . Normally , female horses do n't beat males . We 're talking cheap horses . I scanned the board and saw that she was 70-1 . But my eyes really opened when I looked at the racing form . Racetrack people talk to each other . So I turned to the guy next to me and said , `` You know","question":"Editor 's note : Below is an excerpt from Larry King 's autobiography , `` My Remarkable Journey , '' published by Weinstein Books and available at bookstores nationwide . Larry King anchors `` Larry King Live at 9 p.m. ET on CNN . Larry King recalls a much-needed win at the track during one of the lowest points of his life . I was thirty-seven years old . -LRB- In 1971 -RRB- . I had no job . I had a couple hundred thousand dollars in debts . And a four-year-old daughter . I 'd take Chaia to our secret park on our visiting days . That 's when the pain cut the deepest -- looking at my daughter and knowing I had no way to support her . Things got bleaker and bleaker . I became a recluse . By late May , I was down to forty-two dollars . My rent was paid only until the end of the month . I locked myself in my apartment wondering how bad things could possibly get . Pretty soon I would n't even be able to afford cigarettes . I remembered a night when I was a young man"}
-{"answer":"and demand a replay , '' Ahern said in a statement sent to CNN . `` They probably wo n't grant it as we are minnows in world football but let 's put them on the spot . It 's the least we owe the thousands of devastated young fans around the country . Otherwise if that result remains it reinforces the view that if you cheat you will win . '' The FAI later confirmed that it had taken the matter to FIFA . `` I really believe the integrity of the game has been questioned last night , '' chief executive John Delaney told reporters . `` The governing body of world football have to step up to the plate and accede to our call for a replay . '' Delaney said the FAI had also written to the French football federation . `` They need to look at themselves in this situation . Henry is their captain and a wonderful footballer , but does he want to be like Diego Maradona and his legacy to be this handball , this goal that got them to the World Cup in an unjust manner ? If we had qualified","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Irish football officials have lodged an official complaint with world ruling body FIFA after Thierry Henry confessed that he handled the ball in the build-up to the goal which sent France to next summer 's World Cup . Television cameras showed Henry guiding the ball with his hand twice , before William Gallas scored from his resulting cross to give `` Les Bleus '' a narrow win in the two-legged World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland . `` I will be honest . It was a handball but I am not the referee , '' the Barcelona striker told reporters after the match in Paris . The Irish Justice Ministry confirmed to CNN that Dermot Ahern had asked the Football Association of Ireland -LRB- FAI -RRB- to demand a replay in the interests of fair play . `` Thierry Henry has admitted handling the ball , claims he told the ref he handled it . Millions of people worldwide saw it was a blatant double handball -- not to mention a double offside -- and we should put the powers that be in the cozy world of FIFA on the spot"}
-{"answer":"in Laos in the first place . Samantha Orobator was born in Nigeria . Her family sent her to London , England , to live with her aunt when she was 8 years old to escape the political strife back home . By many accounts , Samantha was a happy and popular child . She achieved good grades and excelled in biology , hoping to become a surgeon . `` A really nice child , who loved school , good friends , respected the staff , behaved herself and achieved good academic results , '' recalls school headmaster Serge Cefai . `` We 're extremely surprised , '' he says , `` We 've had some of her ex-friends get in touch with the school saying ` What do you know ? ' Well , we only know what the media has told us and what 's now coming out . And everybody is in the same boat . Samantha could n't be involved in drugs , could she ? '' Jane Orobator describes her daughter as quiet , petite and `` fragile . '' Her daughter never mentioned any boyfriends and did n't smoke or drink , she says","question":"DUBLIN , Ireland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jane Orobator lives in a small house in Dublin , Ireland . She 's a full time psychology student at Trinity college and she is single-handedly raising 3 girls aged 9 to 14 . Their smiling faces are framed in photos on the walls at home -- the only ornaments in an otherwise sparsely decorated house . An emotional Jane Orabator said her daughter 's arrest made her world crumble like a pack of cards . But there is one family member missing from these photos : the oldest sister , Samantha , now 21 , in prison in Laos charged with smuggling heroin . `` My life , my world is crumbling like a pack of cards right before me , '' Jane Orobator told CNN in an emotional interview . `` Samantha has never given me any cause to worry . '' Over the course of a 90-minute interview with CNN , Orobator frequently broke down in tears . At one point , she collapsed to her knees and begged for her daughter 's release . But Jane Orobator is clearly baffled and mystified as to how her daughter ended up"}
-{"answer":". '' `` I 'm pretty sure I told one of them -- either him or his wife -- about the program . I ca n't remember if I gave them all the details . '' the prosecutor assigned to the case , who did n't want to be named , told CNN . After Reynolds ' conviction , the witness and his wife saw strange cars parked outside their home . They received phone calls during which the only sound on the other end of the line was a gun being cocked . The couple received a death threat from Reynolds himself through the mail . Watch witness describe fear of being targeted '' Reynolds was then sentenced to ten years in a maximum security prison for witness intimidation . However , it is likely he 'll be released within five years . No national statistics on crimes against witnesses exist , and minimal research has been conducted on the subject . The latest National Institute of Justice survey on record -- conducted more than a decade ago -- shows that more than half of big city prosecutors consider witness intimidation a major problem . Colorado has $ 50,000","question":"DENVER , Colorado -- A Colorado man terrorized by threats after testifying against his daughter 's abusive boyfriend says he has spent $ 10,000 on a security system , hired a bodyguard for his son 's wedding and never leaves home without a .45 - caliber handgun strapped to his chest . Keith Reynolds was convicted for witness intimidation after threatening witnesses in his domestic assault case . The man , who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the case , says the state did nothing to protect him after the 1999 conviction of Keith Reynolds for domestic abuse -- even after prosecutors told him a hit had been put on his family . A report in the Denver Post pointed out major problems protecting witnesses in the state of Colorado . Paul Logli , chairman of National District Attorneys Association , told Congress this year that witness intimidation has become `` almost epidemic , '' according to the Denver Post . When asked if prosecutors had made the family aware of Colorado 's witness protection program , the witness in the Reynolds case said , `` All they told us was maybe we should move"}
-{"answer":"delayed because of the crush . Pattinson is still surprised by the reaction . Though things started quietly during filming , by the time production was wrapping , `` there were like 200 people turning up to the set every day , '' he said . `` And now , if we were trying to shoot it now , it would be absolutely impossible to do anything . Because where ever there 's a ` Twilight , ' anything mentioned about ` Twilight , ' thousands of people turn up . '' `` Twilight 's '' many fans -- most of whom will get their first feature-length glimpse of Edward when the film opens with midnight showings Friday -- ca n't wait for the witching hour . They also have n't been afraid of letting Kristen Stewart , who plays Bella Swan in the film based on Stephenie Meyer 's series of books , know about their feelings for `` Twilight '' -- and Edward . Some have been downright disdainful , Stewart told CNN at the Los Angeles interviews for the film . `` Very communicative looks , '' Stewart said . `` Like , ` I 'm just","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The biggest challenge was finding an Edward . Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart play Edward and Bella in `` Twilight . '' `` The most perfect guy in the world , '' `` Twilight '' director Catherine Hardwicke said , ticking off the characteristics of `` Twilight 's '' vampire hero . `` Can not be Leo -LSB- DiCaprio -RSB- ; can not be Brad Pitt . They do n't fit in high school anymore . And there are a lot of cute guys , but do they really look like they 've lived for 108 years ? '' Probably not , but with a fan base as large as `` Twilight 's , '' Hardwicke had to search for one . And if the thousands of screaming girls who show up at autograph signings are any measure , she found him in Robert Pattinson . The actor , best known for playing Cedric Diggory in `` Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , '' has faced mob scenes wherever he 's appeared . Fans in Dallas waited overnight in the rain for a chance to see him ; an event in San Francisco was"}
-{"answer":"low growth in recent years . To take the helm , Monti needs the approval of the Italian Parliament , which is composed of multiple parties with diverse interests . Silvio Berlusconi 's People of Freedom party remains the strongest force in parliament , and Berlusconi has said he plans to remain active in it . Those diverse political interests and the pain of austerity measures could weigh heavily on Monti as he steers Italy through economically troubled waters . Some politicians in Italy have already called for elections to take place sooner than their scheduled time of spring 2013 . Italian party leaders spoke in support of the new prime minister designate on Italy 's senate TV after exiting deliberations with Monti on the composition of a new government . Antonio Di Pietro , leader of the Values Party , said his group is `` happy that the Berlusconi government could be replaced by the Monti government . '' His party will not block a Monti-led government , he said . But when asked specifically whether he would give Monti a vote of confidence , Di Pietro stressed that he would not answer until he learned more about Monti","question":"Rome -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mario Monti , the economist nominated to become Italy 's new prime minister , began talks with political leaders Monday to discuss forming a government . The 68-year-old 's talks with political parties will continue Tuesday . In comments after several meetings Monday , Monti said some of the delegations had discussed a `` temporal outlook '' for how long his government might last . The time for the government `` which I am trying to create is that period between today and the end of spring 2013 , '' he said , according to a CNN translation . At any time the parliament could dissolve his government `` because of lack of trust , '' he said . It is `` obvious '' that the task at hand is an emergency , and that to achieve economic growth and social equity `` should be the priorities , '' Monti said . The new prime minister designate will face an arduous task , as Italy has one of the highest national debts in Europe at \u00e2 \u201a \u00ac 1.9 trillion -LRB- $ 2.6 trillion -RRB- -- about 120 % of GDP -- and has seen"}
-{"answer":"though the court noted the arrest violated state law . A police detective , asked why the man was arrested , replied , `` Just our prerogative . '' While some of the justices expressed concern about that level of discretion at oral arguments in January , their 9-0 ruling raised few such doubts . `` The arrest rules that the officers violated were those of state law alone , '' Scalia said . `` It is not the province of the Fourth Amendment to enforce state law . '' The state had argued an arrest is constitutionally reasonable if officers have probable cause to believe a suspect has committed a crime . `` This standard represents the best compromise between the needs of the citizens and the duty of the government to combat crime , '' Stephen McCullough , Virginia 's deputy solicitor general , had told the high court . But Moore 's attorney , Thomas Goldstein , called an `` extreme proposition '' the idea that it would be reasonable `` to go out and arrest someone for a non-arrestable offense and not only do that , but having committed that trespass at common law , to","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Supreme Court offered unanimous support for police Wednesday by allowing drug evidence gathered after an arrest that violated state law to be used at trial , an important search-and-seizure case turning on the constitutional limits of `` probable cause . '' The Supreme Court unanimously gave police broader powers to search for and seize evidence . `` When officers have probable cause to believe that a person has committed a crime in their presence , the Fourth Amendment permits them to make an arrest , and to search the suspect in order to safeguard evidence and ensure their own safety , '' Justice Antonin Scalia wrote . David Lee Moore was stopped by Portsmouth , Virginia , officers five years ago for driving his vehicle on a suspended license . Under state law in such incidents , only a summons is to be issued and the motorist is to be allowed to go . Instead , detectives detained Moore for almost an hour , arrested him , then searched him and found cocaine . At trial , Moore 's lawyers tried to suppress the evidence , but the state judge allowed it , even"}
-{"answer":"June , they usually do not reach the capital city of New Delhi and other regions in northern India until early July . Watch how Indians cope with monsoon waters '' They came about two weeks early in the northern part of the country this year , killing at least 20 people in landslides , home collapses and floods . The airport sits on more than 2,000 acres that , over the years , have become home to jackals , porcupines , dogs , cats and a variety of birds . Arora would not say how many flights were delayed during the rescue operation . The airport handles 13,000 domestic and 9,500 international passengers a day . '' -LRB- The -RRB- numbers are speculative as it is difficult to attribute delays to bad weather , strong winds , birds or animals , '' Arora said . In the past , animals on the runway have disrupted flights at the airport -- particularly during the monsoon season , Satyanarayan said . `` The monitor lizards -- they look frightening but they are harmless animals , '' he said . `` But they can grow about three to four feet long .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dozens of flights were delayed at India 's New Delhi airport Monday after lizards , birds and jackals strayed on to a runway to seek refuge from the monsoon rains . Kids play cricket through a downpour in New Delhi as monsoon rains came early to the area this week . Animal rescuers rounded up the critters and moved them to habitats outside airport property . But the operation delayed several flights and shut down the runway for some time , airport spokesman Arun Arora said . Kartick Satyanarayan of the conservation group Wildlife SOS said the animals descended on the runway in search of dry ground . His group works with the airport to move wildlife from airport property to a sanctuary on the outskirts of the capital . `` It 's been raining cats and dogs the last two days . And when it rains like this , water goes in and fills the burrows of these animals , '' he said . `` The runway , '' he added , `` is the only safe area . So they come out . '' While monsoon rains typically sweep across the subcontinent in early"}
-{"answer":"'' Irene Koehler of Fremont , California , said of the atmosphere in Oakland 's Oracle Arena . More than 200 parishioners from the First AME Church , the largest African-American Church in Los Angeles , gathered in the recreation hall to pray together and share in the excitement of an historic moment Dressed in Obama shirts and hats , the level of audience participation had the effect of transporting the crowd to Washington . They stood when Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked the crowd to `` please stand '' and bowed their heads in prayer . They sang along with Aretha Franklin and even took pictures of the screen when Obama appeared . A handful of viewers had tears in their eyes , but most were filled with `` pure joy . '' `` On Election Night , I was full of tears . I am all cried out -- it is all about joy now , '' said 72-year-old Shirley Turner-Haymer , the granddaughter of a former slave . Even young parishioners derived some significance from the event . `` It 's really inspirational that we have a black president now ... because now I could see I can","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Friends and strangers across the country gathered on the streets and in schools , churches , bars and auditoriums to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States . A diverse crowd in Los Angeles , California , cheers as Barack Obama takes the oath of office Tuesday . `` It 's a great day to be an American , '' iReporter Roger Germann said at Chicago 's Shedd Aquarium , where revelers watched the inauguration on television monitors among exhibits of sharks and otters . Tuesday 's inauguration brought together Americans from different walks of life , united in their hope that Obama will deliver on his promise to change the nation 's course . Click the links to read views on President Obama 's inauguration from people across the country . Reaction to speech What Obama means to Americans Hopes for Obama Reaction to speech Public inauguration-viewing parties were held in auditoriums , schools and arenas across the country , where the atmosphere mirrored the excitement in Washington . Watch people react at viewing parties '' `` People are cheering here as if they were there ,"}
-{"answer":"culture , you have huge problems , '' McChrystal said . `` What we 're trying to achieve in Kandahar is to do the political groundwork so when it 's time to do the military operation , the significant part of the population is pulling us in and supportive so we 're not only doing what they want but we 're operating in a way that they 're comfortable with . That 's the key to success here . '' McChrystal said the goal `` is to demonstrate again that we can operate in a way where we 've got strong resolve by the government of Afghanistan , effective performance by the Afghan military and coalition partners , and government partners , so that as we do an operation that shows the people of Kandahar , and the Taliban as well , that operations like this actually result in a better outcome for everyone . '' He declined to comment specifically on when the Kandahar offensive will begin , but said `` our forces will be significantly increased around there by early summer . '' `` There wo n't be a 'D - Day ' that is climactic , ''","question":"Kabul , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The top U.S. general in Afghanistan vowed that coalition forces `` are absolutely going to secure Kandahar , '' as security efforts expand in the country 's south . `` We already are doing a lot of security operations in Kandahar , but it 's our intent -- under President -LSB- Hamid -RSB- Karzai -- to make an even greater effort there , '' Gen. Stanley McChrystal told a joint news conference Monday with Mark Sedwill , the NATO senior civilian representative to the country . The news conference coincided with a visit by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates , who was also to meet with Karzai . McChrystal indicated a military operation could begin in the volatile Kandahar province as early as this summer , but both Sedwill and McChrystal cautioned that much political groundwork lay ahead for NATO-led coalition troops before an offensive can begin . Just as in the recent Marjah operation , the goal , they said , is to gain the support of the Afghan people . `` What I think we 've learned about operations in Afghanistan ... is if you try to push against the"}
-{"answer":"farmers once again mounted roadblocks after lawmakers failed to reach quorum in Congress to debate a bill that would reduce the 35 percent soybean export tax . As farmers gathered Thursday afternoon on the nation 's highways , Fernandez was announcing new money-sharing measures . `` Soy revenues will go to a fund that will be shared with the provinces and municipalities , '' Fernandez told lawmakers at the presidential residence in Olivos . `` Seventy percent of the fund will be controlled by the federal government and 30 percent by governors and local officials . '' `` It 's never been our intention to take anything away from anyone , '' she said , alluding to complaints from farmers that the export taxes on soybeans were unfair . The president said $ 1.776 billion from the fund would be used for social infrastructure needs -- `` schools , houses , drinking water , sewers . '' Fernandez cited `` the moment of international crisis '' as the reason for her decision to create `` a federal solidarity fund . '' But farm leaders criticized the announcement as a political move during an election year . Fernandez has sent a","question":"BUENOS AIRES , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Farmers in Argentina blocked highways and rural routes throughout the country to protest anew the lack in progress in negotiations with the government over export taxes on farm goods . Farmers stage a `` tractorazo '' in Esperanza , Argentina , on March 12 in protest against taxes on exports of soybeans . Argentine television news channel Todo Noticias showed images of trucks and cars stopped along rural routes in the provinces of Santa Fe and Entre Rios on Thursday . In the town of Armstrong , 250 miles northwest of the capital of Buenos Aires , protesters stopped traffic on Route 9 , burned car tires and waved Argentine flags . The roadblocks were the latest in a year-long conflict between the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Argentina 's large farming sector over export taxes on soybeans . Argentina is the world 's third-largest soybean exporter . The country has been hard hit by recent drops in global commodities prices , as well as a severe drought . Last year , demonstrations by farmers caused food shortages and blocked farm products from leaving the country . On Thursday"}
-{"answer":"the Indianapolis Star reported that Archie Manning said he plans to root for the Colts . `` I 'm going to pull for my son , '' Archie said . '' -LRB- Saints coach -RRB- Sean Payton knows that . He 's a great friend of mine . -LRB- Saints quarterback -RRB- Drew Brees knows that . That 's just the way it is . Anybody who thinks it 's different must not have children . '' Indy Star : Saints legend Archie Manning pulling for son , Colts Robert Park : North Korea said Friday it was releasing the Korean-American missionary detained after reportedly illegally entering the country in December , state-run media reported . Tyong Park , Robert Park 's father , said in San Diego , California , that he was `` so excited '' by the news but had no other information about his son 's release . Robert Park told relatives before Christmas that he was trying to sneak into the isolated communist state to bring a message of `` Christ 's love and forgiveness '' to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il . After an investigation , North Korean authorities `` decided to leniently","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Archie Manning : Super Bowl XLIV is Sunday in Miami , Florida . The New Orleans Saints will face the Indianapolis Colts , and it 's the first time the Saints have been in the Super Bowl in the team 's four-decade history . Archie Manning is in an interesting situation . The quarterback was drafted by the Saints in 1971 , and was hands-down the most famous and revered Saint , staying with them for ten years . He still has a home in New Orleans , Louisiana . Now his son , Peyton Manning , quarterback of the Colts , will face his father 's old team , the team he grew up rooting for . Archie Manning and his wife , Olivia , raised three football-playing sons . Cooper , an all-state high school wide receiver and now a partner in an investment firm ; Eli , who led the New York Giants to their Super Bowl win two years ago ; and Peyton , who did the same for the Colts the year before that . Eli and Peyton both won MVP awards . A few weeks ago , Mike Chappell in"}
-{"answer":"with police and Chavez supporters , but have been more widespread . Photos from a weekend national baseball series showed many fans in the crowd wearing red bandanas over their mouths in protest . According to the preliminary investigation , a 16-year-old student was killed during an altercation in Merida Monday night , the state-run Bolivarian News Agency reported . The teen was identified as Yosinio Carrillo Torres . In a second incident in Merida , just before midnight , another youth , Marcos Rosales Suarez , was shot when a group of unidentified gunmen fired into a crowd of protesters . `` We applied the law , '' Chavez said in a speech over the weekend . `` If they do n't follow it , they wo n't be allowed back on the air . '' Many press freedom organizations , including the Committee to Protect Journalists , have urged Chavez to allow the stations back on the air right away . `` Pulling a television station from cable and satellite distribution because it chooses not to carry every word uttered by a politician would be laughable if this were n't Venezuela , '' Carlos Lauria , CPJ 's","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Protests over media freedom continued in Venezuela Tuesday , a day after two student protesters were killed in separate clashes . Student leaders opposed to cable operators ' decision to drop five television channels , including an opposition station , for failure to follow broadcast laws pleaded for an end to the violence at a demonstration in front of the state-run broadcaster . Also Tuesday , the Interior Ministry designated four investigators to look into the shooting deaths of the two students in the western state of Merida . The protests stem from the suspension of cable station Radio Caracas Television -LRB- RCTV -RRB- and five other stations over the weekend . The stations were pulled from the air because they did not broadcast a speech by President Hugo Chavez , as required by national broadcast laws . Protesters say that the suspension of RCTV , known for its anti-Chavez slant , was provoked by the Chavez government . The Chavez government had already pushed RCTV off of public airwaves in 2007 for similar violations . Then , as now , his opponents saw politics behind the move . The street protests this week produced confrontations"}
-{"answer":"-- Puryear . Genealogist Marjorie Sholes told Emmitt that `` Puryear '' was probably the name of a slave owner . `` African-Americans , at the end of the Civil War , sometimes picked the names of their last slave owner , '' she says . The next step ? Emmitt went in search of Victoria 's parents ' names . In an old ledger , Marjorie found a man named Prince Puryear who was described with the letter `` m , '' which meant mulatto . `` Specifically , black\/white race , '' she says . Oprah.com : Chris Rock uncovers his genetic roots They also discovered that Prince 's mom was a woman named Mariah . `` Now , I know that Prince was mixed race and born into slavery , '' Emmitt says . `` If Mariah was his mother , could she be the link between the black and the white side of my family ? '' To explore this theory , Emmitt traveled to Mecklenburg , Virginia , to learn more about a notorious slave trader who owned Mariah at some point in history . The man 's name was Alexander Puryear . Virginia historian","question":"-LRB- OPRAH.com -RRB- -- Some know Emmitt Smith as the National Football League 's all-time leading rusher . Others recognize him as a three-time Super Bowl champion or a Dancing with the Stars winner . But do you really know who Emmitt is ? Until he traced his genealogy for the NBC reality series `` Who Do You Think You Are ? '' , Emmitt says he did n't even know the answer to that question . To find out more about himself and the family members who paved the way for his success , this hall-of-fame inductee followed his roots to Burnt Corn , Alabama , the town where his great-grandmother was born . `` I feel like a detective on a hunt trying to find clues , '' he says . In Burnt Corn , Emmitt wandered into a convenience store and asked a clerk if he knew two of his relatives , Bill and Victoria Watson . Coincidentally , Joe , the clerk , turned out to be Emmitt 's second cousin . Oprah.com : How to dig up your own family history Emmitt soon learned that his great-great-grandmother , Victoria , had an unusual maiden name"}
-{"answer":"a savvy businessman who built his company into a major national real estate company that did deals with Donald Trump , they said . `` It is testimony to Steve 's leadership that Sheldon Good & Co. remains well-positioned for the future , '' said Sheldon Good President Alan R. Kravets . `` The guy was a true blue Realtor , '' said Barbara Matthopoulos , the association 's spokeswoman . She was new to real estate when she met Good more than a year ago . He took time to give her advice that has helped her grow to love the business . `` Anybody who knew him would speak to his leadership , his generosity , his attitude . The guy was just very positive , always smiling , always telling you a story . He was engaged . Everyone is really very shocked , '' she said . `` I doubt anyone could help explain why this happened . '' Kane County Sheriff 's Department spokesman Lt. Pat Gengler said authorities do n't have any `` concrete evidence if this had anything to do with his finances . '' The company was founded by Good 's father","question":"CHICAGO , Illinois -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One of Chicago 's most well-known real estate moguls appears to have shot himself to death , police said . Steven Good was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot Monday , police said . The body of Steven L. Good was found in his Jaguar on Monday . The car was spotted in a parking lot of a wildlife preserve in Kane County , Illinois , just outside Chicago , authorities said . No note was found , and police say they do not know how long the 52-year-old had been in the vehicle . Good was the chairman and chief executive officer of Sheldon Good & Co. , a major U.S. real estate auction company . The death comes amid great turmoil in the country 's real estate industry . In his role as chairman of the Realtors Commercial Alliance Committee , Good commented on tough conditions last month at a business conference . On a memorial blog set up by the Chicago Association of Realtors , for which Good once served as president , friends and colleagues described him as a gregarious man with a big personality . He was"}
-{"answer":"the persons who are exhibited in the Museum or on what they have done during their lifetime . `` Figures are chosen for their popularity or for their influence on the path of history -- for better or for worse . Adolf Hitler stands for a decisive part of Berlin 's history , which can not be denied . '' Saturday was the opening day of the Berlin branch of the famous Madame Tussauds wax museum . The presence of the waxwork , which depicted the Nazi dictator sitting at his desk in his bunker shortly before he committed suicide in 1945 , in the new museum led to criticism in German media over recent weeks . But the museum 's defenders argued Hitler 's role in German history must not be ignored . Hitler was shown with a sullen expression , his head slightly down , and one hand on the desk . Berlin is the eighth wax museum for London-based Madame Tussauds , known for its lifelike waxworks depicting famous people including celebrities , politicians , sports stars , artists , and scientists . Famous Germans included in the exhibits are Chancellor Angela Merkel , scientist Albert Einstein","question":"BERLIN , Germany -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Madame Tussauds says it will repair the wax figure of Adolf Hitler beheaded by a visitor over the weekend and return it to its Berlin exhibition space as soon as possible . A wax likeness of Adolf Hitler sits in Berlin 's Madame Tussaud 's wax museum before Saturday 's attack . German police said that a 41-year-old man entered the exhibit shortly after the museum doors opened Saturday and `` made for the Hitler figure , '' scuffling with a guard and the manager before tearing the head off the life-size statue . A police spokesman confirmed to CNN that the man was a former policeman , having spent three years in police training between 1984 and 1987 . He did not finish that police training , for personal reasons . The man was released from police custody late afternoon on Saturday . Watch a museum official describe the attack '' Despite the incident , Madame Tussauds officials said they will show the waxwork of Adolf Hitler in the exhibition again . In a statement the Museum said : `` Madame Tussauds is non-political and makes no comment or value-judgement either on"}
-{"answer":"said the investigators ' options are limited given that no one has filed a formal complaint against Dodd . `` A person is going to have to actually come to the police and report this , '' Martello told reporters . `` The fact they go on TV and make these accusations is not notifying the authorities . '' Martello said police are still trying to determine `` where -LRB- the alleged crimes -RRB- happened , when they happened and who was involved . '' But if a person does n't offer details directly to police , there are only `` going to be a lot of baby steps , '' he said . Dodd , who is not a direct relative of the late former Georgia Tech football coach of the same name , was a basketball coach affiliated with the Memphis YMCA in the 1980s , Johnson confirmed . Two now grown men alleged in the ESPN report that Dodd abused them during that time . The allegations were made amid child sex scandals at Penn State and Syracuse universities and The Citadel . Both men accusing Dodd told ESPN the publicity from the scandals prompted them to","question":"Memphis , Tennessee -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The leader of a Memphis-based YMCA group said he felt `` gut-punched '' by a televised report in which two men alleged a former coach with that organization had sexually abused them as boys . Keith Johnson , the president and CEO of the YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-South , said he first heard of the allegations against Robert `` Bobby '' Dodd while watching ESPN 's `` Outside the Lines '' program on Sunday . He said the sports network did n't contact him in advance of the piece . As of Monday , several days after Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong announced his department would investigate the claims against Dodd , Johnson said that law enforcement had not touched base with his YMCA organization . In the ESPN report , Dodd 's accusers said he sexually abused them in hotel rooms during tournaments when they were 12 to 16 years old . CNN has not been able to reach Dodd , 63 , for comment on the allegations . ESPN said it also had been unable to reach him . On Monday afternoon , Memphis police Deputy Chief Dave Martello"}
-{"answer":"Industry grant will be used to train the former military members for 96 hours in beginner welding over an eight-week period . `` As more troops return home after tours of duty , it 's important that we provide tools and resources to help them reintegrate into civilian life , '' Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato told WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh . Read the full report on WPXI South : Library to teach computer skills to job seekers In Franklin , Tennessee , the county library is trying to help older job seekers by expanding its computer course offerings . Teachers will instruct students on how to use social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn to search for jobs as well as make sure they have basic skills . `` If you do n't know those skills and you ca n't use them readily , it makes everything else so much harder , '' said Janice Keck , director of the Williamson County Public Library , told WSMV-TV in Nashville , Tennessee . Read the full report on WSMV Midwest : Indiana business to add 125 positions An Indianapolis , Indiana , life science firm is more than doubling the","question":"Editor 's note : CNN affiliates report on where job seekers are finding work across the country and how those looking for employment are coping with the situation . Tennessee 's Williamson County Public Library in Franklin is trying to improve computer skills of older job seekers . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Ohio company transforming its business model will build its headquarters in the town of Greenville . LAH Development will become a wind turbine manufacturer and installer after years of constructing commercial buildings . The company 's new building is expected to cost $ 1 million , CNN affiliate WHIO-TV in Dayton reported . The state of Ohio has granted the company a tax credit of almost $ 400,000 to help create jobs . The company expects to hire 100 new employees . iReport.com : Share your job hunt story Under an agreement with the state , the company is required to operate at the new site for 12 years . Read the full report on WHIO Northeast : Grant money used to train veterans Pennsylvania is providing $ 311,000 to train 80 unemployed veterans in the field of welding . The state 's Department of Labor and"}
-{"answer":"the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told CNN , which means no visitors were allowed and the prison could not take any new inmates . Corrections officials said they transferred about 1,150 inmates to other facilities . `` The ones that are there are likely in a lockdown mode until an investigation can determine whether or not they were directly responsible for the riot , '' Kostyrko said . The decision to lock down the Chino prison and nine others in southern California was still in effect Tuesday . `` The lockdowns will remain in effect until all the staff that we deployed to Chino from other areas go back home , '' Kostyrko said . The measure was taken to prevent copy-cat violence . Though other races were involved , the altercations at Chino mostly involved Hispanics and African-Americans , Kostyrko said . About 80 officers responded to the scene , but none of the staff was injured . A housing unit was heavily damaged by fire . Prisoners broke windows and pulled down pipes to use as weapons , Kostyrko said . The facility has seven units , each of which houses about 200 inmates . In","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of inmates using pipes and shanks as weapons trashed a California prison , burning a courtyard , ripping beds to shreds and tearing bathroom sinks from walls , a new video of the weekend riot 's aftermath shows . A dormitory is trashed after a riot at the California Institution for men , in Chino . Video shot by CNN affiliate KABC-TV gave the first glimpse of the damage to the California Institution for Men in Chino from a riot that authorities said was ignited by racial tensions . `` This certainly is probably the worst that we 've seen , especially adding the extensive damage to the unit that has been burned , '' prison spokesman Lt. Mark Hargrove told reporters outside the prison Tuesday . `` That has never happened at this facility before . '' The riot erupted Saturday night and raged until Sunday morning , injuring 250 inmates . Fifty-five inmates were taken to hospitals with serious injuries , including stab wounds and head trauma . Watch the aftermath of the violence '' `` The prison is still under a state of emergency , '' George Kostyrko , a spokesman for"}
-{"answer":"rode his bicycle from Los Angeles to the beach at Santa Monica . Watch a canvas-covered ` home ' for the homeless '' On those bike rides , he began seeing more and more homeless people . But he did n't just whiz by . He stopped to talk with them -- 62 people in all . One by one , he listened to their needs and what they wanted most : a roof over their heads . And the idea for the EDAR was born . iReport.com : Homeless in pink tents `` If you had to define the value of a civilization , it 's not how many SUVs you 've got , '' Samuelson said . `` To me , I think it 's how well do we take care of our children , our homeless people , our mentally ill , those less fortunate . '' He partnered with the Pasadena Art Center College of Design for a design contest and the current contraption was created . Each unit costs about $ 500 to make . The four-wheeled home has an expandable base that stays off the ground and is covered by a canvas , giving","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Brenda Gardenhire shows off her new home with pride . It looks like an oversized shopping cart covered with a khaki canvas . But to her , it 's `` wonderful '' -- a stepping stone to get her off the streets and get her life back in order . Brenda Gardenhire was homeless over the last year , until she got her EDAR unit . `` It 's like your own home , your own apartment , your own room , '' she said , showing off the 7-foot-long living space on wheels . `` No one else can come in here but me . '' Gardenhire is talking about her makeshift home called an EDAR , which stands for Everyone Deserves A Roof . The units are being distributed to homeless people in the Los Angeles area by the Everyone Deserves A Roof nonprofit organization . It 's the brainchild of `` Revenge of the Nerds '' movie producer Peter Samuelson , who has spent much of his life working with charities to help impoverished children . He got the idea to help the homeless in recent years as he"}
-{"answer":"that my child was gone , '' White 's mother , Wanda , told CNN . The White and Byrd families have an ally in their camp . The Chemical Safety Board , created by Congress , investigated the accident and found at least 40 other deaths involving oil and gas wells in the past 25 years . Most of them involved young people . The CSB says it found a patchwork of laws nationwide that do n't uniformly address security around oil and gas wells . It 's asking the industry to police itself by voluntarily installing fences and warning signs . `` If these tanks are sitting out there in the middle of nowhere , no protection around them , no warning , they are just an accident waiting to happen , '' CSB Chairman John Bresland told CNN . Delphi Oil , the company that owns the tank that blew up , told CNN it could not discuss the accident because of pending negligence lawsuits filed by the families . A spokesman called the boys ' deaths tragic , but the company says it is complying with all rules . However , authorities tell CNN there are","question":"Carnes , Mississippi -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The deaths of two Mississippi teens are about to put a national focus on a little-recognized problem . Devon Byrd , 16 , and Wade White , 18 , were killed when a natural gas tank at a well production site exploded last fall in Carnes , in southern Mississippi . Local teenagers said the site is a popular hangout because it 's quiet and secluded . But the dead teens ' parents say the explosion could have been prevented if some warning signs had been posted -- `` something simple as fences , gates and signs , probably very inexpensive , and certainly a lot less expensive that what a child 's life is worth , '' said White 's father , Phillip . Police say they do n't know exactly what ignited flammable vapors inside the tank . When it exploded , the teenagers were killed instantly . Their bodies were found about 40 yards from the tank 's base ; the tank landed another 20 yards from them . Investigators say they found a lighter , but do n't know whether it was involved . `` I could n't believe"}
-{"answer":"could n't sleep and I drove in from my parents ' house in New Jersey at 7 in the morning . After introducing myself to a skeptical guard , he led me down two flights of stairs and through a hallway , where I was greeted by the clubhouse man Pete Sheehy -LRB- who died in 1985 and for whom the room is now named -RRB- . The Yankee clubhouse in 1962 was like a large subterranean living room . A wall-to-wall grayish green carpet muffled all sound , and the overhead lighting was subdued . Three walls of walk-in wood lockers faced a wall of large frosted windows that cast shafts of light from the street above . Everything was painted a muted gray green to match the carpet , including the exposed ductwork in the ceiling above . A cleat-dented wooden stool sat in front of each locker . And hanging in the lockers , with military precision , were the classic Yankee uniforms . `` Your locker is right here by the door , '' said Pete . I could n't help smiling when I saw Whitey Ford 's nameplate just one locker away . I asked","question":"Editor 's note : For 85 years , Yankee Stadium has hosted some of the greatest moments in sports . On Sunday , the Yankees will play their last game before the stadium is torn down . Former Yankee pitcher Jim Bouton played on the 1963 American League All-Star team and in two World Series . He wrote the classic baseball book , `` Ball Four , '' named as one of the `` Books of the Century '' by the New York Public Library , and has been a sportscaster and actor . For Bouton 's web site , click here Jim Bouton was photographed as a rookie in 1962 at Yankee Stadium , before the renovation of the ballpark . EGREMONT , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I 'll never forget my first day in The House that Ruth Built : April 9 , 1962 , the day before opening day . I made the team that spring as a non-roster player , having pitched in the Texas League -LRB- AA -RRB- the year before . And I had just turned 23 . The Yankees had scheduled an afternoon workout , but I was so excited that I"}
-{"answer":"some choices that in my mind will raise the risk to the American people of another attack . '' Biden said former President Bush had not been fully aware of the country 's position in the world . Watch Biden lash out on Bush and Cheney '' `` I remember President Bush saying to me one time in the Oval Office , and he was a great guy , enjoyed being with him . He said to me , he said , ` Well , Joe , ' he said , ` I 'm a leader . ' And I said , ` Mr. President , turn around and look behind you . No one 's following . ' People are beginning to follow the United States again as a consequence of our administration . '' '' ... I think the biggest thing we 're doing is , I 'm operating in concert with the president , '' he said . `` There are not -- there are -- look , everybody talks about how powerful Cheney was . His power weakened America , in my view . '' But he did not deny reports of disagreement within the Obama","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Vice President Joe Biden brushed aside recent criticism by predecessor Dick Cheney that moves by the Obama administration had put the United States at risk , telling CNN on Tuesday that the former vice president was `` dead wrong . '' Vice President Joe Biden sits down for an interview with CNN 's Gloria Borger and Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday . `` I do n't think -LSB- Cheney -RSB- is out of line , but he is dead wrong , '' he told CNN 's Wolf Blitzer . `` This administration -- the last administration left us in a weaker posture than we 've been any time since World War II : less regarded in the world , stretched more thinly than we ever have been in the past , two wars under way , virtually no respect in entire parts of the world . '' ... I guarantee you we are safer today , our interests are more secure today than they were any time during the eight years '' of the Bush administration . In an interview with CNN 's John King last month , Cheney said President Obama had been `` making"}
-{"answer":"decision to step down , but said Egyptians now feel like `` destiny is in their hands , '' and he praised supporters of their struggle . `` Thank you to everyone who has stood in solidarity with us , '' Abdallah told CNN 's Wolf Blitzer . He said Egyptians are grateful for those who `` told our true story . '' Abdallah recounted seeing and hearing the voices of children . `` Hold your head high , '' Abdallah said they chanted , `` you 're an Egyptian . '' Fears that the Muslim Brotherhood , an Islamic umbrella group , could hijack Egypt 's pro-democracy movement have made headlines during the 18 days of protests in the country , but the group has stated more than once that they are not seeking power . On Friday , they celebrated the news of Mubarak 's departure with the rest of the Egyptians . `` We are opening a new bridge now on history , '' Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Essam El Erian told CNN . `` This is -LSB- a -RSB- critical moment . '' Erian said of the pro-democracy revolution that he said he believes will shape the","question":"Cairo , Egypt -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Demonstrations that began with quiet determination on the internet more than three weeks ago erupted into riotous jubilation Friday evening , moments after it was announced that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was stepping aside . Protesters swarmed army tanks that had been deployed to keep order , banged drums , blew whistles and frantically waved Egyptian flags in celebration . They danced in circles and chanted . Processions of cars made their way down city streets , drivers honking horns and waving flags . Fireworks erupted outside the presidential palace in Cairo and in the streets of Alexandria . Some men and women dropped to their knees and began to pray . `` I did not believe it at first , '' Egyptian-American Sarah el-Helewsaid . `` I feel complete joy . '' `` Freedom ! '' crowds chanted outside the white carved walls of the presidential palace . `` God is great ! '' they shouted in Tahrir Square . On the front lines of the movement , protester and actor Khalid Abdallah , best known for his role in `` The Kite Runner , '' expressed complete shock at Mubarak 's"}
-{"answer":"to help the country survive the economic crisis , including personal tax reductions , doubling of spending on infrastructure , injecting liquidity into the financial markets and securing pension plans . iReport.com : Outrage brewing in Canada `` Tonight , I pledge to you that Canada 's government will use every legal means at our disposal to protect our democracy , protect our economy and to protect Canada , '' he said . Though Harper did not specify what those legal means might entail , his opponents predicted that he would try to dissolve Parliament and wasted no time in voicing their opposition . The Liberal Party , which lost seats in the October vote , and the leftist New Democratic Party announced plans earlier this week to form a governing coalition with the support of the Bloc Quebecois , which supports independence for French-speaking Quebec . In a televised address that followed Harper 's , opposition Liberal leader Stephane Dion called for a vote of confidence . He said he had asked Canada 's Governor-General Michaelle Jean -- the acting head of state who would call for a new election or a confidence vote -- `` to refuse any","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper appealed directly to Canadians for support Wednesday , vowing in a nationally televised address on the economy that he will do all he can to halt his opponents from carrying out a no-confidence vote in Parliament -- as planned for Monday -- and forming a coalition government that would replace his own . Prime Minister Stephen Harper accuses coalition leaders of `` betrayal '' by relying on Quebec separatists ' support . `` Unfortunately , even before the government has brought forward its budget , and only seven weeks after a general election , the opposition wants to overturn the results of that election , '' said the prime minister , whose Conservative Party strengthened its minority position in federal elections on October 14 . `` Canada 's government can not enter into a power-sharing coalition with a separatist party at a time of global insecurity , '' he said . `` Canada 's government must stand unequivocally for keeping the country together . '' The country is undergoing `` a pivotal moment in our history , '' he said , then ticked through a list of efforts his government is making"}
-{"answer":"who had needle puncture wounds experienced some discomfort in the area of the wound , and showed some symptoms , but could n't give an accurate account of what they perceived to have been a needle attack . '' This is the latest crisis plaguing Xinjiang province and its capital city of Urumqi , where tensions have boiled over between Uyghurs and Han Chinese . The Han Chinese are the country 's dominant ethnic group , and the Uyghurs are a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority who consider Xinjiang their homeland . Ethnic Uyghurs have been blamed for the alleged syringe stabbings , and demonstrators clashed with police in Urumqi for two days this week over the issue . Protesters were demanding better police protection and a crackdown on the Uyghurs . The latest unrest left five people dead and 14 injured , according to Urumqi 's deputy mayor , and the Communist party chief in the city has been dismissed from his job amid the crisis , according to state-run media reported . Watch report on unrest in Urumqi from CNN 's John Vause '' The Urumqi Public Prosecutors Office on Saturday said four ethnic Uyghurs were arrested in connection with","question":"URUMQI , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Reports of alleged syringe stabbings in a restive western Chinese city are generating a bit of panic , but doctors say some people have incorrectly concluded they were attacked with needles . People 's Armed Police units equipped with armored personnel carriers take positions in Urumqi on Saturday . `` In the patients we have seen in the last couple of days , there are many which we believe were not actually punctured with needles , '' Wang Hanbin , a Peoples ' Liberation Army doctor examining people in Urumqi , told reporters on Saturday at a briefing . Wang said about 20 cases are being investigated closely and samples were being taken to laboratories in Beijing for more testing . But , he said , `` many of the patients we have seen were mainly influenced by psychological factors . '' Wang , a member of a six-person military medical panel reviewing the syringe-stabbing claims , attributes the false reports to widespread fear and lack of medical knowledge . `` Many of the patients did not actually see their attacker or the act of others attacking them with needles . Some patients"}
-{"answer":"the field . While he was helping Barcelona , Inter Milan , Real Madrid and Brazil win a multitude of titles , he also found himself in the headlines a multitude of times for all the wrong reasons . It 's true that Ronaldo has always been unfortunate with injuries - he has undergone three major knee operations . However , his love for a night out and for a playboy lifestyle may have also contributed to the breakdown of his body . In my opinion , this is the reason he will struggle to stay fit and motivated for Corinthians this season . There are too many temptations for him in Brazil , and I do n't see him being able to resist all of them . Furthermore , he has won practically everything there is to win in the world of football , with the exception of the Champions League . So it would be fair to say that he 's not going to bend over backwards to make sure his new team wins some silverware this season . He will score the odd goal and make the odd highlight , but I do n't expect his latest","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Phenomenon is back . You may not have recognized him when he came on as a substitute for Corinthians in a Brazilian Cup match , though . After all , he 's a few kilos heavier than the Ronaldo we grew to know and love in the last decade . Comeback Brazilian : Ronaldo is playing competitive football again -- but will he reach his former glory ? However , at 32 years of age , Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima is attempting another comeback . Will it be a successful one ? As far as I am concerned , it wo n't . Debate : Do you think Ronaldo can return to his former glory ? Tell us in the Sound Off box below . I have had the privilege of interviewing Ronaldo various times , and spent some one-on-one time with him in Italy and France . He 's a great guy , friendly , humble and fun-loving . However , that last personality trait has contributed to a turbulent career and lifestyle . Wherever he has gone , the striker has always made his mark , on and off"}
-{"answer":"good reason to question the honesty and trustworthiness of the insurance industry . '' Potter described how underwriters at his former company would drive small businesses with expensive insurance claims to dump their Cigna policies . Industry executives refer to the practice as `` purging , '' Potter said . `` When that business comes up for renewal , the underwriters jack the rates up so much , the employer has no choice but to drop insurance , '' Potter had said . In an e-mail to CNN , Cigna spokesman Chris Curran denied the company engages in purging . `` We do not practice that . We will offer rates that are reflective of the competitive group health insurance market . We always encourage our clients to compare our proposed rates to those available from other carriers , '' Curran wrote . But now , Potter is back in Washington at the invitation from Rep. Louise Slaughter , D-New York . He is questioning insurance companies ' public relations tactics -- and says some of the questions from town hall meetings are familiar . Watch more on the health care reform debate '' `` People talk about the government","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Wendell Potter knows a little something about the health care industry 's practices and is not afraid of to speak out as the health care reform debate heats up around the country . Wendell Potter once was a vice president in the public relations department for insurance giant Cigna . The former vice president of corporate communications at insurance giant Cigna , who left his post , says the industry is playing `` dirty tricks '' in an effort to manipulate public opinion . `` Words matter , and the insurance industry is a master at linguistics and using the hot words , buzzwords , buzz expressions that they know will get people upset , '' he told CNN Wednesday . Now a senior fellow on health care for the watchdog group Center for Media and Democracy , Potter writes a blog on health care reform . He is focusing on efforts to defeat legislation supporting a government health care plan -- something he supports . In early July , Potter testified before the Senate Commerce Committee , telling senators that `` I know from personal experience that members of Congress and the public have"}
-{"answer":"country , our health care system and our patients , '' said Dr. David Stevens , head of the 15,000-member Christian Medical Association . `` When the state demands that we surrender our conscience , it becomes totalitarian and dangerous . Do we want our professional schools to ethically neuter doctors of all moral convictions that are not approved by the government ? '' Watch CNN 's Sanjay Gupta discuss the ` conscience clause ' '' Stevens was speaking on behalf of Freedom to Care , an umbrella organization of 36 groups working to prevent a rollback of the rule . Watch why one pharmacist says the `` conscience clause '' is needed '' Many health care organizations , including the American Medical Association , believe that health care providers have an obligation to their patients to advise them of the options despite their own beliefs . And critics of the current rule argue that there are laws on the books protecting health-care professionals when it comes to refusing care for personal reasons . `` We do n't make God-like decisions . ... That 's not what it 's about for us . It 's about helping the patient make","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An organization of Christian physicians argued Wednesday against an impending rollback of a federal rule allowing health care workers to refuse to provide certain reproductive services , saying it 's discriminatory . The rule protects the rights of health care providers who refuse to participate in certain procedures . The Bush White House proposed the rule in August , and it was enacted January 20 , the day President Obama took office . It expanded on a 30-year-old law establishing a `` conscience clause '' for health care professionals who do n't want to perform abortions . Under the rule , workers in health care settings -- from doctors to janitors -- can refuse to provide services , information or advice to patients on subjects such as contraception , family planning , blood transfusions and even vaccine counseling if they are morally against it . The Obama administration is expected to reverse the rule shortly , touching off a new wave of heated debate over what remains one of the most sensitive and emotional hot-button issues in American politics . '' ` Right of conscience ' is under attack , and that is dangerous for our"}
-{"answer":"were lost or unaccounted for . It included losing an ankle that had been in storage and some bags that held other body parts and remains . -- The body of a dead Marine being prepared for viewing by his family had a badly-damaged arm sawed off because it could not be arranged suitably for viewing purposes . The bone had fused at a 90-degree angle , according to officials . The report said Quinton Keel , a Dover mortician , had the arm sawed off without consulting the Marine 's family . The Air Force found no wrongdoing and officials say preparing badly damaged bodies can be very difficult . But the federal Office of Special Counsel , which also investigated the matter , said the family should have been notified , according to a statement issued by that office Tuesday . -- A Pentagon official confirmed that elements of the Army and Air Force were criticized for shipping fetal remains from military families to Dover in cardboard boxes . At his news conference , Schwartz said the investigation began after allegations from three employees `` became known to us . '' He did not identify the employees or","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. Air Force investigators found `` serious misconduct '' in the handling of remains of the nation 's war dead at the Dover Air Force Base Mortuary , the Office of Special Counsel said Tuesday . At a news conference Tuesday afternoon , Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz referred to `` gross mismanagement '' in some aspects of the mortuary 's operations . Schwartz said Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has appointed a panel to review operations at the Dover mortuary . `` What I want to talk about is tough stuff . Given the context of this , if I find difficulty in finding the right words , you 'll understand , '' Schwartz said at the news conference . The findings came after the Air Force conducted a year-long investigation into 14 allegations of wrongdoing made by whistleblowers involving the remains of four U.S. service members killed in action , the Pentagon official said . Although some of the specific allegations were not substantiated , the official said several cases of concern were confirmed , including : -- Several instances in which portions of remains from troops killed in action"}
-{"answer":"brain cancer . The latter song was written three years before Cook 's `` Idol '' run , when he was cutting his teeth as a grass-roots rocker . Watch David Cook show his chops '' Cook , 25 , dropped by CNN 's New York offices -LRB- with his mother , Beth Foraker , in tow -RRB- to talk about keeping creative control , losing his privacy and his responsibility as Idol No. 7 . The following is an edited version of that interview . CNN : You were very involved in the making of your debut album , were n't you ? David Cook : Yeah . Out of 12 songs on the record , I wrote or co-wrote 10 , and the label was even kind enough to let me get involved with the art direction on the record . So it was a busy summer . CNN : You actually have a degree in graphic design , do n't you ? Cook : I spent five long years at the University of Central Missouri . It should 've been four , but I enjoyed college a little bit more than I should have . CNN :","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Barely six months after being crowned the winner of `` American Idol , '' David Cook has released his self-titled debut album . David Cook recently released his debut album , which includes songs about his family . The Missouri native -LRB- no relation to the author of this article -RRB- described the recording process as `` squeezing a year 's worth of work on a record into 2 1\/2 months . '' But he 's very happy with the result . `` It 's a very accurate definition of where I 'm at , where I was and where I want to be , '' he said . Cook sticks to his rock roots on the release , eliciting help from ex-Soundgarden member Chris Cornell to write the lead single , `` Light On . '' He also keeps loved ones close : The track `` Heroes '' is a tribute to his family . `` Permanent '' -LRB- which Cook describes as having a `` delicate and lullaby feel '' -RRB- and `` A Daily AntheM '' -LRB- `` sing-alongy and grandiose '' -RRB- acknowledge his older brother , who is battling"}
-{"answer":", but it was very , very frank . The show delved into the negative issues that have plagued the African-American community for generations , i.e. , crime , education , single parent families , drug abuse and the like . People got mad . People sent many e-mails and letters to Soledad O'Brien and CNN and cried foul . People said `` Black in America '' was not consistent with the lives of many African-American people and was one-sided . Blogs and Web sites popped up all over the place where people `` raised a ruckus '' about the content of the show . I read a lot of these comments . As a matter of fact , I was obsessed with people 's views for many weeks after the documentary aired . And the more I read , the more I got angry . The more I read , the more I wanted to `` raise my own ruckus . '' But I was frustrated and upset for a very different reason than most . I was almost apoplectic with the amount of criticism for `` Black in America '' without critical , thought provoking commentary about how","question":"Editor 's note : Malaak Compton-Rock is founder and director of The Angelrock Project , `` an online e-village promoting volunteerism , social responsibility , and sustainable change . '' One of her initiatives , `` Journey for Change : Empowering Youth Through Global Service , '' will be seen as part of CNN 's `` Black in America 2 . '' Her first book is being published by Broadway Books in May , 2010 , titled , `` If It Takes a Village , Build One : How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service to Others and 100 + Ways You Can Too . '' Malaak Compton-Rock says focusing on problems facing African-Americans is difficult but necessary . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the words of my mentor and America 's foremost child advocate Marian Wright Edelman , founder and president of The Children 's Defense Fund , it 's time to `` raise a ruckus people , it is time to raise a ruckus ! '' CNN 's `` Black in America '' raised many critical issues facing African-American people in this great country of ours . It was not pretty , it was not flattering"}
-{"answer":"tagline of your fashion line is `` Work what you got . '' How can we work what we 've got ? Everybody has something . Somebody has a good pair of legs , even though her midsection is a little chunky . So then you can wear tights with miniskirts or you wear tight leggings . And if you have nice cleavage , wear things that enhance that . Health.com : The biggest celebrity health stories of 2011 Q : Was there a time you did n't love how you looked ? Oh , of course ! Not everybody 's confident their whole life . For a long time , I thought that my boobs were too big and I was , like , 14 years old , and I already had these huge boobs . I was very skinny also . And now that I 'm almost 40 -- we always have our insecurities as women . We 're never happy ! Q : Can you remember the day you started realizing , `` Wait a minute , I think I 've got it going on ! '' In Latin America we do learn to be more comfortable","question":"-LRB- Health.com -RRB- -- `` I 'm sorry I 'm late , it 's that I just woke up ! '' laughs Sofia Vergara , at eleven-thirty on a Sunday morning in Los Angeles . `` We worked until very late last night , '' says the 39-year-old in the rolling Colombian accent we 've come to love from her character , Gloria , on `` Modern Family . '' About the late thing ? We 'll forgive her , because this is one busy woman . Not only was she working on a shoot for CoverGirl -LRB- she is their new spokesperson -RRB- , but she also just launched her Sofia Vergara for Kmart fashion line for women of all sizes . And she 's in not one but two new movies -LRB- `` Happy Feet Two '' and `` New Year 's Eve '' -RRB- , while filming her Emmy-winning ABC show . Today , the seriously funny actress -- who is mom to her own `` Manny , '' 20-year-old son , Manolo -- talks about everything from dreading workouts to the plastic surgery she 's so glad she decided not to get . Q : The"}
-{"answer":"Somerset , in southwestern England , in the 1930s . Sparks acquired the cup along with two other pieces , also up for auction , in the 1930s or 1940s , the spokeswoman said . Watch CNN report on the auction '' Before he died , Sparks gave the items to Webber , who did n't realize their value , the spokeswoman said . `` Because he mainly dealt in brass and bronze , I thought that was what it was made from , '' Webber told the Bournemouth News and Picture Service . `` I put it in a box and forgot about it . Then last year I moved house and took it out to have a look , and I realized it was n't bronze or brass . `` I sent it to the British Museum , and the experts there had n't seen anything like it before and recommended I had it tested at a laboratory . So I paid quite a bit of money for it to be examined by a lab the museum recommended . And they found the gold dated from the third of fourth century B.C. '' Webber , who is in","question":"DORCHESTER , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Englishman John Webber thought nothing of the small , shiny cup , passed down from his junk dealer grandfather and stashed under a bed for years , until appraisers said it was an ancient Persian artifact . The ancient Persian gold cup , thought to date from the third or fourth century B.C. , fetched $ 100,000 at auction . The 5 1\/2 - inch gold cup , which experts have dated to the third or fourth century B.C. , fetched $ 100,000 at an auction in Dorchester , southern England , Thursday . The identity of the winning bidder was n't immediately known . The relic features the double faced ancient Roman god Janus , the god of gates and doors who always looked to both the future and past and is often associated with beginnings and endings . The cup has two faces with braided hair and entwined snake ornaments at the forehead . Webber 's grandfather , William Sparks , was a rag and bone man , the British term for a junk dealer , Duke 's said , who established the iron merchants Sparks and Son in Taunton ,"}
-{"answer":"city as a `` bold example '' of the new green economy . A significant part of Pittsburgh 's renaissance can be attributed to its two major research universities : Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh . Having one such institution is an advantage in today 's global economy ; having two -LRB- very close to each other -RRB- puts Pittsburgh in a very small group of American cities . The shape of today 's research university , with its heavy dependence on federally sponsored research , can be traced to World War II and its immediate aftermath , with a major boost a decade later when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik . But what began as a response to national security threats has turned into the engine of America 's -- and the world 's -- prosperity . As my colleague , the Dean of Carnegie Mellon 's College of Engineering , Pradeep Khosla has written , the industries that have fueled economic growth have come out of the American research university enterprise . Biotechnology , nanotechnology , digital communications , and computers and software that have improved our quality of life and economic standing all have their","question":"Editor 's note : Jared L. Cohon is president of Carnegie Mellon University . Jared Cohon says Pittsburgh shows the power of education and innovation to revive an economy in crisis . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This week the international community is converging on my chosen hometown of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , as heads of state gather for the G20 summit . Pittsburgh may seem like an unlikely choice for such a high-profile event , but a closer look shows why this city personifies the transformative power of education and research , and how the practical application of innovation can drive growth and improvement in quality of life the world over . Pittsburgh is a city that was largely written off as a rusted industrial center . But as heads of state from around the world tour the city this week , they will see running trails replacing former industrial railways and they will find green hotels and LEED-certified buildings rising where abandoned steel mills once stood . These changes are creating jobs , bringing new commerce and making Pittsburgh the most livable city in the United States , according to the Economist magazine . President Obama has praised our"}
-{"answer":"bodies were , was a lounge area in the Marriott near the lobby , '' he said . `` That seems to be the epicenter of the bomb . '' `` This is a blow to us , but I do n't have any doubts that we will be able to uncover and find out the perpetrators , '' Djalal said . Police said the bomb at the Marriott likely came from the basement beneath the coffee shop on the ground floor , which would have been busy at breakfast time . In a Twitter post four hours after the blast , Marriott said : `` Police responded immediately , sealed off the area . Guests @ both hotels have been evacuated & have been moved to a secure location . '' At the Ritz , windows were blown out on the second floor , as though the blast occurred from inside a hotel restaurant that would also have been crowded with a breakfast crowd , said witness Greg Woolstencroft . Another witness counted four foreigners among the wounded , according to state-run Antara New Agency . The Ritz-Carlton Hotel was to have accommodated soccer players from Britain 's Manchester","question":"JAKARTA , Indonesia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Explosions tore through two luxury hotels Friday morning in south Jakarta , Indonesia , killing at least eight people , a presidential spokesman said . Counter-terrorist police commandos secure the damaged Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta on Friday after the blasts . The number of injured was in the 40s , said Dino Patti Djalal , spokesman for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono . They were taken to area hospitals . Hours later , local television reported a car bombing in north Jakarta , but that report was immediately contradicted by various other media sources . Police sealed off the area around both hotel blasts , one in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and the other at the J.W. Marriott Hotel , about 50 meters away . Djalal said the attacks were coordinated . Forensics experts are collecting evidence at the `` disturbing scene , '' Djalal said . He said he had few details about the blasts , which occurred about 7:45 a.m. -LRB- 8:45 p.m. Thursday ET -RRB- on Friday , Islam 's holy day . `` What I can say is one of the most damaged areas that we looked at , where the"}
-{"answer":"is the panic , ` Oh my gosh , we are going to lose the house tomorrow and live in a cardboard box , ' '' Chris Kubacki recalled . Watch the Kubackis discuss how they 've handled Karin 's job loss '' Yet his wife was determined to make her loss an opportunity to spend more time with the family while taking time to find another job she would love as much as the one she had just lost . So the Kubackis are trying to make Karin 's severance , unemployment checks and some extra cash Accenture provided to pay for an extension of her health insurance last a full year . They are determined to keep paying the mortgage on their home in Crystal Lake , Illinois , a Chicago suburb , and not dig into savings -- all on an expected pre-tax income of $ 54,000 , a little less than half of the family 's normal earnings . `` We have been frugal people , and we have tried to save as much as we can , and that is one of the reasons why I have been able to stay home with Max ,","question":"CRYSTAL LAKE , Illinois -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Karin Kubacki no longer buys clothing or toys for her 7-year-old son , Max . Karin and Chris Kubacki are cutting back to make her severance and unemployment pay last a year . She avoids driving her 8-year-old Honda Civic unless absolutely necessary and has no plans to repair a second vehicle , an 11-year-old Ford F-250 . Bubble baths and Hershey bars are now her few luxuries . These are among the cost-saving measures Kubacki is taking to make her 13 weeks of severance pay last a full year . Kubacki , the family breadwinner , was laid off July 1 from a job she loved -- software project manager at Accenture , where she had worked for 15 years . At first , she was stunned . `` I had this impression that someone had grabbed a big vacuum and sucked all the air out of the room . It was like I could n't get my breath , '' she said . Her husband , a former schoolteacher who is a stay-at-home dad and a woodworker , feared for the family 's financial future . `` At first there"}
-{"answer":". ' '' Yet , Madsen admitted , her belief in ghosts is not very strong . `` I do have an attraction to paranormal investigation and all those kinds of shows but I 'm not sure if I really believe in ghosts , '' she said . `` The Haunting in Connecticut '' is based on the true story of Sara Campbell , a mother who moves her family into an old house in Connecticut in order to be closer to the hospital where her son , Matt -LRB- Kyle Gallner -RRB- , receives cancer treatment . The house was once a funeral home and , shortly after their move , the family begins witnessing strange , supernatural activities . `` Something very powerful and very real happened to this family . Whether or not you believe it was some sort of demon or , you know , they 're manifesting it -- whatever it is -- it changed their lives , '' Madsen said . Madsen , 47 , is probably best known for her Oscar-nominated turn in `` Sideways '' as Maya Randall , the restaurant waitress who gets involved in a romance with the prickly writer","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In its opening weekend , `` The Haunting in Connecticut '' scared and thrilled millions of moviegoers across the country . In `` The Haunting in Connecticut , '' Virginia Madsen sees strange things happen in her old house . The film , which earned $ 23 million to finish No. 2 at the box office , emphasizes psychological horror over slasher film blood 'n' gore , which its audience apparently appreciated . But Virginia Madsen , who plays Sara Campbell in the film , confessed that , while filming , fear was not just reserved for the screen . `` We all stayed in this big , old hotel which was kind of like the one in ` The Shining , ' one of those turn-of-the - century big , old hotels , '' Madsen told CNN . `` I had a little chat with my room . I said , ` Just out of respect , if there are any entities around , I need to stay here , I have a lot of work to do , I have to sleep at night , so please leave me alone"}
-{"answer":"big stars . In my childhood I was surrounded by films , actors , film makers , directors and film talk . I would bunk school to watch movies , old English films and Hindi films -- that 's how I spent my childhood . And playing cricket ! CNN : Mumbai is the home of Bollywood movies -- was that an influence ? Anil Kapoor : The influence of the film industry is tremendous over here . Every kid dreams of becoming either an actor or a cricketer . In India , we love film and everybody wants to get into films . `` It 's in our bloodstream -- film making , songs , music , everything connected with cinema -- people just love it . `` It 's the cheapest form of entertainment and recession or no recession , people just flock to the theaters to watch our movies . '' CNN : Tell me about `` Slumdog Millionaire . '' Anil Kapoor : Slumdog is like my story . I also started from scratch , went from rags to riches . I started in Chembur and I slowly climbed -- God has been kind in that","question":"MUMBAI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor has been catapulted into the global spotlight for his award-winning performance as creepy quiz show host Prem Kumar in the smash hit movie '' Slumdog Millionaire . '' Anil Kapoor : `` Slumdog Millionaire is like my story . '' Kapoor talks to CNN 's `` My City , My Life '' about `` Slumdog '' , his hometown of Mumbai , his own rags to riches rise to stardom and how the recent terror attacks affected the city . CNN : - Did you grow up in Mumbai ? Anil Kapoor : I was born in Mumbai , in a suburb named Chembur . In my neighborhood the kids never wore shoes , we always had bare feet . I remember my parents asking me to wear shoes to go and play , but usually I would forget . Usually kids say they want to be doctors or engineers , pilots or businessmen , but I just wanted to be an actor . My father was an assistant director for an Indian film maker and then from being an assistant he became a secretary to one of the"}
-{"answer":"in it . I use an Oreck XL . If you 're using a canister vacuum , you have to take it out and then shake it into the trash , which puts all of that dust and that dander and that cat hair and everything else back up into the air . Another good vacuum that is newer to the market is the Halo -LSB- UXV Ultraviolet Vacuum Cleaner -RSB- . That 's the one with the ultraviolet light that kills germs and bacteria as you vacuum . Now , you have to vacuum correctly and go back over the area of the carpet enough times , but that 's a very good vacuum too . If you have someone in the house that is sensitive to cats , has an allergy from them or something like that , there is a product called Allerpet that you can actually just spray on to your pet , and it neutralizes the enzymes in the saliva , which is what people are usually allergic to . This is something that even if the cat licks itself , it wo n't hurt it . CNN : What about pet accidents ? Cobb","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pet owners know that their furry friends can add a little something extra to the spring cleaning chores . CNN spoke with `` the Queen of Clean , '' Linda Cobb , a New York Times best-selling author and television personality . Cobb , who owns three cats , knows a thing or two about getting the best of pet messes . CNN : What can pet owners do about pet hair ? Cobb : You can use what 's called a soot and dirt removal sponge . You simply run it over a lampshade -LSB- or the -RSB- upholstery on your furniture , and it actually pulls the hair right off . You can also use a damp sponge . Another good thing to use is rubber gloves . Dip them into water -- keep a bucket of water near you -- shake off the excess water and rub that over the upholstery , and the hair will collect on the rubber gloves . It does a great , great job . The other thing you need is a really good vacuum cleaner . I have found that I prefer one that has a bag"}
-{"answer":"in her job she 's unlikely to do that in this economy . The question is far broader and more interesting . What would her life look like -- in every dimension she values -- if she decided to pursue her passion full time ? She needs to consider the contribution she 'd make . The relationships she 'd foster . The fun she 'd have . The feelings she 'd carry with her throughout the day . Her engagement in her work . In short , what her life would mean . And , of course , also the money . Which , as it turns out , might actually be greater if she were more engaged in her work . Gallup has collected data on 5.4 million employees in over 137 countries and concluded that engaged employees are more productive and customer-focused . And more profitable . Which could mean more money for her . But why are we even having this conversation during the worst downturn this country has seen in the last 70 years ? Is n't she lucky simply to have a job ? Yes . And , because of that , she 's also","question":"Editor 's note : Peter Bregman is chief executive of Bregman Partners , Inc. , a global management consulting firm , and the author of `` Point B : A Short Guide to Leading a Big Change '' . He writes a weekly column , How We Work , for HarvardBusiness.org . Peter Bregman says recession is an opportunity to reorient the focus of your working life to what you love to do . NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A friend of mine , a senior leader in a pharmaceutical company , spends all her spare time doing yoga , taking classes in comparative religions , reading about spirituality , speaking with others about their beliefs . Just talking about it energizes her . Which is not how she feels about her day job . `` Why do n't you leave your job and do something with this full time ? '' I asked her . `` I 've thought about it . But I could never make the kind of money I make now . '' She might be right . But the question is n't whether she could make as much money . Even if she stays"}
-{"answer":"to protect uncompetitive commercial practices at the expense of consumer choice and the livelihood of law-abiding sellers that eBay empowers every day . '' She said eBay intended to appeal the ruling . The case pit two pillars of their industries -- one old , one new -- in a country whose courts often challenge Internet companies on matters protected elsewhere by freedom of speech . The ruling faulted eBay for `` guilty negligence '' for not doing enough to prevent fake goods from being sold on its site . The court also ruled that eBay was responsible for the `` illicit sale '' of perfumes from the LVMH empire , which can be sold only through the brands ' `` selective distribution networks . '' The court barred eBay from running ads for the perfume and cosmetic brands or face a fine of $ 79,000 per day . Heather McDonald , partner at law firm Baker Hostetler , said : `` eBay has policies and procedures in place where they will intervene in an action between a buyer and seller if there 's a problem , and they profit directly on the basis of every item that is sold","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Paris court has ordered eBay to pay $ 63 million damages to luxury goods company LVMH for allowing copies of its goods to be sold on the Web auction site . Louis Vuitton took eBay to court for selling a range of fake luxury goods online . The fashion company -- home to brands including Louis Vuitton , Givenchy , Fendi , Emilio Pucci and Marc Jacobs -- complained it had been hurt by the sale of fake products on eBay . Pierre Godet , an adviser to LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault , said the court 's decision was `` an answer to a particularly serious question , on whether the Internet is a free-for-all for the most hateful , parasitic practices . '' eBay said LVMH was trying to crack down on Internet auctions because it was uncomfortable with its business model , which puts sellers rather than brands in control . `` If counterfeits appear on our site , we take them down swiftly , '' eBay spokeswoman Sravanthi Agrawal said . `` But today 's ruling is not about counterfeits . Today 's ruling is about an attempt by LVMH"}
-{"answer":". But I do n't think people expected it to end this fast . '' `` Kim 's Fairytale Wedding '' -- an appropriate title , as `` Kim 's Fairytale Marriage '' would miss something in syndication -- certainly did n't skimp on the drama . If the couple was trying to display how in love they were to the world , they fell a little short . CNN.com readers react to the divorce news The special showed the couple arguing over everything from seating charts and desserts to who would perform at their wedding -LRB- singer Robin Thicke beat out Christina Aguilera . -RRB- Not to mention the blowout that ensued when Kardashian told Humphries she was n't taking his name . They probably did n't go through every detail that should be discussed before a wedding , Shapiro said , noting that some media outlets are reporting the couple could n't agree on a place to live . `` I have to be in L.A. for work and -LRB- Humphries -RRB- loves to go to Minnesota and he also has a place in Miami , '' Kardashian told People in September . `` I think we 'll","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Over the course of two days , 10.5 million people spent four hours watching Kim Kardashian and NBA player Kris Humphries tie the knot . Since the couple 's E! special , `` Kim 's Fairytale Wedding , '' which aired on October 9 and 10 , the pair has honeymooned in Europe , celebrated Kardashian 's 31st birthday in Las Vegas , filmed a new season of `` Kourtney & Kim Take New York '' and filed for divorce . Citing irreconcilable differences , according to court documents from Los Angeles Superior Court , Kardashian filed for divorce from her husband of 72 days on Monday . Please take this time to pick your jaws up off the floor . Wait , you 're not surprised ? Most people probably saw this coming , said Jared Shapiro , executive editor at Life & Style Weekly . `` Anyone that saw the wedding and the time leading up to it ... there was an ` Oh boy , what 's she getting herself into ? ' '' Shapiro said . `` I do n't think people are surprised that there was trouble and that it ended"}
-{"answer":"a group of eight who were all 16 seconds behind stage winner Serguei Ivanov of Russia , and had been ahead of Nocentini until the 143-strong peloton made up time at the end . The Columbia team rider 's rise up the standings saw his compatriot and former teammate , seven-time champion Lance Armstrong , drop to fourth place overall . Armstrong was still eight seconds off the lead after finishing 49th , with Astana teammate Alberto Contador six seconds adrift in third following his classification of 37th . Nocentini was relieved to retain first place and was grateful to his AG2R teammates , with Nicolas Roche finishing second after powering past Hayden Roche in the final few hundred meters as Ivanov claimed his second stage victory eight years after his first . `` It was a very difficult day today because we 're getting tired from all the effort in the last week , '' the Italian , who finished 45th , told the race 's official Web site . `` We had a rider up front so we did n't have to ride but because Hincapie was in the move there was a big risk of losing the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The death of a spectator overshadowed an intriguing 14th stage of the Tour de France which saw Rinaldo Nocentini desperately cling on to the leader 's yellow jersey in cycling 's premier event . George Hincapie , front , upstaged his compatriot and former teammate Lance Armstrong to take second place overall . A woman died after being hit by a police motorcycle on Saturday afternoon in Wittelsheim , a village in Alsace in northeastern France which is 40 kilometers from the start of the race 's leg from Colmar to Besancon . French police told CNN that two other people were injured and taken to hospital . The Tour released a statement on its official Web site saying the 61-year-old woman was hit when she crossed the road after a group of cyclists passed , then the motorcycle slid and injured two other spectators . A 36-year-old is in hospital with neck pain , and a 61-year-old has a broken leg The incident marred an eventful day 's racing in which George Hincapie leapt up into second place overall , five seconds behind Nocentini , following a 12-man breakaway . The American finished eighth in"}
-{"answer":"Glazer of `` prejudging '' Weinman . `` He did not kill the cats , '' Macey told reporters outside the courtroom . `` The individual who committed this crime is still running around out there . '' The arrest affidavit , which a judge gave prosecutors until Monday to make public , reads like a grisly horror movie and indicates Weinman was knowledgeable of and fascinated with dissection of cats . During questioning , according to the affidavit , a detective told the teenager that police were informed he was involved in the cat slayings . Weinman replied he heard about the cats and that he told his mother . He told police that a school he had been expelled from was the only school in Miami-Dade that taught how to dissect using cats , according to the affidavit . The teenager went on to offer several other bizarre and unsubstantiated trivia , including saying that Mexico is the only source for cats used for dissection and describing their size . Weinman `` became excited and animated '' as he told the detective about cat dissection research he had discovered on the Internet , the affidavit states . ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A South Florida teenager accused of killing and mutilating 19 cats excitedly described to police how he dissected cats in class , and where to find cats for experimentation , according to police . Tyler Weinman laughed when police told him they had information he was the cat killer , an arrest document said . When Miami-Dade police told Tyler Hayes Weinman someone was killing cats in the neighborhood , the 18-year-old reacted by laughing , according to a newly released arrest affidavit made public Monday . Most of the cats were found in their owners ' yards . `` One appeared to be posed with a slit down the middle of its stomach , '' the affidavit states . On Monday , Weinman pleaded not guilty to more than 40 criminal counts , including multiple charges of felony animal cruelty and burglary . He is out of jail on $ 249,500 bond and under house arrest wearing an electronic monitor , but is being held for 48 hours for a psychiatric evaluation . The teen 's attorney David Macey said there was a `` lynch mob '' after his innocent client and accused Judge Mindy"}
-{"answer":"We are going to be looking at that process and how those lists are created , maintained , updated , exchanged and the like , because clearly this individual should not have been able to board this plane carrying that material . '' AbdulMutallab is accused of trying to blow up a Northwest flight from Amsterdam , Netherlands , to Detroit , Michigan , on Christmas Day . Officials say he carried an explosive device that contained pentaerythritol tetranitrate , an explosive also known as PETN . Part of the device , which failed to detonate , was sewn into his underwear , a law enforcement official said Monday . President Obama , in his first public comment since the incident , said Monday that screening and security procedures for all flights were immediately enhanced , including an increase in the number of air marshals on international flights . The federal system for tracking potential terrorism suspects will be reviewed because the latest incident showed that it had possible failings , the president said . All screening policies , technologies and procedures for air travel will be reviewed `` to determine just how the suspect was able to bring dangerous","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Air travel security is being increased as authorities continue to question how a man got explosives on a U.S.-bound passenger jet , according to federal officials , including the president and his homeland security chief . Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told CNN 's `` American Morning '' on Monday that officials would review how anti-terrorist watch lists are maintained . Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab , who is accused of trying to blow up a flight carrying 300 passengers , was on a general list that contained 550,000 other names , but he was still allowed to travel to the United States . A senior administration official said the suspect was not on a no-fly list because `` the info on him was not deemed specific enough to pull his visa or put him on a no-fly list . '' `` Under the existing protocols , it requires an interagency process and the identification of other negative information that 's credible ... and that process whittles down from 500,000 -LSB- names -RSB- or so that are on the generic list to the fewer than 5,000 that are on the no-fly list , '' Napolitano said . ``"}
-{"answer":"loss for the 2009 fiscal year , despite cost-cutting and reductions in retiree health benefit payments . Asked about the expenses , a Postal Service spokesman pointed to an agency response included in the report . In that response , the agency 's vice president and controller , Vincent Devito , agreed to enforce a spending limit on events and recognition awards as well as make sure employees justify business meal expenses . `` We agree that further policy enforcement is essential to ensure that the policy is followed and imprudent spending is no longer an issue , '' Devito wrote . `` It appears there is still work to be done in curtailing spending even further during this time of economic uncertainty . '' Among the report 's findings : \u2022 There was `` no business justification '' for $ 355,451 of food provided at a September 2008 national sales educational conference ; it included a $ 96-per-person dinner and a $ 500 `` bartender charge . '' \u2022 An installation celebration for one postmaster -- the report did n't say where -- included `` unallowable food purchases '' totaling more than $ 17,000 . The menu included ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. Postal Service spent more than $ 792,000 `` without justification '' on meals and events in one five-month period even as it reported losing $ 3.8 billion this year , the agency 's inspector general says in a report . Employees spent $ 792,022 on meals and external events `` without justification for food purchases , purchased alcohol without officer approval and exceeded the dollar limit for meals , '' the report says . Among the purchases were crab cakes , beef Wellington and scallops at an installation ceremony for one of several postmasters in the United States , the report says . Despite the Postal Service 's mandate to curtail spending , its inspector general found that `` imprudent spending continues to occur , including continued purchases of gift cards from unauthorized vendors and expensive items purchased as employee recognition awards and retirement gifts . '' Read the full report -LRB- PDF -RRB- Such purchases conflict with the agency 's goal to drive down costs , according to the report , which covered spending during several months in late 2008 and early 2009 . The Postal Service reported a $ 3.8 billion net"}
-{"answer":"was rushed to Rawalpindi General Hospital , where she was pronounced dead . Moore said he had been following Bhutto 's story since her return to Pakistan in October . He was present October 19 when a terror attack targeting her motorcade in Karachi killed 136 people . In the aftermath of that attack , `` the rallies had been very small , '' because of high security , Moore said . However , the Rawalpindi rally was announced beforehand , he observed . `` Whoever planned this attack -- they had time on their hands to plan everything properly , and you saw the results today , '' he said . Between 5,000 and 8,000 were at the Rawalpindi rally , which was held at a parkground , he said . `` We -LSB- the news media -RSB- all expected it to be filled ... but there were less people there than most of us expected to see , '' he said . `` When I talked with a number of people , they said that people were just afraid to come out , for the simple reason that they all remembered what happened in Karachi . '' Moore","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The photographer who took images of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto moments before her assassination Thursday told CNN he was `` surprised '' to see her rise through the sunroof of her vehicle to wave to supporters after delivering her speech . Getty Images photographer John Moore captured Benazir Bhutto waving , moments before he heard gunshots . `` I ran up , got as close as I got , made a few pictures of her waving to the crowd , '' Getty Images senior staff photographer John Moore told CNN 's online streaming news service , CNN.com Live , in a phone interview Thursday from Islamabad , Pakistan . `` And then suddenly , there were a few gunshots that rang out , and she went down , she went down through the sunroof , '' he said . `` And just at that moment I raised my camera up and the blast happened . ... And then , of course , there was chaos . '' Watch Moore describe Bhutto 's final moments '' Moore said he was about 20 yards away from Bhutto 's vehicle when he took his photographs . Bhutto"}
-{"answer":"major titles between 1987-1996 . `` People who do this wear a hole in their glove . It 's important to hold the club out towards the fingers , not the palm . It helps more golfers than you can believe . '' Next , learn how to bow . `` So much of golf is based around how you set your foundations . It 's really important that when golfers set up for the ball that instead of having slouchy round shoulders , pull your shoulders down , then your arms can actually get to your chest , '' the 59-year-old says . `` Almost like how the Japanese how bow : rear end out , slightly bend your knees , pull your shoulder blades down and arms resting in your chest , and you 're in perfect position . '' From there , it 's all about the arms . `` Make sure your arms and chest always stay together through the swing , '' Leadbetter advises . `` Practice little wedge shots -- put a club-head cover or towel under the left armpit and make little half-swings . '' Along with Butch Harmon , Hank Haney and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- So you want to become a pro golfer . The top players rake in millions of dollars each year , and you want a piece of the action . Whether you 're a promising five-year-old , an amateur trying to make the next step or a professional seeking to kickstart your career , the best way forward is generally to work with the people who 've been there and done that . They might not always be cheap , but golf academies offer training techniques that have taken the likes of Tiger Woods , Lee Westwood and Ernie Els to the top of the tree . But fear not , CNN has some tips from one of the sport 's leading instructors , David Leadbetter . There are three areas where beginner golfers struggle , he says . First off , you need to hold the club right . `` Most people grip the club too much in the palm of the hand , which creates tremendous tension and does n't allow the wrist to work correctly , '' says Leadbetter , who helped Nick Faldo go from a nearly man to the winner of six"}
-{"answer":"Well , the whole package we announced today is not only about enforcement and stopping the flow of drugs into the United States and helping Mexico against these very brutal cartels , but it includes money for more drug courts and reduction in demand . So , we look forward to working on the demand side as well as the supply side , but I 'll tell you , where the Department of Homeland Security is concerned , it 's all about border safety and security and making sure that spillover violence does not erupt in our own country . Phillips : We 're talking about more than 200 cities , cities that we 'd never think of , like Sheboygan , Wisconsin , and Sioux Falls -LSB- South Dakota -RSB- . I mean , what about the people right now that are dealing with sexual abuse , murder , house invasions , kidnapping ? Napolitano : That 's right . What is happening , for those who do n't live on the border , is that there are some large drug cartels . They 're old . They 've been in Mexico for a long time , but they","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano unveiled a $ 700 million plan on Tuesday to help Mexico fight violent drug cartels , which includes a U.S. crackdown on the flow of weapons and money into Mexico . Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the DHS plan will address demand and border security . The move sets the stage for visits to Mexico by three administration Cabinet members , starting tomorrow with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , in an effort to stem drug-related violence and prevent it from spilling into the United States . CNN 's Kyra Phillips spoke with Napolitano on Tuesday about the United States ' involvement in the Mexican government 's war against drug cartels and the United States ' stake in the conflict . Kyra Phillips : Well , I want to get right to it because we 'll never be able to defeat the drug lords until our own demand for drugs here in the U.S. is curbed . I mean , it is our consumption in the U.S. that fuels the drug lord production . So , what are you going to do to decrease that demand ? Janet Napolitano :"}
-{"answer":"other country . Potts , who married after being released from prison , is now divorced and lives on the outskirts of Havana with his two daughters , ages 4 and 7 . He makes some money letting his neighbors use his prized Internet connection . But the New Yorker is homesick and says his elderly parents need help . `` I committed a crime and paid for it , '' he says . `` Now what I want is to return home because I have to attend to my family . '' Watch Potts explain why he thinks he deserves a pardon '' He says the time is right . Potts wrote a letter to President Obama asking for a pardon that would let him return to the United States without fear of being jailed . There are thought to be 700 American fugitives hiding in Cuba . Members of the Black Panthers , Puerto Rican independence movement members and common criminals have sought sanctuary on the island . For the most part , they try to go unnoticed . Perhaps the most famous is black activist Assata Shakur , who was convicted for killing a police officer in","question":"HAVANA , Cuba -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- William Potts picks up his daughters from school every day . People consider him a generous neighbor and a good father . William Potts smuggled a firearm aboard a flight , hijacked the plane and forced the crew to fly to Cuba . But few know how this eccentric American ended up in Cuba . `` I came to Cuba 25 years ago . I hijacked an airplane , '' said Potts , who was convicted of air piracy . Potts says he was enthused by Fidel Castro and his revolution . He imagined a racial and social utopia that could be replicated in his own country . In 1984 , he smuggled a firearm aboard a commercial flight and forced the crew to fly to Havana , Cuba . No one was injured . `` In my revolutionary naivete , I came looking for military training , '' he says . Instead , he ended up in jail . He spent 13 years behind bars in Cuba . In 1971 , the United States and Cuba signed an agreement in which each government agreed to prosecute hijackers or return them to the"}
-{"answer":"the restaurant . Everything changes when Kamille is discovered by a modeling agent . She becomes famous overnight , and begins dating a professional baseball player she meets at one of her many red-carpet appearances . Their whirlwind romance eventually becomes a whirlwind engagement when Kamille and her fiance agree to have their pending nuptials and wedding filmed for a TV show . Kassie just adds to the family drama after she gets pregnant after a one-night stand with Kamille 's fiance . Ooops ! And I 'd be remiss without mentioning the taboo attraction between Kyle and her step-brother . Those are just the highlights , people . I wo n't spoil all of the novel for you . `` Dollhouse '' is fiction , but there are clearly some parallels between the lives of the Kardashians and Romeros . And in light of Kim 's divorce , it 's entertaining to read about a celebrity fairy-tale wedding filmed for TV . -LRB- You 'll have to read to see whether the marriage lasts longer than 72 days ... -RRB- All in all , `` Dollhouse '' is just Kardashian camp packaged in a neat novel . It 's","question":"-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- The Kardashians are already a staple on E! Network . But they 've chosen the month of November to assert their dominance on the book world . Earlier this month , `` momager '' Kris Jenner 's released her memoir . Kourtney , Kim , and Khlo\u00c3 \u00a9 's first novel , `` Dollhouse , '' hits shelves today . And next week fans will be treated to the re-release of `` Kardashian Konfidential . '' `` Dollhouse , '' the first fiction endeavor from the Kardashians , follows sisters Kamille , Kassidy , and Kyle Romero . And like all the other Kardashian books , I read it so you do n't have to ! Here 's a short plot summary . Warning : spoilers ahead ! The Romero girls live in California where their mother , Kat , owns a family restaurant . Their father , David , made some shady investments prior to his untimely death and left his family broke . Kat remarried Beau , a retired baseball player , who has two children from a previous marriage . The girls are essentially trying to make ends meet by helping out at"}
-{"answer":"in sheds in their backyard . Watch aerial view of backyard compound '' Garrido 's business , `` Printing for Less , '' catered to small businesses . He ran it out of his home in Antioch , east of San Francisco . His customers say he did good work and had much lower prices than competition . CNN obtained e-mails written by `` Allissa '' to Daughdrill . The e-mails came from a Yahoo account set up by Phillip Garrido and in his name , but Daughdrill said they came from `` Allissa '' because the two were either on the phone or had just finished a conversation when they arrived . In them , Dugard uses short , compact answers and lowercase letters . The e-mails also have a typo or two . Hear interview with Garrido '' `` i will take a look at the price sheet and send you over a copy of the revised brochure tomorrow , '' she wrote in an e-mail written on May 7 , 2007 . `` as to the pictures sorry ... but we do n't have a digital camera ... hopefully you can find a way to get me","question":"ANTIOCH , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Customers of the printing company knew her as `` Allissa . '' Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped at 11 and kept hidden for 18 years in a backyard compound , authorities say . They spoke to her about graphic design , business cards and fliers , and describe her as professional , polite and responsive . `` She was always good at getting us what we wanted , '' said Ben Daughdrill , who used to own a junk hauling business . `` You got the feeling she was doing all the work . '' But `` Allissa , '' authorities say , was really Jaycee Dugard , kidnapped 18 years ago from her home in South Lake Tahoe , California . Her identity was discovered earlier this week and her alleged kidnappers -- 58-year-old Phillip Garrido , a registered sex offender , and his 55-year-old wife Nancy -- were arrested . Watch police officers talk about Garrido '' They face 29 felony charges , including rape and kidnapping , and both have pleaded not guilty . Authorities said the Garridos held Dugard -- and the two daughters she had by Phillip Garrido --"}
-{"answer":"in his later career . But great players seldom become great managers . His first steps in that direction came at De Graafschap , Holland , where he was assistant manager before moving to the same role at Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven . See key moments from Hiddink 's career '' By 1987 , at the age of 40 , he was in charge of PSV and led them to their 1988 European Cup win , a feat unthinkable today . He almost reached the final again in 2005 during his second spell in Eindhoven . Hiddink 's keeper at PSV , Hans van Breukelen , revealed some of the manager 's methods . `` He 's very interested in people and immediately tries to create a family environment , '' he told Britain 's Sun newspaper . `` I can vividly remember him smoking and having a cup of coffee with his players . I do n't know if he still smokes , but he was a chain smoker at PSV . '' Hiddink 's resume includes stints in other high-pressure jobs such as Fenerbahce , Valencia and Real Madrid , but it 's on the international scene where","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- How does a man from an unassuming Dutch village go to being loved in South Korea , adored in Australia , revered in Russia and admired in England ? Guus Hiddink , the Russia and Chelsea coach , has had much to smile about in his 22-year managerial career . By being an exceptional football manager , for one . Enjoying success around the world -- at different levels with different players in different cultures -- has made Guus Hiddink one of the most admired bosses around . Born in rural Varsseveld , near the German border , in 1946 , Hiddink 's early years were unremarkable . While playing semi-professional football , he spent 10 years as a gym teacher at a school for children with learning difficulties . Most of his playing days were in the midfield of De Graafschap , a smallish club with no history of winning silverware . He later spent two years playing in America before returning to retire at De Graafschap . Watch CNN 's exclusive interview with Hiddink '' Little , then , to suggest that here was a man who would achieve so much"}
-{"answer":"insurance more accessible and affordable to small business and individuals . President Obama has been heavily criticized by conservatives because his plan includes a mandate for all individuals to have insurance or pay a penalty . Romney , too , has joined those criticizing the president , yet his plan in Massachusetts included just such a mandate . This idea was originally proposed by conservative groups as a measure of personal responsibility and an alternative to a single-payer system advocated by many progressive organizations . Romney believes it is alright to have a state require all to have coverage but that it can not be mandated by the federal government . Romney contends the Massachusetts plan required no new funding , whereas the Obama law calls for nearly a trillion dollars in increased taxes and cuts in projected Medicare spending over 10 years . What Romney does n't say is that the Massachusetts plan is partly funded with earmarked federal dollars and partly with state funds generated by a tax increase previously enacted to pay for a universal coverage plan that was never implemented . Unfortunately for Obama , there was no larger entity to support his plan . He","question":"Waltham , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mitt Romney has pledged to repeal President Obama 's universal health care law if he is elected president . Critics find his position rather strange , arguing that the plan he helped develop when he was governor of Massachusetts is quite similar in design to the Obama plan . Romney disputes his critics , saying there are important and fundamental differences between the plans . Who is correct ? In actuality , both plans draw extensively from legislation offered by President Nixon in January 1974 . In a book just published , `` Power , Politics , and Universal Health Care , '' David Shactman and I explain how Romney and Obama used the same approach as Nixon to lower the number of uninsured . All three built their system on private , employer-sponsored insurance in which all but the smallest employers had to provide insurance to their workers or pay a penalty . All utilized Medicare to insure the elderly and an expanded Medicaid-type program to insure the poor . All provided subsidies to low-income individuals and small employers . The Romney and Obama plans created state-based private insurance exchanges to make"}
-{"answer":". What can you do to assure people that this is the right thing ? Sen. Christopher Dodd : Well , I 'm not sure it is at this point . That 's why we 're having this hearing this morning . We 'll have Secretary Paulson and Ben Bernanke , the chairman of the Federal Reserve , before the banking committee to explain this plan , why it 's necessary and where we go from here . They basically have asked for a blank check of $ 700 billion for the next several years here to buy a lot of bad instruments out there in these institutions . See what power Paulson would have if the bailout is approved '' I have a lot of reservations . We 're trying to put some safeguards in it . I 'm angry as well . This did n't have to happen . It was not a natural disaster . It was a preventable , avoidable situation . We are where we are . Our economy is teetering . We 've been warned we 're very fragile . There could be a complete collapse . It needs to be straightened out or","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At a hearing Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee , federal officials said a bailout is needed immediately for the health of the U.S. economy . Sen. Christopher Dodd is chairing Tuesday 's hearing on President Bush 's proposed $ 700 billion bailout plan . Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are urging the passage of a $ 700 billion bailout proposed by President Bush following the failure of financial institutions and frozen credit markets . The proposal , if adopted , would amount to the most sweeping economic intervention by the government since the Great Depression . Before the hearing , Sen. Christopher Dodd , a Connecticut Democrat who is the Banking Committee chairman , spoke Tuesday with `` American Morning 's '' Kiran Chetry about whether the bailout is the right option and what may have contributed to the tumultuous economic environment . Kiran Chetry : You know talk about waking a sleeping giant -- we have almost 2,000 blog posts on CNNMoney.com about this bailout alone . Many people are outraged about it . They feel the government is spending $ 700 billion or more to reward bad behavior"}
-{"answer":"women 's gymnastics , younger girls can have an advantage over older competitors on account of their often smaller , lighter and more agile bodies . The Chinese women 's gymnastics team won a gold medal in a team competition at the Beijing games , and five members won individual medals . One of the challenges came from a blogger known as `` Stryde Hax . '' The blogger claimed to have uncovered proof that Chinese gymnast He Kexin is only 14 . In Internet searches , `` Stryde Hax '' allegedly uncovered Web pages showing lists complied by China 's General Administration of Sport that show a 1994 date of birth for He . CNN was not been able to independently verify the information , but snapshots of the Web pages appeared to back up the claim . Other bloggers joined the search and reported similar results . The New York Times conducted its own investigation , producing similar results that seem to implicate He and two other members of the team . The Times uncovered a 2006 biography on He that lists her birthday as January 1 , 1994 . The International Gymnastics Federation , however , has","question":"BEIJING , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Chinese women 's gymnastics team did not use underage competitors during this year 's Summer Olympic Games in Beijing , the International Gymnastics Federation said Wednesday . Widespread reports claimed that gold medal winner He Kexin was only 14 years old . The federation said it has concluded its inquiry into the matter after it confirmed the gymnasts ' ages through official documents that the Chinese Gymnasts Association provided . The documents included passports , identity cards and household registers . However , the organization intends to further investigate the ages of two gymnasts , Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun , who participated in the 2000 summer games in Sydney , Australia . The federation said it did not consider the explanations and evidence that Chinese authorities provided in regard to those athletes as satisfactory . The International Olympic Committee had asked gymnastics officials to clarify the situation after numerous commentators , bloggers and others questioned whether about half the members of China 's team were old enough to compete . Watch tiny gymnasts work out '' Athletes must be at least 16 in the year the games take place . In"}
-{"answer":"which is taken up by trying to fulfill the immediate physical needs . There is a normal and immediate stress response that comes with an event that causes damage to homes and infrastructure and loss of family members , David said . Haiti has the potential for higher rates of mental illness and a slower recovery after this episode because the population is already strained from weak social and economic supports , Galea said . In those conditions , they may already be predisposed to developing mental illness irrespective of the earthquake itself , he said . View or add to CNN 's database of missing persons in Haiti The stress of the disaster situation , combined with the potential predisposition toward stress disorders , could lead to an extreme emotional reaction , but that does not mean these factors predict any kind of violent or other extreme behavior , said Joan Cook , assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale University , in an e-mail . `` I 'd say that if the rate of psychological problems turns out similar to previous severe natural disasters in other economically disadvantaged countries , as many as 50 percent or more could suffer","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As Haitians struggle to recover from the devastation of Tuesday 's 7.0-magnitude earthquake , mental health experts caution that the most severe psychological effects wo n't take form until individuals ' situations stabilize . Feelings of confusion , fear , agitation , grief and anger that surround a large-scale traumatic event such as the Haiti earthquake give way to more pronounced psychological disorders once people 's basic human needs are taken care of , experts say . `` Once the initial resources are in , when actually most people are going to start feel out of danger , is when the psychological aftereffects are going to hit people , '' said Dr. Daniella David , professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Miami 's Miller School of Medicine . `` People need to ask for help when that happens . '' In the immediate short-term period after a large-scale traumatic event , people are concerned primarily with self-preservation and taking care of family and friends , said Dr. Sandro Galea , chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University 's Mailman School of Public Health . These people experience acute stress and anxiety ,"}
-{"answer":"singing `` Amazing Grace '' and praying . Told earlier that many of the children had living parents , Silsby said , `` I did not know that . '' She added , `` In our hearts , our intention was to help children that had been orphaned or abandoned by their parents . '' But the interpreters the group had used said the conversations between Silsby and the parents in the Haitian town of Calebasse made clear to them that Silsby must have been aware of the children 's status . Full coverage of Haiti earthquake aftermath SOS Children 's Villages , an Austrian charity , said that it has determined that at least two-thirds of the children are not orphans . Authorities on Wednesday questioned a Haitian police officer who works at the Dominican Embassy about whether he provided illegal paperwork to Silsby and the other Americans to facilitate their efforts as alleged by interpreters who had translated for the Americans . The interpreters told CNN the Americans met at least twice last week with the officer , at the embassy and consulate . `` He told them that he could help , and he was helping them","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Dominican consul general Wednesday rejected the claim from an American church leader that she thought her paperwork was in order when she attempted to take 33 Haitian children out of the country , saying he had told her it was not . `` I warned her , I said as soon as you get there without the proper documents , you are going to get into trouble , because they are going to accuse you , because you have the intent to pass the border without the proper papers and they are going to accuse you with kids trafficking , '' Carlos Castillo said he told the group 's leader , Laura Silsby , during a meeting Friday . Four hours later , Silsby and nine other Americans were turned back from the border . They were arrested and taken to a jail in Port-au-Prince . `` This woman knew what she was trying to do was not legal , '' Castillo said . A CNN reporter attempted to get reaction to Castillo 's comment from the jailed Americans , but they would not discuss the matter , responding to questions by"}
-{"answer":"of Thailand , '' a Red Cross bulletin said . Saturday 's high tide , the Red Cross said , was expected to put `` extreme pressure '' on Bangkok 's elaborate system of dikes and other flood defenses . Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered work crews Friday to cut channels in roadways to allow faster drainage , according to the state-run MCOT news agency . But the plan was rejected late in the day in favor of dredging canals and using pumps , the Bangkok Post reported . Health concerns were rising with the water . Bangkok residents waded through murky waters without knowing what lurked within , the risk of infection and communicable disease worrying health officials . The government sent out crocodile hunters after reports of crocodiles and snakes in the filthy floodwater . `` We were hearing disturbing reports of dangerous animals such as snakes and crocodiles appearing in the floodwaters and every day we see children playing in the water , bathing or wading through it trying to make their way to dry ground , '' said Annie Bodmer-Roy , spokeswoman for the humanitarian agency Save the Children . As floodwater entered homes , some","question":"Bangkok , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Severe flooding in Thailand on Saturday threatened central areas of Bangkok , a bustling capital barely above sea level and facing inundation at the next high tide predicted at 13 feet . Residents who decided to stay in their homes despite government pleas to get out waited anxiously to see whether high tide , forecast for Saturday afternoon , would overwhelm defenses along the Chao Phraya River and its many canals . Bangkok 's outer suburbs were already submerged , but the central city had been largely spared the misery Thailand has been suffering for months in the nation 's worst flooding since 1942 . In the east and the north of the city , water was at waist-level in some neighborhoods , but in central Bangkok , it had been mostly dry . The city was facing two converging threats , however . Runoff the equivalent of 480,000 Olympic-size pools was flowing south to the sea through Bangkok , as high tide pushed the water in the opposite direction . `` The challenge is to manage the huge runoff from the north passing via the city on its way to the Gulf"}
-{"answer":"unemployment checks . She has had to take extreme measures to pay for her interest-only mortgage of $ 2,500 a month . In fact , her mother moved in with her to help pay the bills . Guerrero even applied for food stamps , but was denied . Watch Guerrero describe going to food bank '' `` I never used the system . I 've been working since I was 15-and-a-half . I needed it now and it turned me down , '' she said . Stories like Guerrero 's are becoming more common as middle-class Americans feel the pinch of an economic downturn , rising gas prices and a housing crunch , especially in a state like California that has been rocked by foreclosures . On Wednesday , a key government report on the battered housing market found new home sales fell to their lowest level in 13 years in February , suggesting the nation 's housing market is still struggling . Americans also have been attending in large numbers foreclosure fairs where mortgage lenders , financial planners and counselors offer tips to hard-hit homeowners . `` Our economy is struggling , and families in the ` Inland Empire","question":"ALTADENA , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When she was laid off in February , Patricia Guerrero was making $ 70,000 a year . Weeks later , with bills piling up and in need of food for her family , this middle-class mother did something she never thought she would do : She went to a food bank . Patricia Guerrero was laid off in February . Desperate to make ends meet , she recently went to a food bank . It was Good Friday , and a woman helping her offered to pay her utility bill . `` It brought tears to my eyes , and I sat there and I cried . I was like , ` This is really where I 'm at ? ' '' she told CNN . `` I go ` no way ; ' -LSB- but -RSB- this is true . This is reality . This is the stuff you see on TV . It was hard . It was very hard . '' Guerrero is estranged from her husband and raising her two young children . She 's already burned through her savings to help make ends meet , and is drawing"}
-{"answer":"trucks were hampered by floodwaters that reach the roofs of single-story houses , Baraan said . About 16 rubber rescue boats had been deployed . Since the rains started in central Luzon , three dams in the Pangasinan area have been releasing vast amounts of water -- up to 10 million cubic meters per hour at one dam , dam officials said . Water passing through the three dams -- the Ambuklao , the Binga and the San Roque -- is rushing into the Agno River , which has been swollen since Thursday and affects seven towns in eastern Pangasinan , dam officials said . Water released from the San Roque dam has contributed to the flooding in eastern Pangasinan , acknowledged Alex Palada , division manager for flood forecasting and warning of the National Power Corporation . Dam officials had no choice but to maintain safe water levels , he added , noting that he alerted Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino . The governor started to evacuate residents Thursday when the Agno River started to rise , Palada said . In the last several days , water has become the Philippines ' biggest enemy , as Parma , locally known","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Flooding and resulting landslides killed 137 people Thursday and Friday in this nation 's northern provinces , including Baguio City , Benguet Province and Mountain Province , the Office of Civil Defense in Cordillera said Friday . A boatman transports three empty wooden coffins on the edge of Laguna Lake east of Manila on Thursday . Another 43 people were missing and 45 were injured , it said . Landslides blocked traffic along the Marchos Highway , Naguilian Road , Kennon Road and Ambuklao Road , cutting access to Baguio City , Benguet Province and Mountain Province , it said . The floods were unleased by tropical depression Parma , which had been downgraded from a typhoon . Earlier reports from Rocky Baraan , provincial administrator of Pangasinan , said flooding had inundated 32 towns and two cities , Dagupan and Urdaneta . Some 35,000 people had fled to evacuation centers , the official Philippines News Agency reported , citing the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council . The worst-hit areas included Bayambang , Alcala and Basista , the news agency reported . People clambered onto rooftops as floodwaters rose , calling and texting for help . Rescue"}
-{"answer":"of ArmorGroup , a spokesperson there said the company would have a response Wednesday . The U.S. Embassy said Wednesday it was taking the allegations very seriously . `` Nothing is more important to us than the safety and security of all Embassy personnel -- Americans and Afghan -- and respect for the cultural and religious values of all Afghans , '' it said in a statement . `` We have taken immediate steps to review all local guard force policies and procedures and have taken all possible measures to ensure our security is sound . '' Should initiation rituals such as hazing be allowed ? Sound off below POGO says two weeks ago it began receiving whistleblower-style e-mails , some with graphic images and videos , that are said to document problems taking place at a non-military camp for the guards near the U.S. diplomatic compound in Kabul . `` This is well beyond partying , '' said Danielle Brian , POGO 's executive director , after showing a video of a man with a bare backside , and another man apparently drinking a liquid that had been poured down the man 's lower back . She told CNN","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Some private security guards hired to protect the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan say their contractor has allowed widespread mistreatment , sexual activity and intimidation within their ranks , according to the watchdog group Project On Government Oversight -LRB- POGO -RRB- . A spokeswoman for watchdog group POGO said hazing at a camp for security guards went `` well beyond partying . '' The group sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday , and briefed reporters on its findings , which it said are based on e-mails and interviews with more than a dozen guards who have worked at the U.S. compound in Kabul . The company -- ArmorGroup , North America -- has a security contract with the State Department to provide services through July 2010 , and has been cited several times for shortcomings in the security required by the contract . A U.S. Senate panel two months ago was critical of the State Department for not closely supervising ArmorGroup , after a series of warning letters from the State Department in the year leading up to the panel 's inquiry . When CNN contacted Wackenhut , the corporate parent"}
-{"answer":"not only can they not tell you when their ancestors migrated to the United States , sometimes they can barely tell you what country their family came from . `` Let 's see , I 'm part German , and I think I have a little Irish and some Italian . No , some French . '' Apparently , if you 're Cuban-American , it matters a lot . There is a pecking order in South Florida . Being a descendant of those who came as political exiles after Castro came to power supposedly carries more cachet than if your family simply came as economic immigrants before Castro took power . I do n't get it . But then , I 'm not Cuban-American . So I defer to two friends -LRB- and media colleagues -RRB- who are . Alfredo Estrada , publisher of Latino Magazine , is skeptical about Rubio getting the dates wrong . `` When your parents left Cuba is seared into the memory of every Cuban-American , '' he told me . Rick Sanchez , whose family left Cuba in the winter of 1962 , was much harder on Rubio . In an op-ed for The","question":"San Diego , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Marco Rubio is writing his life story . Now the only question is : Which life ? The 40-year-old Florida senator , and Republican Party rock star , is shopping his memoir to New York publishing houses . There is sure to be a market ; Republicans want to embrace a Latino conservative to shield them from accusations that their immigration rhetoric is anti-Latino , and so , for them , Rubio is the most beloved Latino since Desi Arnaz . A memoir is a good idea . Rubio may need a whole book to explain the contradictions surrounding his biography . Rubio has repeatedly said that his parents left Cuba after Fidel Castro took power in January 1959 . But documents brought to light by the Washington Post and St. Petersburg Times reveal that Mario and Oriales Rubio arrived in the United States , legally on an immigration visa , much earlier -- in May 1956 . So what ? That 's the scandal ? Rubio is clearly not the only American with a bad memory . Many European-Americans are so far removed from their families ' immigrant past that ,"}
-{"answer":"was brought to an end by strong currents and bad weather after almost 42 hours in the water . She made a second try in August , before she was pulled from the water after 60 miles and almost 29 hours of swimming . She blamed a shoulder injury she suffered early in the journey , and an 11-hour-long asthma attack . Her latest attempt , accompanied by shark divers , began just after 6 p.m. Friday from Havana 's Hemingway Marina . The former world champion swimmer projected the swim would take close to 60 hours . There was a bit of excitement early Saturday afternoon as an oceanic whitetip shark swam near Nyad , but a diver on her team faced it off and it meandered away . The swimmer improved her performance late Saturday morning after struggling to maintain her usual stroke rate , her support team said . Fortified by chicken soup , Nyad was making good progress until the Saturday evening incident . Nyad got back in the water at 12:20 a.m. Sunday and swam for nearly 11 hours before packing it in . `` But for each of us , is n't life about","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hindered by painful stings and strong currents , endurance swimmer Diana Nyad ended her latest attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida about two-thirds of the way through the crossing Sunday . The 62-year-old Nyad suffered jellyfish and Portuguese man-of-war stings Saturday , while ocean cross-currents were pushing her off course , team captain Mark Sollinger said . She was pulled out of the water about 11 a.m. Sunday , about 67 nautical miles through the 103-nautical-mile passage . Treading water before being helped out of the water , Nyad said the man-of-war stings had paralyzed some of the muscles in her back , given her chills and nausea . Doctors warned her she could suffer long-term health problems if she suffered another sting . `` I 've never been in any pain , ever , like that in my whole life , '' she said , adding , `` Now it 's set me so far back , I just do n't ' have the lung capacity to swim the way I can . '' It was her third attempt to make the swim from Cuba to Florida . Her first , in 1978 ,"}
-{"answer":"-LSB- that -RSB- it 's not always intelligence that leads to success . You say `` it 's not the brightest who succeed , it 's rather a gift . Outliers are those given opportunities who have the strength and presence of mind to seize them . '' But there are also some commonalities with these outliers . Malcolm Gladwell : Yes . I 'm really interested in things like the effects of generation . So what does it mean ? I have a chapter that looks at some of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley . And almost all of them are born in 1955 : Steve Jobs at Apple , Bill Gates at Microsoft , Bill Joy -- who is one of those famous programmers -- a bunch of guys at Sun Microsystems . The argument there is that they were 21 when the computer revolution hit , and that 's how old you want to be when you 're confronted with a new revolution . That 's the kind of pattern that you see , over and over again , when you look at the lives of very successful people . That it 's not just","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Why are some people amazingly successful -- and other people with the same intelligence or abilities just part of the crowd ? Malcolm Gladwell tries to find out why some people are successful in his new book , `` Outliers . '' Malcolm Gladwell , the New Yorker writer who 's made a living dissecting questions such as how small trends become major movements -LRB- `` The Tipping Point '' -RRB- and the value of snap judgments -LRB- `` Blink '' -RRB- , was curious about that subject , and -- typically -- set out to find some answers . The result is his new book `` Outliers '' -LRB- Little , Brown -RRB- , which finds parallels between the Beatles , Bill Gates and Canadian hockey players -- as well as reasons why planes operated by members of particular cultures have a greater likelihood of crashing . John Roberts of CNN 's `` American Morning '' spoke to Gladwell on Friday . The following is an edited version of that interview . CNN : We always think that it 's the smartest people that become the most successful . You postulate in this new book"}
-{"answer":"moment , '' the Guardian gushed in its editorial . Many international newspapers focused on the powerful symbolism and unifying power of the arrival of an African-American U.S. president on the world stage . `` We 're a nation of Christians and Muslims , Jews and Hindus -- and non-believers , '' said the headline on the front of the Times of India , taking a line from Obama 's inaugural address . Japan 's Asahi Shimbun said : `` He is expected to play the leading role in changing the world in which racial and religious confrontations continue to rage in defiance of the ideal expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . '' `` He is as much symbol as substance , an icon for the youth and a sign of deliverance for an older generation that never believed a man with his skin color would ascend those steps , '' said the International Herald Tribune . But many papers urged Obama to get to work immediately to address the urgent problems already piled up up in his intray . `` This was n't the occasion for his most soaring of speeches . It was instead an","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Newspaper front pages around the world were unanimous Wednesday in celebrating the momentousness of Barack Obama 's inauguration as U.S. President . Readers browse newspapers Wednesday in the Philippines . `` Let 's rebuild America , '' said the front page of France 's Le Figaro , over a photograph of a smiling Obama swearing the oath of office . `` The Promise , '' said Liberation , hailing the `` United States of Obama . '' `` Remaking America , '' said the Daily Telegraph in the UK -- a theme carried by many other newspapers worldwide -- while the Daily Mirror preferred : `` Reborn in the USA . '' The Sun showed a picture of Obama 's seven-year-old daughter Sasha giving her father the thumbs-up with the headline : `` You 're the Daddy . '' `` At last it was the day , the hour , even the second that millions of Americans , `` and not just Americans , have waited for impatiently ever since November , and in many cases for much longer than that . The crowds in Washington were extraordinary evidence of the momentous public potency of the"}
-{"answer":", says basic health services are practically non-existent in the capital city , the result of a public health system marred by mismanagement , strikes and shortages of medical personnel and supplies . `` The Haitian system is at breakpoint , '' says Moller . The private health care sector has developed in recent years , but most in poverty-stricken Haiti can not afford to pay the fees charged for services . MSF is urging the international community to increase pressure on Haiti to improve its health system . The call comes as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon , Haiti 's Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis and representatives of donor countries are set to meet in Washington Tuesday to discuss international assistance for the country . With the public health system underfunded and understaffed , patients often have nowhere to turn but to free clinics . An obstetrics hospital run by MSF in Port-au-Prince manages 40 percent of the childbirth-related emergencies among poor women in the city . At Trinite , doctors treated nearly 18,000 trauma cases last year . The hospital 's bed occupation rates are at 100 percent and at times staff have no choice but to refer patients","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From victims of gunshot wounds and domestic violence to common road injuries , Trinite Hospital in Port-au-Prince , Haiti is inundated with trauma cases daily . A mother and child in the recovery room of Trinite Hospital in Port-au-Prince , Haiti . The stream of patients arriving at the free clinic run by international aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres is virtually uninterrupted . Some arrive in police ambulance or via the Haitian Red Cross ; others are dropped off in wheelbarrows , according to Brian Phillip Moller , head of the 60-bed trauma center . Gunfire no longer fills the nights the way it did when he was last in Haiti in 2006 , but the workload for aid workers has n't diminished . Instead hospitals like Trinite are dealing with trauma cases the public health system is incapable of handling , Moller tells CNN . While the security situation in Haiti has improved during the last two years , the public health system remains in disarray , according to Medecins Sans Frontieres -LRB- MSF -RRB- , also known as Doctors Without Borders . The organization , which offers free care at three clinics in Port-au-Prince"}
-{"answer":"get on deck . `` We went to our training , '' he said , declining to provide details : `` If I tell you all what we did , pirates , they would know . '' Watch the crew praise their captain '' The pirates intended to ask for a $ 3 million ransom , Reza said . He said he and the ship 's chief engineer took one of the pirates hostage . Reza said he persuaded the pirate -- whom he described as a young man , maybe 18 or 19 -- to trust him , pointing out that he is Bangladeshi and the pirate was Somali . `` His name is Abdul , '' Reza said . `` I told him , ` Trust me . I am Muslim ; you are Muslim . ' '' He told Abdul he would take him to the engine room to find more crew members . When they got there , the room was dark , he said , and he did n't know the ship 's chief engineer was in there . He said the chief engineer jumped the pirate first , then Reza stabbed him with his","question":"OXON HILL , Maryland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Crew members of the Maersk Alabama , safely back in the United States after being attacked by pirates last week off Somalia , recounted their ordeal Thursday . Navy personnel recover the lifeboat from which Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips was rescued Sunday . '' They start firing before they climb , with AK-47 , '' crew member Zahid Reza said . `` I was scared for my life . I was almost close to that . And they tried to shoot me many times , '' he said , pointing to his head . `` Pointing gun all over . Here , there , in the back . '' Pirates tried three times to board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship before their fourth attempt was successful , fellow crew member William Rios said , adding that the groups of pirates were different but that he thinks they were working together . Rios said he was working on deck when he was called back to lock down the ship . Then , he said , there were gunshots , and an alarm went off to alert all crew members to wake up and"}
-{"answer":"Jews gathered with families , friends and other groups to have a Seder . These meals are not just about eating and talking , but also about learning and debating the stories of the holiday contained in a book called the Haggadah . There is no right answer to many of the questions that are raised , and discussions change over time as the life experiences of the participants bring new perspectives to the table . The highlight of the Seder is when the youngest child asks the Four Questions , asking the adults what makes these nights different from the others and then offering some possible answers . Politicians could learn a lot from the Seder , particularly when one party controls both the executive and the legislative branch , and the temptation is to act in lock-step . Republicans did not have enough moments of questioning and reflection between 2002 and 2006 , which many observers agree was not just damaging to the country but to the party as well . While there was strong private , internal disagreement among Republicans over how to conduct the war on terror , over whether the war in Iraq was a","question":"Editor 's note : Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University 's Woodrow Wilson School . His new book , `` Arsenal of Democracy : The Politics of National Security -- From World War II to the War on Terrorism , '' will be published this fall by Basic Books . Zelizer writes widely on current events . Julian E. Zelizer says Democrats should be questioning themselves on several key points . PRINCETON , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This week , Jews will conclude the eight-day celebration of Passover , a holiday that has often found its way into the political realm . Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. frequently invoked the story of the liberation of the Jewish people from the Egyptians in his struggle against white oppression . President Obama made headlines last week when he hosted a Passover Seder in the White House . Today , Democrats can draw an important lesson from Passover , this time not so much from the story that is retold during the holiday but through the rituals that are the focus of the week . Last Wednesday and Thursday evenings ,"}
-{"answer":"devoted browncoats to tears with a single mention . The one-off book opens with three friends of Wash -LRB- full name : Hoban Washburne -RRB- pausing to remember him before christening a new ship -- The Jetwash -- in his honor . That setup serves as an excuse to flash back to three stories from Wash 's past , each showing a different side of his endearing personality . Diehard fans wo n't learn a whole lot about Wash that they did n't already know . And anyone hoping to see the entire Serenity crew back together will be disappointed . But Wash and surprise endings apparently go together . There 's a big one in the book 's final pages -- one that both offers a huge emotional payoff for `` Firefly '' fans and will have them desperately hoping for more . Different from Whedon 's fully involved `` Buffy '' series on Dark Horse , the occasional `` Serenity '' books feel like brief visits with old friends . And `` Float Out '' is a good one . The next visit is scheduled for November , when `` Serenity : The Shepherd 's Tale , ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- To say the gone-too-soon series `` Firefly '' has a devoted fan base might be the biggest understatement in sci-fi fandom . Eight years after Fox grounded the crew from Serenity , a loyal following still longs for any chance to return to director Joss Whedon 's fully realized mashup of outer space and the Old West . Luckily for them , Whedon is a comic-book fan . In 2005 's `` Serenity : Those Left Behind '' and 2008 's `` Serenity : Better Days '' -- both produced by Whedon for Dark Horse Comics -- we get to see Captain Mal and friends in action . Now , with `` Serenity : Float Out , '' there 's a chance to stop in for a more personal visit with one of the crew 's most beloved characters . `` Float Out , '' released Thursday by Dark Horse , is written by actor , comedian and `` Firefly '' devotee Patton Oswalt based on an idea he floated to Whedon . It focuses on Wash , the wise-cracking ace pilot whose stunning death at the end of `` Serenity '' can still bring some"}
-{"answer":"to be at this point planning other routes over the next day or so , '' he said . The Federal Highway Administration and the Seismic Peer Review Board are scrutinizing the repair plans , he said . Wednesday 's commute was a horror show for many . `` My wife actually drives over to the peninsula ; she says it 's taken her two hours to get to work so far and she 's not there yet , '' commuter Seth Carp told CNN affiliate KTVU as he prepared to board a Bay Area Rapid Transit train . `` I tried to take the Golden Gate Bridge , '' said a woman who identified herself only as Yemi . `` It was a big mistake . '' She gave up and wound up taking BART . `` It was back-to-back bumper , there were rows of cars everywhere , '' said Christina Chou , who lives in Foster City near the San Mateo Bridge , which served as an alternate route for many . `` It was just horrible . '' Ridership increased on ferries , too , with some people finding a silver lining to the snafu .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Officials warned Wednesday that the bridge linking the California cities of San Francisco and Oakland will likely remain closed Thursday morning , promising more delays for Bay Area commuters . That work is intended to dampen vibration on the structure . Vibration may have played a role in causing pieces of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to fall Tuesday night from the span onto the roadway , resulting in its closure . The 73-year-old bridge spans the San Francisco Bay and carries an average 280,000 vehicles daily , according to the state 's Transportation Department . `` Right now , we do not have a time when the bridge will potentially open , '' said Bart Ney , a spokesman for California Department of Transportation . `` The work has to be completed first . '' Once the new steel is in place and the rods have been made tense , at least three hours of testing will be carried out before the bridge will reopen to vehicular traffic , Ney said , refusing to speculate on when that might occur . `` The first thing that I would say to motorists is that you need"}
-{"answer":"a death of a student that was in our structure of authority . I 'm being advised do n't say anything that could put us in a bad position here or there . What is right is right , '' Montgomery told the board Thursday . `` This student was under our care , under our authority . We did not act , we did not meet , we generally punted on this issue , '' Montgomery added . `` I 'm of the opinion the -LRB- State University System of Florida -RRB- Board of Governors stepped in to fill the vacuum , when they did not have to . I believe that had we shown action -- prudent actions -- there would not have been a cause for them to have an investigation because we would have been conducting ourselves in a sound manner . The board of governors stepped in in an attempt to do our job , '' he said . No cause of death has been released in Champion 's case , but police and university officials both have said they suspect it was related to hazing . Prior to Montgomery 's remarks , Ammons said","question":"Orlando , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Florida A&M University Board of Trustees reprimanded the school 's president Thursday for his actions in the aftermath of the suspected hazing-related death of a 26-year-old drum major . The trustees also voted to allocate money to hire a public relations firm to represent the board during the hazing controversy . By an 8-4 vote , the board chose to reprimand President James Ammons instead of putting him on administrative leave as administrators have done to the band 's director , Julian White . During the board meeting , FAMU Trustee Rufus Montgomery proposed administrative leave for Ammons because he said the university `` did not act '' following the death of Robert Champion , who died last month after a halftime performance in a football game in Orlando , Florida . But Montgomery dropped the proposal , and the board delivered a reprimand instead . As he argued to put Ammons on leave , Montgomery noted how the board of governors of the State University System of Florida took action before the university 's trustees could . `` It 's been 19 days since the death of a student occurred ,"}
-{"answer":"deals : Winter in the wine country -LRB- West Coast -RRB- Winter is Cabernet season in the Napa Valley and hoteliers are celebrating the end of harvest with discounted winter room rates . While new wine ages in recently-filled barrels , the legendary Napa Valley Lodge in Yountville , California , has packages with room rates starting at $ 195 -LRB- Sunday through Thursday -RRB- and $ 245 -LRB- Saturday and Sunday -RRB- that include wine tasting passes , a bottle of wine , continental Champagne breakfast buffet and 20 % off spa treatments . In contrast , Summer rates can start at $ 300\/night . This offer is good now through January 31 , 2012 . Other Napa Valley offers , including restaurant month and vintner discounts are also available . `` The harvest season might be over , but there are still plenty of reasons to visit wine country in winter , '' says Anne Banas , executive editor of Smarter Travel . `` Not only will the wines warm you up , but wine tastings and dining options offer plenty to do indoors . Plus , you can often find good discounts on hotels and B&B s","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After traveling all year for business meetings or conventions and taking vacation to cover a child 's inconvenient half days at school , many harried Americans are left with a dilemma . With a few weeks left in the year , their remaining precious vacation days are about to expire . The average American worker has about six paid vacation days left unused at the end of the year , according to Hotwire.com 's American Travel Behavior Survey , conducted earlier this year . It 's time to use 'em or lose 'em . For the flexible traveler able to jump on a plane over the next two weeks , discounts are plentiful . That 's because business travel is winding down for the year while many leisure travelers are saving their pennies for holiday expenses . Hotels and airlines are cutting prices and bundling discounts to fill rooms and seats that would otherwise go unsold . `` It 's a great time to get last-minute deals if you 're flexible and have time available , '' says Fiona O'Donnell , senior lifestyles and leisure analyst for the Mintel Reports Group . Here are a few"}
-{"answer":"arguments about the details of the New Zealand incident involving Cronulla players in 2002 , the conduct and its aftermath was simply unacceptable , full stop , '' David Gyngell , Nine 's chief executive officer , said in a statement on the network 's Web site . `` I fully endorse David Gallop 's comments concerning the indefensible conduct of some players and the lack of respect for women -- and the critical focus on all stakeholders to help eradicate it from our game . '' `` I join with him in extending my apologies and sympathy to the young woman involved in the incident , who clearly is still distressed as a consequence , '' Gyngell said . In the ABC report , the then-19-year-old woman said she met Johns and his Cronulla teammate Brett Firman when she was working as a waitress . She said she went back to their hotel room , where she alleges six Cronulla players and staff had sex with her , while a half-dozen others watched . `` They were massive , like big rugby players . I felt that I just had no idea what to do . There was always","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Australia 's National Rugby League apologized on Tuesday for the behavior of its players after ABC 's `` Four Corners '' current-affairs program revealed allegations of group sex in 2002 between players and a New Zealand woman . Two other women told the program they were sexually abused by NRL players . Former Cronulla player Matthew Johns said he was unable to say `` sorry enough '' regarding the incident `` Violence against women is abhorrent , and sexual assault and the degradation of women is just that , '' said David Gallop , the NRL 's chief executive . `` So much of what we saw -LSB- during Monday night 's program -RSB- was fundamentally indefensible . And if anyone in the game today is ignoring the importance of that message , then frankly they will need to find another career . '' The allegations of group sex involved NRL personality Matthew Johns , who played for Cronulla at the time of the alleged incident in Christchurch , New Zealand . Watch more on the scandal '' Johns was suspended indefinitely by the Nine Network on Wednesday . `` The fact is , whatever the"}
-{"answer":", about 5:41 p.m. , killed Jorge Lopez . Garland police said Lopez , 20 , was sitting in his Nissan at a traffic light when a man in a pickup pulled alongside him and fired shots into his car , killing him . A few minutes after the Garland shooting and two miles away on LBJ Freeway , a gunman fired at two tractor-trailers . While one driver escaped injuries , William Scott Miller , 42 , of Frankfort , Kentucky , was shot to death behind the wheel of a United Van Lines truck , police said . `` He was going to be traveling home , '' Craig Miller said . `` He was about to park his rig . He was going to get on a plane to fly to be with his wife and children for the Christmas season and then come back to this location . '' Miller called the truck driver a hero , saying he was able to control his rig before he died -- preventing other motorists from being hurt . The fourth attack came a mile west on LBJ Freeway when gunfire shattered the windshield of another tractor-trailer . The","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former Utah policeman is a suspect in at least three of Monday 's four rush-hour shootings near Dallas , Texas , including one of two fatal attacks , police said Tuesday . CNN affiliate KSL in Salt Lake City , Utah , provided this file photo of the Dallas suspect , Brian Smith . The suspect , Brian Smith , tried to commit suicide after the Monday-evening shootings and was in a hospital in serious condition , Dallas police detective Lt. Craig Miller said . Police used ballistic tests to link Smith , a Utah state police officer for 12 years , to the shootings in which one driver was killed , one was injured by shattered glass and one escaped uninjured , Dallas police detective Lt. Craig Miller said . Miller said it is unclear if Smith was involved in the other fatal shooting , which was the first attack of the evening . Four motorists were attacked along a three-mile stretch near and on the LBJ Freeway , about 10 miles northeast of downtown Dallas , on Monday evening , police said . The first attack , which happened in Garland , Texas"}
-{"answer":"right across the street from the hotel where my mom was . I ran up to her room and said , `` Dad has fainted . '' And we kind of learned in increments of what exactly happened . So it was basically about a half-hour after first hearing that he fainted that we actually knew he collapsed and had a heart attack . And at first , I was upset that I was so far away and removed . And I really wanted to be there . But in reality , it was really a blessing to be an ocean away , because it allowed my mother and me to have some real private time to collect our thoughts , to grieve in private , and not be inundated with all the media coverage and all the phone calls . So , you know , it was something that -- it was difficult , but to have that little cocoon , I think my mother and I really used it to our benefit . King : Must have been a long flight back . Russert : It was . It was a long nine-hour flight . But my mother","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Luke Russert , son of journalist Tim Russert , was part of a panel Wednesday that discussed youth voting on CNN 's `` Larry King Live . '' Luke Russert says dinner table political discussions were part of his upbringing . Besides the youth vote , Russert discussed his father 's death , his upbringing and his own future in journalism and political commentary . Tim Russert , 58 , was the host of NBC 's `` Meet the Press '' and one of America 's leading political journalists . He died of a heart attack after collapsing at the network 's Washington bureau on June 13 . The following is an edited version of the show 's transcript . Watch video of the discussion '' Larry King : How did you learn of your dad 's passing ? Luke Russert : I was in Florence , and I was at an Italian sports bar watching the Italy versus Romania game , and I got a call from my dad 's secretary that said he had fainted , and could I get in touch with my mother . Luckily , I was"}
-{"answer":"do an EMBA ? RL : We are hoping to expand Fresh internationally , at least in Asia , and it could become an international company . The Tsinghua\/INSEAD EMBA is a really global MBA . We had classes in Beijing , Shanghai , Singapore , Abu Dhabi , and Fontainebleau -LRB- in France -RRB- so it gave a very international focus . In each city INSEAD arranged for guest speakers from very large companies to tell us about the business environment in each country . It gave me much more of an international focus . CNN : How has that global focus helped you with your business ? RL : In my class I had senior people from 17 countries . We became like a family and we are still in touch . I 've been in different countries the last few years and my classmates have entertained me and showed me around in each of the countries . Down the road , if we decide to go into some of these countries , I have contacts and I 've learned from my classmates , from their past experiences and the experiences they 're going through . CNN :","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Roberto Lee Jr , 35 , is the President of Fresh Bread & Company in Shanghai . He has an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business and an Executive MBA -LRB- EMBA -RRB- from INSEAD and Tsinghua University in Beijing . Roberto Lee : `` I do n't think I 'd be as complete a manager as I am today without the EMBA . '' Roberto tells CNN how his EMBA has helped his career . CNN : Tell us about your current role . Roberto Lee Jr : I 'm president of Fresh Bread & Company , in Shanghai , which I started in 2004 . We supply finished products like sandwiches , cakes and desserts for Starbucks , Walmart , Metro AG , Tesco , and a number of franchised restaurants . We also have a more upscale chain with bakeries , coffee shops and the biggest bread chain in the Shanghai subway system . We currently have 620 employees , 32 shops in Shanghai , and we hope to expand into Eastern China next year . CNN : You already had an MBA , what made you decide to"}
-{"answer":"on the shoulders of a fellow student , Noffke fell backward , striking her head on the floor . The 16-year-old male cheerleader who lifted her , and then was supposed to be a spotter , failed to catch her . The girl 's family sued the boy and the school district , claiming the coach was negligent by not having a second spotter and not providing safety mats . State law does not specifically spell out which high school activities involve `` contact , '' but they typically involve sports such as football or lacrosse in which opposing teams compete against each other . But the Wisconsin high court concluded that `` cheerleading involves a significant amount of physical contact between cheerleaders that at times results in a forceful interaction between the participants . '' Justice Annette Ziegler cited the `` spirit rules '' of the National Federation of State High School Association 's handbook , which contained pictures illustrating various cheerleading stunts . She said all but one photo showed at least two cheerleaders in contact with one another . Because the male cheerleader just made a mistake by being out of place when Noffke fell , the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former high school cheerleader who sued over injuries caused when a teammate failed to catch her during a routine , lost her appeal before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday . The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday a cheerleader could n't sue her teammate . The seven state justices unanimously concluded cheerleading is a `` contact '' sport , and therefore neither the male student cited nor the school district was liable for damages . The opinion also said the stunt in question did not create a `` compelling danger '' to students . It is the first legal decision of its kind , according to the National Cheer Safety Foundation , a group founded by parents . The case was closely watched by school districts and parents around the country concerned about whether they would have immunity from lawsuits involving unintentional injuries from certain extracurricular activities . Brittany Noffke was a varsity cheerleader at Holmen High School , about 14 miles from La Crosse , in western Wisconsin . Her team was practicing a `` post to hands '' stunt before a basketball game in 2004 , and after being lifted up to stand"}
-{"answer":"never been rooted in fact or evidence , and the effort of these officers to defeat equal treatment this time around will face mountains of opposing data and a dramatically changed cultural landscape . The officers who oppose openly gay service do not base their arguments on any new information . In addition to their own experience -- an impressive credential that 's nevertheless too vague to hang an argument on -- the officers rely on a single poll . They cite an unscientific survey -- it does not draw from a representative sampling but from newspaper subscribers -- indicating that 58 percent of the military oppose lifting the ban and that , if it 's lifted , 24 percent claim they will leave or consider leaving after their tour ends . But it 's na\u00efve at best , and disingenuous at worst , to confuse this opinion survey with a sound prediction of actual behavior . When both Britain and Canada proposed lifting their gay bans in the 1990s , similar opinion surveys found much higher numbers -- about two-thirds in both cases -- claiming they , too , would leave . In each case , no more than","question":"Editor 's note : Nathaniel Frank is author of `` Unfriendly Fire : How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America '' and is senior research fellow at the Palm Center , a think tank at the University of California , Santa Barbara , that has focused on gender , sexuality and the military . He also teaches on the adjunct faculty at New York University . Nathaniel Frank says there 's no evidence that letting gays serve openly would harm the military . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This week , four senior retired officers wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post predicting `` grave harm '' to the military if President Obama moves forward with his vow to let gays serve openly . `` Our experience , '' they wrote , `` and that of more than 1,000 retired flag and general officers , '' suggest that lifting the ban would harm unit cohesion , recruitment and retention , and would ultimately `` break the All-Volunteer Force . '' The argument is an old one , and was an effective canard in defeating President Clinton 's move to lift the ban in 1993 . But it has"}
-{"answer":"tale . '' Scott also said that because of Phillip Garrido 's previous criminal history , which includes a kidnapping and rape charge for which he was registered as a sex offender , Garrido would automatically receive a sentence of 25 years to life if he were found guilty on only one felony charge . But Scott said the family is trying not to focus on any of that and instead work on building a new life together . He said he had met with Dugard and her family twice for a couple of hours and was happy to see `` how well they had been doing . '' `` Even more encouraging was the second time I met with them , I saw progress , '' he said . `` I 'm just very pleasantly surprised watching the dynamics , and I think it 's a very positive thing going forward . '' Scott said Dugard 's daughters , who police said never went to school or a doctor , were receiving tutoring . Dugard has been participating and observing . `` This is a woman whose -LSB- own -RSB- formal education ended in the fifth grade , ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jaycee Dugard will testify against the couple that allegedly held her captive in an elaborate compound hidden in their backyard for 18 years if there is a trial , a lawyer for her family said at a news conference Thursday . This photo of Jaycee Dugard was taken at the 1991 Rose Bowl parade . She was abducted later that year . Attorney McGregor Scott admitted it has been a difficult transition for Dugard and her two children -- who police say were fathered by her captor -- given her captivity spanned more than half her life and was the only world she knew for so long . `` But there is no question that she knows that terrible and wrong things were done to her and that those people must be held accountable , '' Scott said . Scott said he had no idea when a trial would be set for Phillip and Nancy Garrido , who have both pleaded not guilty to charges relating to Dugard 's alleged kidnapping and subsequent abuse . He acknowledged Dugard would have to relive the `` trauma '' in court by sharing the `` very , very sordid"}
-{"answer":"It is an immense responsibility that we had to deal with . About 3 million pilgrims move in a small geographic area at the same time wanting to do the same ritual . So we have been preparing for this for years now . '' Irtiza Hasan , a pilgrim from the United States , said all went well at the ceremony . `` The only incident I saw was that there were some handicapped women who were turned away in fears that they get hurt . '' But Mohammadi said , `` There are 10 vans on the second floor especially designated to serve the elderly and handicapped . Each van can take up to 14 pilgrims . '' As a measure to alleviate harm , according to Muslim traditions , the elderly and the handicapped can appoint someone else to stone for them . The five-story Jamarat bridge is air-conditioned at 19 degrees Centigrade , or 66 Fahrenheit , throughout the day and backed by water sprinklers that can reduce the temperature to about 29 degrees C , or 84 F . The bridge is designed to allow the addition of seven more levels to hold as many","question":"Mecca , Saudi Arabia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chanting `` Allahu Akbar '' -- God is Greater than any -- more than 2 million pilgrims crossed new pedestrian bridges Saturday to perform one of the last rituals of the Hajj season . Jamarat is a re-enactment of an event when Prophet Abraham stoned the devil and rejected his temptations , according to Muslim traditions . The ritual stoning of three pillars , which occurs in the tent city of Mina -- about two miles from Mecca , was the scene of stampedes and many deaths in the 1980s and 1990s as pilgrims passed a crowded bottleneck area leading to the small pillars on the ground . But this year the Saudi government completed a new project that avoids past congestion at the site . The government has erected three massive pillars and completed a $ 1.2 billion , five-story bridge nearby where pilgrims can toss stones . Authorities and pilgrims say it 's a roomier atmosphere and more efficient way to accommodate the faithful . `` Everything went fine so far , '' Col. Khakled Qarar Mohammadi , head of the emergency forces at Jamarat , told CNN . ``"}
-{"answer":"to have been broken with a hammer . `` The vessel appeared to have been deliberately sunk , '' authorities said in their probable cause affidavit . Confronted by investigators , Lewis admitted he intentionally sank his vessel , saying the financial strain `` caused him extreme anxiety and frustration . '' Lewis told investigators `` the engine trouble he experienced caused him to lose his temper . In his rage , he smashed the sea strainers with a hammer and drilled the hole to sink the vessel , '' the affidavit said . '' -LSB- He -RSB- wanted to clarify that his motive for sinking the vessel was anger and frustration , not greed , '' it added . Prior to its sinking , the Jubilee had been listed for sale with Mahina Yachts for $ 28,500 . Jack Bateman , a broker with Mahina , remembers the Jubilee as a `` beautiful '' 1967 Chris Craft Cavalier . He said the Mahina has only seen this type of case one other time in its 30 years of operation . `` This is a very rare , not common occurrence '' he says . Bateman added that Mahina has","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Seattle man has been charged with insurance fraud for allegedly sinking his own yacht because of `` financial pressure and frustration with the maintenance '' of the vessel , authorities said . The Jubilee sank in Puget Sound Bay last year . On March 22 , 2008 , Brian Lewis , 50 , scuttled the Jubilee in the Puget Sound Bay , then rowed a borrowed dinghy back to shore , according to court documents filed in February by prosecutors in King County , Washington . Later that day , Lewis boarded a flight to take him to his job in Kodiak , Alaska , as a petty officer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , according to court documents . Three days later , Lewis filed an insurance claim with USAA Insurance reporting the Jubilee sank accidentally `` due to unknown causes . '' However , due to environmental concerns , the Washington State Department of Natural Resources salvaged the vessel at a cost to the state of $ 2,866 . An inspection found a hole was drilled into the bottom of the Jubilee , and that two main engine sea strainers appeared"}
-{"answer":"'s graduate school of political management . `` The people of Massachusetts were prepared to forgive a lot of transgressions . '' Kennedy vanished to the family compound for days after the incident , huddling with advisers before emerging the following week to plead guilty to leaving the scene of an accident . A judge suspended his two-month jail sentence . Critics saw the plea as an attempt to stifle details that would have emerged during a trial . In a display of the senator 's legendary oratory , he delivered a nationally televised explanation and apology , saying it was `` indefensible '' that he had n't called police until the day after the accident . See how Chappaquiddick fit into Kennedy 's legacy '' `` If at any time , the citizens of Massachusetts should lack confidence in their senator 's character or his ability , with or without justification , he could not in my opinion adequately perform his duty and should not continue in office , '' Kennedy said . Jim Baughman , author of `` The Republic of Mass Culture : Journalism , Filmmaking , and Broadcasting in America since 1941 , '' said he","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sen. Ted Kennedy would have had a `` very , very difficult '' time politically surviving the drowning death of a young woman if it happened in the era of blogs , talk radio and 24-hour news cycles , experts said . Sen. Ted Kennedy hit the airwaves to say it was `` indefensible '' he did n't immediately report the accident . Mary Jo Kopechne , 28 , drowned after Kennedy drove his Oldsmobile off a bridge following a regatta party in July 1969 . The incident on Chappaquiddick Island , Massachusetts , helped dash the youngest Kennedy brother 's chances at the Oval Office in 1972 and 1980 . Massachusetts was more forgiving than the rest of the nation , however , backing Kennedy by a 3-to-2 margin in his 1970 bid to keep his Senate seat . That his brothers , John and Robert , had been assassinated in recent years may have been a factor , experts said . Watch Kennedy attend brother Robert 's funeral '' `` Great expectations and great tragedy has always been the storyline of the Kennedys , '' said Christopher Arterton , dean of George Washington University"}
-{"answer":"villain looks and feels very unique and true to their comic book counterparts . It also helps that Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy reprise their voice roles as the Joker and Batman , respectively . Those trademark voices have become as necessary as the Joker 's laugh or Batman 's scowl . Combat is similar to `` Arkham Asylum , '' as rhythmic button pushing sends Batman from foe to foe in a fluid and almost dance-like movement with devastating effects . The more times you can string together attacks will open new power moves that can daze or level multiple opponents . Batman 's utility belt is full with some of the same `` toys '' as before but with new abilities and functions . Batarangs , batclaws and explosive gels are back , with additional weapons like smoke pellets and a new Cryptographic Sequencer to help the Caped Crusader escape from trouble or solve puzzles . Tutorials and the Batcomputer will help you master the skills needed to succeed as well as help point you in the direction of the next objective . Arkham City is five times the size Arkham Asylum was , so it is easy","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Batman : Arkham City '' takes everything that was great about the first Arkham title and makes it bigger , bolder and better . The Dark Knight goes up against his most murderous foes with new weapons and allies in a story that expands the Batman universe . Spinning off the ending of `` Batman : Arkham Asylum , '' Gotham City decides that the best way to house all of its criminals is to wall off a large section of the city and dump them all together . So now , Joker , Penguin , Two-Face and others are free to do whatever they want inside those walls . Out of sight , out of mind . The 18-month backstory of the game was presented in a limited series by DC Comics in the months leading up to the game 's release . If you did n't read the series , there may be some confusion about what 's going on when the gameplay begins . The city is beautifully rendered , with plenty of locations that are unique to Batman 's enemies . Although the regular prisoners tend to repeat themselves , each"}
-{"answer":"announced that we were winning the Nobel Peace Prize , I can assure you that it was like a bolt of lightning that went through this place in terms of energizing staff and giving people a sense of self-worth , '' he said . `` It was absolutely remarkable . '' In all , 172 people and 33 organizations were nominated for the peace prize -- although the Oslo , Norway-based Nobel committee had not announced who its finalists were . The peace prize is one of five awards handed out annually by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm , Sweden . The other four prizes are for physiology or medicine , physics , chemistry and literature . Starting in 1969 , the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel also has been awarded . The peace prize is the last of the awards to be announced this week and the Riksbank prize will be awarded Monday . Even for an organization like the IAEA , a United Nations affiliate that traces its roots back to 1957 , things were never the same after receiving the revered award , Waller said . `` Many , many things","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- David Waller has some simple advice for anyone looking to improve morale at their organization -- even if it 's not the easiest advice to follow . IAEA deputy director David Waller calls Nobel '' a bolt of lightning '' for his staff `` I say to them , jokingly , ` Why do n't you try winning the Nobel Peace Prize ? ' '' he said . Waller , deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency , knows what he 's talking about . The organization , based in Vienna , Austria , and dedicated to the safe and peaceful use of nuclear power , was awarded the prize in 2005 . President Barack Obama was the surprise winner Friday of this year 's peace prize . But for most of this week 's other winners , the honor marks a leap from relative obscurity to a spot in the international limelight . Waller said the scientists , authors , activists and others receiving Nobel honors this week should be prepared for an experience that will change their lives in the months and years that follow . `` The day that it was"}
-{"answer":"playground in East Oakland , California , and a balloon in the Macy 's Thanksgiving Day Parade . The original `` Sonic the Hedgehog '' debuted on Sega 's Genesis game system in 1991 . Since the heydays of Sega going head-to-head with Nintendo for home console domination , the company has ceased selling hardware , started developing\u00c2 for multiple systems and merged with Sammy , which makes pachinko slot machines in Japan . Perhaps as a result , Sega 's flagship franchise , which is developed by the aptly named Sonic Team , has slumped . Sonic 's and Mario 's `` platformer '' genre -- in which cartoonish characters navigate increasingly challenging maze-like levels -- was once a blockbuster seller , but it 's been surpassed by first-person shooters such as `` Call of Duty '' and `` Battlefield . '' Nintendo has managed to maintain the high quality of Mario games over the years , but Sega has struggled to remake Sonic for the fast-paced 21st-century game industry . `` Sonic Generations '' is designed to `` take Sonic back to the pure elements , '' Yasuhiro Noguchi , a senior producer who led development on the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Age has slowed Sonic , the beloved blue hero from an earlier generation of video games , but Sega may have finally rehabilitated the venerable hedgehog . `` Sonic Generations , '' which arrives in stores Tuesday for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 , comes at an opportune time . With a crucial holiday season imminent , Sega Sammy Holdings has n't produced a stellar Sonic game in about a decade , and the company 's game division has performed especially sluggishly this year . But `` Sonic Generations , '' coming on the 20th anniversary of the franchise , looks like a promising candidate to buck these trends . The first batch of reviews have been positive , and the game has received more preorders than any previous Sonic game , which is an early barometer for success . Sega also managed to build some buzz for the game at video game expos like E3 , although those conventions have not been particularly kind to other Sonic games . Encouraged by the favorable feedback , Sega is throwing its marketing weight behind the game . These initiatives include traditional advertising , constructing a Sonic-themed"}
-{"answer":"after the shoot to have the photos and video destroyed and believed that photographer Mark Samansky had done so . He later sold stills from the video to Hustler , a men 's magazine founded by Larry Flynt that publishes racy material . The photos were published in the March 2008 issue . The murders had occurred the previous summer . At the center of the crimes was Chris Benoit , a Canadian-born athlete who worked for several professional wrestling circuits , including the popular World Wrestling Entertainment . In 2000 , he married Nancy Sullivan , a Florida native who had become a well-known wrestling manager after her time in the ring . Their son , Daniel , was born earlier that year . Police say the crimes occurred over a three-day period in June 2007 at the Atlanta-area home of the Benoits . Investigators concluded that Chris Benoit first bound his 43-year-old wife and strangled her . The 7-year-old boy was then drugged and strangled . The man then committed suicide by hanging himself with a weight machine . No formal motive was ever established . CNN reported at the time that doctors found testosterone , painkillers and","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Supreme Court has decided that the family of a slain professional wrestling personality can continue its lawsuit against Hustler magazine , a case that tested privacy concerns and the competing right to publish `` newsworthy '' material . The justices without comment Monday turned aside an appeal from the publishers of the men 's magazine , which featured old nude photos of Nancy Benoit , who was killed nearly three years ago by her husband and fellow wrestling superstar Chris Benoit . The couple 's young son also was slain in the family 's Georgia home . The order is a victory for the estate of Nancy Benoit , which is seeking damages from Hustler . At issue was whether the constitutional right of privacy indirectly referenced in the 14th Amendment trumps the First Amendment protections of the media and publishers in this `` right-of-publicity '' dispute . The original lawsuit was brought by Maureen Toffoloni , whose daughter , Nancy Benoit , had posed nude for a photographer more than two decades ago . Toffoloni claims that her daughter , who was also known by the wrestling moniker Woman , had asked immediately"}
-{"answer":"enter , he said . The WFP said the 16 fixed sites are a key step in establishing food security . `` It is the most complex challenge we have ever confronted , but this distribution system will not only allow us to reach more people , it will give us the qualitative step we need to facilitate the delivery of all kinds of humanitarian assistance in the weeks and months to come , '' WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran said in a statement from Rome , Italy . The food aid plan involves at least eight private humanitarian agencies : Samaritan 's Purse , Catholic Relief Services , CARE , World Vision , ACTED , Save The Children , GOAL and ADRA . `` Together with our NGO partners we are working with the local authorities , churches and other civil society organizations to ensure that all male-headed households and others with special needs are not excluded from these distributions , '' Prior said . Details of the plan were finalized at a meeting attended by WFP , the aid agencies and senior members of the Haitian government , said Ken Isaacs , vice president of programs for Samaritan","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Massive food distribution coordinated by the World Food Programme , international aid agencies and the Haitian government will begin Sunday in the quake-ravaged capital . WFP will roll out food at 16 distribution points across Port-au-Prince , the United Nations agency said . Each location will receive 42 metric tons of rice each for the next two weeks , and each family will receive a 25-kilogram ration of rice . Only women will be allowed into the distributions sites to collect the food , WFP said . Women are receiving the food vouchers because they tend to be responsible for the household food supply , said WFP spokesman Marcus Prior . `` Our long experience in food distribution tells us that by delivering food into the hands of women , it is more likely to be redistributed equitably among the household -- including the men , '' Prior said . The agency said it will work with its partners to ensure that men in need of assistance are not excluded . The distribution sites will be set up with proper security , making it difficult for those not entitled to receive food to"}
-{"answer":"a part of me , '' said Tanisa Zoe Samuel , an African-American iReporter from the Turks and Caicos , in the Caribbean . `` Black women come in all shades , shapes and varieties that there is just no way to capture everyone with three dolls . '' iReport.com : Samuel shares her thoughts on the new Barbie The dolls were created by Stacy McBride-Irby , an African-American who watched her daughter play with dolls and wanted to create a doll that looked more like her . McBride-Irby said she has heard the criticism , but she also has received many kudos . `` They mean so much to me because they did come from a positive place , '' McBride-Irby said . `` My daughter loves the dolls . I 've had dads thank me for creating this line of dolls that represent their little girls . These dolls are for girls all over the world . '' This is not the first time Mattel has released an ethnic doll that drew criticism . See photos of the black Barbie dolls '' In 1997 , Mattel collaborated with cookie maker Nabisco to create Oreo Fun Barbie . The","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Grace , Kara and Trichelle were created to fill a void for young black girls who for so long have been playing with dolls that do n't look like them . Stacy McBride-Irby , creator of the new Barbie , poses with the dolls . The new black Barbies released by Mattel have fuller lips , curlier hair and other features that the company says more accurately represent African-American women . Some have cheered the new dolls . Others jeered them , saying they 're not black enough . `` I love the black Barbie . It 's about time , '' Jua Simpson said on CNN 's iReport , a user-generated news community . `` But the hair is still a step backwards , since most of our hair is not straight and light brown . '' Others disagree with critics who say the dolls should have had more natural black hairstyles , such as afros or braids . `` Many people have criticized the dolls for either having hair that 's too long or too straight , but I have long , straight hair that I straightened . But it 's my hair and"}
-{"answer":"care for Bear , so it contacted Farthing , who now runs a charity for stray and abandoned animals , primarily dogs from Afghanistan . Farthing 's Nowzad Dogs is named for the Afghan town where he was based for a few months in 2006 . He asked Mayhew International , an arm of London 's Mayhew Animal Home , to help find Bear a new home . Mayhew International says Bear is one of the few dogs it has brought back to Britain . Usually it tries to find animals new homes within their own countries . `` Although Mayhew International does not encourage people to bring dogs to the U.K. from abroad as a general policy , we made an exception in this case as it was the perfect opportunity to highlight the plight of thousands of stray animals in Afghanistan , '' the organization said in a statement . Bear 's story may be unique , but he is certainly not alone . Mayhew International , which works around the world to educate people about animal welfare , says there are countless dogs in Afghanistan that are homeless or trapped in a life of dogfighting -- an","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- His life has never been easy . Born into poverty and war , his ears and tail were chopped off when he was just a few months old in preparation for dog-fighting . He escaped to find a better life , only to be trapped in lonely , sterile quarantine for six months . Bear plays for the first time out of quarantine after coming to Britain from Afghanistan . But all that changed Monday when Bear the dog stepped out of British quarantine and through the doors of a London animal shelter . `` He 's absolutely a loving dog , '' said former British Royal Marine Paul `` Penny '' Farthing , who helped bring Bear to England . `` He just loves people . It 's a good thing he was brought back to the U.K . when he was quite young , so he 's never gone through having to fend for himself in the street and be made to dogfight . '' An unknown soldier in Afghanistan first found Bear last year and brought him to a local Afghan animal shelter . The shelter was n't able to"}
-{"answer":"'' `` My heart is full of love and pride . ... You are the best demonstration of both our nation 's greatness and ... our people 's goodness , '' he added . Watch more of Biden 's comments \u00c2 '' Biden joined the rest of Delaware 's congressional delegation and the state 's Gov. Ruth Ann Minner in speaking to the 110 members of the unit . `` Let me simply say , thank you , thank you for answering the call of your country . ... So stay strong , stand together , serve honorably ... may God bless you and may he protect you , '' Biden added , later saluting the crowd . Beau Biden does n't ship out right away . Instead , he heads to Fort Bliss , Texas , this weekend , where his National Guard unit completes assigned tasks and receives additional training specific to the conditions in Iraq . Then , in six to eight weeks , they ship out to Iraq . Despite increased interest and security because Biden is now a vice presidential nominee , the public affairs officer for the unit had insisted the ceremony would be","question":"DOVER , Delaware -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was a very public goodbye for Joe Biden on Friday as the Delaware senator addressed the deployment ceremony of his son 's National Guard unit as they prepare to leave for a tour of duty in Iraq . Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden addresses the deployment ceremony Friday . Following Thursday night 's debate with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in St. Louis , Missouri , Biden flew back to Delaware to spend the day with his 39-year-old son before his deployment to Iraq . Beau Biden -- a captain in the National Guard and Delaware 's attorney general -- will be a trial counselor in the 261st Signal Brigade , a unit that specializes in providing communications for the military in Iraq . `` I 've come here many times before as a Delawarean , as a United States senator , '' he told a crowd in Dover . `` But today I come , as you prepare to deploy , as a father -- a father who had some sage advice from his son this morning : ` Dad , keep it short , we 're in formation . '"}
-{"answer":"of his equity is tied up in his 800-square-foot apartment that he purchased in 1985 . He wants to sell it to move to Seattle , Washington , to be near his daughter , who was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis . But his place has sat on the market for three months without an offer . Located in a tony neighborhood in Manhattan 's Upper East Side , apartments used to sell in a matter of weeks . Caplan has dropped $ 50,000 from the original asking price of $ 625,000 and may have to drop the price again . He says he can barely afford maintenance fees and other monthly costs associated with his place . He hopes to make enough money to pay off the reverse mortgage he took out to supplement his Social Security payments . `` I do n't know how much more I can go through like this , '' he says , sobbing even more . `` I 'm going crazy with this . '' His son , Danny Caplan , says , `` He 's collateral damage . He has equity and could sell it and walk away and have enough to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Luis Caplan served the poor of the South Bronx for decades out of a small medical office . His leg was amputated after a bout with cancer in 1990 , yet he continued to work for another five years . Luis Caplan , 71 , asks of the stimulus package : `` What happens to the real middle class ? '' Now , his savings have nearly been wiped out because of the economic crisis . At the age of 71 , he faces losing his apartment if things do n't change soon . The government bailed out the big institutions , but `` what happens to the little people ? '' he asks . `` What happens to the real middle class ? What happens to me ? '' he says , choking back tears . `` It 's awful . It 's really awful . '' With Congress working to pass the $ 800 billion stimulus bill , millions of Americans -- especially those with homes they 're trying to sell or about to be foreclosed on -- are asking the same thing : What 's in it for me ? Caplan says most"}
-{"answer":"got a standing ovation and people went crazy -- here in New York the crowds are fantastic -- as it was the perfect shot to hit , at exactly the right time , and I ca n't believe I pulled it off . '' Federer also revealed he is producing his best tennis because he is under less pressure than perhaps he was at the same time last year . At this stage in 2008 Federer had not won a grand slam but after winning the French Open and a historic 15th major at Wimbledon this time round he admitted he is more relaxed . `` I have a little bit less pressure to prove myself after reaching the 15 Grand Slams everyone was talking about and I also I won in Paris , '' he added . `` Getting through the pregnancy with my wife Mirka and having two beautiful daughters is also something that relaxes you for sure . But at the same time when you walk out on center court there will always be a certain type of pressure which will be there for the rest of my career . `` I just have to make sure","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Roger Federer exclusively told CNN that the stunning shot he executed in his U.S. Open semifinal against Novak Djokovic was the best of his career . Roger Federer hailed his stunning shot against Novak Djokovic as the best of his career . The world number one produced a near-faultless performance to defeat fourth seed Djokovic in straight sets to reach his sixth consecutive U.S. Open Final at Flushing Meadows , but it was an outrageous shot to set up match point that will be most remembered . It came with Djokovic serving at 6-5 down in the third set . At love 30-0 up Federer dashed back to the baseline and hit a winner through his legs that flew over the net and past Djokovic into the corner for match point . `` I think it was the greatest shot I have ever hit in my life , '' Federer told CNN . `` I have hit some good ones over all the matches I have played , but I think this one , especially under the circumstances at love 30-up and with having chance to maybe clinch the match , was amazing . `` I"}
-{"answer":", `` St. Elsewhere . '' will be occupied by a new talk show helmed by `` The Tonight Show '' host Jay Leno . It 's a significant move for NBC in an age where sitcoms and dramas have increasingly given way to the less-expensive-to-produce reality TV shows . `` ER , '' which at one point was paying millions of dollars per episode just in actor salaries , definitely fit into the realm of costly productions . Despite the price tag , the show ran for 15 seasons and is the most Emmy-nominated series in television history with 122 nominations , 22 of which resulted in wins . Check out a timeline of the show 's actors '' It almost never made it out of a pile of scripts . Created by the late author Michael Crichton and steered by the creative team at Steven Spielberg 's Amblin Entertainment , the concept did n't immediately tickle the fancy of television honchos . `` Every network had passed on it , twice , '' the show 's longtime executive producer , John Wells , told The New York Times . `` It had all these characters and medical dialogue","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When the series `` ER '' airs its finale on Thursday , the event will not only mark the completion of one of NBC 's most successful shows , but it can also be viewed as the end of an era for the network . NBC 's `` ER , '' which ends on April 2 , helped launch the careers of several actors , including George Clooney . `` What 's so symbolic about ` ER ' leaving is that that 10 o'clock Thursday night slot started out what I always called the beginning of the second golden age of television with ` Hill Street Blues ' , '' said Robert Thompson , a professor and founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University . `` In almost a quarter of a century it went from ` Hill Street Blues ' Thursday at 10 to ` L.A. Law ' Thursday at 10 to ` ER ' Thursday at 10 . ` ER ' is kind of occupying sacred space . '' Beginning this fall , such prime time real estate , which also previously housed another acclaimed hospital drama"}
-{"answer":"completing a recent fitness session . Watch for more on FitWit '' Students who are motivated to get in shape but not involved in an organized sports team are selected as contestants . Participants ' fitness levels are assessed at the beginning and end of the program . Each week , volunteers lead three 60-minute sessions that include fitness instruction and physical health education . In addition , the participants are assigned two home workouts to be performed between sessions . `` After six weeks , all participants have an increased total fitness ability . We averaged over 40 percent improvement in total fitness in our first program last spring . It 's common to have a participant double their fitness ability , '' Thoele said . `` A lot of these kids do n't know how to work out , or that they even have the capacity to work out . They gain an appreciation for pushing their limits , and when that happens , we see a tremendous boost in their self-confidence , '' he said . The need for increased fitness across the country is striking . According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ,","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One of the best gifts you can give a child this holiday season may not be the latest gadget , toy , or tasty treat , but instead the gift of a healthy lifestyle . Participants get a workout at the FitWit fitness boot camp . An Atlanta-based non-profit organization is doing its part to combat childhood obesity by teaching kids proper nutrition and exercise in a six-week fitness boot camp similar to NBC 's `` The Biggest Loser . '' The FitWit Foundation hopes its program will catch on nationwide . `` We wanted to work with teens in a meaningful way , and we saw firsthand how fitness and physical activity in general is being neglected in this population . With a lot of help from volunteers and donors , we 've started a program this past spring that encourages hard work and is a fun way to get in shape , '' said FitWit instructor Ben Thoele . FitWit 's program is a six-week after-school boot camp competition which rewards participants with prizes for meeting fitness goals . An iPod Nano was the grand prize for Atlanta Public Schools students"}
-{"answer":"receive adequate official protection . '' `` Iraq 's non-Muslim religious minorities -- particularly Christians , Mandaeans and Yazidis -- have suffered religiously-based attacks and other abuses , and have fled the country , at rates far disproportionate to their numbers , seriously threatening these communities ' continued existence in Iraq , '' the report said . `` Lacking militias , and in the case of the Mandaeans unable to defend themselves for religious reasons , they are easy prey for extremists and criminals , and they do not receive adequate protection from the authorities . As in earlier years , they also are caught in the middle of a Kurdish-Arab struggle for control of disputed northern areas where the minorities are concentrated and have been targeted because of this . '' Examples include Christian protest over provincial election legislation and anti-Christian violence in Mosul this autumn and election intimidation of non-Muslims in Nineveh province in 2005 . The Iraqi Constitution also `` gives Islam a preferred status , providing a potential justification for abuses and discrimination against non-Muslims . '' The commission is recommending that the incoming Obama administration ensure `` safe and fair provincial elections '' and ``","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iraq 's smaller religious groups have been facing `` ongoing severe abuses , '' and the situation requires a response from the United States , a religious freedom watchdog said Tuesday . In late November , members of a Christian Iraqi family sit in a home in Lebanon after fleeing violence in Mosul . The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a report citing `` threats and intimidation '' against Chaldo-Assyrians and other Christians , Sabean-Mandaeans and Yazidis . The commission wants the U.S. State Department to designate Iraq as a `` country of particular concern '' -- a status that would allow policy responses , including public condemnations , the denial of state visits , and even sanctions . Spokeswoman Judith Ingram said such a designation would draw attention to the abuses and `` encourage a robust policy response . '' There has been `` reconciliation '' between Iraq 's dominant Shiite and Sunni religious groups , but tensions continue to reverberate and that 's a concern , the commission said . But the smaller groups do n't have `` militia or tribal structures to protect them '' and they `` do not"}
-{"answer":"experiences that anyone can ever endure . `` Never being able to say the word ' Mummy ' again in your life sounds like a small thing . Tell us what you think about Prince William 's moving comments `` However , for many , including me , it 's now really just a word -- hollow and evoking only memories . `` I can therefore wholeheartedly relate to the Mother 's Day campaign as I too have felt -- and still feel -- the emptiness on such a day as Mother 's Day . '' Listen to Prince William discuss his mother . '' The charity wants to raise awareness of the problems suffered by mothers bereaved of a child or children bereaved of their mother . Based in Buckinghamshire , a region west of London , it educates professionals and supports families after a death . Writing in Britain 's Daily Mail newspaper about his new role , the Prince said the reality of losing a child or parent was `` awful . '' `` Initially , there is a sense of profound shock and disbelief that this could ever happen to you . Real grief often does","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Prince William has spoken in depth publicly for the first time about death of his mother , Diana , Princess of Wales , 12 years ago , saying `` mummy '' is now a hollow word `` evoking only memories . '' Diana , Princess of Wales , died in a Paris car crash 12 years ago . Prince William was only 15 and his brother Prince Harry 12 when Diana died in a Paris car crash along with Dodi Fayed in 1997 . The Prince made the comment Thursday during a speech to mark his new role as patron of Britain 's Child Bereavement Charity -- a group his mother was once involved with . The British Press Association reported that he told the launch of the charity 's Mother 's Day campaign : `` My mother Diana was present at your launch 15 years ago , and I am incredibly proud to be able to continue her support for your fantastic charity , by becoming your royal patron . `` What my mother recognized then -- and what I understand now -- is that losing a close family member is one of the hardest"}
-{"answer":"Lewis from the University of Leeds , and the lead author of the paper , in a press statement . `` Tropical forest trees are absorbing about 18 percent of the CO2 added to the atmosphere each year from burning fossil fuels , substantially buffering the rate of climate change . '' The study also found that trees of comparable age are gaining girth , though the reasons are unclear . For example , a 20-year-old tree is on average bigger than a 20-year-old tree measured a decade ago . A leading suspect is the extra CO2 in the atmosphere , which may act as a fertilizer . . However , Lewis warns , `` Whatever the cause , we can not rely on this sink forever . Even if we preserve all remaining tropical forest , these trees will not continue getting bigger indefinitely . '' The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports that each year human activity emits 32 billion tons of CO2 , but only 15 billion tons actually remain in the atmosphere adding to climate change . The new research suggests just where some of the `` missing '' 17 billion tons per year is going","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Undisturbed tropical forests are absorbing nearly one-fifth of the CO2 released by burning fossil fuels , a new study has found . Trees in undisturbed tropical forests are soaking up more CO2 than people realized . The scientific report published in `` Nature '' magazine suggests that the world 's remaining tropical forests remove 4.8 billion tons of CO2 emissions from the atmosphere each year . This includes a previously unknown carbon sink in Africa , which annually absorbs 1.2 billion tons of CO2 . The study was based on taken data on African tropical forests from the past 40 years and has shown that for at least the past few decades each hectare of intact African forest has trapped an extra 0.6 tonnes of carbon per year . The scientists then analyzed the new African data together with South American and Asian findings to assess the total sink in tropical forests . Analysis of these 250,000 tree records reveals that , on average , remaining undisturbed forests are trapping carbon , showing that they are a globally significant carbon sink . `` We are receiving a free subsidy from nature , '' said Dr. Simon"}
-{"answer":"bad cholesterol and all the different numbers for the different levels and it starts making my head spin . Fortunately I was able to speak with two very smart cardiologists for guidance . Dr. Nieca Goldberg , a cardiologist in New York , set me straight . She explains it 's all about the balance . `` Cholesterol is an important substance and has many benefits for our bodies , but only a set amount keeps your body in a nice situation . '' Our bodies make the good and the bad kind of cholesterol , and according to Goldberg , who is also a spokeswoman for the American Heart Association 's `` Go Red for Women '' campaign , they are pretty efficient machines . `` The system is set up so that the HDL high density lipoproteins , or artery-cleaning or ` good ' cholesterol , cleans out the LDL low density lipoproteins , or ` bad ' cholesterol , '' she explains . So , basically the good ushers out the bad by dragging it to the liver , and the liver gets rid of it . But when the bad outweighs the good , that 's","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lets face it : All the information around cholesterol makes it something of a confusing topic . Not only do we make our own cholesterol , but we also must have it to produce other important body assets , such as cell membranes and certain types of hormones . `` Good '' cholesterol vs. `` bad '' cholesterol and all the associated numbers can be confusing . So it 's a bodily must-have . But we also augment that inner cholesterol machine by eating foods high in saturated fats such as whole dairy products and red meats and probably half the offerings at any fast-food spot . Add to that the fact many people simply overproduce or underproduce cholesterol because of their genes -- and that is just the beginning of the conundrum over cholesterol . But while many ca n't quite wrap their brain around it , the reality is many of us are affected by it , and not in a good way . According to the American Heart Association , almost half the adult female population in the United States suffers from high cholesterol . Add in the good vs."}
-{"answer":"Watch video of meteor-like fireball '' Early speculation was that it might have been debris from two satellites -- one American , one Russian -- that rammed into each other in space a week ago . But the U.S. Strategic Command , which tracks satellite debris , said it was not . `` There is no correlation between those reports and any of that debris from the collision , '' command spokeswoman Maj. Regina Winchester told CNN Monday . So what was it ? `` I do n't know , '' she responded . `` It 's possible it was some kind of natural phenomenon , maybe a meteor . '' Meteor fireballs bright enough to be seen in the daytime are rare but not unheard of . Two of the most recent fell in October in the Alice Springs region of Australia and last June just west of Salt Lake City , Utah . The one over Australia was unique because the asteroid that caused it was discovered and tracked before it reached Earth 's atmosphere , according to the Sydney Observatory 's Web site . It says the asteroid was about 6.5 feet wide . A sonic boom","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Just like some U.S. officials looking into the mystery , the man who captured video of an apparent fireball plunging from the sky over Texas on Sunday is perplexed about what it was . Video captured in Austin , Texas , shows a meteor-like object in the sky Sunday morning . `` I do n't know what I saw in the sky . It was something burning and falling really fast , '' Eddie Garcia , a videographer for News 8 Austin , told CNN Monday . `` I 'm looking in the viewfinder and I see , just , something flying through the sky . And it kind of looks like it could be dust , it could be something , and then I look up and , no , it was something burning in the sky , '' he said . `` And you know , this is something that you see at night clearly during a meteor shower or something like that , but you do n't see something like that during the day . '' Authorities in Texas said there were reports of sonic booms in the area Sunday as well ."}
-{"answer":"of my adventures in the city , focused now mostly on my eating adventures . CNN : What makes Miami so special to you ? Sara : I think Miami is a place of unbridled optimism . It 's also a place of great opportunity . There 's lots of room here for entrepreneurial spirit and it 's very much encouraged and appreciated . Just look at how much the city has changed in five years , in terms of the revival of Downtown and the Design District , and the thriving art scene . It 's a place that is still evolving identity-wise and I 'm excited to be a part of it . CNN : Is there anything you dislike about the city ? Sara : The seasonal aspect of the city can be frustrating -- the way it shuts down in the summer and then revs up in the winter . Also , the crowding in the winter , when all the seasonal residents come back and suddenly there are no parking spaces , the lines at the grocery store are horrendous and you realize you 're trying to live in a tourist Mecca and get your","question":"Sara , 29 , has lived in Miami for five years , where she works as freelance writer and film maker . Her blog , All Purpose Dark , keeps tabs on the city 's nightlife and restaurants , and she is also the editor of the Miami edition of UrbanDaddy.com . Sara has lived in Miami for five years and says the city has a vibrant arts scene . CNN : What made you start blogging the city ? Sara : When I moved down here I realized there was so much more to the city than just the beach and the hotels . There were lots of extravagant condo-building parties at the time -- the type where you 'd go to the construction site , because the building was still in the planning stages , and they 'd throw this lavish catered party with open bar and feather dancers in an effort to get people to buy units . We were going to at least three of these events a week and I felt the need to document it . So my blog started out as kind of a nightlife , event-driven blog and eventually became a chronicle"}
-{"answer":"'' there 's still a long road to travel before that sign reflects the reality , bicyclists say . Motorists often see bands of bikes on the streets on the final Fridays of each month as cyclists across the nation gather for evening group rides called Critical Mass. . The purpose , advocates say , is to make cars and trucks more aware of bicyclists . But to some drivers , Critical Mass participants are nothing more than spandex-wearing , stop-sign-running Lance Armstrong wannabes who slow traffic . ` They think they own the road ' It 's somewhat symbolic of the tension on the roads . `` The roads were made for cars , '' KTAR-FM radio guest host John Hook said in Phoenix , Arizona , last month . `` And bicyclists share the road , but sometimes they think they own the road . '' One caller to the program was a long-haul truck driver who accused many bicycle riders of failing to respect the law and not riding with the flow of traffic . A caller who identified himself as Jeff said he witnessed an incident in which a pack of bicyclists almost hit a car","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Professor Peter Furth has ridden his bicycle to work at Northeastern University each day for the past six years . The two-mile trip through the Boston suburb of Brookline , Massachusetts , is usually without incident . Furth 's journey is worlds apart from his former Boston commute , which for 13 years was a battle with drivers who wanted him on the sidewalk . `` I 've had motorists that drive a couple of inches from my elbow , trying to scare me , '' he said . Furth would catch up with drivers at stoplights and ask them whether they knew how close they 'd come to hitting him . Invariably , they would say , `` Yes , move over . '' It 's a cultural thing , he said . In the town of Cambridge , motorists see bicyclists all over the place and are considerate . In Brookline , only every now and then does someone honk or yell . In the southern part of Boston , it 's not quite war , but the relationship is n't very friendly . Although the street signs say `` Share the road ,"}
-{"answer":"Link Christin , one of 47 passengers on the Rochester plane . `` The toilet broke at about 3 o'clock in the morning , and it was impossible to sleep . Either Baby One cried , or Baby Two cried , or my foot got stepped on by somebody going to the bathroom . '' `` People have asked me , ` Why did n't you do something ? ' '' he said . `` As a practical matter , you 're a little bit in shock ; you 're in survival mode . You 're being told every hour that you 're going to get off . ... There was always a carrot in front of us that we think is going to get us off the plane . And I suggest to you that that 's why 47 people did not mutiny that evening . '' The star witness for the passenger advocates was Robert Crandall , former chairman and chief executive of American Airlines , who spoke in support of the three-hour limit . `` We can and we should solve the problem of extraordinarily long tarmac delay by imposing reasonable obligations on the airlines and other","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Airline passengers who were trapped on tarmacs `` like sardines in a can '' had their opportunity to air their grievances Tuesday at an unofficial Capitol Hill hearing that shared some of the characteristics of those flights . The hearing was sponsored by advocates of the Airline Passenger Bill of Rights . The hearing was overbooked : The room had more participants than seats . The take-off was slightly delayed : The hearings started five minutes late . And , appropriately , it lasted more than three hours , the maximum time passenger advocates say people should be confined on the ground . The hearing was sponsored by advocates of the Airline Passenger Bill of Rights , which would require airlines to give passengers the option of leaving a plane after it has sat on the ground for three hours . The proposal , which lacked adequate support in 2007 and 2008 , has gained steam this year because of several highly publicized incidents , including a nearly six-hour overnight wait involving a regional jet in Rochester , Minnesota . `` We were not offered food . We were not offered water , '' said"}
-{"answer":"added . `` This video was taken officially by us for a demonstration purpose , but it is not supposed to have the victim 's face identified . Somehow somebody must have taped -LRB- copied -RRB- it . '' Malaysia is not alone in caning criminals , which critics say breaches human rights norms , including the U.N. Convention Against Torture . Neighboring Singapore also wields the rattan stick and caused a U.S. outcry 13 years ago when it caned an American teenager , Michael Fay , four times for vandalism . But Malaysia 's Bar Council , which represents about 12,000 lawyers , recently called for a ban on caning , saying the `` cruel '' practice was rising in Malaysia , especially on illegal immigrants after hasty hearings arranged at crammed detention centers . `` They have started imposing the caning sentence in a more rigorous way and it can affect anyone who comes in -LRB- to Malaysia -RRB- without a passport or papers , so it happens to asylum-seekers and refugees , '' said Latheefa Koya , of the council 's Legal Aid Center . The government denied use of the cane was widespread against illegal immigrants","question":"KUALA LUMPUR , Malaysia -LRB- Reuters -RRB- -- Malaysia defended on Friday its practice of caning criminals after a disturbing video of a prison-yard caning session burst onto the Internet , reigniting criticism from lawyers and human rights advocates . In the video , a naked man is shown strapped to an upright wooden frame , his rear exposed to a uniformed official who lifts a meter-long rattan stick above his head before bringing it down on the prisoner 's buttocks , tearing the flesh with each strike . The video , in which the moaning and shaking prisoner is struck six times , has spread quickly across the Internet , capturing headlines in the Web sites of some European newspapers and forcing the Malaysian government on to the defensive . `` The government at this stage has no plans to abolish the cane as part of punishment , '' Deputy Internal Security Minister Fu Ah Kiow told Reuters by telephone . He said the video was an official recording that had been leaked onto the Internet . The video had been produced for deterrent purposes , with excerpts shown during anti-narcotic education sessions to would-be drug dealers , he"}
-{"answer":"who does n't feel a personal sense of pain and regret any time any civilian casualty occurs , '' he said . `` Speaking as an official of the American government , I can say there is no one who works harder than the United States does to minimize such casualties . `` I know as a matter of absolute certainty of operations that have been canceled precisely because there was a risk of civilian casualties , '' he added . `` I think there is no question there has been what one Afghan official referred to as ` sort of a bumpy time ' over this issue in the last few weeks . I think that it has never threatened the underlying relationship of confidence between our two countries and between our peoples or between our military and the people of Afghanistan . `` That said , we are certainly committed to taking the steps necessary to ensure that such casualties are reduced to the absolute minimum and to working closely , even more closely , with the Afghan government to successfully carry out the military mission . '' The ambassador said the United States has made changes in","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The United States ambassador to Afghanistan , William Wood , said Friday that changes in communications with Afghan military forces have been made in the aftermath of a disputed U.S. air raid on an Afghan village . Civilians are overcome with emotion outside a home destroyed by a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan . And despite Afghanistan 's outrage over the loss of life , he said , the incident has not undermined the nations ' relationship . The Afghanistan government has said that as many as 90 civilians -- including many children -- were killed in the August 22 air attack on a village in the Shindand district of Western Afghanistan . The United States had said that only seven civilians died , along with dozens of insurgents . A number of investigations into the incident are under way , including a `` senior level '' review by the United States . `` People who are reviewing our findings have been in Afghanistan for a while , and I do n't know when they will complete their review , '' Wood said at the State Department late Friday . `` There is no American involved"}
-{"answer":"judge ordered MGA to cease making the dolls immediately and to stop selling them after the holiday shopping season ends . MGA said it intends to appeal the judge 's order and Mattel said it remains open to `` all viable options '' as the matter moves through the courts . The judge 's ruling came as a relief to some parents who see the popular dolls ' clothes and makeup as too racy for their young daughters . It also eliminates heavy competition against Barbie -- a doll often seen as less provocative , but whose slender body also raises parents ' eyebrows . `` I 'm happy to not see -LSB- Bratz -RSB- , '' said Kristi Cassell of Sandy Springs , Georgia . Her 5-year-old daughter , Emily , has amassed a collection of Barbies . Watch mothers and daughters weigh in on the Barbie-Bratz debate '' `` Barbies come across more wholesome , '' Cassell said . Barbie has some `` questionable '' clothes , `` but it seemed like all the Bratz dolls were on a darker side of Barbie , '' she said . Six-year-old Sierra Curry-Corcoran of Newport News , Virginia , also","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Look at a Bratz doll . What do you see ? Ask that of random shoppers and you might hear it 's an empowering role model , a degrading caricature or a harmless piece of plastic . Many parents see Bratz dolls , left , as too racy for their children , and Barbie dolls as representing false ideals . Nine-year-old Ashley Gibbs of Cumming , Georgia , is a fan of the edgy dolls , so it came as an unpleasant surprise that they would soon leave store shelves . `` Ever , ever , ever ? '' she asked her mother , Kathryn Adams , after Adams said stores were n't going to sell Bratz after the end of this year . But after a moment of reflection , Ashley seemed relieved . `` Good -LSB- thing -RSB- I have lots . '' Ashley did n't know it , but Bratz are the target of allegations that their creator came up with the concept when he was working for Mattel , the maker of Bratz rival Barbie . Mattel sued Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. , and last week a federal"}
-{"answer":". `` There are no excuses for this to happen to any baby , '' said Crystal Wilson , 26 . `` This is murder . He had no reason to die . He died because he cried . '' An innocent infant 's violent death has destroyed a family . Watch the family celebrate Camryn 's birth '' `` It really is a tragedy , '' said Craig Wilson 's defense attorney , Jonathan T. Sinn . `` I mean , not only did Crystal and Craig lose a son , but Crystal lost a husband , and Craig 's parents lost a son and a grandson . ... One day this was a happy , perfect family , and the next day it 's been devastated . '' The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome estimates that as many as 1,400 babies annually are injured or killed by shaking . According to the center , 70 percent to 79 percent of people convicted of killing or hurting babies are men . The average age of perpetrators is 24 , and 82 percent are either the parent of the victim or the live-in boyfriend of the mother . Watch","question":"CUYAHOGA FALLS , Ohio -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Camryn Jakeb Wilson was bathed in TV lights the day he was born , celebrated on the local news as Summit County 's 2008 New Year 's baby after his arrival at 12:33 a.m. January 1 . Camryn Jakeb Wilson was the first baby born this year in Summit County , Ohio , arriving at 12:33 a.m. January 1 . Just 12 weeks later , he was bathed in warm water minutes after he quietly died in his mother 's arms , the victim of shaken baby syndrome . Camryn 's 9-year-old sister , Tabatha , asked why he needed a bath now . `` We have to get him ready to go to Jesus , '' a nurse softly replied . Tabatha took up a sponge to help . Camryn 's father , Craig R. Wilson , 28 , of Cuyahoga Falls , is scheduled for a pretrial hearing on murder and other charges August 20 . Police say he confessed to shaking and squeezing the infant after arguing with his wife , Crystal Wilson . But he has pleaded not guilty to all the charges and faces trial in September"}
-{"answer":"the experiment can be measured efficiently . All of the 2000-strong community who are spread across five islands have been encouraged to join in . The energy savings made will be compared against the previous day 's usage with updates appearing online regularly . The E-Day Web site keeps track of costs and kWh usage providing up-to-the-minute information about how much electricity is being used in island-wide as well as individually monitoring Five Islands School on St Mary 's Island and the electricity consumption of one family . `` We 've fitted the family and the school with special energy monitors so they can accurately monitor what appliances use the most electricity , '' Prescott told CNN . Studies suggest that families who use these sorts of energy monitors can cut their electricity bills by up to 20 percent . At the time of writing , the family 's consumption had dropped dramatically , down 35 percent on the previous day , which Prescott estimates is a saving of around # 300 -LRB- $ 475 -RRB- on their annual electricity bill . Sadly the figures for the school and the island as a whole were n't quite so impressive .","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The days are getting shorter , the nights colder , but that does n't mean that your electricity bill needs to go through the roof . In a unique experiment , the residents of Britain 's Scilly Isles are hoping to show that reducing your electricity consumption does n't have to be difficult . The Isles of Scilly is switching off power to promote energy efficiency . As part of E-Day , homes , schools and businesses on the Scilly Isles are switching off all non-essential electrical equipment to promote energy saving . The results of the experiment are being posted online in real-time . E-Day organizer , Matt Prescott said : `` The Isles of Scilly are like a miner 's canary for the rest of the UK , because of their vulnerability to sea level rise , to violent storms rolling off the Atlantic and to any major changes in the Gulf Stream . '' The islands , which lie 28 miles off Land 's End , the UK 's most westerly point , are connected to the UK mainland by a single electricity cable which means that power usage in"}
-{"answer":". The statement to TheJC.com was not Lady Tonge 's first entry into Middle East analysis . She has expressed herself often on the subject of Israel and Israel 's supporters , and in vivid terms . In a speech to a meeting during her Liberal Democratic Party 's annual conference in 2006 , Tonge declared : `` The pro-Israeli lobby has got its grips on the Western world , its financial grips . I think they 've probably got a grip on our party . '' -LRB- That grip was not too tight to prevent Tonge 's party from collectively denouncing Israel for attacking Hezbollah after Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers . -RRB- On February 14 , Lady Tonge was removed from her position as health critic for the Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Lords . But Tonge 's comments did not originate in the ether . They could be footnoted to a respectable newspaper in Sweden . In the summer of 2009 , the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet published a story about a recent mass indictment in New Jersey . On July 23 , the U.S. attorney for New Jersey announced the arrest of 44 people for","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jennifer Tonge is not a lunatic . She is a member of the British House of Lords , appointed to that eminent body in 2005 after a career in politics and medicine . On February 11 , she was asked a question by www.thejc.com , the online version of Britain 's Jewish Chronicle . Tonge serves as patron of an online journal based in Gaza , the Palestine Telegraph . The previous week , the Palestine Telegraph accused the Israeli medical teams doing humanitarian work in Haiti of harvesting organs from earthquake victims . TheJC.com asked Tonge for comment . Tonge first commended the Israeli teams for their work in Haiti . She then added these words : `` To prevent allegations such as these -- which have already been posted on YouTube -- going any further , the IDF and the Israeli Medical Association should establish an independent inquiry immediately to clear the names of the team in Haiti . '' The YouTube video to which Tonge refers can be seen here . It 's the work of a solo crank , and hardly seems to require an `` independent inquiry '' to refute"}
-{"answer":"the answer , '' they said , warning they could vote again to strike . `` BA must accept that there can be no resolution except through negotiation , failing which there will inevitably be a further ballot for industrial action . '' Unite has been engaged in a bitter dispute with British Airways management . `` I 'm not disappointed for the people that can get away at Christmas , '' Simpson told CNN . `` It was never our desire to hurt those people . What we wanted to do was force a negotiated settlement . '' He said he is concerned the decision has `` hardened management 's attitude '' toward negotiation . The union is unhappy with the airline 's plans to change cabin crew conditions . Unite says working hours will be extended and crew levels will be cut , changes that will damage customer service and hit the British Airways brand . The airline says the changes will save the carrier $ 665 million . BA has been losing hundreds of millions of dollars each quarter this year . Cabin crew staff voted overwhelmingly in favor of the strike . But the airline argued","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A strike that would have crippled British Airways over Christmas and New Year 's Day can not go ahead , a judge ruled Thursday . Judge Laura Cox issued an injunction blocking the planned 12-day strike , which was set to start December 22 and could have affected up to 1 million passengers . The airline immediately issued a statement saying it is `` delighted for our customers . `` There was never any need for a strike and we hope that Unite will take this opportunity to reflect before deciding its next steps , '' BA said , referring to the union that planned the strike . `` Our customers do not believe that old-style trade union militancy is relevant to our efforts to move British Airways back toward profitability . '' But Unite joint general secretaries Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley called it `` a disgraceful day for democracy when a court can overrule such an overwhelming decision by employees taken in a secret ballot . `` This dispute is not settled . Passing the buck to the courts to do management 's job for them was never going to be"}
-{"answer":"robbed him of 95-percent of the vision in one eye and that he needed a lung transplant `` but may be too weak to go through with it . '' Jackson 's reclusive lifestyle -- and a photo earlier this year of him being pushed in a wheelchair -- created a fertile ground for the planting of the rumor . Tohme suggested Halperin 's motive was to get attention for his book about Jackson . `` Concerning this author 's allegations , we would hope in the future that legitimate media will not continue to be exploited by such an obvious attempt to promote this unauthorized ` biography , ' '' Tohme said . The Sun 's report attempted to bolster its source 's credibility by calling Halperin `` an award-winning investigative journalist '' who has `` written for respected Rolling Stone magazine . '' Halperin 's biography on his publisher 's Web site claimed he was the winner of the `` Rolling Stone magazine Award for Investigative Journalism . '' Rolling Stone magazine responded Monday afternoon by denying Halperin ever won that honor , but did note he was on a school newspaper staff in 1985 that collectively received","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson 's publicist wants you to know that , despite a tabloid report to the contrary , the 50-year-old singer `` is in fine health . '' Michael Jackson 's spokesman says reports of the singer 's ill health `` are a total fabrication . '' The United Kingdom 's Sun newspaper started a stir Monday morning when it quoted the author of an upcoming book about Jackson saying he was battling a potentially fatal disease that required a life-saving lung transplant . Other papers echoed the Sun 's thinly-sourced story and the rumor spread quickly through Internet message boards . By Monday afternoon , Jackson 's spokesman issued a response that said `` The writer 's wild allegations concerning Mr. Jackson 's health are a total fabrication . '' `` Mr. Jackson is in fine health , and finalizing negotiations with a major entertainment company & television network for both a world tour and a series of specials and appearances , '' said Dr. Tohme Tohme , identified as Jackson 's `` official and sole spokesperson . '' The original report quoted writer Ian Halperin saying Jackson 's illness had"}
-{"answer":"temple -RRB- for narrow sectarian or other purposes , '' India 's Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement . Killed in Sunday 's attack in Vienna was 57-year-old Sant Rama Nand . A second guru , Sant Niranjan Dass , 68 , was seriously injured . His health has improved noticeably , according to the Indian Embassy , the Austria News Agency reported . Fifteen others were also wounded . `` Sant Niranjan Dass is doing well , '' the embassy said . `` He could soon be released from the hospital . '' Six people were arrested in connection with the attack , which occurred Sunday afternoon in Vienna 's 15th district , police spokesman Schwaig Hofar told CNN . One suspect shot the two gurus , and five other attackers wielding knives assaulted people in the congregation during prayer , Hofar said . Four of the wounded were suspects , two of them in serious condition , he said . About 150 people were in the room when the violence took place , he said . Authorities are investigating what triggered the attacks , but Austrian Interior Minister Maria Fekter said Sikhs have lived `` exceptionally","question":"NEW DELHI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tensions eased in the northern Indian state of Punjab on Tuesday , following widespread violence across the region after a Sikh guru was shot to death and another was wounded at an Indian temple in Vienna , Austria . Sikh demonstrators brandish sticks as they shout slogans during a protest in Amritsar . The situation was tense , but under control , Punjab 's inspector general of police said Tuesday morning . The army and federal security forces were called in to restore order , added inspector general Parag Jain . Thousands took part in demonstrations across the Doaba region , where protesters attacked public transportation , knocking out train service in some areas . They also blocked a national highway to Jammu , CNN sister network CNN-IBN reported . A number of businesses were ransacked as well . Police reported one death . Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , himself a Sikh , appealed for calm , in a statement . `` There is no place for violence in a secular society like India 's and certainly no excuse whatsoever for the violation of the sacred premises of a -LRB- Sikh"}
-{"answer":"Watch video of meteor-like fireball '' Early speculation was that it might have been debris from two satellites -- one American , one Russian -- that rammed into each other in space a week ago . But the U.S. Strategic Command , which tracks satellite debris , said it was not . `` There is no correlation between those reports and any of that debris from the collision , '' command spokeswoman Maj. Regina Winchester told CNN Monday . So what was it ? `` I do n't know , '' she responded . `` It 's possible it was some kind of natural phenomenon , maybe a meteor . '' Meteor fireballs bright enough to be seen in the daytime are rare but not unheard of . Two of the most recent fell in October in the Alice Springs region of Australia and last June just west of Salt Lake City , Utah . The one over Australia was unique because the asteroid that caused it was discovered and tracked before it reached Earth 's atmosphere , according to the Sydney Observatory 's Web site . It says the asteroid was about 6.5 feet wide . A sonic boom","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Just like some U.S. officials looking into the mystery , the man who captured video of an apparent fireball plunging from the sky over Texas on Sunday is perplexed about what it was . Video captured in Austin , Texas , shows a meteor-like object in the sky Sunday morning . `` I do n't know what I saw in the sky . It was something burning and falling really fast , '' Eddie Garcia , a videographer for News 8 Austin , told CNN Monday . `` I 'm looking in the viewfinder and I see , just , something flying through the sky . And it kind of looks like it could be dust , it could be something , and then I look up and , no , it was something burning in the sky , '' he said . `` And you know , this is something that you see at night clearly during a meteor shower or something like that , but you do n't see something like that during the day . '' Authorities in Texas said there were reports of sonic booms in the area Sunday as well ."}
-{"answer":"the ones that are dead and are praying that those that are still in the water are alive . '' Watch rescue footage from the choppy waters '' The Seattle-based company told the AP the survivors were Capt. Henry Blake and crew members Guy Schroeder , Adam Foster and Harold Attling . The search began at about 1 a.m. Wednesday when the Coast Guard received an emergency signal from the Katmai , a 93-foot fishing vessel that had been battling 50-knot winds and nearly 20-foot waves . The signal originated from a wall-mounted satellite positioning device on the Katmai that reacts when it 's touched or splashed with water , Coast Guard Petty Officer Levi Read said . Watch a `` Deadliest Catch '' captain talk about what may have happened on the rough seas '' At about that time , another vessel , the Blue Balard , sent an e-mail to the Coast Guard saying that it received a message from the Katmai that water was flooding its rear compartment . The message also said that the vessel had lost steering . The Coast Guard tried to e-mail the Balard back but received no response , likely because the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two fishermen remain missing after a commercial fishing vessel went down in frigid , treacherous waters off the Aleutian Islands about 1,400 miles southwest of Anchorage , Alaska . The fishing vessel Courageous helps search for missing men in waters off Alaska . A search for the two crew members of the 93-foot Katmai resumed at daybreak Friday . An e-mail sent by the doomed fishing boat to a nearby vessel said it was taking on water in the rear , where the steering was housed , the Coast Guard told The Associated Press on Thursday . Four of the boat 's crew members were rescued and five bodies retrieved Wednesday near the Amchitka Pass , a strait that connects the Bering Sea to the Pacific Ocean . The names have been withheld pending the notification of families , a Coast Guard statement said . `` What can you say ? '' said Jeff DeBell , chief financial officer of Katmai Fisheries , which owned the boat . He told The AP , `` We are devastated by what has happened . We are elated there have been survivors . We are just terribly saddened by"}
-{"answer":"wait until next year to lock in full legislative repeal . Our country needs this now . The risks of waiting until after the midterm elections to address DADT legislatively were simply too great . It is possible that the pro-repeal majority could lose seats in November , and could even lose control of one chamber of Congress . If it passes , this deal will get the looming legislative battle over with . It will also free up the Pentagon to implement the recommendations of its Comprehensive Review Working Group on DADT when it finally releases its road map for a smooth transition in December . The Pentagon and the president will not have to return to Congress for permission on implementing repeal -- the legislation hammered out in this week 's agreement will already have authorized the change . This deal is not perfect , but unlike the 1993 DADT law , which codified a de facto gay ban in the military , this new legislation would firmly establish the mechanisms for ending the gay ban once and for all . More importantly , it would do so in a way that has achieved coveted Pentagon support --","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The word compromise is never music to the ears of passionate advocates for a cause . This is especially true for advocates of overturning the military 's `` do n't ask , do n't tell '' law , a law that was supposed to be a suitable compromise itself in 1993 . But when idealism collides with political reality , risk avoidance and workable solutions become the goal . The deal that was reached on DADT this week between the White House , the Pentagon , gay rights groups -LRB- including my own -RRB- , and pro-repeal champions on Capitol Hill is that workable solution and will get us where we need to go . More than 14,000 proudly serving men and women have been abruptly fired from the military pursuant to the DADT law , and many more have voluntarily left the military because of the burden of serving under this unnecessary restriction . The DADT law prevents our armed forces from being able to recruit and retain troops from the largest possible pool of talent , and it is a stain on the integrity of our nation . We can not afford to"}
-{"answer":". Watch Homeboy help ex-gang members '' The latest project is aimed at green jobs , offering former gang members and parolees a chance to break ground in alternative energy programs while the issue is being pushed by President Obama and the nation 's lawmakers . Homeboy is the brainchild of the Rev. Gregory Boyle , known simply as Father Greg by everyone here . Boyle first started a small program in 1988 to offer alternatives to gang violence in one of Los Angeles ' toughest neighborhoods . `` I started burying young kids who were killed in our community , '' he told CNN . `` I buried my first in 1988 and just buried my 165th two months ago . So we as a community started to say , ` We have to do something . ' '' Over the last two decades , Homeboy has reached out to the 1,100 gangs in metro LA , helping provide a second chance to those who want it . The organization provides much-needed job training , hires ex-gang members for transitional jobs and helps give other free programs to people who otherwise struggle in the outside world . Boyle said","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rudolpho Marquez , Richard Reyes and Cesar Cruz make for a most unlikely car pool . They are all former gang rivals who have spent hard time in prison . But they 've put the past behind them for common goals : jobs and their families . Rudolpho Marquez , Richard Reyes and Cesar Cruz are ex-gang members working together now . `` It 's a lesson in that you do n't have to kill your neighbors , '' said Reyes , who spent the last decade in and out of prison for an array of drug offenses . `` It do n't matter where you come from , what background you come from . We are all humans , and we should learn to live together . '' Marquez chimed in , `` We treat each other like normal human beings now . We get along great . We socialize . '' The three men are part of a solar-installation program paid for by Homeboy Industries , a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that works with former gang members and others who have spent time in prison to put them to work"}
-{"answer":"rang out around the area . The typically bustling downtown area of Bangkok has shuttered its businesses as Red Shirt protesters occupied a 3-kilometer wide area near the business district . The 1,700 shops and 10 hotels in the area are losing an estimated $ 6 million a day . One in six of Thailand 's 61 million citizens live in the Bangkok area . Tourism , which makes up about 6 percent of the Thai economy and employs more than one million people , has been hardest hit by the protests that began in March . Banyan Tree Holdings , which owns several resorts in Thailand , projects that bookings and residential sales will take a hit this year . `` Unless there is a resolution to the Thai political situation soon , there is no clear visibility on the Group 's performance for the rest of the year , '' Chairman Ho KownPing said Thursday in a statement . `` Clearly the impact on the economy has been the impact on tourism , '' Korn said . `` Obviously pictures that are appearing on TV screens across the world has obviously spooked potential tourists . Several governments have","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The economy of Thailand -- whose growth this year so far has belied its political ails -- is now seeing more of a direct impact as protests grow increasingly violent . Thai Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij told CNN the protests have taken between 0.3 percent and 0.5 percent off the nation 's gross domestic product so far this year and have had an `` incalculable impact on investor confidence . '' The protests could shave as much 2 percent of GDP if it continues through the rest of the year . `` The longer it lasts , the greater the risk of violence breaking out -- which has proven to be the case , '' said Korn . `` Once violence breaks out , the potential impact on the economy is all the more greater . '' One person died from clashes Friday and two were in critical condition , a local hospital director said . All three were shot . A rebel red shirt leader who was shot Thursday while being interviewed by Western journalists was also in critical condition . On Friday afternoon , government troops were tightening around a protester encampment as shots"}
-{"answer":"paranoid feeling like we 're Charlie Brown and they 're going to snatch the football away again . So , you know , until about when he won Pennsylvania , that 's when it started to look pretty good for the people who were for him . King : What does this election say to you , Bill ? Maher : I think that the lesson of the election is that the old America that Sarah Palin was saying was the real America , the small town , `` Joe the Plumber , '' white America , that 's still out there . But the other America , the more diverse , liberal America , has edged it out . And maybe that 's the real America now . Watch King and Maher talk about the election \u00c2 '' King : Is Karl Rovism dead ? Maher : Never . Negative campaigning , mudslinging , tearing people down -- that will always be in vogue . McCain did make a classy speech last night . But , you know , they all make a classy speech when they lose . What else can you do ? And it does ring","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On Tuesday , America elected its first black president , Barack Obama . But what does Obama 's sweeping victory mean for the United States ? Bill Maher is the host of `` Real Time with Bill Maher , '' which airs on Friday nights on HBO . Bill Maher has the answer to that , and other questions -- including why he wants President George W. Bush to stay at home for the next 76 days . Maher , the host of HBO 's `` Real Time with Bill Maher '' and the star of the current film `` Religulous , '' was a guest on Wednesday 's `` Larry King Live . '' He talked with CNN 's King about Sarah Palin 's future , George W. Bush 's past and the impact of GOP adviser Karl Rove . The following is an edited version of that interview . Larry King : Were you ever -- I do n't want to use the word scared -- were you ever worried last night ? Bill Maher : Why ? What happened ? -LRB- LAUGHTER -RRB- I think , you know , we all had this"}
-{"answer":"Suppress '' is the title of gawker.com 's presentation . `` You have to watch this video , '' the site says . `` It shows Tom Cruise , with all the wide-eyed fervor that he brings to the promotion of a movie , making the argument for Scientology , '' which it calls `` the bizarre 20th-century religion . Watch `` Showbiz Tonight '' discussion of Cruise video '' Cruise talks over a repetitive guitar-riff soundtrack , and appears to be answering questions , though an interviewer is not seen or heard . A second part of the video , made available to CNN by the publisher of a new unauthorized biography of Cruise , shows Cruise accepting Scientology 's Freedom Medal of Valor award and exchanging military-like salutes with Scientology chairman David Miscavige to audience applause . The publisher denies leaking other parts of the video to the Web . In the video by the publisher , Cruise also salutes a portrait of L. Ron Hubbard , cited on the church 's Web site as the founder of `` the only major religion founded in the 20th century . '' Hubbard 's biography cites his accomplishments as everything","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tom Cruise expounds on his beliefs in Scientology in a 2004 video that made its way onto the Internet this week . Tom Cruise appears with his wife , Katie Holmes , at a movie premiere earlier this month . `` I think it 's a privilege to call yourself a Scientologist , and it 's something you have to earn , '' Cruise says at the beginning of the video . Cruise says he 's `` driven ... by the opportunity to really help , for the first time , change people 's lives . I 'm absolutely , uncompromisingly dedicated to that . '' The video was shown at a 2004 Scientology ceremony honoring Cruise for his humanitarian work . Church of Scientology officials said it can be viewed at any of its churches , but it created a stir this week when what the church calls a pirated and edited version appeared on YouTube . The video has since been taken off YouTube , but an interview portion remained available on the celebrity Web site gawker.com on Thursday . Watch snippets of Cruise video '' `` The Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientology Tried To"}
-{"answer":"see the car in front and your tires were starting to skid , and it was really scary . '' One man was stuck in his truck . `` I think I 've been fairly lucky -- I managed to do most of what I 've got to do , but this has got gradually worse , '' he told ITN from the cab of his truck . `` It 's got gradually worse and worse and worse until I got here . I 've been here for 2 1\/2 hours . '' Devon and Cornwall Police urged people to avoid the area altogether and avoid travel whenever possible . The snow , which has continued to fall across Britain following Monday 's huge dump that brought the country to a virtual standstill , forced more airport closures Friday . Watch an iReporter talk about being snowed in '' Luton , about 50 kilometers north of London , cancelled all flights until at least midday , while Bristol said it was closing until mid-morning . However , London 's major airports -- Heathrow , Stansted , Gatwick -- were all open for business as normal . Britain 's Met Office","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Britain 's coldest winter in almost two decades bared its teeth again Friday , with more snow trapping hundreds of motorists in their cars . Britain is suffering its coldest winter in almost two decades , with heavy snow falls causing havoc . Police , the army and civilian rescue teams rushed to help people trapped overnight south of Exeter , Devon , where 200 cars and dozens of trucks were snow-bound , the British Press Association reported . `` Wherever they 're gon na go , they 're gon na get stuck , '' said PC Carter of Chudleigh Police , just outside Exeter . `` Everything 's ground to a halt . '' Rescuers needed 4x4s to reach the trapped motorists . Some drivers abandoned their cars along the road overnight , trudging to nearby hotels to wait for the snow to pass . Watch the snow stall motorists '' `` You could n't drive because it was coming onto your windscreen so thick and fast that it was just impossible to see , '' one woman staying warm at a hotel told CNN affiliate ITN . `` You could n't"}
-{"answer":", hardworking people afloat . Watch Larry King 's interview with Bill Clinton '' The second thing it 's supposed to do is give a chunk of money to state and local governments , primarily for education and health . That is designed to make sure that they do n't have to either have big tax increases or lay a million people off . Either one , in this economy , would be bad . The third thing it will do is to create jobs through existing road and bridge contracts , through rail improvements , through modernization and especially through clean energy and energy efficiency . So I think that given how fast it had to be done and the compromises that had to be made , it 's quite a good bill . And I think it will do what it 's designed to do . King : John McCain and others on the other side of the ledger are saying that he did n't come forward enough to the Republicans , he did n't make them part of this Easter basket . Clinton : Well , I disagree with that . I think the only way he","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- CNN 's Larry King talked with former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday night at the William Jefferson Clinton Center in Little Rock , Arkansas . Bill Clinton talked politics and more with CNN 's Larry King on Tuesday night . In a wide-ranging interview , King talked with Clinton about the stimulus bill , the auto bailout , President Barack Obama 's BlackBerry , Chelsea Clinton 's future , Sarah Palin and more . The following transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity : Larry King : The stimulus bill passed today -LSB- Tuesday -RSB- . The president signed it in Denver . Is it going to work ? Bill Clinton : I think it will do what it 's designed to do . And I think it 's important that the American people understand what it 's designed to do . It 's supposed to do three things . Number one , put money in people 's pockets who are in trouble now -- extended unemployment benefits , the modest tax cuts , increase in food stamps . That will help grocery stores and other businesses and keep Americans who are good , honest"}
-{"answer":"claimed the dubious Best Scared-As - -LRB- expletive -RRB- Performance prize for a supporting role in `` Inception , '' and Emma Stone took top honors in the comedy category for her role in `` Easy A. '' MTV gave actress Reese Witherspoon , who at 35 was likely the most senior award recipient of the bunch , a `` Generation Award , '' in recognition of her career in movies . However , the moment was marred or immortalized -- depending on your point of view -- by an apparent failure of impulse-control by presenter Pattinson . Pattinson , who played Witherspoon 's lover in `` Water for Elephants , '' told the audience `` I did -LRB- expletive -RRB- you , '' uttering a profanity broadcast over the air without a bleep . Pattinson did n't stop there . Moments later he quipped that that Witherspoon might be `` 33 percent lesbian . '' Witherspoon was n't the only celebrity to get ribbed for her fictional or real-life romantic pursuits . Awards host Jason Sudeikis told the audience that actress and singer Selena Gomez had already swallowed three of boyfriend Justin Bieber 's baby teeth while kissing the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Actor Robert Pattinson dropped the f-bomb and singer Justin Timberlake grabbed the breasts of co-star Mila Kunis , who returned the favor by grabbing the pop singer 's crotch . And so went the 2011 edition of the MTV Movie Awards , where the outrageous and often sophomoric antics of the ceremony 's featured performers tend to grab , so to speak , more attention than the awards themselves . Between the gropes , the profanities and the off-color humor at Sunday night 's 2011 version of the annual awards show , actors dispensed trophies to other actors . `` Eclipse , '' the third installment in the teen vampire saga `` Twilight , '' carried the night with five awards . That included honors for Best Picture as well as the Best Male and Female Performance awards , which went to co-stars Pattinson and Kristen Stewart . The movie also carried MTV 's Best Fight and Best Kiss awards . Meanwhile the award for best villain went to Tom Felton for his seventh outing as the churlish , bad boy wizard Draco Malfoy in `` Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . '' Ellen Page"}
-{"answer":"'' Harry asked as he accepted it . Pointing to the desk and pens , he then asked , `` You find yourself very lucky to have all this ? '' When she nodded , he replied `` Good . '' A young boy gave Harry a bowl containing a dish he had prepared , and the prince ate it while the child sounded off the ingredients . Throughout the classroom visit , the prince smiled and chatted easily with students . Watch Soledad O'Brien 's report on the Children 's Zone '' Cheering people lined the street as Harry entered the building . As he left , reporters shouted questions . Asked how he liked his first official visit overseas and meeting the children , the prince responded , `` It 's been fantastic -- really , really worthwhile . '' `` It 's my first visit to New York . I 'm hopeful I 'll come back to visit again . '' He also was asked whether he thought his appearances would change any image the public might have of him , apparently referring to some of his wild exploits ways when he was younger . Those incidents","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As Britain 's Prince Harry neared the end of his second and final day in New York City on Saturday , he described his experiences as `` fantastic . '' Prince Harry smiles whilte touring the Harlem Children 's Zone on Saturday during a 36-hour visit to New York . The 24-year-old visited the Harlem Children 's Zone , a nonprofit organization that offers free programs and classes in a low-income area , then went to Governors Island in New York Harbor to play in the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic . Profits from the match will benefit Sentebale , a charity for orphans in Lesotho , Africa , a cause Harry 's mother , Princess Diana , had promoted . The prince was accompanied by Prince Seeiso of Lesotho , who also lost his mother when he was young . The men toured the Children 's Zone with founder Geoffrey Canada , and spent time in a classroom where some students were studying for a math test . A 10-year-old girl sitting at a desk covered with drawing paper and colored markers gave Harry a picture . `` Is this for me ?"}
-{"answer":"swimming pool and the hot spring were being heated by diesel fuel , 1,000 gallons every month ! '' Karl said . To slash costs and to use resources that were right under his nose , Karl invented a portable geothermal power plant . In a little more than three years , Karl and his wife have severed the facility 's dependence on diesel fuel and have saved $ 625,000 , he said . Karl 's partnered with the Department of Energy to fund half of a $ 1.4 million exploration project to find and characterize the geothermal resources at Chena Hot Springs . `` It 's a model for what you can do , '' said Karl . Karl developed his tenacity from growing up as the sixth child of 16 siblings on a farm outside of Peoria , Illinois . He said his parents taught him hard work , how to recycle his clothes and shoes , and how to compost food and farm wastes . In the late 1970s , Karl was active in gold mining in Alaska 's Central District , and he established the state 's largest recycling facility in 1984 , he said .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hidden under a quaint resort 60 miles northeast of Fairbanks , Alaska , lies a treasure trove of potential energy that 's free and available 24\/7 . `` Imagineer '' Bernie Karl and his wife , Connie , own Chena Hot Springs Resort near Fairbanks , Alaska . Alaskan entrepreneur Bernie Karl has pioneered modern technology to tap into one of Earth 's oldest energy resources : hot water . Karl , 56 , likes to call himself an `` imagineer . '' Using imagination to fuel his engineering ambitions , this tenacious thinker and self-starter has figured out a way to generate electricity using water that 's the temperature of a cup of coffee -- about 165 degrees Fahrenheit . `` There 's more opportunity now than there has ever been in the history of man , but we have to reinvent ourselves , '' Karl said . Karl was determined to reinvent the way he consumed energy after he and his wife , Connie , purchased the Chena Hot Springs Resort from the state of Alaska in 1998 . `` After we purchased the hot spring , I could n't believe it , the"}
-{"answer":"from being a first daughter . Her family moved into the White House in 1963 , following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy . Johnson was catapulted into the exclusive fraternity of White House families and embraced what she describes as a role she landed simply by chance . That fraternity has most recently expanded to include President Obama 's daughters , Sasha and Malia . `` I was an eyewitness to history , over and over , during my father 's five years in the White House . And I was n't elected to that option . I had no qualifications that provided me that privilege except an accident of birth , '' she said . See famous first kids who grew up in the White House '' Johnson speaks fondly of the opportunity she was afforded to dine with kings and queens , meet the movers and shakers of her time , engage with the body of America and hold a front-row seat to history . While most of her memories fall into two categories -- `` the fond personal memories '' and `` the fond memories of public privilege '' -- there 's one in particular","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Luci Baines Johnson was just 16 years old when she approached her father , President Johnson , with what she considered a reasonable request . Luci Baines Johnson , left , and her older sister , Lynda Bird , pose inside the White House in 1963 . `` I asked my father if we could have the Beatles come to play at the White House , '' she recalled . `` I was very excited about it . '' His response ? A decisive no , `` without even any moment of trying to soften the blow , '' Johnson said in a recent phone interview . The president thought the move would be viewed as self-serving . His daughter , however , saw it as a chance to honor `` a great talent '' and strengthen ties between the United States and Great Britain -- not to mention a golden opportunity for her and her friends . `` I could see how different sets of folks could have either perspective . And I suspect my father could see that too , '' she said . Luci Baines Johnson learned quickly of the scrutiny that came"}
-{"answer":"n't rule out that they wo n't attack again . We try to prevent them from doing so . '' Watch background behind ETA 's decades-long struggle '' The island 's regional government told CNN on Monday that since the bombings , there have been no `` significant '' tourist cancellations . Tens of thousands of Britons and Germans are vacationing on Mallorca , as is Spain 's King Juan Carlos and the royal family . ETA is blamed for more than 800 deaths in its long fight for Basque independence . Police initially attributed three small bombs on Sunday to ETA , which is listed as a terrorist group by Spain , the United States and the European Union . But Tuesday , Rubalcaba confirmed that police believe a fourth bomb also was ETA 's work . Some local authorities initially thought it might have been just an accidental gas explosion . Three of the bombs exploded in the restrooms of restaurants and a bar in the main city , Palma de Mallorca , and the other was placed in the restroom of an underground commercial area beneath a main square . Rubalcaba revealed that at least one of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Britons , Germans and other tourists on the Spanish island of Mallorca `` can feel safe because they are n't targets of the ETA terrorist band , '' which recently bombed the popular resort , Spain 's interior minister said Tuesday . Police cordon off the route leading to the location of the blasts in Palma de Mallorca . `` People should feel safe because security forces are on top of this , '' Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba told a nationally-televised news conference in Madrid . Rubalcaba 's comments followed the Sunday explosions on Mallorca of what he said were four small ETA bombs that caused no injuries , and two weeks after an ETA car bomb killed two Civil Guard officers on the same Mediterranean island . But Rubalcaba said police are n't sure if the ETA militants behind the bombings remain in hiding on the island or have left , and he warned repeatedly that the Basque separatist group could attack again . `` We are on maximum alert in Mallorca and the rest of Spain , '' Rubalcaba said . `` ETA , when it can , attacks , so you ca"}
-{"answer":"something to it in addition to the surface subject matter . What I am trying to say is , just because this is a film about birding does n't mean it 's a film about birding . Stu Preissler -LRB- Steve Martin -RRB- , Brad Harris -LRB- Jack Black -RRB- and Kenny Bostick -LRB- Owen Wilson -RRB- are three birders who may -LRB- or may not -RRB- be attempting a Big Year . The thing is , it 's such a competitive field that those attempting such a feat tend to keep the information to themselves , so as to not inspire the competition . Paying possum is a big part of a Big Year . The head of a corporation , Stu is nearing retirement age . He wants to quit the rat race , do something for himself -LRB- A Big Year , natch -RRB- and settle down in Colorado with his wife , Edith -LRB- JoBeth Williams -RRB- . Of course his corporate underlings , smarmily played by Kevin Pollak and Joel McHale , continuously try to pull him off the road and into the board room . Brad , in his mid-30s and divorced , is","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Birders define `` a big year '' as an informal competition to see who can spot the most species of birds in a certain area in a calendar year . Let me start off with a disclaimer : I am a bit of a bird nerd . Not a serious birder by any stretch -LRB- I have never gone on vacation specifically for the birds , for example ... well , not a long one , anyway -RRB- , but my iPhoto has been known to contain more than a few shots of birds , and my iPhone does have iBird Explorer Plus . Oh , and as a child , my dad and I would spend the occasional summer afternoon in the country listening to records of bird calls . However , just because I like birds does n't mean I am predisposed to liking a movie with a lot of birds in it . I am a huge baseball fan too , but am perfectly able to recognize a bad baseball movie when I see one . `` Major League 2 , '' anyone ? In addition , a good film needs to have"}
-{"answer":"Diego 's Qualcomm Stadium and DelMar Fairgrounds and Racetrack , where thousands of evacuated residents are taking shelter . Schwarzenegger also requested and received from the federal government six `` modular airborne fire fighting systems '' units -- which are C-130s that drop water and fire suppressant on the blazes . Watch California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger talk about the crisis '' The Pentagon provided 11 helicopters equipped with water buckets to fight the fires , McHale said . Aerial attacks on the fires , however , have been minimal because of high Santa Ana winds with gusts approaching 70 mph . In an effort to make room for more civilians who have had to evacuate their homes , sailors stationed in Southern California are abandoning their barracks . `` Orders have been given to all sailors ashore in barracks to move to shipboard billeting to provide room for evacuees , '' said a Tuesday statement released by the U.S. military . Only essential personnel are requested to report to duty at Naval Base San Diego , Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado , and Naval Air Station in El Centro . Those bases have also set up cots and tents for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dozens of Defense Department personnel are actively engaged in fighting the wildfires raging in Southern California , Pentagon officials said Tuesday , and thousands more National Guard and active-duty military personnel are available to help . The Rice fire , east of Camp Pendleton , caused the evacuation of the Fallbrook community . Paul McHale , assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense , said that 12 Defense Department firefighting teams , with 12 engines , are already working the blazes and more than 17,000 National Guardsmen are potentially available if needed . In addition , he said , 550 Marines from Camp Pendleton are preparing to deploy to the fire area . `` All of the aid that we provide is the result of a request ... from the state , '' McHale said . `` However , we have been very proactive in independently preparing those capabilities for the possibility of such requests , and we have reached out early to state officials . '' California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has already called up 1,500 National Guard troops , including more than 200 taken from border duty to help with supplies and security at San"}
-{"answer":"What has been done to Williams ' good name since his death at age 83 in 2002 is heartbreaking . First there was the very public battle within his family about what to do with his body ; when it was entrusted to a facility that specializes in cryonics -- freezing -- there were tasteless gags all over television . Now there is the nauseating voyeurism surrounding these new allegations . They are unspeakable , and I will not repeat them here . He has been made a joke . It is as if there has been a conscious effort to rob him of his humanity . As if he is a punch line , as if he was never a person with thoughts and feelings . No one deserves this , and certainly not Ted Williams . A magnificent 19-year career with the Boston Red Sox ; twice the winner of baseball 's triple crown ; the last ballplayer to hit .400 in a season ; two tours of duty in the military in World War II and the Korean War ... This is the man whose right to rest in respectful peace is being stripped from him .","question":"Editor 's note : CNN contributor Bob Greene is a best-selling author whose new book is `` Late Edition : A Love Story . '' Bob Greene says discussion of ballplayer Ted Williams ' corpse is a shameful way to remember the superstar . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` I was scared , '' Ted Williams said . He was talking about his lifelong fear of not being good enough -- of coming up short . `` I was always afraid I might fail , '' he said . `` I was pictured as being so cocky -- I might have been cocky to some people , but not in my heart . All the time , I was just hoping to make whatever league I was in . '' I am thinking about a long conversation I had with Williams toward the end of his life . I 'm thinking about it because of the unconscionable thing that is being done to him now that he is gone , now that he is without any defenses . You may have heard about a new book that makes some cruel and repugnant allegations about the mistreatment of his remains ."}
-{"answer":"experiences that anyone can ever endure . `` Never being able to say the word ` Mummy ' again in your life sounds like a small thing . Tell us what you think about Prince William 's moving comments `` However , for many , including me , it 's now really just a word -- hollow and evoking only memories . `` I can therefore wholeheartedly relate to the Mother 's Day campaign as I too have felt -- and still feel -- the emptiness on such a day as Mother 's Day . '' Listen to Prince William discuss his mother . '' The charity wants to raise awareness of the problems suffered by mothers bereaved of a child or children bereaved of their mother . Based in Buckinghamshire , a region west of London , it educates professionals and supports families after a death . Writing in Britain 's Daily Mail newspaper about his new role , the Prince said the reality of losing a child or parent was `` awful . '' `` Initially , there is a sense of profound shock and disbelief that this could ever happen to you . Real grief often does","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Prince William has spoken in depth publicly for the first time about death of his mother , Diana , Princess of Wales , 12 years ago , saying `` mummy '' is now a hollow word `` evoking only memories . '' Diana , Princess of Wales , died in a Paris car crash 12 years ago . Prince William was only 15 and his brother Prince Harry 12 when Diana died in a Paris car crash along with Dodi Fayed in 1997 . The Prince made the comment Thursday during a speech to mark his new role as patron of Britain 's Child Bereavement Charity -- a group his mother was once involved with . The British Press Association reported that he told the launch of the charity 's Mother 's Day campaign : `` My mother Diana was present at your launch 15 years ago , and I am incredibly proud to be able to continue her support for your fantastic charity , by becoming your royal patron . `` What my mother recognized then -- and what I understand now -- is that losing a close family member is one of the hardest"}
-{"answer":"safety of the ships crew , '' Davis said . Pirates continued to shoot at the three in the water , Davis said . `` The hijacked vessel with pirates in control then attempted to run them down . '' The Biscaglia is managed by Singapore-based Ishima and owned by Winged Foot Shipping in the Marshall Islands and was crewed by 25 Indians and two Bangladeshis who are believed to be still onboard . The vessel is believed to be on its way to an anchorage in Puntland , northeastern Somalia , Davis said . iReport.com : Share your view from ` Inside Africa ' Also Friday , pirates released the Greek ship MV Centauri , which was hijacked in September off the coast of Somalia , according to Andrew Mwangura , the head of the Kenya Seafarers Association . There was no immediate information about the 25 crew members on board the ship when it was taken . A multinational naval force including vessels from the U.S. , NATO member states , Russia and India has been patrolling the Indian Ocean waters seas near the Gulf of Aden , which connects the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea ,","question":"NAIROBI , Kenya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three British guards jumped overboard and were rescued from the water after battling in vain to prevent pirates hijacking a chemical tanker off the coast of Somalia . Three British security guards board a helicopter to be transferred to a Royal Navy vessel . The Liberian-flagged Biscaglia came under `` sustained and heavy attack '' early Friday morning , Nick Davis , Director of Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions -LRB- APMSS -RRB- , said in a statement . The three APMSS-employed security guards -- all former British servicemen -- mounted `` sustained non-lethal resistance '' but were unable to stop the attackers seizing control of the ship , Davis said . The trio were airlifted to safety by a German naval helicopter and flown to a French frigate after the vessel summoned assistance from coalition warships . They were later transferred to a British Royal Navy ship . All three were unhurt , Davis said . `` I have spoken with my team leader on the phone and he informs me that the level of violence was significant and forced them reluctantly to leave the vessel after every effort was made to ensure the"}
-{"answer":"funny to see a whole city shut down . Everything was closed , '' said Packers ' defensive lineman Ryan Pickett . `` In Green Bay , this is just a normal day . '' The problems facing Texas were largely because of icy conditions exacerbated by cold temperatures . Besides slick roads , Gov. Rick Perry said in a statement that the weather put an unprecedented demand on the state 's energy grid , leading to power outages Wednesday that were expected to continue into Thursday . Furthermore , 50 power plants were out statewide due to the extreme weather , leading to a 10 % -15 % reduction in electricity production , said the state 's utility commission spokesman Terry Hadley . The commission said in a statement that rotating outages would be limited to 10 to 45 minutes , unless equipment fails due to a power surge during the restoration process . It 's all part of the effects of a storm system that blanketed 30 states with a mix of snow , sleet and freezing rain over several days , producing record-breaking accumulations in several Midwest locales , making for treacherous travel on snow-choked roadways and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While snow from a massive winter storm system continued to fall Wednesday night in parts of the Northeast , millions in the Midwest were left to dig themselves out , brave dangerously frigid temperatures and cope with sporadic power outages . An Arctic cold front followed the storm that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow in some locales , complicating cleanup efforts and spurring freeze warnings that spanned much of the nation 's midsection . In much of Wisconsin , for instance , wind chill values were expected between 20 and 25 degrees below zero Wednesday night , according to the National Weather Service . Still , Green Bay Packers fans down in north Texas ahead of their team 's Super Bowl showdown with the Pittsburgh Steelers only got a relative respite , temperature-wise . In Arlington , Texas , site of Sunday 's game , there was a wind chill advisory in effect due to very cold conditions that made the temperature feel between zero and minus-10 degrees , and several inches of snow and ice had a debilitating effect in parts of Dallas , Fort Worth and their surrounding areas . `` It was"}
-{"answer":"some , the Facebook Pages and Groups in question do not violate our policies , '' Facebook global communications director Debbie Frost said . The page was online as of Thursday morning Eastern time . Frost said Facebook was `` very disappointed '' to be blocked in Pakistan . `` We are analyzing the situation and the legal considerations , and will take appropriate action , which may include making this content inaccessible to users in Pakistan , '' she said . Khoram Ali Mehran of Pakistan 's telecommunication authority said the block `` is related to the objectionable material that was placed on Facebook . '' `` We have blocked it for an indefinite amount of time . We are just following the government 's instructions and the ruling of the Lahore High Court . If the government decides to unblock it , then that 's what we will do , '' he said . The telecommunication authority has not received any complaints from Internet users about the blocking of Facebook , he said . Devout Muslims consider it offensive to depict Mohammed . There were riots around the world in response to a series of cartoons of Mohammed","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pakistan on Thursday blocked access to YouTube -- a day after it shut down the social networking site Facebook -- in response to an online group calling on people to draw the Prophet Mohammed . The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ordered operators to shut down YouTube `` in view of growing sacrilegious contents on it , '' officials said in a statement . PTA said Thursday it reached its decision after all `` possible avenues were used within its jurisdiction , including using regular channels available on the Facebook and YouTube to launch protest , to avoid appearances of derogatory material available on their websites . '' Facebook was blocked a day before `` Everybody Draw Mohammed Day , '' which was scheduled by several Facebook groups dedicated to the idea . The largest of the groups was unavailable for several hours Wednesday and Thursday . Facebook said `` a small technical issue prevented some users from accessing this page and others for a very short period of time , '' and that Facebook had corrected the problem as quickly as possible once they became aware of it . `` While it may be considered objectionable to"}
-{"answer":"they pay for publicity , '' Levine said . `` The Beatles got paid for ` Rock Band ' and then they are using that for publicity to rerelease a catalogue . It 's pretty amazing . '' Blog : A Beatles fan reflects on the news Levine pointed out that media have evolved tremendously since 1964 , when the band first burst onto the American scene with an appearance on `` The Ed Sullivan Show . '' Back then , there were only three major television networks , and engineering of albums was much less sophisticated , Levine noted . Previous rereleases have sold well in the past -- indeed , Beatles albums have sold steadily for decades -- and Levine said he expects this one to do even better . `` I think if you were to look at pure catalogue , old bands selling old albums , the Beatles are the kings -- commercially as well as artistically , '' Levine said . `` A lot of -LSB- music -RSB- has been remastered better in the past 22 years , and remastering technology has come a long way . '' Piers Hemmingsen , the author of two","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For fans of The Beatles , 09\/09\/09 will mark a new invasion . The Fab Four will be made even more so when the remastered Beatles catalogue is released in September . Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music have announced that as the date for the release of the entire original Beatles catalogue , digitally remastered . That includes all 12 Beatles albums in stereo , with track listings and artwork as originally released in the UK . The package will also contain the LP version of `` Magical Mystery Tour '' -LRB- initially released as a double-EP in Britain , though available on CD since 1987 -RRB- and the collections `` Past Masters Vol . I and II '' combined as one title . The release marks the first time that the first four Beatles albums are being made available in their entirety on compact disc , and it also coincides with the release of `` The Beatles : Rock Band '' video game . Robert Levine , executive editor for Billboard , said the timing is genius in terms of marketing . `` Most bands , when they do a big project like this"}
-{"answer":"men and an Indian national was held last month . All proclaimed their innocence and many refused to answer prosecutors questions . The three-judge panel at the National Court ruled on Monday that all 11 belonged to a terrorist group . Two of the 11 also were convicted of possession of explosives , but nine others were acquitted on that charge . The 11 face prison terms of eight to 14 years . But Jose Maria Fuster-Fabra , a private prosecutor representing victims in the case , told CNN the sentence sets a precedent in Spain because the 11 defendants were convicted for terrorist group membership almost solely on the basis of a key police informant , known as F1 to protect his identity . F1 testified he was selected by the group 's leader to be a suicide bomber , and that he quickly made a secretive call from a bathroom at a Barcelona mosque to warn a friend in France about an impending terrorist attack . Hours later , police swooped to make arrests in January 2008 in Barcelona . The protected witness denied on the stand that he worked for French or any other secret service .","question":"Madrid , Spain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Spanish court convicted 11 Islamic militants Monday of membership in a terrorist group , but acquitted them of a `` specific '' conspiracy to carry out an attack on Barcelona 's metro subway system , as prosecutors alleged . The court instead said there was a more general decision by the group , linked to al Qaeda , to use explosives against Barcelona 's metro , but that a specific date and place had not been determined , nor had a sufficient amount of explosives been assembled , according to a copy of the sentence viewed by CNN . The judges ruled the alleged Barcelona plot had `` not advanced sufficiently '' to constitute a crime of conspiracy under Spanish law . The alleged plot in January 2008 had raised alarm bells in Europe because Spanish authorities said there were to be a series of attacks , starting with suicide bombings on the Barcelona metro , and then other attacks in Spain , Germany , France , Portugal and Great Britain , if successive demands from a Pakistani Taliban leader and al Qaeda were not met . The trial against 10 Pakistani"}
-{"answer":". Until last year Naidoo was for 10 years the General Secretary of CIVICUS : World Alliance for Citizen Participation . One of the first high profile campaigns Naidoo worked on was Make Poverty History in 2005 that gained widespread coverage and a number of celebrity supporters . After several years in the anti-poverty movement , Naidoo has come to see that struggle against poverty and combating climate change are two-sides of same coin . Since becoming head of Greenpeace in November , Naidoo is focused on using his skills as an activist to move issues from the fringes into the mainstream . '' -LSB- Another -RSB- feature of activism is being able to choose the right tools and tactics for the right moment ... If you can win through dialogue and engagement then that 's great but sadly those with power in both government and business do not have the propensity to do the right thing unless they are pushed and that 's why you have to have tools like non-violent direct action , '' he told CNN . Connecting individuals to ideas and in turn connecting those ideas to a greater audience is one of the things Naidoo","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From anti-apartheid activist to climate change champion , Kumi Naidoo is a man born to make a change . He 's the new International Executive Director of environmental action group Greenpeace , and he takes on his role on the eve of the critical climate talks in Copenhagen . The 44 year-old grew up in Johannesburg and had an early introduction to the world of activism . `` I was defiantly the product of the society I was born in , which was apartheid South Africa ... I do think that many of us who might have exceptional or out-of-the-ordinary backgrounds are not because we ourselves are exceptional people but because we were born in context of adversity and been able to somehow rise above that adversity , '' he told CNN . Naidoo was arrested numerous times for civil disobedience against the apartheid regime during the 1980s . He eventually left for the UK in 1987 and earned a doctorate in political sociology at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar . After Nelson Mandela was released in 1990 , Kumi returned to South Africa and worked with and founded a number of civil society NGOs"}
-{"answer":"that it had illegally eavesdropped on the phone of a missing girl and many others to get stories . The girl , Milly Dowler , later turned out to have been murdered . News Corp. owns both Dow Jones , which publishes the Wall Street Journal , and News International , which published News of the World and continues to publish the Sun and the Times of London . The Wall Street Journal Europe scandal centers on the allegation that the paper arranged for 12,000 copies a day to be sold , for one European cent each , to a company called Executive Learning Partnership , the Journal reported . That boosted the daily circulation of the paper to 75,000 -- meaning the bulk sales to ELP made up more than 15 % of daily circulation . The number of copies a newspaper sells is important in determining how much advertisers are willing to pay for ads , among other factors . The British agency that audits circulation figures does not differentiate between papers that are sold at face value and those distributed in bulk -- unlike the American agency , the Journal said . Dow Jones said its circulation","question":"London -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A top executive at the company that publishes the Wall Street Journal left Dow Jones this week amid allegations that the paper 's European edition used underhanded methods to boost circulation figures , the newspaper itself reported Thursday . Andrew Langhoff , the executive , left on Tuesday , following an internal probe which found he had pushed for two articles favorable to a company involved in the alleged circulation subterfuge , the paper said . The Guardian , a rival newspaper , alleged that the Journal 's publisher secretly directed funds to the company that was buying copies of the paper in bulk . In an official statement , Dow Jones rejected the Guardian 's characterization of the arrangements . Wall Street Journal Europe `` circulation programs were fully disclosed and certified , '' the company said in a statement . The controversy comes on the heels of another scandal surrounding another newspaper in the British newspaper empire of Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. . The News of the World , the company 's flagship Sunday British tabloid , was closed in July on the orders of Murdoch 's son James , following accusations"}
-{"answer":"she 's shocked when she finds him at dinner with another woman . Although she and Big had shared a bed together , they had only gone on two dates by that point ; he certainly did n't owe her exclusivity , especially when they had n't discussed it . If you do n't want your new guy to date anyone else , make sure he knows it . While there 's no magic time to have the `` what do we call this relationship '' talk , it 's imperative that you have the talk at some point . Over-analyzing does n't solve anything . Carrie often falls into the trap of over and over and over-analyzing every aspect of her relationships , wondering what each and every little tiny thing means . She looks for hidden meanings in the most ordinary events . When Big takes her to the same restaurant twice in a row , she looks for a secret motive . She listens to answering machine messages from him repeatedly , straining to hear what he 's not saying . Sometimes , men are not up-front about why they do what they do , but most","question":"-LRB- The Frisky -RRB- -- Carrie Bradshaw is not only a Manhattan and fashion icon , but as a dating columnist , she 's considered a dating icon as well . Why ? She 's selfish , immature , manipulative , impulsive , and , let 's face it , kind of psycho . The Frisky : 10 spoiler-free reasons to see `` SATC 2 '' She gives women , even kooky women , a bad name . Ladies , feel free to emulate Carrie 's style and visit her favorite NYC haunts , but when it comes to dating , it 's best to do anything but what she does . Carrie makes several common mistakes throughout the `` Sex and the City '' series and by watching her missteps , women can learn a lot about what to do and , more importantly , what not to do , at all stages of a relationship . The Frisky : Cattiest reviews about `` Sex and the City 2 '' Do n't assume . When Carrie begins dating Mr. Big , she assumes that since she 's not seeing anyone else , he 's not either . Predictably ,"}
-{"answer":"before taking part in a sunrise ceremony . In Romania , scouts formed a human chain around the Parliament building in the capital Bucharest to express how young people will play a role in the country 's future . In Namibia , Africa , around 1,000 scouts cooked breakfast over a camp fire , and groups from Malawi camped at the top of Mulanje mountain . The Taj Mahal in India , the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Sydney Opera House in Australia also witnessed sunrise ceremonies . The small gathering at Brownsea Island led the rest of the globe in renewing their Scouting promise to build a tolerant and peaceful society . A speech written by Baden-Powell during the first scout camp was also read out to the group . It includes a call for peace , comradeship and cooperation over rivalry between `` classes , creeds and countries which have done so much in the past to produce wars and unrest '' . Alistair , 16 , from Manchester , at the Brownsea Island ceremony , said : `` It has made me think how one man has changed the world . `` It is one world","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Millions of people around the world have taken part in ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the Scouting movement . Scouts renewed their promise to build a tolerant and peaceful society . Dawn celebrations involving 28 million young people took place across the globe , from Ecuador to Bhutan . In southern England , 40,000 young people from around the globe gathered to take part in the largest ever 12-day world Scout Jamboree . The island where the movement was born , Brownsea Island off the coast of England , has been the focus of celebrations , with 300 scouts from more than 160 countries attending a commemorative camp . It was on that site that Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell held an experimental camp for 20 boys , following his experiences in the Army during the Boer War . The movement requests its members , boys and girls from the age of six , to uphold values such as trustworthiness , loyalty and to `` do their best '' . Scouts from countries including the UK , Lebanon , Nepal , Rwanda , Serbia , Libya and Argentina , displayed their flags on the island ,"}
-{"answer":"who became a human rights attorney and activist , inspired by her father 's work . `` It 's really hard to find your dad kidnapped because of his doing good . '' Until a few months ago , father and daughter were living in Syria . But their activism had made them both targets , and they 're now temporarily living in the United States . They watch the horror of their country on the nightly news . On Thursday , the United Nations announced that the number of people killed since protests began this year against the regime of Bashar al-Assad had surpassed 4,000 . More than 300 children have lost their lives , and the U.N. reports that children have been specifically targeted , and some tortured to death . According to a September U.N. report , the human suffering behind those numbers looks like this : Security forces opening fire on a funeral procession in Dar ` aa , a city near the border with Jordan ; security force snipers on rooftops picking off demonstrators in Damascus ; the bodies of those missing , including children , being returned to their families with their bodies torn","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Catherine al-Talli was 13 years old , a group of strangers came knocking at her family 's home in Syria . It was 1992 . Her mother let them in , and feverishly they explained that earlier that day they saw Syrian security forces surround al-Talli 's father , a democracy activist , at a bus station . `` They told us that 10 of them , the forces , had their guns out and they were all around my father . They kidnapped him and pushed him into a car , '' she recalled . Though they were just children , she and her siblings knew exactly what had happened . They knew their father risked his life as an activist who opposed the Syrian regime . He was paying for that , and now too would their family . It 's hard for al-Talli to talk about her father . Shortly after the regime changed hands in 2000 from father to son , he was released from prison . But al-Talli 's father had been tortured , forever scarred and changed . `` This is difficult to talk about , '' said al-Talli"}
-{"answer":"departed from longstanding conventions and norms of his industry , '' to create a product , `` so eccentric and striking that it is easily perceived and remembered . '' However , Marrero went on to say that , `` Louboutin 's claim to the ` the color red ' is , without some limitation , overly broad and inconsistent with the scene of trademark registration . '' `` This was a trademark that never should 've been issued , '' David Bernstein , attorney for the defendant , Yves Saint Laurent said . He adds , `` YSL has been using red since the 1970s , other designers have used red on the soles of their shoes . They are n't doing so to confuse people , but because it 's a design aesthetic . '' Lewin thinks the judge went too far . `` This is no longer about the case , '' he said . Judge Marrero 's decision drew parallels between painters and fashion designers , calling them both members of a creative industry where no one should be barred from using color to achieve their aesthetic . Doing so could , `` interfere with creativity","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- French shoemaker Christian Louboutin is seeing red -- and will likely be seeing a lot more of it -- after a judge in Manhattan denied an injunction that would have kept fellow designer Yves Saint Laurent from selling shoes with red soles . The lawsuit , filed in June , takes issue with four specific shoes from YSL 's Cruise 2011 Collection : the Tribute , Tribtoo , Palais and Woodstock models , claiming the shoes violate Louboutin 's trademarked `` lacquered red sole . '' `` Everyone sees the flash of red and associates the red with Louboutin , '' attorney Harley Lewin said Thursday about his client . In fact , Louboutin 's red soles have graced many a red carpets , adorning the feet of celebrities Oprah Winfrey , Heidi Klum and Sarah Jessica Parker . In 2009 , Jennifer Lopez wrote a song about them , `` But it 's the last time , I 'm movin ' on , I 'm throwing on my Louboutins . '' In his decision Wednesday , U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero acknowleded that in choosing a red sole for his shoes , Louboutin had ``"}
-{"answer":"two ; and 66-year-old Jane Elizabeth Robinson . The UK 's head of state , Queen Elizabeth II , issued condolences , saying she was `` deeply shocked '' by what happened . `` In asking you to pass my deepest and most heartfelt sympathy to the families of all those who were killed or injured , and to the injured themselves , I am sure I share in the grief and horror of the whole country , '' the queen said . Police also released a map tracing the route that suspect Derrick Bird , 52 , is believed to have traveled on his rampage through the region on Wednesday . Were you there ? Send your pics , video The route begins near the village of Lamplugh and winds through Cumbria , taking in the seaside towns of Whitehaven and Seascale before ending up farther inland near Boot , in the Lake District . Police lifted the cordons at most of the 30 separate crime scenes , but Derrick Bird 's house in Rowrah , near Frizington , remained one of those roped off , they said . Forensic experts were examining two weapons seized by police ,","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The twin brother of the man allegedly responsible for one of the worst massacres in recent British history was among 12 people killed before the gunman took his own life , police said Thursday . The series of drive-by shootings in northern England also left 11 people wounded . David Bird , the 52-year-old twin brother of alleged shooter Derrick Bird , was found dead at his home in the English village of Lamplugh , police said . David Bird , they noted , was the father of three daughters . Early Wednesday evening , British authorities identified four other victims . Garry John Purdham , 31 , was found dead in a field on the roadside next to a pub . Darren Paul Rewcastle , 43 , was a local taxi driver . Cyclist Michael James Pike , 64 , was shot dead in the road . Jamie Michael Dennis Clark , 23 , was found dead in his car . Earlier , authorities named three other people killed in the shootings : 60-year-old solicitor Kevin Commons , who was found in his driveway ; 57-year-old Susan Hughes , a mother of"}
-{"answer":"pulls -- is as it was in the 1800s . Yearning to share her handiwork , Long turned the home into a vacation rental . Soon , enchanted out-of-towners were eagerly booking their stays . Oprah.com : ingenious ways to decorate small spaces Her business model : In 2003 Long quit her job in sales and bought and restored four more homes , traveling between Savannah and Chicago -LRB- where she and her ex-husband share custody of their 9-year-old son -RRB- . `` Some of the properties had been vacant for 20 years , '' Long says . `` They had rats you could put a saddle on . '' Oprah.com : 5 savvy storage solutions from stylish women They 're now certified landmarks -- with 14-foot ceilings , elaborate plaster medallions , and sweeping staircases -- and can be experienced firsthand through Luxury Living Savannah , Long 's vacation rental company . As much as she adores re-creating these relics , Long loves sharing them even more . `` People get to stay in a piece of history , '' she says . `` Women get to be Scarlett O'Hara for the weekend . I take great pleasure in","question":"-LRB- Oprah.com -RRB- -- When Chicagoan Tammy Jo Long visited Savannah , Georgia , ten years ago , she was delighted by its fountain-filled parks , corner caf\u00c3 \u00a9 s -- and grand architecture . Long had always been a design aficionado , but the Italianate and Victorian homes she encountered in Savannah became `` an obsession , '' she says . `` I saw a mansion with enormous cornices and cast-iron window surrounds , and I was hooked . '' So hooked , in fact , that she decided to buy a second home there , closing the deal on her next visit . Oprah.com : What 's Your Design Style ? Her learning curve : Long was determined to restore her new house to its original glory . Though she 'd remodeled a few kitchens and bathrooms over the years , a historically accurate renovation that did justice to the Savannah architecture she loved was daunting . Oprah.com : 5 things a professional organizer wants you to know But the all-nighters spent poring over floor plans and scouring eBay for doorknobs paid off : Every detail of the home -- from the crown moldings to the brass finger"}
-{"answer":"of growing milder since it first infected people back in 1997 . It continues to decimate bird flocks in sporadic outbreaks , mostly in Asia , and occasionally breaks into the human population . China 's Ministry of Health reported eight human cases last month , including four deaths . Since 2003 , the World Health Organization has confirmed 404 human cases worldwide . Nearly two-thirds of the victims have died . While H5N1 does n't make headlines the way it did in 2005 , health officials say the continuing severity of the infections means the alarm is still on . Influenza viruses , in general , spread easily . If H5N1 were to acquire the genetic ability to pass easily from person to person , it could turn into a major catastrophe . Many countries have stockpiled both vaccines and antiviral medications , for such a scenario . The same medications that are used to treat regular flu , oseltamivir -LRB- Tamiful -RRB- and zanamivir -LRB- Relenza -RRB- , also seem to be effective against H5N1 . But that 's no reason to rest easy . All flu viruses tend to mutate rapidly , which is why the flu","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two teams of scientists say they have found a key area of the H5N1 bird flu virus which seems to be vital to its ability to copy itself , and hope the discovery could lead to new drugs to fight the infection . Human-to-human transmission of avian flu is rare , but in some cases , the virus has passed from poultry to humans . The discovery is generating excitement among scientists who are looking for a new weapon against the bird flu virus that typically kills more than half its human victims . Two separate groups of scientists -- one in China , one in France -- used a highly technical process to identify protein that seems to be involved in its ability to replicate itself . That gives researchers a new target , as they try and develop new medications . The announcements , detailed in the British-based journal Nature , come at an uneasy time for those who follow the bird flu strain called H5N1 . So far this disease is mainly affecting birds in some countries and the number of human cases remains small , but the virus has shown no sign"}
-{"answer":"and Kalashnikov assault rifles surrounded the orphanage . Watch more on the boys ' ordeal '' About 50 terrified orphans , accompanied by adult support staff , cowered in a back room on the ground floor . Shaken by the explosions and small-arms fire around their building , the older boys , some aged 16 and 17 , tried to console the youngest children , some of whom are as young as seven . They were all crying . It was n't until last Friday that the first batch of orphans were able to escape . `` We had to ride on the roof of a bus , '' said 16-year old Mohammad Yusuf , a soft-spoken teenager with the beginnings of a beard appearing on his chin . After a creeping , traffic-choked , three-hour drive from Mingora , the boys and their teachers begged for a ride from a passing vegetable truck . Yusuf said the boys rode the rest of the way to Peshawar sitting in the back of a truck on bags of peas , stopping only when the truckers had to remove the cargo to have it washed . Watch more on the situation in","question":"PESHAWAR , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Twenty well-behaved boys sit on the floor in two rows , quietly eating a humble lunch of flat bread , water and beans . The `` lost boys '' of Swat enjoy a humble lunch of flat bread , water and beans . Their hair is neatly combed and they are dressed in spotless Pakistani shalwar kamiz long shirts and baggy trousers . These boys are orphans , and they are lucky to be alive . `` Sir , it was very dangerous , '' explained 15-year-old Mohammad Nawaz . Last Friday , Nawaz and his friends escaped from Pakistan 's Swat Valley after their orphanage ended up on the front-line of the government 's war with the Taliban . When hostilities resumed in Swat two weeks ago , Pakistani soldiers from nearby barracks commandeered the roof of the four-story orphanage in Swat 's district capital , Mingora , to use it as a lookout . They built sandbag bunkers on the roof , and buried landmines in the orphanage 's playground . Then , Taliban militants laid siege to the building . Nawaz said `` many '' insurgents armed with rocket launchers"}
-{"answer":"a huge number of Americans who would have unnecessarily become unemployed or seen destruction of their lifetime savings . '' The collapse of the 158-year-old investment bank in September turned the U.S. crisis , based on the subprime loan debacle , into a global one , leading to credit freezes and plummeting markets nearly everywhere . Summers said Geithner was notified about the AIG bonuses last week . The secretary tried to stop them , Summers said , but ran up against a legal contract . `` Secretary Geithner courageously has gone after these bonuses and will continue to go after these bonuses in a very aggressive way , but we ca n't suspend the rule of law and we ca n't put the whole economy at risk , '' said Summers . Asked whether AIG could get more bailout funds down the road , Summers suggested the door is open to more taxpayer money , despite the bonus controversy . Watch senators ' plan to retrieve money '' `` It is wrong to govern out of anger , '' said Summers . `` We have to recognize what we are angry about , do something about it . That","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With outrage mounting over AIG 's $ 165 million in bonuses to executives , the president 's chief economic adviser offered a new line of defense for the White House in an exclusive interview with CNN . Larry Summers said an AIG meltdown was too risky for the economy to push too hard on executive bonuses . Larry Summers suggested that if Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had pushed the insurance giant too hard on the bonuses , AIG could have collapsed just like Lehman Brothers and sparked an even bigger crisis . `` Secretary Geithner has used all the legal authorities that are open to him to contain and limit the payment of bonuses , '' said Summers , chairman of the National Economic Council . `` What he did not do , and what would have been irresponsible to do , as outrageous as these payments are , would have been to put at risk the stability of the financial system . `` To have courted the kind of disaster that followed the decision to let Lehman Brothers simply collapse might have felt good briefly , but it would have touched the lives of"}
-{"answer":"the plane veer off as it headed down the runway . Watch what NTSB official has to say about flight recorders '' `` The brakes showed no leaks , no locked brakes , '' Sumwalt told reporters late Monday , adding that the brake pads `` looked good . '' He said tire marks indicate that all four main landing gear were inflated . The weather was clear , and no obstacles were on the runway , he said . The accident injured 38 people , most from bruises and broken bones as frightened passengers tried to flee a fire that broke out on board Flight 1404 . No fatalities were reported . Sumwalt said the captain , an 11-year veteran of Continental , was injured in the accident and `` not physically able '' to be interviewed yet . But an investigator interviewed the first officer , who told them that the initial take-off roll and taxi was normal . The the co-pilot `` noticed a deviation from the center line of the runway and a sudden left turn , '' Sumwalt said . An off-duty crew that flew the aircraft into Denver before the Saturday flight to Houston","question":"DENVER , Colorado -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Early indications show no problems with the landing gear , tires or brakes on the Continental Airlines jet that veered off a runway at Denver International Airport in Colorado , despite earlier reports . The wreckage of the Continental Airlines plane sits in a ravine December 22 in Denver , Colorado . `` There 's no indication from the physical examination on the scene of brake problems at this time , '' said Robert Sumwalt , a National Transportation Safety Board member leading the investigation team . Saturday 's accident injured more than three dozen people , including the captain who piloted the plane . Sumwalt said preliminary evidence indicated no problems with the Boeing 737 's landing gear , tires or engines before the jet ran off the runway into a 40-foot-deep ravine during its take-off roll . Earlier Monday , a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN that early indications suggested that a problem with the landing gear , tire or brakes may have caused the accident . The source said the problem could have caused a wheel to lock up or some other situation that would have made"}
-{"answer":"and another family which also lost a relative in the crash . The Spanair MD82 jet crashed last week at Madrid 's airport as the plane was trying to take off , killing 154 people . The aircraft , bound for Spain 's Canary Islands , managed to rise only slightly before coming down quickly to the right of the runway , its tail section hitting the ground first , just off the asphalt . Then the out-of-control plane skidded and bounced at least three times as it careered 1,200 meters -LRB- 3,840 feet -RRB- across uneven terrain and exploded , coming to rest in a gully , a top official of the investigative commission told a news conference in Madrid on Tuesday . Many of the bodies were badly charred from the fire , and authorities have used DNA samples to carry out numerous identifications . By Thursday , 126 victims had been identified , CNN + reported . Just a few dozen families are still waiting to receive the remains their loved ones . Most are gathered at a Madrid hotel near the airport . Nineteen people initially survived the crash , but one died in hospital last","question":"MADRID , Spain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Relatives of a woman killed in a Spanish airline crash were erroneously given the remains of another victim , and then were asked by authorities to return them , CNN partner network CNN + reported Thursday . The victims of the crash were first laid out at a Madria convention center . A Madrid judge has opened an investigation into the error , and judicial sources say the initial indication is that the mixup occurred not in the proper identification of the victim , but in delivering the wrong remains to the family in question , CNN + reported . The family Wednesday received an urn numbered 104 , and were told it contained the ashes of their loved one , Pilar Gonzalez Ferreira , who died in the crash . But as the family was preparing to leave Madrid , officials called to tell them about the error and asked for the return of urn 104 , CNN + reported . Instead of urn 104 , the family was supposed to have received urn 134 , which actually contains the remains of Pilar Gonzalez , CNN + reported , citing judicial sources"}
-{"answer":"was to call my lawyer . '' In August 2008 , Port , a user of Google-owned Blogger.com , created `` Skanks in NYC . '' The site assailed Cohen , 37 , a cover girl who has appeared in Vogue and other fashion magazines . The blog featured photos of Cohen accompanied by derogatory terms . The judge rejected Port 's argument that blogs on the Internet `` serve as a modern-day forum for conveying personal opinions '' and should not be regarded as fact . Cohen 's attorney , Steve Wagner , said he could n't believe Port 's nerve in suing Google . `` Her being a victim here ? I have trouble understanding that in its entirety , '' he said . Legal experts said Port is not likely to win her case . Jeffrey Toobin , CNN 's senior legal analyst , said Google was complying with a court order and that disclosing Port 's name can not be viewed as violating her rights . `` Google never promises anyone absolute anonymity , '' Toobin said . `` There are all sorts of circumstances when Google cooperates with law enforcement . '' Blogger.com requires only","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Her identity revealed , a blogger who posted rants about model Liskula Cohen said she was the real victim in the case and plans to sue Google for violating her privacy . Rosemary Port says she plans to sue Google for not doing enough to protect her identity . Rosemary Port and her lawyer said Monday that they will file a $ 15 million lawsuit against the search engine giant for not doing enough to protect her identity . `` I not only feel my client was wronged , but I feel now it sets precedent that anyone with money and power can get the identity of anyone that decides to be an anonymous blogger , '' said Salvator Strazzullo , Port 's lawyer . A New York Supreme Court judge ordered Google to reveal Port 's identity after Cohen sued the company to acquire information about the anonymous blogger . Watch model explain her persistence '' `` I wanted it gone , '' Cohen said . `` I did n't want it to be there for the rest of my life . And I knew the only way for it to be gone"}
-{"answer":"Pittsburgh 's security preparations for protesters '' `` It is all scheduled . No one will be sitting out '' on the tarmac waiting , Onorato said . There are no welcoming ceremonies planned at the airport . The leaders quickly will get into separate motorcades and be whisked to downtown Pittsburgh . A formal greeting will take place Thursday evening at a conservatory in Pittsburgh 's Oakland neighborhood . The heads of state invited to Pittsburgh include the leader of the European Union and the prime ministers of the Netherlands , Spain and Sweden . Many leaders are bringing hundreds of delegates and support staff with them as well . At least two countries are bringing jumbo jets into the airport . Members of Saudi Arabia 's delegation landed Wednesday evening . The leaders are arriving from New York , where they attended the U.N. General Assembly . Airport officials say the VIP landings will not mean delays for passengers , though they warn trips to and from the airport could take extra time because of road closings for motorcades . It 's Obama 's second trip to Pittsburgh in nine days . He addressed the AFL-CIO Convention on","question":"PITTSBURGH , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For Pittsburgh International Airport , the Group of 20 summit is like the Sunday after Thanksgiving : the busiest flying day of the year , with world leaders instead of holiday travelers . Officials greet Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal , left , on Wednesday at Pittsburgh International Airport . After weeks of logistics and planning , the airport and the adjacent Air Force Reserve Base will see 23 heads of state arrive in the space of a few hours . President Obama is hosting the G-20 summit -- a two-day meeting of representatives of the world 's largest economies -- Thursday and Friday in Pittsburgh . `` This is unprecedented , '' Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato said . `` We 've never seen anything like it . '' The county runs the airport and coordinated the arrivals along with the White House , U.S. State Department and law enforcement officials . The arrivals will take place away from the commercial passenger terminals on the huge airport property . With different areas being used , some of the presidents and prime ministers will show up at the same time . Watch"}
-{"answer":"on a trip to the country , the Foreign Office said . The teenagers were diagnosed with the H1N1 virus in Beijing . More than 50 of their classmates and teachers are also quarantined in a hotel . Watch as students are quarantined '' Medical screening for the swine flu virus has been introduced at many airports around the world for passengers arriving on international flights but there are concerns that many people may not be aware they are infected . Those who do have symptoms have been advised by Britain 's health authorities to delay their journeys until the signs have cleared up . `` We have a medical team within the airline as well as a contingency planning group which has met for the past few years to look at the issue of a flu pandemic , '' A British Airways spokeswoman said . `` We have a wide range of contingency plans in place which we can use depending on how the situation may evolve . `` If we have concerns about a customer or the customer is concerned , then we have a 24-hour medical service we can call to give advice to staff . ``","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- British airlines have put into effect measures to stop people with swine flu boarding flights in a bid to prevent the virus from spreading further . Medical screening for the swine flu virus has been introduced at many airports . British Airways said there had been a `` very small number of cases '' where people who had checked in with symptoms of H1N1 had been advised not to travel after having medical checks . Virgin Atlantic also said victims would not be allowed to board one of its planes without a fit-to-fly certificate from their doctor or a hospital , though there had been no cases yet . The World Health Organization declared the virus a global pandemic June 11 . More than 120 countries have reported cases of human infection . About 98,000 cases have been documented worldwide , with 440 deaths , according to the WHO . Watch as airlines ban sufferers '' With 29 deaths and a huge rise in the number of cases , Britain has the worst swine flu figures in Europe . Eight British schoolchildren remained in hospital in China on Monday after contracting swine flu"}
-{"answer":"interviewing longtime merchants about what rough financial times meant for them . And it was the new guy on the town square -- Bob Orsa -- who sounded , in the face of everything , optimistic . `` Some time to open a new business , right ? '' he 'd said as we had stood outside the restaurant looking at the old county courthouse across the way , as carpenters inside his building readied it for opening day . `` But I feel good . '' Of the national economy , he 'd said : `` It 'll all come back . History shows us that , does n't it ? It always comes back . '' I 'd been thinking about him in recent days -- wondering how his restaurant had ended up doing , and whether he is as upbeat as he had seemed three years ago . I wanted to talk with him not because he is an expert in the intricacies of global finance , but precisely because he is not . He and small businesspeople like him are on the receiving end of the Wall Street decisions and convulsions that can lead to times","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` I may have spoken too soon , '' Bob Orsa said the other afternoon , with a sardonic laugh that did n't carry much mirth . He and I had first met exactly three years ago -- on September 18 , 2008 , toward the end of that frightening week when the American economy seemed to be on the verge of disintegrating . Lehman Brothers had collapsed , Merrill Lynch had been taken over by Bank of America , the stock market had plummeted , and the `` too-big-to-fail '' theory that would lead to the bailout of the major banks was forming . Things were a mess . Not that Bob Orsa was a player in those Wall Street and Washington machinations . He was a small businessman in Chambersburg , Pennsylvania , a borough of about 18,000 people . Or -- more accurately -- he was about to become a small businessman in Chambersburg . In what would be described as the worst U.S. economic climate since the Great Depression , Orsa was getting ready to open the doors of a new restaurant on the town square . I 'd been in Chambersburg"}
-{"answer":"was from us and they both went on about how ugly it was . We never fessed up . '' Watch when to send a gift '' Deciding what to give -LRB- or not give -RRB- newlyweds is never an easy task , says Peggy Post , one of the country 's leading etiquette experts and co-author of the book `` A Wedding Like No Other . '' Before you turn into a guestzilla , however , take heart . `` Gift giving does n't have to be a stressful experience , '' says Post . The wrong way to give Some gifts should never be given -- namely those that you yourself received . Whether it 's to save yourself some cash or to avoid the hassle of shopping , regifting is a wedding no-no , says Steve Kemble , star of Style Network 's `` Whose Wedding Is It Anyway ? '' and `` Married Away . '' `` What makes you think someone is going to want a gift you did not want ? '' Kemble says . `` Plain and simple , re-gifting is tacky ! If you do not have the time to think about","question":"-LRB- LifeWire -RRB- -- Jennifer Bilotta thought she and her husband Michael had the perfect present for his cousin 's wedding . The gift in question -- a fused-glass plate decorated with a `` tacky scene of a bride and groom , '' she recalls -- had been given to Bilotta at her own wedding a few years earlier . Nothing wrong with a little regifting as long as the bride and groom enjoy the gift . Or so Bilotta thought . `` She collects Barbies , and he collects G.I. Joes , '' says Bilotta , 33 , a publicist in Wyndmoor , Pennsylvania . `` The plate seemed up their alley . So for their wedding gift , we gave them the plate along with a card with a check for the usual wedding amount . '' But the gift did n't go over well . `` A few weeks after they got married , we were talking to them about their wedding gifts , and they mentioned this hideous glass plate that someone gave them , '' Bilotta says . `` The card must have gotten separated from the plate , so they did n't know it"}
-{"answer":"people who need it the most , '' Col. Mike Foster said . `` We got a good start . '' Authorities set up more than a dozen aid distribution points across battered Port-au-Prince , as aid workers toted medical supplies into the battered island nation . Still , although some progress could be observed four days after Tuesday 's devastating earthquake , problems persisted . Get the latest developments on Haiti A CNN crew observed U.N. World Food Programme personnel who were trying to move food from a warehouse damaged from the earthquake . The building has large cracks up its side , weakening the walls . Its doors could not be forced fully open to allow a forklift through , so workers were painstakingly hand-carrying the supplies out . Despite the difficulties , the Haitian ambassador to the United States , Raymond Joseph , said he did not believe that violence will increase , as long as distribution of food continues . `` I think it wo n't get any more violent than it is now , '' he said . Also Saturday , former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush kicked off a fundraising drive --","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. helicopters carrying food hovered above the ground in one area of the battered Haitian capital on Saturday , flinging out boxes to the anxious crowd . It was a chaotic scene as hundreds of Haitians without food and water for four days swarmed toward the boxes , ignoring the wind and dust kicked up from the helicopters ' blades . A similar scene erupted Friday when a food convoy with the World Food Programme was forced to leave an area after men in the crowd starting pushing and shoving their way to the trucks . Elsewhere , people stood in long , orderly lines for food , according to a CNN crew , although anxiety about whether there was enough to go around permeated the wait . In Petionville , a suburb of Port-au-Prince , U.S. troops handed out about 2,500 meals Saturday , before they ran out . Seventy soldiers arrived with the Army 's 82nd Airborne Division in Petionville to set up a distribution base and a landing zone for helicopters . They began handing out meals about 2 p.m. `` Our goal is to get supplies out to the"}
-{"answer":"the expectations , the higher the results . '' But with high academic expectations come an equally high quotient for fun . It 's become one of Clark 's trademarks : singing and dancing to popular rap and R&B songs during class to get the kids engaged . `` My first day at Ron Clark Academy , I thought all the teachers were psychopaths , '' says seventh-grader Jai Springs . `` I thought Ron Clark was going crazy . He was up in front of the kids on desks , he was dancing . ... I never saw a teacher get up on a desk and dance . But now I 'm used to it , so I get up on the desk and dance too , '' says Jai . Clark , formerly a schoolteacher from South Carolina , founded the academy with money he earned from his book titled The Essential 55 , which detail Clark 's 55 golden rules for success -- in and out of the classroom . Clark was invited to be a guest on the Oprah Winfrey show after winning Disney Teacher of the Year Award in 2001 . Oprah believed so much","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Seventh graders at Ron Clark Academy became an overnight sensation during the presidential election when their YouTube performance of `` You Can Vote However You Like '' catapulted them to online stardom . `` The higher the expectations , the higher the results , '' says Ron Clark , seen here with his students . Now , their creative and scholastic talents have proved the students to be more than just `` one hit wonders . '' Academy students showcased their poetry and writings for CNN 's documentary `` Black in America 2 , '' hosted by Soledad O'Brien . Cultivating student creativity is just one of the goals of academy founder Ron Clark , an enigmatic educator known for his unconventional teaching methods . Under his strict tutelage , students at Ron Clark -- who are predominantly African-American -- are expected to excel in all subjects and maintain a high standard of respect for their peers and teachers . `` I 'm teaching an eighth-grade curriculum to fifth-graders , '' says Clark . `` Some people say my expectations of the kids , academically , is too high , but the higher"}
-{"answer":"for 16-hour days because conditions were harsh , there were few recreational opportunities and employees were always `` on call . '' But the audit said that violates federal pay guidelines . The FBI admitted that `` a flawed system was allowed to develop and remain in place too long , '' but it also sought to explain how the practice started . `` Early in the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq FBI managers traveled to those war zones and saw first hand the challenges of a 24\/7 threat environment . FBI employees lived with sniper attacks , mortar fire , and roadside bombs as part of their daily work environment . They attempted to adapt a long established domestic pay system for domestic law enforcement to unprecedented wartime assignments for FBI personnel . '' FBI agents in Iraq perform a variety of duties , according to the bureau 's Web site . Agents interview suspected terrorists captured by the military ; gather intelligence ; collect evidence from crime scenes like car bombs or mass graves ; and investigate crimes committed by Americans against Iraqis , as well as those that Iraqis commit against their fellow citizens . The inspector","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- FBI agents temporarily deployed to Iraq received an average of about $ 45,000 in excessive overtime because they billed the government for 16 hours a day throughout their 90-day assignments , according to a Justice Department audit . Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine released the audit on Thursday . The audit , released Thursday by Inspector General Glenn Fine , found the agents routinely submitted the overtime with the blessing of their managers from 2003 through 2007 . The report says the excessive overtime totaled $ 7.8 million . `` The FBI inappropriately permitted employees to regularly claim overtime for activities that are not compensable as work , such as time spent eating meals , exercising more than 3 hours per week , and socializing , '' the report said . The socializing included going to movies and cocktail parties . The FBI promptly responded to the report , acknowledging the overtime policy was designed to encourage FBI employees to volunteer for Iraq duty , but should not have been used and has now been corrected . The 88-page report documenting the overtime issues found the FBI had initially approved the policy of paying"}
-{"answer":"the opportunity I always dreamed about , '' she said in fluent English in her sparsely furnished apartment outside Atlanta , Georgia . `` I 'm really shocked . I found out everything is slow . '' View video highlights from her interview '' The recession has made life tough nationwide for refugees . `` It 's the most challenging time I 've seen and I 've been doing this work for 25 years , '' said Robert J. Carey , vice president of resettlement and migration policy at the International Rescue Committee , one of several nonprofit organizations that the U.S. government pays to resettle refugees . Lavinia Limon , president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants , says , `` it 's a significant problem . '' `` All refugees are required to become self-sufficient in a very fast time period . Our program is designed with that in mind . There is n't a long-term basis of support , '' said Anastasia Brown , director of refugee programs for the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops . `` What we have right now is a situation where it 's becoming more and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Of all of the calculations Zainab Ibrahim made during her accounting career in Baghdad , this one was a snap . Iraqi refugee Zainab Ibrahim lives in a modest , sparsely furnished apartment outside Atlanta , Georgia . After a bullet whizzed by her head and death threats showed up at her doorstep , it was time , she figured , to leave . She went to Jordan four years ago and arrived last June at her ultimate destination -- the United States . Once a target of insurgents because her job at the Iraqi Finance Ministry involved working with the U.S. military , Ibrahim is now trying to avoid another pitfall -- falling through the cracks of America 's recession . She and thousands of refugees across America who fled war and persecution just ca n't seem to find full-time jobs in a weak economy . And that just does n't add up for Ibrahim , who has bachelor 's and master 's degrees in accounting from Baghdad University and risked her life for the U.S. government . `` It 's everybody 's dream being in the United States . I thought I would get"}
-{"answer":"surplus property and gave them away in February . The state of Louisiana had not asked for any of the supplies , prompting outrage there after the original CNN report . Since then , the state has taken steps to claim some of the stockpiles and distribute them to groups working to resettle victims of Hurricane Katrina , the 2005 storm that flooded New Orleans and ravaged the Mississippi Gulf Coast . Mississippi took the supplies it was offered but did not give them to Katrina victims . Instead , as CNN reported this week , the state distributed them to prisons , volunteer fire departments , colleges and other state agencies . Thompson said he was stunned at how Mississippi officials made `` a mockery of the whole process . '' `` I 'm disappointed that my state decided that prisoners had a higher priority than Katrina victims and has made no effort to correct it even when this mistake was made , '' he said . `` Any time items intended for victims of Katrina end up in the hands of the Department of Corrections or state employees , then clearly , Mississippi dropped the ball . ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Democratic congressman from Mississippi plans to hold a hearing into how millions of dollars worth of supplies meant for Gulf Coast hurricane survivors ended up being given away as surplus property . Rep. Bennie Thompson says he 'll hold a hearing into how supplies for Katrina victims were diverted . Rep. Bennie Thompson , chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security , called the situation `` a debacle . '' In June , CNN revealed that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had warehoused $ 85 million worth of household goods for two years before giving them away to federal agencies and 16 states . But Thompson said there is still a great need for basic supplies in Mississippi . `` We just think that FEMA needs to come and tell the committee how such a debacle could occur , and in the process , what are they going to do to assure Congress and the taxpaying public that it will never happen again , '' Thompson said . The household goods were meant to help Gulf Coast households rebuild . But they sat in FEMA warehouses for two years before the agency declared them"}
-{"answer":", and Your Ex Husband 's Hollywood Wife Makes You Miserable , '' which arrived in bookstores Monday . Watch Eustace describe her shock '' Donald Trump 's ex-wife Marla Maples ; Dina Matos , ex-wife of former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey ; and Lance Armstrong 's ex , Kristen , also appeared on Behar 's show to break down what happens during and after very public breakups . When Eustace found out her 13-year marriage was ending , she said she was `` in a really ugly bikini -- missing like padding on one side , holding my daughter in my arms , '' but at least the bomb was n't dropped in front of news cameras . Matos was standing right next to her husband when he admitted at a press conference that he 'd had an affair with another man . `` I was in shock because I had only learned three days before that he had been involved in a relationship , '' Matos recalled on Tuesday 's show . `` I was there in the moment . I was there physically but mentally , you know ; I was just trying to maintain my","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's doubtful there 's ever a perfect time or place to end a marriage , but for Dean McDermott , that time and place was in a Palm Springs , California , hotel room after playing a round of golf . Mary Jo Eustace said she 's been able to take her 2006 divorce from Dean McDermott and turn it into a positive . The actor told his then-wife , Mary Jo Eustace , that he 'd been having an affair with Tori Spelling and that he 'd found his soul mate , Eustace recalled Tuesday on HLN 's `` The Joy Behar Show . '' '' -LSB- He said -RSB- , ` I 'm leaving you -- she loves me unconditionally , ' '' Eustace said . Eustace replied that `` you 've known her -LSB- for -RSB- three weeks . I actually thought it was a joke . I thought I was being punked . But it was true , '' she told Behar . Eustace offers life lessons she learned from the 2006 split with McDermott in her book `` Divorce Sucks : What to Do When Irreconcilable Differences , Lawyers Fees"}
-{"answer":"The siblings ' raw milk had been watered down and a chemical added to fool quality checks , the newspaper said . Watch who has been arrested '' Sanlu Group , one of China 's leading dairy producers , has recalled more than 8,200 tons of the tainted formula following reports of sickened babies , news agency Xinhua reported . The manufactured also sealed off more than 2,100 tons of contaminated product , and another 700 tons still need to be recalled , according to Xinhua . Watch angry parents demand answers at Sanlu '' Investigators said the brothers confessed to watering down the raw milk and mixing in tripolycyanamide , also known as melamine . The paper reported the siblings did it to recover losses suffered when the factory rejected earlier milk shipments , and that 19 other people have been detained for questioning . Recalls of the products by the Yashili and Suokang companies have been made , and of China 's 175 baby milk powder production companies , 66 have already stopped production , Li said . Investigators are testing samples at the remaining factories . Learn more about the chemical melamine '' China 's Xinhua news","question":"BEIJING , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A third baby has died and at least 6,200 children have fallen ill after drinking formula tainted with the same chemical involved in a massive pet food recall last year , Chinese officials said Wednesday . China 's largest producer of milk , Mengniu Dairy Group , announced the recall of three batches of formula made in January after tests showed they were contaminated with melamine , said Li Changjiang , China 's director of quarantine and inspection . Though it should not be added to food ingredients , suppliers in China sometimes put it in food to make a product appear to be protein rich . Melamine has nitrogen , and standard tests for protein in bulk food ingredients measure levels of nitrogen . More than 1,300 infants are hospitalized with illnesses including malnutrition , kidney stones and acute renal failure . On Monday two brothers were arrested who Chinese officials say supplied three tons of milk each day to the Sanlu Group , which makes baby formula . Watch crowds of moms get their babies tested '' They could face death if convicted , according to state-run newspaper China Daily ."}
-{"answer":"that way . `` I pretty much have always wanted to be in the Army , '' said Pfc. Miller , who remembers watching his dad leap out of military aircraft with other soldiers in the 82nd Airborne Division . `` I guess watching him do it -- it looked cool , '' he said . Shortly before they deployed in August , the Millers revisited family memories at Fort Bragg 's Wilson Park -- the same spot where the couple picnicked with their toddler son and daughter years ago . Telling family stories , the Millers laughed about old snapshots showing the future private first class as a boy -- standing at parade rest while his father spoke to him . `` When I scolded him and his sister , I taught them to stand at parade rest , '' Sgt. Miller explained . `` Then their punishment would be laps , flutter kicks , push-ups and sit-ups . It taught discipline and put them in good shape . '' After high school , dad convinced his son to try a year of college first . Soldiers with college degrees go further in the service , Sgt. Miller said","question":"FORT BRAGG , North Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Marylisa Miller has spent much of her two decades as an Army wife bracing for the worst . But now the pressure is higher , as both her husband and their 20-year-old son are serving together in Afghanistan . Pfc. Martin Miller , left , and his dad , Sgt. 1st Class Martin Miller , serve in the same Army squadron in Afghanistan . It 's rare , but not unheard of : Sgt. 1st Class Martin Miller and his son Pfc. Martin Miller have deployed as part of the same squadron of about 500 soldiers . Their brigade -- based at North Carolina 's Fort Bragg -- is among the first specifically assigned to train Afghan security and military forces . `` If the phone rings in the middle of the night , I answer it no matter what , '' said Marylisa Miller . `` You never know . It could be the last call . '' Watch the Millers talk about serving together '' The Miller men -- both paratroopers -- did n't really plan to march shoulder-to-shoulder into harm 's way . It just sort of happened"}
-{"answer":"went to her neighborhood salon in Illinois to have the rose tattoo on her back removed , a decision she said that left her not only with physical scars but emotional ones as well . Pak said a laser was used to peel back layers of the tattooed skin . She said she knew the procedure would hurt , but was not prepared for what she experienced -- pain that was excruciating `` beyond words . '' Watch more on the dangers of illegal laser surgery `` I was in tears for I believe a week , but certainly while she was doing it I did n't have any anesthesia or anything . She literally had a laser pen and was zapping across my skin , '' she said . And she said the tattoo was only partially removed . The proliferation of medical spas and other clinics offering laser treatments worries the ASDS , which said botched laser skin procedures increased 41 percent from 2005 to 2006 . `` We see a definite increase in the number of people being damaged by untrained individuals using these lasers and we think that this is just going to be more of","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The laser surgery business is booming for treatments like hair , tattoo and wrinkle removal . Julie Pak gets laser treatment from a doctor , eight years after she says she was scarred by earlier treatment . In 2005 , the last year recorded , the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery said its members performed nearly 1 million such procedures , about 300,000 more than in 2003 . Board certified dermatologists , however , are not the only ones operating lasers on skin . Laser treatments are offered at local beauty salons , and are also a big part of the medical spa industry , which has grown by 160 percent in the last three years , according to the International Medical Spa Association . The association says a medical spa operates under the full-time , on-site supervision of a licensed health care professional . It offers traditional , complementary and alternative health practices and treatments in a spa-like setting . Some doctors are concerned that while these high-tech devices can produce amazing results , in the wrong hands , the outcome can be horrifying . Eight years ago , computer programmer Julie Pak"}
-{"answer":"dress fancy even for the finest restaurants . Fort Lauderdale has embraced the laid-back beach culture where a nice pair of jeans with a presentable shirt is fine in almost any establishment . An everyman 's guide to L.A. Where can you get the best view of the city ? No one cares about the city views when you can look at the beach and the blue Atlantic Ocean . So , I 'll tell you the best place to sit , have a drink and look at the beach . The recently opened deck at McSorley 's Beach Pub has a great unobstructed view of the ocean and is walking distance from the strip . On a night when the moon is not reflecting off the water and the ocean is obscure , you need to travel only a block or two from the beach to the Intracoastal Waterway . There , you can sit at any of the restaurants or bars on the waterway and watch the boats go by . If you 're traveling with children , the best place to go is to Benihana ; when you are n't being entertained by the chef , you","question":"Fort Lauderdale , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When I 'm not on the road working , I want to feel as if I 'm on vacation . That 's why I live in Fort Lauderdale . I travel a lot for work and for pleasure , but every time I walk through my door , I say to my husband , `` I love our home . '' Fort Lauderdale , just north of Miami , is a beautiful oceanfront town known for seven miles of sandy beach . When I 'm in town , I take advantage of a path that gives bicyclists an ocean view while they exercise . This inviting stretch of sand became popular when it was shown on the big screen in the 1960 film `` Where the Boys Are , '' starring Connie Frances and George Hamilton . Things have changed a lot in Fort Lauderdale since that movie . The strip , the section along the beach where most of the shops , hotels and restaurants are congregated , is still there , and the businesses have gone upscale over the past few years . But you still do n't have to"}
-{"answer":"these kids are going back with their mothers , '' Toobin said on CNN 's `` Anderson Cooper 360 \u00b0 . '' Jessop and other FLDS parents said they had been permitted visits with their children in foster care . Zavenda Young said two of her children were sent to Waco , Texas , and two to Hockley , 148 miles away . `` They 're in Boys and Girls Country in Hockley . And it 's just a -- it 's an institution , '' she told host Larry King . Their father , Edson Jessop , said the experience has been rough on the children . `` You can see it 's a lot of stress on them , '' he said . `` Every time we leave , they go through that trauma again . It 's enough to rip your heart out . '' `` They feel betrayed by adults , and they 're hurting very badly , '' Margaret Jessop added . The Texas Child Protective Services Department 's Web site says the agency has been `` coordinating with many professional service and government agencies to ensure the safety , health and comfort of the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Children from a polygamist sect who one mother says are `` hurting very badly '' in state custody are likely to be returned to their parents , a CNN legal analyst says . FLDS member Margaret Jessop says her children `` feel betrayed by adults . '' A Texas appeals court ruled Thursday that the state had no right to remove hundreds of children from the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints ' ranch in Eldorado on April 3 , based on the suspicion that a few were being sexually abused . A sect mother who has four children in state custody said the matter has not been fully resolved because an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court is possible . `` I 'm very grateful , but I 'd like to see the children in my arms before I rejoice greatly , '' Margaret Jessop said on CNN 's `` Larry King Live . '' Watch Jessop react to the ruling '' But a permanent reunion of families is likely , said Jeffrey Toobin , CNN senior legal analyst . `` Based on this ruling I think it 's clear that if it stands , all"}
-{"answer":"take action after demonstrators disregarded an ultimatum by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to vacate the intersection by Wednesday . Panitan Wattanayagorn , the acting government spokesman , said on Friday security forces who have been the objects of attacks have no choice but to respond . He told reporters that forces have been dutifully following the rules of engagement , which allows them to use live ammunition to protect themselves and their comrades . He assured Bangkok residents and foreigners there that the forces have no intention of harming anyone . The government , he said , is `` very confident '' it will be able to `` stabilize the situation '' and get it `` under control very soon . '' Also , he said the prime minister is looking forward to working with others in hammering out reforms . The United Front for Democracy , the formal name of the Red Shirt opposition , has been demanding that Abhisit dissolve the lower house of Parliament and call new elections . The Red Shirts support former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , who was ousted in a bloodless military coup . Tensions ramped up when Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdipol --","question":"Bangkok , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The bitter standoff between government troops and Red Shirt protesters in downtown Bangkok worsened Friday , the day after the wounding of a key protest leader aggravated the already deep tensions permeating the Thai capital . Hospital officials reported 16 people died in confrontations Friday in Bangkok , an urban fortress under siege and beset by gunfire , tear gas and stone-throwing . That followed the death of one person Thursday . The unrest boiled over after Thai authorities set a new deadline to seal off the Bangkok intersection where protesters have gathered by the thousands for the past month . In addition to the deaths , more than 140 people were wounded in the violence , including four non-Thais -- a Pole , a Canadian , a Liberian and a Myanmarese . A government official said Thai forces were slowly getting control of the downtown area , with video footage showing soldiers shooting rounds toward the area with protesters . Among those wounded on Friday was a journalist from a French television station who was shot in the leg . What are protests about ? The government said it was forced to"}
-{"answer":"now , they say he is a frail and sickly man who has faced extreme humiliation and would essentially be given a death sentence if a judge hands down the maximum sentence allowed . It will be up to Judge A. Kirke Bartley Jr. to decide how to reconcile the two portraits of Tony Marshall . He faces a minimum one to three years , or as much as eight to 25 years in state prison . The drastically differing views have only further heightened interest in the case , which during the trial stage was a tabloid feeding frenzy , fostering headlines such as `` Bad heir day , '' `` Mrs. Astor 's disaster '' and `` DA 's kick in the Astor . '' The witness list was a virtual `` Who 's Who '' of New York 's social elite -- including Henry Kissinger , Graydon Carter , Barbara Walters , Vartan Gregorian and Annette de la Renta . During the case , prosecutors and witnesses portrayed Marshall as an only son preying on his physically and mentally ill 101-year-old mother . Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann called the case `` disturbing , '' and said","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He was a cold , calculating , `` morally depraved '' man who spent the last years of his socialite and megaphilanthropist mother 's life bilking her fortune to line his pockets . That 's one way to see Anthony Marshall -- and it 's the only way , according to the prosecutors who secured a conviction against him for grand larceny and scheming to defraud his mother , Brooke Astor . Now as the 85-year-old son prepares to be sentenced Monday for his crimes , another portrait of him has emerged -- thanks to close friends and celebrity acquaintances -LRB- including Al Roker and Whoopi Goldberg -RRB- who sent letters to the court in hopes of saving him from a lengthy prison sentence . The man prosecutors described during the trial is apparently unrecognizable to many of Marshall 's friends and acquaintances . He was a loyal , churchgoing man , a Purple Heart recipient wounded in Iwo Jima during World War II and a son who tried mightily but could never live up to the high ideals of his socialite mother , according to letters friends submitted to the court . And"}
-{"answer":"was short an actor for the film `` The Lodger '' -RRB- , Hitchcock soon made it his egotistical trademark to appear in his own films , amassing a total of 37 cameos throughout his career . Ayn Rand The egotist 's egotist , author Ayn Rand -LRB- born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum -RRB- is the patron saint of Thinking You 're Better Than Everybody Else . Her most famous novels , The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged , are massive dramatizations of Objectivism , her self-spun Oscar-the-Grouch philosophy for success . Objectivism champions ego and accomplishment , shuns all religion as folly , and condemns any form of charity or altruism as counterproductive to society . Rand 's novels often focus on protagonists -LRB- invariably men -RRB- who are shunned by others because of their genius , but then persevere over the foolishness of morons to prove said genius and emerge triumphant . Not surprisingly , she saw humility as a weakness and regarded laughing at yourself as `` spitting in your own face . '' So , just how much did Rand believe in her own philosophy ? Let 's just say a lot . With signature modesty , she","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- They say a lot of artistic expression is motivated by self-loathing . But not for these folks ! Long before the Material Girl ordered papa to stop preaching , these six puffed-up virtuosos knew darn well how to strike a pose . Alfred Hitchcock did n't leave people in suspense about how he felt about actors . Here 's to the creative types who managed to raise egotism to an art form . Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock was , without question , one of the towering geniuses of cinema . And , like many greats , he was n't exactly the best collaborator . Hitchcock was particularly trying for screenwriters , who felt he never properly credited them for their work . But he was notoriously hard on actors . He was once quoted as saying , `` Actors are cattle '' -- a quip that stirred up a huge outcry -LRB- actors can be so touchy -RRB- . In response , he issued this correction : `` I have been misquoted . What I really said is , ` Actors should be treated as cattle . ' '' Although it began accidentally -LRB- when he"}
-{"answer":"the troupe . `` I never saw her without a smile on her face , '' Erskine said in a statement . `` It is hard to believe that such a bright light could be quenched so early and while burning so brilliantly . '' She joined the Irish dance troupe in 1998 and performed with them for most of a decade , studying medicine at the same time , Erskine said . Watch CNN 's Paula Newton report on families awaiting news of Air France Flight 447 '' `` Anyone who traveled with Eithne will remember the medical books always on the go and her constant attention to her studies , '' he said . `` Without doubt she was someone with a rich future stretching out ahead of her . '' The wife one passenger said Tuesday she was only beginning to come to grips with the likelihood that he is dead . `` I have to say , maybe today I 'm realizing he might not come back , '' Patricia Coakley told a reporter about her husband , Arthur . The structural engineer and designer had completed a business trip to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil","question":"PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Friends and relatives of the 216 passengers and 12 crew members on Air France Flight 447 are coming to terms with the news that wreckage from the flight was found in the Atlantic Ocean . Eithne Walls , who danced with Riverdance on Broadway , was aboard Air France flight 447 . Among those on board were a member of Brazil 's former royal family , a one-time performer with the Riverdance troupe , a Rio city official , executives from major international companies and an 11-year-old British schoolboy . Pedro Luis de Orleans e Braganca , 26 , was a descendant of the family that ruled Brazil until 1889 , a branch of the former Portuguese royal family . The Orleans and Braganca family considered him to be fourth in line to the throne . Pedro Luis was the oldest son of Prince Antonio and Princess Christine , the family said . He was the only member of the family on the flight , his relatives said . Eithne Walls , who danced with Riverdance on Broadway , was also on the plane , said Julian Erskine , senior executive producer of"}
-{"answer":"`` You got rid of someone that was an inconvenience . I hate you . '' Watch Davis ' family lash out at Cutts '' She continued : '' `` You used and manipulated her over and over and still you sit there and you are not crying . I do n't believe that you are sorry for what you did . I believe that you are sorry that you got caught up in all your lies . I do n't know that you would know the truth . `` Watch sister tell Cutts she hates him Cutts took off his eyeglasses as Davis ' father , Ned , addressed him : `` Do n't even look at me . '' `` Your honor he violently murdered her , '' the anguished father continued . `` Five-foot-four , nine months pregnant , that baby could have been delivered . '' And , tears rolled down Cutts ' face as Davis ' mother , Patricia Porter , spoke of her grief . `` There are mornings I have to cover her picture up , when I ca n't get out of bed . '' She continued , `` I serve an","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jurors spared the life of a former Canton , Ohio , police officer who killed his pregnant girlfriend and tearfully asked them for mercy . A judge then sentenced him Wednesday to 57 years to life in prison . Bobby Lee Cutts Jr . stared straight ahead as the jury announced its recommendation to spare him . Bobby Lee Cutts Jr. , 30 , will be 87 by the time he becomes eligible for parole . He stared straight ahead as the jury of six men and six women recommended that his life be spared . He and his lawyer teared up as the jurors were polled about their decision . Watch Cutts react '' Judge Charles E. Brown added to the sentence , taking other counts into consideration after hearing victim impact statements from the parents and sisters of victim Jessie Marie Davis . She was 26 and nine months pregnant when she disappeared last June . Her body , and that of her unborn child , were found 10 days later at a state park in northeastern Ohio . Whitney Davis , Jessie 's sister , directed her anger and grief at Cutts ."}
-{"answer":"'' They hand out fliers outside the gleaming 96th Street mosque , where up to 4,000 people visit every day . Inside the sleek , modernistic house of worship , Imam Shamsi Ali preaches against the violence that now sweeps many Muslim countries . `` What we try to do is reminding our people about the real Islam , '' Ali said . `` We tell them what the real Islam is all about . Islam is about peace . Islam is about moderation . Islam is about friendship . Islam is opposed to any kind of hatred against anybody . '' Law enforcement sources have told CNN the men walk right up to the line of protection under the First Amendment , but their message is not going unnoticed . Al-Khattab handed CNN Correspondent Drew Griffin a business card from an FBI agent who he says is keeping tabs on him . The agent would not comment without clearance from his superiors , except to say , `` Obviously , if they gave you my card , you know we are watching them . '' The mosque has called police on Al-Khattab and Mohammed several times , and passers-by","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Outside a Manhattan mosque where the imam preaches against terrorism , the brothers of the `` Revolution Muslim '' are spreading a different message . Protected by the Constitution of the country they detest , radical Muslim converts like Yousef al-Khattab and Younes Abdullah Mohammed preach that the killing of U.S. troops overseas is justified . In their thinking , so were the September 11 , 2001 , attacks on the United States -- and so are attacks on almost any American . `` Americans will always be a target -- and a legitimate target -- until America changes its nature in the international arena , '' Mohammed said in an interview to air on tonight 's `` AC 360 . '' Al-Khattab and Mohammed consider al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden their model . `` I love him like I ca n't begin to tell you , because he does n't seem to have done anything wrong from the sharia , '' al-Khattab said , referring to Islamic law . `` If you 're asking me if I love him as a Muslim , I love him more than I love myself ."}
-{"answer":"of our fellow passengers , and usually , you really do n't have much of a choice about your seating partners . So the exposure is pure chance . But this does n't mean that you are doomed . Most respiratory viral infectious diseases -- like influenza and the common cold -- transmit via droplets contaminated with the offending microorganism when the infectious person coughs or sneezes . These droplets are propelled no farther than 3 feet and can land on an inanimate object -- such as a seat , overhead bin or seat tray -- or on your body . This is why hand hygiene is so critical and is the single most significant thing you can do to protect yourself and your family when you are traveling or out in public . Study after study shows marked reductions in transmission in public spaces when hand hygiene is practiced , and a recent study found nearly undetectable influenza particle levels after hands contaminated with influenza were washed with either soap and water or an over-the-counter gel containing at least 50 percent alcohol . Sanitize your hands before eating , drinking and after retrieving something from the overhead bin or","question":"Editor 's note : Mark Gendreau , MD , is senior staff physician and vice chairman of emergency medicine at Lahey Clinic , Burlington , Massachusetts , and assistant professor of emergency medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston . His interests include health issues associated with commercial air travel , including transmission of infectious diseases . Dr. Mark Gendreau says swine flu is focusing attention on how to avoid getting a disease while traveling by air . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The novel swine flu is showing the world just how interconnected we are and how commercial aircraft can serve as vehicles of rapid disease spread . I am frequently asked : What is the risk of catching an illness while flying ? In a nutshell , the risk of getting an infection while you 're in an enclosed space such as an airplane depends upon three factors : The infectiousness of the contagious person spreading the illness ; the degree of your exposure -LRB- how close you are to the contagious person and for how long -RRB- ; and the ventilation of the space or passenger cabin . We really have no control over the infectiousness"}
-{"answer":"announced a date for his planned march and local police said Saturday he had not contacted them about it , as people planning marches are required to do before staging a demonstration . But the threat itself prompted more than 215,000 people to join a Facebook group opposing the march as of Monday , a day after he posted a letter online justifying it . `` The highway for heroes & wonderful people of WB do not deserve this march to happen , '' the group 's home page says . `` This group can march anywhere it wishes in the country but have chosen WB to cause outrage & offense . Islam4UK is an extremists -LRB- sic -RRB- Islamic group & does not represent the Muslim community in this country . '' Choudary 's open letter , `` To the Families of British Soldiers who have died or who are currently in Afghanistan , '' appeared on the Web site of his organization , Islam4UK , on Sunday . The group had announced its intention to stage the protest earlier in a short statement on its Web site . `` The procession in Wootton Basset -LRB- sic -RRB- is","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A controversial British Muslim cleric is threatening to stage a march through the town that receives the bodies of British war dead as a protest against the war in Afghanistan , drawing fury and outrage . Anjem Choudary has accused soldiers of `` murderous crimes , '' and said the United States and United Kingdom are seeking to `` establish their own military , economic , strategic and ideological interests in the region . '' British and American troops are suffering `` depression '' as they realize `` there is no real moral or ethic -LRB- sic -RRB- reason for them to murder innocent men , women and children to fulfill their politicians -LRB- sic -RRB- agenda , '' the preacher says . His organization proposes to parade empty coffins through the streets of the English town of Wootton Bassett , where the bodies of British war dead are traditionally brought when they return to the country . Relatives and friends line the streets of the town along with local residents as hearses carry the flag-draped British remains , in scenes of public mourning widely reported by British media . Choudary has not"}
-{"answer":"of the eight helicopter victims to their respective families and children . A military band played sorrowful dirges , as did a drum and bugle corps at other points in the funeral . `` Here , in the earth , their example and memory will endure forever , '' Calderon told the black-attired mourners in the galleries and grandstand , all on their feet during the ceremony . `` These are difficult times for the government and for the nation , but it is also a time to show the strength to overcome these adversities , '' Calderon said . The Friday incident -- which occurred 2.5 miles south of the town of Santa Catarina Atoyzingo in the municipality of Chalco -- evoked comparisons to a 2008 plane crash that also killed the country 's then-interior minister . That crash , in a luxurious Mexico City neighborhood , was later determined to be an accident caused by turbulence . The Learjet carrying the minister and others was following a commercial airliner too closely , authorities said . Calderon on Friday called Blake Mora `` a great Mexican who deeply loved his country and served until the last moment of his","question":"Mexico City -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The helicopter crash in Mexico that killed Interior Minister Jose Francisco Blake Mora and all seven other people aboard shows no evidence of an explosion , a Mexican official said Saturday . `` In visual and preliminary investigations of the crash site , the remains of the aircraft do not show evidence of any kind of damage from an explosion or fire , '' said Dionisio Perez-Jacome , minister of communication and transportation . `` It is worth mentioning that according to the available information up until this moment , present at the place and time of the incident were layers of clouds and reduced visibility , '' Perez-Jacome said . His announcement on government television came as Mexico began a day of grieving for the eight killed Friday in the helicopter crash in a rural area just south of Mexico City . Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife were among the government officials at a public funeral in Mexico City on Saturday afternoon . The eight caskets were each draped with the Mexican flag on the vast green grounds of Campo Militar Marte where Calderon led a tearful ceremony of handing portraits"}
-{"answer":"evening . `` I was shocked , '' said Sophia Kamran . `` When students are sitting on the ground and -LRB- have -RRB- no way of moving to be violent , being totally peaceful , I do n't understand the use of pepper spray against them . '' On Saturday evening , as Katehi left campus , dozens of students sat cross-legged and with their arms linked in a silent protest . A reporter asked Katehi , `` Do you still feel threated by the students ? '' `` No , '' she said . `` No . '' Photos : Navigating a mob on a ` day of action ' DES MOINES , IOWA The crowd at the Family Leader Thanksgiving forum in Des Moines erupted in applause as GOP president contender Newt Gingrich said the Occupy protesters need to `` Go get a job , right after you take a bath . '' `` All the Occupy movement starts with the premise that we all owe them everything , '' he said . `` They take over a public park they did n't pay for , to go nearby to use bathrooms they did n't pay for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What started as the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York in September has spread across major cities worldwide as a call to action against unequal distribution of wealth . Here is a roundup of some of the movement 's recent developments : DAVIS , CALIFORNIA The University of California at Davis placed two police officers on administrative leave after video of them pepper-spraying non-violent protesters at point-blank range sparked outrage at school officials . The chancellor of the University of California , Davis , established a task force Saturday to look into an incident in which a police officer sprayed seated protesters with pepper spray at point blank range . See full story on UC-Davis incident Lida Katehi told CNN 's Don Lemon that she considered the police action on Friday `` unacceptable , '' but stressed she has no plans to step down . `` We really want to look into this very carefully and take action ... make sure that it will never happen again on our campus , '' she said . One of the protesters hit by the spray told CNN 's Lemon that she was still feeling some after-effects Saturday"}
-{"answer":"technology and the kind of organization to monitor the situation and to intervene if an emergency arises , '' he said . Bertolaso noted that authorities have been keeping a minute-by-minute watch because of heavy storms over the past few days . He said the water level would probably increase for a few more hours and eventually peak between 8 p.m. and midnight local time Friday -LRB- between 1800 and 2200 GMT -RRB- . `` If there will be no more rain , the situation is expected to stabilize , '' he said . Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno said he did not expect a major flood and noted that only a few dwellings have been evacuated -- primarily those inhabited by immigrants and Roma , who have set up makeshift camps on the banks of the Tiber . `` I just recommend people to stay at home and not to rush to the river banks to watch the river swelling , '' Alemanno said . Hundreds of volunteers and civil protection officials have been deployed around Rome to monitor the situation , the Civil Protection Department said . Sandbags have been lined up to contain any possible river overflow ,","question":"ROME , Italy -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Officials monitoring the River Tiber in Rome fear it could break its banks as early as Friday evening after a spate of bad weather in Italy -- but do not expect major flooding . A rescue boat patrols the swollen River Tiber in central Rome early Friday . Guido Bertolaso , the head of the Italian Civil Protection Department said that there is a 20 to 30 percent chance the river could break its banks and cause disruption in some neighborhoods in northern Rome , but not in the historic city center . Two people have died in weather-related incidents elsewhere in Italy . `` We see that the flow is increasing , but it is not reaching a level that could be dangerous for the capital city of Italy , '' said Bertolaso about the Tiber , deeming the situation `` crucial but not serious . '' Bertolaso , calling the situation `` quite extraordinary , '' labeled the flood threat and storms as the `` fifth most serious situation of the past 100 years . '' `` But I think it is under control and the secret is to have the"}
-{"answer":"pays to advertise to a certain extent . We want anyone who would do us harm to know that we 're out there , that we have the capability to detect , '' Kelly said . Eight government agencies participated in the drill , ranging from the NYPD to the U.S. Coast Guard . The exercise took place at the entrance of New York Harbor , just south of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge linking Staten Island to Brooklyn . Per the drill 's plan , eight boats were to cross a checkpoint set up by authorities . They were on the lookout for abnormally high concentrations of radioactivity -- a telltale sign of an improvised nuclear device or a radiological dispersal device , more familiarly known as a dirty bomb . Some of the boats were decoys with no radioactive substances aboard , while others had actual radioactive isotopes planted in them . A radioactivity detector in the hull of the authorities ' boats was to identify which vessels had radioactive substances in them . The devices are highly sensitive -- so much so that people who have recently had certain medical treatments can set them off . It was up","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Federal , state and municipal agencies staged an elaborate drill in the waters off New York City on Tuesday to prepare for the possibility of a nuclear or dirty-bomb attack from the water . A U.S. Coast Guard vessel passes a container ship in New York Harbor as part of Tuesday 's terror drill . `` We 're a big city , and there are vulnerabilities , '' said Ray Kelly , commissioner of the New York Police Department . Agencies involved in Tuesday 's test emphasized they did not undertake it because of a specific threat against the city . However , Kelly said the city was taking no chances after a proclamation years ago by Osama bin Laden . `` We do know that Osama bin Laden several years ago obtained a fatwah to use nuclear weapons , and our goal is to make certain that that fatwah does not come to fruition , '' he said . In addition to increasing various agencies ' preparedness for a seaborne radiological attack , Kelly said Tuesday 's well-publicized drill was meant to deter those who would perpetrate such an attack . `` It"}
-{"answer":"his death during `` a deep conversation '' 14 years ago about `` the circumstances of my father 's death . '' Watch more from Presley on Jackson '' `` At some point he paused , he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty , ' I am afraid that I am going to end up like him , the way he did , ' '' Presley wrote . `` I promptly tried to deter him from the idea , at which point he just shrugged his shoulders and nodded almost matter of fact as if to let me know , he knew what he knew and that was kind of that . '' That conversation haunted Presley as she watched television coverage of Jackson 's death Thursday , she said . `` I am sitting here watching on the news -LSB- as -RSB- an ambulance leaves the driveway of his home , the big gates , the crowds outside the gates , the coverage , the crowds outside the hospital , the cause of death and what may have led up to it and the memory of this conversation hit me , as","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson knew `` exactly how his fate would be played out '' and feared his death would echo that of Elvis Presley , Lisa Marie Presley wrote in an online blog posted Friday morning . Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley in 1994 . Presley says , `` I loved him very much '' and believes he loved her . Presley -- the daughter of Elvis , the `` King of Rock , '' and the ex-wife of Jackson , the `` King of Pop '' -- wrote on her MySpace page that she wanted `` to say now what I have never said before because I want the truth out there for once . '' Her publicist confirmed Presley wrote the blog . She said her short marriage to Jackson -- from May 1994 until January 1996 -- `` was not ' a sham ' as is being reported in the press , '' but she divorced him because she was `` in over my head in trying '' to save Jackson `` from the inevitable , which is what has just happened . '' Jackson talked with her about"}
-{"answer":"plane , according to Rosekind . Several memory cards have been found at the wreckage site that may have come from either device , and will be sent to the NTSB laboratory in Washington , D.C. , for a full analysis , Rosekind said . They may belong to some of the 200,000 spectators then at the annual National Championship Air Races and Air Show . Investigators do have a copy of the `` box '' data , since it was sent in real time by telemetry to sources outside the aircraft . Besides the cards , Rosekind said parts of a plane 's tail , an `` elevator trim tab '' and video camera fragments have been found . `` There were thousands of pieces of debris , '' Plagens said , explaining how the site had been laid out in a grid system to help organize the probe . As with the memory cards , one of the authorities ' first goals will be to determine if these came from the plane being piloted by 74-year-old Jimmy Leeward . Countering earlier reports , Rosekind said on Sunday that Leeward did not send a `` Mayday call , ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The small , World War II-era plane that crashed Friday during a Reno , Nevada , air race was equipped with data and video recording devices that investigators hope to use to help determine what happened and why . Seven people , including the pilot , were killed when the plane crashed into spectators at the race , with two others later dying at area hospitals . Close to 70 people were injured . National Transportation Safety Board member Mark Rosekind on Sunday described this realization , as well as the discovery of information and pieces that may have come from the devices , as `` significant new information . '' It was also not entirely expected , given the size and nature of the P-51 aircraft . `` I 'm not aware of a lot of aircraft having it , this is the first one I came across , '' said Howard Plagens , who is the NTSB official heading the investigation . Plagens was referring to a `` box '' that recorded key variables such as altitude , latitude and oil pressure . In addition , there was an outward-facing video camera on the"}
-{"answer":"scenes for years ; he 'd met O'Donoghue and Sheehan not long before the pair packed it in and returned to Dublin , plying their trade and looking for breaks . Descriptions of the trio as `` an overnight success '' thus leave them skeptical . If that 's the case , said Sheehan before a concert at Piedmont Park in Atlanta , Georgia , `` It was the longest night of our lives . '' Watch an interview with The Script '' On the other hand , when success did strike , it struck hard and relatively quickly . When O'Donoghue and Sheehan returned to Dublin , they decided to form a band . They recruited Power , noting their `` great strength together '' -- in Power 's words -- after jamming together . The Script 's first single , `` We Cry , '' hit the UK Top 20 in the spring of 2008 , and the second , `` The Man Who Ca n't Be Moved , '' hit No. 1 . The group 's self-titled debut came out in August 2008 in Britain . In December 2008 , they played the Nobel Peace Prize Concert","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Script did n't follow the script . The Script includes , from left to right , Glen Power , Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan . In the standard showbiz treatment , a group -- say , three plucky , working-class music-mad young men from Dublin , Ireland -- travel to the grand shores of the U.S. of A . They form a band , grab the ear of a noted producer and , with a lucky break or two , are soon opening for the stars who inspired them so many years before . If the story needs a rousing climax , they return as conquering heroes to their homeland , pick up the local paper and find that their new single has gone straight to No. 1 . Applause , joyful tears , roll credits . Well , it was n't quite like that . In the case of The Script -- vocalist\/keyboardist Danny O'Donoghue , multi-instrumentalist Mark Sheehan and drummer Glen Power -- O'Donoghue and Sheehan traveled to the States and spent several years as struggling writers and producers . Drummer Power , another Dubliner , had bummed around music"}
-{"answer":"is being treated unfairly ? `` Sarah Palin believes God told her to go to war with Iraq ! '' There has been some hard-core journalistic malpractice on this one . The Associated Press ran this headline about a speech she gave at her church : `` Palin : Iraq war ' a task that is from God ' '' In the story , they omit the first part of the sentence they 're quoting along with the entire previous sentence for good measure . Here are her actual words : `` Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right . Also , for this country , that our leaders , our national leaders , are sending them out on a task that is from God . That 's what we have to make sure that we 're praying for , that there is a plan and that that plan is God 's plan . '' Palin is clearly praying that we 're doing the right thing in Iraq , something sensible for an introspective woman of faith concerned about the lives of our troops to do . She 's not saying that","question":"Editor 's note : Glenn Beck is on CNN Headline News nightly at 7 and 9 ET and also is host of a conservative national radio talk show . Glenn Beck has some lines McCain can use in tonight 's speech to articulate his vision for change NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Campaigns are ugly . Watching the way politicians act makes you long for the respect and self-control of the Sopranos . Throughout , there are legitimate attacks and outright lies . Every once in a while , I get a call on my radio show from someone telling me that Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim , who admitted it in an interview with George Stephanopoulos , and has a fake birth certificate . No , no , and no . As I tell them , there are legitimate reasons not to vote for Barack Obama , no need to make them up . But the newest target is Sarah Palin . Let 's take a quick look at just a fraction of what she has faced in her first few days as John McCain 's choice for vice president . iReport.com : Do you think Palin"}
-{"answer":"the Zurich Film Festival . In the aftermath of Polanski 's arrest last weekend , a number of performers -- including Penelope Cruz , Tilda Swinton and Monica Bellucci -- appear as supporters on a petition which states , `` Roman Polanski is a French citizen , a renown and international artist now facing extradition . This extradition , if it takes place , will be heavy in consequences and will take away his freedom . '' Polanski 's detention has stirred debate over whether he should be returned to the United States to face possible imprisonment . Supporters make note of his age , the years that have passed , his talent and the victim 's own assertion that pursuing the case opens fresh wounds for her as reasons the director should be left alone . But critics observe that Polanski 's supporters might be downplaying his crime . `` I do n't think a lot of people take the sexual assault of children very seriously at all , and it 's something we battle everyday , '' said Grier Weeks , executive director of Protect , a national organization to protect children . `` We say at Protect","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While several high-profile actors and directors have rallied around Roman Polanski , not everyone in Hollywood believes he should be freed and forgiven . The case surrounding the arrest of director Roman Polanski has both supporters and critics . In the face of a petition signed by notables such as Woody Allen , Martin Scorsese and John Landis calling for the immediate release of Polanski following his detainment in Switzerland , a backlash is building against such support . `` I ca n't believe that Hollywood has separated itself so completely from American morality , '' said Paul Petersen , a former child actor and president of A Minor Consideration , which advocates on behalf of young performers . `` It is yet another case of Hollywood being out of sync with most of America . '' Polanski pleaded guilty in 1977 to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor , but fled the United States before he could be sentenced . In the years since , the director known for `` Chinatown '' and `` Rosemary 's Baby '' settled in France and avoided authorities until he was arrested Saturday while on his way to"}
-{"answer":"Research in Tibet -RRB- to combat the high infant and maternal mortality rates in Tibet and around the world . Through One H.E.A.R.T. , Samen 's mission is to reach remote areas where women have limited access to a safe delivery , distribute the organization 's training model , and debunk any fears toward safe , sanitary birthing practices . `` It 's not uncommon for babies to die from basic things like not cleaning their mouth out to breathe , '' says Samen . `` In surveys we 've done , more than 50 percent of babies that died were born alive . This is due to lack of education . '' Watch Samen talk about the organization 's work '' Since 1998 , One H.E.A.R.T has worked to set up centers that teach and educate local nurse practitioners , villagers and expectant mothers on how to deliver and care for newborn babies . A huge part of the organization 's instruction includes hands-on birthing demonstration and distribution of community-tailored birth kits . `` I witnessed deliveries where the infant did not even have a blanket , '' says Samen . `` I put a kit together with very","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was n't Tibet 's subzero temperatures that nurse practitioner Arlene Samen found so chilling on a 1997 medical trip , but the haunting stories she was told about mothers and newborns on the brink of death after childbirth . Arlene Samen , right , helps provide childbirth education and equipment to those in need through One H.E.A.R.T. `` When I came to Tibet I heard of so many tragic stories of women dying -- no access to care in remote areas , no history of trained birth attendants , and no knowledge about pregnancy and childbirth , '' Samen recalls . It is a problem that stretches well beyond Tibet 's borders . According to the World Health Organization , more than 500,000 women worldwide die each year as a result of complications during pregnancy and childbirth , and nearly 7 million babies are either born dead or die within 28 days of their life . Almost all these deaths occur in the developing world . Upon her return from Tibet , and in association with the University of Utah Health Services Center , Samen , 54 , created One H.E.A.R.T. -LRB- Health Education And"}
-{"answer":"Pragmatic Theory combined to form Bellkor 's Pragmatic Chaos , the first team to qualify for the prize on June 26 with a 10.05 percent improvement over Netflix 's existing algorithm . This triggered a 30-day window in which other teams were allowed to try to catch up -- and indeed , a team called The Ensemble , made up of lower-ranked contestants , submitted a higher score of 10.10 percent as time ran out -- a hair better than Bellkor 's Pragmatic Chaos ' final score of 10.09 percent . Before Sept. 21 , Netflix must decide -LRB- assuming they have n't done so already -RRB- which of the two qualifying teams has the best algorithm based on how they score on various undisclosed tests . The company must also determine whether the winning team 's results are reproducible , meaning that its algorithm handles new data as well as it did the test data . When we wrote about this last month , after the window for qualifying closed , Netflix declined to say whether it will reveal details about its methodology for picking the winner -LRB- whichever team loses , they 're going to want to know","question":"-LRB- WIRED -RRB- -- For the past three years some of the world 's most resourceful software engineers and mathematicians have worked feverishly in the spirit of friendly , Darwinian competition -- and in pursuit of a $ 1 million prize -- to improve the Netflix movie recommendation system by 10 percent . Netflix says it will announce the winner of its $ 1 million Netflix Prize at an event September 21 . It 's been a long journey , but it 's almost over . Netflix said Tuesday it would announce the winner at an event in New York on Sept. 21 -- where details about the Netflix Prize 2 sequel would also be unveiled . As things stand now , nobody outside of Netflix knows which team will win the million-dollar prize , but the winning entry will power Netflix 's upcoming movie recommendation engine . Because nothing about the contest barred entrants from licensing their technology to companies other than Netflix , both qualifying teams could find plenty of licensees -- even if they come in second . And not much separates the two top teams . Teams Bellkor -LRB- AT&T Research -RRB- , Big Chaos and"}
-{"answer":"the shooting and house fire that claimed nine lives . Another rented car that Pardo used to flee the scene was found booby-trapped after the shooting , police said . That car burned as the Covina bomb squad was trying to disconnect an explosive device in it , police said . On Saturday , Covina police released the names of the nine people unaccounted for since the shooting and fire . Nine bodies were recovered from the rubble of the house , but authorities said that they are having to work with dental records to establish identities . `` The bodies were so badly burned they can not be identified any other way , '' said Covina police Lt. Pat Buchanan . The nine unaccounted for include Sylvia Pardo , her parents , her sister , her two brothers , both brothers ' wives , and a nephew . Ages of the nine range from 17 to 80 , police said . On Monday night , police said Pardo 's mother had also planned to attend the Christmas party , but did n't go because she was sick . Pardo had a contentious relationship with his mother , according to","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The man who police say dressed as Santa Claus and killed nine people at a Christmas Eve party may have also had plans to kill his mother and his former wife 's divorce attorney , police said Monday night . Bruce Jeffrey Pardo went on a shooting rampage in a Los Angeles suburb on Wednesday , police say . Prime suspect Bruce Jeffrey Pardo , who police said committed suicide hours after he went on a shooting rampage and started a raging house fire in the Los Angeles suburb of Covina , left a rental car with a gasoline canister outside the home of attorney Scott Nord , said Pat Buchanan of the Covina Police Department . Police previously said that Pardo targeted his rampage at his former wife , Sylvia Ortega Pardo , and her family at the family 's Christmas Eve party . A divorce between the two was finalized in court on December 18 in a `` somewhat contentious proceeding , '' Covina Police Chief Kim Raney said last week . Police believe Pardo planned to carry out a similar attack at Nord 's house as he did at"}
-{"answer":"floods and the enduring drought in Australia are not anomalies , they are harbingers . It is not enough to attack what causes global warming ; we also must prepare to live with it . We must reduce carbon emissions and adapt to the changing climate . Even if greenhouse gas emissions stopped increasing today , the climate would continue to change for generations because of the gases that are already in the atmosphere . People will go home , even if home is in harm 's way . The pull of family , friends and happy memories proved irresistible for many in the Lower 9th Ward . The common history and culture of any community will keep people living in flood plains , along earthquake faults , and on shorelines , if those places are home . More people are moving into harm 's way . The number of people who live at the water 's edge will continue to grow . The Lower 9th Ward is not unique -- more than 50 percent of America 's population lives within 50 miles of a coast , according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . The same percentage applies","question":"New Orleans , Louisiana -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Copenhagen , Denmark , is 5,000 miles away from New Orleans , Louisiana . But representatives of the 192 nations gathering this week at the climate change conference need to keep the memory of a flooded New Orleans in mind . Two years ago this month , the Make It Right Foundation was launched to help the families of New Orleans ' Lower 9th Ward rebuild their lives and community . That was already two years after Katrina , and the once-vibrant neighborhood was still in ruins , failed by government and frustrated by a lack of progress . Working with the Lower 9th Ward community , with families who lost everything in Katrina , with cutting-edge architects and inventive builders , we learned some truths and made some discoveries we would like to share with the climate change negotiators in Copenhagen : We need urgent action . Climate change is real and happening now . The world already is reeling from the consequences -- rising sea levels , more violent storms , more frequent flooding and prolonged droughts . Hurricane Katrina , the killer heat wave in Europe , China 's"}
-{"answer":"again , bowled , drank the film 's signature white Russians and quoted each other their favorite lines . Watch highlights from the Fest '' There were plenty of Jeff `` the Dude '' Lebowskis , but also a handful of people dressed like his addled Vietnam vet sidekick Walter Sobchak , and sex offender nemesis from the bowling alley , Jesus Quintana . Others dressed up as lines of dialogue or set pieces , like the tumbleweed blowing across Los Angeles in the opening of the film . Most of the attendees stay in character the entire night with a dedication that would make Russell Crowe or Robert DeNiro jealous . `` There 's a certain community thing that goes on when you hang out and watch your favorite film , '' said Lebowski Fest co-founder Scott Shuffitt . `` When you are watching it with 700 people who love it just as much as you do and everyone 's quoting from it , it 's just a really nice community . '' Shuffitt and fellow founder Will Russell came up with the idea in 2002 while quoting lines from the movie during a slow day selling T-shirts at","question":"Tukwila , WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Dude was in the house . Winners of the Seattle Lebowski Fest best-costume prizes pose at a bowling alley . Actually there were 11 Dudes , all dressed in the bathrobe-paired-with-sunglasses look made famous by actor Jeff Bridges in the movie `` The Big Lebowski . '' The venue , a bowling alley outside Seattle , Washington , was the setting for the Lebowski Fest , the unofficial celebration of the Coen brothers classic . When the film -- with its story of an aging hippie bowler turned bumbling detective -- opened in 1998 , `` The Big Lebowski '' fell flat at the box office and with many critics . Since then , however , the movie has developed a distinct cult following . `` These guys are not the ` Star Trek ' fans , they are not the ` Star Wars ' fans , they are a different class . They are not the nerds . They are the slackers , '' said attendee Scott Glancy . Dressed like a wide range of characters from the film , about 200 attendees of Seattle Lebowski Fest watched the movie yet"}
-{"answer":"stage the size of a basketball court and called it `` Our Land , Our People . '' He invited Tibetans to walk on his dirt , write on it or pick up a microphone to express themselves . He knew it could never be the same as actually returning to Tibet , but perhaps , he thought , it would spark a sliver of that feeling . He thought of his father on Wednesday when the installation opened and people lined up , many overwhelmed with emotion . The only wish his father had was to see Tibet one more time . But he fell ill in 2007 and died . A father 's unfulfilled wish drove his artist son to create something that would allow the displaced to be able to `` return '' home again . And others like him , who were born outside of Tibet , to finally feel native earth they have never had under their feet . `` There are so many like my father who wanted to return , '' Rigdol said . `` And many more who have never been to Tibet . '' Tenzin Dorjee , 31 , remembers receiving","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They lined up hundreds strong to touch the dirt . Some fell to their knees , clutching the gritty stuff as though it were a long-lost child . Others lifted it to their lips to savor a taste of the home they left behind decades ago . Exiles -- who face never returning to Tibet as long as it is under Chinese rule -- stood on Tibetan soil this week , fulfilling a desire that has burned within since they fled westward across the Himalayas . Only , this week , they were able to do it in Dharamsala , the Indian hilltown that functions as the de facto capital of the refugee community . The display was the work of New York artist Tenzing Rigdol , 29 , who clandestinely trucked in sacks containing 22 tons of dirt from Tibet to Dharamsala to construct his installation . He did not want to disclose details of the soil 's journey , fearful of the repercussions of the act of smuggling . All he would say is that it was a `` complicated process that took 17 months . '' Rigdol then spread the dirt over a"}
-{"answer":"mom & boyfriend . '' Celebrities furthering their education are not new , but with the advent of social networking sites , stars ' every move can be tracked and reported . When actor James Franco apparently fell asleep during a lecture at Columbia University in New York City earlier this year , a photo snapped by a classmate made the rounds online and prompted many a tweet . Franco , who has appeared in films such as `` Spiderman '' and the critically acclaimed `` Milk , '' was reported to be taking classes at Columbia and New York University while also writing a book . Paparazzi were on high alert when Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen began attending classes at NYU in 2004 . Photos appeared constantly of the tiny twosome -- often with bodyguards in tow -- on their way to and from class after they moved from Los Angeles to New York City for school . Stars such as Julia Stiles , who enrolled in Columbia , and Natalie Portman , who attended Harvard , have tried to be as under the radar as possible while pursuing their education . According to a 2003 article about","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Emma Watson may have wanted to just blend in when she started her freshman year recently at Brown University , but it seems not everyone has the same idea . `` Harry Potter '' actress Emma Watson is an incoming freshman at Brown University in Rhode Island . The actress , best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the `` Harry Potter '' films , showed up last week at the Ivy League school in Providence , Rhode Island , where new students were treated to orientation activities before the official start of classes on Wednesday . Watson was photographed looking very relaxed in jean shorts and a white T-shirt , but reports are that her introduction to academia has been less than low-key , with much excitement being stirred by her presence . The blog Just Jared reported that while the British actress visited the campus on Friday with her mother and her boyfriend , Jay Barrymore , Twitter user @cupcakenar sent out the following tweet : `` My dad made Emma Watson mad by taking a photo of her going inside the Financial Aid office at Brown . She was with her"}
-{"answer":"bisexual and transgender community . John Aravosis , a prominent gay blogger and co-founder of the Web site AmericaBlog , led the charge against the Obama campaign , writing that the Illinois Democrat was `` sucking up to anti-gay bigots '' and `` giving them a stage . '' When the story bubbled up into the mainstream media , it took the Obama campaign by surprise . Obama 's efforts in the Palmetto State have overwhelmingly targeted African-American churchgoers in a bid to win over black voters in South Carolina from rival Sen. Hillary Clinton . The campaign has vigorously promoted the candidate 's faith , launching `` 40 Days of Faith and Family '' in September , which used Bible study groups to tap into the black electorate . Campaigners have run three radio ads , one of which called Obama a `` Christian family man , '' that aired on gospel stations across the state . Earlier this month , Obama spoke at an evangelical church in the traditionally conservative city of Greenville , where he demonstrated a casual familiarity with Christian vocabulary , telling the crowd , to much applause , that `` I am confident that","question":"COLUMBIA , South Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Democratic Sen. Barack Obama kicked off a series of local outreach gospel concerts Friday in Charleston , South Carolina , that unexpectedly came back to bite his campaign . Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is competing for the black vote with Hillary Clinton . The concerts were meant to boost black voters ' support for his presidential nominee bid -- the kind of events that would normally fly under the national radar . The ensuing controversy highlighted that Obama 's desire to unite disparate voting blocs -- especially religious voters -- under his umbrella of `` change '' is not without some serious pitfalls . When the campaign announced the lineups for the three-city `` Embrace the Change ! '' gospel tour last week , one name stood out to gay bloggers : Donnie McClurkin . The Grammy-award winning singer is on record as saying homosexuality is a choice , and that he was `` once involved with those desires and those thoughts '' but was able to get past them through prayer . To say the least , neither of those arguments is very popular in the gay , lesbian ,"}
-{"answer":"behind bars , charged with kidnapping , custodial interference and child abuse . A lead prompted investigators to focus on the landfill , which is owned by Republic Services , a waste and environmental services company based in Phoenix , Arizona . The part of the landfill that will be searched has been pinpointed , according to McManus . First , it will take at least six days to remove 45 feet of garbage that has piled up since the time investigators believe evidence may have been dumped in the area . `` Once we have removed the debris and have searched our target area , we will begin the arduous task of sifting through layers in the search for possible evidence , '' McManus said . `` This phase will be a long and repetitive cycle . Search teams will be looking for anything of evidentiary value . '' Cadaver dogs will assist the search teams in the effort , which will be conducted weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. , McManus said . He estimated more than 20 people will be involved . Rain would not compromise any evidence but could cause dangerous toxic runoff , which","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Investigators searching for a missing 8-month-old boy began an intensive excavation and search effort Tuesday at a Texas landfill . `` Let me say this , that we do remain hopeful that baby Gabriel is alive , '' William McManus , chief of the San Antonio Police Department , said at a news conference at the landfill . `` We are , however , conducting both a missing persons investigation as well as a homicide investigation , '' he said , adding that aspects surrounding Gabriel Johnson 's disappearance involve elements of a possible homicide . Gabriel has been missing since December 26 and was last seen in San Antonio , with his 23-year-old mother , Elizabeth Johnson , who has refused to disclose information on his whereabouts . She told Gabriel 's father she killed the boy and has also said she gave him away to a couple in San Antonio , police say . Johnson drove Gabriel to San Antonio from Tempe , Arizona , and she went to Florida a week later , according to investigators . Johnson was arrested in Florida and extradited to Maricopa County , Arizona , where she remains"}
-{"answer":"would be adequate , said Maj. Daren Payne , the Army Corps ' deputy commander for the Mobile , Alabama , District . The corps sent a letter to Perdue assessing the situation and pointing out that they are `` not going to run out -LSB- of water -RSB- any time soon , '' Payne said . The corps -- under an agreement reached in the 1980s with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , the state and downstream users -- releases 5,000 feet of water per second from the dam between Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River . The figure was based on a Florida hydroelectric power plant 's needs , as well as concern for endangered species in the river , including mussels and sturgeon . On Friday , Georgia filed a motion seeking to require the Army Corps of Engineers to restrict water flows from the lake and other north Georgia reservoirs . Watch Gov. Perdue blast a `` disaster of federal bureaucracy '' \u00c2 '' The corps said it needs 120 days to review its water policies , according to Perdue . The Bush administration has been in contact with the Georgia congressional delegation on the matter","question":"LAKE LANIER , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue declared a water supply emergency in north Georgia on Saturday as its water resources dwindled to a dangerously low level after months of drought . But an Army Corps of Engineers official denied there is a water crisis . Perdue , who signed an executive order Saturday , asked for President Bush 's help in easing regulations that require the state to send water downstream to Alabama and Florida . He also asked the president to declare 85 counties as federal disaster areas . Perdue blasted what he called the `` silly rules '' governing the water supplies , noting that even if the state got replenishing rains , it could not by law conserve those , but must release 3.2 billion gallons a day downstream . `` The actions of the Corps of Engineers and Fish and Wildlife Service are not only irresponsible , I believe they 're downright dangerous and Georgia can not stand for this negligence , '' Perdue said . The Army Corps of Engineers , however , presented a different assessment . If there were nine months without rain , water supplies still"}
-{"answer":"`` People here are n't interested in the politics , they just want to carry on with their lives . '' Stobbs has vivid memories of the night of December 21 , 1988 -- the `` shortest and darkest night of the year , '' he says . `` The houses were just slowly burning and more houses were catching fire . The windows were popping , the gutters were burning , everything was burning . It was like hell . I remember seeing a wrought iron gate in the distance and I remember it was dripping like molten butter , drip drip dripping away . '' At first Stobbs thought it was a military aircraft which had crashed into the town . Then he heard that the nose cone of a 747 had landed in a field three miles from Lockerbie and he knew that he was dealing with far greater numbers of dead . `` We were told about the 747 , '' he says , `` and we realized we were n't looking for twenty people but for 300 . But where were they ? '' There is a small memorial room beside the little church of","question":"LOCKERBIE , Scotland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi 's fate hangs in the balance . The Libyan man convicted for the 1988 Lockerbie bombings has terminal prostate cancer and , according to his lawyers , just weeks to live . Mourners at the 20th anniversary memorial service for the victims of the Lockerbie bombing . Scotland 's Justice Minister Frank MacAskill is weighing up whether to release him on compassionate grounds so he can die at home ; to transfer him to a Libyan jail under a prisoner transfer agreement drawn up between Libya and the UK ; or whether to keep him in a Scottish jail for the rest of his days . That is certainly the preferred option of the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who last week wrote to Mr MacAskill urging him not to send Al Megrahi home . In Lockerbie itself , matters of politics seem far removed . George Stobbs was one of the first policemen on the scene when the Boeing 747 crashed into Sherwood Crescent . `` I 've never talked about the politics of the thing because I had no interest , '' he says ."}
-{"answer":"few , and he was near the top . What his information enabled us to do was to confirm stories that we had really obtained elsewhere , more than anything else , rather than give us that much primary information . But it was invaluable , and he performed a great act of courage and national service . Watch a video obituary of W. Mark Felt '' AM : The way that he was portrayed by Hal Holbrook in `` All the President 's Men '' was he would give your partner Bob Woodward a little bit of a tease and say , `` I 'm not going to tell you anything more than that ; you 've got to follow the trail . '' Was that an accurate portrayal ? Bernstein : Yeah . Yeah , that 's what we did . But his knowledge gave us a grounding and assurance that we were right in what we were saying and reporting . -LSB- He gave us -RSB- a certainty in a situation where you had the leader of the free world attacking the press every day , making our conduct -- Woodward 's , myself 's , the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward relied on FBI insider W. Mark Felt as a reliable but anonymous source for their stories on the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon 's resignation in 1974 . Carl Bernstein says `` Deep Throat 's '' information on Watergate was `` absolutely invaluable . '' Felt , referred to as `` Deep Throat '' in the Washington Post stories and in Woodward and Bernstein 's book `` All the President 's Men , '' died Thursday in California at 95 . He revealed his identity for the first time in 2005 . Bernstein never met Felt until this year , but praised his courage during an interview Friday on CNN 's `` American Morning . '' AM : What are your thoughts on the occasion of Mark Felt 's death ? Bernstein : I think it 's a little emotional , even though he was 95 years old . He was integral to our coverage . He was one of many sources in Watergate who had both the intelligence and the courage to tell the truth . And in his own organization he was one of the"}
-{"answer":"aggressive recruiting , secretive ways and rigid theology . As men of God rooted in Christian values , they do not see Scientology as a threat to their faith , but rather as a tool to augment it . Scientology was founded in the 1950s by L. Ron Hubbard , a science fiction writer . Followers are taught that they are immortal spiritual beings called thetans . Although the church says there is a supreme being , its practices do not include worshipping God . `` I 'm looking for solutions , and the people that I help , they do n't ask me who L. Ron Hubbard is , '' said McLaughlin , who works with addicts . `` You know what they say ? ` Thank God . ' '' Critic Rick Ross , a court-certified Scientology expert , sees something more sinister at work . He warned that mainstream acceptance makes it easier for the Scientologists to achieve their ultimate goal -- new recruits . `` Their hope is that through these programs , people will become more interested in L. Ron Hubbard , what else Mr. Hubbard had to offer , and this will lead them","question":"TAMPA , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Some Christian congregations , particularly in lower income , urban areas , are turning to an unlikely source for help -- the Church of Scientology . Rev , Charles Kennedy uses Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard 's book during a Friday night sermon . Scientologists do not worship God , much less Jesus Christ . The church has seen plenty of controversy and critics consider it a cult . So why are observant Christians embracing some of its teachings ? Two pastors who spoke recently with CNN explained that when it comes to religion , they still preach the core beliefs of Christianity . But when it comes to practicing what they preach in a modern world , borrowing from Scientology helps . The Rev. Charles Kennedy , of the Glorious Church of God in Christ , a Pentecostal church in Tampa , Florida , and the Rev. James McLaughlin , of the Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Houston , Texas , are among the theological hybrids . Watch Rev. Kennedy preach '' They say they are not scared off by programs with ties to a church that critics say has"}
-{"answer":"that official was al-Qawsi . Such violence is common in the early stages of peace deals , he said . `` There are many reasons why this happened , and they were expected , '' the source said . `` One , some of the militia fighters have not been informed yet that the truce was executed . Two , there were revenge killings -- some of the Houthi tribesmen carried out attacks against government forces . These could be considered tribal revenge killings . '' The government agreed to end all military operations against the Houthis beginning midnight Friday , an apparent end to violence that even tumbled into Saudi Arabia . Houthi rebel leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi earlier signed off on the cease-fire and took to his Web site to order his followers to respect the agreement . The cease-fire conditions include clearing mines , not interfering with elected local officials , releasing civilians and military personnel , abiding by Yemeni law , returning looted items , and ending attacks within the country 's northern neighbor , Saudi Arabia . The Yemeni government official said rebels were expected to free seven captured Saudi soldiers Saturday . The revolt","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The same day a cease-fire agreement was to go into effect , a high-ranking Yemeni official accused rebels of trying to assassinate him . Deputy Interior Minister Gen. Mohammed Bin Abdullah al-Qawsi told Almotamar , the newspaper of the ruling party , Friday that `` his car came under intensive fire shots in an attempt to assassinate him . '' He added that he was in the northwestern city of Saada to inspect security forces and accused Houthi rebels of carrying out the attack , according to the state-run Saba News Agency . Also in Saada Friday , troops and rebels exchanged fire , killing one and injuring others , Saba reported . The rebels did not immediately respond to the reports , which followed the announcement of an end to a six-year battle between the government and Shiite Muslim Houthi rebels . Despite the reports of violence , the truce deal was still intact , said a Yemeni government official who is not authorized to speak to the media . A `` few skirmishes '' occurred , including an attack on a security official 's motorcade , he said . He would not say whether"}
-{"answer":", Block and other bloggers are already throwing water on the Kindle Fire . `` Although Amazon did refresh the ID of their PlayBook derivative , I 'm told that this first tablet of theirs is ` supposed to be pretty poor ' and is a ` stopgap ' in order to get a tablet out the door for the 2011 holiday season -- which does n't exactly leave the best taste in my mouth , '' he writes . `` But it 's also not the most uncommon story , either : when you 're breaking into a new market , sometimes you have to do whatever it takes to get in the game . You may remember how crappy the original Kindle was compared to later models ! '' Three major magazine companies have signed on to provide content for the new Kindle tablet , according to Peter Kafka at the blog network AllThingsD , which is owned by the Wall Street Journal . Hearst , Conde Nast and Meredith will sell digital versions of their magazines on the upcoming Kindle tablet ; but Time Inc. , which shares a parent company with CNN , will not settle","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Color is coming to the Kindle . At least that 's what the tech blogosphere expects to happen on Wednesday at an Amazon press conference . The maker of the world 's most popular e-book reader is rumored to be announcing a color , touch-screen tablet device called the `` Kindle Fire , '' according to the blog TechCrunch , which claims to have seen the gadget . Here are the Kindle Fire 's specs , according to that site and others : -- 7-inch color screen , compared to 6-inch for current Kindles -- Wi-Fi only -LRB- no 3G version -RRB- -- Touch-screen navigation -- Glowing LED screen instead of paper-like e-ink -- Android operating system -- Hits stores in November -- Current Kindle will remain on sale The Kindle tablet is remarkably similar to BlackBerry 's PlayBook tablet , says Ryan Block at the blog GDGT , and that 's because both were built and designed by the same manufacturing company . Block , who cites unnamed sources , says Amazon used the design for the unpopular BlackBerry tablet as a starting point . Even though details about the device have n't been confirmed"}
-{"answer":"characters in her lyrics are friends , family and lovers from the past . She also has a man in her present : On July 24 , she became engaged to Chris Coleman , the drummer in her band . Watch Williams show off her talents '' Williams spoke with CNN about her new album and her family 's legacy . The following is an edited version of the interview . CNN : Your new album was released the same day as your dad 's new album . Was that planned ? Holly Williams : It was n't planned at all . About three weeks before my release , I was looking over to see who else was coming out that day , and it said , `` Hank Jr. '' -- and I 'm going , `` Is this something my manager planned ? '' And it 's just so random , because out of the 52 weeks of the year , it just happened . CNN : What did he think about the album ? Williams : Well , this is embarrassing , but I have n't sent him a copy yet ! I need to . He","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Holly Williams is one of the only artists in country music male or female who does n't have a stylist . But then again , she might be the only entertainer in Nashville who owns a clothing boutique . Holly Williams is daughter of musician Hank Williams Jr. and granddaughter of musician Hank Williams Sr. . The chic women 's store is named H. Audrey after her maternal grandmother , who was the first wife of the late country music icon Hank Williams . Holly 's father is Bocephus -- the legendary hellraiser and three-time CMA Entertainer of the Year otherwise known as Hank Williams Jr. . She got her height from him . With heels on , she 's about 6-foot-3 -- all tanned legs and long , blonde hair . She looks like a star . And at 28 , she wants to earn the right to be one . Williams just released her sophomore album , `` Here With Me '' -LRB- Mercury Nashville -RRB- . Most of the 11 tracks are self-penned , and she sings them with emotional honesty in a smoky , soulful voice . The"}
-{"answer":"her club have been sensationalized for TV -- like having millionaires pick their dates out of a room full of men or women looking to date them -- Stanger tells it like it is , whether or not the cameras are rolling . `` I 'll tell -LSB- clients -RSB- off . I 'll say , ` You want to be 80 -LSB- and alone -RSB- in the nursing home ? ' '' `` Tough Love '' features Steve Ward , chief executive officer at Master Matchmakers , a matchmaking service his mother JoAnn Ward -- who also appears on the show -- founded more than 20 years ago . On the show , Ward works closely with single women who he says `` need an objective third party to give them constructive feedback that can help them find what they 're looking for . '' There are many people looking for answers , especially young people with nowhere else to turn , Ward said . About half of the 20,000 people who applied to be on his new spin-off `` Tough Love Couples '' were younger than 21 , he said . Hiring a matchmaker can be pricey .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thanks to a crop of how-to dating shows , such as Bravo 's `` The Millionaire Matchmaker '' and VH1 's `` Tough Love , '' more people are reaching out to matchmakers , making an age-old art fashionable again . Back in 19th-century Russia -- around the time of `` Fiddler on the Roof '' -- women dreaded visits from the village matchmaker and longed to choose their own men . Today , real-life dating experts are in high demand . `` Millionaire Matchmaker '' star Patti Stanger says her off-screen business , Millionaire 's Club International , is growing just as fast as her TV series , which , in its third season premiere , increased viewership by 30 percent , according to Nielsen Media Research . It 's great having more clients , Stanger said , though there 's more dross to sort through . `` We 're on the map , everyone knows the brand , but it takes 30 to 45 guys until we find a real guy , '' she said . `` Crazy people come in -LSB- out of -RSB- the woodwork . '' And while certain aspects of"}
-{"answer":"1973 , the Budget Reform of 1974 , the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act , and the Independent Counsel Act in 1978 . The Bush administration thought vesting Congress with so much power was dangerous , because it saw the legislative branch as inefficient . Building on efforts since President Ronald Reagan to reverse the congressional reforms of the 1970s , the current White House spent enormous political energy , before and after 9\/11 , trying to reclaim power for the executive branch . The expansion of presidential power is not unique to the Bush administration . It began early in the 20th century and , despite some exceptional periods such as the 1970s , continued steadily throughout . But in several respects , this expansion was bigger in scale and scope than under previous presidents . For example , as a way to agree to legislation without agreeing to follow the intention of Congress , Bush issued statements when he signed bills -- doing so far more frequently than preceding presidents . When Congress passed a bill banning the use of torture in December 2005 , Bush added a signing statement allowing him to bypass the law in his role","question":"Editor 's note : Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University 's Woodrow Wilson School . He is the co-editor of `` Rightward Bound : Making America Conservative in the 1970s '' and is completing a book on the history of national-security politics since World War II , to be published by Basic Books . Zelizer writes widely on current events . Julian Zelizer says Obama and Congress must decide whether to rein in presidential power . PRINCETON , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Executive power has been one of the defining characteristics of President George W. Bush 's administration . President Bush , Vice President Dick Cheney and many members of the White House pushed to expand executive power -- as much as any specific domestic or foreign policy -- from the beginning of the administration . The Bush administration formed in a direct conversation with the presidential politics of the 1970s . Several members of the Bush administration came of professional age working in the Nixon and Ford administrations . They watched an assertive Congress respond to the Watergate scandal by revitalizing legislative power through the War Powers Act of"}
-{"answer":", 51 , tells Winfrey in January 's issue . `` I give myself a good grade as a doctor , then the next best grade as a father , and the worst grade as a husband . I do n't listen well when Lisa talks . '' But he recognizes that Lisa is his greatest advocate , and has steered his career in directions he never would have taken . `` It was her vision early on to create the kind of show -LSB- `` Second Opinion '' on Discovery Health -RSB- we 're doing now , '' he says . `` She had a much larger vision for me than I did for myself . We actually had a big spat about this a couple of months ago . It 's just one after another of things I do wrong . And I do do them wrong . But she 's quick to make sure I own up to it . '' Lisa Oz , 48 , has a major career in her own right , having authored three best-selling books , including `` Us : Transforming Ourselves and the Relationships that Matter Most . '' Dr. Oz","question":"-LRB- PEOPLE.com -RRB- -- In another Oprah first , the media mogul has chosen a man to join her on the cover of her `` O '' magazine : Dr. Mehmet Oz . Why him ? Why now ? `` The January issue is all about firsts . I met Dr. Oz in 2003 as his first guest on ` Second Opinion ' -- a medical series he and his wife , Lisa , created for the Discovery Channel . Now here we are , over eight years later . ... What can I say ? I adore Dr. Oz , '' Oprah Winfrey tells PEOPLE exclusively . `` As we toast to a new year and encourage readers to take the first step toward a happier , healthier life , who better to help us get on the right path than my dear friend and America 's doctor , Dr. Oz . '' And while America 's doctor may have a great bedside manner , the cover interview reveals it 's the pillow talk with his own wife that needs some work . `` I think I 'm a better doctor than I am a husband , '' Oz"}
-{"answer":"of Baghdad , some 30 women are being trained to search other females at security checkpoints -- something men are forbidden to do under Iraqi cultural norms . In mid-May , a female suicide bomber killed an Iraqi army officer in this town . `` When he came out to meet her to help her with a problem she was having , she detonated the vest and killed him and injured some of his soldiers , '' said Michael Starz , a U.S. Army captain . The women will work two or three days a month , making up to $ 300 , an Iraqi military officer explained to applicants . In a community , where families struggle to survive , that 's good money . Watch how `` Daughters of Iraq '' works '' The women come from small farming communities . Many of them are widows with numerous children and almost no income . Such is the story of Fawzia , who has six children to support . Her husband was shot to death when his car broke down . `` I am ready -LRB- to work -RRB- as long as it helps me financially , '' she","question":"YUSUFIYA , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Female suicide bombers , who often slip through security checkpoints untouched because of cultural norms , are taking a more deadly toll than ever across Iraq . A female suicide bomber struck northeast of Baghdad on Sunday , killing 16 . But the U.S. Army has created a solution with `` Daughters of Iraq , '' a program that trains Iraqi women to find female suicide bombers . Women carried out eight bombings in all of 2007 , according to the U.S. military . Halfway through 2008 , the number of female suicide bombers is 20 . A suicide attack carried out by a woman on Sunday in Baquba killed at least 16 people and wounded another 40 . `` Daughters of Iraq '' is a spinoff of `` Sons of Iraq , '' which employs Iraqi men to run checkpoints and is credited with taking much of the steam out of the insurgency . The goal of the women 's program is twofold : to protect against female suicide bombers , and to provide much-needed income to Iraqi women with few chances for employment . In the town of Yusufiya , southwest"}
-{"answer":"on this , Simonsen suggests there may be time to develop an effective vaccine before a second , more virulent strain , begins to circulate . As swine flu -- also known as the 2009 version of the H1N1 flu strain -- spreads , Simonsen and other health experts are diving into the history books for clues about how the outbreak might unfold -- and , more importantly , how it might be contained . In fact , the official Pandemic Influenza Operation Plan , or O-Plan , of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , is based in large part on a history lesson -- research organized by pediatrician and medical historian Dr. Howard Markel of the University of Michigan . Markel was tapped by the CDC to study what worked and what did n't during the 1918 flu disaster . Markel and colleagues examined 43 cities and found that so-called nonpharmaceutical interventions -- steps such as isolating patients and school closings -- were remarkably successful in tamping down the outbreak . `` They do n't make the population immune , but they buy you time , either by preventing influenza from getting into the community or","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If there 's a blessing in the current swine flu epidemic , it 's how benign the illness seems to be outside the central disease cluster in Mexico . But history offers a dark warning to anyone ready to write off the 2009 H1N1 virus . The Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 sickened an estimated third of the world 's population . In each of the four major pandemics since 1889 , a spring wave of relatively mild illness was followed by a second wave , a few months later , of a much more virulent disease . This was true in 1889 , 1957 , 1968 and in the catastrophic flu outbreak of 1918 , which sickened an estimated third of the world 's population and killed , conservatively , 50 million people . Lone Simonsen , an epidemiologist at George Washington University , who has studied the course of prior pandemics in both the United States and her native Denmark , says , `` The good news from past pandemics , in several experiences , is that the majority of deaths have happened not in the first wave , but later . '' Based"}
-{"answer":"is larger than the GDP -LSB- gross domestic product -RSB- of most countries , which is what we are beginning to see roll out , '' said Camp , the ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee . `` Clearly , if we move forward and this bill is on the floor , we are going to have to have a bill that is paid for and that 's going to depend on what the scores come back . '' A score is a preliminary estimate of the cost of proposed legislation . A preliminary review by the Congressional Budget Office of a plan being drawn up in the Senate found it would cost about $ 1 trillion over 10 years to extend health insurance to 16 million people who otherwise would not be covered , about a third of the roughly 45 million now uninsured . Camp said that the House Republican proposal calls for refundable tax credits for lower-income Americans . But Camp and Republicans have not determined key details for their proposal , including the amount of those tax credits or who precisely could be eligible . House Republicans on Wednesday planned to release a","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- House Republicans on Wednesday presented what they called a `` sorely needed '' alternative to Democrats ' proposals to overhaul health care . Rep. Eric Cantor says Republicans are drafting a plan to ensure all Americans have access to affordable coverage . Republicans want to make sure all Americans have access to affordable coverage , Rep. Eric Cantor , the House minority whip , said Wednesday . `` We do so by making sure we keep down costs and incorporate the ability for folks to pool together to access lower costs , to bring private sector into the game and keep government out , '' Cantor said . Neither Democrats nor Republicans have detailed how they would pay for their proposals . Rep. Roy Blunt , R-Missouri , said his party 's plan will cost `` far less '' than that of the Democrats and `` provide better results for the American people . '' Rep. Dave Camp , R-Michigan , who co-authored the GOP plan , said it 's important to make sure the bill is one with a `` common-sense approach . '' `` We are not going to have a bill that"}
-{"answer":"fundraising and publicity campaigns . Prejean stepped into the limelight unexpectedly just over three weeks ago when she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage in response to a question asked during the national pageant by Hilton , a pageant judge . Watch Hilton get dismissive '' Prejean finished as first runner-up , but it was not clear if her answer cost her the crown . `` He -LSB- Hilton -RSB- gave her very low marks , '' Trump said . `` It certainly did n't help . '' Hilton , who is openly gay and a strong supporter of same-sex marriage , later posted a video rant online in which he called Prejean `` a dumb bitch . '' This caught the national mainstream media 's attention , and Hilton was invited to appear on TV shows to talk about it . Prejean -- with pageant approval -- also talked publicly about her same-sex marriage opposition . But when she appeared at a news conference for the National Organization for Marriage , a same-sex marriage opposition group , the controversy intensified . Lawyers for the Miss USA group demanded that NOM stop using video clips of the pageant in its","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Donald Trump will let Miss California USA Carrie Prejean keep her title despite controversy over seminude photos and charges by state pageant officials that she had abandoned her duties to devote time to opposition to same-sex marriage . Miss California USA Carrie Prejean caused controversy with remarks she made at the Miss USA pageant . Trump , no apprentice at turning a negative into positive publicity , brought several weeks of controversy to a conclusion at his New York headquarters Tuesday with winners all around . Trump said his Miss USA pageant stays `` so relevant , '' unlike the rival Miss America pageant seen only on a small cable channel . Prejean gained a national following that could help her post-pageant career . Watch Prejean defend herself '' The Miss California USA organization has a beauty queen better known than the woman who won the Miss USA title -- Kristen Dalton of North Carolina . Celebrity bloggers , such as Perez Hilton , whose question to Prejean ignited the firestorm , gained a higher profile and more readers for their Web sites . And groups both for and against same-sex marriage gained energy for their"}
-{"answer":"covering Chicago 's `` Wishing You Were Here . '' `` The fact that the artists and bands , in this case , are touring together builds excitement with the possibility of the live performance that is exclusive to the tour , '' said Bruce Burch of the University of Georgia 's Music Business School . It 's `` sort of a ` once in a lifetime ' type of attraction that helps to sell concert tickets , merchandise and , hopefully , CDs and downloads . '' Concertgoers who contribute three cans of food or donate at least $ 3 will get a download card to access the tunes . People who do n't make the shows will be able to donate online and download the songs at www.ewfandchicago.com . The Web site is expected to launch in early June . `` This is a dream come true , '' said Earth , Wind & Fire 's Philip Bailey , who came up with the three-songs promotion . `` We want to invite everyone to help us do our small part to help feed America , '' added Chicago 's trumpeter Lee Loughnane . Artists jamming together on stage","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There 's a bit of a trend brewing this summer concert season -- put together a couple of big-name acts for a nationwide tour , then record a song together to promote the event . Members of Styx , REO Speedwagon and Journey in 2003 . Styx and REO have teamed up for a song and tour . It started with classic rockers REO Speedwagon and Styx , with their `` Ca n't Stop Rockin ' '' tour and single of the same name . Now Chicago and Earth , Wind & Fire are getting on the bandwagon . The two horn-heavy bands have recorded three songs especially for their joint 30-city summer tour . It 's part of a charity campaign to benefit food banks across the country -- `` Three Songs for Three Cans or Three Dollars . '' Chicago and Earth , Wind & Fire team up on the new song `` You . '' The bands also take a stab at each other 's material , with Chicago recording Earth , Wind & Fire 's `` I Ca n't Let You Go '' and Earth , Wind & Fire"}
-{"answer":"countries highlighted Cuba 's program that sends `` thousands of doctors '' throughout the hemisphere . A number of countries depend heavily on Cuba 's medical assistance program . `` It 's a reminder ... that if our only interaction with many of these countries is drug interdiction -- if our only interaction is military -- then we may not be developing the connections that can over time increase our influence and have a beneficial effect , '' he said . Obama called Cuban President Raul Castro 's recent indication of a willingness to discuss human rights issues `` a sign of progress . '' But he said the Cuban government could send a much clearer , more positive signal by releasing political prisoners or reducing fees charged on remittances that Americans send to relatives in the country . Change in Cuba will not come quickly , but it is good for other countries to see that `` we are not dug in into policies that were formulated before I was born , '' Obama said . U.S. policy on Cuba has remained largely unchanged since 1962 , when the U.S. government imposed a trade embargo . Turning to Venezuela","question":"PORT OF SPAIN , Trinidad and Tobago -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama said Sunday the 34-nation Summit of the Americas was a `` very productive '' meeting that proved hemispheric progress is possible if countries set aside `` stale debates and old ideologies . '' President Obama addresses reporters before leaving Trinidad for Washington on Sunday . Speaking to reporters at the conclusion of the summit , Obama cited a potential thaw in relations between the United States and longtime adversaries Cuba and Venezuela , but said the ultimate test `` is not simply words , but deeds . '' Leaders did not `` see eye to eye '' on some important issues , but the meeting proved it is possible to `` disagree respectfully , '' the president said . Obama highlighted the importance of using American diplomacy and development aid in `` more intelligent ways . '' Watch Obama talk about summit '' He reached out to the Cuban government before the summit by lifting all restrictions on U.S. citizens wishing to visit or send remittances to relatives in Cuba . Cuba was not represented at the summit , but Obama noted that the leaders of other"}
-{"answer":"night it was all over in 1972 , after Democrat George McGovern lost to Republican Richard Nixon . He says he and the Clintons decided to let loose in lively Austin , paying $ 1.50 to see a Texas singer by the name of Willie Nelson before rambling back to a colleague 's tiny apartment . `` It was 2 o'clock in the morning , and everybody else had probably had too much to drink , except for Bill and Hillary -- who were drinking -LSB- soda -RSB- and having this intense discussion about the issues , '' said Mauro . `` I 'm absolutely certain that 99 percent of what they were talking about was changing things in the future . '' Mauro 's story underscores how Sen. Clinton 's lifelong political journey has come full circle in Texas . With the March 4 primary just days away , the place where the New York senator got her first job in presidential politics may become her launching pad to the White House -- or perhaps one of her final battlegrounds . Clinton and her Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama have been dueling in the state for weeks , as","question":"AUSTIN , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Garry Mauro will never forget that night in 1972 when he says Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham ignored the post-election party surrounding them , instead preferring to huddle in a corner and talk about changing the future . Hillary and Bill Clinton worked on George McGovern 's 1972 campaign in Texas before they wed in 1975 . The young then-unmarried couple , attending Yale Law , were n't interested in letting off steam with their Democratic colleagues in Austin , Texas , according to Mauro , who 's now a strategist with Sen. Hillary Clinton 's presidential campaign . The three were among a group of Young Turk Democrats working that summer to register voters in Texas . The Clintons had just started dating , said Mauro , who years later became Texas land commissioner . `` They obviously had a lot of respect for each other , and they would spend hours talking to each other . '' More than 35 years on , Hillary Clinton has returned to Texas -- running a hard-fought campaign of her own and telling voters about her days there in the '70s . Mauro recalls the"}
-{"answer":"for the bottom third of his face , according to the Hospital La Fe in Valencia , Spain . Dr. Pedro Cavadas , the surgical team leader , said the objective was for the patient to recover feeling in his face and also to swallow , talk , feel and taste with his tongue again . But the first tongue transplant in 2003 had short-lived results . Doctors in Austria transplanted a tongue to a 42-year-old cancer patient . The cancer returned and the patient died 13 months after the surgery , according to a 2008 article written by his doctors in the journal Transplantation . A transplant recipient has to take immune suppressing drugs so he or she wo n't reject the new organ . But this puts the person at risk for cancer recurrence because of the weakened immune system , said Dr. Douglas Chepeha , a head and neck surgical oncologist at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Ann Arbor . Unlike liver or kidney transplants , reconnecting the tongue is also more complex because of its nerves , said Chepeha , who is the director of the microvascular program . `` A nerve is","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's not just for French kissing or for showing your dissatisfaction . Besides showing off at concerts , licking lollipops , and teasing , the tongue could help people gain mobility . Aside from everyday functions of chewing , swallowing , talking and tasting , the tongue has new uses such as steering wheelchairs and helping blind people see . Also in Spain last month , doctors transplanted a tongue as part of a face transplant surgery . `` The tongue is considered very much like the trunk of an elephant or the tentacle of the octopus . It 's the same kind of structure with how many shapes , configurations the trunk or tentacle can assume , '' said E. Fiona Bailey , an assistant professor of physiology at The University of Arizona in Tucson . `` Researchers realize there is a lot of potential there . '' Transplanting tongues A team of surgeons in Spain last month performed a face transplant , which is considered the first to include the tongue and jaws . A 43-year-old man who lost his jaws and tongue after a cancer battle 11 years ago received a transplant"}
-{"answer":"escorts that are required due to the `` heightened security situation '' in the area . `` This event was a heinous crime and constitutes not only a violation against the peaceful principles of Islam , but also the precepts of humanity , '' the embassy spokesman said . `` Moreover , it does not reflect the good traditions and culture of Yemen . '' The Germany Foreign Ministry said it is in close contact with the German Embassy in Yemen but could n't confirm any details at this stage . Initial official statements said the group was apparently seized by Houthi rebels , Shiite militants who have been fighting the government for years , according to SABA . The militants are hoping to derail the peace and reconstruction process in Saada , which has been rocked by war in the past year , according to SABA . However , the news agency later reported Houthi rebels accused drug cartels of abducting the group and killing the three . In addition , SABA said a spokesman for the rebels accused regional tribes of being behind the kidnappings and slayings . Sunday 's abduction was the latest in a string of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three women who were seized along with six other foreign workers in Yemen have been killed , Yemeni government officials said Monday . South Korean officials discuss the kidnappings Monday . A South Korean woman reportedly was killed . `` It is with profound sorrow that the Yemeni government reports finding three bodies , '' according to a statement from Mohammed Albasha , a spokesman for Yemen 's Embassy in the United States . The statement said the dead were identified as a South Korean teacher and two German nurses in training , all in their 20s . They were found in the Noshour Valley in Safrah district in the province of Saada . The women were abducted Sunday along with five other Germans , including three children , and a Briton , according to Yemen 's state-run SABA news agency . Earlier , the Yemen Post said seven of the nine hostages were killed , citing the country 's interior ministry . But SABA reported later Monday the remaining six were believed to be alive , and security forces were searching for them Albasha said the nine foreigners left the city of Saada without police"}
-{"answer":"was a former airman second class . `` Without -LSB- Dickey 's -RSB- persistence , these two individuals would be placed in a county-owned site , '' said Wesley Jones , director of the Bakersfield National Cemetery . `` Nobody would have known . ... Nobody would have any concept of who these individuals were . '' Leon Thomas , who served in the U.S. Army in Korea in 1951 and was awarded the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star medal for bravery , helped spread the word about the double funeral . `` The folks at the coroner 's office are patriotic Americans , '' Thomas said . `` We got on the phone and on the Internet and invited our friends . '' News of the funeral even made the local paper . `` I really did n't know there would be this many people to come out , '' Sprayberry said . And come they did , civilians and veterans . An awning built to shade mourners from the hot San Joaquin Valley sun was not big enough to cover everyone . A few brought umbrellas for shade . Many held American flags , some small and","question":"Bakersfield , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Vincent Barrett died alone in July at age 72 , the coroner 's office could not find any next of kin . Similarly , Ronald Axtell was listed as indigent -- no survivors and no funds for a funeral -- when he died at age 69 . And yet a small army of men and women gathered to pay their respects to the two men , both Air Force veterans , as they were buried at Bakersfield National Cemetery in September . Marsha Dickey , who works in the Kern County coroner 's office , was instrumental in making sure the men got the honors they deserved . `` She worked very hard to see that they were veterans ... and without that ... we probably would not be here today to honor them , '' said Lynn Sprayberry , founder and chairwoman of Friends of Fallen Heroes , a local organization that makes sure veterans receive a respectful service at Bakersfield National Cemetery . The coroner 's office also discovered that Barrett , a former staff sergeant , had been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in Korea . Axtell"}
-{"answer":"'s the last major of the season so I hope to have a good event , '' Nadal said . Nadal , who was knocked out of the U.S. Open at the semifinal stage by Britain 's Andy Murray last year , said he considers himself lucky in terms of injuries that have affected his career . `` If you 're playing at 100 percent , always at the limit , it is normal that you get injuries . I had nearly four years of perfect fitness while playing a lot of matches . Injuries sometimes happen so you have to accept that and try and recover as quickly as possible . '' But the Majorca-born player admitted it has been difficult to cede ground to his rivals while unable to play and he is keen to prove a point in New York . `` Roger has done an unbelievable job - he deserved the 15 grand slams and I ca n't congratulate him enough . I miss the competition but not the challenge of playing Roger ! `` The atmosphere in New York is great , the crowd is more educated than many other events , so I like","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former world number one , Rafael Nadal , has exclusively told CNN his levels of fitness ahead of the U.S. Open are `` better than expected , '' boosting his chances of becoming only the seventh man in history to win a career grand slam with victory at Flushing Meadows . Titans of tennis , Rafael Nadal -LRB- left -RRB- and Roger Federer -LRB- right -RRB- , will be both keen to capture the U.S. Open title . The Spaniard , who dropped to third-best in the world after being sidelined for over two months with a knee injury , said he was pleased with his physical preparation for the major that starts on August 31 . `` I 'm very happy as I arrive here feeling better than I expected I would a few weeks ago , '' the 23-year-old said , who came through two warm-up events recently for the hard-court tournament without any further reaction . Watch Nadal 's interview with CNN . '' `` I had a really good time in Cincinnati and a good tournament in Montreal . `` But playing in New York is always a special feeling and it"}
-{"answer":"about how it handled the remains of American service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan , the Air Force said the cremated body parts of hundreds of the fallen were burned and dumped in the landfill . Earlier , the Air Force said only a small number of body parts had been buried in a commercial landfill and claimed it would be impossible to make a final determination of how many remains were disposed of in that manner . The Washington Post broke the story , and the Air Force now confirms that body fragments linked to at least 274 fallen military personnel sent to the base mortuary were cremated , incinerated and buried with medical waste . That procedure was in place between November 2003 and May 1 , 2008 . The Air Force also said that 1,762 body parts were never identified and also were disposed of , first by cremation , then by further incineration and then buried in a landfill . Congressman Rush Holt , D-New Jersey , Thursday accused the Pentagon of what he called `` willful blindness '' in not acting faster to identify and correct the problems and fully report them . ``","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A congressional panel investigating claims the Dover Air Force Base Mortuary mishandled the remains of hundreds of fallen U.S. military personnel will meet for the first time Tuesday . In November , U.S. Air Force investigators announced they had found `` serious misconduct '' and `` gross mismanagement '' in the handling of remains at the base . The findings came after the Air Force conducted a year-long investigation into 14 allegations of wrongdoing made by whistleblowers involving the remains of four U.S. service members killed in action , the Pentagon official said . The panel , which is being chaired by retired Gen. John Abizaid , has been given `` full authority to review all aspects of mortuary affairs to ensure we are meeting the highest standards of care for our fallen . '' Department of Defense spokesman Capt. John Kirby said . Abizaid retired from the Army in 2007 after leading U.S. Central Command the final three years of his 34-year military career . Last week , the Air Force admitted that it sent more sets of military personnel remains to a Virginia landfill than it originally acknowledged . Backtracking on initial information"}
-{"answer":"spectacular prom '' `` The children that will be coming are various disabled children with kidney -LRB- ailments -RRB- , children that are literally terminally ill , children with cerebral palsy , Down syndrome and autism , '' McCormick said before the event . Norman Gonzales brought his 13-year-old son , Alex. `` Their social life is very limited at school and outside school as well , so something like this is very good because they come to a place where they find themselves with people that they can relate to , '' Gonzales said . This was Alex Gonzales ' first prom and he said he had a great time . `` Coming to an event like this -- I think it 's a great experience , '' he said . The entertainment for the evening was 2007 `` American Idol '' winner Jordin Sparks . `` I think it 's so amazing with all the kids that they get to have their prom . They get to dress up and feel really beautiful and have this night dedicated to them , '' Sparks said . Most of the teens attending the prom were accompanied by a parent or","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Going to the prom is a highlight in many teenagers ' lives . But attending a prom is n't always an option for some young people , including those with special needs . Alex Gonzales passes under the Marines ' sword arch Saturday in Washington as he arrives at the prom . That 's where Helen McCormick comes in . `` We are dreaming for children who are excluded from their proms , and ... you 're going to see people walk through the doors who are going to be just absolutely mesmerized , '' said McCormick , president of a Virginia-based nonprofit called The House , Inc. . For the past four years , McCormick has organized a prom specifically for children with special needs . This year 's prom , dubbed `` The Cinderella Ball , '' was held Saturday night at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington . More than 150 teens attended the gala , where they were greeted by 41 Marines . Each one of the teens went down a red carpet , under a Marine Corps sword arch , before being seated for dinner . Watch scenes from the"}
-{"answer":"result , the army 's failure to build a solid political consensus creates a recipe for ongoing confrontation . As long as Egyptians believe they stand to gain more through violence than peaceful political negotiations , the situation in Cairo will worsen . Three decades ago , after the Islamic Revolution in Iran , the Ayatollah Khomeini wasted no time in enacting a brutal purge of the country 's secular military elites , whom he feared would endanger his rule . In refusing to establish a new order that Egypt 's most powerful political constituencies can all get behind , the Egyptian army may now be leading itself in the same direction . The army 's stubbornness in refusing to craft a new constitution before holding elections at the end of November is ill-considered and dangerous . The coming parliament will be charged with choosing 100 experts to draft the new constitution . But Christians and secularists fear that an Islamist-dominated parliament will produce a constitution that discriminates against them . Having had little more than six months of freedom , most Egyptian political parties are still in their infancy , and the older secular parties are not yet ready","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The death of longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is shaking the Arab world . And nations like Egypt , which next month holds its first parliamentary elections since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak in February , are watching . Egypt , like Tunisia -- which holds elections this weekend -- needs a great many positive influences to consolidate its nascent democratic government . If Libya 's National Transitional Council should turn in a militant Islamist direction and become hostile to the European Union or the United States , it could jeopardize democratic progress in Tunis and Cairo alike . Egypt 's position is precarious enough as it is . Two weeks ago in Cairo , for example , Coptic Christian protesters clashed with security forces , leaving 25 dead and more than 300 injured . The violence stems from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ' refusal to share key decision-making powers with civilians and tests its ability to manage the country 's fragile political transition . Today in Egypt , no political faction is strong enough to monopolize power and none is weak enough to be ground out of existence . As a"}
-{"answer":"Every kid deserves a present , '' said Marine Sgt. Daniel Sampson of the Toys for Tots program in Boston , Massachusetts . `` Right now , we 're not sending out as much as we should be . '' In the Washington area , the Marines need to find toys for 82,000 children , but `` we are tens of thousands of toys behind , '' Master Sgt Timothy Butler said . If they ca n't fill the need and get every child on the list a toy for Christmas , Butler said , `` It 's gon na break my heart . '' Last year , the Marines were able to raise $ 13,000 in donations from people at Union Station , a major commuter hub in downtown Washington , but this year the Marines will be `` lucky to get half that , '' Staff Sgt. Johnny Noble said . In Atlanta , Toys for Tots administration chief Edward Barrett said they had received 241,814 donations , well short of their goal of 800,000 . Barrett understands that the economy has a lot to do with the lack of contributions , and he estimates that donations are","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Marines have been making children 's Christmas dreams come true for nearly 60 years , but the corps may be seeing fewer smiles this year . Volunteer Betty Whelan sorts donated toys in a Toys for Tots center in Boston , Massachusetts . With demand up due to the poor economy and toy donations down , Toys for Tots , the Marine Corps ' program that distributes Christmas toys to children in need , is facing one of its toughest years , according to Bill Grein , the Toys for Tots Foundation vice president . Grein said the program last year distributed approximately 16.6 million toys and books , but this year he does n't think they will be able to reach that number . `` We always run out of toys before we run out of children , '' he said , but this year `` it 's a major problem . '' Grein said that the program is getting more requests than in previous years and cities like Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ; Miami , Florida ; Fresno , California ; Atlanta , Georgia , and many others are hurting for donations . ``"}
-{"answer":"are moving toward Mac , said Paul Henry , a forensics and security analyst at Lumension Security in Arizona . `` We all knew it was going to happen , '' he said . `` It was just a matter of time , and , personally , I think we 're going to see a lot more of it . '' The malicious software was first reported in January . It did n't gain widespread attention until recently , when Mario Ballano Barcena and Alfredo Pesoli of Symantec , maker of the popular Norton antivirus products , detailed the software in a publication called `` Virus Bulletin . '' Mac users at large , however , should not be alarmed by the incident , experts said . The program infects only computers whose users downloaded pirated versions of the Mac software iWork . The harmful software is a Trojan horse , meaning it tries to sneak into the computer with some sort of permission from the user . Computer worms travel differently . They wiggle their way into computers and replicate without the owner 's approval or knowledge . The Mac program is called a botnet because infected computers become","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mac computers are known for their near-immunity to malicious computer programs that plague PCs . Some security experts say viruses are moving toward Mac as those computers become more popular . But that may be changing somewhat , according to computer security researchers . It seems that as sleek Mac computers become more popular , they 're also more sought-after targets for the authors of harmful programs . `` The bad guys generally go toward the biggest target , what will get them the biggest bang for their buck , '' said Kevin Haley , a director of security response at Symantec . Until recently , the big target always was Microsoft Windows , and Apple computers were protected by `` relative obscurity , '' he said . But blogs are buzzing this week about what two Symantec researchers have called the first harmful computer program to strike specifically at Mac . This Trojan horse program , dubbed the `` iBotnet , '' has infected only a few thousand Mac machines , but it represents a step in the evolution of malicious computer software , Haley said . The iBotnet is a sign that harmful programs"}
-{"answer":"can re-apply , but no more than 50 percent will get rehired . Obama weighed in last week , endorsing the actions of the local board . `` Our kids get only one chance at an education and we need to get it right , '' the president said . Obama 's comments further inflamed an already tense environment in this poor Rhode Island enclave , just outside Providence . `` I could n't believe it , '' said Delgado , who graduated in 2008 . `` Ever since the beginning , I thought firing all the teachers was a ridiculous notion . '' About 70 young people , most of them graduates of the school and now in college or working , demonstrated peacefully outside the school in the largely Hispanic , working class neighborhood . They expressed outrage and disbelief that the school they attended has become a national pariah . `` We stand together for our teachers and for our school , '' said Katherine Lopera , 20 , a graduate in 2007 . Her classmate , Sindy Alvisures , said , `` The teachers are literally like our family . When I went through high school","question":"Central Falls , Rhode Island -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Graduates of the nation 's most vilified high school descended upon campus Tuesday evening to support the school 's fired teachers . They also had a message for President Obama : Do n't bash our school . `` He does n't know us . He does n't know the teachers . He does n't know the students , '' said Nikko Calle , 21 , a graduate of Central Falls High School in 2006 . `` I think it 's a real outrage what 's happening here . '' Nearby , Ashley Delgado , 19 , stood on the school 's steps clutching a sign that read : `` Dear Obama , I supported you , your causes , goals and beliefs . Why are n't you supporting mine ? '' A firestorm has erupted in this Democratic stronghold in recent weeks after 93 teachers , support staff and administrators at Central Falls High School were fired for the low performance of the school , which graduated just 48 percent of its seniors last year . The firings will go into effect at the end of the school year . Teachers"}
-{"answer":", pausing to catch his breath . `` Who knew an hour later that was going to happen ? It 's so hard to talk about . ... Think of the worst day of your life and then times that by 1,000 . '' Crews have spent days searching mounds of rubble , 30 feet high in places , that was the Hotel Montana , popular with tourists and visiting officials . Lynn University , which hired a search crew immediately after the quake , initially told the Gengel family that their daughter had been rescued . The family then flew from their Massachusetts home to South Florida for what they thought was going to be a reunion . `` We have spent a week here in Florida in a living hell , '' the father said . `` It 's just one of the dirtiest tricks life can play on you , to take someone from you and then call and say they found her and she 's on a helicopter and she 's gon na be OK . And then to be told 10 hours later ... that they had bad intel -- they do n't have her","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Len Gengel cries between sentences . `` It 's my daughter 's birthday today , '' he says , choking back tears . `` We should be celebrating , '' he says . `` Instead , I 'm talking to people all day long , making sure they continue on the search and rescue . That 's my objective today : to keep that search and rescue going . '' Gengel 's daughter , Britney , is one of four students from South Florida 's Lynn University who are missing amid the rubble of Haiti 's Hotel Montana . Two faculty members from the university also remain missing . Britney , a sophomore journalism major with jet black hair and a bright smile , turned 20 Thursday . She had traveled to Haiti with 12 Lynn University students on a humanitarian mission to feed the poor . Eight of the students were rescued last week . An hour before the magnitude-7 .0 quake , Britney called her mother . `` Brit said she found her calling , that she knew what she wanted to do for the rest of her life , '' her father said"}
-{"answer":"get us out of this crisis stronger . '' He said the country needs `` stringent control on public spending , '' `` war on tax-evasion '' and `` bold structural reforms . '' The new elections will be held October 4 , Karamanlis announced Thursday after meeting President Karolos Papoulias , who officially dissolves parliament . Karamanlis ' term was not due to expire until September 2011 . But Socialist party leader George Papandreou insisted on new elections before the end of Papoulias ' term as president in February . The Greek constitution requires the two major parties to agree on the election of a president , giving either party an effective veto . Karamanlis called Papandreou 's stance `` blackmail . '' Parliament will be dissolved on September 7 , Karamanlis said on his Web site . Karamanlis ' conservative New Democracy party suffered a sharp setback in European elections in June , when the Socialists matched New Democracy 's tally of eight seats , with 36 percent of the vote . That election was seen as a litmus test for Karamanlis at a time of political and economic uncertainty with the economy shrinking and the country staring","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Greek voters will go to the polls to elect a new government two years early , Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis announced Thursday . Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis says he wants to enact reforms in response to the international financial crisis . He called the early elections in response to pressure from the opposition Socialist Party , which threatened to block the election of a president in February if there was no general election first . Karamanlis is also seeking a mandate from the voters for reforms in response to the international financial crisis , he said . `` It 's up to the citizens to decide who has the right plan to govern and face the economic challenges , '' he said in a speech to the country . `` We have two very difficult and critical years ahead of us , '' he said in the speech on Wednesday . `` There is only one path that offers hope and potential : We take -- without delay , without procrastination -- take all necessary measures to address these problems . By design and desire . We need to build the solid foundation that will ultimately"}
-{"answer":"Jews who arrived between 1945 and 1948 , when Israel was declared a state , did so illegally . Most of those who were captured were sent to internment camps in places like Cyprus . But some Jewish prisoners ended up at a camp in Palestine called Atlit , located on the Mediterranean coast near the city of Haifa . Living in barracks and peering through barbed wire , these Holocaust survivors lived in limbo between their past and their future . `` Nobody else wanted them , so they wanted to go to Palestine , '' Diamant said . `` There was this bottleneck . It was a big problem for the British , and it was also a public relations nightmare for the British . '' Watch Diamant talk about her new book '' One night in October 1945 , members of the Palmach -- an underground Jewish fighting force originally created to help the British fight the Nazis -- broke into Atlit and helped more than 200 prisoners escape . Central in this charge was Yitzhak Rabin , who would go on to be Israel 's prime minister , and who was assassinated by a Jewish extremist","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- By the end of World War II in April 1945 , with about two-thirds of European Jewry wiped out , Jewish survivors stepped out of the darkness in search of a place to call home . Bestselling author Anita Diamant releases her latest historical novel , `` Day After Night . '' About 250,000 were considered displaced persons , according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum . A growing number of Jews -- before , during and especially after the war -- dreamt of helping to build a Jewish homeland in what was , at the time , British-controlled Palestine . `` Getting out of Europe , for a lot of people , felt like getting out of a graveyard , '' said bestselling author Anita Diamant , whose newest book focuses on this period . `` Palestine was like over the rainbow , practically . It was somewhere that they knew they were wanted , at least by the Jewish community in Palestine , and it was a way to start over again in a completely new world . '' Immigration quotas , however , meant that the more than 100,000"}
-{"answer":", if any , responsibility for this delay , '' said Stevens , who said procedural hurdles at the appellate stage for capital defendants created what he called `` underlying evils of intolerable delay . '' `` The delay itself subjects death row inmates to decades of especially severe , dehumanizing conditions of confinement . '' It is an issue that the 89-year-old justice has long urged his colleagues to address , with little success . In his early years on the high court in the mid-1970s he had supported the resumption of the death penalty after a four-year moratorium imposed by the Supreme Court . But in recent years , he has voiced his opposition to capital punishment , particularly in cases involving inmates asserting their right to challenge their sentences . Thomas reacted strongly to Stevens ' statement . The conservative jurist said the inmate had challenged his conviction and sentence for nearly 29 years and `` now contends that the very proceedings he used to contest his sentence should prohibit the state from carrying it out . '' `` In Justice Stevens ' view , it seems the state can never get the timing just right .","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two Supreme Court justices engaged in a late-night exchange of harsh words before the execution early Wednesday of a convicted Tennessee killer who had been sitting on death row for nearly three decades . Justices John Paul Stevens and Clarence Thomas disagreed over whether to grant a stay of execution for Cecil Johnson Jr. . The stay eventually was denied , and about an hour later , at 2:34 a.m. , Johnson was put to death by lethal injection at a Nashville , Tennessee , prison . The 53-year-old inmate had been convicted of murder in a 1980 shooting spree at a convenience store near the state capital . The victims included 12-year-old Bobby Bell Jr. , son of the store owner , who was wounded . Two other men sitting in a nearby taxicab also were shot to death . Stevens , who was initially presented the last-minute appeal by Johnson 's lawyers , would have granted the stay , along with Justice Stephen Breyer . Stevens was concerned that too much time had elapsed between sentencing and the planned execution , amounting perhaps to cruel and unusual punishment . `` Johnson bears little"}
-{"answer":"means parts of the city , and its surrounding suburbs such as Rangsit , are flooded . The flooding , which follows months of monsoon rains , has already killed 356 people , with nearly 9 million others affected , authorities said . Overall damage from the floods could top $ 2 billion , with the worst yet to come as the waters destroy shops and paralyze factories nationwide , the Thai Finance Ministry said . Many residents waded through dirty water in the capital Friday as they made a desperate attempt to save their belongings . Among them was a teary-eyed woman named Surirat Prapankarn , from a suburb outside Bangkok , who could be seen lugging her sodden possessions through waist-high water . Pulling her things out of her front room , Prapankarn said she was overcome with sadness when she looked at her destroyed home and at what had been lost . She wondered how she would find food for her 16 dogs . Waters rose overnight in the northern Bangkok suburb of Rangsit , giving residents little chance to save what they could . The lucky few moved out of flooded homes by boat , or","question":"Bangkok , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thailand 's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned Saturday that more water would pour into the capital , Bangkok , as the country endures its worst flood in half a century , state media reported . Giving her weekly television address to the nation , Shinawatra said efforts were being made to manage the flow of floodwaters to minimize the impact on residents . Extra protection would be given to historical sites , palaces , hospitals , business districts , utilities and transportation infrastructure , state-run news agency MCOT quoted her as saying . The government has set up more than 1,700 shelters for victims of flooding in affected provinces , Shinawatra said , according to the agency . There are currently more than 113,000 people staying at the shelters , which can cater for about 800,000 , she said . The government had hoped that strengthening flood barriers and widening canals would keep populated areas safe . But now the government is trying a different tack : opening floodgates to relieve pressure on dams and levees and send the water toward the sea . The decision to divert water through canals in Bangkok"}
-{"answer":", were dependent on `` foreign financing . '' The BNA report specifically referenced money that one suspect supposedly got during a visit to Iran . Another report , released early Monday by Iran 's state-run Press TV , described the arrests and Bahraini claims as `` anti-Iran political theater . '' `` Manama has made similar allegations on a number of occasions , and every time Iran has denied all the charges , '' the Press TV report said . A Bahrain interior ministry spokesman had earlier said , in a statement , that Qatari security authorities initially arrested four Bahrainis who had entered Qatar from neighboring Saudi Arabia . The suspects were carrying documents and a laptop `` containing sensitive security information and details about some places and vital establishments in Bahrain , as well as airline bookings to Syria , '' the spokesman 's statement said . The suspects were also carrying a `` significant '' amount of U.S. and Iranian currency , the spokesman said . The Qatari Security Authority learned that the four suspects left Bahrain `` after being incited by others to head to Iran , '' and then they passed through Qatar and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bahraini authorities on Sunday explicitly tied the recent arrests of alleged `` terrorist cell '' members with Iran , claiming the suspects got funding from that Middle Eastern nation and had ties to Iran 's Revolutionary Guard and Basij , according to a state media report . A day earlier , a Bahrain Ministry of Interior spokesman said authorities had arrested five people for allegedly planning attacks against -- among other targets -- the interior ministry building , the King Fahad Causeway and Saudi Arabia 's embassy in Manama . On Sunday , a spokesman for the public prosecution office -- which has taken over the investigation from the interior ministry -- offered new details about the alleged plotters . Much of the new information was derived from what the official Bahrain News Agency describes as `` confessions made by some of the accused gangsters . '' The BNA report stated the alleged terrorists had connected with `` militant elements in -LRB- Iran 's -RRB- Revolutionary Guard '' and Basij , the volunteer paramilitary group allied with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . The Bahrain prosecutor 's spokesman claimed the suspected terrorists planning , and operations"}
-{"answer":"say he is a frail and sickly man who has faced extreme humiliation and would essentially be given a death sentence if a judge hands down the maximum sentence allowed . It will be up to Judge A. Kirke Bartley Jr. to decide how to reconcile the two portraits of Tony Marshall . He faces a minimum 1 to 3 years , or as much as 8 to 25 years in state prison . The drastically differing views have only further heightened interest in the case , which during the trial stage was a tabloid feeding frenzy , fostering headlines such as `` Bad heir day , '' `` Mrs. Astor 's disaster '' and `` DA 's kick in the Astor . '' The witness list was a virtual `` Who 's Who '' of New York 's social elite -- including Henry Kissinger , Graydon Carter , Barbara Walters , Vartan Gregorian and Annette de la Renta . During the case , prosecutors and witnesses portrayed Marshall as an only son preying on his physically and mentally ill 101-year-old mother . Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann called the case `` disturbing , '' and said the trial told","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He was a cold , calculating , `` morally depraved '' man who spent the last years of his socialite and megaphilanthropist mother 's life bilking her fortune to line his pockets . That 's one way to see Anthony Marshall -- and it 's the only way , according to the prosecutors who secured a conviction against him for grand larceny and scheming to defraud his mother , Brooke Astor . Now as the 85-year-old son prepares to be sentenced Monday for his crimes , another portrait of him has emerged -- thanks to close friends and celebrity acquaintances -LRB- including Al Roker and Whoopi Goldberg -RRB- who sent letters to the court in hopes of saving him from a lengthy prison sentence . The man prosecutors described during the trial is apparently unrecognizable to many of Marshall 's friends and acquaintances . He was a loyal churchgoing man , a Purple Heart recipient wounded in Iwo Jima during World War II and a son who tried mightily but could never live up to the high ideals of his socialite mother , according to letters friends submitted to the court . And now , they"}
-{"answer":"more women should join her . `` Women belong in all places where decision are being made , '' she said . `` I do n't say -LSB- the split -RSB- should be 50-50 . It could be 60 percent men , 40 percent women , or the other way around . It should n't be that women are the exception . '' Sotomayor has drawn controversy with her remarks at a 2001 speech : `` I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who has n't lived that life . '' She has echoed the sentiment in related talks she has given over the years . Ginsburg spoke weeks before Sotomayor was tapped for the high court about observations she and O'Connor had made in the past that were similar to Sotomayor 's . `` You know the line that Sandra and I keep repeating ... that ` at the end of the day , a wise old man and a wise old woman reach the same judgment ' ? '' she told USA Today . `` But there are","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While most sitting Supreme Court justices refuse to comment about current and future nominees to that bench , one member says she ca n't wait to welcome Judge Sonia Sotomayor to that exclusive club . Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg her views occasionally are ignored by the male justices . Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , the only women on the nine-member court , told a group of lawyers and judges this weekend she was `` cheered '' at the nomination of Sotomayor . Ginsburg said the 54-year-old federal appeals court judge brings `` a wealth of experience in the law and in life . I am glad to no longer be the lone woman on the court , and look forward to a new colleague well-equipped to handle the challenges our work presents . '' Her remarks were made at a semi-private conference in Upstate New York . The justice has made no secret of her desire to see greater gender diversity on her court . She has lamented the departure of her friend and colleague Sandra Day O'Connor in 2006 . She told USA Today just weeks before Justice David Souter announced his retirement that"}
-{"answer":"selling radio ad time in November . `` The competition is really stiff , '' she said . `` There 's a lot of people out of work . A lot of people looking for a job . '' Gill Lumpkin has applied for a job as an FBI recruiter . If the FBI thinks she has the skills for the post , that 's just one step toward a job . She 'll have to undergo an FBI background check and take polygraph and drug tests . Watch the applications pile up at the FBI '' The FBI official in charge of human resources concedes the FBI is benefiting a bit from the sour economy and getting a flood of applications this year . `` In years past it was often difficult to find people with the science and technology background or chemistry background or a biology background because we were competing with the private sector , '' said FBI Assistant Director John Raucci . Raucci said during the dotcom explosion , the FBI had a difficult time competing with dotcom start-up salaries . `` Now , what we offer is stability , we offer a job and I","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With thousands of Americans looking for jobs , many businesses are saying : Sorry , we 're not hiring . The Federal Bureau of Investigation is sending out another message : Come right this way . Donna Gill Lumpkin is one of more than 270,000 people to apply for about 2,950 jobs at the FBI . After years of being outgunned in the battle for job applicants by corporations who could pay bigger salaries , hundreds of thousands of job seekers are applying for FBI positions . The FBI announced a hiring blitz in January to fill more than 2,100 professional staff positions . The job postings run the gamut from scientists to accountants to auto mechanics . In addition , the bureau said it wants to hire 850 FBI agents . What happened next caught many at the FBI by surprise . More than 270,000 people applied over about six weeks . The FBI said about 70,000 people seek positions in a normal year . But this is n't a normal year . Just ask Donna Gill Lumpkin , a divorced mother of two who lives in Maryland . Gill Lumpkin lost her job"}
-{"answer":"feminist movement that had `` already begun to impair the family as the basis of civilization and its advance . '' Pillsbury envisioned the schools creating a lectureship that could help keep women in the home . 3 . Auburn goes to the dogs When Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Ritchey , granddaughter of the founder of the Quaker State Oil Refining Company , died in 1968 , she left Auburn University a generous gift of $ 2.5 million . She also gave the school something a bit more unusual : the responsibility for 150 dogs . Ritchey , who owned a ranch in Florida and loved to adopt homeless dogs , made the large cash donation contingent on the school finding good homes for all 150 of her dogs . The cash was then earmarked for veterinary research . Mental Floss : Videos : Dogs welcoming home soldiers 4 . Bryn Mawr goes on the clock Did Bryn Mawr need any new clocks in 1957 ? It did n't matter . They were getting one . Philadelphia physician Florence Chapman Child left the school $ 50,000 in her will if they would also agree to take her 150-year-old grandfather clock .","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- For most of us , college donations entail little more than occasionally dropping a small check in the mail after receiving repeated pleas for cash from our alma maters . Some people , though , tend to be a bit more individualistic with their generosity . Let 's take a look at some of the quirkier donations schools have received : 1 . Bequest puts jocks on the ropes In 1907 , fledgling Swarthmore College received a bequest that was estimated to be worth somewhere between $ 1 and $ 3 million . If the school wanted the cash , though , it would have to stop participating in intercollegiate sports . Swarthmore badly needed the cash -- its entire endowment was only in the $ 1 million range -- but in the end , the school turned down the gift and the sports survived . 2 . Ivy League has to produce homemakers When former Massachusetts Attorney General A.E. Pillsbury gave Harvard , Yale , Princeton , and Columbia $ 25,000 apiece in his 1931 will , he had a catch in mind : the schools had to use the bequests to combat the"}
-{"answer":"Throughout history , people have been looking for some kind of magic that will allow one to eat and live as one pleases , but still look emaciatedly gorgeous . And they 've come up with some pretty dubious theories that somehow took hold in the public consciousness and became fads . Here are a few of our favorites . Location , location , location `` The Causes and Effects of Corpulence '' was a treatise penned in 1727 by one Thomas Short , in which he observed that larger people were more likely to live near swampy areas . His advice ? Fat people should move to more arid climes . Improbable side effects The namesake of the graham cracker -- ironically now an integral part of that deliciously fattening treat , the ` smore -- was a Presbyterian minister who claimed that overeating could not only make you fat , it could make you lecherous , too . In the 1830s , Sylvester Graham ran health retreats for like-minded parishioners featuring a strict meat-free , incredibly bland diet . Chew yourself thin Horace Fletcher , a turn of the century San Francisco art dealer , became known as","question":"-LRB- MENTAL FLOSS -RRB- -- Most of the world seems to think that America invented obesity sometime in the last century , but the truth is , fat has always been a part of life -LRB- witness Hatshepsut , one of the great ancient Egyptian queens who reigned in the 15th century BC -- despite her svelte sarcophagus , modern archeologists believe that she was pretty obese and may have suffered from diabetes -RRB- . Goldfish may have delivered a dubious dietary aid -- tapeworms . So it stands to reason that dieting has been around just as long . Some historians credit William the Conqueror with starting the first fad diet . Having grown too fat to ride his horse , William went on a liquid diet in 1087 -- or , rather , a liquor diet , since all he did was drink booze . The story might be apocryphal -- William , still fat , actually died after falling from his horse and there was no word on whether he was drunk at the time -- but it 's a good one , and it sets the tone for the next 1000 + years of dieting ."}
-{"answer":"and so I am here , and I need it for myself , too ! '' The Ventrellas are one of eight parent-child duos on the show this season . Attorney Melissa Morgan , 39 , and her husband Lance , 38 , a rancher , hail from Aspermont , Texas , and are both interested in losing weight and saving their marriage . California-based cousins Sam Poueu , 24 , and Koli Palu , 29 , were inspired by the success of Tongan cousins Sione and Filipe in season seven and hope to do the same for the people and culture of American Samoa . Orlando , Florida , identical twins James and John Crutchfield , 30 , weighed in at a combined 969 lbs . `` I 'm glad I 'm here , '' James said , `` because my only other alternative is surgery . '' Here are the other teams vying for a $ 250,000 winner prize or $ 100,000 at-home prize : Mom Patti Anderson , 55 , a business owner , and daughter Stephanie Anderson , 29 , a radio sales executive , from Lafayette and West Hollywood , California . Mom Cherita Andrews","question":"-LRB- PEOPLE.com -RRB- -- Last Tuesday , Danny Cahill became the biggest ` Biggest Loser ' ever when he dropped 239 lbs . in seven months to win the eighth season title . Now , as NBC goes back to a couples edition of the series , the contestants and the challenges they face get bigger as well . On January 5 , `` The Biggest Loser : Couples '' premieres with 11 teams of two competing for the Season 9 crown . Among the players are Michael Ventrella , a 30-year-old deejay from Chicago , Illinois -- who at 526 lbs . becomes the heaviest contestant ever on the series -- and his is mother , Maria , a 51-year-old corporate travel agent . `` I would do anything for Michael , '' his mom Maria , who starts at 281 lbs. , told PEOPLE . `` At first I did n't think I could do it because I have too many responsibilities at home . I have a husband who is disabled , my mom in a wheelchair , a full-time job , home cleaning -- it 's a lot . But then he needed it so bad"}
-{"answer":"the penalty shootout . Beckham got the Galaxy off to a good start in the shoot out as he scored with confidence , but his team could not follow in the same manner . Jovan Kirovski 's shot was blocked by Rimando , but Saunders followed by stopping the effort of Salt Lake captain Kyle Beckerman before Donovan blazed over the crossbar to leave the score 5-4 . Galaxy came into the game as favorites , but flattered to deceive as it was revealed Beckham had played with an injured right ankle . `` We all want to win titles and personally I 'd love to be successful but I think we have been successful this year without winning tonight , '' Beckham told reporters after the game . `` We have quietened a few people along the way which is always nice but we could n't finish it off . `` I would n't say it 's tougher to lose on penalties but it 's Russian roulette , that 's just the way it is . It 's not a nice way to lose . `` The people that step up are brave enough to step up and if","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Real Salt Lake sealed an upset win over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday night with a 5-4 penalty victory , after extra-time in the Major League Soccer Cup final that ended with the score at 1-1 . Robbie Russell netted the vital spot kick after Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando made two saves and MLS Most Valuable Player , and LA Galaxy captain , Langdon Donovan sent his shot sailing over the crossbar . Salt Lake 's win at the Qwest Field arena in Seattle , ended David Beckham 's bid to claim a third national title in as many different nations , having previously won the English Premier League with Manchester United and La Liga with Spain 's Real Madrid . The Galaxy struck first , with midfielder Mike Magee drilling a 41st-minute shot into an open net . His strike came after Beckham passed to Donovan , who set-up Magee at the far post . Seattle : America 's soccer city . Real Salt Lake hit back with 25 minutes left when Robbie Findley reacted first after Yuri Movsisyan 's attempt on goal was blocked , tying the match and setting up"}
-{"answer":"two hours after the Air Force stated that its officials had `` terminated '' their response to the incident . All base personnel were leaving via a `` controlled release . '' `` With the help of the Tucson emergency services communities , Airmen were successful in maintaining the safety and security of the Desert Lightning Team , '' the Air Force said , alluding to the name used for Air Force personnel based in the arid southern Arizona locale . Earlier , Tucson Police Sgt. Maria Hawke said in an e-mailed statement that members of the department 's SWAT team , hostage unit and bomb squad are near the site on a `` stand-by '' basis in case they are needed . But she said that they are `` not actively engaged in any enforcement , investigative or other activity . '' And Manuel Johnson , a Phoenix-based spokesman for the FBI , added that some agency personnel have been dispatched to the base to help , if needed . Shortly before noon Friday , Staff Sgt. Caitlyn Jones confirmed that there was a security situation at the base and that it was on lock-down mode . `` It","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. Air Force officials called off their response late Friday afternoon at a Tucson , Arizona , base after reports that an armed man had entered an office building , the U.S. military branch said in a statement . Earlier in the day , a U.S. military official told CNN that a gunman was believed to be holed up in a building at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base . This precipitated the Air Force to call for a lock-down -- which began at 10:30 a.m. -- `` following the unconfirmed sighting of '' such a man . No shots were ever fired and law enforcement teams are on site , said the official , who had direct knowledge of the situation from conversations with base officials but did not want to be identified . In fact , at 6 p.m. , Col. John Cherrey -- who commands the Air Force 's 355th Fighter Wing -- told reporters that no gunman or weapon was ever found . He added that the building , where the gunman was once thought to have entered , has been secured after authorities went through it room-by-room . The announcement came about"}
-{"answer":"characters in her lyrics are friends , family and lovers from the past . She also has a man in her present : On July 24 , she became engaged to Chris Coleman , the drummer in her band . Watch Williams show off her talents '' Williams spoke with CNN about her new album and her family 's legacy . The following is an edited version of the interview . CNN : Your new album was released the same day as your dad 's new album . Was that planned ? Holly Williams : It was n't planned at all . About three weeks before my release , I was looking over to see who else was coming out that day , and it said , `` Hank Jr. '' -- and I 'm going , `` Is this something my manager planned ? '' And it 's just so random , because out of the 52 weeks of the year , it just happened . CNN : What did he think about the album ? Williams : Well , this is embarrassing , but I have n't sent him a copy yet ! I need to . He","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Holly Williams is one of the only artists in country music male or female who does n't have a stylist . But then again , she might be the only entertainer in Nashville who owns a clothing boutique . Holly Williams is daughter of musician Hank Williams Jr. and granddaughter of musician Hank Williams Sr . The chic women 's store is named H. Audrey after her maternal grandmother , who was the first wife of the late country music icon Hank Williams . Holly 's father is Bocephus -- the legendary hellraiser and three-time CMA Entertainer of the Year otherwise known as Hank Williams Jr. . She got her height from him . With heels on , she 's about 6-foot-3 -- all tanned legs and long , blonde hair . She looks like a star . And at 28 , she wants to earn the right to be one . Williams just released her sophomore album , `` Here With Me '' -LRB- Mercury Nashville -RRB- . Most of the 11 tracks are self-penned , and she sings them with emotional honesty in a smoky , soulful voice . The"}
-{"answer":"get to the prison . `` You would have to open up a total of eight doors , and ... -LRB- for the -RRB- last door which would go into this space -LRB- where the family was imprisoned -RRB- , you would also have to use electronic opening apparatus , '' Polzer said . `` We will have to find out perhaps later from now if perhaps there are other spaces we have n't discovered yet , and perhaps maybe there is something else interesting . '' Fritzl was recently arrested and confessed to holding his daughter , Elisabeth , captive in the dungeon under the Fritzl home for decades , repeatedly raping her and fathering seven children -- six of whom survived . Three of the children were adopted by Josef Fritzl and his wife after he concocted the ruse that Elisabeth had left the babies on their doorstep . The story of the family 's imprisonment began to unravel more than two weeks ago , when one of the children still in the dungeon , 19-year-old Kerstin Fritzl , fell seriously ill with convulsions . The father agreed to take her to a hospital , the first time","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Austrian investigators Monday released more details about the elaborate underground cellar where Josef Fritzl kept his daughter imprisoned for 24 years , along with three of their children . Josef Fritzl admitted to authorities he raped his daughter and fathered her children . Investigators believe Fritzl planned to build the cellar as early as 1978 , shortly after , according to his daughter , he began raping her at age 11 or 12 , said police spokesman Franz Polzer . The 73-year-old Austrian began building the dungeon as part of an addition to his home that year , and simply added the hidden space -- which was not recorded in any building plans -- Polzer said . It took Fritzl until 1983 to finish the addition , Polzer said . Investigators recently discovered another door to the dungeon prison , which was blocked by a 500-kilogram -LRB- 1,100-pound -RRB- steel and concrete door that Fritzl probably stopped using when he later constructed an electronic door for a second entrance , Polzer said . Fritzl , who police believe was the only one with access to the cellar , had to travel through an elaborate maze to"}
-{"answer":"Cass County on Friday . The flooding began last week when warmer weather and rain melted snow south of Fargo and Moorhead , causing the Red River to swell . Upstream , snow and ice have yet to melt , pushing water back toward the two cities . Near one area of the river bank in Moorhead , a mound of packed snow several inches high sat across from a flooded and impassable underpass . iReport : Are you there ? Share photos , video The waters are expected to start receding Monday afternoon , but Walaker said he plans to keep Fargo 's sandbags in their places through next week as a precautionary measure . `` Right now , I feel that all the dikes , sandbags and earthen dikes should stay in place until we at least get it down to 30 feet and if its continuing to go down we can start the process , '' he said . `` But I would hate to see us move because of the quick change in the weather . I mean it does n't take much to bounce us back ... just a weather front moving in with significant","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A snow storm on the first day of spring could drop several inches this weekend from New Mexico to Missouri , while farther north , Minnesota and North Dakota brace for the rising waters of the Red River . The waters of the Red River are forecast to rise another foot this weekend , testing the more than a million sandbags stacked as a defensive barrier along Fargo , North Dakota , and Moorhead , Minnesota . Waters had reached 36.8 feet -- just two-tenths short of cresting level -- by Saturday night , the National Weather Service reported . The river had reached flood stage at 18 feet and major flood stage at 30 feet . The river is expected to crest Sunday , about 3 feet below last year 's record flood level of 40.8 feet . Last year , there were 10 reports of property damage , Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker said Saturday . There have been no reports of property damage associated with the recent river rising , he said . More than 700,000 sandbags were guarding Fargo , and the National Guard was deployed to help in the city and surrounding"}
-{"answer":"weeks while he recovers from Monday 's surgery on his right ankle . The Portuguese winger 's future at Old Trafford has been the source of heated speculation , with Spanish giants Real making clear they want to sign him at any cost . United made a formal complaint to FIFA about Madrid 's interest last month , but football 's governing body said that no regulations had been broken . `` I 'm always in favor of protecting the player , and if the player wants to leave , let him leave , '' said Blatter . `` If the player wants to play somewhere else , then a solution should be found because if he stays in a club where he does not feel comfortable to play then it 's not good for the player and for the club . '' Ronaldo , who hit 42 goals for United last season , has a contract until 2012 and Blatter believes the issue raises concerns about the way transfers and contracts are dealt with in the game . He said he was `` very in sympathy '' with Ronaldo over his current position . `` I think in football","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Cristiano Ronaldo should be allowed to leave European champions Manchester United for Real Madrid if he wants , says FIFA president Sepp Blatter . Manchester United made a formal complaint to FIFA about Real Madrid 's interest in Ronaldo last month . Questioned about the protracted wrangle over the 23-year-old 's future , Blatter told Sky News that the practice of binding players to lengthy contracts amounts to `` modern slavery '' . Ronaldo himself later agreed with Blatter 's assessment of his transfer standoff with Manchester United . United have vowed not to sell their star winger to Real Madrid , but Ronaldo has spoken of his desire to join the Spanish champions -- although he is yet to submit a transfer request . He told Portuguese broadcaster TVI : `` You know what I said , what I want and what I would like . Let 's see , I agree completely with the president of FIFA . Now I have to wait and see , but I do not know where I will begin the season . '' Ronaldo also added that he will be sidelined for 10 or 12"}
-{"answer":", things need to be different when you get out . '' She came up with the idea a few years ago while looking -- without success -- for a birthday card to send her brother-in-law , who was serving an 11-month sentence . `` There are so many people who have mixed feelings about communicating with their loved ones in prison , '' Cheathem said Thursday . `` They are unhappy , oftentimes profoundly embarrassed . People do n't know what to say . '' So she created Three Squares Greetings to capture the sentiments for a captive audience -- one that seems to be getting larger each year . More than 2.3 million people were in jails or prisons in the United States at the beginning of 2008 , according to a study released last month by the Pew Center on the States . The center is a private organization that advocates for alternative programs to alleviate prison populations . For the first time in the nation 's history , the center says , more than one in 100 Americans are behind bars , a higher proportion than any other country . Cheathem is selling her cards online","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ever find yourself struggling to craft the perfect sentence for a loved one who 's , um , serving a sentence ? Now , you have a friend in the greeting card business . Terrye Cheathem has created a line of greeting cards geared toward prison inmates . A Los Angeles , California , lawyer has come up with a series of cards geared toward prison inmates , a rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population . Some express simple good wishes : `` We are all praying for you while you do your time . '' Others celebrate holidays : `` You had the choice to be ` naughty or nice . ' And you chose ... Now you have to do your time . But , Christmas wo n't be the same without you here . '' Others dole out tough love : `` When you called last time , I was not very sympathetic . I guess that I have heard your promises to change too many times . Please - stop promising to change . Just do it . '' Creator Terrye Cheathem said the cards let family members say `` Look"}
-{"answer":"habitat . And the habitat that remained has become more fragmented due to development , primarily roads . The result : The bears become more isolated , with inbreeding within that isolated population . `` This population of bears is actually losing genetic diversity , '' Cox said . `` You see that loss of healthy genes in the population over time . `` That is a sign of isolation . '' Having the bears wear the GPS collars is `` wonderful because the bears are telling us what habitat we need to protect , '' said Tricia Martin of The Nature Conservancy . As of now , 55 black bears in the area have been fitted with collars . Watch the researchers at work '' Researchers want to know whether the bears ' travels have them crossing a road , an orange grove , or somewhere else in order to get from place to place . Collecting data on the corridors the bears need to travel will help in pinpointing what land should be sought for conservation purposes . But first the bears must be snared -- and that 's where the doughnuts come in . `` The doughnuts","question":"HIGHLANDS COUNTY , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At the heart of Florida researchers ' high-tech efforts to protect black bears is a rather low-tech tool : day-old doughnuts . A young bear sits next to a pine tree after being snared by one of the traps set by researchers . Researchers use the doughnuts and other stale pastries to bait traps for the bears . Once snared , the bears are tranquilized and then fitted with a GPS collar . Using cell phone technology , every 15 minutes the collar sends a text message that tells researchers where the bear is located . Tracking the bears ' movements -- or lack thereof -- is important . Dr. John Cox , head of the South-Central Florida Bear Project , said the bear population , in order to stay healthy , must be able to travel to different locations throughout the state . They need to travel between different bear populations . But that mobility has been decreasing . There was a time , Cox said , when the bears were free to roam the entire state . As development increased , however , the black bear lost much of its"}
-{"answer":"relinquished their grip on power by allowing free elections . Walesa describes the union as a screw turning in the opposite direction to the communist regime , ultimately `` destroying the engine . '' `` The system was 10 times less efficient than the western system , '' Walesa told CNN , recalling his decade-long struggle . `` It paid less , life was worse . Each country enslaved by the Soviets was different and in Poland we had TV and people could travel so we knew life could be better ... and we 'd never given up . '' But Jaruzelski still believes that without his decision to impose martial law in 1981 , Poland 's revolt against Soviet domination would have been as ruthlessly and violently quashed by Moscow as had those in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968 . `` For me personally it was a great tragedy , the consequences of which I 've felt to this day , '' Jaruzelski told CNN . `` Martial law was evil . But it was less evil than the real and inevitable threat we were facing . There was a threat of an explosion -- and an","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One was the archetypal military strongman , intent on maintaining the social order and saving his country from `` catastrophe . '' The other was a charismatic shipyard electrician and trade union leader who was just as determined to lead his countrymen to freedom . Wojciech Jaruzelski and Lech Walesa attend the first multi-party session of the Polish parliament in 1989 . Yet nowadays Wojciech Jaruzelski , the last leader of communist Poland , and Lech Walesa both claim , in their different ways , to have played their part in setting Poland on the path to democracy . The rise of Solidarity , the union and social movement which Walesa founded among the dockers of Gdansk in 1980 , was crucial to the ultimate collapse of communism in Poland and across the Soviet bloc . Feted in the West , Walesa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 after spending nearly a year locked up as Jaruzelski clamped down on dissent , becoming a symbol of a rising tide of resentment behind the Iron Curtain . By 1989 , Solidarity had become an unstoppable social movement , sweeping to victory as the communist authorities"}
-{"answer":"presents a set of familiar superhero archetypes -- and then subverts them completely . Rorschach -LRB- Jackie Earl Haley -RRB- is like the Spirit ... except he 's a joyless , hard-line misanthrope . The Comedian -LRB- Jeffrey Dean Morgan -RRB- is like Captain America ... but loyal only to sadistic thrills and a corrupt worldview . Nite Owl -LRB- Patrick Wilson -RRB- is part Batman , part Iron Man ... except he 's also a schlubby , impotent coward . Ozymandias -LRB- Matthew Goode -RRB- is the resident genius ... who 's built an empire on superhero toys . -LRB- You see what we mean by irony . -RRB- Says Billy Crudup , whose blue , naked Dr. Manhattan is an almighty Superman dangerously detached from his own humanity : '' ` Watchmen ' is a kind of thrilling thought experiment . What would people who dress up in costumes to fight crime actually be like ? Well , they 'd probably be fetishists who lived on the fringes of society . They 'd all be a bunch of freaking lunatics . '' Yet for all its self-awareness and cynicism , `` Watchmen '' is n't some cheap-and-silly ``","question":"-LRB- Entertainment Weekly -RRB- -- They have come to glimpse the miracle . They have come to witness the revolution . They have come for `` Watchmen '' -- the allegedly unfilmable superhero movie , the long-awaited adaptation of the comic book that changed the face of comic books forever . Billy Crudup plays Dr. Manhattan , a powerful superhero in `` Watchmen . '' On this warm July morning , over 5,000 fans attending the annual geek pop summit known as Comic-Con have assembled inside the San Diego Convention Center for a first look . Many spent the night on the sidewalk . Some have come in costumes . Behind the stage , indie-movie icon Kevin Smith parks himself in front of a closed-circuit TV , a happy grin on his bearded mug . `` You have to understand , I 've been waiting for this moment for years , '' says Smith . `` This is it , man . This is the pinnacle . '' All this , for a violent , ironic superhero epic that does n't like superheroes in the first place . Directed by `` 300 's '' Zack Snyder , `` Watchmen ''"}
-{"answer":"of the students in the school do it : About 70 percent of the institute 's 459 students live in Juarez . Some are American citizens with Mexican parents ; others are Mexican citizens who carry a student visa to any one of three U.S.-Mexico border checkpoints in El Paso that serve tens of thousands of students , white-collar workers and day laborers each day . Students describe their lives and daily challenges '' When she gets to the school each morning , Diaz changes out of her jogging pants and into her uniform skirt . `` Because of the people over there , I do n't feel comfortable with the men and stuff , so I wear pants , '' she explains . `` You definitely see a difference here . The streets , they are more clean here than they are in Juarez , and I think the people respect you a little more . You do n't have to worry about people giving you trouble . '' El Paso , population 734,000 , has long enjoyed the benefits of strong community ties with its industrial sister city of approximately 1.5 million . But the violence and insecurity","question":"EL PASO , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Marina Diaz knows each day could be her last when she leaves for school each morning . Marina Diaz and Alejandro Caballero cross a U.S.-Mexico border checkpoint on the way to school each day . But that does n't stop her from making the trip from her home on the dusty outskirts of Ciudad Juarez , Mexico , a key battleground in Mexico 's drug wars , to El Paso , Texas , where she attends high school . From the moment she catches a bus to downtown Juarez , she is mindful of her surroundings . This is a city that saw 1,600 homicides last year . She warily watches the federal soldiers patrolling the streets . Diaz , 18 , finally relaxes after she clears customs at a border checkpoint and passes the `` Welcome to Texas ! '' sign greeting pedestrians at the intersection of El Paso Street and 6th Avenue in downtown El Paso . From there , it 's another five minutes to the Lydia Patterson Institute . She is not the only student making the trip across the border each day . In fact , most"}
-{"answer":"first months of this year , '' said Marshals Service spokesman Dave Turner . Whether real threats or hoaxes , every e-mail , phone call , written note and letter -- including some with white powder -- is investigated . The scope and seriousness of the protective effort increased sharply after the Lefkow tragedy . On Tuesday , the Marshals Service dedicated the `` Joan Lefkow Conference Room '' in the new Threat Management Center to the memory of her slain husband , Michael Lefkow , and mother , Donna Humphrey . Judge Lefkow returned home on February 28 , 2005 , to find them shot to death . The man authorities said was their killer committed suicide 10 days later when he was stopped by police in Wisconsin . The killer was angry that Judge Lefkow had dismissed his medical malpractice case and he sought revenge , police concluded . U.S. Marshals Director John Clark credits Lefkow 's advocacy for better security as the catalyst for dramatic changes . `` Because of her courage to speak out and her advocacy for reform in the protection of judges , things started to happen , '' Clark said . He cited","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The federal judge whose husband and mother were slain in their family home in Chicago , Illinois , four years ago was honored Monday by U.S. marshals charged with combating a growing number of threats to the judiciary . Judge Joan Lefkow has advocated improving judicial security since her husband and mother were killed . Judge Joan Lefkow , who eventually returned to the bench , credited the marshals who protect federal judges at work and at home with major improvements in judicial security in the years since her family tragedy . `` It 's now four years later , and I do see dawn has broken , '' Lefkow told a crowd of friends and federal officials gathered at the Marshals Service headquarters across the Potomac River from Washington . The improved security -- including home intrusion security systems and coordinated intelligence and threat analysis -- was badly needed , according to both judges and the Marshals Service . The number of threats has increased each year , and is expected to exceed 1,500 this year , up from 1,278 last year . `` We 've already had 600 inappropriate communications reported in the"}
-{"answer":"it -RRB- . '' Yingluck fielded criticism that the flood relief center had not done enough and -- with tears in her eyes -- called on the public to sympathize with emergency staff , as some of them had also become victims of the flooding . `` Many are exhausted and some problems can not be controlled and were not caused by -LRB- the center -RRB- , '' Yingluck said , according to MCOT . Thailand 's government declared public holidays through the rest of the month in 21 flood-affected provinces , and appealed to Bangkok residents to head to the countryside . People flocked to bus terminals and crowded the Suvarnabhumi Airport , the main airport , in hopes of reaching higher ground . The smaller domestic airport , its runways inundated , was closed until November 1 , but Suvarnabhumi was operating normally , protected by 3.5 meters -LRB- almost 12 feet -RRB- of dikes , said Toopetch Booyarith of the Airport Authority of Thailand . `` We are confident that we will not be affected , '' Toopetch said . CNNGo : Updated info for tourists The streets of the normally bustling metropolis that is notorious for","question":"Bangkok , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- High tide on Friday sent some water pouring into the Bangkok 's Chinatown area , but it receded within a few hours , while the commercial district remained largely dry . Those who have stayed in the city despite the government 's pleas to leave are waiting to see if the highest tide , forecast to come Saturday afternoon , will overwhelm defenses along the city 's river and many canals and bring more damaging floods . Floodwaters that drenched much of central and lower parts of northern Thailand crept Thursday into Bangkok , stressing embankments and flooding roads , parking lots , factories and markets and sending many residents fleeing for dry ground . Up to 1 meter -LRB- 3.2 feet -RRB- of water was expected in some areas , said Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra , as the Chao Phraya River spilled into the city of 12 million people . Several districts were under a mandatory evacuation order . `` There is water from underground coming up , '' said Pracha Promnok , chief of the Flood Relief Operations Center . `` We are unable to do anything -LRB- to stop"}
-{"answer":", calm him down , and arrange for follow-up care . Most of the callers want information regarding mental health and other medical services available to them provided at their local VA hospitals . But for others , the call they 're making is a last resort . Each year , more than 30,000 people kill themselves , 20 percent of them veterans , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . That 's 18 veteran suicides a day . Every call presents another opportunity for the hot line responders to try to prevent another tragedy . The crisis center , staffed around the clock seven days a week , opened in July 2007 , largely borne from widespread criticism that the department was not responding adequately to veterans in crisis . Janet Kemp , the Veterans Administration Suicide Prevention Coordinator , says the phones have n't stopped ringing since the hot line 's inception . `` It 's about being able to provide them with immediate assistance , immediate resources , appointments . It assures that we 're not going to let them drop through the cracks after they hang up the phone , '' Kemp says","question":"Canandaigua , New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Can you say that again ? You put a bullet through the wall in your house ? '' Angela Price begins this evening at work like any , listening to troubled veterans in need of a sympathetic ear or immediate help . She reaches for a pen and paper . She 's a trained responder for the Veterans Affairs Department 's National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the upstate New York town of Canandaigua . She asks a series of questions : `` Where 's the gun at now ? ... OK , so the gun is nowhere near you ? ... OK , I 'm glad that you 're safe , '' she says , somewhat relieved but still concerned about the caller . Price is one of some 20 responders , counselors , social workers and health tech assistants staffing 15 phone lines and three chat lines at the center at any given time . She talks with the caller for 45 minutes . He shot a bullet into the wall of his house and then went for a drive . She is able to coax him to pull over"}
-{"answer":"stores around the square were closed as the unrest reverberated , with some guarding against damage by erecting steel fences on their windows . Helicopters hovered overhead as the security forces wielded batons and used a spray to push the crowd out of the square . After that , police chased down demonstrators in nearby alleys and streets , with protesters and lawmen playing cat and mouse over several tension-filled hours until the crowd began to thin out around dusk . There were isolated face-offs and quarrels that broke out between demonstrators and the riot police and the Basij militia -- a volunteer paramilitary force that takes orders from the Revolutionary Guard , a military unit under the direct control of Iran 's supreme leader . There were no reports of serious injuries , but there were at least eight arrests , witnesses said . `` Thirty years after the revolution , this is what we get , '' one man said dejectedly , watching the noisy and chaotic scene as he remembered the birth and the promise of Iran 's Islamic revolution in 1979 . The location was the spot where a vigil was to be held in memory","question":"TEHRAN , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A defiant and chaotic protest sprouted in and around a public square Monday despite a warning by Iran 's Revolutionary Guard against the kind of street demonstrations that have roiled Iran for more than a week , witnesses said . Security forces patrol the streets of Tehran on Monday . Thousands of Iranians congregated and passed through Haft-e Tir Square , but riot police and the pro-government Basij militia confronted them and smacked their batons against their shin guards , making loud cracking sounds that seemed like gunshots , the witnesses said . As the protests continued , an election official with the Interior Ministry said the `` box-by-box details '' of the ballots -- which were confidential in previous elections -- would be released in response to claims that the election was rigged , Press TV reported . Iran 's Guardian Council declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of the election with 62.63 percent of the vote . His closest rival , Mir Hossein Moussavi , received 33.75 percent , surprising many experts who expected him to win . Iranians have continued protesting the results by taking to the streets . Most"}
-{"answer":"themselves in a bad position , to prevent it from happening again . '' Set in a church in Nashville , Tennessee , the John School is led by former prostitutes , health experts , psychologists and law enforcement officers who talk to -- and at times berate -- the men about the risks of hiring a prostitute . Prostitution is based on the law of supply and demand . The thinking is : Women wo n't stop selling sex until men stop buying . So Nashville and a growing number of cities are shifting their focus from locking up suppliers to educating buyers . Across the country , about 50 communities are using John Schools . Atlanta , Georgia , and Baltimore , Maryland , are among dozens more cities that plan to launch similar programs by the end of the year . See where the John Schools are '' `` It will make them -LSB- offenders -RSB- see that this is not a victimless crime , and they are contributing to the exploitation of women , '' said Stephanie Davis , policy adviser on women 's issues at the mayor 's office in Atlanta . `` It 's","question":"NASHVILLE , Tennessee -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The accused came from all walks of life : Retirees , dads and twentysomethings . An engineer , a business owner and an auto worker . A man in a wheelchair . Men in need of Spanish or Farsi translators . Brett Beasley , with Nashville 's Health Department , educates men arrested for trying to buy sex about STDs . About 40 men somberly entered a classroom on a recent Saturday morning . About half of them wore shiny wedding bands . All had tried to buy a prostitute 's services and were caught by police . It was their first offense , and a county court referred them to a one-day program called the John School . It 's a program run by volunteers and city officials in conjunction with Magdalene House , a nonprofit that works to get prostitutes off the streets . `` Prostitution does n't discriminate , '' said Kenny Baker , a cognitive behavioral therapist who is the program 's director . `` Most of these men do n't have a prior criminal history , so our goal is to help these folks understand why they put"}
-{"answer":"threatening federal agents in several cities . But in 1794 , the government squelched the uprising , helping to establish the federal government 's authority in disputes with individual states . Even non-historians might appreciate the timelessness of the dog-eared document , given its skillful use of bureaucratic language to deliver bad news . One eye-glazing , 76-word sentence probably can be summarized as follows : `` We do n't have the thermometers you 'll need , so for now , use the ones you 've got . '' The document , dated Dec. 18 , 1790 , is an original draft of a `` circular letter , '' an official memo that would have been hand-copied and sent to customs officers , historians said . `` In this circular letter , Hamilton attempts to provide customs officers with new tools to more efficiently do their jobs , '' said Kenneth Melson , acting director of ATF . Hamilton notes that he is sending a hydrometer -- used to determine the specific gravity or density of liquids -- to ports so that customs officers can determine the proof of imported beverages . Hamilton says he intends to provide two hydrometers","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 219-year-old document that stemmed from alcohol tariffs to pay off Revolutionary War debts -- and signed by Alexander Hamilton -- became the property of The National Archives on Thursday . This document , signed by Alexander Hamilton , discusses tools for customs agents to determine alcohol content for imported spirits . The historic letter , which has been the property of the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives -LRB- ATF -RRB- for the past 35 years , chronicles the federal government 's earliest efforts to regulate alcohol . In the document , Hamilton , the first United States secretary of the Treasury , discusses tools for customs agents to determine -- for tax purposes -- the alcohol content of St. Croix rum and other imported spirits . Historians said the document is a notable footnote in American history . In 1789 and again in 1790 , Congress imposed alcohol tariffs to pay Revolutionary War debts . In response to the tax on imports , Americans began distilling their own spirits . And when the federal government began taxing those beverages , citizens staged the `` Whiskey Rebellion , '' harassing and"}
-{"answer":"missing for nearly a week . Her body was found Sunday hidden in a basement wall . Bloody clothes were found hidden above tiles in a drop ceiling elsewhere in the same building , investigators said . Le was last seen entering the building Tuesday morning . Thomas Kaplan , editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News , said Le `` really had everything going for her . '' `` She was a top scholar . She was very outgoing , a warm person , '' Kaplan said . `` You know , she was diminutive in stature , but certainly not in personality . And that 's what I think just makes this so sad for everyone , regardless of whether you knew her . It 's just a tragedy . '' Le 's death is being investigated as a homicide , but Connecticut medical examiners released no further information beyond the identification . A candlelight vigil in her honor was scheduled for Monday evening on the campus . A Yale professor said on Monday that the building has good security and only certain people can enter , let alone access certain areas . Professor Gary Rudnick , who interviewed","question":"NEW HAVEN , Connecticut -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A quiet rendition of `` Amazing Grace '' capped an emotional candlelight vigil Monday night for slain Yale University student Annie Le , whose body was found on what was to have been her wedding day . Students at Yale attend a candlelight vigil for Annie Le Monday night . Several hundred people turned out on the Yale campus for the vigil , crying and hugging each other . Le 's roommate , Natalie Powers , said the 24-year-old graduate student in pharmacology `` was as good a human being as you 'd ever hope to meet . '' `` She was also really tenacious and had a sense of humor that was never far away , and she was tougher than you 'd think by just looking at her , '' Powers said . `` That this horrible tragedy happened at all is incomprehensible . But that it happened to her I think is infinitely more so . It seems completely senseless . '' Connecticut state medical examiners announced Monday that the body found in a Yale medical research building over the weekend was that of Le , who had been"}
-{"answer":"site \u00c2 '' `` We want to get this bridge rebuilt as quick as possible . We understand that this is a main artery , '' Bush said . `` People depend on this bridge , on this highway . '' Bush was accompanied by Transportation Secretary Mary Peters , who pledged that she would do what she could to meet the needs of the city . On Friday , the chief federal investigator said the south end of the bridge '' behaved differently '' from the rest of the structure during its catastrophic collapse . National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark Rosenker said , based on a video of the collapse and where the bridge debris lies , the southern end shifted 50 feet to the east . `` And when we compare that to what we 've seen in the rest of the bridge , the rest of the bridge appears to have collapsed in place , '' Rosenker told reporters . Rosenker cautioned that investigators ' interest in the southern end does not mean they have found the cause of the bridge collapse . `` What we have is a step forward , '' he said .","question":"MINNEAPOLIS , Minnesota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Bush surveyed this week 's bridge collapse in Minneapolis , Minnesota , and pledged the government would `` eliminate roadblocks '' and `` cut through paperwork '' to get it rebuilt . `` I bring prayers from the American people to those who have suffered loss of life as a result of the collapse of the 35W bridge in the Twin Cities . I bring prayers to those who wonder whether they 'll ever see a loved one again , '' Bush said on his visit . `` I have met with the chief of police and the sheriff and rescue workers -- people who represent men and women working as hard as they possibly can to save life and to find life -- to go under these murky waters to find the facts . And it 's going to take awhile . '' Shortly after Bush left the site , a diver bobbed in the water and communicated with an attending boat with hand signals . `` I have been impressed not only by their determination but by their compassion , '' the president said . Watch Bush tour the disaster"}
-{"answer":"estimation is n't as important as the idea behind his project , which is to show that English has become a complex , global language . `` It 's a people 's language , '' he said . Other languages , like French , Payack said , put big walls around their vocabularies . English brings others in . `` English has the tradition of swallowing new words whole , '' he said . `` Other languages translate . '' The Internet , global commerce and global travel have accelerated the trend by putting English in contact with many other linguistic groups . This has made English more rich and more complex -- hence all of the new terms , he said . Still , Payack says he does n't include all new words in his count . Words must make sense in at least 60 percent of the world to be official , he said . And they must make sense to different communities of people . A new technology term that 's only understood in Silicon Valley would n't count as a mainstream word , he said . His computer models check billions of Web sites -- including","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- English contains more words than any other language on the planet and added its millionth word early Wednesday , according to the Global Language Monitor , a Web site that uses a math formula to estimate how often words are created . The Global Language Monitor says the millionth word was added to English on Wednesday . The site estimates the millionth English word , `` Web 2.0 '' was added to the language Wednesday at 5:22 a.m. ET . The term refers to the second , more social generation of the Internet . The site says more than 14 words are added to English every day , at the current rate . The `` Million Word March , '' however , has made the man who runs this word-counting project somewhat of a pariah in the linguistic community . Some linguists say it 's impossible to count the number of words in a language because languages are always changing , and because defining what counts as a word is a fruitless endeavor . Paul J.J. Payack , president and chief word analyst for the Global Language Monitor , says , however , that the million-word"}
-{"answer":"-LSB- which Ramis co-wrote -RSB- came out , there were college films . Every generation had college films , but our generation did n't have one yet , and I do n't know that our generation - this young , new generation of kids has a , you know , a sandal epic yet , and this is the one . This is for them . '' Ramis rounded up a cast of comedians familiar to any watcher of Judd Apatow-produced movies -- no surprise , since Apatow is a producer of `` Year One . '' Christopher Mintz-Plasse -LRB- `` Superbad '' -RRB- , Horatio Sanz -LRB- `` Saturday Night Live , '' `` Step Brothers '' -RRB- and Bill Hader -LRB- `` Tropic Thunder '' -RRB- all have parts . `` A lot of them were new to me , '' said Ramis . '' -LSB- But -RSB- Jack knew them , Michael knew them , they were connected -- all connected through Judd Apatow , through ` Saturday Night Live ' ... the comedy world is a club . '' Black joked that everyone 's a member of a secret society , requiring retinal scans , that","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the midst of the ongoing culture wars , can it be a good idea to put out a comedy about two Stone Age men who wander into the Bible ? In `` Year One , '' Jack Black stars as an inquisitive Stone Age man , with Michael Cera as his sidekick . Harold Ramis thinks so . `` Year One , '' which he directed , concerns two men -- played by Jack Black and Michael Cera -- who leave their home and , in their travels , meet biblical characters such as Cain , Abel , Abraham and Isaac . Among the locales : ancient Sodom , which `` did n't seem worse than Las Vegas to me , '' Ramis told CNN . `` Year One '' comes out Friday . Ramis , whose writing and directing credits include `` Groundhog Day '' and `` Analyze This , '' said it was time for a new biblical epic -- of sorts . `` No one had done this film for our generation , '' he told CNN . It 's like , you know , when ` Animal House '"}
-{"answer":"It on Mulberry Street , '' was rejected by more than 25 publishers before Vanguard Press put it out in 1937 . Maurice Sendak 's legendary `` Where the Wild Things Are '' -LRB- 1963 -RRB- , though recognized with the Caldecott Medal -- the highest honor for a picture book -- was controversial for its drawings of monsters and its mischievous hero , Max . But almost all classics share some characteristics , says Alida Allison , a San Diego State University English professor and member of that California school 's National Center for the Study of Children 's Literature . `` Every one of them ... has the same reassuring pattern of ` home , away , home , ' '' she says . `` The basic plot begins with a happy family situation . Then one extremely curious or transgressive child goes out on his or her own . And , no matter how ` bad ' the child has been , he gets to come back home . '' The child is welcomed back to the family and often gets something to eat , she adds . -LRB- One exception : Seuss ' `` Mulberry ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They feature characters such as hat-wearing cats , very hungry caterpillars , nice girls named Madeline and naughty boys named Max . `` The Very Hungry Caterpillar '' by Eric Carle turns 40 this year , and 29 million copies of it have sold since 1969 . Parents read them to their children , forming a powerful bond . Years later , those former children read these children 's picture books to their children , and the thread between generations is extended yet again . `` Children 's books live a long time because you always have children growing into them , '' says Pat Scales , president of the Association for Library Service to Children and a retired school librarian . `` And parents read -LSB- to their children -RSB- what was read to them . '' The making of a classic is a strange alchemy of skill -- a good story , strong illustrations -- and luck . It 's not easy to appeal to three audiences : publishers , parents and -- oh , yes -- children . Dr. Seuss ' first children 's book , `` And to Think That I Saw"}
-{"answer":"the last couple of months , 50 students coming new to the school and 50 students leaving , '' Sharp said . It was so bad that the school conducted a door-to-door search for missing students , she said . `` We had our community aide going out to houses . And they were boarded up , windows boarded , yard brown . She had to go to neighbors to find out where the kids were . '' In terms of raw numbers , California had the most foreclosures of any state from 2007 through January 2009 . More than 57,000 homes entered foreclosure . Many of those were in Stanislaus County , where home prices have declined 65 percent since December 2005 , according to the Modesto Bee . Fourth-grade teacher Suzell Tougas said she has lost 10 kids from her class so far this year and is braced to lose more . She usually has a room full of children with every desk occupied . Now , it `` looks empty ... it 's like a `` ghost town '' . She said constant moving is hard on kids . `` Just having to start over and start","question":"MODESTO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Some of the people hit hardest by this bad economy are the youngest . Almost 2 million children nationwide have had or will have their lives disrupted by home foreclosures , according to one study . There are more empty desks in Suzell Tougas 's fourth grade classroom after 10 students have stopped coming . These are the children whose families have had to move , sometimes more than once . The youngsters are pulled out of school , often leaving their friends behind without even saying goodbye . Nine-year-old Kenia , who is in the fourth grade at Fairview Elementary School in Modesto , California , said that is what happened to her . She is new to the school , having moved to the area just a few months ago . She said it is really hard and she misses her friends . Her classmate Bethany said her best friend since kindergarten just left without saying goodbye . Heather Sharp , the principal at Fairview , said her school has been the one most affected by the bad economy in the Modesto City School system . `` We have , over"}
-{"answer":"threat to the United States and our interests posed by individuals radicalized at home , '' the NSS states . `` Our best defenses against this threat are well informed and equipped families , local communities and institutions . '' Federal , state and local governments will use intelligence , expanded community engagement and development programs to help local communities address the radicalization of Americans before they join al Qaeda , Rhodes said . There already is an interagency process , he said , devoted to countering radicalization . This is a `` new point of emphasis , '' he said , because it is a new point of emphasis for America 's enemies . Laying out its strategy for more traditional areas of national security , the National Security Strategy stresses the importance of working with other nations to deal with challenges to `` renew American leadership . '' `` It 's a broader view of national security than before , '' Rhodes said . Echoing themes going back to the days of Obama 's campaign for president , it says the U.S. must use `` engagement '' with friends and foes . The United States must engage also","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Vowing to continue to `` underwrite global security '' -- but not alone -- the Obama administration Thursday released its first National Security Strategy , a 52-page outline of the president 's strategic approach and priorities . The NSS , required by Congress of every administration to be prepared every four years , for the first time combines homeland security and national security , focusing not only on threats internationally but on the threat of home-grown radicals inspired and recruited by al Qaeda . `` We view this as an important and emerging challenge , '' Ben Rhodes , deputy national security adviser for strategic communication , told reporters . Al Qaeda , he said , is less capable of using safe havens for training abroad and is now `` trying to inspire Americans to carry out attacks on the U.S. '' Those Americans , he said , may have less direct contact with the terrorist organization but they carry American passports and know the strengths and weaknesses of the United States . `` Several recent incidents of violent extremists in the United States who are committed to fighting here and abroad have underscored the"}
-{"answer":"gets politicians in trouble , when they stonewall or they try to cover up , '' she says . `` I think that the general public and the news media wanted him to be honest , and if he could be honest about that part of the story , then he could be -- then he would be believed when he was answering other questions as to whether or not he had anything to do with her disappearance . '' I often focus on media excess and media mistakes on the program , but we also try to highlight good journalism . The segment includes two Washington Post reporters , Sari Horwitz and Scott Higham , who cracked the Levy mystery in a 13-part series last year . They did what the D.C. police could not : They identified Ingmar Guandique , an illegal Salvadoran immigrant , as Levy 's likely killer . Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the imprisoned suspect this week . But Horwitz and Higham talk about how they were roundly criticized for resurrecting the case and accused of sensationalizing it . It 's clear that Levy 's case became a huge deal in 2001 because","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nearly eight years later , Connie Chung still remembers being surprised . `` Stonewalling is what gets politicians in trouble , when they ... try to cover up , '' Connie Chung says . It was one of those television moments that linger in the national consciousness , like Barbara Walters sitting down with Monica Lewinsky , Dan Rather with Saddam Hussein , or Jay Leno asking Hugh Grant what the hell he had been thinking . Chung was with ABC then , and she got the `` get '' -- the first interview with Gary Condit , the California congressman at the center of the Chandra Levy media frenzy . The former Washington intern , you 'll recall , had been found murdered in Rock Creek Park , and law enforcement sources let it be known that the married Condit had been having an affair with her . In an interview airing Sunday on `` Reliable Sources '' -LRB- 10 a.m. ET , during CNN 's `` State of the Union with John King '' -RRB- , Chung says she was surprised when Condit refused to acknowledge the romantic relationship . `` Stonewalling is what"}
-{"answer":"from Tehran , where he went on to become a reformist lawmaker and was himself jailed by the Islamic regime . He said the two sides need to be aware of the past without being imprisoned by it . `` If they do not pay attention to ... history they will have an unstable future , an impermanent future , '' he said . Asgharzadeh said he and his fellow students had been offended that Jimmy Carter , then the U.S. president , had let the deposed Shah of Iran into the United States for medical treatment -- and said the actions of his compatriots had parallels in the United States . `` We felt insulted -- our revolution , our people -- and so there was a rebellion , '' he said through a translator . `` A measure was needed to be taken that was effective , that could impact the world public opinion . `` We were not radical students . We were revolutionary students , in the sense that we were defending our country , our people , our nation , '' he said . `` What the students did for the first two or three","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thirty years ago Wednesday , Iranian student revolutionaries climbed over the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized dozens of Americans , whom they ultimately held hostage for 444 days . The hostage crisis , coming in the aftermath of Iran 's Islamic revolution , ended diplomatic relations between Washington and Tehran -- a rift that persists to this day . Iran celebrates the embassy takeover as an official holiday , and tens of thousands showed up in Tehran on Wednesday to hear anti-American speeches . The anniversary was also an opportunity to reignite the anti-government protests that were sparked in June , following a disputed presidential election , and thousands of anti-government protesters ignored warnings from Iranian authorities to stay home . One of the leaders of the 1979 hostage-takers says the United States and Iran must not be hostages to history . `` I am not willing to be a hostage of that historical event , '' Ebrahim Asgharzadeh said on CNN 's `` Amanpour , '' in an interview marking the anniversary . `` Neither Iran nor the United States should be hijacked by that historical event , '' he said"}
-{"answer":"On the other side of the debate is the first sex offender released from Virginia 's civil commitment program , and one of just a handful nationwide . `` I served my time for what I did , and I did n't feel like I should be incarcerated again , '' said this man , who asked that his identity not be revealed for fear of retribution . `` It was a scary thing to know that you could be committed to a mental institution for the rest of your life . '' The man said mandatory therapy helped him , but he thinks that could have been initiated while he was in prison . There is widespread disagreement on whether civil commitment is a Catch-22 . In discussions of the effects of sex crimes , nothing is simple or dispassionate . The practice of confinement in mental hospitals or treatment centers for those with severe mental illness has been around the United States since its founding . Around the turn of the 20th century , many laws dealing with sexual psychopaths were passed . Over the decades , the laws were repealed or rarely applied . Then , in","question":"Woodbridge , Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The police photograph is chilling . In grainy black and white tones , it shows 13-year-old Martin Andrews sitting in a makeshift box , his leg chained . The look in his eyes is one of fear , fatigue and disbelief . He had just been rescued from a nightmare . `` I was abducted by a sexually violent predator by the name of Richard Ausley , who had been twice convicted for sexually assaulting young boys , and he had taken me for eight days , '' Andrews recalled of his ordeal 37 years ago this month . `` I was left to die . '' As a survivor of a sex crime , Andrews is one face of an issue the Supreme Court will revisit Tuesday : civil commitment , which allows the government to keep sex offenders in custody even after they have served their sentences . Twenty states have such laws , including Virginia , where Andrews was held captive and repeatedly assaulted . CNN normally does n't name victims of sex crimes , but Andrews , now a victims ' advocate , agreed to tell his story ."}
-{"answer":"demonstrates that the Supreme Court is not shy about curtailing Miranda protections , even without prodding from Congress . Hence the ruling should derail Congress ' recent calls to enact an unnecessary , likely overbroad and possibly unconstitutional statute further restricting Miranda 's requirements . The issue arose when Attorney General Eric Holder , among others , called on lawmakers to step in and limit Miranda by expanding the `` public safety exception . '' That exception allows law enforcement officials to interrogate suspected terrorists for a limited time before advising them of their Miranda rights -- if the officers are `` reasonably prompted by a concern for public safety . '' But this call for codifying has always been somewhat baffling , as it is so clearly not needed . Expanding of the public safety exception legislatively may score political points for lawmakers or government officials bent on appearing tough on terrorism , but such action would not improve the efficacy of our counterterrorism policy . In fact , the public safety exception in its current form has proved extremely effective in allowing law enforcement the necessary flexibility in questioning terror suspects . After two recent attempted terror attacks","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tuesday 's Supreme Court decision in Berghuis v. Thompkins -- holding that , after being informed of their rights , suspects must explicitly tell police that they want to stay silent to invoke their Miranda protections -- indeed turns Miranda `` upside down , '' as one dissenting justice put it . Its potential consequences are as predictable as night following day : Police will interrogate criminal suspects who do not explicitly invoke their rights -- often , those will be suspects who are unsophisticated , poorly educated or mentally ill -- for hours on end . This will lead , just as inevitably , to more coerced -- and therefore unreliable -- confessions . And this will result in wrongful incarceration and diminish our collective security . This is the very phenomenon that Miranda aimed to eliminate . To be sure , the ruling is a setback for the protections designed to ensure an effective criminal justice system -LRB- Miranda requires police officers to inform suspects of the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney -RRB- . But there is one silver lining in Berghuis ' cloud : The ruling"}
-{"answer":"were badly phrased but accurate . Watch Obama try to clarify his comments '' On Sunday , Clinton called the comments `` elitist , out of touch and frankly , patronizing , '' and added , `` You know , the Democratic Party , to be very blunt about it , has been viewed as a party that did n't understand and respect the values and the way of life of so many of our fellow Americans . '' Obama opened his remarks to the AP making light of what is being called `` bitter-gate . '' `` I know I kept a lot of you guys busy this weekend with the comments I made last week . Some of you might even be a little bitter about that , '' he said to soft laughter . But his offensive began Sunday night when he mocked Clinton for acting like `` Annie Oakley ... packin ' a six-shooter '' in her attempts to connect with gun owners . He was referring to Clinton 's efforts over the weekend to appeal to Second Amendment supporters by hinting that she has some experience of her own pulling triggers . `` I disagree","question":"PITTSBURGH , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After a weekend of playing defense about his `` bitter '' comments , Sen. Barack Obama went on offense Monday against his Democratic rival and the presumptive Republican nominee . Sen. Barack Obama participates Sunday in the Compassion Forum at Pennsylvania 's Messiah College . Obama mocked Sen. Hillary Clinton for throwing back a shot of whiskey in front of TV crews over the weekend and said she must think she 's `` doing me a favor '' by attacking him and toughening him up for a fall race against Republican Sen. John McCain . `` I 'm sure that Sen. Clinton feels like she 's doing me a favor because she 's been deploying most of the arguments the Republican Party will be using against me in November and so it 's toughening me up . I 'm getting run through the paces here , '' Obama told The Associated Press ' annual meeting . Clinton has been hitting Obama hard after he referred to some small-town Pennsylvanians as `` bitter '' people who `` cling to guns and religion '' at a fund-raiser last week . Obama later said the remarks"}
-{"answer":"its tarnished reputation around Tibet if it puts pressure on the regime and says , ` This is unacceptable , even to Chinese standards . ' '' Zarni was referring to critics of last fall 's Chinese crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators , led by Tibetan monks . He directed most of his criticism toward Myanmar 's military rulers , who he said are solely concerned with their own security and political ambitions , while neglecting the cyclone victims . The government has been bitterly criticized for being too slow in responding to the May 2 disaster , then blocking large-scale , international emergency aid . The government has relented somewhat in the past few days . The official death toll from Cyclone Nargis rose Thursday , with Myanmar state television reporting more than 40,000 fatalities . Many believe the toll will be much higher . Watch scenes of widespread destruction '' Referring to Myanmar 's 75-year-old top leader , Than Shwe , Zarni complained , `` His major number one concern is his own personal and family security , and also other officers who are caught in a system where fear and rewards are manipulated to whip them in line","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The founder of the Free Burma Coalition accused Myanmar neighbors China and India on Thursday of failing to do their share of `` heavy lifting '' in aiding victims of the Myanmar cyclone . A young survivor waits for relief supplies by a makeshift house in Bogaley . Maung Zarni , a visiting research fellow at Oxford University , said both nations could do more in trying to persuade the Myanmar junta to allow international aid workers and equipment into the country . Zarni also slammed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations -LRB- ASEAN -RRB- , for the same reason . `` The latest episode involving the junta 's handling of the cyclone victims in Burma really calls into question the meaning and the usefulness , the value of ASEAN , '' he added . The organization of 10 nations promotes economic growth , social progress and cultural development in the region . `` China is n't doing its share of heavy lifting , and the same can be said about India as well , '' Zarni said . `` China is a country on the rise , and it can really repair"}
-{"answer":"n't you want to live to see their first 12 steps ? '' Sheen laughed and applauded . The comedian also singled out Sheen 's ex-wife Brooke Mueller -LRB- who was in the audience -RRB- , in an especially touchy bit alluding to the actor 's previous domestic violence charges . '' -LSB- Brooke Mueller -RSB- is not very bright unless Charlie throws a lamp at her , '' Ross said . He later added , while addressing Tyson , `` There 's no denying the fact that Mike Tyson had the hardest hitting right hook in history -- your opponents spent more time bleeding in the corner than Charlie 's ex-wives . '' For his part , Sheen seemed to take it all in stride and even fired back with some zingers of his own -LRB- `` I 'm done with ` the winning ' because I 've already won '' -RRB- . Although , it 's hard to imagine he did n't feel a single singe while sitting in that hot seat . But how about you ? Did the heat from Sheen 's roast make you uncomfortable ? Or were you enjoying the skewering ? Do you","question":"-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- It 's been an interesting year for Charlie Sheen . From getting fired from his gig on `` Two and a Half Men '' to flooding Twitter with non-sensical ramblings -LRB- #winning anyone ? -RRB- , and most recently , appearing on the Emmys to wish his old co-stars good luck , he 's had his share of ups and downs . And tonight , he got called out for them . Comedians Seth MacFarlane , Jon Lovitz , Jeffrey Ross and Mike Tyson -LRB- ? -RRB- , among others , were all on-hand for Sheen 's sometimes brutal Comedy Central roast , which aired shortly after his character 's mock funeral on Two and a Half Men -LRB- poetic timing much ? -RRB- . The comedians took a no-holds barred approach , taking aim at Sheen 's history of employing prostitutes and using drugs -LRB- read eight of the meanest jokes here -RRB- . Even Sheen 's kids were n't off-limits . `` If you 're winning , this must not be a child custody hearing , said Ross . `` The only time your kids get to see you is in reruns -- do"}
-{"answer":"-RSB- to have taken me off straight after the incident . `` We analyzed all the possibilities before finally choosing the last of them all : surgery . The meniscus was damaged and the doctors all agreed that I needed an operation on my right knee . '' On the World Cup Torres said : `` I have been waiting four years for this and , if all goes well , I do not anticipate missing it . My road to recovery has already started . '' Torres expressed his disappointment at missing the European clash with his former club , Atletico Madrid , who he left to join Liverpool in 2007 . He added : `` I was very excited about returning and playing against `` Atleti '' . I wanted to be there again and greet the people , because for me this is a very endearing qualification round . I will have many more opportunities in the future . '' Torres had to travel to Barcelona by car after his original flight was cancelled due to the fallout from the ash cloud that has grounded all European flights . He said : `` On Friday we knew","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Spain striker Fernando Torres has rejected accusations he put the World Cup before his club Liverpool after he was ruled out of action for six weeks . Torres traveled from England to Barcelona by car to see a specialist , due to the ongoing disruption to flights caused by the ash emanating from a volcano in Iceland , for an operation on his knee . The 26-year-old will miss the rest of the English Premier League season , as well as Liverpool 's Europa League semifinal against his former club Atletico Madrid , after picking up the injury in a game against Portuguese side Benfica . He now faces a race to be fit for Spain 's opening game of the World Cup in South Africa against Switzerland on June 16 . He told his official Web site : `` I picked up the injury in the second minute of the Europa League clash at home to Benfica , and I went onto to play for another 85 minutes with an injured knee . `` If I was only thinking about Spain and the World Cup , I would have asked the boss -LSB- Rafael Benitez"}
-{"answer":"the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of the Marshal Service , '' says Eugene O'Donnell , a former prosecutor and New York City police officer who now teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York . On any given day , Ergas and his force are tracking 10 to 15 suspected killers roaming the Southeast , while also searching for other violent offenders . Already this year , they have been involved in a number of high-profile searches : Gary Michael Hilton , the suspect charged in the killing of Meredith Emerson who disappeared while hiking in northern Georgia ; a fugitive Marine wanted in connection with the killing of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach in North Carolina ; and suspects wanted in connection with the killings of two suburban Atlanta police officers . But most of the time they 're chasing suspects outside of the glare of the media spotlight . `` Our mandate is to track violent fugitives -- murderers , armed robbers , rapists and fugitives of that caliber , '' says Keith Booker , the commander of the task force . Watch Booker describe their mission '' One suspect currently being hunted is Charles","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They prefer the darkness and calm of early morning when their targets are most vulnerable , still sleeping or under the influence . They make sure their prey -- suspected killers and other violent fugitives -- know what they 're up against . U.S. Marshal supervisory inspector James Ergas takes aim during a computer-simulated attack . `` When they wake up to a submachine gun and flashlight in their face , they tend not to fight , '' says James Ergas , the supervisory inspector for the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force . The U.S. Marshals Service is the nation 's oldest law enforcement agency and best known for protecting federal judges , transporting federal prisoners and protecting witnesses . Less known is the cutting-edge work of the agency 's six regional task forces in capturing suspects . The task force in Atlanta is located in a nondescript warehouse office park . In 2007 , the investigators from the Southeast task force arrested more than 3,000 suspects ; only once did the Marshals exchange gunfire , Ergas says . Watch Ergas blast bad guys in simulated attack '' `` This is"}
-{"answer":"the leaders , she refused to take questions from any reporters . The Alaska governor initially said that no reporters would be allowed to sit in on her meeting with Karzai . She planned to allow in only photographers and one television crew , but she changed her position after at least five U.S. news networks protested . CNN does not send cameras into candidate events where editorial presence is not allowed . Nonetheless , Biegun said , `` these are relationships that she intuitively understands are very important for the next president and vice president of the United States . '' In those get-togethers , Palin kept the focus primarily on energy issues and the growing influence of Russia , according to Biegun . Palin found Kissinger particularly engrossing ; their meeting had been scheduled to last 30 minutes , but the two met for nearly an hour and a half . `` In talking to Dr. Kissinger , '' Biegun said , `` she certainly had a lot of questions about how the United States can develop a cooperative relationship with Russia , what are some of the unique challenges to the current state of Russia 's political","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Before heading out for a trio of well-publicized meetings with foreign dignitaries Tuesday , Sarah Palin received a briefing from the director of national security , Adm. Michael McConnell . Gov. Sarah Palin is in New York to meet with leaders from around the world . The appearances with world leaders , taking place on the sidelines of the United Nation 's General Assembly meetings in New York , come as the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain tries to convince voters that Palin is ready for the world stage . Palin 's top foreign policy adviser informed reporters of the meeting at a small briefing after Palin 's visits with Afghan President Hamid Karzai , Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger . The adviser , Stephen Biegun , formerly a top member of the National Security Council under President Bush , characterized the intelligence briefing as `` routine '' and said it was the sort of meeting that `` is standard for candidates for the vice president and president . '' Biegun said several officials were present to brief Palin . Although Palin held photo-ops with"}
-{"answer":"on a diet of Melba toast , carrots , and black coffee , '' she said . `` I began recovering at 18 , when a sweet friend confronted me . '' Now that she 's older , Morissette , 35 , said she 's no longer starving herself and has begun to look at eating as `` a sort of spiritual practice . '' Her healthier view of food and nutrition is thanks in no small part to a book she discovered a few years ago called `` Eat to Live . '' `` It 's become my bible , pushing me to completely reorient my thinking about what to put into my body . ... Now I concentrate on eating high-nutrient foods like fruit , nuts , collards , kale and spinach . I 'm obsessed with them . I even put spinach in my smoothies , '' the Canadian musician admitted . The seven-time Grammy Award winner has also sworn off dairy , on a tip from Woody Harrelson , no less . `` Woody Harrelson -LSB- told -RSB- me I needed to get rid of the dairy in my fridge to clear up my skin ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Alanis Morissette was the definition of `` fierce '' when she arrived on the American music scene with one of the big break-up songs of the '90s , `` You Oughta Know . '' But behind that tough exterior were secrets of a difficult past . `` As a teen , I was both anorexic and bulimic , '' Alanis Morissette recently told Health magazine for its December issue . `` I was a young woman in the public eye , on the receiving end of a lot of attention , and I was trying to protect myself from men who were using their power in ways I was too young to know how to handle . '' By the time Morissette was 14 , she had already starred in a popular Canadian children 's show , started her own record label and had a publishing contract with MCA Canada , according to her Web site . `` Disappointment , sadness and pain hit me hard , and I tried to numb those feelings through my relationship with food . For four to six months at a time , I would barely eat . I lived"}
-{"answer":"the time to take up a full-time job . She does have three nannies who help her during the day in shifts . But even so , Suleman says she is constantly counting heads , making bottles or keeping a child from hurting another , as was revealed when Winfrey 's camera crew spent 24 hours in her home . `` You 're so busy trying to keep up , you do n't have time to think , reflect or feel anything , '' she told Winfrey . `` You ca n't regret children , but -LSB- my -RSB- choices were childish , immature and selfish . I was n't thinking at that time . '' At the start of the interview , Winfrey made it clear that Harpo Productions , her multimedia company , did n't pay Suleman `` a dime '' and , in fact , Suleman approached Winfrey to tell her side of the story . `` Everything that -LSB- the media -RSB- have said so far about me , and about me wanting to do this on purpose -- I never wanted to use children for fame , '' Suleman said , adding that her rationale","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For Nadya Suleman , being in the spotlight is a double-edged sword . The media have invaded her privacy and turned her into a carnival attraction , she told Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday . But Suleman also acknowledges that the media has also become a source of income for her , a single mother of 14 children . `` That -LSB- Star magazine -RSB- photo shoot was $ 100,000 , '' Suleman said on Winfrey 's show via satellite from California , referring to the January cover that depicted her `` bikini body . '' `` I was ashamed of that -- that 's not my character -- but I felt as though I needed to do something , '' she said . `` I did it because there were 14 hungry mouths . I own full responsibility for providing for my children . We have some of that money left until I figure out another way to make ends meet . '' At this point , with eight 14-month old babies and six other children between the ages of 3 and 8 , one of whom has autism , Suleman does n't appear to have"}
-{"answer":"time it only cost them 10 cents to see the future pop icon . Gary Mayor Rudy Clay noted Jackson put the city on the world 's map and bid farewell to the star . `` He 's going to put on those golden slippers and he 's going to dance all over God 's heaven , '' he said . The tribute at The Steel Yard baseball park in Gary was full of children dancing and singing to Jackson 's music , including a performance of `` Thriller '' complete with the cemetery scene that became so iconic . Some of the biggest applause of the night came after a video was played of Jackson in Gary talking about his love for his hometown . `` Gary , you will always have a special place in my heart , '' Jackson said in the video played on the stadium 's jumbo screen . `` And Gary , you are more than good friend -- you are my family and you always will be . '' As a finale , about 700 people holding candles sang `` We Are the World , '' the 1985 song Jackson co-wrote with Lionel","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson was the pride of Gary , Indiana , growing up , and on Friday , his hometown paid tribute to the late entertainer with a memorial and celebration in his honor . A group pays tribute to Michael Jackson by performing some of his signature moves . They remembered him as not just the King of Pop or the musician who took Hollywood by storm , but as someone with an unmatched enthusiasm and talent for entertaining even as a little boy growing up in this city of about 100,000 in northwestern Indiana , 30 miles from downtown Chicago , Illinois . Jackson 's first music teacher , Anita Hill , spoke of teaching Jackson to sing `` Climb Every Mountain , '' and remembered him as a `` very energetic and wonderful student . '' The principal of his middle school remembered how , at Christmastime how Jackson , always jumped up and offered to sing to his class . Later , when he joined with family members to create the Jackson 5 , he performed for kids at his school , the principal said , joking about the bargain that at the"}
-{"answer":"function , Rabadan said . The puzzle changes all the time , which is why exposure does not lead to total immunity and vaccines need to be updated yearly . When two viruses infect the same cell , they can create yet other viruses with pieces of each of the original strains . This process is called reassortment . The 2009 H1N1 virus is a reassortment of swine , human and avian genes . Rabadan and colleagues are finding the closest ancestors for each of the parts of the virus and then trying to understand how these parts may have combined in the past , a complicated question . It is impossible to know from the available data where geographically the 2009 H1N1 virus came from , but with more samples , researchers may be able to decipher more clues , he said . Just from looking at the genetic code , it is unknown what species is the virus ' host , how easily it is transmitted and how deadly it is . `` We have a set of letters that you can try to map , and then you can try to see how this map is working","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While investigators trudge through pig farms and remote villages in Mexico , searching for clues about the new swine flu , answers about the virus ' origin may finally appear on a computer , based on genetic codes . A researcher investigates swine flu at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta , Georgia . At the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University , researchers are using public databases to trace the origins of the 2009 H1N1 virus . They 've found that the closest relatives to the new virus are viruses that were isolated from pigs in the United States in the past few years . Their analysis , recently published in Eurosurveillance , suggests that the virus has at least two swine ancestors , one of them related to a virus isolated in North America in 1998 . Still , the relatives are distant , and it 's premature to conclude that the virus came from the United States based on this analysis , said Raul Rabadan , study co-author and assistant professor at Columbia . Influenza is like a small jigsaw puzzle with eight pieces , each with its own"}
-{"answer":", hotels and resorts that cater to same-sex weddings are cashing in . One is the Hob Knob in Martha 's Vineyard ; its Escape & Elope package includes an intimate ceremony , along with Champagne and massages . And all their wedding packages come with access to Tulle , a destination wedding-and-gown specialist that can accommodate not just one picky bride , but two . Another property capitalizing on the ruling is the Mayflower Inn & Spa in Washington , Connecticut . The inn 's `` At Last '' package includes all the traditional trimmings of a wedding : rehearsal dinner , couples ' massage , garden ceremony , and officiant , along with either `` his and his '' or `` hers and hers '' stylists . The hotel also offers 25 percent off room rates on the couples ' wedding anniversary for life -- much better than a Tupperware set . Travel + Leisure : 50 best romantic getaways For those who want to plan their own ceremony , Bernadette Smith suggests the Exchange Conference Center overlooking Boston Harbor -- it 's where she 'll be saying `` I do '' this summer . Anne P. Worcester","question":"-LRB- Travel + Leisure -RRB- -- Boston-based wedding planner Bernadette Smith has helped arrange the same-sex nuptials of nearly 75 Massachusetts couples during her five-year career . But she 's never seen quite the surge in business as she has during the past few months . Wedding planners have seen a surge in same-sex couples traveling to New England to tie the knot . Smith 's calendar first started filling up when the 1913 law that banned gay marriage for out-of-state couples was lifted in July 2008 . But , she says , things became even more hectic when Proposition 8 , the California ballot proposal restricting marriage to heterosexual couples , passed in the November elections . Now Smith and other wedding planners have seen a surge in gays and lesbians traveling to New England to tie the knot . And the trend is growing quickly : On April 3 , Iowa 's Supreme Court found its gay-marriage ban unconstitutional ; four days later , the Vermont legislature gave same-sex couples the right to marry ; and on April 16 , New York Governor David Paterson announced he would introduce a bill to legalize gay marriage . Not surprisingly"}
-{"answer":"are cancerous dioxins . '' No studies have been done on the extent of the chemical pollution of such sites in Nigeria , but in 2008 a Greenpeace report on similar dumps in nearby Ghana confirmed that high levels of lead , phthalates and dioxins were present in soils and the water of a nearby lagoon . A Chinese academic report published in `` Environmental Health Perspectives '' in 2007 confirmed that children living in the same area had higher levels of toxic metals in their blood than other children living nearby . There is increasing evidence that this new health and environment problem is arriving in shipping containers from Western countries . Nigeria is one of the principal global destinations for `` e-waste '' -- the catch-all term for discarded consumer electronics . Some of this may have been legitimately handed in to be recycled in an EU or U.S. city , but lax enforcement , vague legislation and a lack of political will has meant that it instead passes through a network of traders keen to profit from developing countries ' hunger for hi-tech and a burgeoning second hand market . According to the United Nations Environment Program","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Clouds of black smoke from burning plastic hang over the sites of Nigeria 's vast dumps , as tiny figures pick their way through slicks of oily water , past cracked PC monitors and television screens . Toxins from dumped electronics in developing countries has been seen as a growing problem . But it is n't just a cut from broken glass these mainly young scavengers are risking . Much of the discarded electronic kit contains tiny -- but valuable -- quantities of aluminum , copper , cadmium and other minerals , all of which can be sold on , if they can be recovered . However they also contain highly toxic materials , which have been linked to reproductive problems and cancers . `` People living and working on and around the dump sites , many of whom are children , are exposed to a cocktail of dangerous chemicals that can cause severe damage to health , including cancer , damage to the nervous system and to brain development in children , '' Kim Schoppink , Toxics Campaigner at Greenpeace , told CNN . `` The open burning creates even more hazardous chemicals among which"}
-{"answer":", `` This is a really sweet dog , and ... we 're very happy that we did it . '' Edgar Otto is the son of Edward Otto , a co-founder of NASCAR . So money was really not an issue for this family . They got the idea five years ago and had a sample of Lancelot 's DNA extracted and banked when they heard that cloning was possible . So far , the Ottos say Lancy is eerily similar to Lancelot . They say Lancy walks just like Lancelot and crosses his paws like him , too . `` I only was hoping to get the essence of Lancelot back , '' Nina said . `` I know I 've gotten that . Anything else is icing on the cake . '' But is it the same dog ? `` It 's as close as you can get , '' Edgar said . The Ottos have nine other dogs , as well as cats , birds and sheep , all living on a spectacular 12-acre spread in Boca Raton , Florida . `` This dog was immediately accepted by the nine dogs , '' Edgar Otto said","question":"BOCA RATON , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Edgar and Nina Otto say they had no idea how their four-legged clone would react to them . But last week , after waiting several months , the yellow Labrador puppy bounded off an airplane at Miami International Airport , right into their arms . Lancelot Encore is his name , or Lancy for short . Nina and Edgar Otto say their cloned puppy crosses his paws like the original dog did . The puppy Lancy looks and acts just like Lancelot , their first Lab , who died a year ago , say the Ottos . That 's not surprising , because Lancy is Lancelot 's clone . `` We just got him because we wanted to have Lancelot more than just the 11 1\/2 years , '' Nina Otto said . The Ottos submitted the winning bid of $ 155,000 at an auction with a San Francisco biotech company that had Lancelot cloned in South Korea . Watch Lancy at home with the Ottos '' `` Did I ever think that I was going to spend $ 150K on a dog ? No , '' Edgar Otto said , adding"}
-{"answer":". `` Investigators believe the case is ` highly solvable , ' and after 21 years , their desire to bring April Tinsley 's killer to justice is stronger than ever , '' the FBI said . CARD teams were created three years ago , aimed at bringing together `` a variety of experts in child abduction cases who could quickly respond on the ground to help local authorities with time-sensitive investigations , '' the FBI said . While CARD responds to abductions and disappearances , the team also works cold cases , like April 's , the agency said . `` As team members discovered , there is enough evidence -- including notes , pictures , and DNA left by the killer years after the murder -- to make investigators hopeful they can break the case . '' The team includes behavioral profilers , agents and analysts from the FBI 's Crimes Against Children Unit and coordinators and representatives from the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime and the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program . April Marie Tinsley was playing outside with friends on Good Friday , April 1 , 1988 . As the three girls were moving","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The 5-year-old girl found the note tucked inside a plastic bag and left in a basket used as a flower pot . April Tinsley , 8 , abducted in Fort Wayne , Indiana , was raped and killed 21 years ago . The case was not solved . `` Hi Honey I Been watching you , '' it said . `` I am the same person that kidnapped an Rape an kill Aproil tinsely here is a present foR yo you are my next vitem . '' A used condom was stuffed in the bag alongside the note . It was March 2004 -- nearly 16 years after 8-year-old April Tinsley was abducted from a Fort Wayne , Indiana , neighborhood , raped and killed . Her killer remains at large , and police believe he has surfaced several times , scrawling a message in crayon on a barn in 1990 , then leaving four chilling notes for children in the Fort Wayne area years later . Indiana authorities are now asking an FBI task force -- the Child Abduction Response Deployment -LRB- CARD -RRB- team -- to help take a fresh look at the case"}
-{"answer":"led to its appearance on residential property . `` Al Qaeda does n't leave a rocket launcher on the lawn of middle-aged ladies , '' said Paul Cruickshank of New York University Law School 's Center on Law and Security . A neighbor , Joe Quinn , said the object lying on Desai 's lawn looked military , was brown , had a handle and strap , and `` both ends were open , like you could shoot something with it . '' Quinn also said the device had a picture of a soldier on it and was 3 to 4 feet long . An Army official said the device is basically a shoulder-fired , direct-fire weapon used against ground targets -- a modern-day bazooka -- and it is not wire-guided . According to the Web site Globalsecurity.org , a loaded M136 AT4 anti-tank weapon has a 40-inch-long fiberglass-wrapped tube and weighs just 4 pounds . Its 84 millimeter shaped-charge missile can penetrate 14 inches of armor from a maximum of 985 feet . It is used once and discarded . E-mail to a friend CNN 's Carol Cratty , Dugald McConnell , and Mike Mount contributed to this report","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police and FBI agents are investigating the discovery of an empty rocket launcher tube on the front lawn of a Jersey City , New Jersey , home , FBI spokesman Sean Quinn said . Niranjan Desai discovered the 20-year-old AT4 anti-tank rocket launcher tube , a one-time-use device , lying on her lawn Friday morning , police said . The launcher has been turned over to U.S. Army officials at the 754th Ordnance Company , an explosive ordnance disposal unit , at Fort Monmouth , New Jersey , Army officials said . The launcher `` is no longer operable and not considered to be a hazard to public safety , '' police said , adding there was no indication the launcher had been fired recently . Army officials said they could not determine if the launcher had been fired , but indicated they should know once they find out where it came from . The nearest military base , Fort Dix , is more than 70 miles from Jersey City . The Joint Terrorism Task Force division of the FBI and Jersey City police are investigating the origin of the rocket launcher and the circumstance that"}
-{"answer":"issue , Ahmadinejad said that Iran seeks such production for peaceful purposes only . The United States and other nations have expressed concern that Iran wants to acquire nuclear weapons . The same countries who doubt Iran could , instead , partner with Iran and build the nuclear plants themselves if they wanted , he said . `` Russia , France and the United States can come and sign contracts to build the power plants . It serves our interests as well as theirs . Of course , if they do n't come to do this , we will reach a point -LSB- where we will -RSB- build our own power plant , '' he said . The Iranian leader also mentioned the three American hikers who have been detained , saying that negotiations are ongoing . `` We do n't like anyone in jail or in prison , but these people have violated our borders , and it has a defined penalty , '' he said , adding that there are Iranians `` languishing within American jails . '' He hinted at a possible prisoner swap . `` We are approaching this from a humanitarian perspective and see how","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ahead of the 31st anniversary of the Iranian Revolution , Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country will show its support to the revolution on February 11 . `` Our revolution has changed the patterns and the equations of the world , '' he said in a nationally televised interview . Ahmadinejad spoke on the occasion of the Ten Days of Dawn , which lead up to the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution . He said that enemies who plotted against Iran during the election protests last year continue to plot , but despite all the economic sanctions on the country , they are not succeeding . `` This year , they have mobilized themselves again to harm the Iranian nation and to stop them , but they failed , '' he said , adding that the capitalist powers who are against Iran have peaked . Specifically , he cited the United States and United Kingdom as nations that have tried to interfere with Iran 's domestic issues . `` They adopted their stances , and they failed , '' Ahmadinejad said . `` This is a clear defeat for them . '' On the nuclear"}
-{"answer":". He was one of my early heroes . To this day I think of myself as a Reagan-Kemp Republican . We both were Californians who came out of blue-collar working-class roots . His father was a truck driver , my father a shipyard worker . We both wanted to remake the Republican Party into a party for working people where hard work was rewarded and opportunities were offered to every man and woman regardless of background , color , religion or beliefs . Jack went from a 13-year all-star career as the starting quarterback with the Buffalo Bills straight to Congress . He was first elected in 1970 and over the next four decades he was one of the most influential and popular men in the Republican Party . He was a true intellectual , a vociferous reader and was a warrior for his ideas . He took the intensity that made him the AFL 's most valuable player directly to the halls of Congress without missing a beat . In his 18 years in Congress he was a leader of the new breed of conservatives . After he ran for president in 1988 , he was appointed the","question":"Editor 's note : Ed Rollins , a senior political contributor for CNN , was political director for President Reagan and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee . Ed Rollins says Jack Kemp 's intellect and force of personality helped guide the Republican party . NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The world of politics has many players but few giants . One of the giants left the stage last week . I was privileged to have had Jack Kemp as a friend . Our friendship was not unique , because Jack Kemp had thousands and maybe tens of thousands of people who thought of themselves as his friend . He gave his friendship willingly and with a spirit of generosity . Those of us who knew him are saddened by his passing and the political world is a whole lot emptier because he 's gone . When Jack entered a room he filled it with an energy and fervor and his presence was felt big-time . Every conversation with him became a debate , even if you agreed with him on an issue . Jack Kemp had no casual thoughts . I knew Jack for nearly 40 years"}
-{"answer":"another home . `` It was pretty depressing and devastating to see how everything was just torn up , '' he said . `` People 's lives and houses were just torn up . '' All but two of the houses on the `` front row , '' nearest the beach , in their Bermuda Beach subdivision were destroyed , he said . `` You would n't know there was a house there . '' `` The house across the street from us is completely gone , and there 's no trace of it , '' he said . The first floor of their house is covered with 3 to 4 feet of sand and debris , including huge chunks of asphalt from the road that ran in front of the house . `` We do n't keep anything of value down there , '' he said , because people expect to get high water occasionally . There were some windows out on the second level , but they did not have much water damage . Ortega said the storm washed a Jet Ski out of the garage and dumped it about five blocks away . iReport.com : Have you","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When iReporter Carlos Ortega evacuated Galveston 's West End last week , there was a road , a row of houses and about 150 feet of sand between his house and the water . Now the surf laps about 30 feet from his door . iReporter Carlos Ortega says there 's `` not an inch that is n't damaged '' in his Galveston , Texas , neighborhood . Hurricane Ike devastated the Texas city over the weekend , and Gov. Rick Perry said it could be weeks before residents could return . `` There 's substantial structural damage , obviously ... -LRB- no -RRB- electrical power , '' he said . `` It 's going to be a while . '' Ortega , a professor at the University of Houston , and his partner walked about six miles down the beach on Sunday and said there 's `` not an inch that is n't damaged . '' iReport.com : See Ortega 's home before and after Ike He said one beachfront house was knocked off its stilts and was lying on the ground like an amusement park funhouse . A dead cow washed in front of"}
-{"answer":"-LRB- The talent pool for this one includes the directors of `` Shrek 2 '' and `` Shark Tale '' and the writers of `` Kung Fu Panda '' and `` The Rocker , '' incidentally . -RRB- High concepts , top-notch voice talent and scattershot pop cultural references are no compensation for a coherent script . The XXXL lady in question -- dubbed `` Ginormica '' by her U.S. military guards -- starts out plain and petite Susan Murphy -LRB- voiced by Reese Witherspoon -RRB- , until a meteorite hits her just minutes before she 's supposed to tie the knot with unctuous chauvinist Derek -LRB- Paul Rudd -RRB- . Her rapid growth spurt saves her from that particular fate worse than death , even if at first glance her new roommates do n't look like much of an improvement . There 's Dr. Cockroach -LRB- Hugh Laurie -RRB- , a mad scientist who semi-advertently mutated with a bug ; B.O.B. -LRB- Seth Rogen -RRB- an amorphous blue jelly-like blob who gets on just fine without a brain ; Missing Link -LRB- Will Arnett -RRB- , a gung-ho amphibian who 's all mouth ; and a giant dust mite","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Watch out ! Lock up your loved ones ! Another bloated , over-produced , high-concept monstrosity has escaped from the labs at Dreamworks Animation , and it 's out to devour your kids . Susan , aka `` Ginormica , '' has to save the world in `` Monsters vs. Aliens . '' But do n't be too alarmed . `` Monsters vs. Aliens '' is relatively harmless -- a toothless satire with a knee-jerk feminist theme and a sorry excuse for a plot . That sounds harsh , I know . Who does n't want to see a 50-foot woman careening through San Francisco on skates that turn out to be automobiles -- the ultimate demolition roller derby ? But think about that , just for a second . Roller skates work because they have fixed wheels . Try it with motorcars and you wo n't get very far . Is that too picky ? Perhaps , but you would n't find Pixar playing so fast and loose with the laws of physics , and that kind of inattention to detail is typical of the lackadaisical storytelling here and in other Dreamworks animated features ."}
-{"answer":"time the factory opens , Kia hopes to hire 2,000 more . A smattering of Kia supply companies will eventually employ 7,500 additional workers . Watch the town 's excitement about the new factory '' `` A lot of people feel that we are the savior for this area , which I hope we will be , '' said Randy Jackson , director of human resources for the manufacturing plant . `` We got 43,013 applications ; 75 percent of those applications came from Georgia , and about 20 percent came from our neighboring state of Alabama . '' Some of those applications are coming from auto workers around the country , including Detroit , Michigan , Jackson said . Overall , West Point stands to gain 20,000 jobs as a result of the factory during the next five years , Ferguson said . Georgia 's 9.7 percent unemployment rate reported in May is about the same as the June national average of 9.5 percent , according to federal statistics . The U.S. Department of Labor reported unemployment in a five-county region including West Point at 8.6 percent . To secure the $ 1.2 billion Kia plant , state and","question":"WEST POINT , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A community that seemed on the road to becoming a ghost town has taken a turn toward prosperity despite the recession , thanks to an automaker . A roadside sign in West Point , Georgia , expresses support for Kia 's new factory . Korean car manufacturer Kia plans to open a sprawling automobile factory in tiny West Point , Georgia , by the end of the year . The boon has already spurred economic growth -- and just plain excitement -- among residents , said Mayor Drew Ferguson . `` We jokingly call it Kia-ville , '' said Ferguson , a 42-year-old dentist helping to oversee expansion of West Point , population 3,500 . The announcement is drawing workers and businesses to the community about 80 miles south of Atlanta . `` The revitalization of the community is touching every aspect , '' Ferguson said . `` We have infrastructure projects , new subdivisions going up , hotel professional services that are all needed to support the massive manufacturing . '' The plant , which will make Kia 's Sorento sport utility vehicle , has hired 500 workers . By the"}
-{"answer":"moved into this apartment with three other girls who wanted to be actresses . Of course , they were all waitresses so I was a waitress . Watch Candace Bushnell take CNN on a tour of New York . '' I was incredibly determined -- I wrote short stories , I wrote the beginnings of novels . I wrote a little children 's book and sent it to the editor-in-chief of the children 's division of Simon and Schuster and she asked me to write a little children 's book for a series she was doing . I got paid $ 1,000 for it and I was like `` Oh my god , who says you ca n't make it in New York right away ! '' Of course that little dream crashed in about a month . CNN : So you did n't have an overnight success ? CB : I was a freelancer all through my twenties . I did about one story a month and I wanted to write fiction , so the stories that I would do were precursors to `` Sex and the City . '' I started working for the NY Observer when I","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Candace Bushnell is a New Yorker and the author of five novels , including the best-selling `` Sex and the City '' and `` Lipstick Jungle '' . She tells My City_My Life about her marriage , real life in New York and the secrets of her success . Candace Bushnell . `` In New York you 're going to see sides of human nature that you 're going to be shocked by . '' CNN : How would you describe your work ? Candace Bushnell : I try to write about the human condition , and shopping , materialism and consumerism comes into that , because America is a very consumerist economy . CNN : Tell me about when you first arrived in New York . CB : I first arrived in New York in 1979 . I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston , Texas , and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it . I literally ran away from college . Then I went to an acting school , `` HB Studio '' and I"}
-{"answer":"On that day , Whitacre sat alone in his car with its engine running inside a closed garage and slowly lost consciousness . He was hoping to end his life as surely as he had ended his career . A gardener found him unconscious . Some scenes just ca n't be played for laughs . `` There was nothing comical in the reality of the story , '' said Whitacre , who eventually spent nearly nine years in prison for his role in the price-fixing scheme and revelations he siphoned off $ 9 million from the company while he was working for the FBI . For Whitacre , ` The Informant ! ' is a study in his own mental illness , as he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after hospitalization for his suicide attempt . His meeting with Damon at the premiere was the first time the pair met . Damon told him he hoped they portrayed his illness in a sensitive way , Whitacre said . `` He did n't want to talk to a 52-year-old Mark Whitacre while preparing for the role , the Mark Whitacre who went to prison , who has been treated for bipolar","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Watching the premiere of `` The Informant ! '' -- the Matt Damon movie about a high-level FBI mole at a large multinational company -- was the mole himself , Mark Whitacre . Mark Whitacre , right , at the premiere of ` The Informant ' with Matt Damon . The movie is a dark comic take on the three years Whitacre -- a former divisional president of Archer Daniels Midland , the US-based food additive giant -- spent working undercover to break a global price-fixing conspiracy . Whitacre recognized real episodes in his life on the big screen , such as trying to fix a hidden tape player during a meeting and his delusional belief he would be made CEO of the company as a reward for his undercover work . But what you wo n't see in the movie are the events of August 9 , 1995 , six weeks after an FBI raid blew the case into public attention . It was two days after ADM fired Whitacre and accused him of embezzling millions from the company . His FBI partners for the previous three years would no longer speak with him ."}
-{"answer":"saying , `` Customers do n't wan na come in and see a pregnant woman behind the bar ! '' These recordings were also submitted in her EEOC discrimination claim . In other recordings , Doxey is heard suggesting that Paviglianiti 's appearance is hurting business . `` Maybe they do n't go there because the bartender is pregnant and does n't look sexy . '' Workplace attorney Robin Bond said it 's within Doxey 's right to do this if employees were informed that they had to maintain a specific `` sexy look '' to qualify for the job . In this case , that means Paviglianiti would have had to be hired as a `` model and a bartender '' and get a written agreement to this -- as is done in the casino industry , Bond said on HLN Prime News with Mike Galanos . When asked by Galanos if she signed any paperwork of that sort , Paviglianiti said , `` not at all ... nothing . '' Paviglianiti was taken off the bartending schedule for a few weeks , during which she hired an attorney . She later returned to the club as a cashier","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A pregnant bartender says she is fighting to keep her job at a gentlemen 's club in New York . Jennifer Paviglianiti , of Centereach , N.Y. , claims her employer , Caf\u00e9 Royale , discriminated against her because of her pregnancy . She filed a claim with the EEOC earlier this month . Paviglianiti says she feared how her boss would react to her pregnancy and wanted to wait a few months to tell him . However , John Doxey found out before she could tell him , and that 's when Paviglianiti claims her job became threatened . Up until she became pregnant , the 29-year-old says she had been one of the club 's most popular bartenders . Read the complaint She says she `` bonused 9 times '' since August and it was only toward the end of her pregnancy that she asked for different hours . Due to the tough economy , Paviglianiti says she needed this specific bartending job and feared she 'd soon be out of work . To protect herself , she decided to secretly record her boss on tape . On those recordings Doxey can be heard"}
-{"answer":"'s denial of human rights , not his possible possession of weapons of mass destruction . His and President Sarkozy 's concern for human rights lies behind their eagerness to join Gordon Brown 's Britain in a new push for action in Darfur . Bernard Kouchner did not come to his position with any of former President Chirac 's instinctive distrust of the United States . Washington , which has been critical of some European states for their weakness in confronting Teheran , will have been delighted by his ` get serious ' warning to Teheran . But the plain-speaking Kouchner is unlikely to be deterred by fears of upsetting the White House when he has criticisms to make of US policy . How much should be made of his words on Iran remains unclear at this stage . They were scarcely on the same scale as President Chirac 's threat when he was still in office to retaliate with nuclear strikes against any state found to be responsible for a large-scale terrorist attack on France . But they are all of a piece with France 's new high-profile style under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy . Mr Kouchner ,","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner 's declaration that France had to prepare for the possibility of war against Iran over its nuclear program was not conventional diplomatic behavior . But then Kouchner was never expected to be a soft-soaper on the diplomatic scene . French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner has a reputation for challenging convention and authority . A surprise appointment from the Socialist ranks to Nicolas Sarkozy 's conservative government , the founder of Medicins Sans Frontiers has always challenged convention and authority . The former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali once called Kouchner ` an unguided missile ' and the man himself has been known to declare : `` To change the law you sometimes have to break the law '' . He was in his youth one of the leaders of the students revolt in France in May 1968 . Kouchner is a humanitarian as well as a patriot , with a strong commitment to human rights . Unusually for a man of the Left , he supported the US-led intervention in Iraq -LRB- while criticizing the aftermath -RRB- . But he did so on the grounds of Saddam Hussein"}
-{"answer":"reduced the amount of hardwood being shipped out of the Amazon , once a popular source for the finest quality mahogany , teak and cedar . `` Each tree is worth maybe $ 25,000 - $ 40,000 on the international market . And there are lots of trees being taken out -LSB- worldwide -RSB- -- so this is a large business , a huge business , '' said Lars L\u00f8vold , director of the Rainforest Foundation Norway . The United Nations estimates some 13 million hectares of forest are lost worldwide each year , equivalent to an area the size of Greece or Nicaragua . Their absence is said to contribute more carbon emissions each year than the global transport sector . Demand for luxury hardwood is by no means the main cause of deforestation . Clearing land for agriculture and the collection of wood for fuel are the main drivers , but L\u00f8vold said the lucrative market for hardwood provides a compelling incentive for loggers to move into previously untouched areas . `` Almost all deforestation starts with the logging , '' L\u00f8vold told CNN . `` The logging does n't necessarily end up in the total clearance of","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The sleek , dark wood has all the characteristics of endangered mahogany from Peru 's Amazon rainforest . Kebony is targeting decking manufacturers and boat builders as potential clients of its modified sustainable wood . In reality , it was manufactured in Norway , in a five-day process that instills all the qualities of rare , tropical hardwood into sustainable softwood . The company that makes it , Kebony , says it comes with none of the environmental cost . `` This is a mega turn , people have to act , '' Kebony CEO Christian Jebsen told CNN . `` We have a green solution for the tropical wood market and we are there to take that market or at least be part of it . '' Christian Jebsen talks to CNN '' The global market for wood products from tropical forests is estimated to be worth some $ 20 billion each year , according to the International Tropical Timber Organization . Most of the wood on the world market now comes from Southeast Asia and Africa , according to the Rainforest Foundation Norway . Tighter controls on logging in Brazil have"}
-{"answer":"has a more public challenge : Senate hearings on whether to confirm her as a Supreme Court justice , potentially the first Latina to hold such a post . At one time , being different may have been difficult -- for it was n't just Princeton 's crickets that startled Sotomayor . The academics and the students on the leafy Gothic campus , with its ivy-covered dormitories and castle-like towers , also made her feel out of place . Sotomayor , who was on a full scholarship , started `` a little more on the shy side , '' said Sergio Sotolongo , who attended high school and Princeton with Sotomayor . `` She did mention that , as a freshman , she felt sometimes intimidated by others and did n't really raise her hand very much , '' said Sotolongo , now chairman and CEO of Student Funding Group in Liberty Corner , New Jersey . Watch classmates , professor remember Sotomayor '' As a first-year student , Sotomayor felt what she 's called a `` chasm '' between herself and her classmates . She really only knew the Bronx and Puerto Rico , while her classmates spoke of","question":"Editor 's Note : This is the third in a five-part series exploring Judge Sonia Sotomayor 's background and life with those who know her , and revealing the experiences that might shape her views as a Supreme Court justice if confirmed . Sotomayor won the Moses Taylor Pyne Prize , the highest honor given to an undergraduate at Princeton . PRINCETON , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sonia Sotomayor spent her first week at Princeton University obsessing over the sound of a cricket . Growing up in New York City , her only notion of this insect was Jiminy from `` Pinocchio . '' She tore her dorm room apart looking for the critter every night . Finally , her then-boyfriend and future husband visited and explained that the cricket was outside the room , where she had been holed up most of that week in 1972 . `` This was all new to me : we did n't have trees brushing up against windows in the South Bronx , '' Sotomayor recalled in a speech to the Princeton Women 's Network in 2002 . The freshman who was so taken aback by a cricket 's chirping now"}
-{"answer":"continued , `` The technology to do this film really was n't even around five years ago . For example , there was this joke I once pitched and David Silverman , the director , started drawing and as I was pitching it , it went into the film and it was cut a day later . To go from pitch to cut in two days is pretty impressive . '' Its creators hope that `` The Simpsons Movie '' will both satisfy long-term fans and bring Homer and Marge 's family to a new audience . Groening told the Screening Room , `` This movie is designed to both honor the people who have loved the show all this time , so there 's lots of little details for them in the movie , little characters and stuff who they know and love , but we also want people who do n't know the family to not be completely confused . It is a complete movie experience , but again , we have a lot of little details that only the really , true die-hard fans are going to get . '' And fans can expect to be entertained","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The most eagerly anticipated animated film this year hits big screens this weekend , as `` The Simpsons Movie '' opens worldwide . The Screening Room spoke to creator Matt Groening and writer Al Jean in London about everyone 's favorite two-dimensional yellow family . Simpsons supremo Matt Groening with his creations at the film 's premiere in Springfield , Vermont Matt Groening told the Screening Room that fans had driven the demand for the movie . `` We 've had fans clamoring for a movie for the past 18 years , '' he said . The film has taken four years to come to fruition , as writer Al Jean explained . `` What really held us up for a long time was to have enough people to do the show and the movie , '' he said . `` We talked for a while about doing the movie after the show is done , but the show is never done ! So it really started in earnest in 2003 , when we started working on this story that became the movie . '' Technology has also played its part . Jean"}
-{"answer":"in the right direction in the time we needed , '' Soloway told CNN . He made the request to halt deportation based on Alcota 's marriage to Ojeda , who is a U.S. citizen , and on Alcota 's `` strong moral character , family presence , and deep ties to members of the community . '' Alcota lives with Ojeda in Queens , where she restores antiques . Until Monday , life for Alcota and Ojeda had been put on hold for two years . Alcota had been living in the United States for more than 10 years since overstaying her tourist visa , when she was pulled off a Greyhound bus in July of 2009 and taken into a detention center in Elizabeth , New Jersey , Ojeda explained . Ojeda , a social worker in Queens , traveled two expensive hours by subway , bus , train , and sometimes cab -- there and back every day for three months -- to see Alcota . `` Looking back on those days , we have come so far , we have accomplished something really big , '' Ojeda said . The couple was married in Connecticut in","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A New York woman releases a deep sigh of relief as she reflects on a court ruling that her spouse will not be torn from her by the looming threat of deportation . `` Now we can make plans , and we have all the time in the world , '' Cristina Ojeda , 26 , tells CNN . Monday , she received a letter confirming the ruling by Immigration Judge Terry Bain that will allow her wife , Argentina-born Monica Alcota , 36 , to stay in the United States , according to the couple 's attorney , Lavi Soloway . Soloway said this is the first time the government had asked an immigration court to close removal proceedings against a spouse in a same-sex couple since the Department of Homeland Security announced November 17 that a `` working group '' would be reviewing all pending immigration cases . The group began the process of identifying and closing `` low priority '' deportation cases three days after Soloway submitted the request to close Alcota 's immigration case , the attorney said . `` We 're really gratified because we feel that government moved"}
-{"answer":". Ground forces first found what appeared to be a detention facility , which was one of three connected to the torture complex , Multinational Division North said . One of the facilities appeared to have been a headquarters building and a torture facility , it added . As the area was cleared , the bodies were found . Eventually , 26 bodies were uncovered in mass graves next to what were thought to be execution sites , the military said . The bodies are believed to have been dead between six and eight months , according to a gruesome military video shot at the scene . Some had their hands tied behind their backs . Identification is proving to be a challenge because of advanced decomposition . Photos given to the news media show a filthy bed wired to an electrical system , with an outlet hanging from wires on the wall . In the video , troops point out rubber hoses and boxing gloves , a ski mask and a blood-covered sword and knives . Other still photos show an entrance to the underground bunker and barbed wire stretched outside it . A short distance away from the","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Coalition forces found 26 bodies buried in mass graves and a bloodstained `` torture complex , '' with chains hanging from walls and ceilings and a bed connected to an electrical system , the military said Wednesday . Twenty-six bodies were found in mass graves near a `` torture complex '' discovered by coalition forces . The troops made the discovery while conducting an operation north of Muqdadiya , Iraq . From December 8 to 11 , the troops who found the complex also killed 24 people they said were terrorists and detained 37 suspects , according to a statement issued by Multinational Division North at Camp Speicher in Tikrit . The moves were part of an operation called Iron Reaper that has been in progress across northern Iraq for the past few weeks . The complex was in an area thought to be an al Qaeda in Iraq haven and operating base , the military said . Iraqis had told the military about the site during an earlier operation . `` Evidence of murder , torture and intimidation against local villagers was found throughout the area , '' the military statement said"}
-{"answer":"not for the faint-hearted . `` It 's wild country , '' says Longley . `` But the awards for the adventurous are plentiful . '' Travelers who dare to explore can feel completely isolated from the rest of the world . It 's a massive area with very few inhabitants . The state of Western Australia averages less than one person per square kilometer -LRB- 0.4 square miles -RRB- . `` You can quite easily find yourself sailing up to a bay and finding no one else around , '' says Lonely Planet writer Peter Dragicevich . The Swan River The centerpiece of Perth , the Swan River is a perfect place to take in the city . At over one mile wide in parts and with several bays , finding a spot to drop anchor is not hard . Thanks to a thriving mining industry , Western Australia has flourished despite the current economic climate . Perth has been a big benefactor of the boom and the vibrancy of the city is not lost on visitors . `` Good restaurants in Perth are right up there with anywhere in the world , '' says Dragicevich . `` Everywhere","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Endless stretches of beautiful white beaches , crystal clear water and stunning marine life : the west coast of Australia is an adventurer 's playground . The often uncharted shores of the island continent offer travelers a unique mix of thrills and indulgence . This week the professional sailing world will turn its attention to West Australia 's largest city , Perth , for one of the biggest events on the sport 's calendar . The International Sailing Federation World Championships will be held in the coastal city . Twelve hundred athletes from 79 nations will take part in Perth 2011 , the principle qualifier for the London 2012 Olympics . While those boats hit the water to battle it out for gold , most people prefer to take a more leisurely approach to one of the most rugged and striking coastlines in the world . `` The great thing about this coast is that the nature is still very much in charge , '' says John Longley , Perth 2011 event director and former America 's Cup competitor . Despite the region being littered with protected inlets and charming swimming spots , some areas are"}
-{"answer":"and some fresh fruit . One of the oldest is Campo di Fiori , a daily mix of food and flower stalls in an eclectic renaissance square . Proceed from the Campo through the ruins of the Roman Forum , past the spot where Julius Caesar was slain , toward the Pantheon . Built in 124 A.D. as a temple to all the gods of Rome , the Pantheon remains today as a Catholic church and a tomb for Italian luminaries , such as the artist Raphael and King Vittorio Emmanuelle II . Stand in the center of the rotunda and gaze up to the heavens through the eight-meter-high oculus at the center of the five-ton concrete dome -- a stunning feat of ancient engineering , still intact after two thousand years . The most important part of the morning is the coffee , and Romans are passionately divided as to who makes the best cup : Sant Eustachio -LRB- Piazza Sant ` Eustachio , steps behind the Pantheon -RRB- or Tazza d'Oro -LRB- Via degli Orfani , a few feet in front of the Pantheon -RRB- . Take your coffee the traditional Italian way , standing up at the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In just one day , you 'll get a mere glimpse of Rome , a city teeming with over two millennia of culture -- but it will surely whet your appetite for more . The sun sets behind St. Peter 's Basilica on a beautiful spring day in Rome . Spring is one of the most beautiful times of year to visit the `` eternal city , '' when flowers begin to bloom from ancient monuments , cafe tables reappear on bustling sidewalks and throngs of summer tourists are yet to descend en masse . Food-lovers will also be thrilled to find many traditional Italian ingredients in high-season -- look out for fresh fava beans , agretti and wild mushrooms . Before dawn , head up to the Janiculum Hill to catch the sun rise . From here you 'll be able to see the Vatican , Borghese Gardens , Pantheon , Colosseum , Castel Sant ` Angelo and Campidolgio , all come to light in one breathtaking cityscape . In Rome , breakfast is on-the-go . Your best bet is to stroll through one of the early morning markets to pick up a hot cornetto"}
-{"answer":"John Challenger , the chief executive officer of global outplacement company Challenger , Gray and Christmas . `` It 's an important issue because no company wants to lose its people . '' His firm recently surveyed about 100 human resources executives at white-collar and blue-collar companies . The survey found that 57 percent of the companies offer programs to help ease commutes . The most popular option was reducing the work week from five eight-hour days to four 10-hour days . Twenty-three percent of the companies polled have such an option , Challenger said . Calculator : How much do you need to work to pay your gas ? '' `` We 're at a watershed time of how people go to work , '' he said . `` Maybe the gas crisis will be the real trigger . '' Other incentives : Twenty percent of the companies offer carpools , and 18 percent pay for the cost of public transportation . Only 14 percent of the companies offer telecommuting options , the poll found . The survey reports that companies had seen a recent jump in carpooling of 43 percent and a 23 percent increase in the use","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Misha Di Bono zips around town in her Infiniti sport-utility vehicle , breezy and unconcerned about the price of gas . Misha Di Bono says people used to make fun of her rolling billboard . She gets $ 500 a month and free gas . That 's because she gets $ 500 a month -- plus free gas -- for turning her car into a rolling billboard for Jobing.com , the online recruiting company she works for . `` People used to tease me about the ` Jobing ' mobile , and now they 're like , ` Oh , we 'll get Misha to drive , ' '' she said , standing next to her decal-covered car . Jobing.com might be the most extreme example of how companies are helping employees during the current gas crunch . But with gas averaging more than $ 4 a gallon , more and more companies are trying to figure out incentives to help ease the pain at the pump for their employees . Watch a rolling billboard for your company '' `` There 's no question companies are feeling the pinch , '' said"}
-{"answer":"a city can survive the grief , pain and stigma of such an incident . About 80 people were in the cafeteria , many of them taking their bosses to lunch for National Bosses Day when Hennard arrived . He methodically chose his victims , most of whom were women , before he was wounded by police and shot himself . Latham , who is 60 and a real estate broker , has been on the city council off and on for 16 years . He spoke to CNN.com Wednesday . CNN : What are your memories of that day in October ? Latham : It was a tragic day in our history , Many of the people who were killed or injured I personally knew . It was just a big shock that anything like that could ever happen in our community . CNN : Where were you when it happened ? Latham : I was with the mayor and the Waco city engineer , looking at potential road improvements and we just happened to be driving near where Luby 's was , and we saw some roadblocks being set up and we knew something terrible had happened .","question":"Editor 's note : A gunman killed 10 people and himself Tuesday in southern Alabama . It 's the most recent example of mass killing sprees that have traumatized communities over the years . Here 's how one city responded . In the worst mass shooting in the U.S. at the time , a gunman killed 23 customers in a Texas cafeteria in 1991 . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On October 16 , 1991 , 35-year-old George Hennard drove a pickup truck into Luby 's cafeteria in Killeen , Texas , and fatally shot 23 people and wounded more than 20 before killing himself . For more than 15 years , the city next to the sprawling Fort Hood military base had the dubious distinction of being the site of the deadliest mass shooting in the United States -- until a student killed 32 people and himself at Virginia Tech in 2007 . `` You can never prepare for an incident like this , '' says Killeen city councilman Fred Latham , who was mayor pro tem of the city , which had a population of about 66,000 at the time of the shooting . But Killeen 's experience shows"}
-{"answer":"second companion without gloves or gear . Watch Adams describe digging himself , others out '' Adams and six others had been snowmobiling near the base of a mountain when the first avalanche happened , he said . The avalanche buried him for `` a minute or two , '' but he was able to free himself . He started digging for a companion as another group of four people showed up to help , Adams said . One called 911 on a transmitter . But then they heard a crack , and a second slide buried all 11 of them , Adams said . Miraculously , he said , only 8 to 10 inches of snow covered him . `` When I opened my eyes , I could see daylight , '' he said . `` I was digging . I managed to get my mouth free . I was already choking . I took a few breaths . After about five minutes of struggling , I got myself out , looked around and realized there was n't anybody else -- could n't see any sleds , no gear , nothing . '' He yelled for his friends and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Wiping tears from his cheeks , a man who survived avalanches that killed eight snowmobilers in western Canada said Wednesday that he and two others tried to save their friends but eventually left the mountain because of the threat of more slides . Jeffrey Adams says he freed himself and helped free two others before making a `` gut-wrenching '' decision to leave . Jeffrey Adams , with his his fianc\u00e9e at his side , said he and the two other survivors `` did everything we could to try to save '' the eight Sunday . `` They died doing what they loved . ... I 'm truly sorry to the families that we could n't find them , '' Adams said . Adams described digging himself out after the avalanches struck the group Sunday in British Columbia about 20 kilometers -LRB- 12.4 miles -RRB- east of Fernie , a town in the Canadian Rockies about 300 kilometers -LRB- 186 miles -RRB- southwest of Calgary , Alberta . Both avalanches left him buried but near the surface , he said . He was able to dig himself out , choking on snow , and free a"}
-{"answer":"and they just took a steep dive , so she came in and made off like a bandit . O'Bryhim points to a new Nitro he has discounted 40 % off the sticker : $ 17,510 instead of the MSRP of $ 29,170 . Soon , he says , he may mark it down even further . `` As we get closer to June 9 , '' he says , `` we 're going to have to do what we have to do to move these cars . '' Watch how dealerships are making record price cuts '' His salesmen have sold 80 cars in the 19 days since their termination letter arrived , with the cars and minivans selling faster than the trucks . Nationwide , Chrysler 's terminated dealers had about 44,000 cars sitting on their lots when they got their notifications May 14 . Chrysler spokeswoman Kathy Graham says the company plans to help redistribute any leftover inventory to the 2,400 surviving dealers , who could otherwise run low while factories are idled . `` Our manufacturing facilities have been shut down since May 1 , '' she said . `` We have dealers that are looking","question":"LEESBURG , Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The clock is ticking for Ray O'Bryhim : he has less than a week to sell his last 40 cars . This Virginia dealership can not legally sell any new Chryslers , Dodges or Jeeps after June 9 . His ads for Pohanka Chrysler-Dodge scream , `` Everything must go , regardless of profit ! '' On June 9 , his franchise to sell new Chryslers and Dodges will be terminated , along with those of almost 800 other Chrysler\/Dodge\/Jeep dealers nationwide . This comes as a result of Chrysler 's announcement last month that they would shrink their dealer base in the United States . O'Bryhim can not legally sell any new cars he has left after June 9 -- and because the manufacturer is in bankruptcy protection it is n't obligated to take them back . A customer comes out of his showroom with the keys in her hand for a new Dodge Nitro SUV she just bought . She wo n't give her name , because she took the day off work to pounce on the discount . But she says she has been monitoring new-car prices for months ,"}
-{"answer":"lot of `` forced moments '' with Zinkhan . The last such interaction came the afternoon of April 24 , the day before witnesses said Zinkhan , 57 , killed his wife and two others outside a community theater in Athens . Covington was walking down the driveway of his Bogart home to check the mail . Zinkhan had just done the same and was walking back to his house . Covington said hello and told Zinkhan that his son , a UGA student who used to mow the Zinkhans ' lawn , had recently seen Zinkhan on campus . `` He said , ` Yeah , that 's where I hang out , ' and turned and walked into the house , '' said Covington , who lived next door to Zinkhan for eight years . `` That 's mostly what it was with George , forced moments . '' It was odd for Zinkhan to say more than five or 10 words before disengaging , while his wife , Marie Bruce , was the `` polar opposite , '' Covington said , describing the 47-year-old thespian as engaging and vivacious . Despite the contrasts in personalities , Covington","question":"ATHENS , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The body of accused triple killer and University of Georgia professor George Zinkhan was claimed by a relative Friday , nearly a week after Zinkhan was found dead , the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said . A studio proof shows professor George Zinkhan and his wife , Marie Bruce . A mortuary shipping service in Atlanta picked up Zinkhan 's body at the request of a son from a previous marriage , GBI spokesman John Bankhead said . Details on plans for the body were n't immediately available . Earlier Friday , Bankhead had said Zinkhan 's body -- found Saturday in a self-dug shallow grave -- could be headed to a pauper 's grave if the family did n't claim the body from the Athens-Clarke County coroner 's office by Saturday morning . Such a grave is typically reserved for unidentified bodies , unclaimed bodies or people without family members . Bankhead said the situation was rare and that it was unclear why the family had taken that long to claim the body of the professor , described by colleagues and acquaintances as aloof and eccentric . Neighbor Bob Covington remembers a"}
-{"answer":"name-calling and insults - like many of the reader comments that flooded the online edition of the Detroit newspaper that first reported a controversial story . AOL Autos : Best new car deals this month This latest round of the discussion was inspired by a decision made by Jim Fouts , the mayor of Warren , Michigan , a large Detroit suburb and Michigan 's third-largest city , and where a good portion of the residents are -LRB- or were -RRB- autoworkers . In mid-August , Fouts told his department heads , which amount to 40 or 50 of the city 's more than 700 employees that he `` expects '' the next car they buy will be an American model . More to the point , he expects them to drive General Motors or Chrysler vehicles , since both companies have various manufacturing or assembly plants in Warren -- not to mention GM 's sprawling Tech Center -- and therefore are the city 's two highest taxpayers . Fouts , who drives a 2001 Chrysler Concorde himself , is n't being draconian about it . That is , he has n't ordered his appointees to run right out and","question":"-LRB- AOL Autos -RRB- -- A directive recently handed down by a Detroit-area suburban mayor has ignited the latest round of a seemingly endless debate -- one that always burns with more intensity in the home of the Big Three than anywhere else . Many residents in the Detroit , Michigan area are auto workers . Thousands have been laid off recently . It 's the debate that relates to cars and goes something like this : `` Buy American ! '' vs. `` I 'll buy what I want ! '' That debate sometimes , but not always , begins as a civil conversation . But the Detroit area has been hit hard in the last five years by the ongoing , sometimes enormous financial losses posted by the Big Three . The Big Three 's financial woes have had a direct impact on the Michigan economy with hundreds of thousands of layoffs and\/or buyouts . Given that so many of the state 's workers have lost their jobs -- and in some cases , their homes - it sometimes does n't take long before the car debate escalates into an emotional one . That can lead to angry"}
-{"answer":"member can donate a kidney to get Matt higher on the list , so you decided that you were going to do that . Why did you decide to do that ? Watch Nicole Lapin 's interview with Liz Kelly and Matt House '' Liz Kelly : It was pretty much a no-brainer , I think . His sister was actually going to donate at first . But she did n't work out for health reasons . It 's obviously better to have , you know , a family member donate a kidney , too . But since that was n't going to work out , his stepfather stepped in because they were the same blood type . And that ended up not working out either . He had some heart issues and some other health issues . So , I said , you know what , I 'll just donate to the list . And that 's what I was intending on doing . And then I found out that we were actually a match , and it was amazing . Lapin : It was amazing , I 'm sure , to get that phone call , because you","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From songs to poems to sayings on the side of coffee cups , everyone tries to define love in words . Liz Kelly donated her kidney to her fiance after he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure . But often , it 's the extraordinary actions we take in the name of love that really define it . Liz Kelly 's fiance , Matt House , needed a kidney after he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure . In order to get him to the top of the donor list , Kelly signed up to donate hers . At first , she never dreamed she would actually be a match , but it turned out she was . The Springfield , Massachusetts , couple -LRB- he 's 31 , she 's 29 -RRB- spoke with CNN 's Nicole Lapin about whether Kelly thought fate played a hand in finding him a donor match . The following is an edited transcript of the interview : Nicole Lapin : Liz , I did n't know about the donor process , until we started talking to you guys . The donor process works whereby a friend or a family"}
-{"answer":"Westin Copley Place hotel , police reports said . Read the AC360 blog post Investigators knew they had crimes born of the Internet on their hands , but how were they able to use that same technology to help them find a suspect who went to great lengths to hide his tracks ? `` The figures involved communicated with each other -LSB- via -RSB- text and e-mail , and they only met at the very last minute , '' said special correspondent Maureen Orth , who investigated the story for Vanity Fair magazine . `` And then the way the police were able to solve the crime was going back , using the clicks and the Internet addresses . '' In Brisman 's case , police knew she had communicated on Craigslist with a person calling himself `` Andy . '' Mark Rasch once headed the computer crimes unit at the U.S. Department of Justice . Now an Internet forensic expert , he helped Boston police track the alleged killer . `` The first thing you start with was the e-mail address . In this case , it 's an e-mail address from Live.com , which is Microsoft , ''","question":"BOSTON , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They were crimes born of the Internet age -- romantic solicitations on popular Web site Craigslist that police say led to the fatal shooting of one woman and the robbery of another in Boston hotels this past spring . Internet forensic expert Mark Rasch used high-tech sleuthing to help police in Boston 's Craigslist crimes . And it was high-tech , 21st-century sleuthing , along with some old-fashioned gumshoe detective work , that put police on the trail toward a suspect and eventually an arrest . On CNN 's `` AC 360 '' Randi Kaye recently took a behind-the-scenes look at how technology was used to lead police to 23-year-old medical student Philip Markoff , who has been indicted on seven counts , including first-degree murder . Prosecutors said Julissa Brisman , a model from New York who advertised as a masseuse on Craigslist , was shot three times at close range and suffered blunt head trauma at the Marriott Copley Place hotel on April 14 . And a 29-year-old Las Vegas , Nevada , woman was robbed of $ 800 in cash and $ 250 in American Express gift cards at the"}
-{"answer":"posts remain , but your name appears in black text that is not clickable since your profile is now hidden . Deleting an account removes it from the site permanently and you have to start from scratch if you decide later that you want to be on Facebook again . There is a 14-day delay before the data is completely deleted to give users time to change their mind . If you change your mind you can merely log into the account and the deletion request will be canceled . How do I deactivate my account ? Click the Account tab in the upper right-hand corner of your main page . The Settings tab should be highlighted and there is a Deactivate link at the very bottom of the list . When you click it , you will be asked if you are sure you want to deactivate your account and why you are doing so . You will also be shown photos of you with friends with accompanying messages that say '' -LRB- Your friend here -RRB- will miss you . '' There is also a box to check at the bottom to opt out of receiving e-mails from","question":"-LRB- CNET -RRB- -- Are you confused by the myriad changes Facebook keeps making to its privacy settings ? Are you angry about your data being exposed without your express consent ? Are you just fed up and not going to take it anymore ? You 're not alone . A recent poll from Sophos found that an estimated 60 percent of users are considering quitting Facebook over privacy issues . More than 11,000 people have committed to ditching the social-networking site on May 31 , according to QuitFacebookDay.com . And more people are searching Google for ways to delete their Facebook accounts than ever , according to the Search Engine Land blog . But leaving Facebook can be almost as confusing as navigating the privacy backwaters on the site . Here are some tips on deleting your account and answers to questions about what that means for your data , and more . What 's the difference between deleting and deactivating a Facebook account ? Deactivation means the profile information and content are hidden from view of others but are saved on Facebook servers in case you want to reactivate the profile . Messages you 've sent and Wall"}
-{"answer":"to say they have an addiction to their devices . They pledged to observe 24 hours of freedom from their devices this past weekend : a National Day of Unplugging , lasting from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday , the Jewish Sabbath . The day was to launch Reboot 's ongoing project , the Sabbath Manifesto . Dan Rollman , a Rebooter and founder of the Universal World Record Database Web site , created the Sabbath Manifesto because he felt that technology was taking over too much of his life . `` There 's clearly a social problem when we 're interacting more with digital interfaces than our fellow human beings , '' Rollman said in an e-mail to CNN . `` Rich , engaging conversations are harder to come by than they were a few years ago . Our attention spans are silently evaporating . '' The Sabbath Manifesto consists of 10 principles . However , people are encouraged to discuss online which principles work and which should be tweaked . As they stand now , the guiding principles are : 1 . Avoid technology . 2 . Connect with loved ones . 3 . Nurture your health .","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As the story goes , God spent six days creating the world and then rested on the seventh day . He told the Jewish people to always rest on the seventh day of each week , which was to become known as the Sabbath for them for eternity . This was before Facebook , Twitter , BlackBerries and iPhones , of course . Adam and Eve did n't have friends who would get upset if texts were n't returned promptly , parents who wanted to know where their children were all the time or bosses who had complete access to their employees via work-issued devices . There is no excuse good enough to ignore the boss , even on a weekend . But one group is trying to take back the Sabbath : Reboot -- a nonprofit organization aimed at reinventing the traditions and rituals of Judaism for today 's secular Jews . Composed of Internet entrepreneurs , creators of award-winning television shows , community organizers and nonprofit leaders , these `` Rebooters '' are people who typically have their cell phones glued to their palms . Several of them go so far as"}
-{"answer":". About 16 rubber rescue boats had been deployed . Since the rains started in central Luzon , three dams in the Pangasinan area have been releasing vast amounts of water -- up to 10 million cubic meters per hour at one dam , dam officials said . Water passing through the three dams -- the Ambuklao , the Binga and the San Roque -- is rushing into the Agno River , which has been swollen since Thursday and affects seven towns in eastern Pangasinan , dam officials said . Water released from the San Roque dam has contributed to the flooding in eastern Pangasinan , acknowledged Alex Palada , division manager for flood forecasting and warning of the National Power Corporation . Dam officials had no choice but to maintain safe water levels , he added , noting that he alerted Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino . The governor started to evacuate residents Thursday when the Agno River started to rise , Palada said . In the last several days , water has become the Philippines ' biggest enemy , as Parma , locally known as `` Pepeng , '' dumped as much as 36 inches -LRB- 91.4 centimeters -RRB-","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Landslides unleashed by tropical depression Parma across the Philippine province of Benguet have killed at least 122 people and left 31 missing , officials said Friday . A boatman transports three empty wooden coffins on the edge of Laguna Lake east of Manila on Thursday . Four people had been found alive in debris , and at least 22 had been injured by landslides that started Thursday afternoon and continued all night , affecting several municipalities , said Elmer Foria , police senior superintendent . Parma , which had been downgraded from a typhoon , poured more rain onto sodden and already weakened ground . Flooding had inundated 32 towns and two cities , Dagupan and Urdaneta , according to Rocky Baraan , provincial administrator of Pangasinan . Some 35,000 people had fled to evacuation centers , the official Philippines News Agency reported , citing the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council . The worst-hit areas included Bayambang , Alcala and Basista , the news agency reported . People clambered onto rooftops as floodwaters rose , calling and texting for help . Rescue trucks were hampered by floodwaters that reach the roofs of single-story houses , Baraan said"}
-{"answer":"But the biggest nuisance is n't the number of coffee shops or the clients , but the illegal drug runners that can be quite aggressive and start fights and rob the tourists . '' All visitors to Maastricht 's coffee shops -- some 6,000 a day , almost three-quarters of whom are foreign , according to Josemans -- already have to show their passports and their information is then kept for 48 hours . Now only those with a Dutch , German or Belgian passport will be allowed in . `` A number of people will leave disappointed , and we are not very proud of refusing entry to visitors who have come to our shops for the last 28 years and never caused a problem , '' said Josemans , who has himself used cannabis for 35 years . `` The question now will be if they instead buy from the illegal drug runners here or if they buy illegally in their own countries . '' Nobody from Maastricht city council was available for comment Saturday . A spokeswoman for Maastricht police told CNN that the police were not a party to the ban and that it is not","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Coffee shops in the Dutch city of Maastricht have banned foreign tourists , except those from Germany and Belgium , from entering their premises from Saturday , according to the local association of coffee shops . Coffee shops in the Netherlands are places where customers can legally buy and consume cannabis . `` We have put in place a ` neighbouring country ' criteria , '' Marc Josemans , president of the Society of United Coffeeshops and owner of the Easy Going coffee shop , told CNN . `` This is a form of self-regulation . It is not a law , there will be no judge , this was just the only choice we had . '' The move comes after Maastricht 's city council decided that something had to be done about the 2.2 million visitors that come to the city every year , according to Josemans . `` The visitors put a lot of pressure on the city when they come here and make it very busy on our narrow streets . So the city said that something had to be done about the traffic and nuisance , '' he said . ``"}
-{"answer":"`` Grey Gardens , '' the sunny actress is nothing but dedicated . But in everyday life , Barrymore aims for balance and body acceptance . `` I do n't have the time or discipline or interest in having a perfect-10 body . I work out , I eat right , but I 'll always be a little bit of Jell-O on a pole . '' On her relationship with her mom ... Barrymore admitted her relationship with her mom is a topic she does n't readily discuss , but the central love story between a girl and her mom in `` Whip It '' caused Barrymore to reflect on her relationship . `` I am OK with my dad , but my mom and I have yet to work it all out , '' she said , adding that she does n't talk about it because `` how do you talk about something you 're confused about ? '' On girl power ... From `` Charlie 's Angels '' to her new all-girl roller derby flick , it 's no secret that Barrymore champions female friendships . `` I like teams -- I like buddies . I do n't","question":"-LRB- InStyle -RRB- -- Drew Barrymore keeps evolving -- from star to producer , and now director . Drew Barrymore sat down with InStyle for its October issue , on newsstands Thursday . The 34-year-old actress earned critic 's attention with her uncanny portrayal of `` Little Edie '' Beale in HBO 's `` Grey Gardens , '' and her directorial debut , `` Whip It , '' has been hailed as a success well before it rolls into theaters October 2 . But , at her core , she 's still the irresistible free spirit we all know and love , as she revealed in the October issue of InStyle . On being a celebrity ... Barrymore said that while she loves her life , there are still moments she battles with being a celebrity . `` Some days I want nothing more than a brilliant mask so I could look like someone else and go wander the streets and be free , '' she said . `` I 'm very peeved that Halloween only comes once a year . '' On exercise ... When it comes to transforming her body for a role , as she did for"}
-{"answer":"on more individuals related to this particular plot , responded , `` We 've done what we think is the network here . '' Asked what actions the United States would take next , the official said , `` We are continuing to look for additional ways to apply financial sanctions on Iran . We are very much in the business of increasing pressure on Iran through sanctions so Iran understands they have a clear choice to be made between coming to the table seriously -LRB- and -RRB- meaningfully , and facing further isolation and sanction . `` We 're continuing on that course . '' Meanwhile , Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns plans brief the diplomatic corps Wednesday at the State Department on the alleged Iran plot , a second senior department official said Tuesday . The official described it as an `` informational briefing '' and said that Burns will explain the details of how it went down , how the Obama administration handled it and the need to hold Iran accountable . A third senior State Department official told CNN that the briefing will also try to allay any concerns that were raised in diplomats by","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The United States will be looking for nations around the world to get tougher on Iran in the wake of the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States , a senior State Department official said Tuesday . The official said that although Iran is under multiple sanctions , many countries are not enforcing the restrictions , and sometimes if they have problems with Iran , they do n't speak out publicly . The official said the United States is going to be looking for countries to enforce existing sanctions , implement new ones and cut ties with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps , to basically match what the United States has already done . To make the case , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other senior officials in the department are going to be placing calls to leaders and foreign ministers , U.N. Security Council members and others with influence on Iran , the official said . The official said the United States is looking for what Clinton calls a `` chorus of international condemnation '' of Iran . A senior administration official , asked if there will be sanctions"}
-{"answer":"see if everyone was OK . Unfortunately two of my colleagues were pinned down by rubble and were injured . So we did what we could to help ease their pain at that moment . '' Santos had some over-the-counter pain medicine and gave it to them . I 'm alive ! Messages from Haiti `` My biggest fear initially was that there was n't going to be enough air for the six of us , '' he said . Then , when it became clear there was enough air , `` We started talking about what we need to do . And , you know , from the size of the earthquake , from what we heard and what we felt and how fast the building fell , we knew it was a big quake . '' The next morning , they could hear sledgehammers pounding as rescuers were checking to see if there were survivors . The trapped group screamed and banged on the walls , and rescuers heard them . The rescuers asked how many there were ; Santos answered eight -- six in his group , and two other men trapped in an elevator shaft .","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The head of a humanitarian aid group and a few of his colleagues survived 50 hours beneath the rubble of a hotel , with the help of a few things he keeps in his bag for his two young children . `` We had one Tootsie Pop and we did share that , '' said Rick Santos , president and CEO of IMA World Health . He also had a bit of gum . While the supplies helped , Santos said , `` I think we made it because we talked to each other , we helped each other , and we had this hope that we would be rescued at some point . '' Two of his colleagues did not survive . Santos and five colleagues had been walking through the lobby of the Hotel Montana last Tuesday when he saw one of the chandeliers swing . `` And before it even made its way down , just everything crashed and collapsed on top of us , '' he told CNN 's `` American Morning '' on Monday . `` Immediately we were looking around talking to each other , trying to"}
-{"answer":"in a statement Tuesday . The emergency desalinators are being sent south on a patrol boat at midnight Tuesday to the small atoll of Nukulaelae , part of Tuvalu , whose population of 330 is reported to be down to its last 60 liters of water . Schools have closed as residents conserve what little water they have and pray for rain . `` It 's a pretty dire situation there , '' Gareth Smith , New Zealand High Commissioner to Tuvalu told Radio New Zealand . Smith is one of the two foreign ministry staff sent to Tuvalu this week . In Nukulaelae , water is being rationed . Families - some with as many as 10 people - are forced to live on just 40 liters a day , according to Dave Hebblethwaite , a water management adviser from the Applied Geoscience and Technology Division of Secretariat of the Pacific Community . `` Families are getting by washing in the sea and only having a short wash in fresh water if at all , '' he said , adding that most of the fresh water is being reserved for drinking and cooking . The Tuvalu government briefed a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two idyllic South Pacific islands are facing a water crisis ; they 're running out of it , and fast . The island nations Tuvalu and Tokelau have declared states of emergency after six months of little or no rainfall . It 's estimated that at the current rate of consumption the Tuvaluan atoll of Funafuti , home to 5,000 people , will run out of drinking water in two weeks . Tokelau , a territory of New Zealand with a population of 1,500 , could run dry in just one . `` We are all working in line with the fact that we recognize this national emergency situation , '' Jo Suveinakama , the general manager of the Tokelau government told Radio New Zealand . The New Zealand Red Cross flew emergency supplies to Tuvalu Monday on a New Zealand Defense Force flight along with two aid workers and two foreign ministry staff . `` We have mobilized 2,000 collapsible water containers , hand sanitizers , tarpaulins to be used to capture rain -LRB- and -RRB- two emergency desalination units , '' Andrew McKie , New Zealand Red Cross International Operations and Emergency Manager said"}
-{"answer":"the coastal race , Tolhurst was struck by the boat 's falling mast that broke off under the impact of a collision with another boat , Rowdy . Although rescue crews reacted quickly to bring the skipper ashore , nothing could be done to save his life . A police inquiry is currently in progress to determine the cause of the incident . September 2008 Sean Whiston Perpetual Cup Race Death toll : One Kenneth Jones -LRB- 46 -RRB- lost his life while sailing in a race from Wicklow to the Poolbeg Yacht Club in Dublin , Ireland . It was not clear what caused the incident , however , a mayday was issued by the yacht Allanah , stating that there was ' a man in the water . ' Jones was lifted from the water and transferred to Tallaght Hospital where he later died . May 2006 Volvo Ocean Race Death toll : One During the seventh leg of the race Hans Horrevoets , 32 , of The Netherlands was swept overboard from ABN Amro Two in heavy seas . Although he was recovered from the water , attempts to resuscitate him were not successful . The savage","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It does n't have the brutality of rugby or the physical intimidation of a boxing match , yet sailing is still one of the most dangerous sports in the world . Capsized : This French catamaran flipped near New Zealand while attempting to win the Jules Verne Trophy . This danger is never more evident than in the epic Volvo Ocean Race . The round-the-world event which begins this month in Alicante , Spain , always throws up its fair share of drama as the crews face all types of conditions right through to the race finish around July 2009 . To give an idea of the extreme dangers this year 's crews will face over the coming nine months , here is a look at some of the worst tragedies to strike yacht racing . There 's no question about it : this is no sport for the faint-hearted . September 2008 R\u00e9gates Royales-Troph\u00e9e Panerai Death toll : One Wilfrid Tolhurst was killed during the famous R\u00e9gates Royales-Troph\u00e9e Panerai yacht race off Cannes that sees the major classic yachts in the Mediterranean gather . Skippering the eight-meter yacht , Safir , in"}
-{"answer":"fitness problems this season and made the starting line-up in only 13 of 38 league matches . Ronaldinho last played for Barcelona in the 2-1 loss at home to Villarreal on March 9 , has suffered muscle pain in his right leg been out of action ever since . AC Milan showed an interest in signing him and his brother Robert De Assis said personal terms had been agreed . But the clubs failed to reach agreement over a transfer fee . After a second successive season without a trophy Barcelona announced on May 7 that Rijkaard would leave at the end of the season and be replaced by former player Josep Guardiola . `` We decided that if Frank did not continue then we would choose Guardiola because Pep possessed the necessary humility , '' said Laporta . `` We did n't think about coaches like Mourinho or -LRB- Rafa -RRB- Benitez , who are both great coaches , but are n't right for Barcelona . So we told Rijkaard that when he left Guardiola would take his place . '' Barca 's arch-rivals Real Madrid , who lifted another Spanish title this season , have signed their first","question":"BARCELONA , Spain -- Barcelona are ready for twice world player of the year Ronaldinho to move on , said club president Joan Laporta . Ronaldinho is expected to leave Barcelona this summer after struggling for form last season . Laporta told the Catalan TV3 station that the Brazilian midfielder , who struggled with injuries and poor form last season , needed new challenges in his career . `` When the wheel turns , it 's normal that the key figures leave , '' Laporta said . `` I would like Ronaldinho to be given a great send-off so that he is remembered for all he has given us and that if he did n't do any more it was because the circumstances would n't allow it . `` Last year , we thought that it might be the year to sell him , but given his enthusiasm and the appreciation that a club like Barcelona needs to have , we decided to let him stay on . Things have n't turned out the way he wanted them to . '' Laporta recognized that it might not be easy to sell Ronaldinho , who suffered a series of injury and"}
-{"answer":"She has spent her career trying to protect the primates in the Cape Peninsula , of which there are more than 400 . In Barrydale , she sees an opportunity to tackle the problem before it gets out of hand . `` What is so exciting about the Barrydale scenario is the fact that they are being extremely proactive , '' Trethowan told CNN . `` In many of the other areas it 's been a long time , where baboons have become habituated and trained . Now in Barrydale they are saying ` let 's stop this behavior quickly before it gets started , ' and that 's enormously exciting for me . '' Trethowan has pinned her hopes on implementing a baboon-monitoring program in the village . At the Joshua Baboon Rehabilitation Project , just outside Barrydale , Baboon Matters is training locals to be baboon monitors . The monitors are tasked with patrolling Barrydale and herding baboons away from homes and farms . `` If we can get the monitoring program going quickly before the baboons are habituated I believe we stand a good chance of success here , '' said Trethowan . Nola Frazier runs the","question":"Cape Town , South Africa -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As natural habitats disappear in South Africa , baboons and humans are increasingly coming into close contact , and conflict . In South Africa 's Cape Peninsula there has been a large-scale transformation of wild baboons ' natural habitat into land for housing , industry and agriculture , according to the University of Cape Town Baboon Research Unit . The result is that wild baboons are surrounded by humans , which the researchers say is causing human-baboon conflict to escalate . But the problem is n't confined only to the Cape , as baboons are increasingly venturing into towns and villages across southern Africa in search of food , often leaving a trail of damage in their wake . In the farming village of Barrydale , a four-hour drive from Cape Town , baboons are a growing problem . While some local farmers say they want to shoot baboons found in the village , others favor a more sustainable solution . Report : Central African gorillas may go extinct Jenny Trethowan , of advocacy group Baboon Matters , is known as the `` Baboon Lady '' back in Cape Town ."}
-{"answer":"being sought by Interpol , the 188-nation worldwide police agency , the prosecutor said . He declined to reveal their identities . Sanz Quiroz acknowledged the uniqueness of the allegations . `` We are not making this up , '' he said . `` They have confessed to this . That 's what 's coming out now . '' One of the suspects told officials he had been committing the murders for five years . According to a criminal complaint Sanz Quiroz filed November 18 , officials discovered on September 22 a small container containing a fat-like substance that had been stored at the Bella Durmiente bus station in Lima , Peru 's capital . On November 3 , the complaint says , suspect Serapio Marcos Veramendi Principe was arrested after he retrieved three bottles from the Estrella Polar bus station . The bottles contained a substance authorities believe is human fat , the complaint says . Lab tests are being performed to determine what the substance is . Authorities identified the three other suspects as Elmer Segundo Castillejos Aguero , Hilario Cudena Simon and Enedina Estela Claudio . The suspects identified each other for police in photo lineups ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Peruvian authorities say they have arrested four members of a gang that specialized in selling to European labs fat obtained from dead humans . Officials are investigating the disappearance of at least 60 people they believe were killed by gang members in two mountainous states in central Peru , lead prosecutor Jorge Sanz Quiroz said Friday . The four suspects have been charged with murder in the September slaying of a Peruvian man , the prosecutor said . `` They killed to obtain human fat because there were European laboratories that would pay them , '' Sanz Quiroz said . The suspects told authorities they were paid $ 15,000 for a liter -LRB- about 1 quart -RRB- of human fat . Officials did not disclose what possible use laboratories could have for the human fat , but fat can be a component of cosmetics and is used in reconstructive or cosmetic surgery . The use of human fat for any purpose is extremely rare , however , physicians say . Other suspects , including the Peruvian ringleader , have eluded capture , Sanz Quiroz said . Authorities have the names of two Italian suspects who are"}
-{"answer":"attributed the decrease to better government leadership , aggressive counter-narcotics tactics , a push for farmers to grow legal crops and pressure from NATO-led soldiers . This was the second year that the production of the opium , used to produce heroin , had dropped in Afghanistan . The study found 20 of the 34 provinces in Afghanistan were now free of opium farming . The most significant drop this year was in Helmand province , the volatile southern region where NATO-led forces are battling with militants . In that opium hotbed , cultivation dipped from 103,590 to 69,833 hectares -LRB- 255,976 to 172,561 acres -RRB- . But even with this seemingly good news , some fear that drug traffickers in Afghanistan are preparing to fight back . According to the report , researchers found evidence strong drug cartels , similar to ones seen in Colombia , were being formed by participants in Afghanistan 's drug trade . `` A marriage of convenience between insurgents and criminal groups is spawning narco-cartels linked to the Taliban , '' Costa said . Incentive programs giving local farmers seeds and training in growing legal crops represent a key tactic in the fight against","question":"KABUL , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Afghanistan 's opium production dropped dramatically this year partly because of new aggressive drug-fighting tactics in the country , a United Nations study found . Afghan police officers use tractors to destroy poppy crops in Helmand province earlier this year . According to the report from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime , production dipped by 10 percent this year , while cultivation fell by 22 percent . `` At a time of pessimism about the situation in Afghanistan , these results are a welcome piece of good news and demonstrate that progress is possible , '' said Antonio Maria Costa , the office 's executive director . The United Nations notes that drugs originating in Afghanistan have `` catastrophic consequences . '' `` They fund the activities of criminals , insurgents and terrorists in Afghanistan and elsewhere . Collusion with corrupt government officials is undermining public trust , security and the rule of law . `` Widespread money-laundering is harming the reputation of banks in the Gulf and farther afield , '' it said . Watch U.N. official discuss concerns about opium stockpiles '' The report , released this week ,"}
-{"answer":"Japanese businessmen who work in the same office building . `` I see a lot of businessmen who say they do n't have time to sleep . They ca n't take a break from working and get the vitamin drip for an extra kick of energy , '' a Tenteki nurse told CNN . `` Blue '' is the most requested vitamin pack among these men : a concoction of B1 and vitamin E that claims to offer relief from exhaustion . Registered nurses and doctors administer the drips at Tenteki , but there 's no conclusive medical evidence to back up the health claims . Many nutritionists actually caution against using injectable vitamin supplements because the quantities are not regulated . `` More is not necessarily better ... some vitamins and minerals can be toxic in high doses , '' particularly the fat-soluble ones which the body stores like Vitamins A , D , E and K , explained Claire Williamson , Nutrition Scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation . In Europe and the United States vitamin shots are popular among celebrities with hectic lifestyles and little time to sleep , particularly vitamin B 12 . Former Spice Girl","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In trendy neighborhoods of Tokyo customers are lining up for vitamin injections that promise to improve health and beauty . A Japanese woman receives an intravenous vitamin supplement at the Tenteki Cafe in Tokyo . These intravenous vitamin `` drips '' are part of the latest quick-fix , health fad catching on in Japan : the IV cafe . Each drip pack contains saline solution and specific vitamins and minerals to target a particular health ailment or beauty concern . `` I used to take vitamin supplements , but changed to the IV drip because I feel the effects more quickly , '' a 20-something woman at the Tenteki 10 Caf\u00e9 told CNN . She said she receives specific injections to get better skin , burn fat and boost her energy . There are 10 different varieties to choose from at Tenteki . The `` orange '' variety touts anti-aging properties , loaded with antioxidants . The `` placenta pack '' is said to help rejuvenate and ease muscle stiffness . Prices range from $ 20 - $ 30 per injection , and nurses see about 30-40 people each day . Their most common patients are"}
-{"answer":"children , fearing that someone was going to kidnap or harm them . At the same time , she hunkered down inside her home , staying in bed , because she says it was too hard to face the most mundane tasks such as shopping . `` It was crazy . I could n't even do crowds . It reminded me when we were in a marketplace -LRB- in Iraq -RRB- , and we did n't know if somebody was out there to kill us , '' Moss explains . `` I 'm back home , and I did n't have to worry about a suicide bomber , but I still felt as if there was one lurking in the mall or the grocery store . '' Six years ago , she cut her wrists to end the pain . Today , Moss has progressed significantly after specialized therapy provided by the local Veterans Affairs in Palo Alto , California , where the focus is on female vets like herself . `` Women tend to be diagnosed more often , at least with our recent returnees , with depression , whereas men are being diagnosed more often with substance abuse","question":"Palo Alto , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was n't until five months after Army Staff Sgt . June Moss returned from the Iraq war in 2003 that her real battle began . The horrors of the war -- witnessing decapitated and burned bodies amid mass destruction -- led to post-traumatic stress disorder . `` I do notice when I 'm stressing out that I start having dreams about what I saw and how I felt , '' says Moss , now 40 and retired from the Army . `` It does come back as if to haunt you . '' The percentage of women in the military has doubled in the last 30 years , with more than 350,000 serving as of 2009 , according to the Department of Veterans Affairs ' latest figures . With more female troops in combat , there has been an increase in PTSD diagnoses : One in five female veterans suffer from PTSD , according to the VA. . As a light-vehicle mechanic , Moss drove across Baghdad and provided security at checkpoints during her combat tour in Iraq . When she returned home , she became overly protective of her two"}
-{"answer":"not seen them . I do n't know that they exist , '' Holder said . When Holder said he does n't control all of the documents , Wolf complained Holder was trying to duck responsibility `` just because the documents might be in a different building . '' `` It is certainly the intention of this administration not to play hide and seek , or not to release certain things , '' Holder replied . `` It is not our intention to try to advance a political agenda or to try to hide things from the American people , '' he said . As Republican lawmakers complained about the administration 's release of four documents last week that had authorized waterboarding and other controversial methods , Democrats praised the release . Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey , D-Wisconsin , said torture is illegal and those responsible for its use have to be held personally accountable . Representatives of liberal organizations including MoveOn.org , Democrats.com and the American Civil Liberties Union were in the hearing room seeking to cajole Holder and other administration officials to appoint a special prosecutor to press charges against Bush administration officials . `` The Justice","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Attorney General Eric Holder was decidedly noncommittal Thursday as he was buffeted on Capitol Hill by alternating demands to release -- or not -- more secret documents related to alleged torture , and to prosecute -- or not -- Bush administration officials who wrote and approved those documents . Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before a U.S. House subcommittee on Thursday . Holder was scheduled to appear before a House committee to discuss the Justice Department budget , but lawmakers threw away the script and overwhelmed him with pointed questions about the memos and accountability for the interrogation policies . The toughest exchanges were with the top Republican in the session , Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia . Wolf insisted Holder provide still-secret documents which former Vice President Dick Cheney says detail valuable intelligence gained from the use of the harsh techniques against captured suspected terrorists . `` You have an obligation to release the rest of the memos , '' Wolf demanded . But Holder said he had no knowledge of documents that might contain the information to which Cheney referred . `` I 'm not familiar with those memos . I frankly have"}
-{"answer":"found more believable than the true answer which was , of course , that the surgeon was the boy 's mother . `` If that 's the answer , '' he spouted , `` that 's the dumbest riddle I ever hoid ! '' Thirty-seven years later it is , perhaps , difficult to appreciate why this riddle ever was a riddle , how so apparent an answer could have stymied Archie , Meathead and , I would wager , the vast majority of the viewing audience . The riddle speaks volumes not just about how the world has changed in four decades , but also about how unconscious expectations can blind us to the obvious . In 1972 , one expected a man when one heard the word `` surgeon . '' Much as , in 2009 , one expects a white kid when one hears the word `` scholar . '' People will deny this , will say all the right and politic things . But the disclaimers will be as thin and transparent as Saran Wrap . Black , white and otherwise , we are all socialized by the same forces and all carry , by and","question":"Editor 's note : Leonard Pitts Jr. , a columnist for The Miami Herald , won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and is the author of a new novel , `` Before I Forget '' and `` Becoming Dad : Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood . '' Leonard Pitts says we know what it takes to improve the performance of African-American students . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Back in 1972 , on an episode of `` All in the Family , '' Gloria posed the following riddle to Archie and Meathead . Father and son go driving . There 's an accident . The father is killed instantly , the son is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery . The surgeon walks in , takes one look at the patient and says , `` I ca n't operate on this boy . He 's my son . '' The answer to the apparent paradox eluded Archie , Meathead and the guys down at Kelsey 's bar for the balance of the half hour . They floated theories involving stepfathers , sons-in-law , priests , adoptions and returns from the dead . All of which Archie apparently"}
-{"answer":"he was about to become the first Premier League Player to win this prestigious award . Never mind he has been the competition 's biggest ambassador and promoter overseas . Too many in the English media , he was still a diver on the field , and a petulant rock star off it . Now I am not going to sit here and say that my compatriot Cristiano is perfect . He is n't and he makes mistakes . But the same can be said about Wayne Rooney or any of the other English internationals . When Rooney charges down the referee and shouts obscenities in his face without even being booked , as was the case in last weekend 's match against Chelsea , is he called arrogant or petulant ? No . When he goes seven or eight matches without a goal , is he suddenly branded overrated ? No . So all I am asking for here is a little respect . If Ronaldo was English , I am sure in the eyes of the British press he would be virtually untouchable , but although he 's not , just give him a break . After all","question":"ZURICH , Switzerland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As I watched Cristiano Ronaldo receive the FIFA World Player of the Year award in Zurich , I could n't help feeling a deep sense of satisfaction , as the 23 year-old Portuguese international once again proved all his doubters wrong . Cristiano Ronaldo shows emotion after being named the FIFA World Player of the Year for 2008 . Especially the ones in England . In the days leading up to the awards ceremony , there were various rumors circulating that the Manchester United star was going to be pipped by Leo Messi on Tuesday night . I was asked several times in London whether I really thought Ronaldo was going to win . Whether he really deserved it . It was as if many in the British press did n't want him to take home another award . Do you think Cristiano Ronaldo is shown enough respect ? Tell us in the Sound Off box below . The fierce attack on his lifestyle by the tabloids after he crashed his Ferrari last week just accentuated the fact that in the UK , he still has earned little respect . Never mind that"}
-{"answer":"Chavez blasted the Israeli military . `` They are cowards , '' he said . `` It 's as though a boxing professional were to come here and challenge you to box . Well , how courageous ! How courageous is the Israeli army ! '' It said that Chavez `` makes a fraternal call to the Jewish people throughout the world to oppose these criminal policies of the state of Israel that recall the worst pages of the history of the 20th century . `` With the genocide of the Palestinian people , the state of Israel will never be able to offer its people the perspective of a peace that is both necessary and long-lasting . '' Mark Regev , a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert , was unswayed . `` I have n't heard the details yet , but you know the regime in Venezuela has been one of the few countries in the world that gives automatic support to the Iranian extremists , and it does n't surprise me that they have affinity with groups like Hamas and Hezbollah , '' he told CNN . He predicted that other countries would not follow suit","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Venezuela expelled Israel 's ambassador to the country Tuesday and accused Israel of attempting to carry out `` genocide '' against the Palestinian people . Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called the Israeli army `` cowards . '' `` In this tragic and indignant hour , the people of Venezuela manifest their unconditional solidarity with the heroic Palestinian people , share in the sadness that overcomes thousands of families through the loss of their loved ones , and extends to them a hand by affirming that the government of Venezuela will not rest until it sees those responsible for these criminal atrocities severely punished , '' the Venezuelan foreign minister said in a statement read by an anchor on state television . The statement added that the government `` condemns strongly the flagrant violations of international law '' by Israel and `` denounces their planned utilization of state terrorism . '' `` For the above-mentioned reasons , the government of Venezuela has decided to expel the ambassador of Israel and some of the personnel of the Israeli Embassy in Venezuela , '' it added . In a news conference broadcast by state-run Venezuelan television , President Hugo"}
-{"answer":"is 40 miles . The money -- about $ 84,500 -- will go to the nonprofit program that provides free after-school care for students at more than 200 elementary and middle schools in at-risk communities in four California counties -- Orange , Los Angeles , Riverside and San Bernardino . Flores said the idea for `` Miles of Change '' came after group members saw students at a school in Kansas make a 40-mile chain of pennies in July 2008 to set the world record . Flores said her group , based in Santa Ana , California , wanted a program that would unite the counties involved -- and set a record . The pennies were collected by 35,000 students in the after-school program and were laid in loops around the two-mile track in Fontana , California . Flores said every penny must be touching the next penny in order to qualify for the Guinness world record . Documentation will include aerial photos , she said . Each student took home tubes to collect the pennies . Students who collected the most got tickets to future Los Angeles Dodgers games , Flores said . The effort also is meant to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 2,000 students in Southern California laid 65 miles of pennies on a speedway track Thursday in an attempt to set a world record and help schools in the area . Mason Gonzalez is ready with pennies . Dodgers tickets were prizes for collecting the most pennies . THINK -LRB- Teaching , Helping , Inspiring & Nurturing Kids -RRB- Together did n't meet its original goal of laying out 100 miles of pennies at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana , California , but group spokeswoman Nadia Flores said the group is happy with the results . `` We raised twice what we were able to lay down , '' she said . `` I think the energy and the vibe from having so many kids and volunteers present made it really fun . '' Flores said the group ran out of time in its attempt to get all 100 miles laid out , but she added that they 're confident they have the record anyway . Guinness World Records , which would certify the record , said Thursday it had not yet received documentation from the group . The current record for pennies laid out"}
-{"answer":"according to spokesman Allen Poston . The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management reported seven injuries . Video out of Norman showed overturned cars , snapped utility poles , downed trees and severely damaged homes . Several mobile homes were blown to pieces in one neighborhood where debris littered yards and streets alongside large trees ripped straight from the ground . A truck stop east of Oklahoma City was demolished , taking a direct hit from one of the tornadoes , according to a spokeswoman for Love 's Travel Stops and Country Stores . Motorists pulled off Interstate 40 and sought shelter in the truck stop 's large coolers and restrooms before the tornado tore the roof off the building , blew out car windows and overturned tractor-trailers , spokeswoman Christina Dukeman said . Video showed people outside the truck stop receiving treatment for minor injuries . Laura O'Leary , a spokeswoman for the Emergency Medical Services Authority , said seven people were transported from around the immediate area to local hospitals in good and fair condition , `` a miraculously low number ... considering the volume of area the tornado covered . '' Love 's employee Charlescie Greenway said she","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least five people were killed in Oklahoma on Monday after a severe storm system spawned multiple tornadoes across the state , the state emergency management department said . Three people died in Cleveland County , just west of Tecumseh , Oklahoma , said Albert Ashwood , director of the state emergency management department , and another was reported dead near Choctaw , east of Oklahoma City , Oklahoma . The location in Oklahoma of the fifth person who died was unknown late Monday night . Brenda Finkle , director of corporate communications for Norman Regional Health System , said the company 's hospital in Norman admitted eight patients Monday night in critical condition with crush injuries and head trauma . At least 25 other people filled the waiting room of Norman Regional Hospital with lacerations and head wounds , Finkle said , adding hospital staff expected more patients to continue to seek treatment . Another 20 people were either getting medical care or awaiting treatment at Moore Medical Center , just north of Norman , according to Finkle . OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , received two patients with broken bones ,"}
-{"answer":"coffee shop . `` We have a witness who believes he saw two young people he describes as teenagers , both white males , '' the commissioner said . One is described as blond , wearing a red shirt , and the other had brown hair and wore a gray shirt . Kelly said the witness saw the two approach the Starbucks , then looked away . After the witness heard the blast , he said he saw the two young people run away from the building . Kelly said that for now , it 's impossible to say whether the bombing was politically motivated . `` We do n't know if they were a corporate target or somebody had a problem -LSB- with -RSB- what was going on on that corner , in general ... we 're not ruling anything out . '' In 1999 , a Starbucks in Seattle , Washington , was vandalized during a world trade conference . In February 2008 , a Vancouver Starbucks and another restaurant were damaged by an overnight explosion . New York police say they 're aware of both incidents , but Kelly says it is too early to draw any","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A crude bomb made from a water bottle was used in an explosion that damaged a Starbucks coffee shop on New York 's posh Upper East Side , New York police said . Monday 's explosion shattered glass at the Manhattan Starbucks coffee shop . No one was injured . The Memorial Day explosion damaged the shop , but no one was injured and no motive has been identified for the bombing . `` We believe it to be ... a six - to 10-ounce water bottle that was wrapped in black tape , '' New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told CNN on Wednesday . He said the bomb 's powder may have come from fireworks components , including a fuse . The powder was placed inside the bottle in a way that made it `` more powerful , '' Kelly said . He said a forensics unit is working on finding fingerprints . The homemade bomb , which went off around 3:30 a.m. , shattered glass , but no one was injured . The store was not open . Police have said the device was planted under a wooden bench outside the"}
-{"answer":", and if this legislation passes , the government will create an entitlement program to subsidize them . In the end , like the entitlement programs that have gone before them , they will far exceed any cost estimates on the table today . Just to remind you , Mr. President and members of Congress , the taxpayers have a right to know the full fiscal consequences of this legislation . The United States is spending this year nearly $ 2.5 trillion on health care . That is 17.3 percent of the U.S. economy and it 's rising at a rapid rate . We spent $ 134 billion more in the past year than in the year before . To put $ 2.5 trillion into perspective , that is more money than the federal government received in taxes and revenues this year . The problem is nobody knows -LRB- and especially the Congress -RRB- what a trillion dollars really means . A trillion is a million million . Still means nothing to most of us . If you spent a million dollars a day since the birth of Jesus Christ , it would n't even equal a trillion . If","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If President Obama had been forthright last week at the health care summit , he would have opened the meeting by stating : '' If you have health coverage , under our reform bills you are going to pay more and get less . If you are one of the 45 million elderly or disabled people on Medicare , you are going to get less . There is no such thing as free medical care . Somebody has to pay ! And in the end it is you . '' Those are the facts ! And as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid stated to the Republicans : '' ... you 're entitled to your opinion , but not your own facts . '' However , the facts , as the president has found out , are not exactly a compelling message to persuade a reluctant Congress and public to overhaul nearly one-fifth of the nation 's economy . Adding 31 million people -LRB- 45 million now do n't have coverage -RRB- to the health care system will cost the taxpayers trillions over time . Many of that uninsured group ca n't afford health insurance"}
-{"answer":". Less skin is showing . When it comes to the text , however , the two sections are very similar . Both are packed with ads for massage services . Ads in both areas include descriptions of the masseuse 's breast size -LRB- `` I 'm a natural C cup '' -RRB- and they are often photographed dressed in their underwear . Even if most of these services are legitimate , and only a few are veiled offers of sex in the new adult area , plenty of others make little if any pretense about what they offer . These ads typically include words such as `` busty , '' or `` fantasy girl '' in their descriptions . Often , they feature photos of a woman or man dressed provocatively in their underwear or bathing suit . Some include hourly rates . Clearly , Craigslist faces a significant challenge as it tries to purge prostitution from its Web pages . While it can ban nude photos and overt offers of sex , how can anyone expect the site to outlaw ads featuring photos of bikini-clad women offering phone numbers ? One can find racier images in department store","question":"-LRB- CNET -RRB- -- Craigslist 's managers have complied with the wishes of most of the state attorneys general who demanded they rid the site of prostitution ads . Craigslist says it has removed prostitution ads , but some issues remain . The Web 's dominate classifieds publication replaced its controversial `` erotic '' section with a new `` adult '' category . And where Craigslist once relied on readers to flag dodgy advertisements , the company 's employees now review every ad submitted to the adult area before they appear online . Yet , the site has been unable to block every solicitation for sex . Catherine , a self-described sex worker from San Francisco , confirmed for CNET that she successfully posted an ad for her services to the adult section late last week . She wished to remain anonymous , so neither the ad 's photo nor text can be included in this story . Regardless , it is n't hard to find questionable ads in Craigslist 's new adult section . The most noticeable difference between Craigslist 's erotic and adult categories is the photos . In the adult section , the photos are less provocative"}
-{"answer":"the memorial that honors them . `` They dedicated the WWII memorial in May of 2004 , 60 years after the war had ended . That was a cause of celebration in my clinic . All of the veterans wanted to see it but they were in poor health or did n't have the means to visit it . '' `` Reality set in , '' Morse says , `` they were never going to see their memorial . '' Morse was determined to change that , because he so admired the quiet grit and heroism of the unassuming men he treated every day . He took his cause to a local air club . `` I stood before 150 pilots and told them I was going to start flying WWII veterans to Washington . I said if you want to help me , the WWII veteran does n't pay a penny . You 'll have to rent an airplane and cover all the travel costs . '' `` Honor Flight '' took to the skies in May of 2005 . Six planes flew 12 veterans . The next month , eight planes flew 16 veterans . Today , it","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The aging veterans gingerly walk from the plane in the nation 's capital . Some get pushed in wheelchairs . A brass band strikes up World War II era tunes . Strangers rise to their feet and clap their hands . `` Why are they doing this ? '' says Frank Bales , 86 , a co-pilot on a B-24 during World War II . `` I feel as humbled as a mouse . '' Walter Victor was overwhelmed as he made his way through the crowd . `` The chills came over me . Very seldom do you see something like that , '' says the 92-year-old army veteran . These World War II veterans have traveled here to visit the National World War II Memorial , which honors the 16 million U.S. armed forces who served and the more than 400,000 who died in battle . The vets made the trip thanks to a former employee at the Department of Veterans Affairs . A physician 's assistant at the VA in Springfield , Ohio , Earl Morse was struck by the WWII vets he treated and how few made the journey to see"}
-{"answer":"his death during `` a deep conversation '' 14 years ago about `` the circumstances of my father 's death . '' Watch more from Presley on Jackson '' `` At some point he paused , he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty , ' I am afraid that I am going to end up like him , the way he did , ' '' Presley wrote . `` I promptly tried to deter him from the idea , at which point he just shrugged his shoulders and nodded almost matter of fact as if to let me know , he knew what he knew and that was kind of that . '' That conversation haunted Presley as she watched television coverage of Jackson 's death Thursday , she said . `` I am sitting here watching on the news -LSB- as -RSB- an ambulance leaves the driveway of his home , the big gates , the crowds outside the gates , the coverage , the crowds outside the hospital , the cause of death and what may have led up to it and the memory of this conversation hit me , as","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson knew `` exactly how his fate would be played out '' and feared his death would echo that of Elvis Presley , Lisa Marie Presley wrote in an online blog posted Friday morning . Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley in 1994 . Presley says , `` I loved him very much '' and believes he loved her . Presley -- the daughter of Elvis , the `` King of Rock , '' and the ex-wife of Jackson , the `` King of Pop '' -- wrote on her MySpace page that she wanted `` to say now what I have never said before because I want the truth out there for once . '' Her publicist confirmed Presley wrote the blog . She said her short marriage to Jackson -- from May 1994 until January 1996 -- '' was not ' a sham ' as is being reported in the press , '' but she divorced him because she was `` in over my head in trying '' to save Jackson `` from the inevitable , which is what has just happened . '' Jackson talked with her about"}
-{"answer":"Colombia . Red explained that after the accident , the lab foreman tossed him out , half-dead , into a jungle clearing . What little strength he had left , he said he used to bat away vultures . And , against the odds , he made his way to safety and slowly recovered . When Red left the clinic months later , he said he went straight back to the drug lab and gunned down the foreman and three of his henchmen . That was n't his first killing though , he told me . When he was just 11 years old , Red recounted , he took a razor to the throat of a neighborhood drug pusher who had been molesting his little sister . The other man , `` C '' , sat quietly as I listened to Red . Like Red , my source told me , `` C '' was also the so-called `` chief '' of a number of neighborhoods -- running local drug-peddling operations , extortion rackets and organizing hits for a big cartel boss he simply referred to as `` El Cucho , '' or `` The Old Man . '' It","question":"MEDELLIN , Colombia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This city 's drug underworld is littered with `` poseurs '' -- lowlife triggermen pretending they 're the real hard cases . Samir Romero , wanted by police for two murders , was killed in August . He was shot 13 times . But a longstanding and trusted source , with intimate knowledge of Medellin 's violent subculture , assured me the two men I was about to meet were the real deal . My destination : a single-story home in the city 's notorious `` Commune 13 '' district where I had set up a meeting with two hit men , who have for years hired their lethal services out to the cocaine cartels . Inside the house , a man called `` Red '' sat on a couch toying a fully loaded 9mm Ruger pistol . `` This will stop somebody nicely , '' he said , as I glanced at it . His face and arms were covered in burn marks . He said it was a testament of the day a barrel of acid spilled onto him as he was working in a clandestine cocaine processing lab in northern"}
-{"answer":"ill characters in `` The Bucket List '' or Queen Latifah 's supposedly terminally ill character in `` Last Holiday . '' Gamez said he tuned in every week , but he knew he wanted to live his own version of `` The Buried Life '' five minutes in to the first episode . `` If you had one day to live , what would you do ? '' a voice asks viewers during the show 's opening credits . `` Would you climb a mountain ? Would you kiss the girl of your dreams ? Would you tell someone how you feel ? Now , if you had a whole lifetime to live , would you lose that drive , or would your list just keep getting longer ? '' '' -LSB- The guys on the show -RSB- inspired me and they pushed me to -LSB- go skydiving -RSB- , '' he said . `` To see them go out with no fear and do the things they wanted to do -- it made me want to do those things , too . '' The show 's title was inspired by a 19th century Matthew Arnold poem by the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Do n't close your eyes , do n't close your eyes , '' a terrified Christopher Gamez chanted as he coasted 7,000 feet above South Padre Island , Texas , his heart racing . One by one , Gamez watched as three people were `` sucked '' out of the plane and whipped violently into the thrashing winds and mist . `` Just put your head back and breathe , '' he told himself , seconds before joining the others . But why would someone with a severe fear of heights willingly plummet from the sky ? To cross `` skydiving '' off his mental bucket list , of course . Gamez was inspired to dream up his list of goals after watching MTV 's `` The Buried Life '' , a reality TV show about four friends who set out to accomplish the tasks on their joint bucket list . The show , which wrapped its first season in March , has motivated many young adults to create such lists right now , rather than waiting until they 're about to `` kick the bucket '' like Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman 's terminally"}
-{"answer":"say their proposal is a way to spark debate over whether government should be in control of certain entities in the first place . `` Government does n't always have to do it , '' Michel says . Running the Minneapolis-St . Paul airport -LRB- MSP -RRB- is a prime example of something the government could do without , they say . `` The airport is a significant asset , '' Brod adds . `` Why is the state running the airport , which provides restaurants and shops and the functions and the operations that a private business probably would do very well ? `` So what we 're looking at is just ... raising the real question of ` what should government be doing ? ' '' Watch the lawmakers discuss their proposal '' Michel and Brod also cite a recent survey by J.D. Power and Associates that put the Minneapolis-St . Paul airport at the bottom of a list of 19 `` large airports '' in terms of customer satisfaction . But they say their intention is not to `` indict '' anyone -- merely to `` shine a little light on what is a new idea for","question":"ST. PAUL , Minnesota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If a state held a yard sale of government entities to bring in some much-needed cash , this might be what it would look like . Two Minnesota lawmakers have proposed selling the capital 's airport to alleviate the state 's budget deficit . Two Minnesota lawmakers are asking the state 's legislature to consider a proposal that would sell to private firms the Minneapolis-St . Paul International Airport , along with other state property and programs , in an effort to bring in roughly $ 6 billion or more . Coincidence or not , that 's about the same size as the state 's estimated budget deficit . State Sen. Geoff Michel and state Rep. Laura Brod -- two Republicans from Minneapolis suburbs -- say they do n't want to go about solving the budget crisis in a traditional way . `` The discussion is often ` do you tax more , -LSB- or -RSB- do you spend less ? ' '' Brod says . `` But it seems to me that there is a third option out there , and that 's reforming how government operates . '' They also"}
-{"answer":"lot of times , these women have been left alone or their husbands have died of AIDS or different things . I was interested in helping women who may live in a world where they were n't trained to do anything and they were n't afforded an education . Oxfam will go into these communities and try to help out . It might be raising chickens , it might be sewing beaded necklaces ; they 're helping the women empower themselves . And , especially for women , that 's a huge , huge life-changing thing to be able to be self-sufficient . The women can then support their children , and usually the women send their children to school and it changes the next generation . CNN : What is your role as an ambassador ? Davis : The way I perceive my role as an ambassador -- which I think is personal for everyone -- is that I travel to places that I 'm interested in , where there 's a story or a particular situation with women usually , and I just talk to people and I 'm a witness to their story . I come back","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Actress Kristin Davis is an ambassador for Oxfam , an international alliance of 15 organizations striving to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice . The group works directly with communities in 98 countries . As part of her efforts , Davis advocates for vulnerable women around the world . She recently spoke with CNN 's Sonya Hamasaki about the need to help people improve their lives . Below are excerpts from that interview . CNN : What inspired you to get involved with Oxfam ? Kristin Davis : Oxfam is unique in helping people become independent . That 's their goal . One of the reasons I got involved was that after the tsunami , I remember all of the fishermen whose entire lives had gotten washed away in Indonesia . I thought , `` How are they ever going to get their livelihoods back ? '' Oxfam was committed to staying there until those fishermen got their own livelihoods back together so that they could be self-sufficient . . CNN : You are specifically interested in helping women receive job training and education . Why is that important to you ? Davis : A"}
-{"answer":"reopened after renovations , the museum showcases the largest collection of Egyptian Christian artifacts in the world . It was founded by Marcus Simaika Pasha in 1910 to house Coptic antiquities . The museum traces the history of Christianity in Egypt from its beginnings to the present day . It also includes a beautiful garden -- a wonderful place to relax . Address : Religious Compound , Precinct of the old Roman Babylon Fort , Old Cairo . Across the street from the Mar Girgis Metro station . Phone Number : +20.2.362.8766 and +20.2.363.9742 Beit El Seheimy -- A historic Ottoman restored house . It is one of the best examples of a rich private house dating back to 17th century Egypt . Address : El Moez Street , Fatimid Area close to Khan al Khalili . Beit El Keretleya -- Another authentic Ottoman House in Old Cairo . ACTIVITIES Felucca ride -- Feluccas are the traditional Egyptian sailboats of the Nile . Perfect for catching the breeze on a hot summer night , for brisker sails the rest of the year , and catching the sunset anytime . Feluccas are usually furnished with cushions around the circumference and a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Cairo native and jewelry designer to the stars , Azza Fahmy , reveals her favorite sights , restaurants and activities in the Egyptian capital . Designer Azza Fahmy scours Cairo 's souks , mosques and streets to find inspiration for her jewels . MUST SEE PLACES : Sultan Hassan Mosque -- Considered one of the masterpieces of Mamluk architecture . The building was commissioned by Sultan Hassan bin Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun in 1356 AD as a mosque and religious school for all four branches of Sunni Islam . The mosque is featured on the Egyptian one-hundred pound note . Address : Al-Qal ' a street , Islamic Cairo Islamic Museum -- Established in 1881 , the museum displays 10,200 pieces from Egypt 's different Islamic eras , including the Fatimid , Ottoman and Persian periods . Address : Bab El Khalq Square in the Egyptian library . Take Port Saed Square to reach the intersection with Muhammad Ali St. in Ahmad Maher Square . Opening Hours : Saturday through Thursday : 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. . ; Fridays : 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Coptic Museum -- Recently"}
-{"answer":"get to the prison . `` You would have to open up a total of eight doors , and ... -LRB- for the -RRB- last door which would go into this space -LRB- where the family was imprisoned -RRB- , you would also have to use electronic opening apparatus , '' Polzer said . `` We will have to find out perhaps later from now if perhaps there are other spaces we have n't discovered yet , and perhaps maybe there is something else interesting . '' Fritzl was recently arrested and confessed to holding his daughter , Elisabeth , captive in the dungeon under the Fritzl home for decades , repeatedly raping her and fathering seven children -- six of whom survived . Three of the children were adopted by Josef Fritzl and his wife after he concocted the ruse that Elisabeth had left the babies on their doorstep . The story of the family 's imprisonment began to unravel more than two weeks ago , when one of the children still in the dungeon , 19-year-old Kerstin Fritzl , fell seriously ill with convulsions . The father agreed to take her to a hospital , the first time","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Austrian investigators Monday released more details about the elaborate underground cellar where Josef Fritzl kept his daughter imprisoned for 24 years , along with three of their children . Josef Fritzl admitted to authorities he raped his daughter and fathered her children . Investigators believe Fritzl planned to build the cellar as early as 1978 , shortly after , according to his daughter , he began raping her at age 11 or 12 , said police spokesman Franz Polzer . The 73-year-old Austrian began building the dungeon as part of an addition to his home that year , and simply added the hidden space -- which was not recorded in any building plans -- Polzer said . It took Fritzl until 1983 to finish the addition , Polzer said . Investigators recently discovered another door to the dungeon prison , which was blocked by a 500-kilogram -LRB- 1,100-pound -RRB- steel and concrete door that Fritzl probably stopped using when he later constructed an electronic door for a second entrance , Polzer said . Fritzl , who police believe was the only one with access to the cellar , had to travel through an elaborate maze to"}
-{"answer":"-LRB- The talent pool for this one includes the directors of `` Shrek 2 '' and `` Shark Tale '' and the writers of `` Kung Fu Panda '' and `` The Rocker , '' incidentally . -RRB- High concepts , top-notch voice talent and scattershot pop cultural references are no compensation for a coherent script . The XXXL lady in question -- dubbed `` Ginormica '' by her U.S. military guards -- starts out plain and petite Susan Murphy -LRB- voiced by Reese Witherspoon -RRB- , until a meteorite hits her just minutes before she 's supposed to tie the knot with unctuous chauvinist Derek -LRB- Paul Rudd -RRB- . Her rapid growth spurt saves her from that particular fate worse than death , even if at first glance her new roommates do n't look like much of an improvement . There 's Dr. Cockroach -LRB- Hugh Laurie -RRB- , a mad scientist who semi-advertently mutated with a bug ; B.O.B. -LRB- Seth Rogen -RRB- an amorphous blue jelly-like blob who gets on just fine without a brain ; Missing Link -LRB- Will Arnett -RRB- , a gung-ho amphibian who 's all mouth ; and a giant dust mite","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Watch out ! Lock up your loved ones ! Another bloated , over-produced , high-concept monstrosity has escaped from the labs at Dreamworks Animation , and it 's out to devour your kids . Susan , aka `` Ginormica , '' has to save the world in '' Monsters vs. Aliens . '' But do n't be too alarmed . `` Monsters vs. Aliens '' is relatively harmless -- a toothless satire with a knee-jerk feminist theme and a sorry excuse for a plot . That sounds harsh , I know . Who does n't want to see a 50-foot woman careening through San Francisco on skates that turn out to be automobiles -- the ultimate demolition roller derby ? But think about that , just for a second . Roller skates work because they have fixed wheels . Try it with motorcars and you wo n't get very far . Is that too picky ? Perhaps , but you would n't find Pixar playing so fast and loose with the laws of physics , and that kind of inattention to detail is typical of the lackadaisical storytelling here and in other Dreamworks animated features ."}
-{"answer":"speaking from , but tourists were stranded in both . The People 's Alliance for Democracy , which is leading the protests , said it will not end its occupation of the airports until the prime minister resigns . They accuse his government of being a front for ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra . Ongoing protests caused authorities to cancel all incoming and outgoing flights at the main hub , Suvarnabhumi International Airport , which handles 60,000 incoming passengers daily , an assistant to airport director Serirat Prasutanond told CNN . Pro- and anti-government protesters also exchanged gunfire Tuesday , a Thai police official said . Protesters with golf clubs and long wooden sticks clashed with airport taxi drivers , with each side throwing objects at the other . Watch what 's causing the protests '' Protesters blockaded people trying to get to one of the airports . They directed travelers to exit onto the access roads . See more photos '' `` I 'm trying to get out of this place , but I 'm stuck , '' iReporter Arjan Sing , who was on a two-week vacation to India and stopped in Bangkok to visit a friend","question":"BANGKOK , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After 17 hours , Kerri Gannon and her husband were still stranded in an airport in Bangkok , Thailand , Wednesday , trying to find a way home to the United States after the facility was occupied by crowds of protesters and closed . Anti-government protesters gather in front of Bangkok 's Suvarnabhumi airport early Wednesday . The newly married husband and wife , in Thailand for their honeymoon , were struggling to find a way home to California after explosions at two Bangkok airports wounded four people and both airports were shut down . The day before , thousands of anti-government protesters stormed the airports to protest the return of Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from an economic summit in Peru . `` The upper level outside is really crowded with protesters and for the most part they 're kind of quiet and polite , '' Gannon said from the airport . `` They 're roaming the airport , they 're cheering and clapping and walking around , but it 's clearly their domain . '' Watch protesters clash '' It was not clear which of the two occupied airports she was"}
-{"answer":"town brings bikinis into the mix '' `` Yeah , a very hard decision to make , '' Greg Fiedler with the arts council , told the station . In Florida , Miami-Dade County canceled one of its two shows to save about $ 40,000 , CNN affiliate WPLG reported . The Monterey , California , City Council in April also nixed its show and accompanying lawn party to save about $ 150,000 `` Although the 4th of July festivities are a very popular community-wide event , we can not recommend continuation of this costly one-day event during a fiscal downturn , '' a city staff report said . In Illinois , CNN affiliate WLS-TV reported that Harvey , Berwyn , Elgin , Gurnee and North Riverside had canceled their shows . Blue Springs , Missouri , a suburb of Kansas City , also 86 ` ed the pyrotechnics to give the city `` some immediate budget relief , '' city officials told CNN affiliate KCTV . The American Pyrotechnics Association says that despite the economic challenges , fireworks display companies are working with their clients to make sure the shows go on . Communities are also finding alternative funding","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What 's a July Fourth celebration without fireworks ? Many cities across the United States will find out Saturday . Milwaukee holds its lakefront show on July 3 , so as not to compete with surrounding communities . As municipalities grope for ways to shore up budgets , expensive pyrotechnics displays are becoming the latest victims of the economic downturn . `` They need to have things in the community like that to keep things going . So I 'm sad to see it going , '' said Seth Stolz , of Flint , Michigan , which will go without its traditional July Fourth explosions in the sky this year , according to CNN affiliate WJRT . He was accustomed to watching the show from his home . The Greater Flint Arts Council puts on the show every year , and when the city and county said they could n't afford the $ 40,000 for the Flint Fireworks Festival , it was canceled last month . Private donors tried to save it , but the mayor expressed concerns that safety measures might be overlooked if the event was hastily organized , WJRT reported . Watch how"}
-{"answer":"worse when Karim Benzema scored an early goal . Kaka was then set up by Argentine international Angel Di Maria , who capped a fine half by scoring the third . The match petered out in the second half , finishing 3-0 and sending Real Madrid second above Barcelona . In Italy 's Serie A Udinese missed the chance of returning to the top of the league after losing away to Napoli 2-0 . Two first half strikes from Ezequiel Lavezzi and Christian Maggio ended Udinese 's unbeaten start to the season . But the result of the night saw AC Milan score four goals in successive games after beating Parma 4-1 . Milan found themselves 3-0 down against Lecce last week before mounting a thrilling comeback . A second half Kevin Prince Boetang hat-trick secured an unlikely 4-3 victory and it was another three-goal haul that guaranteed all the points against Parma . This time Antonio Nocerino was the hero . His first half double put Milan in control before Zlatan Ibrahimovic put the victory beyond Parma , who scored a late consolation before Nocerino completed his hat-trick in the 90th minute . `` Right now the important thing","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Spanish underdogs Levante kept up their remarkable early-season form by beating Real Sociedad 3-2 , their seventh successive victory , to stay top of La Liga . Levante , a team that has played second fiddle to city rivals Valencia during their 102 year history and who have never finished higher than 10th , has remarkably fended off the attentions of Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona with a quarter of the season gone . But it took an injury time free kick by Ruben Suarez to make sure of all three points after Real Sociedad 's Inigo Mart\u00c3nez had scored a late equalizer . Sociedad had taken an early lead through Daniel Estrada before Nano Rivas and Valdo Lopes put Levante in front . But despite a late equalizer , Levante came back with Suarez 's stunning free kick , which saw them leapfrog Barcelona into top spot . Real Madrid did their best to keep up with Levante after blowing Villarreal away in the first half an hour at the Santiago Bernabeu . Villarreal , perennial UEFA Champions League qualifiers in recent years , have endured a torrid start to the season , made"}
-{"answer":"other pro bono groups are working furiously to help Haitians apply for temporary protected status and warn them away from `` raket\u00e8 , '' scammers who will rip them off . It 's a mammoth job in South Florida , home of the nation 's largest Haitian-born population . The six-page temporary protected status application includes complicated questions and must be translated for non-English speakers . Many Haitians also need help filling out work-permit and fee-waiver forms . Without a waiver , applicants ages 14 to 65 must pay $ 470 in fees and $ 50 for a younger child . Frankly , temporary protected status is the least our government can do after decades of denying Haitians just immigration treatment . No previous administration had granted temporary protected status to Haitians despite numerous occasions when deportees would have been unsafe due to political conflict or natural disasters , conditions that typically trigger temporary protected status . Indeed , we had been actively pushing for temporary protected status since four killer storms demolished 15 percent of Haiti 's gross domestic product in late 2008 . The history of discriminatory treatment goes back much further . Since Haitians started coming to","question":"Miami , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Marie , a Haitian mother , could n't have been more grateful . `` Thank you God for TPS , '' she recently told an attorney helping her fill out forms that will protect her from deportation . She was referring to temporary protected status , which will allow her to work legally , help Haiti and support her two young children . It 's the sentiment that we hear most these days . As longtime advocates , we at Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center were gratified when the Department of Homeland Security granted temporary protected status to unauthorized Haitian immigrants after the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti . Temporary protected status will allow perhaps 100,000 Haitians to legalize their status for the next 18 months . They 'll be able get work permits and driver 's licenses and send more money to loved ones struggling in Haiti 's ruins . Such people-to-people help is one of the best forms of foreign aid . Remittances encourage Haitians to stay and rebuild Haiti , rather than attempt treacherous sea voyages that more often than not end in tragedy . Today , Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center and"}
-{"answer":"lot of `` forced moments '' with Zinkhan . The last such interaction came the afternoon of April 24 , the day before witnesses said Zinkhan , 57 , killed his wife and two others outside a community theater in Athens . Covington was walking down the driveway of his Bogart home to check the mail . Zinkhan had just done the same and was walking back to his house . Covington said hello and told Zinkhan that his son , a UGA student who used to mow the Zinkhans ' lawn , had recently seen Zinkhan on campus . `` He said , ` Yeah , that 's where I hang out , ' and turned and walked into the house , '' said Covington , who lived next door to Zinkhan for eight years . `` That 's mostly what it was with George , forced moments . '' It was odd for Zinkhan to say more than five or 10 words before disengaging , while his wife , Marie Bruce , was the `` polar opposite , '' Covington said , describing the 47-year-old thespian as engaging and vivacious . Despite the contrasts in personalities , Covington","question":"ATHENS , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The body of accused triple killer and University of Georgia professor George Zinkhan was claimed by a relative Friday , nearly a week after Zinkhan was found dead , the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said . A studio proof shows professor George Zinkhan and his wife , Marie Bruce . A mortuary shipping service in Atlanta picked up Zinkhan 's body at the request of a son from a previous marriage , GBI spokesman John Bankhead said . Details on plans for the body were n't immediately available . Earlier Friday , Bankhead had said Zinkhan 's body -- found Saturday in a self-dug shallow grave -- could be headed to a pauper 's grave if the family did n't claim the body from the Athens-Clarke County coroner 's office by Saturday morning . Such a grave is typically reserved for unidentified bodies , unclaimed bodies or people without family members . Bankhead said the situation was rare and that it was unclear why the family had taken that long to claim the body of the professor , described by colleagues and acquaintances as aloof and eccentric . Neighbor Bob Covington remembers a"}
-{"answer":": We formed the band in this town where we are all originally from -- Jonkoping -- and that was in 1992 . Magnus and Peter were the two guys who actually met and wanted to form the band . And then they recruited people and I was one of the first to be recruited , along with a friend of mine who played guitar in the first version of The Cardigans . I had not sung before that really . I was sort of hired because they knew they wanted a girl singing . And I was like ` I 'm a girl ' and I guess we got along well and I was willing to learn to sing . So that 's how it started really . Watch Nina take CNN on a tour of her favorite Malmo spots \u00c2 '' CNN : How big was music in your life before you joined the band ? Nina Persson : I 've loved music my whole life . But I never really listened to a record and thought that was something that I wanted to do . I was interested in becoming a painter , an architect , a","question":"MALMO , Sweden -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The breathy vocals of Nina Persson helped launch The Cardigans onto the music scene in the 1990s . The band developed its dreamy pop sound in the Southern Swedish town of Malmo . Singer Nina Persson finds musical inspiration in love and relationships . They were catapulted to international success in 1997 , when the single `` Lovefool '' appeared on the soundtrack for `` Romeo and Juliet , '' starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes . The song 's chorus -LRB- `` Love me , love me , say that you love me '' -RRB- became a pop anthem . In addition to fronting The Cardigans , Persson , 34 , has worked on solo projects under the name A Camp . Now , after a near decade long hiatus , her second A Camp album , `` Colonia , '' is due out later this month . Persson , who splits her time between New York and Malmo , talks to CNN 's `` My City , My Life '' about music , inspiration and life after `` Lovefool . '' CNN : How did The Cardigans start ? Nina Persson"}
-{"answer":", and vowed to punish those responsible . Many firefighters told CNN they are suspicious of the fire 's source , given several witness reports that the blazes cropped up simultaneously along a 20-kilometer -LRB- 12-mile -RRB- front of lush greenery in southern Greece . The prime minister described the situation as a `` battle that has to be won , '' and ordered all resources mobilized to fight the fires . He also announced that a fund has been set up for fire victims and their families , and an assessment of the disaster will be made . The most devastated area stretches for 80 kilometers -LRB- 50 miles -RRB- from the western towns of the Zaharo , within the highlands of the western Peloponnese , to the southern tip of the peninsula , Mani . In the past 24 hours , hundreds of firefighters , soldiers , and planes loaded with water have been battling the infernos on a dozen fronts , authorities said . Yet , despite their efforts , officials said the flames had not been tamed . `` Our emergency services are overstretched and it is humanly impossible to battle this force of nature ,","question":"ATHENS , Greece -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fires in southern Greece that have razed dozens of villages and killed at least 44 people may have been deliberately set ahead of next month 's national elections , the prime minister suggested Saturday . A fire burns in the Mesohoria area on Evia Island , northeast of Athens . Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis declared a nationwide state of emergency Saturday night . He also turned to European Union allies , which have promised help . Emergency crews pulled charred bodies from homes and local media reported death tolls of up to 50 people . Scores are hospitalized with severe burns and respiratory problems , state-run television reported . Although the fires were concentrated in the southern Peloponnese region , heavy smoke billowing Saturday afternoon above Mount Hymettus , southeast of Athens , signaled a new fire . It was burning close to Athens International Airport , forcing officials to close a highway . In a nationally televised address , Karamanlis suggested the blazes might have been set by political extremists , disrupting political campaigning . `` So many fires sparked simultaneously in so many places is no coincidence , '' Karamanlis said"}
-{"answer":"they 're the largest -LRB- and cheapest -RRB- luxury hotels in Scandinavia . Which line is best ? You could count showers and compare smorgasbords , but both lines go overboard to win the loyalty of the 9 million duty-free-crazy Swedes and Finns who make the trip each year . Viking has an older , less luxurious fleet , but caters better to low-budget travelers , offering discounts to students , seniors and railpass-holders ; selling cheap `` ekonomi '' cabins -LRB- shower down the hall -RRB- ; and allowing passengers to pay for deck passage only and sleep for free on chairs , sofas and under the stars or stairs . Both Viking and Silja sail nightly from Stockholm and Helsinki . In both directions , the boats leave about 4:30 or 5:30 p.m. and arrive the next morning around 9:30 or 10 a.m. For exact schedules , see www.vikingline.fi or www.silja.com . During the first few hours out of Stockholm , your ship passes through the Stockholm Archipelago . The third hour features the most exotic island scenery -- tiny islets with cute red huts and happy people . Going in this direction , I 'd have dinner","question":"-LRB- Tribune Media Services -RRB- -- You can cover a lot of territory in Scandinavia without ever checking into a hotel . Overnight luxury cruise liners stacked with saunas , smorgasbords and duty-free shopping sail nightly between Stockholm and Helsinki . Imagine enjoying a Scandinavian feast with a vista of archipelago scenery . Budget travel rarely feels this hedonistic . Boats between Stockholm and Helsinki offer the delights of a luxury cruise ship at an affordable price . Two fine and fiercely competitive lines , Viking and Silja , connect the capitals of Sweden and Finland . Each line offers state-of-the-art ships with luxurious meals , reasonable cabins , plenty of entertainment -LRB- discos , saunas , gambling -RRB- , and enough duty-free goodies to sink a ship . Of the two , Viking has the reputation as the party boat . Silja is considered more elegant -LRB- but still has its share of sometimes irritating and noisy passengers -RRB- . The Pepsi and Coke of the Scandinavian cruise industry vie to outdo each other with bigger and fancier boats . The ships are big -- at 56,000 tons , nearly 200 yards long , and with 2,700 beds ,"}
-{"answer":"broken drain pipe allows sewer gas into the building , while another one has tissues stuffed into it in an apparent effort to stop the gas from coming in . Photos from the communal bathroom show some of the most disgusting images . In one , a soldier stands in a sink to avoid what Frawley describes as 3 inches of sewage water that filled the floor when toilets overflowed . Watch the run-down conditions that soldiers have been living in '' At times , `` sewage water backs up into the sinks in the lower floors of these barracks , '' Frawley said in his narration . `` The soldiers have to tell one another who 's taking a shower when they turn the sinks on , or the person taking the shower gets scalded with hot water . '' Frawley said the Army promised to have new barracks ready when his son 's unit , part of the 82nd Airborne Division , returned . `` The conditions depicted in Mr. Frawley 's video are appalling and unacceptable , and we are addressing the concerns he expressed , '' said Maj. Tom Earnhardt , spokesman for the 82nd Airborne","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. military is promising action to address conditions in a barracks at Fort Bragg , North Carolina , after a soldier 's father posted images on YouTube showing a building that he said `` should be condemned . '' A soldier battles overflowing sewage in the Fort Bragg barracks shortly after coming home from Afghanistan . `` This is embarrassing . It 's disgusting . It makes me mad as hell , '' Ed Frawley said of the building where his son , Sgt. Jeff Frawley , had to live upon his return this month from a 15-month deployment to Afghanistan . Frawley said Monday that Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Dick Cody called him to say he shares Frawley 's anger and that `` there 's no excuse . '' Cody said he would not want his own sons or any troops to return to such conditions , Frawley said . Frawley 's 10-minute video shows still photos from throughout the building , which appears to be falling apart and filled with mold and rust . Paint -- which Frawley said is lead-based -- is chipping . Ceiling tiles are missing . A"}
-{"answer":"provides door-to-door delivery from the campus dining hall , giving the girls one less reason to have to leave their immediate four walls . Spiridigliozzi has abided by the the university 's request , worried that she could infect another . But she does n't understand how she ended up in this situation in the first place . `` We took all the necessary precautions . Like , we really did . It was n't like I was licking the handlebars of the bus or anything , '' she said . `` I was hand sanitizing . I was being very careful . I do n't know how this happened . '' But she only has to look to her roommates for an answer , as illness has rapidly made its way through her suite . When Perry became ill it struck her suddenly . While shopping , she came down with a fever and started feeling like she did n't have the strength to stand , she said . Perry 's flu has n't been confirmed as an H1N1 strain , but a third roommate , the first to get sick , they said , was diagnosed with H1N1","question":"LAWRENCE , Kansas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It started with a sore throat . Then her chest was burning . Arielle Spiridigliozzi is one of 350 students who have contracted H1N1 at the University of Kansas . University of Kansas freshman Arielle Spiridigliozzi said she thought her symptoms were signs of allergies , or maybe even a sinus infection . It could n't be H1N1 , she thought . But it was . `` I mean , I 'd never , ever guessed that coming into freshman year I would get the friggin ' swine flu , '' Spiridigliozzi said . Now she accessorizes her royal blue T-shirt with a mask . A stuffy nose , body aches , fever and coughing make up the litany of symptoms , Spiridigliozzi , 18 , and her roommate , Kaitlyn Perry , 18 , said they have suffered . For more than a day , the girls have been stuck in their suite , on what they call `` lockdown . '' Watch more about life on `` lockdown '' '' University officials have asked the girls to stay in their dorm suite to limit exposure to other students . The school"}
-{"answer":"the base of the Annapurna range . And , of course , the more difficult Everest base camp trek is a magnet for many visitors . Worlds away in Kathmandu Experts urge travelers to be wary of individual porters and guides who approach you on the streets of Kathmandu . They are most likely uninsured , cautions Mohan Lamsal , general secretary of Trekking Agencies ' Association of Nepal -LRB- TAAN -RRB- . Have a detailed discussion with your chosen trekking company to assess their professionalism , Lamsal advises . While booking in advance is a sure thing , some adventurous iReporters say making arrangements in Kathmandu is a convenient way to cut out the middleman . Be careful not to overestimate your abilities . Even if you feel completely comfortable with the people and the landscape and think you can make the trek on your own -- do n't . Trekking with at least one companion is a must , especially if you 're a beginner , experienced trekkers say . Since both the Annapurna base camp and Everest Base camp treks are located in conservation areas , you will need permits , said iReporter Barry Wenlock , a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Magnificent snow-peaked summits and quaint thousand-year-old villages provide the backdrop for an unforgettable adventure in Nepal . Exploring the dramatic landscape on foot is nothing short of extraordinary , trekkers say . '' -LSB- One night -RSB- the back doors were open towards the view of Mount Everest and the other peaks of the Himalayas . It was so beautiful with snow-capped mountains and the sky was full of stars . I think that was one of the most magical moments I 've ever had , '' says iReporter Kuna Rajandran , who trekked to Everest base camp in April . Planning a Nepal expedition may seem daunting at first -- and you will be challenged -- but in the end , it\u00c2 \u00b9 s worth it . You will come away with some of the greatest memories of your life , from savoring locally cooked meals at teahouses to soaking in breathtaking views of the high Himalayas , according to adventurers who 've made the trip . There are endless options when it comes to planning a trek in Nepal . One of the most popular routes is the Annapurna Circuit , which loops around"}
-{"answer":"but also by the fact that he was adopted by the Tuohys . The white , wealthy Memphis family not only fed and clothed Michael but also loved him as one of their own along with daughter Collins and son Sean Jr. . The `` Blind Side '' is the No. 2 film in America , and the role of Leigh Anne Tuohy is played to perfection by Sandra Bullock . Still , some critics dismissed the film as hokey and condescending , with one calling it the latest chapter in Hollywood 's `` long , troubled history of well-meaning white paternalism , with poor black athletes finding success through white charity . '' They missed the point . Simply put , there 's a lot that any one of us can do to improve the life of our fellow man . And the fact that we do it is its own reward . `` He had a much greater impact on our lives than we did on his life , '' Leigh Anne said in a recent interview . `` You have this child , and you bring him in , and you realize how fortunate you are ,","question":"San Diego , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sometimes , a film is so powerful that it haunts you long after you 've left the theater . Usually , it 's because of the weight of the message . The film haunting me is `` The Blind Side . '' And the message ? I 'll leave that to Leigh Anne Tuohy to explain . Tuohy and her husband , Sean , are the subjects of the new movie , `` The Blind Side . '' The film is an adaptation of the 2006 book , `` The Blind Side : Evolution of a Game '' by Michael Lewis . It tells the incredible story of Michael Oher , who went from being a homeless inner-city high school student whose father was dead and whose mother was a crack addict to a star lineman at the University of Mississippi -- eventually being selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL draft . The Ravens recently signed the 6-5 , 309-pound Oher to a 5-year , $ 13.8 million contract . This American Dream is brought to us not just by Oher 's talent , perseverance , and hard work"}
-{"answer":"'s architecture , culture and food . Plus , it 's only a $ 9 coach bus ride from Punta Cana . So when you begin to tire of the antics of the `` animation team '' at the resort , and the color of your skin starts to resemble the papaya or watermelon you 're eating , consider a short trip to Santo Domingo . Founded soon after Christopher Columbus set foot in the New World , and run by his son Diego , the city became the colonial capital of the Americas and launch pad for further Spanish expeditions . Despite several raids by pirates , the oldest section of town remains largely intact . Known as the Zona Colonial , it contains many European `` firsts '' in the Western Hemisphere including the first street , cathedral , hospital and university . How to see it all in a day Start at the heart of the zone , Parque Col\u00f3n , a square that borders the cathedral and is always full of life . You can sit and watch children chase pigeons as you gaze up at the simple beauty of the oldest cathedral in the Americas","question":"SANTO DOMINGO , Dominican Republic -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- You 've got your spot on a lounge chair angled into the hot Caribbean sun , with tall , slender palm trees jutting out over your head . As you gaze at the calm turquoise waters and sip that refreshing rum drink , you may ask yourself , `` What more could I possibly want ? '' Visitors can climb the tower at Fortaleza Ozama for a view over the rooftops and out to sea . For many travelers to the Dominican Republic , that chair -- usually secluded inside a mega all-inclusive resort complex -- is the sole destination . And do n't get me wrong , it 's a great one . The Dominican Republic 's stretches of sand are some of the best on the planet . But if you never leave the high walls of your tourist compound , you 're missing out on a gem of a capital city . Santo Domingo is the New World 's first city , with 16th-century buildings , quaint colonial streets , romantic ruins and a lively atmosphere . All you need is a full day to experience the city"}
-{"answer":"channels , a silent alert , that there was a problem on the boat , which is a Belgian boat on its way to Seychelles , '' Belgium Government Crisis Center spokesman Peter Martens told reporters . `` We tried to have a contact with the ship but without success until now . '' The archipelago where the attack occurred is roughly 800 miles off the Somali coastline . `` Somali pirates are getting wilder and out of control , '' pirate spokesman Ali Sugulle said on April 11 . `` They go too far away from the Somali -LSB- coast -RSB- and go to the Kenyan coast even . '' The European Union , NATO and the United States have been patrolling the waters off Somalia since an upsurge in piracy in the region last year . No NATO vessels were in the region at the time of the attack , said Cmdr. Chris Davies from NATO 's Maritime Component Command Headquarters in Northwood , England . Meanwhile , the Dutch rescue operation happened after pirates launched an unsuccessful attack on petroleum tanker MT Handytankers Magic , NATO Cmdr. Chris Davies told CNN . The Dutch frigate De Zeven","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pirates captured a Belgian ship and said they were taking it to the coast of Somalia after the vessel was reported missing early Saturday , NATO and pirate sources told CNN . The Dutch frigate De Zeven Provincien tracked seven pirates Saturday back to their mother ship . The Pompei , a Belgian-registered ship believed to have a mostly Belgian and Croatian crew , was one of two vessels that came under attack near the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles on Saturday , the sources said . The second ship escaped the attack after a brief exchange of gunfire with pirate vessels , the pirate source added . Meanwhile , Dutch naval forces captured seven pirates and freed 20 captive fishermen after tracking the pirates to their `` mother ship '' in the western Gulf of Aden on Saturday , a NATO maritime spokesman said . The Belgian government tried to communicate with the Pompei `` without success '' before the ship was confirmed to have been hijacked , according to an official . See an interactive map of 2009 pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa '' `` This morning we received two different"}
-{"answer":"`` Just as his ancestors , he had captured the hearts of college football fans everywhere as the country 's No. 1 mascot . He had been truly embraced by all those who follow the Georgia Bulldogs across the country . We will miss him dearly . '' Uga VII 's given name was Loran 's Best , the university said . His death was unexpected . `` We are all in a state of shock , '' Seiler said in the release . `` We had no warning whatsoever . '' A wreath will be placed on Uga VII 's doghouse on the sideline , the university said . There wo n't be a live mascot to take his place at Saturday 's game against Kentucky . Officials have not decided who will replace the white bulldog , but the decision is expected next year , Seiler said . Until then , fans and Seiler will mourn the loss of the school 's favorite pooch . `` He was 10-3 last year , which is not bad for a freshman , '' Seiler said . `` Uga VII was not as active or mischievous as his father but more","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Uga VII , the University of Georgia mascot whose deeply furrowed face was a fixture at the school for more than a year , died early Thursday , the university said . He was 4 years old . The purebred English bulldog died of heart-related causes in Savannah , Georgia , according to its owner , Frank `` Sonny '' Seiler . Fans knew Uga VII had arrived when the white dog , sporting a spiked collar and red Georgia University jersey , made his short strides along the football field 's sidelines . He made his first appearance at the August 30 , 2008 , season opener , when Georgia faced off against Georgia Southern , the university said . He was nearing the end of his second season with the team , the university said . He was preceded by his father , Uga VI , the university 's winningest mascot , who died of congestive heart failure . `` This is a very sad day for the Seiler family but also for all Georgia people , '' said Damon Evans , University of Georgia director of athletics in a university news release ."}
-{"answer":"Billboard Hot 100 , appeared on a Disney sitcom and in Sesame Street , Got Milk ? and Wrigley 's Doublemint Gum commercials . Barbados-born Rihanna has been big-brothered by music industry legends like Jay-Z and Kanye West and is signed to the Def Jam Recordings label . She has been astonishingly successful in the short time she has been on the music scene , attaining five Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 's with `` SOS , '' `` Umbrella , '' `` Take a Bow , '' `` Disturbia '' and T.I. 's `` Live Your Life . '' Like Rihanna , I had a bright future in my early 20s . I met my abusive lover at 22 . I 'd just graduated from Harvard and had a job at Seventeen Magazine in New York . My husband worked on Wall Street and was an Ivy League graduate as well . In our world , we were the last couple you 'd imagine enmeshed in domestic violence . Many of my ex-husband 's attacks also took place in our car . For reasons I never understood , the enclosed , soundproof space brought out his worst violence .","question":"Editor 's note : Leslie Morgan Steiner is the author of `` Crazy Love , '' a new memoir about domestic violence , and the anthology `` Mommy Wars , '' which explores the polarization between stay-at-home and career moms . Leslie Morgan Steiner says domestic violence afflicts the well-to-do as well as the poor . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For two days , news reports called her `` the 20-year old victim '' allegedly attacked by R&B singer and dancer Chris Brown in his car early February 8 in Los Angeles , California . We all now have good reason to believe that the alleged victim was pop singer Rihanna , Brown 's girlfriend . The story has dominated the general media with good reason . Both singers are young , apple-cheek gorgeous , immensely talented and squeaky clean -- the last couple you 'd imagine as domestic violence headliners . Perhaps the only good that will come from the Rihanna\/Brown publicity is destruction of our culture 's misconception that abusers and their victims can only be universally poor , uneducated and powerless . Brown , whose first song debuted at No. 1 and whose first album topped the"}
-{"answer":"ballot defeat for marriage equality -- when voters in Maine repealed a state law allowing same-sex couples to marry . A visceral wave of anger swept over me as once again I was reminded of my second-class citizenship . I wanted to smash something . I wanted to punch somebody out . I wanted revenge . The last thing on my mind was I Corinthians . But at the very core of the debate over marriage equality is that scripture 's concept of love . It 's easy to love someone when there is no turmoil , no conflict . And it 's no accident that `` patient '' is the first word Corinthians uses to describe love -- it 's first because it is most important . No matter how strongly we may feel about each other , we will not always agree , and it is in those moments that we must tap into the mystery of love even more to find a way to first be patient , and then be kind . That is true in marriage and in parenting . And it 's true in this much-accepted notion that we should love our fellow man","question":"Grand Rapids , Michigan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I 'm a single father of a 12-year-old boy who every five minutes seem to switch personalities on me . One moment he 's a starving student athlete hungry enough to eat a cow , the next he 's a picky vegan . I 'm told by people much smarter than me that this is normal for a child going through puberty . And so , while I am not an overly religious man , I have found myself meditating on I Corinthians 13:4 to help me get through . Love is patient , love is kind . I believe there is something each of us can pull from that Bible verse . We may not agree on spirituality or the existence of God , but we can agree that love is one of the most beautiful and mysterious forces . When I 'm frustrated with my son , or a friend or even myself , I try to think about the characteristics of love described in I Corinthians before reacting . Be patient . Be kind . I felt the need to lean on that verse last week after yet another"}
-{"answer":"1,300 and $ 2,600 depending on which package you buy , with upgrades priced between $ 500 and $ 1,500 . Photoshop CS5 alone will cost $ 700 , or $ 200 for an upgrade . Photoshop CS5 Extended , which has some additional tools , will cost $ 1,000 , or $ 350 for an upgrade . This year marks the 20th anniversary of Photoshop 's arrival , and there are certainly several `` wow '' features in Photoshop CS5 which achieve a level of technological advancement most of us could n't have even dreamed of twenty years ago . Most impressive is the new Content Aware Fill brush , a mind-bending tool that can remove large objects from photos , altering the background to make it realistically appear as though the object was never there . It can zap tourists , delete power lines and otherwise alter photos with click-and-drag ease . This video shows it most plainly . Fast forward to about the halfway point if you want to see the really crazy stuff . -LRB- When this video first started making the rounds in March , some thought it was a hoax . It 's not","question":"-LRB- Wired.com -RRB- -- Photographers have their own version of sleight of hand . They can manipulate people , objects , landscapes and light in images , fooling lesser humans into believing the final product is a representation of reality , rather than something created by hand . In the old language , we called this `` trick photography . '' Now , in the PC age , we just call it `` Photoshop . '' The latest version of Photoshop , the flagship image-editing application in Adobe 's Creative Suite , adds a new stack of cards to the photographer 's trick deck . Wired.com was shown demos of new tools in Photoshop CS5 -- such as the new Content Aware Fill and HDR tools -- that we expect will amaze and please photographers with the tools ' ability to bend pixels with absolute precision . Photoshop CS5 will arrive as part of Adobe Creative Suite 5 , the company 's package of 14 productivity apps for visual designers , photographers and publishers . Creative Suite 5 will ship later this month -LRB- or possibly early May -RRB- according to Adobe . Prices for the suite range between $"}
-{"answer":"any school remove a child from their educational program simply as the means of rejecting that child 's parents . '' But the archdiocese defended its decision . `` Parents living in open discord with Catholic teaching in areas of faith and morals unfortunately choose by their actions to disqualify their children from enrollment , '' it said in a statement posted on its Web site . `` To allow children in these circumstances to continue in our school would be a cause of confusion for the student in that what they are being taught in school conflicts with what they experience in the home . `` We communicated the policy to the couple at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School as soon as we realized the situation . We discussed the reasons with them and have sought to respond in a way that does not abruptly displace the student but at the same time respects the integrity of the Catholic school 's philosophy . '' In a posting of his sermon , the Rev. Bill Breslin , pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church , supported the move . `` The issue is not about our not accepting `","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gay and lesbian groups are attacking a decision by the archdiocese of Denver , Colorado , not to re-enroll a child in a Catholic school in Boulder , Colorado , next year because the child 's parents are lesbians . The issue centers on the Sacred Heart of Jesus School , where the pre-schooler is currently enrolled . `` The Archdiocese of Denver has acted very unjustly in singling out this child for exclusion , '' said DignityUSA Executive Director Marianne Duddy-Burke in a written statement Monday . `` Until every student 's parents are tested on Catholic teaching , this action by Catholic officials can not be understood as anything other than discrimination on the back of a child . At a tender age , this child has learned that Catholic officials are willing to inflict pain on children and families . '' The decision was made public last week . `` These actions by the Denver Archdiocese harm the student by taking the child away from friends , teachers and community , '' said Jarrett Barrios , president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation . `` It 's deeply troubling to see"}
-{"answer":"This is not unusual , '' said Grossman , a plastic surgeon with more than 12 years of experience , including helping one young girl whose face had melted to her shoulder after a horrific accident . Watch Youssif show his scars to Grossman for the first time '' A father of two children , Grossman spoke softly and reassured Youssif that they would soon be friends . `` We 're going to do everything we can to make him better , '' he told Youssif 's parents . Perhaps haunted by the pain he suffered in Baghdad 's hospitals , Youssif hiccupped back sobs as his father lifted him onto the examination table . But the boy put on a brave face after his father told him to let the doctor do his job . `` Who 's the brave one ? Youssif , '' his father whispered reassuringly . `` He 's not going to hurt you , I promise . '' Grossman pulled out measuring tape and took measurements of scars under the boy 's chin and around his nose . One swollen scar around his chin measured nearly 3 inches . He also examined burns on","question":"Editor 's note : CNN agreed not to use the full names of the family members in this article due to concern for their safety . Youssif and his surgeon , Dr. Peter Grossman , shake hands at the end of their Wednesday visit . SHERMAN OAKS , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Youssif nervously scanned the doctor 's examining room , his dark brown eyes darting around , from the floor to the wall to the ceiling . His mother stroked his hair and then his forehead to put him at ease before the doctor walked in to the room . A day earlier , the badly burned 5-year-old Iraqi boy had boarded a plane in Amman , Jordan , with his family , their first trip on an airplane . Now , more than 7,500 miles later , his mom , dad and 14-month-old sister were with him at the Grossman Burn Center in the heart of sunny Southern California . Dr. Peter Grossman strode into the room , a warm smile across his face . He held Youssif 's hand . The boy turned shyly around and buried his face into his father 's leg . ``"}
-{"answer":"the NTSB 's annual `` most wanted transportation safety improvements '' board meeting , where the agency reviews its greatest concerns in transportation safety . The Federal Aviation Administration reported that serious runway incursions were reduced by 25 percent in 2007 , but the NTSB said much work remains on runway safety and systems to notify pilots when they are about to collide with another plane or vehicle . NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker expressed frustration with the slow progress of implementing new technology , such as the use of a global positioning system-type procedure in cockpits that would help warn pilots of dangers on the runway . Rosenker told the NTSB-only panel , `` It is time to do something before we have to investigate an accident that is catastrophic . '' Among the most wanted transportation safety improvements cited on the NTSB 's Web site are items to `` stop runway incursions\/ground collisions of aircraft '' with the notations `` action needed by Federal Aviation Administration '' and `` unacceptable response . '' The site says systems the FAA has added to airports to warn air traffic controllers of potential collisions are n't `` sufficient . '' `` In","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The National Transportation Safety Board has released dramatic animation of two runway near-collisions this year to illustrate what the agency says is the need for improvements in runway safety . The NTSB animation shows two planes nearly colliding at the San Francisco International Airport in May . The first animation shows a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 and a United Airlines Airbus A320 coming within 230 feet of colliding on the runway at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida in July . The re-creation was based on radar and flight data recorder information from the planes involved . The animation includes audio from the air traffic controller , who can be heard yelling , `` Stop , stop , stop ! '' to the United plane as the Delta aircraft attempts to land . Watch animation , hear controller 's pleas '' The second animation shows a May incident at San Francisco International Airport in California in which a Republic Airlines jet takes off , coming within 35 feet of a SkyWest Airlines commuter turboprop that has just landed . There were no injuries in either situation . The videos were shown Thursday during"}
-{"answer":"'' Back then , LaNier thought once the doors of equality were open it would n't be long before an African-American became president . `` I had hoped to see something like that in the next 10 or 15 years when I was in high school but that did n't happen , '' says LaNier . What has happened is a new generation of students walks the halls at Central High . Even though the exterior looks the same as it did during integration -- the interior would be almost unrecognizable to LaNier and the other Little Rock Nine . Student : I ca n't believe it happened here , but I 'm glad it did '' Today , the sea of mostly white faces has disappeared . The hallways are now filled with a more racially diverse student body . Students take a class to learn about the school 's history and many say it 's given them a greater appreciation for racial tolerance . `` Now it 's definitely hard to imagine -- you walk into the halls and you see people of all different races are in the hallway . And in addition , the majority of","question":"LITTLE ROCK , Arkansas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Carlotta Walls LaNier points out the only two African-Americans in her senior class as she flips through her high school yearbook . She pauses when she sees the picture on a page dedicated to `` Integration . '' Carlotta Walls LaNier and eight other members of the Little Rock Nine are invited to Obama 's inauguration . It 's been nearly five decades since LaNier graduated from Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas . `` It shows how the 101st were on the grounds of the school , '' says LaNier . In 1957 , soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division , an elite Army unit , escorted LaNier and eight other African-American students into the all-white public high school . The students , who became known as the Little Rock Nine , were taunted and threatened by an angry mob . `` We knew we could not participate in extracurricular activities , '' recalls LaNier . `` There was one who could have been in the band , one who could have been on track . I was the one who played basketball ... I could n't do that ."}
-{"answer":"honor can wind up hosting bridal showers , bachelorette parties and even the co-ed Jack and Jill party -- often footing the bill entirely . Expectations are reaching bridezilla proportions , a trend Anna Post , spokeswoman for the Emily Post Institute and great-great-granddaughter of the etiquette authority , attributes in part to the extensive coverage of celebrity weddings on television and in style magazines . Watch etiquette tips on attending wedding events '' Many bridesmaids are left torn between maintaining a friendship and breaking the bank . Tough to say no When Sarah de Maintenon , a 33-year-old real estate agent in Syracuse , New York , agreed to be her best friend 's maid of honor two years ago , the economy was good and houses were selling like hot cakes . But the currently slow real-estate market means that money has become tight as the big day -- scheduled for October -- slowly approaches . `` I seriously just did n't know . I thought it was just a bachelorette party , '' says de Maintenon of the events she was expected to throw and attend . Her distress over the destination wedding sent her seeking advice","question":"-LRB- LifeWire -RRB- -- The TV no longer sits on a moving box , but she 's still using filing cabinets as end tables . Desiree Jacobsen graduated from college years ago , so why does her apartment resemble a dorm room ? It 's hard to save for the finer things when you 've had to shell out money to be in five weddings in one year , three times as maid of honor . Some maids of honor have gone deep into debt rather than disappoint a friend who expects a lot . `` I shop at the Salvation Army quite a bit to save money , '' says Jacobsen , 26 , a medical editor in Dallas . Being a bride 's maid or matron of honor is a distinction many women cherish . But it does n't come cheap . It can easily cost a woman $ 1,000 or more for the honor of standing beside the bride on her big day , according to TheKnot.com , the leading wedding Web site . On top of the traditional expenses of wedding attire , transportation and chipping in for a gift from the bridesmaids , maids of"}
-{"answer":"Chavez blasted the Israeli military . `` They are cowards , '' he said . `` It 's as though a boxing professional were to come here and challenge you to box . Well , how courageous ! How courageous is the Israeli army ! '' It said that Chavez `` makes a fraternal call to the Jewish people throughout the world to oppose these criminal policies of the state of Israel that recall the worst pages of the history of the 20th century . `` With the genocide of the Palestinian people , the state of Israel will never be able to offer its people the perspective of a peace that is both necessary and long-lasting . '' Mark Regev , a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert , was unswayed . `` I have n't heard the details yet , but you know the regime in Venezuela has been one of the few countries in the world that gives automatic support to the Iranian extremists , and it does n't surprise me that they have affinity with groups like Hamas and Hezbollah , '' he told CNN . He predicted that other countries would not follow suit","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Venezuela expelled Israel 's ambassador to the country Tuesday and accused Israel of attempting to carry out `` genocide '' against the Palestinian people . Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called the Israeli army '' cowards . '' `` In this tragic and indignant hour , the people of Venezuela manifest their unconditional solidarity with the heroic Palestinian people , share in the sadness that overcomes thousands of families through the loss of their loved ones , and extends to them a hand by affirming that the government of Venezuela will not rest until it sees those responsible for these criminal atrocities severely punished , '' the Venezuelan foreign minister said in a statement read by an anchor on state television . The statement added that the government `` condemns strongly the flagrant violations of international law '' by Israel and `` denounces their planned utilization of state terrorism . '' `` For the above-mentioned reasons , the government of Venezuela has decided to expel the ambassador of Israel and some of the personnel of the Israeli Embassy in Venezuela , '' it added . In a news conference broadcast by state-run Venezuelan television , President Hugo"}
-{"answer":"of China 's other top leaders . `` I think Communism is an ideal state of society that everyone should pursue , '' said Natalie Chen , an 18-year-old freshman and finance major at Peking University 's Guanghua School of Management . `` In the Communist society , everything is fair in economics , in politics , in education . Everybody has equal opportunity and that 's a great society . '' `` Do you think everything is fair in China ? '' I asked Natalie . `` At present I have to say no , '' she said . `` But , we are of course making progress towards it . '' Watch Chang 's interview with the students '' Young students like Chen are the future of the Chinese Communist Party , which now is the largest political party in the world with 75 million members . It has come a long way . In 1949 , the Communist Party was a group of mostly revolutionary farmers , who came to power on the heels of civil war . See how China has changed over 60 years '' `` The party was a rag tag organization you might","question":"BEIJING , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When we requested an interview with members of the Communist Youth League , I expected an army of suits with well-rehearsed answers . Instead , we met three students casually dressed in jeans , just 18 to 23 years old . Christina Zhang wants to be a linguistics teacher or professor . She plans to attend graduate school . The interview was arranged by the State Council Information Office , in advance of the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People 's Republic of China . Unlike many government-sanctioned shoots , it was not carefully choreographed or closely monitored . The students did arrive with a `` minder '' of sorts , but he was no older than them and did n't interrupt the conversation . We sat down for tea at Ritan Park in downtown Beijing . My questions seemed to be more sensitive than they expected , but the students remained poised and answered every one . All of the students are members of the Chinese Communist Party and the Communist Youth League , the same organization that launched the successful careers of Chinese President Hu Jintao and many"}
-{"answer":"latter reference is `` to officials in the Afghan administration , federal government of Kabul or the provinces or the army or the police , '' Costa told CNN 's Christiane Amanpour . Watch Costa talk about the problems '' And the problem is spreading , he added . Drug money is funding insurgencies in Central Asia , which has huge energy reserves , Costa said . `` The Silk Route , turned into a heroin route , is carving out a path of death and violence through one of the world 's most strategic yet volatile regions , '' he said . Authorities are seizing too little heroin , intercepting only about 20 percent of opiate traffic around the world , according to the U.N. report , `` Addiction , Crime and Insurgency : the Transnational Threat of Afghan Opium . '' It comes on the heels of a U.N. warning last month that two years ' worth of opium is effectively `` missing , '' probably stockpiled by the Taliban and criminal gangs . More than 12,000 tons of opium , which can be consumed as a narcotic itself or turned into heroin , is unaccounted for ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Afghan opium kills 100,000 people every year worldwide -- more than any other drug -- and the opiate heroin kills five times as many people in NATO countries each year than the eight-year total of NATO troops killed in Afghan combat , the United Nations said Wednesday . An Afghan police officer digs up a field of opium poppies in April . About 15 million people around the world use heroin , opium or morphine , fueling a $ 65 billion market for the drug and also fueling terrorism and insurgencies : The Taliban raised $ 450 million to $ 600 million over the past four years by `` taxing '' opium farmers and traffickers , Antonio Maria Costa , head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime , said in a report . Not all the money is going into the pockets of rebels or drug dealers ; some Afghan officials are making money off the trade as well , he said . `` The Afghan drug economy generates several hundred million dollars per year into evil hands : some with black turbans , some with white collars , '' Costa said . The"}
-{"answer":"ELN force . Both FARC and ELN are on the European Union 's list of groups and individuals believed linked to terrorism . `` I will ask Europe to remove the ELN and the FARC from the list of terrorist groups in the world , because that only has one source : the pressure of the United States , '' Chavez said . He argued , `` I say this even though somebody might be bothered by it : the FARC and the ELN are not terrorist groups . They are armies , real armies ... that occupy a space in Colombia . '' He added that the two groups ' `` insurgent forces '' have a goal , `` a project , '' that is `` Bolivarian '' and that `` we respect . '' Chavez said his nation is committed to bringing about peace in Colombia , a task that means `` we must continue to work at the various levels '' with FARC and ELN . `` No one should be bothered by it . It is absolutely essential to do so . Who can think of the possibility of a peace accord when there is no","question":"CARACAS , Venezuela -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called Friday for Europe to remove from its list of terrorist organizations two Colombian groups -- including FARC , the group that freed two hostages Thursday in a mission Chavez organized . During his televised State of the Union speech , Chavez -- an outspoken enemy of the Bush administration -- insisted Europe includes the two groups on its terror list only because of `` pressure '' from the United States , which also names them on its list of foreign terrorist organizations . `` I request from the governments of the continent that they will remove the FARC and the ELN , '' Chavez said . FARC , the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , has been blamed for numerous attacks and holds about 750 hostages , according to Colombian government estimates . ELN , the National Liberation Army , the second-largest rebel group in Colombia , also is blamed for killings , kidnappings , and other attacks . This week the Colombian government announced the capture of Carlos Marin Guarin , known by the alias `` Pablito , '' alleged to have commanded roughly half the"}
-{"answer":", '' says her sister . British exchange student Meredith Kercher moved into the house shortly after Knox settled in . The two foreigners became fast friends , Knox 's friends and family say , as they explored Perugia together . None of them had any way of knowing that just weeks later , the home would be the scene of a grisly stabbing that would leave Kercher dead and Knox branded her cold-blooded killer . Prosecutors in Perugia said Knox directed then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and another man infatuated with her , Rudy Guede , to hold Kercher down as Knox played with a knife before slashing Kercher 's throat . Knox and Sollecito were convicted in 2009 . Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison and Sollecito is serving a 25-year sentence . Guede , a drifter originally from the Ivory Coast , was tried separately and is serving a 16-year sentence . Knox and Sollecito are awaiting a ruling on their appeal against conviction . Media paints two portraits of Knox The sordid saga has played out in worldwide media long enough to have broken into dual narratives . Some journalists have portrayed Knox as an overly","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was the first house she looked at upon arriving in the small town in central Italy that would be her home for a semester abroad . But Amanda Knox immediately knew it was the one for her . The University of Washington student had been in Perugia for just a few hours on a hot summer day in 2007 with her younger sister , Deanna , who saw a poster that included the word `` appartamento . '' They followed the girl who had posted the ad to a charming , four-bedroom villa near the University for Foreigners of Perugia overlooking a small valley where figs grew . The sisters chatted for hours in the kitchen with the two friendly Italian girls who lived there and made plans with them to tour the town the next day . To the wanderlust-driven young American , who had been hitting the books hard and working multiple jobs since high school so she could study abroad , it was a dream come true . `` She did n't need to see any other place , she did n't need to see any other listings , she was set"}
-{"answer":"visas and status in Iraq . Legally unable to stay , they lack the money to return home . Asked if their governments were helping them , the men said , `` Nothing , nothing . '' They said that when they protested , their guards fired guns upward to silence them . Watch footage of the men , warehouse '' Najlaa 's officials in Iraq refused comment to CNN . The company 's Kuwaiti office said the situation was `` under control '' and being dealt with . Some Ugandan men said the Iraqi police handcuffed and beat them . `` They say , ` If you are here for the U.S. , we 're going to show you the difference between the U.S. government and the Iraqi government . Let 's see if the U.S. is going to help you , ' '' one man said . Iraqi police would not answer questions regarding those allegations . As the men spoke to CNN on camera , an official in charge of them threatened to lock them out of the compound unless they returned inside within two minutes . KBR was not involved in recruiting the men . The","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kept in a derelict warehouse at Baghdad 's airport for months , sleeping four to a bed with poor food and no money , hundreds of would-be contract workers are stranded , claiming they were duped by unscrupulous recruiting agents into coming to Iraq for nonexistent jobs . Men staying in an airport warehouse say they paid recruiters to take them to Iraq , believing they 'd get jobs . The recruiters told the men -- from India , Nepal , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka and Uganda -- that jobs were waiting for them with American defense contractor KBR , through a Kuwaiti company called Najlaa Catering Services . The recruiting agents charged them between $ 3,000 and $ 5,000 to make the trip to Iraq ; many sold their farms or other valuables to raise the money . But when they arrived in Baghdad , they said , Najlaa housed about 1,000 of them -- 600 in the one-room warehouse -- in the compound within the airport , surrounded by private security guards . Showers are there , but are useless because the taps are nonfunctional . Many have questions about their"}
-{"answer":"while the rest were found in the Mekong River near Chiangsaen port . Three of the bodies remained unidentified , and some were found with their hands cuffed or tied . `` I ca n't rule out all possibilities , but initially there appears to be drugs involved , '' Popkorn said . `` But we ca n't just quickly jump to the conclusion that it was carried out by drug gangs . The case is complicated , and we have to be very thorough . '' The violent incident has unnerved many of those who ply their trade on the river . `` There are no cargo ships leaving or coming to Chiangsaen port , '' said Surachart Janthawatcharakorn , Chief of Chiangsaen Customs Office . `` They have all halted their traveling because they are still frightened by the incident , and are still very concerned about their safety . '' The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the Chinese Embassy in Thailand and its consulate general in Chiang Mai were investigating the murders and were working closely with Thai authorities and other relevant countries to hunt down the criminals . CNN 's Kocha Olarn and Haolan Hong contributed to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 12 Chinese sailors have been killed after their cargo ships were attacked on the Mekong River in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai , the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Yunnan Province has said . The ministry 's website stated that two Chinese cargo ships -- the Hua Ping and Yu Xing 8 -- were attacked with gunfire on October 5 . According to the initial investigation , all six sailors from Hua Ping and six of the seven sailors from Yu Xing 8 were found dead , while one remained missing . Though still in the early stages of their investigation , Thai police say they can not rule out the involvement of drug gangs in the killings . Chiang Rai police colonel Popkorn Khuncharoensuk told CNN that the two ships were raided by a joint task force of army , marine police , local police and paramilitary following the attack , and found almost one million amphetamines on the vessels . `` This is the most gruesome incident I have ever seen , '' Popkorn said . According to Popkorn , one of the bodies was found aboard the Hua Ping ,"}
-{"answer":", has never been found . `` Just looking at the circumstances , it could appear staged '' by whoever was responsible for her disappearance , said Detective Dave Boruchowitz , an investigator with the Nye County , Nevada , Sheriff 's Office . Reported inconsistencies in her 60-year-old husband 's story , police said , paired with the fact that the couple was described as having a stormy relationship , made Paul Fields the initial suspect . A lack of physical evidence , however , has made the case unprosecutable , said Detective Joe Close , also with the Nye County Sheriff 's Office . Paul Fields , who runs an auto business out of the double-wide trailer he and his wife shared , maintains his innocence . He 's speculated that she faked her death before running off with another man . A message left at his home was not returned . But his attorney , Harold Kuehn , said , `` His contention is and my belief is that if she 's truly dead , and the court says she is for civil purposes , then he did n't do it . ... What he told police","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Off a desert highway , about 15 miles from her home in the southern tip of Nevada , the mystery of Maureen Fields ' disappearance began with the discovery of her abandoned car . The body of Maureen Fields , seen here in June 2005 , has n't been found since she went missing in 2006 . Investigators found the 41-year-old woman 's 2004 green Hyundai just across the California border on February 16 , 2006 . It was one day after her husband , Paul Fields , said he last saw her . Investigators say they discovered Fields ' purse and wallet , the keys in the ignition and a fully reclined driver 's seat . There were slippers and eyeglasses beneath the gas pedal , religious pamphlets , a knotted pair of pantyhose as well as three bottles of prescription tranquilizers and pain killers . Watch an update on the case '' A small spot of her blood and vomit stained a blanket strewn across the ground beside the car . But Fields , who 'd been working as a Wells Fargo bank teller in the small town of Pahrump , Nevada"}
-{"answer":"in Middle East peace talks , Clinton could not get assurances that a presidential visit to North Korea would seal the deal . He passed off the almost completed process to the incoming George W. Bush administration . On March 6 , 2001 , new Secretary of State Colin Powell said , `` We do plan to engage with North Korea to pick up where President Clinton and his administration left off . '' But Bush had different ideas . On March 7 , Bush kneecapped Powell . With South Korean President Kim Dae-jung sitting next to him in embarrassed silence , Bush said , `` We look forward to , at some point in the future , having a dialogue with the North Koreans , but any negotiation would require complete verification of the terms of a potential agreement . '' The conservative ideologues in the administration froze all discussions with North Korea for an 18-month review . Clinton 's hard-earned diplomatic wins were replaced by the Bush Doctrine , summed up by Vice President Dick Cheney : `` We do n't negotiate with evil ; we defeat it . '' The United States would instead overthrow difficult regimes","question":"Editor 's note : Joseph Cirincione is president of Ploughshares Fund , a nonprofit organization that makes grants to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons , and the author of `` Bomb Scare : The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons . '' He formerly was a senior vice president at the Center for American Progress , a think tank that describes itself as `` progressive , '' and was on the staff of the House Armed Services Committee . Joseph Cirincione says Clinton 's trip was the culmination of diplomacy his adminstration began 15 years ago . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Clinton did more than free two unjustly jailed journalists . He jump-started the successful diplomacy he had begun 15 years earlier . In October 2000 , then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited Pyongyang . During Bill Clinton 's presidency , the administration had locked down North Korea 's plutonium production program , which had created enough deadly material for two bombs during the Reagan years . They had stopped all missile tests . They were a few details away from concluding a deal to end these programs completely . But Clinton ran out of time . Enmeshed"}
-{"answer":"blame because of the pent-up demand here , the insatiable demand for drugs . ' Do you agree with her ? Watch Clinton say , `` We have to do a better job '' '' Robert Strang , former DEA special agent : Let 's face it , the average first drug use is 12 years old in our country . That means kids that are in the sixth grade are trying drugs for the first time . Marijuana , cocaine , heroin , methamphetamine , all these drugs are coming across the border because we demand them . We have the cash to pay for them , and we really are pretty much the No. 1 consumer in the world for these drugs . Roberts : Is the United States doing enough to try to curb demand ? The Office of National Drug Control Policy , I do n't remember much coming out of it during the Bush administration , and I have n't seen anything come out of it in the Obama administration . Strang : We 're trying all the time . I 'm on the board for D.A.R.E. America , and that is teaching kids about","question":"As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues high-level talks with Mexico 's leaders this week , her comments about responsibility in the U.S.-Mexico drug trade have struck a chord with officials familiar with U.S. anti-drug efforts . Mexican federal police have been deployed openly in Ciudad Juarez , which borders El Paso , Texas . Clinton said the United States ' `` inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border '' was a major contributor in Mexican violence along the border . She went on to say that the United States has `` a co-responsibility . '' In an interview Wednesday on `` American Morning '' with CNN anchor John Roberts , former Drug Enforcement Agency special agent Robert Strang talked about the three-pronged approach needed to curb drug use in America and the need to bust distribution rings . Strang is also CEO of Investigative Management Group . The following transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity : John Roberts , CNN anchor : Everybody 's blaming Mexico for -LSB- the U.S. drug trade -RSB- , but the secretary of state yesterday said , ` Hey , the United States shares a lot of the"}
-{"answer":"Gadhafi 's death and warned President Bashar al-Assad that he would be next . As one Syrian activist told CNN : `` The clear fate of all who kill his people is to end up under the feet of the nation . '' Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri -LRB- no friend of the Syria regime -RRB- said : `` Any Arab citizen , watching the course of events in Libya , can not but think of the popular revolutionary movement that is taking place in Syria . '' There has been one refrain common across the Arab world this year -- from the dusty streets of Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia , where it all began , to the barricades that litter Homs in Syria today : `` The fear is gone , the people have put away their fear . '' Those words , spoken by Tunisian activist Sana Ben Achour in January , have echoed across the region ever since . It was quickly followed by a chant : `` The people want the downfall of the regime . '' Even so , it took U.N. resolutions and thousands of NATO sorties to degrade Gadhafi 's forces .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three gone -LRB- Gadhafi , Mubarak , Ben Ali -RRB- , two holding on in the face of daily protests -LRB- al-Assad , Saleh -RRB- , two more -LRB- Kings Abdullah of Jordan and Mohammed of Morocco -RRB- trying to stay ahead of the curve of protest : After 10 months of the Arab Spring , the region is still in the throes of a heady and unpredictable transformation . Moammar Gadhafi 's demise , after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia , means that three rulers in power collectively for 95 years are gone . Scholar and author Fouad Ajami , a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution , says that 2011 `` is to the Arabs what 1989 was to the communist world . The Arabs are now coming into ownership of their own history and we have to celebrate . '' Protesters in Yemen and Syria may be re-energized by the pictures from Sirte , Libya , showing the almost pathetic end of a ruler whose flowing robes and uniforms had long given him an aura of invincibility . Demonstrators in Syrian cities celebrated"}
-{"answer":"astronauts need on a space mission is not very different from what an operator in an assembly plant needs . `` We spent a lot of effort working on the technologies that will allow us to have robots work right next to human operators very safely , '' Linn said . `` For General Motors , it 's really about the the technologies and being able to make the robots safe to work around . '' NASA has the same goal . `` This project exemplifies the promise that a future generation of robots can have both in space and on Earth , not as replacements for humans but as companions that can carry out key supporting roles , '' said a statement from John Olson , director of NASA 's Exploration Systems Integration Office . `` The combined potential of humans and robots is a perfect example of the sum equaling more than the parts , '' he said . `` It will allow us to go further and achieve more than we can probably even imagine today . '' Linn said the R2 will be an astronaut 's helper . `` That 's really what it was designed","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The next generation of space robot is here . It looks like an astronaut in a spacesuit , with a head , a torso , two arms and two hands that can grasp and hold objects just like a human hand . Its name is R2 , short for Robonaut 2 . And it 's heading to the International Space Station aboard the space shuttle Discovery in September . For more than three years , a team of General Motors engineers and NASA scientists worked side by side at the Houston 's Johnson Space center -- designing , engineering and building the 300-pound , human-like machine . At first , the partnership between a space agency and an auto maker may seem unlikely but it made perfect sense for the R2 venture . GM has used both industrial and commercial robots in its auto assembly plants , mainly single-arm robots . `` We 've used robots for years and years , '' said Marty Linn , GM 's principal robotics engineer . `` We use robots in basically every single one of our manufacturing plants today around the world . '' Turns out that what the"}
-{"answer":"or linked to a bank account , it 's free . '' And while the primary aspect of the Send Money app is its enablement of transactions across the world 's largest social network , the ecard aspect is being emphasized as well . PayPal was quick to point out that more than 500 million ecards are sent every year , and that 's why PayPal is offering dozens of choices for everything from birthdays to congratulations . We can see the app really taking off . Users who see on Facebook that it 's a friend 's birthday can quickly fire up the app and send a card and some cash within a few minutes . The app is just as useful for things like lottery pools and reimbursing friends for lunch . It 's a big step toward making social payments a reality . If you want to learn more about the PayPal Send Money Facebook App , we 've created a simple walkthrough of the payment process . Check it out in this gallery , and let us know what you think of the app in the comments . See the original article on Mashable.com \u00a9 2011","question":"-LRB- Mashable -RRB- -- Social payments are taking a giant leap forward . PayPal has unveiled a Facebook app that lets you send money to friends . The app , simply titled Send Money , is just as straightforward as its name . You have the choice to send either an ecard with money or just money with no card . You select a card , choose a friend to send it to and then select how much money to send . `` The PayPal and Facebook infrastructure have now merged , '' PayPal 's Anuj Nayar says . `` This is another way to personalize the act of giving money . '' While there are several ways to pay with PayPal via Facebook -LRB- Payvment comes to mind -RRB- , this is the first app to enable peer-to-peer payments via Facebook and PayPal . And because it 's a peer-to-peer transaction , there is no transaction fee , though PayPal 's regular limits and international fees still apply . `` Sending money , person to person , is free , '' PayPal Senior Product Marketing Manager JB Coutinho said . `` If it 's funded by a PayPal balance"}
-{"answer":"hopes to encourage a greener , more prosperous future for his country . The Help Kenya Project has provided more than 2,000 refurbished computers to Kenya 's schools and planted more than 150,000 trees . Watch Ndambuki and his Help Kenya Project in action '' `` Many of the schools that I give computers -LSB- to -RSB- in Kenya have not seen computers before . So we 're bringing them closer to the development , '' explained Ndambuki , adding that without this opportunity , some of those schools might have gone another 20 years without touching a computer . `` It 's like giving the kids new life , '' he said . `` Computers are getting new life , and trees are being planted to bring a new life , too . It 's all connected . '' Finding treasure in the trash `` Growing up was not easy '' for Ndambuki , who said he became a teacher to help children who are struggling the way he did . The second of eight children raised by a widowed mother , Ndambuki attended school at the expense of his older brother ; he quit because the family could","question":"DOBBS FERRY , New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jude Ndambuki teaches high school chemistry , but when he 's not in class , you might find him Dumpster diving for discarded computers . Jude Ndambuki 's Help Kenya Project provides refurbished computers for Kenyan students . For the past eight years , the Kenya native has been refurbishing computers , printers and other electronic educational resources otherwise headed for landfills , then sending them to grateful students back home . `` The children in Kenya have very few resources ; even a pencil is very hard to get , '' said Ndambuki , 51 , who lives in the New York City suburb of Dobbs Ferry . `` Being one of the kids who actually experienced very dire poverty in Kenya , I feel any part that I can play to make the life of kids better , I better do it . '' In lieu of compensation for the considerable time , expertise and expenses he devotes to his Help Kenya Project , Ndambuki asks that recipients plant 100 trees for every computer they receive . By connecting computer recycling , educational development and environmental conservation , he"}
-{"answer":", and Behrendt soon joined a mostly female writing team on `` Sex and the City . '' He observed that he was the only straight male writer for the show and offered the group valuable and realistic insight into the world of men . `` Sure , I felt a little bit like a token , '' he said . `` It 's not like those women needed my help , but I think there are days when you ca n't write in a perspective you do n't live . '' That perspective , along with colleague Liz Tuccillo 's female point of view , gave way to `` He 's Just Not That Into You . '' The book is based on a popular episode of `` Sex and the City , '' in which Carrie 's boyfriend -LRB- played by Ron Livingston -RRB- offers the line to Miranda as she puzzles over a date . The book is a wake-up call for women who obsess and worry about relationships , with an overarching message that if women find themselves doing the chasing , it 's likely the guy simply is n't interested . `` We were raised","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Asked about part of the entertainment business he particularly enjoys , Greg Behrendt -- stand-up comedian , author , TV writer and producer -- had an unusual answer . Greg Behrendt co-wrote `` He 's Just Not That Into You , '' based on a popular episode of `` Sex and the City . '' `` My instrumental punk and ska band called the Reigning Monarchs , '' he said with a laugh . `` There 's seven guys in the band . ... We play shows around Los Angeles . '' But the co-author of `` He 's Just Not That Into You , '' now a film starring Jennifer Aniston , Scarlett Johansson and Ben Affleck , admits that stand-up comedy remains a longtime passion . In fact , it led -- in a roundabout way -- to `` He 's Just Not That Into You . '' `` I was a stand-up who had an HBO special called ` Mantastic , ' and it was directed by Michael Patrick King , who became an executive producer of ` Sex and the City , ' '' Behrendt said . One thing led to another"}
-{"answer":"Hugo Chavez , and defeated Mexican Antonio DeMarco in his most recent fight , in February this year . A statement on the WBC 's official Web site read : `` Jose Sulaiman , World Boxing Council President , and all the members of the organization , are deeply saddened , moved and in sorrow due to the tragedy that took place regarding the case of WBC Lightweight world champion , Edwin Valero , who committed suicide in his cell after having killed his wife . `` Valero was very close to the World Boxing Council President and many of its members , who witnessed the happy years of the fighter when he won his Lightweight world title on April 4th , 2009 , and when he defended such title last February 6th , in Monterrey , where he was joined by his wife and two little children for two weeks , showing a behavior and a humanitarian sense that were very far from what happened . `` The World Boxing Council declares today , April 19th , 2010 , a day of world mourning , as well as it informs that the organization will begin analyzing a plan to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Venezuelan world lightweight boxing champion Edwin Valero committed suicide in his prison cell after being arrested for the murder of his wife , according to the World Boxing Council -LRB- WBC -RRB- . The 28-year-old had confessed to stabbing his wife Jennifer Carolina Viera de Valero in a hotel in the city of Valencia on Sunday before taking his own life , police confirmed . Valero was found in his cell hanged by his own clothes and though he showed some signs of life he later died , police chief Wilmer Flores Trosel told state television . `` A prisoner nearby heard noises inside the cell and told officials , who immediately went and found the boxer Valero hanging with his own clothes , '' he said . The WBC said Valero is the only fighter in 300 years of the sport who can boast a 100 percent knock out rate from his 27 fights . Valero , nicknamed `` The Inca , '' had recently gone into alcohol rehabilitation and was detained in March for mistreating his wife , according to media reports . He had a distinctive tattoo on his chest of Venezuelan President"}
-{"answer":", sailors like Shannon can head to the ship 's mess to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Arizona Cardinals . The same is true for soldiers , Marines and airmen in combat zones . `` We can broadcast to every forward operating base in Iraq and Afghanistan , '' said Andreas Friedrich , the deputy director of Armed Forces Radio and Television Services , which has been sending the Super Bowl to troops overseas since the first Super Bowl , broadcasting it live since 1981 . Watch how troops will be able to watch big game '' All told , about 1 million American military personnel and civilians overseas will be able to watch the big game . Some of those watching will be benefiting from the same technology that makes Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle missions possible . A global broadcast system will beam the game to ships and submarines far out in the Pacific Ocean . GBS is how pilots in the United States can watch and fly an unmanned vehicle over a battlefield halfway around the world , and then feed what they see to the battlefield commanders on the ground below . Raytheon , the","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ready for your Super Bowl party ? Sure , you have drinks , hot wings , maybe even a favorite jersey . But do you have an M-16 , a Kevlar helmet and body armor ? Pittsburgh Steelers fan Sheresa Coleman will watch the Super Bowl from the USS Mahan in the Gulf of Aden . Not everybody is watching the game from the comfort of the family den . Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops will be deployed in remote war zones , on lonely oceans and at overseas bases -- all far away from an NBC affiliate . So the military is going out of its way to make sure that many soldiers , Marines , airmen and sailors can watch Super Bowl XLIII live . `` Super Bowl day has really become a holiday , military-wise , over the last couple years , '' said Petty Officer 1st Class Grant Shannon . Shannon is from a town about an hour north of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , but is on board the USS Mahan , a destroyer deployed to stop pirates working off the coast of Somalia . When they finish their duties"}
-{"answer":", who is now a star infield attacker and one of the highest goal-scorers on the team . `` I lost my mother , father and one of my brothers . My other siblings were wounded and I lost my leg . `` Now that there is peace , I have decided not to think about that anymore . I only want to look forward , to see what I can do to help myself and my family in the future . Those terrible things have already happened . I just want to focus on the future , '' he says . See photos of Richard Duo and his team mates '' Tens of thousands of people were killed or injured in Liberia 's 14-year civil war . The fighting brought rape and mutilation , children were abducted and forced to become fighters and untold numbers had to flee their homes . Since 2003 , peace has returned and while efforts are underway to rebuild the country the emotional and physical scars of war remain . Amputee football began in Liberia as a means of therapy and healing . It was an initiative of the National Commission for Disarmament ,","question":"This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Solferino which led to the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross . The ICRC is using the date to launch an awareness campaign of its work in conflict-affected countries , featuring photos taken by five award-winning photojournalists . This week we 're bringing you stories from some of the world 's most troubled countries , as told by the ICRC . MONROVIA , Liberia -LRB- ICRC -RRB- -- On a dusty pitch in the middle of the capital of Monrovia limbless young men play football as though their lives depended on it . Coach Paul Tolbert says many members of Liberia 's amputee football team had lost the will to live . Football has given them hope . They are members of the Liberian National Amputee Football Team and for the most part , victims of the war . Some participated in cruel acts against civilians during the fighting and face a daily struggle to live with both their disability and the past . `` I was at church when armed men came in and killed hundreds of us , '' says 18 year old Richard Duo"}
-{"answer":"But his plan changed when the military signed off for Konrardy to deliver the goods in person and work as an embedded journalist for a local paper . The 65-year-old grandpa was about to head to one of the world 's most dangerous places . Watch `` I could have been killed '' '' `` I wanted to maybe bury some Vietnam demons and just make a difference with this platoon and maybe make up for what I did n't do with my old platoon , '' he says . `` I thought it was going to go one way . It went the other . It made me worse . '' He adds , `` I could n't sleep before , but now it 's worse . I hate to see it get dark . I get extremely nervous . I get uptight . I just do n't like to see it get dark . And once it is dark , I 'm on edge until it gets dawn . '' Konrardy 's story is one of patriotism , heroism and torment -- a war veteran unable to escape what happened in 1965 , when he was just 23","question":"DAVENPORT , Iowa -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bob Konrardy carried the guilt with him for more than 40 years . A platoon commander in Vietnam , Konrardy was wounded when shrapnel tore through his body . Four comrades carried him to safety in a poncho for more than an hour while the firefight raged . Bob Konrardy says the fallen soldier monument outside his home honors soldiers killed in Iraq like Dave Behrle . `` These four guys went back to help the platoon because they were still fighting , and all four of those guys got killed , '' Konrardy says . `` I felt guilty for 40-something years . '' Two years ago , Konrardy got to thinking : He 'd be a Santa of sorts for soldiers in Iraq as a way to help him deal with his conscience . He would collect autographed college and pro footballs , letters from local kids and other mementoes from home to help inspire the troops in Iraq . Then , he would have the goods delivered to his old platoon serving in Iraq , the First Cavalry Division . He initially thought he 'd have the material shipped ."}
-{"answer":"was at the Veterans Administration hospital in Long Beach -LSB- California -RSB- , after they shipped him home , '' he said . The Marine was 32 . `` There are people that are worse off than I was , '' Tina Valdez recalled his father always saying . `` I enlisted , and I served . I knew what I was getting into . And if this is the worst that could happen to me , well then , so be it . '' When notification came weeks ago from the Defense Department that Valdez 's name would be added to the Wall , there was no explanation with it . Valdez 's family previously thought since he had n't been killed during war , Enrique Valdez could n't be on the wall . Comrades and others told the family that he could be added to `` The Wall `` as long as we could show that his death was a result of his -LSB- war -RSB- injuries , '' said daughter Tina Valdez . `` And when my father passed away , they put it on the death certificate , long before we even knew that this was","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fifteen years after his death , and after his family fought a very long bureaucratic battle with the government , Enrique Valdez 's name was added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial . Rick Valdez looks at his father 's name on the Wall on Monday . Valdez was a Marine gunnery sergeant wounded by shrapnel in August 1969 , combat that left him a quadriplegic . Since his death in 1994 , his family has been waiting for the Defense Department to answer their requests that Valdez be included on `` The Wall . '' On Memorial Day , his family finally got their wish , as they watched his name officially added to `` The Wall . '' His name was added to the registry after the Department of Defense declared he was eligible because he died from his war injuries . Rick Valdez was 7 when his father was deployed to Vietnam . `` The night he had to go to the bus station for his second tour of duty , that was the last time I saw him walking , '' the son recalled . `` The next time we saw him"}
-{"answer":"`` I could n't understand why the government sent her to prison , '' he continued . `` She is like an angel . She is really so clean . I believe her . For example , if you ask me about my mum and her , I believe her first . '' After much to-ing and fro-ing by the Iranian authorities , Ghobadi says he could n't believe it when he found out Saberi had finally been freed , before the end of her sentence . `` When -LSB- I found out -RSB- she was free ... I could n't understand , '' the 40 year-old director told CNN . He said it felt as if the the authorities were playing games with himself and other supporters of Saberi as they gave different timescales for her release -- `` two weeks , four years , eight years . '' But just after the pair were reunited Ghobadi -- who won Cannes ' first-time film-maker award the Camera d'Or in 2000 with `` A Time For Drunken Horses '' -- had to leave for the French film festival . `` Persian Cats , '' which chronicles the hardships facing young","question":"CANNES , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As award-winning Iranian film-maker Bahman Ghobadi walked down the Cannes red carpet for the premiere of his new feature Thursday , the real star of the show was conspicuously absent . Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi , director of `` No One Knows About Persian Cats , '' which was co-written by Roxana Saberi . American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi , credited as co-writer and executive producer of the faux-documentary `` No One Knows about Persian Cats , '' was still in Iran , having been released from jail only days earlier . The woman Ghobadi describes as his fianc\u00e9e was freed from prison last Monday after being jailed on espionage charges following a one-day trial that was closed to the public . She had served three and a half months , not all time served , of her eight year sentence and at one point was on hunger strike . `` For four months , she was in prison . For me , four months is like four years , '' Ghobadi told CNN . `` In there , what did they do with her ? How did she live in there ? ''"}
-{"answer":"whose wife dies before the film begins . Benjamin and Katherine -LRB- Stephanie Szostak -RRB- had one of those storybook romances that we all wish we had -LRB- theirs is told completely in still photos and mostly dialogue-free scenes pulled from Benjamin 's memory -RRB- , and the pain is etched clearly on his face . His kids are all he has left , but much like George Clooney 's Matt King in `` The Descendants , '' Benjamin 's parenting skills leave little to be desired . You see , Benjamin was an adventure writer for a newspaper , the kind of a guy who voluntarily takes assignments that land him in a hurricane hunter airplane . Kids , on the other hand , can be way worse . Benjamin 's son Dylan -LRB- ably played by Colin Ford -RRB- is less than happy about , well , everything . He 's recently been expelled from school and his behavior -LRB- which includes drawing very disturbing pictures -RRB- is one big reason why Benjamin thinks they all need a fresh start . Dylan and Benjamin are constantly at each other 's throats , and those scenes occasionally err on","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Based on a true story , Cameron Crowe 's `` We Bought a Zoo '' is the kind of real-life adventure tale with which anyone who has ever dreamed of truly making a new start can identify . How often have you been looking for an apartment or a house , hoping to find that really cool , gothic deconsecrated church , cliff house with a widow 's walk , Robin Hood-worthy treehouse or energy self-sufficient Hobbit hole ? Whatever your dream fantasy home is , it never shows up on Craigslist , does it ? Well , for Benjamin Mee and his two young children , the opportunity to make a fresh start shows up in the form of a slightly run-down farmhouse on 18 acres . It just happens to come with a rather down-on-its-luck zoo , complete with a depressed grizzly bear , an aging Bengal tiger , an African lion , porcupines , flamingos and even a binturong , a Southeast Asian mammal whose musk apparently smells like hot , buttered popcorn . Seriously . As for the humans , Matt Damon does a great job as the grieving widower Benjamin ,"}
-{"answer":"away from it or anything like that , but I do n't miss the role at all -- really . I just want to work . I want my daughter to say , ' I know what Daddy does , ' not ` what Daddy did . '' White -- who most recently played an inmate on Fox 's House , M.D. earlier this year -- guest stars as a scheming wealthy director on the season premiere of fellow former child star Tatyana Ali 's latest sitcom , Love That Girl ! . The actor says it 's `` cool '' sharing a screen with Ali , who he has n't filmed with since his small stint on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air many years ago . The episode , which airs Monday night at 8 p.m. on TV One , is the first of many more roles to come , predicts White . `` I just want people to know I have n't gone anywhere , '' he says . `` The passion was gone for awhile , but I 've got my mojo back . '' See the full article at PEOPLE.com . \u00a9 2011 People and","question":"-LRB- PEOPLE.com -RRB- -- Jaleel White most notably played geeky , annoying neighbor Steve Urkel on the '90s sitcom `` Family Matters '' -- but since then , the actor , who has portrayed Bruce Lee , Elvis Presley and a member of the opposite sex , does n't feel recognized for his ability to take on a variety of roles . `` I 'm very versatile , but somehow I did n't earn the tag of being called a versatile actor , '' White , 34 , tells PEOPLE . `` I 'm still chasing that one Vanity Fair tag that says , ` This guy 's a versatile actor . ' I accept it . It 's fine . But for me , it 's like what do I have to do to get that -LSB- acknowledgement -RSB- ? '' White , who says he gets `` recognized everywhere I go , '' is n't big on reminiscing about the days of playing the character who made him a household name . `` I do n't -LSB- miss playing Urkel -RSB- , '' he says . `` I really do n't . I 'm not trying to get"}
-{"answer":", Noriko , was walking them to school Monday in Yanagawa , a rural town in southern Japan . Watch what else Savoie had to say '' He headed for the nearest U.S. consulate , in the city of Fukuoka , to try to obtain passports for the children , screaming at the guards to let him in the compound . He was steps away from the front gate but still standing on Japanese soil . Japanese police , alerted by his estranged wife , arrested him . The Savoies were divorced in Tennessee in January after 14 years of marriage . Christopher Savoie had visitation rights with his children , but after he returned from a short summer trip , his estranged wife fled to Japan with the children , according to court documents . A United States court then granted sole custody to Savoie . Watch why the case is complicated '' Japanese law , however , recognizes Noriko Savoie as the primary custodian , regardless of the U.S. court order . The law there also follows a tradition of sole custody divorces . When the couple splits , one parent typically makes a complete and lifelong break","question":"YANAGAWA , Japan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Wearing a Nashville School of Law T-shirt , Christopher Savoie walked into a second-floor police interrogation room . In one corner , a stopwatch was running to hold him to the 15 minutes allotted for the interview . A Tennessee court awarded Christopher Savoie custody of his son , Isaac , and daughter , Rebecca . `` I 'm so scared , '' he said . Savoie chose his words carefully , lest police Officer Toshihiro Tanaka cut short the rare interview Savoie was granted with CNN on Thursday . There were so many rules : No recording devices . No tough questions . Speak only in Japanese . `` I want Americans to know what 's happening to me , '' Savoie continued in Japanese . `` I did n't do anything wrong . Children have the right to see both parents . It 's very important for my children to know both parents . '' But Japanese authorities disagree . They have charged Savoie , 38 , a Tennessee native and naturalized Japanese citizen , with kidnapping his two children -- 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- as his estranged wife"}
-{"answer":"Peace Corps volunteer . After finding $ 65-per-night rooms in a two-story , wooden hotel that had survived the earthquake , the men set about trying to find out how much of Electricity of Haiti 's -LRB- EdH -RRB- system of substations and generators had also survived . But they found that the power system had already been in extremis . Before January 12 , only 60 percent of Port-au-Prince 's 3 million residents had electricity ; nationwide , the figure was 40 percent , Manon said . Many of them were simply stealing it , tapping lines feeding streetlights . Before the quake , the capital had 60,000 paying customers , but there were 150,000 connections to the grid , and the power company was losing $ 1 million to $ 2 million per month , he said . `` In Haiti , that 's a lot of money , '' he said . He credited donations from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for having kept Haiti 's lights on . Now , to get them on again , Manon faced the task of replacing thousands of poles , many of which had been crushed by toppling buildings . Manon","question":"Atlanta , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As soon as he heard the news about Haiti 's earthquake , Myk Manon began planning to get himself and two fellow power specialists from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association into the heart of the disaster zone . On January 16 , four days after the 7.0-magnitude quake had flattened much of Port-au-Prince and killed more than 200,000 people , the three engineers flew into the Dominican Republic , then drove into Haiti 's capital , parked their truck in front of the U.S. Embassy -- where they figured they 'd be safe -- and went to sleep . They would need it -- the city was dark , except for a few lights from private generators , and they knew their expertise would be in demand beginning the next morning . Here 's what they found : All four power plants serving the city were off line ; power lines lay on the ground all over the place ; the earthquake had tossed 56-ton transformers from their bases . `` They literally jumped up 10 inches and tipped over , '' said Manon , 61 , a California native and former"}
-{"answer":"holders will be temporarily relocated and will be able to use the facilities of the south stand , '' Balford said . Darlington F.C. has also increased the cover price of match day programs and has cut the number of complimentary tickets given away for home matches . Professor Simon Chadwick , director of the Center for the International Business of Sport -LRB- CIBS -RRB- at Coventry University , UK , told CNN that many football clubs may soon find themselves in the position of having to make a similar move . `` This is the economic reality of having to strip costs . `` Generally , League One and League Two and even some Premier League clubs may be affected . What you will start to see is other clubs having to follow suit . '' Chadwick said Darlington 's case was a particularly bad one as they had a stadium which was far too big for the club 's size . However , the issue of crowds not filling stadiums was a wider concern for many clubs . `` This is their life-blood . A lot of their revenue comes from selling tickets ... if they 're not","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An English football club is being forced to close a stand at its 25,000-seat stadium to cut costs , in what could be the first of many similar moves at other clubs , a sports business expert predicts . Darlington Arena , home of English club side Darlington F.C. , where a stand will be closed to cut costs . The affected club , Darlington F.C. , is currently in seventh place in League Two , however , it slumped into administration last week following problems attracting crowds to the home matches . The average home crowd at the stadium is currently below 3000 people . Ticket prices are # 16 -LRB- $ 22 -RRB- per adult . The move to close the west stand at its ground , Darlington Arena , is an attempt to improve the atmosphere and cut costs at the club , the side 's commercial director , Christine Balford , said on the club 's Web site . Balford said the move was forced by administrators . `` This is an attempt to improve the atmosphere at home games , whilst saving costs . `` All season ticket"}
-{"answer":"Blomkamp , `` District 9 '' is a mash-up of the director 's love for science fiction with his rearing in an apartheid-divided South Africa . Set and shot in the shantytowns of Johannesburg , the film is a mix of action-movie shock and sociological food for thought . The mayhem begins when an alien spaceship runs out of fuel over South Africa in 1981 , and simply hovers idly in the sky . With no attack forthcoming , officials finally evacuate a group of aliens -- it turns out they 've fled their home world -- and corral them into barbed-wire ghettos , effectively separating the shrimp-like creatures from the human populace . Overseeing the aliens ' camp is the corporation Multi-National United -LRB- MNU -RRB- . It 's an obvious nod to South Africa 's own violent and divisive history , but director Blomkamp says he is n't aiming for political commentary . `` This is an organic thing that has grown out of me living in South Africa . I did n't want to go , ` Here 's a whole bunch of people that have been oppressed by this apartheid-esque society ' and beat people over","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Science fiction flicks featuring aliens can be a little formulaic : Aliens invade American territory , mass destruction ensues , and nine times out of 10 , Will Smith rides to the rescue A company operative -LRB- Sharlto Copley -RRB- gets an alien 's attention in `` District 9 . '' But the alien-infested `` District 9 , '' opening in theaters Friday , takes things in a different direction -- if the producer may say so himself . `` It 's utterly original , '' producer Peter Jackson -- yes , `` Lord of the Rings '' helmsman Peter Jackson -- told Entertainment Weekly . `` In an industry that 's looking to make movies out of every obscure TV show , or sequels , or video games , you look at ` District 9 ' and it 's unlike anything you 've ever seen , '' he said . With its inventive plot and crowd-pleasing special effects , the low-profile , relatively low-budget -LRB- $ 30 million , a pittance these days -RRB- film was a hit at Comic-Con , creating a buzz before the film 's release . The brainchild of newcomer Neill"}
-{"answer":"expected to appear in court at a later date . Details of the incident are still sketchy and the British government has asked journalists not to reveal the exact location of Tebbutt to avoid abduction attempts from rival gangs . Initially , it was feared that al-Shabaab , the al Qaeda-linked militant group , had conducted the operation as a revenge attack against the British nationals . But a security analyst based in Nairobi , who tracks piracy operations but is not authorized to speak to the media , also believes this is the work of pirates . `` This is not the work of al-Shabaab , '' he said , `` this is the work of southern armed gangs and pirates . '' No ransom demands have been made yet , says Mwangura . But if Somali pirates carried out the operation , it represents a marked departure in tactics . For years , pirates have attacked commercial ships in the busy shipping lanes between Europe and Asia . A cargo ship has insurance , and after months of negotiations pirates can often clear several million U.S. dollars . Some analysts believe that Somali pirates are now moving onto","question":"Nairobi , Kenya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An English tourist kidnapped from a remote Kenyan resort is being held by pirates in a remote corner of Somalia , according to experts and security analysts in Nairobi . `` Gangs from Southern Somalia took her up the coast and then moved her several times , '' said Andrew Mwangura , a piracy expert and maritime editor of Somalia Report , an independent online publication . Judith Tebbutt was abducted by armed men from a remote safari lodge near to the Somali border earlier this month . Her husband , David Tebbutt , was killed in the attack when he resisted , according to Kenyan police . A Kenyan man has been charged in connection with the attack , a lawyer familiar with the case told CNN Monday . Ali Babitu Kololo , who worked at the luxury resort in Kiwayu where the attack took place , was charged with robbery with violence and abducting with the intention to murder , according to a lawyer present at the hearing at the Lamu law courts . Kololo pleaded not guilty to both counts . A second man , Issa Sheck Saadi , is"}
-{"answer":"locations . After that , pay by the hour -LRB- about $ 10 -RRB- . Premium cabins are probably better for shares -- those start at $ 57 for four hours . yotel.com . QBIC Where : Antwerp , Belgium ; Maastricht and Amsterdam , the Netherlands . The concept : A completely self-service hotel . You check yourself in at the kiosk and buy everything with your hotel key card . What you get : In the center of each room is a Cubi , a 75-square-foot enclosed platform for the bed , a bar-like work-and-dine space and the bathroom . The lighting is at your discretion -- Mellow Yellow , Deep Purple Love -- it 's all pretty club-like . There 's a vending machine in the lobby filled with drinks , locally made snacks such as organic bread and things you may have forgotten -- like neckties . What it 'll cost : From $ 91 . qbichotels.com . CITIZENM Where : Near Amsterdam 's Schiphol airport and in central Amsterdam 's posh Zuid neighborhood , which started taking guests this April . The concept : Keeping prices down by using prefabricated everything -- the 150-square-foot rooms","question":"-LRB- Budget Travel -RRB- -- With rates as low as $ 36 , these flashy new European hotels take the convenience of the pod concept and expand it with style . Qbic hotels have a clever lighting concept -- Deep Purple Love , anyone ? You can pick the color you like , or turn them off altogether . YOTEL Where : Inside terminals at London 's Gatwick and Heathrow airports -LRB- in Terminal 4 -RRB- , and Amsterdam 's Schiphol airport . The concept : Catering to those with a long layover , these glossy , no-nonsense capsule hotels are small but convenient for business travelers -- or someone just looking for a nap and a shower . What you get : A windowless room -LRB- about 75 square feet -RRB- that looks like a cruise ship cabin -- there 's a shower , a TV , a fold-out work desk and an overhead storage rack ; Wi-Fi is free . Bonus : a 24-hour room-service menu of snacks and drinks delivered within 15 minutes . What it 'll cost : There 's a four-hour minimum , which costs about $ 36 for a standard cabin in the London"}
-{"answer":"-LSB- which Ramis co-wrote -RSB- came out , there were college films . Every generation had college films , but our generation did n't have one yet , and I do n't know that our generation - this young , new generation of kids has a , you know , a sandal epic yet , and this is the one . This is for them . '' Ramis rounded up a cast of comedians familiar to any watcher of Judd Apatow-produced movies -- no surprise , since Apatow is a producer of `` Year One . '' Christopher Mintz-Plasse -LRB- `` Superbad '' -RRB- , Horatio Sanz -LRB- `` Saturday Night Live , '' `` Step Brothers '' -RRB- and Bill Hader -LRB- `` Tropic Thunder '' -RRB- all have parts . `` A lot of them were new to me , '' said Ramis . '' -LSB- But -RSB- Jack knew them , Michael knew them , they were connected -- all connected through Judd Apatow , through ` Saturday Night Live ' ... the comedy world is a club . '' Black joked that everyone 's a member of a secret society , requiring retinal scans , that","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the midst of the ongoing culture wars , can it be a good idea to put out a comedy about two Stone Age men who wander into the Bible ? In '' Year One , '' Jack Black stars as an inquisitive Stone Age man , with Michael Cera as his sidekick . Harold Ramis thinks so . `` Year One , '' which he directed , concerns two men -- played by Jack Black and Michael Cera -- who leave their home and , in their travels , meet biblical characters such as Cain , Abel , Abraham and Isaac . Among the locales : ancient Sodom , which `` did n't seem worse than Las Vegas to me , '' Ramis told CNN . `` Year One '' comes out Friday . Ramis , whose writing and directing credits include `` Groundhog Day '' and `` Analyze This , '' said it was time for a new biblical epic -- of sorts . `` No one had done this film for our generation , '' he told CNN . It 's like , you know , when ` Animal House '"}
-{"answer":"the idea that documents and computing power can be stored `` in the cloud '' of the Internet rather than on desktops or laptops . Many tech blogs are weighing in on the hacking 's impact . Some see the incident as an indication of serious security flaws at Twitter . Others say it 's a sign Twitter has gotten big , and any rising company makes a good target for a cyberattack . People outside the Silicon Valley micro-blogging company , such as Twitter account holders , reportedly were not affected in the incident . `` This was not a hack on the Twitter service , it was a personal attack followed by the theft of private company documents , '' Twitter co-founder Biz Stone writes on the company 's official blog . Google 's suite of online applications , which allows users to share and store calendars , spreadsheets and text documents , is not to blame for the hacking , Stone said in the post , adding that Twitter continues to use Google Apps . `` This is n't about any flaw in Web apps , '' Stone writes . `` It speaks to the importance of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The recent hacking of a Twitter employee 's personal e-mail account is raising questions about the security of storing personal information and business data on the Internet . A Twitter co-founder says password toughness is important to online security . The Web has been buzzing since a hacker allegedly broke into a Twitter administrator 's personal e-mail account about a month ago and used that information to access the employee 's Google Apps account . That account housed some of Twitter 's private financial documents and notes , according to Twitter 's official blog . Some of those documents circulated the blogosphere on Wednesday , and TechCrunch , a technology blog , published a Twitter financial forecast . The hacker sent 310 documents to the tech site , according to a post by Michael Arrington , TechCrunch 's founder and co-editor . In what appears to be a separate incident , a hacker broke into Twitter chief executive Evan Williams ' wife 's e-mail account and then accessed Williams ' PayPal and Amazon accounts , Twitter says . It 's unclear what if any impact the incidents will have on the future of cloud computing ,"}
-{"answer":"the memorial that honors them . `` They dedicated the WWII memorial in May of 2004 , 60 years after the war had ended . That was a cause of celebration in my clinic . All of the veterans wanted to see it but they were in poor health or did n't have the means to visit it . '' `` Reality set in , '' Morse says , `` they were never going to see their memorial . '' Morse was determined to change that , because he so admired the quiet grit and heroism of the unassuming men he treated every day . He took his cause to a local air club . `` I stood before 150 pilots and told them I was going to start flying WWII veterans to Washington . I said if you want to help me , the WWII veteran does n't pay a penny . You 'll have to rent an airplane and cover all the travel costs . '' '' Honor Flight '' took to the skies in May of 2005 . Six planes flew 12 veterans . The next month , eight planes flew 16 veterans . Today , it","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The aging veterans gingerly walk from the plane in the nation 's capital . Some get pushed in wheelchairs . A brass band strikes up World War II era tunes . Strangers rise to their feet and clap their hands . `` Why are they doing this ? '' says Frank Bales , 86 , a co-pilot on a B-24 during World War II . `` I feel as humbled as a mouse . '' Walter Victor was overwhelmed as he made his way through the crowd . `` The chills came over me . Very seldom do you see something like that , '' says the 92-year-old army veteran . These World War II veterans have traveled here to visit the National World War II Memorial , which honors the 16 million U.S. armed forces who served and the more than 400,000 who died in battle . The vets made the trip thanks to a former employee at the Department of Veterans Affairs . A physician 's assistant at the VA in Springfield , Ohio , Earl Morse was struck by the WWII vets he treated and how few made the journey to see"}
-{"answer":"and abandon the park station , in fear of their lives , '' the park statement said . `` They have seized the entire gigantic infrastructure -LSB- of the park headquarters -RSB- which is stategically very close to the main road heading north into Goma , '' said park spokeswoman Samantha Newport by phone from Goma , about 40 kilometers from the fighting . `` The situation is eastern Congo is very dangerous , '' she said . `` It 's the first time they 've -LSB- rebels -RSB- ever had the audacity '' to take over the park . Watch as park ranger describes the violence as it explodes behind him '' Newport said the rebels have set up roadblocks so the rangers are making their way through woods south to safety . She said the gorillas and other wildlife in the park are in danger of getting caught in the crossfire . A park ranger described the takeover . `` When the rebels started approaching the park station we thought we were all going to be killed , '' said Park Ranger Bareke Sekibibi , 29 , who spoke by cell phone from the forest earlier as he","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Congolese rebels seized a major military camp and a spacious gorilla park in a renewed bout of heavy fighting that sent thousands fleeing , according to the United Nations and park officials . Young gorillas play in Congo 's Virunga Park , which was taken over Sunday by rebels fighting army forces . The fighting comes after a tenuous week-old U.N. brokered cease-fire between rebels and government forces fell apart Sunday . Fighting between the rebels under renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda and Congolese army regulars in the eastern province of North Kivu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo displaced thousands of civilians , according to U.N. spokesman Michele Bonnardeaux . The rebels also seized the headquarters of Virunga National Park in eastern Congo after intense fighting with the Congolese army , according to a statement by park officials . The rebels have used Virunga Park as a base but have never seized its headquarters before . The 3,000 square mile -LRB- 7,800 square kilometer -RRB- park has a gorilla facility and is home to 200 of the 700 endangered mountain gorillas in existence . `` Over 50 rangers were forced to flee into the forests"}
-{"answer":"of relevant people and relevant candidates in front of hiring managers , '' Larizadeh tells CNN . Larizadeh never intended to launch a career start-up . He was completing his MBA at Stanford University in 2005 when he got the idea for Doostang , which is a modified version of `` reaching for talent '' in Latin . Classmates were exchanging emails about career advice , and `` I thought , why do n't we give this some structure ? '' he recalls . Four years and a round of venture capital funding later , what started as a hobby designed to help friends share career information has turned into a network with approximately 600,000 members . Larizadeh estimates that roughly a dozen of the top 20 MBA programs have signed partnership deals with Doostang . While mostly U.S. focused , Doostang is also becoming more international and recently sealed a deal to provide job opportunities to INSEAD . In an age where social networking sites abound , Doostang sets itself apart by taking closely knit relationships developed offline in B-school and leveraging them online to make a better job searching experience , Larizadeh says . A member applying for","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a tough job market , MBA graduates seeking top-tier jobs are turning to a career networking site created by and catering to young professionals . Doostang gets its name from the Latin for `` reaching for talent . '' Doostang is an online community that seeks to match the brightest new grads with what it says are the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of positions in finance , consulting and tech . Exclusivity is the cornerstone of this network , which connects graduates from elite schools with top employers . The site offers its members access to selective jobs that are not really available on the open market , according to founder Mareza Larizadeh . It 's able to do that because recruiting managers are drawn by the caliber of its members , which includes students from the top business schools , he says . Schools like The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Duke University 's Fuqua School of Business have formed partnerships with Doostang that enable their students to access the network 's premium job listings for free . `` Our goal is to get great jobs in front"}
-{"answer":"blasting Sen. Barack Obama for `` palling around with terrorists '' and demanding that the American people know exactly when he learned of the past of 1960s radical William Ayers . She has stoked the crowds by saying , `` This is not a man who sees America the way that you and I see America . '' We all know what that is designed to do : Portray Obama as a foreigner who is n't as American as she . Or you . Or Joe Six-pack , the hockey mom , soccer mom , Wal-Mart mom , NASCAR dad and the other coded words she uses regularly . But what is truly pathetic is that Palin talks tough , but is really scared of facing her own issues . Since she is good at proclaiming that the American people need to know who Barack Obama is -- an attempt to paint him as a shady figure who might occupy the White House -- the American people deserve to hear Palin answer if her husband , Todd , a former member of the Alaska Independence Party , agreed with its founder , who wanted to secede from the union .","question":"Editor 's note : Join Roland S. Martin for his weekly sound-off segment on CNN.com Live at 11:10 a.m. ET Thursday . If you 're passionate about politics , he wants to hear from you . A nationally syndicated columnist and Chicago-based radio host , Martin has said he will vote for Barack Obama in November . He is the author of `` Listening to the Spirit Within : 50 Perspectives on Faith '' and `` Speak , Brother ! A Black Man 's View of America . '' Visit his Web site for more information . Roland Martin says Gov. Sarah Palin talks tough but ducks a lot of difficult questions . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Do you know what was so great about Magic Johnson , Larry Bird and Michael Jordan ? They were three of the biggest trash talkers in the history of the NBA , but they had the game to back it up . Somebody should tell that to Gov. Sarah Palin . Sen. John McCain 's vice presidential running mate has been running around the country , firing up her -- yes , her , and not necessarily McCain 's -- loyal supporters by"}
-{"answer":"'s the body that turned up in a nearby room , a onetime chess prodigy who appears to have major connections with some big shots -- machers , in the local Yiddish lingo . There 's his ex-wife , now his boss -- at least until the department is disbanded -- and his partner , a half-Jewish , half-Tlingit named Berko who 's far more responsible than Landsman . And there are a host of old enemies with long memories , particularly when Landsman decides to root around the dead chess player 's case . Landsman 's world is fiction , of course , a product of Michael Chabon 's imagination . Chabon 's new book , `` The Yiddish Policeman 's Union '' -LRB- HarperCollins -RRB- , combines Landsman 's hard-boiled detective 's terrain with the landscape of alternate history , one in which world events take a startling turn . The story is rooted in fact , the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Chabon -LRB- `` The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay '' -RRB- observes . Chabon had written an article about the decline of Yiddish , and the reaction to the piece -- some of it very negative","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was one of the greatest humanitarian acts in history . Pondering an imaginary Yiddish-speaking place produced `` The Yiddish Policemen 's Union , '' says Michael Chabon . At the beginning of World War II , as the Nazis tightened their grip on Europe , the U.S. government allowed millions of Jews to resettle from their homes in Poland and Russia to southeastern Alaska , along the panhandle . Two million Jews had died at the hands of the Nazi scourge , but millions more were saved as the Federal District of Sitka , Alaska , became the new Jewish homeland -- all the more important when the fledgling State of Israel went down to defeat in 1948 . However , 60 years later , Sitka is about to be returned to local jurisdiction , and the island 's Jews -- including a noted detective , Meyer Landsman -- are wondering where to go next . The Jewish people , forever rootless , will have to wander some more . Landsman 's got other problems , too . He 's rootless himself , biding his time in a seedy hotel . There"}
-{"answer":"say that they should n't focus on incentives , but rather think about the bigger picture . `` When perks and benefits are taken away , management often does this to allocate resources where they 're needed , elsewhere . The money being saved by not buying bagels every Friday or purchasing Christmas gifts for employees may be going towards your salary , '' said Tom Gimbel , founder and CEO of LaSalle Network , a staffing and recruiting firm . `` If you had to choose between taking a salary cut and not having free coffee versus being let go , most employees would likely take the former . '' Urmil `` Tracy '' Marshall , coordinator for the Office of Diversity and International Affairs at Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley , Georgia. , agrees that it 's important not to focus on what is being taken away . She said that due to budgetary constraints , furloughs were implemented at the school ; but rather than get discouraged , she focused on the positive . `` I reminded myself how blessed I was to even have a job , '' Marshall said . `` We need","question":"-LRB- CareerBuilder.com -RRB- -- 2009 has given employers and employees a run for their money -- literally . Budgets have been cut , layoffs made and furloughs instituted , and benefits and perks have evaporated . At the beginning of the year , 38 percent of employers said the economy would force them to make administrative cuts sometime during 2009 , according to a survey by CareerBuilder.com . Sixty-five percent of those employers indicated that they would cut back company social events , 61 percent anticipated curtailing business travel , 25 percent expected to scale back on health-care benefits and 11 percent planned to reduce wellness benefits . Other areas where companies planned to cut spending included special office perks , such as coffee , ice machines or discounted vending -LRB- 34 percent -RRB- , incentive trips -LRB- 28 percent -RRB- and philanthropic activities -LRB- 21 percent -RRB- . Such perks and benefits being taken away make for a tough situation for employees . Not only are they working harder to keep their jobs , but workers have to do more for less . While some argue that it 's hard to keep employees motivated in this situation , others"}
-{"answer":"more radar and lifting devices to try to extract the known survivor and reach any others , said Norman Skjelbreia , an incident commander from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers . The rescue mission is complicated , he said , by the Caribbean Market 's debris and rubble and an adjacent building that is partially collapsed . More than 212,000 people died in the earthquake , Haitian officials said , and bodies are being recovered every day . Rescuers pulled an apparent survivor of the original quake , Evan Muncie , 28 , from the rubble of a market on Monday . Doctors found him suffering from extreme dehydration and malnutrition , but without significant crushing injuries . Muncie 's family told staff at the hospital that he had been missing since the quake , and was found in the wreckage of a market where he sold rice . Muncie told doctors that someone brought him water while he waited for rescue , but sounded confused and sometimes thought he was still in the rubble . By Wednesday , Muncie was in stable condition , according to University of Miami hospital spokeswoman Nery Ynclan , who said he was","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Teams of rescuers in Haiti 's capital rushed to the city 's Caribbean Market on Tuesday after a machine used to clear rubble caused a secondary collapse , trapping at least one Haitian in the rubble . A French excavation team was working the site , which collapsed in the January 12 earthquake , said Lt. Col. Christophe Renou of French Civil Protection . The team spotted a body in the rubble and brought in an excavation machine , which resembles a bulldozer , to attempt to reach the body , he said . The machine tipped into a hole , however , and caused further collapse , Renou said . Several Haitians were in the building at the time , he said , some helping in the search and others looking for useful items . Teams are aware of at least one person alive , confirmed with radar . Renou said he believes more people are trapped , but he does n't know how many or whether they are alive . The French crews called U.S. and Mexican teams to the site to help with the rescue . The U.S. team brought"}
-{"answer":"have reaped benefits . Maybe the 9 % are those pleased when Congress made history in August after waiting until the last minute to compromise on a budget deal , which led to the first downgrade of the U.S. credit rating by Standard & Poor 's . Or possibly the 9 % were impressed when House Democrats and Republicans joined together in a rare moment of bipartisanship a few weeks ago and voted in favor of a resolution by a whopping 396-9 . Was this vote to create jobs for the more than 25 million Americans who are unemployed or underemployed ? Or maybe this vote was to help Americans on the brink of foreclosure ? Nope , this vote was to address an issue that Congress felt demanded immediate attention : Affirming that our national motto is : `` In God We Trust . '' Wow , that should really put some food on the table of a hungry family whose unemployment benefits are close to expiring . I hope you take the time to `` thank '' Rep. J. Randy Forbes , a Republican from Virginia , for leading the courageous charge on that issue . Instead of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If the congressional `` super committee '' does not reach a deficit reduction deal by Wednesday 's legally mandated deadline , I propose we take a page from the NBA owners and lock Congress out . I 'm serious . We , the taxpayers , are the owners of Congress and if Congress wo n't make a deal that helps our nation , then let 's put a big padlock on the doors of the House and Senate -- or at least change the locks and not give them the keys . Polls show that me and apparently 91 % of my fellow Americans have never been more frustrated with the dysfunctional nature of `` our '' Congress . Congress ' approval rating has fallen to an abysmal 9 % -- to put this in perspective , herpes is now slightly more popular than Congress . Bed bugs really ca n't be that far behind . I 'm not sure who the 9 % of voters are who think Congress is doing a good job -- I can only assume it 's Congress ' friends and families as well as some of the well-connected lobbyists who"}
-{"answer":"so much that doctors had to quiet her down . It was then , Kepplinger said , that doctors became confident Kerstin can become fully healthy and develop normally . Her immune system has improved , and she is continuing to have physiotherapy , including strengthening exercises , he said . Watch doctors describe what happened when the teen opened her eyes '' The two parts of her family -- those who were locked in a basement , like Kerstin , and those who lived above ground , apparently unaware of the abuse of their mother and siblings -- are getting to know each other again , the doctors and the family 's lawyer said . `` We are so glad that things have turned out so positively so far , '' said lawyer Christoph Herbst , who appeared at a news conference at a hotel near Amstetten , west of Vienna , where Kerstin and her family are recovering . Kerstin is the oldest daughter of an incestuous relationship between Elisabeth , 43 , and Elisabeth 's father , Josef Fritzl , 73 , according to police . He is awaiting trial . Police say he confessed to holding","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The 19-year-old woman whose hospitalization exposed a shocking Austrian incest case is recovering well and wants to see the ocean and a pop concert , her doctors and a family lawyer said Wednesday . Dr. Albert Reiter , who treated Kerstin , is confident Kerstin will make a full recovery in time . She and other children who were held captive for years are slowly adapting to modern life , they said . Kerstin Fritzl , whom doctors placed in an artificial coma after she was admitted to a hospital in April for multiple organ failure , is now well enough to speak , stand and walk with assistance , her doctors said . Doctors said that `` little novelties '' such as seeing a cloud go by are now big events for the former captives . Kerstin has said she wants to see the ocean and go to a concert by British singer Robbie Williams , said Dr. Berhold Kepplinger , director of the clinic where the family is living . He described how excited Kerstin was to hear Robbie Williams songs in her hospital room and said she was moving around to the music"}
-{"answer":"in Argentina following the country 's 2001 economic meltdown when jobs , security and cash were scarce . Club officials say during 2002 more than 2 million people participated in the clubs on a regular basis . In recent years , as Argentina 's economy bounced back , fewer people showed up , but ever since the global financial crisis hit last year , they say the barter clubs are more popular than ever . Watch how the clubs are helping poor Argentines '' `` It 's a reality now . In these past few months there has been a big increase . For example , we now have 400 people every Saturday . It used to only be 300 . People are traveling here from other neighborhoods so they can barter too , '' says Juan Maccarone , president of the La Matanza Barter Club . Nelly Vasquez , 29 , goes to the club because she has no other options . She lost her job at a clothing factory last year , and has been going to the barter club every week since January -- often with her six-month-old daughter , Antonella , in tow . `` I","question":"BUENOS AIRES , Argentina -- They line up early every Saturday morning at the decrepit gymnasium that houses the La Matanza Barter Club . Nelly Vasquez and her 6-month-old daughter , Antonella trades wool for food . Club members shuffle in carrying sacks stuffed with everything from homemade clothing to homegrown vegetables , set up their stands and begin a day of bartering . The La Matanza Barter Club in the working-class Buenos Aires neighborhood of Isidro Casanova is one of more than 100 that now function throughout Argentina . They provide a vital service for people who are short on cash by helping them make ends meet . Each item brought to the club is given a value by its owner , who then trades it with other members for whatever goods they are offering . `` What we do here is a fair and honest trading . I look at this like a job , and I work hard at it , and it helps me live better , '' says Deolindo Farias , 66 , who brings fresh bananas and mandarins every week and trades them for household items like flour and sugar . Barters Clubs boomed"}
-{"answer":"Neither does the rest of America . When there is this kind of disparity while these same CEOs are paying taxes at a rate lower than their secretaries , their receptionists , and the people who clean their offices , it is personal . When he was chair of the DNC , my former boss , the late Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown , used to say in his stump speech that we live in an era where `` the rich got richer , the poor got poorer , and the middle-class got squeezed . '' This was back in 1992 . It could not be truer today . While President Obama has not done things perfectly , he has injected some fairness and balance into the economy to spur growth and job creation . More needs to be done , but his attempts have been met mostly by gridlock and a GOP that only wants to see him fail . In the meantime , corporate profits are at an all-time high , but corporations are paying lower taxes than ever before . Some are n't paying any at all . This week , we see banks tacking on extra","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I appeared on a couple of segments on CNN this week where the topic was the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations . A question raised was whether this was political . The Republican\/tea party spokesperson said yes , arguing that labor unions were behind it -LRB- in fact the labor unions did not join until this week -RRB- . I said it was economic , but political in the sense that you have a political party -- the GOP -- entrenched with the wealthy and Wall Street while doing nothing to protect middle-class America . But I was wrong . It is not economic . And it is not political . It is personal . Executive pay is now about five times higher than it was in 1980 , adjusted for inflation . The average salary for the rank-and-file American worker , however , is about the same as it was in 1980 . Really ? Does American exceptionalism exist only at the top 1 % of our workforce ? Did our CEOs really get 5 times better than they were in 1980 and our workers remain just ho-hum average ? I do n't think so ."}
-{"answer":"said the rebels donated money to Correa 's campaign . The guerrilla group also had conversations with Correa 's emissaries and has reached `` some accords , according to documents that we have , '' Suarez said in the videotape . Correa denied those allegations , asking the nation 's civil service commission to investigate . FARC issued a statement Tuesday denying that the rebels have `` given money to any electoral campaign of any neighboring country . '' The guerrillas accused the United States and Colombia of manipulating the Suarez video to make Correa look bad . FARC has been at war with the Colombian government for more than 45 years . In the latest allegations , Reyes , FARC 's second-in-command until his death in March 2008 , identifies the Ecuadorians who had contacts with the rebels as former head of security Gustavo Larrea , former under secretary for governing Ignacio Chauvin , retired Col. Jorge Brito and dentist Luis Ayala . `` Larrea , Brito and Dr. Ayala , I am sure , move among the Mexican drug cartels and , in order to have free reign , collaborate with the CIA , '' Reyes wrote ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A diary reported to have come from a top Colombian guerrilla leader killed last year says key officials in Ecuador accepted money from the rebels and had connections with Mexican drug gangs . The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , known as FARC , has been at war with the government for decades . The money was meant to finance Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa 's 2006 election campaign , Marxist rebel Raul Reyes is said to have written in a diary allegedly obtained after his death . Ecuador denies the allegations and has asked the Organization of American States to investigate . `` The president of the republic did not know anything about this and never sent any emissary to finance his electoral campaign , '' Interior Minister Gustavo Jalkh said at a news conference Wednesday . Ecuadorian officials released excerpts from the diary Thursday . Wednesday 's revelation was the second instance in two weeks tying Correa to donations from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , known as FARC . Last week , Colombian media broadcast a 2008 video in which guerrilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas , widely known as Mono Jojoy ,"}
-{"answer":"shed tears . King asked Ted Kennedy Jr. if there was crying when he lost his leg to cancer as a boy . `` Absolutely , '' he replied . Ted Kennedy Jr. said his father 's memoirs explore his father 's emotional tribulations . '' -LSB- It talks -RSB- about the very difficult things that he had to do , for example telling my grandfather that my uncle Jack had been killed . '' Both sons said their father 's last year was a gift to them and the family . His brothers -- President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy -- had their lives cut short by assassinations in the 1960s . Watch sons tell of their last year with their father '' `` He also was able to enjoy a lot of accolades , not just from obviously his natural constituencies in the Democratic Party , but ... quite moving testaments from many of his Republican colleagues , '' Teddy Kennedy Jr. said . `` It was really wonderful to see my father actually be able to revel in a lot of those compliments that people had to say about my dad . '' `` The really","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When the late Sen. Edward Kennedy was growing up , there was a family edict : Kennedy men do n't cry . Rep. Patrick Kennedy , left , and Ted Kennedy Jr. appear on `` Larry King Live '' on Monday evening . On `` Larry King Live '' Monday night , the senator 's sons -- Ted Kennedy Jr. and Rep. Patrick Kennedy -- said times have changed , and that includes the no-tears rule of an earlier generation . In a wide-ranging interview , they also discussed the moment of their father 's passing , how their mother , Joan , was handling her ex-husband 's death , the legacy of Chappaquiddick , the Kennedy `` curse '' and their impressions of their dad 's memoir , `` True Compass . '' The 77-year-old senator died August 25 after a battle with brain cancer . `` You know my father was very good at overcoming his own kind of old , traditional sense of not talking about your feelings , not really expressing a lot of emotions , '' Patrick Kennedy told King . The family has had plenty of moments over which to"}
-{"answer":"people are exceedingly nice if you are respectful and forthright . About 80 % of the people I approached were kind , open and helpful , and gladly opened their trunks for a glance . The 20 % who refused were either in a rush , guarded or shy -- but they were still remarkably polite . The second surprising thing was that the vast majority of trunks and cargo holds were clean and uncluttered . I really expected to discover overstuffed trunks , full of cast-off items and flea market finds . But even the most fully-used storage areas were tidy and organized . AOL Autos : Used fuel-efficient crossovers Not surprisingly , people with small children tended to have the most crowded trunks and cargo holds . Strollers , playpens , toys and diapers take up a lot of space , but most families have discovered that clean , organized trunks make getting to your kids ' supplies much easier and more efficient . AOL Autos : Best new cars for 2009 Another trend I noticed was that athletic folks tend to use their car 's trunk as a portable gym locker . I saw a lot of","question":"-LRB- AOL Autos -RRB- -- Have you ever wondered what your neighbors are carrying around in their car 's trunk or SUV 's cargo hold ? I decided to find out -- by asking 100 strangers in a department store parking lot . Strollers , playpens , toys and diapers take up a lot of space , but a lot of parents still had organized trunks . The mission To uncover the secret contents of the average American trunk and cargo hold . The stakeout I spent two weekend afternoons at the Empire Center in Burbank , California , with my camera and notebook , approaching shoppers as they arrived or departed . I identified myself as a reporter for AOL Autos , and asked if I could see what they had in their trunk , and maybe take a picture . I hoped that I 'd be able to see a trend in trunks . AOL Autos : Small cars with room in the trunk The raw data My decidedly unscientific study yielded some interesting results . First of all , I discovered that even in a big city -LRB- Burbank is a suburb of Los Angeles -RRB- ,"}
-{"answer":", so far , no luck . The Fort Myers-Cape Coral area -- in heavily Republican Lee County , which went for GOP presidential nominee John McCain in the 2008 election -- has seen record housing foreclosure rates . Watch CNN 's Ed Hornick discuss the story '' According to the White House , the area had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year , with 12 percent of housing units receiving a foreclosure-related notice . Median housing prices in the Fort Myers metropolitan area have plummeted from $ 322,000 in December 2005 to less than $ 107,000 in December 2008 , the Obama administration notes . And nearly 12,000 jobs have been lost in Fort Myers in the past year . The president offered Hughes a kiss on the cheek and a promise : `` We 're going to do everything we can to help you , but there are a lot of people like you . '' Watch more of Hughes ' emotional plea to Obama '' Some questioned the circumstances of Hughes ' appearance at the event . Blogger Michelle Malkin , in a story on the conservative Web site TownHall.com on Wednesday , said","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- She 's being hailed as the `` face of the economic crisis , '' and now Henrietta Hughes has become something of a media star after reaching out to President Obama in an emotional plea for help . President Obama talks to Henrietta Hughes at a town hall rally in Fort Myers , Florida , on Tuesday . Her message : My son and I are homeless , and we need immediate help . `` I have an urgent need , unemployment and homelessness , a very small vehicle for my family and I to live in , '' Hughes told Obama Tuesday at a town hall rally in Fort Myers , Florida , as he pushed for passage of his stimulus plan in the Senate . `` The housing authority has two years waiting lists , and we need something more than the vehicle and the parks to go to . We need our own kitchen and our own bathroom . Please help . '' Hughes said she had been homeless after her son lost his job and , subsequently , their home . Although her son has been looking for work , Hughes says"}
-{"answer":"Mostar , confirmed its acceptance of a 16-year-old North Korean student named Kim Han-sol through a press release but stopped short of confirming the identity of the individual . `` The entry of a student from North Korea , furthermore from a very well-known family , has understandably generated surprise and comment , some of it critical , '' it said in a statement . According to Yonhap News Agency , Kim Han-sol is the son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il 's oldest son , Kim Jong-nam . Kim Jong-nam is the family 's most outspoken member and has been seen at airports and other venues outside of North Korea . He is viewed by many as the outcast of the Kim family . It is believed the oldest Kim fell out of favor when he was stopped in Japan trying to enter on a forged passport on his way to Disneyland in 2001 . The South Korean media has also focused on YouTube postings that Yonhap News Agency says feature Kim Han-sol . Yonhap released shots in which the YouTube user claims to be a North Korean studying in Macau . The person also claims to be","question":"Seoul , South Korea -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Just like any other first family in the world , North Korea 's secretive Kim dynasty is often the focus of gossip and rumors , especially in neighboring South Korea . There was a lot of speculation after a recent report that Kim Jong Il 's grandson , identified as 16-year-old Kim Han-sol , was scheduled to enter an international school in Bosnia . Less than a week after the report , YouTube screen shots and pictures -- reportedly of the grandson -- have been plastered on the news in South Korea . South Korea 's Yonhap News Agency reported that it had tracked down photos of the grandson from the Bosnian school 's Facebook page and published the pictures . The young man appears in photos wearing a suit and black horn-rimmed glasses posing with a woman at what appears to be a party . In another photo , the young man sports a blonde hairdo and is wearing a black T-shirt on the streets . The news agency reported Kim 's nationality on the school website was set as North Korean . The school , the United World College in"}
-{"answer":"of the new phone are still hotly debated , as reporters scour Apple patents , SKU codes and , of course , Bay Area bars for any remaining iPhone-rumor morsels sure to grab the public 's attention . All will become clear at 10 a.m. PT on Tuesday when Apple hosts its iPhone `` launch '' event at its headquarters in Cupertino , California . But for those of you who are drooling for the details , here 's the wisdom du jour from the People of the Internet : -- The phone will be called the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S . Or both -LRB- see below -RRB- . -- It likely will cost $ 200 with a 2-year wireless service contract from AT&T or Verizon . -- The iPhone may come to Sprint , too . The Wall Street Journal was reporting Monday that Sprint Nextel has entered into an eye-opening agreement with Apple to buy more than $ 20 billion worth of iPhones over the next four years . -LRB- But the phone wo n't be coming yet to T-Mobile , as Mark Milian reports -RRB- . -- It will be `` skinnier , shorter and wider","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's the worst-kept secret since Adam Lambert 's sexuality : Apple is expected to unveil a new iPhone on Tuesday . There are a bunch of reasons you already knew this . For one , every tech journalist on earth has been writing about the new-now-next-generation iPhone since the company 's last `` Jesus phone '' -- the iPhone 4 -- graced us with its presence in June 2010 . You 've seen the gossip here , and on countless Apple-focused blogs with apt and obvious names like MacRumors and TheAppleBlog . The rumor mill , you 'll likely recall , revved to full throttle in early September when CNET reported that an Apple employee lost a prototype of the next iPhone -- likely called the iPhone 5 -- in a Mexican restaurant and bar in San Francisco . To cap it all off , Apple sent out an e-mail on September 27 teasing reporters with phone-related pictures and this not-so-cryptic tagline : `` Let 's talk iPhone . '' So , yeah , we pretty much know what 's coming . And at the same time , we do n't . The tech specs"}
-{"answer":"volcano is exhibiting heightened or escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption , time frame uncertain , or eruption is under way but poses limited hazards , '' according to the U.S. Geological Survey . Maureen Burke , 29 , a coffee shop manager in Anchorage , said she remembers the last eruption and is n't too worried this time . PopSci.com : Prehistoric explosions wiped out ocean life -- and created petroleum She said living in Alaska and being close to nature , residents just laugh such events off , dealing with them as they come . Falling ash is a potential problem . The best way to protect yourself from the harmful showers of ash is to wear a mask , Missy Moore , 33 , said . As an administrator and supervisor of Starbright Early Learning Center in Anchorage , Moore said , `` it 's really not anything to worry about just yet . '' PopSci.com : Google Earth environment guide If Mount Redoubt covers nearby cities with ash , Moore said the school will adhere to the public school district 's guidelines . `` If the -LSB- public -RSB- school district closes schools , our","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the shadows of Mount Redoubt , Alaskans are calmly waiting for the volcano to erupt -- an event that could occur at any time . Alaska 's Mount Redoubt volcano spews ash and steam during an eruption in 1989 . `` The level of seismic activity '' has `` increased markedly '' in recent days at the 10,197-foot peak located about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage , the state 's most populous city , according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory . `` We do n't have a crystal ball , '' said Peter Cervelli , a research geophysicist with the observatory , which is aggressively monitoring the volcano . But `` we expect based on the past behavior of this volcano that this activity is going to culminate in an eruption . '' The activity has consisted `` of a combination of discrete , relatively small earthquakes and periods of more continuous volcanic tremor , '' Cervelli said . Scientists raised the alert status Sunday to a `` watch '' level , the second-highest , based on seismic activity detected January 23 . PopSci.com : Predicting eruptions The `` watch '' status means the ``"}
-{"answer":"targets would have been in the north of England , where the arrests took place , and that at least some of those arrested were Pakistanis in the United Kingdom on student visas . Several hundred officers were involved in the raids , according to a later Greater Manchester Police statement . The men arrested range in age from a youth in his mid - to late teens to a 41-year-old , the statement said . No further information was available , police said . `` Today 's action is part of an ongoing investigation and we have acted on intelligence received , '' said Steve Ashley , chief superintendent of Merseyside police . `` We understand that this kind of police activity can cause concerns to people living in nearby communities . The extra patrols , cordons and measures we have in place have been implemented to make sure we are doing everything we can to reassure the public and maintain public safety . '' Home Secretary Jacqui Smith , in a written statement , congratulated police for the `` successful anti-terrorism operation which has resulted in 12 arrests at a number of locations . '' She said the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- British police Wednesday arrested 12 people in a counterterrorism operation , and locations were being searched , authorities said . A Scotland Yard official 's papers show details of the raid , which have been obscured in this photo . Arrests were carried out in a series of raids in northwest England , police said . Participating agencies included Merseyside Police , Greater Manchester Police and the Lancashire Constabulary , according to a statement from Greater Manchester Police . The men arrested were involved in a `` very serious '' plot closely associated with al Qaeda and escaped al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf , whom British intelligence have linked to the 2006 plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners , according to a security source with knowledge of the investigation . The new plot was not believed to be targeting national infrastructure , such as rail lines , airports or utilities , nor was it clear if the plot was to involved bombs or an assault involving gunmen , the source said . Details , the source said , were speculative at this point in the investigation . The source also said authorities do n't believe the"}
-{"answer":"eye , insisting they have very similar personalities . `` I have met Samuel six times in three years , and I never cared to know if he really said something not very nice about me , '' said the Nerazzurri coach . `` Why ? Because he is like me : after losing an important match he does n't go home happy . The year after this game I wanted to take him to Chelsea , but I was n't allowed to . I am very happy to have him with us and I 'm not talking only as Jose Mourinho but on behalf of the whole squad . Eto'o has signed a five-year contract with Inter as part of a swap deal that saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic move the other way . Inter will also receive 45 million euros -LRB- $ 64m -RRB- but the 28-year-old , who only had a season left on his contract with Barca , has shrugged off suggestions this proves Ibrahimovic is the more highly rated of the two . `` Ibra is a great player but I am Samuel Eto'o and my past and my victories talk for me , '' said Eto'o","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Italian champions Inter Milan have unveiled new signing Samuel Eto'o , with the Cameroon striker immediately being forced to deny suggestions from the Italian media that he has ever had a problem with new coach Jose Mourinho . Samuel Eto'o parades his new Inter Milan jersey after completing his move from Barcelona . Eto'o , who completed his switch from Barcelona on Monda , denied he has issues with Portuguese coach Mourinho and insists he never insulted his team 's style of play after a Champions League match between Barca and Chelsea . `` I never said those words that were attributed to me , '' he told a press conference . `` There is also a tape which proves it and , in any case , that was after an intense game . Top 20 summer transfer targets `` Now I am happy to be here , for me it is a great honor to play for a coach like Jose . It has been years that I have been trying to play under Mourinho and I have never managed it . '' Mourinho also laughed off suggestions the pair do not see eye to"}
-{"answer":"way to a shelter , Mridha lost contact with his wife , mother and two children . The next morning he found their bodies . The Category 4 cyclone raked Bangladesh 's southwest coast on Thursday with maximum sustained winds of 241 km\/h -LRB- 150 mph -RRB- , destroying fishermen 's hamlets and villages . Thousands are still missing , while an estimated 280,000 others are unable to return to their homes which were wiped out by the storm . Many grieving families are now burying loved ones in single graves as no male members are available to dig them . Most houses in the region are made of flimsy materials such as bamboo and corrugated iron , and had no chance of withstanding the storm 's powerful winds . In addition , the storm-struck area is criss-crossed by a huge river delta which surged as Sidr pushed through , wiping out many villages and littering the river 's shores with debris . Watch as people are left to fend for themselves '' Low-lying Bangladesh is already prone to flooding which has wiped out the country 's rice production -- a major food staple for the impoverished country . Improved","question":"PATUAKHALI , Bangladesh -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Survivors of a storm that killed more than 3,000 people in the impoverished nation of Bangladesh grieved and buried their loved ones Monday as they waited for aid to arrive . Villagers grieve in Patargata , around 125 miles south of Dhaka , capital of Bangladesh , Monday . The number of dead killed from Cyclone Sidr -- now at 3,114 -- is expected to rise yet further as the South Asian nation continues to assess the damage . The Bangladesh Red Crescent fears the death toll could be 5,000 -- perhaps even reaching as high as 10,000 . In the fishing village of Galachipa , in Patuakhali district , Dhalan Mridha was grieving for family members who died in the cyclone after ignoring an alert issued by authorities . `` Nothing is going to happen . That was our first thought and we went to bed . Just before midnight the winds came like hundreds of demons . Our small hut was swept away like a piece of paper , and we all ran for shelter , '' Mridha , a 45-year-old farm worker , told The Associated Press . On the"}
-{"answer":"House , '' an ecological research and educational center designed by architectural firm Temiz Dunya to raise awareness about the benefits of renewable energy and promote eco-tourism . The zero-emission structure , which was built with ecological materials , generates most of its energy using photovoltaic panels -LRB- 22kW in total -RRB- as well as a windmill and heat pumps . ` Living ' buildings could inhale city carbon emissions These systems are supplemented with gray-water recycling -- re-use of used water from bathtubs , showers and so on . -- and passive solar heating features such as a greenhouse to collect heat during the winter months . It also has a green roof that facilitates rainwater harvesting and acts as heat insulation . `` The building is also very significant because it is Turkey 's first energy positive building , '' says architect Mehmet Bengu Uluengin , the designer behind the Solar House . `` It actually produces more energy than it consumes . '' The architect says the structure has fascinated the local population while helping to change perceptions that buildings can only be big energy consumers . `` The idea that having a building that not only","question":"Anatalya , Turkey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lapped by the pristine waters of the Mediterranean Sea , the Turkish coastal city of Antalya attracts millions of sun-seeking tourists each year , beguiling them with its sweeping scenery , picture-perfect beaches and blazing sunshine . It is this abundance of sunlight -- Turkey receives greater annual solar radiation energy than Spain and Germany according to estimates by the Joint Research Center of the European Commission -- that has prompted Antalya 's local authorities to push ahead with plans to harness the city 's solar potential . `` We aim to make Antalya the leader of solar power generation of Turkey and to promote it to the world as ` The Solar City , ' '' says Antalya 's mayor Mustafa Akaydin . The declaration comes as the sun-soaked city , located some 700 kilometers south of Istanbul , starts rolling out its ambitious plans to use solar power to generate electricity , emulating the successful example of cities like Barcelona , Spain , which has put in place regulations requiring solar panels to be fitted to all large new buildings . In April , the city opened the `` Antalya Solar"}
-{"answer":"United Nations Security Council resolution but changed his mind a month later . `` I think for the attorney general to come and say there 's unequivocal legal authority to go to war was misleading . '' Short said Goldsmith was `` leaned on '' by Blair to agree to the war . `` Lord Goldsmith said he was excluded from lots of meetings -- that 's a form of pressure . `` It was suggested to him that he go to the U.S. to get advice about the legal position . `` You have got the Bush administration who have very low respect for international law . It seems the most extraordinary place in the world to go to get advice about international law . '' She added : `` I think all that was leaning on -- sending him to America , excluding him and then including him . '' Her comments came just days after Blair appearance at the inquiry generated protests , with several hundred anti-war campaigners gathering outside the London venue chanting `` Blair lied , thousands died '' and other slogans . Blair denied claims he had struck a secret deal with U.S. President","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Britain 's top legal official `` misled '' the government over the case for war in Iraq under pressure from then prime minister Tony Blair , a former Cabinet minister claimed Tuesday . Clare Short , who was Blair 's international development secretary until she quit over the Iraq invasion , said Attorney General Peter Goldsmith withheld his own `` doubts and changes of opinion '' in giving the go-ahead for war . `` I think he misled the Cabinet . He certainly misled me , but people let it through , '' Short told an inquiry into Britain 's role in the March 2003 Iraq invasion . The inquiry -- Britain 's fifth examination of its Iraq involvement -- has already grilled senior figures including Blair , former defense minister Geoff Hoon and Britain 's top military commander Jock Stirrup . Short said that Goldsmith , who last week testified before the inquiry that he was initially ambivalent but later adamant over the legality of the war , was wrong to press the case . Goldsmith initially advised Blair in January 2003 that it would be unlawful to invade Iraq without a"}
-{"answer":"It 's something inside me which I ca n't describe , as if I 've lived before in these places . '' In the 1960s , Fahmy was the first woman to apprentice in Cairo 's jewelry district . She says she 'd whither and die if she ever had to leave Egypt . She takes us on a personal tour of the beguiling Egyptian capital , where she finds inspiration in almost everything she sees . `` Everything in my mind is jewelry , '' she explains . `` I turn it into jewelry . '' Ibn Tulun Mosque The sprawling Ibn Tulun Mosque , the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area , is also considered the oldest mosque in the city to have survived in its original form.Cairo fact file : How to navigate Mideast 's biggest metropolis `` It 's one of my favorite mosques in Cairo , '' Fahmy says . `` The beautiful windows of this mosque give me a lot of joy . '' Fahmy says she 's always fantasized about the windows of Ibn Tulun . `` One day I 'll do a project called the Ibn Tulun collection ,","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For the beautiful people , Azza Fahmy may be one of the best-known names in Egypt . Designer Azza Fahmy consults her daughters on jewelry designs in her Cairo studio . A high-end jewelry designer , Fahmy 's creations have adorned such beauties as supermodel Naomi Campbell and Queen Rania of Jordan . Her international luxury brand , Azza Fahmy Jewelries , blends Egyptian motifs and modern design to create high-end pieces . Working with precious metals and stones , Fahmy 's work is inspired by the distinctive shapes , colors , textures and calligraphy of the country . Cairo , the largest city in the Arab world nicknamed `` The City of a Thousand Minarets , '' is Fahmy 's home . She thinks she may have lived a previous life in old Cairo , which has now grown into a mega-city of almost 20 million inhabitants . See Azza Fahmy 's picks of what to do , see and eat in Cairo `` It 's a strong feeling when I 'm walking in the streets going to old houses , churchs and old mosques , '' Fahmy told CNN . ``"}
-{"answer":"'s the body that turned up in a nearby room , a onetime chess prodigy who appears to have major connections with some big shots -- machers , in the local Yiddish lingo . There 's his ex-wife , now his boss -- at least until the department is disbanded -- and his partner , a half-Jewish , half-Tlingit named Berko who 's far more responsible than Landsman . And there are a host of old enemies with long memories , particularly when Landsman decides to root around the dead chess player 's case . Landsman 's world is fiction , of course , a product of Michael Chabon 's imagination . Chabon 's new book , `` The Yiddish Policeman 's Union '' -LRB- HarperCollins -RRB- , combines Landsman 's hard-boiled detective 's terrain with the landscape of alternate history , one in which world events take a startling turn . The story is rooted in fact , the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Chabon -LRB- `` The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay '' -RRB- observes . Chabon had written an article about the decline of Yiddish , and the reaction to the piece -- some of it very negative","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was one of the greatest humanitarian acts in history . Pondering an imaginary Yiddish-speaking place produced `` The Yiddish Policemen 's Union , '' says Michael Chabon . At the beginning of World War II , as the Nazis tightened their grip on Europe , the U.S. government allowed millions of Jews to resettle from their homes in Poland and Russia to southeastern Alaska , along the panhandle . Two million Jews had died at the hands of the Nazi scourge , but millions more were saved as the Federal District of Sitka , Alaska , became the new Jewish homeland -- all the more important when the fledgling State of Israel went down to defeat in 1948 . However , 60 years later , Sitka is about to be returned to local jurisdiction , and the island 's Jews -- including a noted detective , Meyer Landsman -- are wondering where to go next . The Jewish people , forever rootless , will have to wander some more . Landsman 's got other problems , too . He 's rootless himself , biding his time in a seedy hotel . There"}
-{"answer":"going to school , the shops are open , '' he said . A `` demonstration of joy '' in support of the military was held Friday afternoon , Doudacar said . `` The people are very happy , '' he said . `` The coup ends a nine-month debate that blocked out all other subjects . We have gone through so many coups that it does n't really affect us anymore . '' Ping condemned the coup . `` The chairperson of the commission stresses that the relevant AU instruments systematically condemn any unconstitutional change and , accordingly , he condemns the seizure of power by force that took place in Niger , '' said a statement from his office . `` The secretary-general has called on the stakeholders in Niger to swiftly revert to constitutional order in the settlement of the political crisis , '' said a statement from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon . Thursday 's order to suspend the constitution was attributed to the Superior Council for the Restoration of Democracy . It also suspended all institutions , urged citizens to remain calm and called for support from the international community . Dana Palade , a spokeswoman","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The French Foreign Ministry and a top African Union official have denounced a military coup in the west African nation of Niger . The ministry said France `` condemns all taking of power by nonconstitutional means '' and calls on people in Niger `` to show responsibility in the interest of the country , '' which gained its independence from France in 1960 . Jean Ping , the chairman of the 53-nation African Union , meanwhile , called for a quick return of `` constitutional order '' and said the organization is ready to help facilitate the process . He said he had been following developments in the nation with concern after a Niger military official announced the constitution had been suspended . President Mamadou Tandja is said to be detained in a military camp . The violence may have been prompted by a collapse of talks between the government and the opposition over a recent referendum allowing the president to hold power indefinitely , according to the United Nations , which also called for a quick resolution . French journalist Diallo Doudacar said the situation in Niger was calm Friday . `` The children are"}
-{"answer":"mother , Lisa Sams , according to police in Paradise , California , a town of 27,000 people about 90 miles north of Sacramento . Watch the family talk about their `` scary '' ordeal '' `` I 'm glad I 'm home . Praise God , '' Dominguez told reporters after exiting a chopper at the search command post . `` It was awful . '' Asked how he survived , he replied , `` Jesus Christ . '' Dominguez said he used branches and sticks to spell out the word `` Help '' near the culvert , where the three slept the last two nights -- at times sleeping with their feet inside each other 's shirts to help stave off frostbite . He said his daughter was the first to hear a California Highway Patrol helicopter overhead . He said he ran though several feet of snow barefooted to wave it down . `` When they turned around , man , I was just praising God and saying , ` Thank you Lord , thank you Lord , ' because I knew we had made it , '' he said . Police vehicles equipped with snow chains","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Stranded in the snowy California woods for three days after losing their way while searching for a Christmas tree , a father and his three children fashioned a `` Help '' sign out of twigs on a nearby unpaved road , according to the helicopter pilots who found them . Lexi and Joshua Dominguez exit a helicopter Wednesday , shortly after being found . The four sought shelter from the heavy snow in a culvert and removed their sodden socks in an effort to stay warm and dry while they waited for rescue , the pilots said . Frederick Dominguez said that during the three-day ordeal , he and his children slept inside a log for warmth and ripped apart their shirts to wrap their wet , freezing feet . `` You just go to survival mode , '' he said . `` Every parent would do that . You would do anything , sacrifice yourself , because these are your kids . '' Dominguez and his children -- Christopher , 18 ; Lexi , 14 ; and Joshua , 12 -- were reported missing Monday night by Dominguez 's former wife and the children 's"}
-{"answer":"Lazarus wrote in a 2004 column for CNN . `` The effect of such partisan gerrymandering is to block new entrants into high political office and to make the result of almost every congressional election a foregone conclusion . This , in turn , effectively disenfranchises all those voters who do n't support the preordained winner , '' he wrote . In 2006 , the Supreme Court threw out part of a Texas congressional map , but found the overall redistricting plan orchestrated by House Republicans acceptable . The redistricting helped Republicans in Texas defeat four Democratic congressmen in the 2004 elections . The court ruled that the redistricting plan , promoted by then-U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay , unfairly weakened the voting strength of Latinos in two congressional districts . `` A state may not trade off the rights of some members of a racial group against the rights of other members of that group , '' wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy . `` The question is therefore not whether line-drawing in the challenged area as a whole dilutes minority voting strength , but whether line-drawing dilutes the voting strength of the Latinos in -LSB- Texas ' -RSB- District","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nearly two centuries ago Wednesday , Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed an obscure redistricting law that helped his party stay in office and , more importantly , codified one of the most enduring legacies in U.S. politics : gerrymandering . The U.S. House of Represenatives , home to many beneficiaries of gerrymandering . Now a part of an American lexicon often heard in Washington 's K Street bars and among `` inside-the-beltway '' crowds , the term is seen as a combination of the governor 's name and the word `` salamander , '' because of the salamander-like shape one electoral district took on after the redistricting . Elected governor in 1810 , Gerry signed the redistricting bill two years later , enabling greater and perhaps disproportionate Republican representation in the Massachusetts legislature . The controversial move has become a favorite across the country among incumbent parties , which pack opposition voters into districts already lost in an effort to minimize the opposition 's influence over the state 's broader electorate . But some political analysts cry foul . `` In the end , democracy comes out the big loser , '' former federal prosecutor Edward"}
-{"answer":"has been Prime Minister of Italy seven times . His Christian Democrat Party was the leading force in Italian politics as a one-party system for four decades . The rules of the game were shattered in the early 1990s by `` Tangentopoli '' or Bribesville -- a corruption scandal that laid bare some of the government 's unsavory practices , ruining careers and resulting in the suicides of some leading politicians . Andreotti himself was implicated in illegal activities , including connections to the Mafia , but was finally acquitted of all charges . Today , he is a senator for life . Something of the man 's influence in all spheres of Italian public life becomes clear when Sorrentino -- who says he is not a political director , `` only in this case '' -- explains how hard he found it to fund the film . `` In Italy nobody wanted to finance the film because everybody was scared , '' Sorrentino told CNN . `` He has been a very powerful man for many years . '' Sorrentino managed eventually to secure funding from a private source . `` It is not easy for Italian companies to","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man walks around the side of a building , footsteps falling in time to the heartbeat of a driving pop soundtrack , pulls out a pistol and guns down another man . Tony Servillo as arch-manipulator and seven time Italian Prime Minister , Guilio Andreotti , in Paolo Sorrentino 's `` Il Divo . '' A montage of grisly murders follows , all with the same infectious pop song pounding in the background . It 's edge-of-the-seat stuff and it 's only the opening sequence of gifted Italian director Paolo Sorrentino 's biopic of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti , `` Il Divo . '' Sorrentino 's film chronicles the career of probably the most important and controversial politico in Italy 's recent history . But , more than that , it pins Andreotti to the specimen board and dissects his character without mercy . The film caught the eye of the judges at Cannes Film Festival last year where it picked up the Jury Prize . Predictably , Andreotti did n't react well to the film . `` He was very angry , '' recalls Sorrentino . Now 91 years-old , Andreotti"}
-{"answer":"-- something done to put the staff in high alert in anticipation of trauma patients . A woman who answered the T2 Lab 's 24-hour facility emergency phone said the plant manufactures ecotane , a gasoline additive that reduces tailpipe emissions , according to the laboratory 's Web site . See a map of the site of the explosion '' The billowing black smoke could be seen from the city 's downtown , said Florida Times-Union reporter Bridget Murphy . Murphy said she talked to several workers as they walked out of the area , and they were `` shaken to the core . '' `` They described a hissing noise and then a sound wave , '' she said . Antonio Padrigan was trying to get in touch with his son , who works in a plant in the area , but was having no luck reaching him on his cell phone . `` He was shook up when he called me , but I ca n't get through to him anymore , '' Padrigan said . `` I do n't know if he 's in the hospital or what . '' CNN I-Reporters Jonathan Payne and his son","question":"JACKSONVILLE , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Four people were killed and several injured after an explosion Wednesday at a chemical plant sent a thick plume of smoke over a section of Jacksonville , authorities said . A thick plume of smoke rises Wednesday at a chemical plant in Jacksonville , Florida . `` Literally , it 's a hellish inferno . There is no other way to describe it , '' said Fire Department spokesman Tom Francis . Fourteen people were hospitalized after the blast at the T2 Lab on Faye Road , in an industrial area on the waterfront in north Jacksonville , Francis said . Officials initially ordered an evacuation of nearby businesses , but by 4 p.m. the order had been lifted after tests of the air found no toxicity , Francis said . Firefighters were still battling hot spots , and the effort will be going on for `` quite some time , '' he said . See an I-Report account about the blast '' Six of those injured were transported to Shands Hospital in Jacksonville , hospital spokeswoman Kelly Brockmeier said . A Shands official said the hospital incident command system had been activated"}
-{"answer":"behind the Washington-area sniper attacks of 2002 , is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening at a state prison near Jarratt , Virginia . During two lengthy trials -- including one featuring testimony from young accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo -- and in several years of legal appeals , John Muhammad has continued to profess his innocence . Prosecutors say John Muhammad intended the killings to provide a smokescreen to cover up his real goal -- killing his ex-wife Mildred and gaining custody of his three children . Muhammad said she divorced John Muhammad because of abuse and has not visited him since he was in prison . `` I feel that all of my efforts , all of my energy is to help my children through this emotional turmoil that they are going through , '' said Muhammad . `` I do n't have an emotional attachment to John . '' John Muhammad 's other ex-wife , Carol Williams , also talked to King Monday . Williams , John Muhammad 's first wife , said she plans to visit him in prison with their son Tuesday before the execution . Williams also brought letters that John Muhammad wrote","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- His shooting spree left at least 10 dead and millions terrified of bullets coming from an unseen sniper . But Mildred Muhammad believes she was the ultimate target of her ex-husband , John Allan Muhammad , the man dubbed the `` D.C. Sniper . '' And for some time , Muhammad said she felt extreme guilt for the victims that were gunned down in grocery store parking lots and gas stations . The youngest was a 13-year-old boy who was shot while walking to his Maryland school . Muhammad spoke about the guilt she felt after the killing spree on CNN 's `` Larry King Live '' on Monday night , the day before her ex-husband was scheduled to be executed . Muhammad said she has gradually gotten over her guilty feelings and focused on her three children . `` I felt that way initially because I had done everything I knew how to do to bring attention to how dangerous he was to me , '' Muhammad said . `` I had no idea his anger would extend beyond me , to include all people in his killings . '' John Muhammad , the mastermind"}
-{"answer":"quit international football , '' he told British newspaper The Independent in 2004 . `` African football needs the same calendar as Europe otherwise its best players are going to suffer . '' He was talked into returning , only to quit again after the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations when the president of the South African FA , Mubarak Mahomad , made an uncomplimentary comment about his performance . That period of self-imposed exile lasted 20 months , until new coach Carlos Alberto Parreira flew to Great Britain to talk to McCarthy , who was now at Blackburn Rovers . But after Parreira quit to care for his sick wife , McCarthy fell out with replacement boss Joel Santana after he refused to play in two warm up matches last March . Despite pleas from South African President Jacob Zuma , Santana refused to pick him . But a run of eight defeats in nine games , which saw the team slump to 86th on the FIFA rankings , Santana was sacked . With goals being South Africa 's biggest problem , it was no surprise that returning coach Parreira made persuading McCarthy to return , for a second","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As hosts of the largest carnival in world football , the pressure is on for South Africa 's national football team to ignite the imagination of local fans by performing well at the 2010 World Cup . If Bafana Bafana is to succeed in their mission , conventional wisdom would be that coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will turn to his best players to deliver results . However , despite firing in 31 goals in 77 appearances to become South Africa 's all-time record goal scorer , Benni McCarthy has had question marks hanging over his participation for his country come June . The prolific striker , who plays for English Premier League side Blackburn Rovers , has only recently returned from a period of international exile , just the latest incident in a stormy history with his country 's football team . He first angered Bafana Bafana fans by going into international retirement in 2002 aged just 25 . The reason ? Traveling to international games was hampering his ability to play European football for Celta Vigo and , later , Porto . `` The whole pattern was killing my career , that 's why I"}
-{"answer":"technical knowledge could be transformed into new technologies . At the start of his electric light research Edison described his vision for an entire electric light and power system and then used the knowledge of decades of research on incandescent lamps and generators to create the first viable incandescent lamp and the entire electric light and power system that made it commercially viable . Similarly , before developing the Macintosh computer , Jobs envisioned how two decades of work on graphical user interfaces and the computer mouse could transform the way people used computers , and also how the development of touchscreens and miniaturization could be transformed into the smartphone . In developing new technologies , both men focused on the long-term . They understood that innovation does not happen overnight and were willing to commit considerable resources to a process that might result in failure . In fact , both had notable commercial failures . With Jobs it was the NeXT computer , and with Edison it was a method for processing low-grade iron ore . Neither was a technical failure , however , and they became successful elements in subsequent innovations . The software that drove the NeXT","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The death of Steve Jobs has renewed comparisons to another great innovator who died 80 years ago this month -- Thomas Edison . But there are important differences between the two men . In the 80 years between their deaths , consumers came to dominate the economy , a transformation that was only beginning during the later years of Edison 's life . Steve Jobs was a master at understanding how to create transformative consumer technologies . Although Edison was a key innovator in two consumer technologies -- sound recording and motion pictures -- he struggled to understand the consumer markets he helped to create . His most important technological innovation was the electrical system , which made possible the personal computers , music players and smartphones innovated by Jobs . Edison was also more involved in the day-to-day work of invention than Jobs , and his other great innovation was the industrial research and development laboratory While the differences between Edison and Jobs are important , so , are their similarities . These offer lessons for other innovators . Jobs and Edison succeeded because they were good at envisioning how long-term developments in scientific and"}
-{"answer":"Police Chief Mario Andresol said on Monday . `` We have new area to protect and new people to protect . It 's another kind of security we have to ensure . This is the toughest one . '' Full coverage | Twitter updates It will be an overwhelming task . The Port-au-Prince police force of 4,000 has plunged to about 1,500 -- the rest of the officers dead , wounded or missing , Andresol said . Complicating matters , about 4,000 convicted criminals are on the loose . The capital 's 95-year-old , badly overcrowded National Penitentiary collapsed after the quake , and the inmates escaped . `` We have an emergency now , '' Andresol said . `` Because , probably next week , we will have more confusion on the street . The bad guys will be organizing themselves , and they can be the most principal threat to the police and the population . '' Police presence at these new neighborhoods is sporadic . With electricity lines down throughout the city , residents bunch up their meager belongings into pillows and sleep on them after dark . iReport : Looking for loved ones `` You put","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the best of times , the Champs de Mars square in downtown Port-au-Prince was an awe-inspiring sight for Haitians . The broad boulevard was home to the majestic presidential palace , the seat of the country 's power and prestige . Not anymore . The century-old gleaming white palace is in ruins . And in the shadow of its wrought-iron gates , the immaculately maintained plaza has been overtaken by row upon haphazard row of makeshift shacks as far as the eye dwells . These are the new homes of the capital 's displaced residents : rickety quarters comprised of bed sheets , propped up on sticks and held together with ropes . Nearly 500,000 Haitians have moved here , rendered homeless by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated the impoverished island-nation a week ago . Throughout the capital , and in other affected areas of the country , similar tent cites have risen -- cramped , squalid encampments filled with the few belongings that residents have salvaged . As rescue and recovery efforts continue , these mini-cities pose Haiti 's next challenge . `` This is the biggest one , '' National"}
-{"answer":"military 's point of view , based on interviews with surviving troops and residents where the attack took place . He and embassy officials at the briefing spoke on the condition of anonymity , preferring for their military and civilian leadership in Islamabad to speak on the record . At issue is whether Pakistani troops were the target of the attacks . The Pakistani officials at the briefing argued that well-established operating procedures and an intricate system for operational information sharing were deliberately ignored , which led to the tragic incident that killed 24 Pakistani `` martyrs . '' American officials told CNN that U.S. forces checked first with their Pakistani counterparts before launching the strike . Before calling in airstrikes , the U.S. forces checked with a Pakistani liaison team . They were not seeking permission -- because the airstrikes were described as a matter of self-defense -- but were making sure Pakistani troops were n't in what was called a poorly marked border area , the officials said . After that consultation , the U.S. believed there were no Pakistani forces nearby , which turned out not to be true . U.S. military officials would not comment on","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pakistan 's military insists that the NATO strike last month that killed more than two dozen Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border was deliberate . In an effort to pre-empt the results of NATO 's official investigation , due out next week , the Pakistani Embassy in Washington invited reporters for a detailed briefing on the incident . Pakistani military officials at the briefing contended that NATO forces knew they were firing at Pakistani troops throughout the attack and even apologized as they kept firing , evidence they say supports their assertions the attack was deliberate . U.S. officials have said it was a regrettable case of mistaken identity and miscommunication when NATO attacked the area in support of a nearby U.S.-Afghan joint patrol that believed it was under fire from the Taliban . `` I have a story to tell and this is the story of those brave people who left us in the middle of a cold , November night on a barren mountain top , '' a senior Pakistani defense official began . Using maps , photos and PowerPoint charts , he offered a painstaking recreation of the incident from the Pakistani"}
-{"answer":"who says he traveled to Pakistan in September 2007 to fight against Americans in Afghanistan -- stated that between March and July 2008 he attended three al Qaeda training courses , which focused on weapons , explosives , and rocket-based or - propelled weaponry . During these classes , attended by 10-20 recruits , Vinas was taught how to handle a large variety of weapons and explosives , some of them of military grade sophistication , according to his account . Read how al Qaeda is now operating Vinas stated he became familiar with seeing , smelling and touching different explosives such as TNT , as well as plastic explosives such as RDX , Semtex , C3 and C4 -- the explosive U.S. authorities have stated was used in al Qaeda 's attack on the USS Cole in 2000 . Vinas also learned how to make vests for suicide bombers . Vinas stated he was also instructed how to prepare and place fuses , how to test batteries , how to use voltmeters and how to build circuitry for a bomb . Read how Vinas met with al Qaeda leaders According to his account , al Qaeda also offered a","question":"Editor 's note : This story is based on interrogation reports that form part of the prosecution case in the forthcoming trial of six Belgian citizens charged with participation in a terrorist group . Versions of those documents were obtained by CNN from the defense attorney of one of those suspects . The statement by Bryant Vinas was compiled from an interview he gave Belgian prosecutors in March 2009 in New York and was confirmed by U.S. prosecutors as authentic . The statement by Walid Othmani was given to French investigators and was authenticated by Belgian prosecutors . Al Qaeda recruits say they received training in how to handle rockets , explosives and bombs . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The interrogations of two accused Westerners who say they trained and fought with al Qaeda in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region provide an inside view of the terror group 's organizational structures . Arguably , they shed more light on the state of al Qaeda than any material previously released into the public domain . The documents reveal training programs and the protective measures the terrorist organization has taken against increasingly effective U.S. missile strikes . Bryant Vinas -- a U.S. citizen"}
-{"answer":"while another soldier was trying to earn money for desert boots , gloves , and sunglasses , the Telegraph said . Hearing the soldiers ' stories while at the same time looking through what were revealed as excessive claims made by lawmakers , prompted the mole to take action , the newspaper said . `` It 's not easy to watch footage on the television news of a coffin draped in a Union Jack and then come in to work the next day and see on your computer screen what -LRB- members of Parliament -RRB- are taking for themselves , '' the mole told the Telegraph . `` Hearing from the serving soldiers about how they were having to work there to earn enough money to buy themselves decent equipment , while the MPs could find public money to buy themselves all sorts of extravagances , only added to the feeling that the public should know what was going on . '' Watch report on what prompted outrage '' The Telegraph does not name the man who leaked the claims . He tells his story in a book , `` No Expenses Spared , '' released Friday about the scandal","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The person who leaked British lawmakers ' controversial expense claims earlier this year , triggering a national scandal , was motivated by outrage at apparent equipment shortages for British troops , a newspaper said Friday . The mole was angry at apparent equipment shortages for British troops deployed around the world . The mole was one of 20 people employed to process and censor the expenses claims before their scheduled official release in July , according to The Daily Telegraph . The man leaked the claims to the Telegraph , which printed them in a series of front-page articles in May . The articles brought public embarrassment to Parliament and even forced some lawmakers to resign . The 20 employees going through the claims were guarded by British soldiers to ensure nothing was leaked . The soldiers were working there in between tours of duty in order to earn extra money to pay for badly needed military equipment , the Telegraph said . One of the soldiers had taken on the temporary work to earn enough money to buy a lightweight Kevlar protective vest similar to the ones used by U.S. troops ,"}
-{"answer":", which do n't work . Instead , we focus on love , saying that it is love that should be contagious and couples should get tested together , '' McNeill explained . Would you get tested with your partner ? Tell us in the Soundoff below But in a country where a macho culture still prevails , getting couples tested together has proved challenging . McNeill said : `` In Swaziland it is difficult to convince men to get tested as it makes them feel inferior . '' PSI said it found that one of the most successful campaigning tools has been to directly target men in areas where they are often concentrated . `` We go to the places where men have their cattle disinfected and also work extensively in churches . We even have a testing facility in one of the countries ' prisons '' said Iulian Circo , PSI 's country director . Watch PSI in action in Swaziland `` Men are the head of the family and we try to get them to own up to that responsibility . '' PSI Swaziland received $ 3 million this year from the United States ' President 's","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Couples in the African kingdom of Swaziland are being urged to get tested together as part of a HIV `` love test '' campaign . A couple discusses the love test with a PSI member . Before the campaign , only 2 percent of couples got tested . The nationwide initiative -- funded by the United States government and implemented by global charity ` Population Services International ' -LRB- PSI -RRB- -- is aimed at couples because tests can be useless if partners are not aware of the others ' HIV status . `` If partners get tested separately , they may not disclose the results and not get the support they need , '' Dominic McNeill , spokesman for PSI Swaziland , told CNN . Only one in four people -- mostly female -- know their HIV status despite the fact that approximately 26 percent of the population in Swaziland is HIV positive . The charity says it also wanted to move away from the traditional HIV campaigning methods . `` We wanted to turn HIV on its head and move away from the fear-inducing campaigns we 've seen in the past"}
-{"answer":"violates the rights of workers wanting to unionize . It has made the company a target of repeated protests for about three years . But Bego said the claims are unfounded , and it 's the union that has harassed him . Watch how company , union are at odds '' He said the union has sent his clients threatening letters for using his company , staged noisy protests , confronted employees , blocked building entrances and released balloons in a client 's building to disrupt business . He said his workers do n't want a union , because they make more in pay and benefits without having to pay SEIU 's labor dues . `` We have several hundred people working for us in Indianapolis -LSB- alone -RSB- , '' Bego said . `` They 've been after us for almost three years , and they 've got only about 10 or 12 people interested in what they said . If our people really needed protecting , do n't you think they 'd be out in mass droves in the street with the union protesting EMS ? Do you think we 'd still be in business ? I do","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Union workers armed with an estimated 1.5 million signatures converged on Washington on Wednesday , demanding that Congress pass their highest-priority legislation . Union chief Andy Stern wants workers to have another way to organize besides relying on a secret ballot . They are lobbying for the Employee Free Choice Act . The legislation would allow a company 's employees to openly sign a card demanding a union and then , if a majority sign , the company involved would have 90 days to negotiate . The act would also stiffen federal laws that bar employers from intimidating or firing workers who try to bring in a union . But while the battle is just beginning on Capitol Hill , business owners like Dave Bego have been in the center of the fight for some time . Bego , of Indianapolis , Indiana , is the owner of EMS , a company that provides janitors to businesses around the country . The family-owned company has been under fire by one of the nation 's most powerful labor organizations , the Service Employees International Union . The 1.8 million-member SEIU argues that EMS intimidates , harasses and"}
-{"answer":"of protests '' Students rallied Friday in response to the shooting of the 17-year-old . One of the rallies was planned for central Athens ; the other in the suburb where the student was shot . Later in the day , scores of artists are scheduled to gather in central Athens to stage a protest concert in response to the initial shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos . Daily protests since the December 6 shooting , including riots , have thrown Greece into turmoil and have become a simmering anger about the conservative government 's handling of the economy , education , and jobs . A string of labor unions called on workers to march on Parliament Friday to protest the voting of the 2009 state budget , which calls for additional belt-tightening measures in response to the global financial crisis . Student unions were also gathering to across the country to determine their course of action for the next few weeks . At least 800 high schools and 200 universities remain shut as thousands of youths have seized the grounds and campuses in protest . The unrest is threatening the government 's hold on power , with some opposition groups","question":"ATHENS , Greece -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands of youths demonstrated in central Athens Friday as anger flared in the Greek capital following the shooting of another teenager . High school students protest in front of their school in the western Athens suburb of Peristeri . A group of youths targeted the French Institute , a language and cultural institute , and police scrambled to the scene to contain the incident . The situation began heating up during a protest rally Thursday that followed the bizarre shooting of a high school student in an Athens suburb earlier this week . The 17-year-old was hit in the hand by an unknown assailant as he was talking to a group of schoolmates in the western suburb of Peristeri . Initial police reports showed the student -- the son of a leading trade unionist -- was hit with a .38 - caliber handgun . Police said no officers were patrolling the region at the time of the incident . The mysterious shooting has enflamed widespread student anger over the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy December 6 , which sparked Greece 's worst riots in decades . Watch more about the flare-up"}
-{"answer":"mark for the second wicket at the venue . The opener thought he was out soon after reaching his 19th century in the five-day format , but England wicketkeeper Matt Prior admitted that the edge off seamer Graham Onions had not carried . Amla finally fell to a bat-pad catch by Alistair Cook off Swann , falling five runs short of his eighth Test ton as he hit 14 boundaries off 156 deliveries . First-innings centurion Jacques Kallis was unbeaten on 20 at stumps , with Smith having plundered 22 boundaries in his 243 balls at the crease . Earlier , Morne Morkel -LRB- 5-75 -RRB- took two wickets in two balls to put England on the back foot , with Swann caught at slip by Smith for five from a fierce rising delivery and James Anderson following in identical fashion . Prior , who was 52 overnight , hit out to get England close to parity before dragging a short ball from Dale Steyn -LRB- 4-74 -RRB- onto his wicket to be last out for 76 . England coach Andy Flower said Wednesday 's morning session would prove vital for his side , who lead 1-0 after winning the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Captain Graeme Smith ground out a potentially match-winning century to put South Africa on top in the third cricket Test against England at Newlands on Tuesday . The left-hander was unbeaten on 162 at stumps on the third day , having added a record 230 for the second wicket with Hashim Amla -LRB- 95 -RRB- as the home side reached 312-2 in Cape Town 's intense heat . England struggled from the outset , losing two wickets in the day 's opening over and added just 32 runs to their overnight total of 241-7 . That gave the Proteas a first-innings lead of 18 runs , and it looked like the home side might also find batting difficult when makeshift opener Ashwell Prince continued his miserable series , falling leg before wicket to spinner Graeme Swann for 15 . But Smith and Amla set about the English attack , who gained no profit from a controversial incident when seamer Chris Broad stood on the ball with his studded boots before lunch when it was still relatively new . Smith survived a series of close calls and decision referrals as the duo set a new Test highest"}
-{"answer":"to reach for a book rather than a football . `` As young , black Americans our society and our communities had told us that the only way we could make it out is if we entertain , '' said Cortez Tarver , 28 , who cuts hair at the University Barbershop , just down the street from the historically black Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University . Hear Tarver talk about Obama 's win '' `` They want us to be funny . They want us to cook their food , entertain them and play their sports -- and we do all that , we 're just going to fit in . '' The media reinforce the erroneous notion that successful black men exist only in the realms of hip hop , football and basketball , Tarver said . The result is that fewer and fewer African-American children aspire to occupations like doctor and lawyer , he said . All that changed after Obama locked up the Electoral College vote on Tuesday night . `` Now , they can say they want to be president , '' Tarver said of young blacks . `` This shows us , hey","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Rev. Martin Luther King is looking down on the United States , smiling , Otis Sutton said Wednesday . Otis Sutton , 78 , recalls how times have changed since he grew up in the segregated South . `` That 's what he wanted . He 'd been preaching that all along , '' Sutton , 78 , said of the nation electing its first African-American president . Sutton , who has worked on and off at the historic Busy Bee Cafe in Atlanta , Georgia , since it opened in 1947 , was baptized by the civil rights icon 's father , King Sr . He remembers playing pick-up football games in a dirt lot with King Jr. when they were both youngsters in Atlanta . Asked if King Jr. was any good at football , Sutton chuckled . `` He liked to read and study , '' he said with a reverence that prohibited him from disparaging King Jr. in any way , `` but he loved the game . '' Walk around Atlanta and you 'll find plenty of African-Americans who hope Sen. Barack Obama will inspire young people"}
-{"answer":"himself for five years , he says teachers just like to complain . He does n't say why he is no longer teaching , but he applauds the firing and blames the teachers . Superintendent Gallo agrees . She fired all of them . Everyone agrees that the K-12 schools are failing , but the reasons are not as simple as Navarrette and Gallo think . Firing all the teachers is not the answer . Closing schools is not the answer . Schools are n't failing because the teachers do n't care or are n't trying . It 's not because teachers fail to follow the curriculum . It is n't because they are poorly paid . Teachers go into teaching because they want to make a difference and help kids . They certainly do n't go into teaching to get rich . They do n't want to do a bad job , either ; no one likes to fail . A recent survey of 40,000 teachers by the Gates Foundation shows that teachers are more interested in reform than money . If you examine Central Falls High School closely , a few things stand out : More than 96","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Little Rhode Island made big news in the education arena last month . Superintendent Frances Gallo fired all the teachers at Central Falls High School after negotiations with the teachers ' union failed . The move was triggered by low test scores -- only 7 percent of 11th-graders passed the state math tests , and 50 percent of the students at Central Falls failed to graduate in four years . Appalling numbers . Gallo wanted teachers to increase the length of the school day and spend time tutoring kids . The teachers ' union was not convinced . Even President Obama got involved and supported the firing , saying , `` If a school continues to fail its students year after year after year , if it does n't show signs of improvement , then there 's got to be a sense of accountability . '' Yes , accountability is right , but who is supposed to be accountable for this massive failure to learn ? The general consensus is that the teachers are responsible . Is it really all the teachers ' fault ? Columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. thinks so . Having been a teacher"}
-{"answer":"Eduardo Montealegre , a representative from the opposition Independent Liberal Party . The Organization of American States says its vote count echoes the official election results . But one local pro-democracy group says the problems the organization identified would equally impact their own tallies . `` It 's not that the results changed on the way -LRB- to be counted -RRB- , it 's that the absolute power of the councils overseeing the polls did not allow any challenges , '' said Roberto Bendana , president of We Make Democracy . Last week U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland weighed in over reports of procedural irregularities and voter intimidation . `` Frankly , if the Nicaraguan government had nothing to hide , it should have allowed a broad complement of international monitors , '' she told reporters in Washington . Disputes over the results have caused confrontations between protesters and authorities , said Marcos Carmona , executive secretary of Nicaragua 's Permanent Human Rights Commission . `` We have reports from different citizens about aggression on the part of the National Police , '' he said , including the deaths of a father and two sons . Last week a","question":"Managua , Nicaragua -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nicaragua 's election officials have officially declared President Daniel Ortega 's victory , but opponents are protesting the results . A report from the Organization of American States indicated `` irregularities in the elections , '' but supported official results saying that Ortega won re-election after garnering more than 62 % of votes . `` A process is legitimate if the people feel that there wishes were respected , and that is what we are experiencing here , '' said Roberto Rivas , president of Nicaragua 's election authority . But protests and clashes throughout the country after the November 6 elections have left at least four people dead and dozens injured , police said . According to a report presented by the Organization of American States ' election observers , irregularities during elections included problems providing identification card to vote , problems in the accreditation of observers and imbalances in political parties present at polling stations . For opponents of Ortega , the report shows evidence of fraud . `` Obviously here transparency is missing . They did n't take a series of legal steps that they should have , '' said"}
-{"answer":"them . Chris went to get his cat and put the cat in the carrier , '' Carol Quinn , who lives in Orlando , Florida , told CNN . `` When he came back , the truck was totally engulfed in flames . `` The flames were closing in , and he did n't know if Matt and Cathy were in the truck , and he took off running . '' The family did not live in a mandatory evacuation area but faced gusty winds and a wall of flames 30 feet high , she said . She said they had called the sheriff 's department shortly before their truck was engulfed . Another person was killed just west of Dallas and Fort Worth in what 's being called the Cement Mountain fire , the Texas Fire Service reported Friday afternoon . Wildfires are also burning in Oklahoma . In Midwest City , one of the places hit hardest by the flames , fire officials said at least one of the fires appears to have been intentionally set -- although they stopped short of calling it arson . See where the fires are burning '' `` We 'd like","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Texas couple who were burned to death in the Texas wildfires Thursday had been packing their truck to evacuate their home but were unable to escape fast-moving flames , a relative told CNN Friday . A house burns after wildfires raced through rural Montague County in Texas . `` I think they underestimated how fast it was moving , '' said Carol Quinn , the daughter-in-law of victim Matt Quinn . `` I think this was very fast and very hot . ... It is an awful story . '' Matt Quinn , 80 , and his wife , Cathy , were two of the three confirmed fatalities in Thursday 's fires . Matt Quinn was a former reporter for the Dallas-Fort Worth station WFAA-TV and had spent his life in journalism . The Quinns lived in rural Montague County . The couple 's son Chris , 30 , was hospitalized in fair condition with second - and third-degree burns and was expected to recover , Carol Quinn said . Chris had gone to look for his cat as the family prepared to leave in advance of the fires . `` There were three of"}
-{"answer":", it 's a fanciful ice castle that 's rebuilt every November with an unparalleled level of artistry -- which explains why each winter 16,000 guests pay hundreds of dollars a night to sleep on a slab of ice and thousands more make the trek just to tour the rooms for the day . The 30 most elaborate suites are the handiwork of a team of artists -- sculptors , painters , architects , even comic book illustrators -- many of whom have never worked with ice before . Wielding chain saws and chisels , they spend weeks crafting frozen furniture while electricians install lights to provide an ethereal glow . Surreal ? Exceedingly . This winter , German furniture maker Jens Paulus and American industrial designer Joshua Space created a space-station room straight out of `` Star Trek , '' with giant carvings of the sun and moon on opposing walls and twinkling lights in the ceiling . British decorator Ben Rousseau and graffiti artist Insa devised the Getting Cold Feet suite , with oversize high-heeled ice shoes beside the bed . Twenty-nine unadorned snow caves offer a somewhat less pricey and more purist experience . Since no hotel","question":"-LRB- Budget Travel -RRB- -- I 've never been a fan of the cold . As a kid , my favorite part of skiing was the hot chocolate , and I relished blizzards for the snow days , not the snowball fights . So when I booked a trip to the Icehotel in northern Sweden , my family and friends were amused -- and a bit concerned , especially when I got sick days before my flight . `` You ca n't go to the Arctic with a cold ! '' my mother admonished . The hotel in northern Sweden opens every year in early December and closes at the end of April . But I had good reason for wanting to sleep in a glorified freezer : As an environmental reporter , I was curious to see a place where people have turned snow and ice into a moneymaker , one that 's spawned copycats in frigid spots from Canada to Romania . Conceived by Yngve Bergqvist , a river-rafting guide who wanted to lure visitors to the Arctic north during the winter , the Icehotel started out in 1990 as nothing more than a crude igloo . Now"}
-{"answer":"a charge that was later dropped . Exactly what happened inside Gates ' home may never be known , but it seems clear that the key players in this saga brought their own personal history with race to the moment . That was true of Gates and Crowley , as well as the nation 's first African-American president . All three will meet for a beer today at the White House to help chill the furor over Gates ' arrest and , in Obama 's words , try to turn the events of the past two weeks into a `` teachable moment . '' `` White woman '' targeted It 's a bit ironic , said Whalen 's attorney Wendy Murphy , that the three people who `` reacted badly '' will sit down together while the `` one person who did not overreact '' will be at work Thursday . `` Maybe it 's a guy thing , '' Murphy said , adding of Whalen : `` She does n't like beer anyway . '' Watch Whalen describe `` painful '' criticism '' Gates ' arrest sparked heated rhetoric on TV , radio and the Internet . Initially ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lucia Whalen strolled down a sidewalk near Harvard University , enjoying a lunchtime ritual she 'd repeated many times in her 15 years working in Cambridge , Massachusetts . But on this day , July 16 , her outing would become something else altogether -- the first steps in a national drama . President Obama has invited police Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates for beer . An older woman approached Whalen , worried that she 'd just witnessed two men breaking into a home . That 's when Whalen , a first-generation Portuguese-American , called 911 from her cell phone -- alerting police to 17 Ware St. -- the home , as it turns out , of renowned Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. . Whalen 's call -- now clearly the well-intentioned act of a passerby -- ignited a firestorm over race and police relations , a national debate that went all the way to the White House . It was a call she says she never expected to be `` analyzed by an entire nation . '' Gates was arrested by Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley for disorderly conduct ,"}
-{"answer":"forward to me and his behavior had changed from when I was having a discussion with him . I did n't know why . '' Gerrard said he was unaware that his friend John Doran had already punched McGee when he himself started to hit the 34-year-old . `` I am certainly mistaken in thinking he was coming towards me to throw punches at me , '' the midfielder said . `` Now I know , obviously , he had been struck , reacted and thought the strike was by me and he came into me and that 's when I reacted . I am sorry about the whole incident . `` I grabbed the back of his jumper as he moved forward to me . When I had hold of Marcus , I remember swinging my right hand two or three times . `` I was trying to stop still and I felt I had arms all over me . I could see a melee around Marcus McGee . When I was getting pulled away I realized people were patting me , some of whom were my friends . `` I wanted to help control the situation . I","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- English football star Steven Gerrard has admitted punching a man in a bar , but the Liverpool captain insisted in his court testimony that it was in self-defense . England international Steven Gerrard is in court defending his actions after a bar brawl late last year . The 29-year-old is facing a charge of affray after an incident in the early hours of December 29 , when he attacked businessman Marcus McGee following a dispute about the music that was being played . If found guilty , Gerrard faces a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a fine of $ 7,200 . Gerrard , who denies the charge , told a judge on Thursday that he was sorry about his actions in Southport 's Lounge Inn , but at the time he thought McGee was going to attack him . They had been involved in an argument after Gerrard tried to change the music on the bar 's sound system , but McGee would not let him , the UK Press Association reported . `` I thought he was going to hit me , '' Gerrard said . `` He was on his way"}
-{"answer":"college admissions counselors . She represents a group of highly educated mothers who are sacrificing careers to usher their children through the increasingly competitive college admissions process . There are no statistics counting how many mothers compromise their careers to help their teens with college admissions , but college counselors say they 've witnessed more cases of mothers pausing their jobs or completely quitting their jobs . Over the past five years , Jeannie Borin , president of College Connections , says she saw a 10 percent uptick in mothers who quit or postponed their career to get their teens into college . Her counseling company offers services in 32 states . These mothers , who can afford to quit their jobs , may stop working for months , a year or several years leading up to the admission process , say researchers and college admissions counselors . They reduce their full-time hours to part time or request a temporary leave . Because many of them have jobs that require advanced degrees and specific skills , it 's usually easier for them to transition back into the work force . `` They know it 's going to be an intense","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kajal Kumar knows the value of a good education . She 's a career woman who poured years of her life into studying to become a certified public accountant with an MBA . But after nearly two decades climbing the corporate ladder in New York , the 46-year-old stopped managing employees and began micromanaging her two daughters . Instead of overseeing company accounts , Kumar organizes piano lessons , SAT preparation courses and Advanced Placement class homework assignments . She wants to give her daughters a shot at a top-notch college education . `` I had a very good , promising career , '' Kumar said . `` But it was n't as important as making sure my kids did well and just setting them up for the future . '' Stay-at-home parenting is nothing new . About 5.1 million mothers stay at home full time , according to the U.S. Census Bureau . But Kumar 's decision to quit her job came at an unconventional time -- when her children were grown teenagers and had entered high school . Unlike maternity leave , think of Kumar 's time off as a college-prep leave , say"}
-{"answer":"the body of a 7-foot-7-inch , 500-pound half-ape , half-human creature while hiking in the north Georgia mountains in June . They said they put the carcass in a freezer and had spotted about three similar living creatures . `` We were not looking for Bigfoot , '' Whitton , a Clayton County , Georgia , police officer , said Friday during a news conference . `` We would n't know what we were doing if we did . '' He and Dyer insisted that scientific analysis would bear out their claim . The hoax was discovered after an `` expedited melting process , '' Kulls wrote . `` A break appeared up near the feet area ... as the team and I began examining this area near the feet , I observed the foot which looked unnatural , reached in and confirmed it was a rubber foot . '' Kulls said he contacted Tom Biscardi , the self-described `` Real Bigfoot Hunter '' who has been searching since 1971 for the creature of legend and appeared alongside Whitton and Dyer at the news conference . `` Later that day , Tom Biscardi informed us that both Matthew Whitton and","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Bigfoot in the freezer is made of rubber , a Web posting asserted Tuesday . The frozen creature reputed to be Bigfoot turned out to be made of rubber , an enthusaist reports . The initial promoter of two hikers ' claim that they found the body of Bigfoot in Georgia said he has determined that the discovery was a hoax . The body turned out to be rubber , and the two men who claimed that they found it , Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer , have admitted that it was a costume , said a posting Tuesday on the Web sites of Searching for Bigfoot Inc. and Squatchdetective . The posting purportedly was written by Steve Kulls , who maintains the Squatchdetective Web site and hosts a similarly named Internet radio program , where the find was announced weeks ago . In addition , Stanford University anthropologist Richard Klein said Monday that he was not aware he had been identified as participating in the project and would not be involved in any effort to examine the purported Bigfoot carcass . Whitton and Dyer announced last week that they had found"}
-{"answer":"'s mother , Katherine Jackson . Photos : Stars come out for memorial '' `` I ca n't make those answers , because ` should have ' and ` will ' are two different things , '' he said . Klein was scheduled to talk to CNN 's Larry King about Michael Jackson on Wednesday night . Klein 's response when Diane Sawyer asked whether he was the biological father of Jackson 's children left open the possibility that he was . Watch why Paris Jackson 's comments were a surprise '' `` Not to the best of my knowledge , '' Klein said . `` All I can tell you is , best of my knowledge , I am not the father of these children . But I am telling you , if push comes to shove , I ca n't say anything about . '' Klein said he `` ca n't answer it in any other way , because , you know what , I do n't want to feed any of this insanity that is going around . '' Katherine Jackson was given temporary guardianship of the children by a judge several days after her son 's","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson 's dermatologist did not rule out that he may be the biological father of Jackson 's children , and Dr. Arnold Klein denied that he ever gave Jackson dangerous drugs . When asked if he were the father of Jackson 's oldest children , Klein said `` not to the best of my knowledge . '' Klein , in an interview Wednesday on ABC 's `` Good Morning America , '' denied that he was on the list of doctors being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department . When he saw that someone gave Jackson a dangerous drug , he was the one `` who limited everything , who stopped everything , '' Klein said . Jackson danced around Klein 's Beverly Hills office just three days before his death and was `` not in terrible pain , '' Klein said . Debbie Rowe , who was briefly married to Jackson and gave birth to his two oldest children , worked for 23 years in Klein 's office , he said . The doctor refused to say whether he thought Rowe should get custody of them instead of Jackson"}
-{"answer":"country\u00c2 \u00b9 s most violent cities ahead of the 2014 World Cup . Rio de Janeiro Gov. Sergio Cabral said the so-called `` Shock of Peace '' operation was a `` historic chapter . '' `` We are rescuing communities that were abandoned for decades and dominated by parallel powers , '' he told reporters . `` These are people who need to be able to raise their children in peace . '' Residents told Band News TV that they were happy that police had stepped up their presence . The operation will have an impact beyond Rocinha , which supplies 80 % of the drugs in Rio de Janeiro , Congresswoman Marina Magessi told Band News TV . `` We are certain that from now until the end of the year , there will be a shortage of drugs present in Rio , '' said Magessi , a former police inspector responsible for catching some of Rio 's top criminals . Police have already `` pacified '' dozens of favelas since they began operations in 2008 , but it 's an uphill battle . About one-fifth of Rio\u00c2 \u00b9 s residents live in the city 's 1,000 shantytowns ,","question":"Sao Paulo , Brazil -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rio de Janeiro 's special police forces declared Sunday that they were in full control of one of the city 's biggest and most notorious shantytowns , Rocinha , after a predawn operation aimed at wresting control from drug traffickers . The operation , involving 3,000 police and security forces , had successfully occupied Rocinha and neighboring slums Vidigal and Chacara do Ceu , the Rio de Janeiro government said on its website . `` The next stage will be looking for the criminals that were able to get out of the places we are working , '' military police Col. Alberto Pinheiro Neto told reporters Sunday morning . About 100,000 people live in Rocinha . Some 200 navy commandos with armored personnel carriers and helicopters also participated in the operation . Roads were blocked at 2:30 a.m. and troops started moving in around 4 a.m. , according to the local government . CNN affiliate Band News TV showed military assault vehicles rolling in and heavily armed police patrolling the streets . The massive operation is part of Rio 's efforts to eliminate crime and arrest drug traffickers in one of the"}
-{"answer":"`` It said , ` We won the big one ' and then he just put the numbers down . '' Joanne Roth got the same e-mail . `` I thought we won $ 4 , because last week we won $ 7 , '' she said . `` I said , ` Do n't mess with me . ' '' Space played hardball with co-worker Oscar Oviedo , who had n't paid him yet for his share of the lottery tickets . `` This morning , I come into work early with him , '' said Oviedo , who soon received an instant message from Space . `` I got a surprise for you . Come over , '' the message said . Oviedo went to Space 's cubicle . `` He 's like , ` You got my money ? ' '' Oviedo said he thought , `` Wow , that was rude , '' but paid up . Space shook his hand and said : `` Now you 're a millionaire . '' They are n't officially millionaires at this point , because the winning ticket has n't been presented to lottery officials yet . `` In","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ten co-workers from New Jersey say they will split a $ 216 million Mega Millions jackpot , thanks to the five bucks they each kicked into a pool . Melanie Jacob , Linda Harrington and Bob Space , who bought the tickets , are three of the lucky winners . The 10 , who work for Chubb Commercial Insurance in Whitehouse Station , New Jersey , held a news conference Wednesday to announce their win . Bob Space of Toms River , New Jersey , held up a lottery ticket that clearly showed the winning numbers from Tuesday 's drawing : 26 , 32 , 35 , 43 , 52 and 10 . `` I checked and I rechecked and then I sent it to my wife , '' said Space , who purchased 50 sets of lottery numbers for himself and his nine co-workers from a Singin Oil gas station near his house on Monday . Watch man describe buying winning ticket '' Space went to work as usual on Wednesday morning , playing it coy . `` I got an e-mail , '' said Todd Ellis , the company 's chief information officer ."}
-{"answer":", according to a statement issued by the air traffic controllers association . The pilot notified controllers that the plane was at 9,000 feet and climbing , said Steve Wallace , Miami Center spokesman for the association . However , a controller at the center tried twice to raise the pilot after that and received no response , Wallace said . Hear audiotape of emergency landing '' After a few moments , a different voice came over the radio : Passenger Doug White told air traffic controllers the pilot was unconscious and they needed help . His wife and two teenage daughters were flying home to Louisiana with him , he said . Listen to White describe seeing the pilot 's eyes roll back in his head '' He reported the plane 's autopilot was on and the plane was continuing to climb from 10,000 feet . `` I told my girls to pray hard , '' White later told CNN television affiliate WINK . White later told the Naples Daily News he has a pilot 's license and about 130 hours experience flying a single engine Cessna , but had never flown the larger , faster King Air .","question":"MIAMI , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's a nightmarish scenario straight out of the movies : A passenger is forced to land a plane after its pilot becomes incapacitated . Passanger Doug White landed this Super King two-engine turboprop after the pilot fell unconscious . `` Descend and maintain 5,000 . Just take your time , we 'll set you up for the airport , '' an air traffic controller says . In a calm voice , a passenger responds : `` I need to get my throttle set for this descent . I do n't know where to set it at . '' The reality was playing aboard a plane over Florida on Sunday in what the National Air Traffic Controllers Association called `` an Easter miracle . '' The incident began about 1:30 p.m. . The plane , a Super King Air two-engine turboprop with four passengers on board , was headed to Jackson , Mississippi , from Marco Island , Florida , about 18 miles south of Naples . The plane entered the jurisdiction of air traffic control at Miami Center , the facility responsible for high-altitude air traffic in southern Florida and the Caribbean"}
-{"answer":"was crying , '' Freas said . `` I was so depressed . I turned on the TV . '' The set was tuned to ESPN , which was airing a story about a former drug addict who competed in triathlons . The program 's subject was Todd Crandell , who had lost a college hockey scholarship because of a drug addiction . After 13 years of using drugs , Crandell started competing in Ironman races and championed finding positive ways to fight addiction through his program called Racing for Recovery . `` Having an athletic background , I was drawn to getting back in shape , '' Crandell said . `` It makes you turn intellectually and spiritually fit . Exercise is essential . It decreases addiction , depression and you use it as part of the recovery . '' Freas was entranced by the parallels . `` His whole story seemed like mine , '' Freas said . `` That 's why it hit me so much . It was my story but it happened to somebody else . I knew I had to get back into fitness . '' He took a bus to Racing for Recovery","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When rehab and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings did n't work for Eddie Freas , he sought another way to kick his 20-year drug and alcohol addiction . Eddie Freas fights drug addiction by putting all his energy into training for triathlons . He swam 2.4 miles . He biked 112 miles . He ran 26.2 miles . The Pennsville , New Jersey , resident found relief in triathlons . `` I feel better when I 'm working out , '' said Freas , 33 . `` It does wonders for the mind . The reason I started running -- it was a switch that went off in my head . I started feeling positive and feeling great about myself . '' Freas spent his youth in pursuit of drugs . At the age of 13 , he snuck bottles of Amaretto and rum from his mother 's liquor cabinet . He also developed a taste for marijuana and cocaine . By his senior year of high school , Freas was kicked off the wrestling and football teams after failing a drug test . Then in 2007 , after a three-day binge , `` I came home and"}
-{"answer":"passengers like this is not going to do any good . You need to exercise leadership and responsibility . '' Martin said the flight attendant dismissed his words , as did the pilot when he took his concerns to the cockpit . See Martin 's visual posts from flight on Kontain.com Martin said the situation did not improve until the flight was finally canceled , 4 1\/2 hours after it parked at Stewart and nearly 12 hours after it took off from Los Angeles International , during which time passengers say they endured shortages of food and water , crying babies , panic attacks and rising tensions . Severe storms and heavy winds paralyzed traffic entering and leaving JFK airport Saturday night , causing most flights to be diverted . `` Although we can not control the weather or the circumstances , we agreed that we needed to have done a better job with making our guests more comfortable in a difficult situation , '' Virgin America spokeswoman Abby Lunardini said in an e-mail . But if the delay had occurred a few weeks later , Virgin America might have faced more than $ 3 million in fines for staying","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Passenger David Martin knew the situation on Virgin America Flight 404 was unraveling Saturday when members of the flight crew began snapping at passengers . One incident stands out for him from Saturday 's flight , which spent more than four hours on the tarmac at New York 's Stewart Airport after being diverted from New York 's John F. Kennedy International Airport . Martin said he was rationing a limited number of cookies from first-class to mothers and children in coach when a passenger prone to outbursts asked him for a cookie . He was about to give her one when a flight attendant ordered her to sit down and told her she would not get a cookie . `` Everyone knew she was a very frantic woman , which is why no one said anything when she asked for the cookie . ... Everyone understood but the flight attendant , '' said Martin , CEO of the social networking site Kontain.com , who documented Saturday 's travails using visual updates via the iPhone app to his Kontain account . `` I went to her and said , you need to understand that speaking to"}
-{"answer":"at police . Officers fired tear gas and stun grenades , or `` flash bangs , '' in return , sending noisy detonations echoing round the square . Smoke filled the area by mid-afternoon as a fire burned in front of the finance ministry , forcing many peaceful demonstrators to move away . Police estimated that more than 70,000 people were protesting in Athens , and said they planned to put between 2,500 and 3,000 officers on the streets . Organizers estimated the turnout at 120,000 people . Initially , most of the protesters gathered peacefully in front of Parliament House waving union flags , red flags and banners . `` I 'm here for my children and everyone else 's children . Those punks in there have destroyed everyone 's lives , '' said former railway worker Diamandis Goufas , 62 , pointing at parliament . Greeks are angry at yet another round of planned austerity measures as Greece tries to bring down its stratospheric debt . Lawmakers are trying to cut government costs to reassure international backers it is doing enough to earn the bailout funds they have promised to pour into the country , with the latest","question":"Athens , Greece -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Protesters and police clashed violently in front of the Greek parliament building Wednesday , as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Athens on the first day of a two-day general strike over austerity measures . At least six protesters and 15 police officers were injured amid the disturbances , police said , and at least 15 people were arrested . Strikers in Greece aim to shut down wide sectors of the country , as lawmakers debate a new round of tough cost-cutting measures . Lawmakers passed the new austerity law in principal in an initial round of voting Wednesday , by 154 votes in favor to 141 against , with five lawmakers absent . Parliament must still vote on each article of the legislation Thursday before it can become law . `` Do n't bow your head , it 's time for resistance and struggle , '' marchers chanted in the capital earlier as they gathered for the union-backed demonstration . The violence broke out around lunchtime in one corner of the square , beside Parliament House , as a group of protesters dressed mostly in black threw rocks and Molotov cocktails"}
-{"answer":"170 mph . The Enhanced Fujita scale measures the intensity of a tornado and its wind speeds based on the type of damage caused and rates it between EF0 and EF5 . The first tornado , which hit Edmond between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. , had an intensity ranging between EF0 and EF2 , the NWS said . The service has not been able to determine an intensity for another tornado that hit near Langston about an hour later . In the aftermath of the storms , authorities acknowledged a heavy task ahead as emergency personnel and private citizens began the cleanup effort . iReport.com : Are you there ? Share photos , video `` We 're just trying to get stuff in people 's hands , '' store owner Matt Wilson told CNN while handing out pry bars and flashlights to residents at his hardware store in Lone Grove , where heavy damage occurred . `` But just about all of Lone Grove is without power . '' View a map of where tornadoes touched down \u00c2 '' Lone Grove , near the Texas line about 90 miles south of the capital , Oklahoma City , had all","question":"LONE GROVE , Oklahoma -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A scene of devastation emerged Wednesday as circling helicopters broadcast images of housing developments smashed by tornadoes and severe storms that killed at least eight people in south-central Oklahoma Tuesday . Rescue personnel search for potential trapped victims Wednesday in Lone Grove , Oklahoma . Storms ripped roofs off several homes and left twisted metal and other debris scattered across the area . Firefighters and emergency personnel were working with distressed residents . `` It just happened really quickly . The sky darkened up and turned really , really green , '' truck driver Bruce Mundy told CNN from a truck stop in Oklahoma City early Wednesday morning . Watch aerial footage of destruction \u00c2 '' `` It was just , like , one after another . As soon as you get calmed down there were more , '' he said . The storms had moved out of the state Wednesday morning after at least three tornadoes touched down in central and southern Oklahoma Tuesday , the National Weather Service said Wednesday . The one that hit Lone Grove at about 7:30 p.m. had an intensity of EF4 and winds of around"}
-{"answer":"In his first speech as Japan 's 92nd prime minister , Hatoyama made promises that he would conduct a clean and transparent government , launching a task force to monitor government spending . But soon afterwards , allegations of illegal campaign financing tarnished his administration 's image . Some of his cabinet members were investigated for corruption . His approval rating took further hits over his failed promise to move a major U.S. Marine base off Okinawa to ease the burden of the island , which hosts the majority of the United States military presence in Japan . Earlier this month , calling his decision `` heartbreaking , '' he announced that the base would remain on Okinawa , although relocated to a different part of the island . Hatoyama 's critics claimed he gave in to U.S. pressure , and his government coalition broke up . Hatoyama said that while he did lose public trust , he hopes future generations will remember his legacy . `` Ladies and gentlemen , I have often been dubbed as an alien and how I understand this is that I see not current Japan but always try to see future Japan , ''","question":"Tokyo , Japan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced Wednesday he would resign after eight months in power . `` I 'm going to step down , '' Hatoyama declared in a live broadcast on Japanese television NHK , while addressing party members of both the upper and lower houses of the Diet , Japan 's parliament . `` I have had many shortcomings , I have been allowed to lead all of you for the past eight months to today . I am extremely grateful for having been given this opportunity , '' he said . Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said he would run for the party leader election . With overwhelming majority at the lower house of the Diet , the ruling party 's leader will certainly become the next prime minister . Eight months ago , Hatoyama 's Democratic Party of Japan won a sweeping victory , an outcome hailed by many as a revolution in Japanese politics . With promises of a cleaner government , Hatoyama worked to shift the political dynamics in Japan by taking away power from the bureaucrats and granting more power to politicians and local governments ."}
-{"answer":"n't stopped a slew of new entries in the list-making business -- and not just simple top 10s , either . A handful of authors and publications have released , or are planning to release , works with up to 1,001 suggestions you should know about right now . Tom Moon , author of `` 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die '' -LRB- Workman -RRB- , knew what a daunting task he had been assigned . `` Could one person be counted on to do all kinds of music ? '' says Moon , the former music critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer and a regular contributor to NPR , describing himself as apprehensive about the project . But he found himself warming to the idea . As a music journalist , he prides himself on being a generalist , though he admits he 's mostly stayed close to the pop realms . A book such as `` 1,000 Recordings , '' he says , can help people see past their particular favorite artists or genres and tap into the whole world of recorded music . `` It 's like having a tour guide with a flashlight shining into unknown","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Several years ago , in honor of the new millennium , Playboy magazine asked musicians for lists of their top 10 songs of the previous 1,000 years . The Beatles placed six albums in Tom Moon 's `` 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die . '' Most of them stuck to the era of recorded sound , but guitarist Richard Thompson cheekily took Playboy 's request seriously and submitted a list that included such songs as `` Sumer Is Icumen In , '' a hit from the 13th century , and `` Blackleg Miner , '' a folk ballad of the 1800s . Playboy was not amused , and did not print Thompson 's list . Such is the fate that awaits many people who compile expansive lists of the greatest or most influential songs , movies , TV shows , romantic getaways or baseball players shorter than 5 feet 9 . Everybody 's a critic . At best , your list will inspire furious discussion ; at worst , it will be ignored by your prospective debaters and sink as forlornly as a pebble in the Atlantic Ocean . Which has"}
-{"answer":"Jewish collectible coin and banknote wholesaler who lived on East 32nd Street and befriended Fischer 20 years ago , when she lived a block away . The Blumins made their home in New York , where they had relatives . The 5-foot-2-inch immigrant married Walter Fischer , another Austrian , who earned money performing odd jobs . The couple lived with Fischer 's mother ; Ida Fischer earned money from a variety of office jobs . Fischer , who was in her mid-70s when Last met her in the late 1980s , gave the impression that she was just scraping by , he said . `` She hung around on the street and talked to everybody and people gave her food and clothes , '' he said . `` She was very thrifty . '' She once traveled with her mother to Israel , but did not appear particularly religious , Last said . Gabor Szanto , who met Fischer nearly 40 years ago upon his arrival in the United States from Hungary by way of Italy , disagreed , saying his friend observed all the high holidays . `` I used to take her to the synagogue , ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- New details have emerged about a Jewish immigrant who fled Austria as World War II was brewing , lived frugally in New York and left an estate whose size -- $ 300,000 -- astounded some . Ida Blumin fled Austria in 1938 for the U.S. and married Walter Fischer , who earned money performing odd jobs . In a story published Monday , CNN and other news organizations reported neither the woman 's name nor much else about her , except for the fact that she had donated half of her estate to Hebrew University in Jerusalem , a school with which she had had no known contact . Since then , CNN has contacted two of her friends and a relative , who have identified her as Ida Fischer , who was born Ida Blumin in 1911 in Vienna . They said she was neither a concentration camp survivor nor had she ever been homeless , as the school originally reported . Her life story , however , was still remarkable . In 1938 , she , her mother , her sister and her sister 's husband fled Austria , said Peter Last , a"}
-{"answer":"the engine , '' said Furlong in his laboratory . See a diagram of how the air is circulated '' The air we breathe on board a plane is a 50-50 mix of filtered , recirculated air and so-called `` bleed air '' -- which bleeds off the engines , and then is pressurized and cooled before being sent into the cabin through vents . If an engine oil seal leaks , aviation engineers and scientists say , the bleed air can become contaminated with toxins . In 2002 the National Academies of Sciences ' National Research Council reported `` contaminant exposures result from the intake of chemical contaminants -LRB- e.g. , engine lubricating oils , hydraulic fluids , deicing fluids and their degradation products -RRB- into the Environmental Control System and then into the cabin . '' Of particular concern are toxic anti-wear agents in the oil , designed to prolong an engine 's life , called tricresyl phosphates . `` The engine seals fail and there 's very potent toxins that can come on board , '' said Furlong . Neuropsychologist Sarah Mackenzie Ross of University College London studied 27 British pilots who claimed they had inhaled contaminated","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Inside a freezer in a research laboratory at the University of Washington are blood and blood plasma samples from 92 people who suffer from mysterious illnesses , including tremors , memory loss and severe migraine headaches . Terry Williams hugs her two boys -- Jake , left , and Zack -- in 2006 , before she says toxic cabin air made her sick . They are mostly pilots and flight attendants who suspect they 've been poisoned in their workplace -- on board the aircraft they fly . Clement Furlong , University of Washington professor of medicine and genome sciences , leads a team of scientists who have been collecting the samples for 2 1\/2 years . Furlong said his team is a few months away from finalizing a blood analysis test that will be able to definitely confirm whether the study participants were indeed poisoned by toxic fumes . Results of Furlong 's research could expand recognition of what a select group of researchers believes is a largely unrecognized risk of flying : the chance that poisonous fumes enter the cabin . `` There 's a danger of inhaling compounds that are coming out of"}
-{"answer":"Railway Administration , which regulates Amtrak and more than a dozen commuter rail systems , said it also will follow the NTSB guidance but believes the number of impacted systems will be `` limited . '' Nine people were killed and 52 taken to hospitals June 22 when a southbound Metrorail train struck the rear end of stopped train just north of the Fort Totten station . Investigators say an automatic train protection system did not detect the stopped train , so the moving train did not receive a command to slow or stop . The NTSB said it is continuing its investigation into the precise causes of the crash , but it said the investigation has raised concerns that the track circuit is susceptible to errant signals . In its letter to regulators , the NTSB said it discovered one circumstance in which an unintended signal path could be created , resulting in a track relay remaining energized even though a stopped train was occupying the circuit . `` After only three months , this complex investigation is far from complete , so we are not ready to determine the probable cause of the -LSB- Metro -RSB- accident ,","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Federal safety investigators said Tuesday they fear flaws found in Washington 's Metro subway system after a deadly crash this summer may endanger other transit systems , and they sent out an urgent recommendation asking that other rail operators check for similar problems . Investigators are shown at the crash scene in Washington . Nine people were killed in the June 22 wreck . In letters to federal regulators , the National Transportation Safety Board said `` all rail transit operators and railroads should be informed '' about system flaws that could cause a track circuit to fail to detect a train . It was not clear how many rail systems have similar train detection systems . Neither the NTSB nor the Federal Transit Administration had a list of systems that use the `` audio frequency track circuits '' that are the focus of the probe . But an FTA spokesman said that because it does n't know how many operators use the systems , `` we are sending today 's urgent recommendation to all rail transit operators , and will identify the pertinent operators through a later survey . '' Meanwhile , the Federal"}
-{"answer":"The finishing touches began eight weeks ago . `` It is , by far , the largest conference we have ever held and the largest political conference in Europe , '' the Bella Center press manager , Lars Lemche told CNN . `` If numbers continue to grow , it will be the biggest political meeting the U.N. has ever held , '' he said . The center has hosted big events before -- a European Union summit in 2002 and the 2006 MTV European Music Awards -- but the U.N. summit makes them look like a tea party . `` A conference is 36 hours . This is 11 days , '' Lemche said . The Bella Center has had to extend its floor space to 77,000 square meters -- the size of 11 football pitches -- to accommodate all delegates and 1000 staff will be on hand throughout . Numbers are expected to peak at around 18,000 in the second week when 100 heads of state arrive for the high-level political negotiations . This Herculean effort of planning is being backed up by a raft of green initiatives . Outside the conference center solar-powered streetlights are helping light","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If the location is anything to go by , then the omens are promising . Denmark 's capital city , Copenhagen -- host to the U.N. climate summit which starts today -- is already one of the greenest cities in Europe . With over 300 kilometers of cycle lanes it is estimated that around 40 percent of the 1.2 population travel to work on a bicycle . And visitors to the city are encouraged to join in by making use of the network of city bikes for a deposit of just 20 DKK -LRB- $ 4 -RRB- . The influence of two wheels has extended into Yuletide this year , as cyclists in City Hall Square are generating the electricity powering the lights on the Christmas tree . It 's just one of hundreds of activities and events which Copenhageners have organized to coincide with the 11-day U.N. summit taking place at the Bella Center in the Orestad district in the southeast of the city . The opening of the summit marks the end of an exhaustive planning period by the city . Preparations at the Bella Center began two years ago ."}
-{"answer":"in tunnels to hide German equipment . More than 100 soldiers died at the camp and on the death march . Buchenwald was one of the largest and first concentration camps on German soil . See photos inside Berga '' The Berga soldiers are being honored thanks in part to CNN.com users , who demanded the Army recognize the men , all in their 80s , after a series of reports late last year . The Army then conducted a months-long review of Berga at the urgings of Rep. Joe Baca , D-California , and Rep. Spencer Bachus , R-Alabama . `` These soldiers endured extreme hardships of forced labor , beatings , poor living conditions , and ultimately a forced march of over 250 kilometers -LSB- about 155 miles -RSB- prior to liberation by advancing U.S. Armed Forces , '' Army Secretary Peter Geren said at the conclusion of the review . `` The survivors of Berga certainly deserve both our thanks and recognition for their service and sacrifice . '' Geren is sending Maj. Gen. Vincent Boles to honor the survivors on Saturday . Six of the 22 Berga survivors will be at the event ; most of","question":"ORLANDO , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Samuel Fahrer and Sidney Lipson shake hands and smile . It 's the first time the men have seen each other in 64 years . They were U.S. soldiers back on a forced death march in Nazi Germany in April 1945 . Sidney Lispson , left , and Samuel Fahrer meet for the first time in 64 years . They were in a Nazi slave labor camp . `` How you doing ? '' Fahrer says . It 's a subdued moment for the two men . There are no tears , no pats on the back . The men have endured years of contained emotions from what happened six decades ago when they were prisoners of war and held as slaves inside Germany . They have come to a hotel in Orlando to be honored by the Army this weekend for the first time . Watch slave camp survivors reunite '' Fahrer and Lipson were among 350 soldiers held at the slave labor camp called Berga an der Elster , a largely forgotten legacy of the war and a subcamp of Buchenwald where soldiers were beaten , starved and forced to work"}
-{"answer":"20,000 strong -- could expect free classes on home finance , or assistance with child care needs . Warren urged ministers to adopt a Madison Avenue approach : to super-charge the growth of congregations by fine-tuning their pitch for the `` un-churched . '' He released bullet-point sermons with crossover potential , along with material to help churchgoers follow along . The church atmosphere he called for was a relaxed one , with dressed-down ministers leading services in nontraditional venues , featuring easy-listening music chosen with younger listeners in mind . But even as Warren 's nonpartisan appeal led to increasingly high-profile roles -- like host of this summer 's presidential faith forum , featuring Sens. Obama and John McCain -- controversy grew over his conservative stands on social issues . The headlines may be new , but Warren 's positions are n't . During the last election cycle , he sent thousands of pastors an e-mail laying out what he viewed as non-negotiable issues for evangelicals deciding on their pick at the polls , from stem-cell research and abortion to same-sex marriage . On Wednesday , after Obama announced Warren as his choice , prominent liberal groups and gay","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rick Warren -- the man at the center of an inaugural firestorm -- has built his career on an uncontroversial reputation . President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration . The irony of the furor over Warren 's selection to deliver the invocation at Barack Obama 's inaugural ceremony is that the California minister first drew notice for his determination to expand the evangelical agenda beyond hot-button social issues like opposition to same-sex marriage . Warren has been described as the next Billy Graham , an evangelical leader with a moderate reputation and mass-market appeal -- although instead of massive open-air rallies and an out-sized television presence , Warren focused on forging partnerships with unlikely allies working to protect the environment and fight AIDS . As a pioneer of the mega-church movement , Warren looked to translate traditional evangelical messages for a wider audience . He penned `` The Purpose-Driven Life , '' a spiritually based self-help guide that brought mainstream best-seller status to a muted religious message . In his model , everyday concerns were a top priority : Attendees at his Saddleback Church -- now more than"}
-{"answer":"for Glamour magazine and is planning to write a book as well . Jeffs , whose approximately 10,000 followers practice polygamy mainly in Hildale , Utah , and Colorado City , Arizona , is charged in Utah with being an accomplice to rape by arranging the marriage of a 14-year-old girl to her 19-year-old cousin . He faces additional charges in Arizona . Go inside Warren Jeffs ' world \u00c2 '' As a child , Nicholson had three mothers and 12 siblings . She considers it a typical FLDS home . At the age of 14 , Nicholson started sewing her wedding dress in anticipation of getting married . She knew that at any moment she could be whisked away to meet her husband and that her future likely would include at least two `` sister wives . '' But Nicholson had doubts whether she could live the life before her . `` I 've always liked a lot of attention . And when it hit me that I could possibly and most likely absolutely would be sharing my husband , I began doubting that I could live that way , '' she said . That perspective got Nicholson in","question":"CHARLOTTE , North Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom last August , Kathy Jo Nicholson , a former member of Jeffs ' sect , felt fearful even though she was only watching him on television . Nicholson , roughly 13 years of age , is shown here with five of her sisters and two of her mothers . `` It devastated me . It elated me . It made me afraid . I looked at this man that was so powerful in my life ... and he was just so thin and pale , '' she said . Today , as Warren Jeffs sits at Utah 's Purgatory Correctional Facility awaiting trial , Nicholson has started talking publicly about her childhood in the church Jeffs led -- the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints -LRB- FLDS -RRB- . She hopes that by sharing her story she will help others struggling with similar issues . `` My hope is that they , they 'll see it , and it 'll mean something , '' the 36-year-old said . Nicholson recently co-authored an article about leaving her polygamous community"}
-{"answer":"for a different ending . Clinton and Obama faced similar climates . Both made health care their signature issue , even though most people were happy with their coverage and were more concerned with fixing the economy . Clinton presented Congress with a plan , whereas Obama instead presented broad guidelines and asked the lawmakers to come up with a bill . `` Much of the complaint about the Clinton-era attempt at this was how complicated it was , '' said Candy Crowley , CNN 's senior political correspondent . `` That has not been a complaint this time . But in the overview , there was no doubt that the steady drumbeat of criticism started out at a fairly low level and just has come to this deafening roar , and that 's very much like it was in the resistance to the Clinton plan . '' Like Clinton , Obama 's been accused of waffling on his proposals and failing to reach across the aisle . Following weeks of contentious town hall meetings , Obama this weekend appeared more flexible than ever on the idea of a government-sponsored , public health insurance option . Liberal Democrats have demanded","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With his push for health care reform on the line , the president delivered a message of urgency to the public : President Bill Clinton , pictured in 1994 , greets members of a crowd following a speech on his health care reform plan . `` Do n't let the fearmongers , do n't let the dividers , do n't let the people who disseminate false information frighten the United States Congress into walking away from the opportunity of a lifetime . Tell the members of Congress you will support them . This is not partisan politics , '' the president said . The date was August 1 , 1994 , and the voice behind the 11th-hour battle cry was then-President Clinton . Within weeks , that battle cry was reduced to a whimper of defeat as Congress tabled plans to vote on his legislation . As President Obama ratchets up the pressure on Congress to pass health care reform this year , he 's following in the footsteps of the 42nd president . From his prime time push to his town hall meetings , Obama is taking the same path as Clinton , but hoping"}
-{"answer":"Hungary -RSB- , '' Weisinger said . His fiance 's relatives arrived from Hungary . `` The thoughts behind the statue and freedom and liberty allowed our parents and great-grandparents before us to have the wonderful lives that we do , '' Weisinger added . Breder said she was thrilled to make the long climb up a steep spiral staircase to stand inside Lady Liberty 's crown . `` It was fantastic , much smaller than we had anticipated . The view 's fantastic , '' the newly engaged Breder said . New safety measures include double handrails , glass stairwell partitions and careful crowd control , according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar . Now , only three groups of 10 visitors per hour are guided up to the crown by a National Park Service ranger . That means only about 87,000 will be able to visit each year . In the past , it took visitors at least an hour and a half to climb from the base to the crown . Now , it takes only about 15 to 20 minutes . A new engineering study showed that there had to be changes to make it easier to","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After huffing and puffing up 354 steps to the newly reopened Lady Liberty crown , Aaron Weisinger figured it was time to pop the question to his girlfriend , Erica Breder . Aaron Weisinger proposes to Erica Breder on July Fourth inside the crown of the Statue of Liberty . `` The Fourth of July has always been a favorite holiday , so that was part of it , '' Weisinger said . The couple flew to New York from San Francisco , California , after managing to be among the first 240 people to snag the tickets to the Statue of Liberty crown for its reopening after September 11 , 2001 . Weisinger got down on one knee inside the narrow , 8-foot-long deck inside the Statue of Liberty 's crown , asked Breder to be his wife and offered her a sizeable diamond ring . `` I believe I was silent for several minutes . I was so excited , '' Breder said . Then she said `` yes . '' Both said their families came to the United States via Ellis Island . `` My great-grandparents immigrated -LSB- from Russia and"}
-{"answer":"1980s , matador Luis Reina had a contract showing the brand name of Japanese electronics giant Akai on parts of his shiny `` suit of lights , '' while fighting . `` But that lasted just one or two fights , '' recalls Curro Vazquez , a former bullfighter who now manages one of Spain 's top-tier matadors , Cayetano Rivero Ordonez . Rivero Ordonez has declined offers to carry publicity on his bullfighter 's suit and capes while in the ring , Vazquez said , out of respect for `` the ritual of bullfighting . '' `` The cape is a sacred thing , '' said Vazquez , adding that it 's fine for premier bullfighters -- who are treated like rock stars -- to have lucrative endorsement deals for products , but only outside of the ring . This is the first endorsement deal of any kind for Ortega . He became a full matador in 2006 , facing the biggest bulls , but said he 's fought only six or seven fights since then . Yet a bullfighter in demand can have dozens of fights in just a single season . `` Ortega is a new bullfighter","question":"MADRID , Spain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An underemployed Spanish matador is breaking tradition and carrying advertising on his capes in the bullring -- promoting a soft drink aimed at gays . Matador Joselito Ortega in an exhibition fight on Sept. 23 in the southern Spanish city of Malaga . While fighting bulls , matador Joselito Ortega will use capes embroidered with the words `` Gay Up , '' the name of the energy drink . The move has many in the macho-steeped world of bullfighting seeing red . But Ortega , 29 , told CNN , `` I 'm glad to be the first person -LRB- in bullfighting -RRB- whom the gay community will take as an icon . '' `` People think the bullfighter is very tough , very rude and they only like women , '' Ortega added . `` But we are in 2009 . Everything must change . '' Industry experts said it would be the first time advertising will appear on bullfighter 's capes -- the large one used when the bull rushes into the ring , and a smaller one used later as the matador moves in for the kill . In the"}
-{"answer":"arrest Christopher `` Dudus '' Coke , a suspected drug lord . They were met with violence that has left at least 29 people dead , including police , a soldier and many civilians . The government said Wednesday that more than 500 people were in custody . Some people , however , were attempting to get back to business on Wednesday . `` I think by now most people have started to get over the initial shock , '' iReporter Jason Alliman told CNN in an e-mail . `` Most schools are in session , exams are still being held , businesses have started to reopen . People are still a little tense about the whole situation , but I think that 's due more to uncertainty about what will happen next than -LSB- the -RSB- actual threat of violence . '' But the florist believes the violence could go on for weeks . `` That 's unnerving because everything 's being drawn to a standstill . Business was already bad before this because of the recession . Now it 's come to a standstill , '' she told CNN by phone from Kingston . The florist said she","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There 's a post-9 \/ 11 atmosphere in Kingston , Jamaica , local residents say , after a failed police assault on the stronghold of a suspected drug kingpin wanted by the United States . `` The daytime really is n't a problem , but the night can be . Your rights are reduced after 6 p.m. . The police can stop you for virtually any reason . It 's a similar situation to after the September 11 , 2001 , terror attacks in the United States , '' one Kingston florist told CNN . `` I would n't say I 'm afraid , '' said the woman , who asked that neither she nor her shop be named . But , she said , `` You do n't know exactly what is happening . '' `` You are more cautious because you know what 's going on , but it 's not like you ca n't come out of your home . ... It 's not like you ca n't go out , but it could be more of a hassle if you do , '' she said . Police moved earlier this week to"}
-{"answer":"using the `` n-word '' -- to the National Enquirer in 2007 . Some African-American leaders called for the cancellation of his show . Chapman said he was advised to lay low for several weeks , but he refused . `` All the spin doctors ... all those guys told me , ` Dog , say that you were this , say you were that , -LSB- but -RSB- if you go out there , you 're done . ' I said , ` I 'm going out in a hail of glory . You may call me a convict ... but you ai n't gon na call me something I 'm not . I 'm going out swinging . ' '' Chapman said his meetings with leaders of the black community were more than an attempt to redeem himself in the public eye and get his show back on the air . In a February 8 , 2008 , foreword to his book , `` You Can Run But You Ca n't Hide , '' he writes that `` giving up cussing is just the first step toward my evolution as a human . '' He said he was","question":"HONOLULU , Hawaii -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's been more than a year since a racial slur threatened to end the television career of Duane `` Dog the Bounty Hunter '' Chapman . But the incident still weighs heavily on his mind . Duane `` Dog the Bounty Hunter '' Chapman watches his son 's baseball game this month in Honolulu , Hawaii . A&E briefly suspended his top-rated reality show in late 2007 , and his reputation was on the line . Now , with his show back on the air and at the top of the network 's ratings list , Chapman insists that he does not want the controversy to be forgotten . `` They said , ` It 'll pass , ' and I said to the guy , ` You know what ? I wo n't let it . ' '' Chapman , 56 , spoke candidly about accusations of racism on a recent windy Saturday afternoon on the sidelines of 8-year-old son Garry 's baseball game . It was his other son , Tucker , who recorded a profanity-laced conversation with his father and reportedly sold the recording -- which included Chapman repeatedly"}
-{"answer":"Association is among the parties cooperating in the investigation . `` In the meantime , we all mourn the loss of these horses , '' U.S. Polo Association Executive Director Peter Rizzo said in a news release . `` There are no words to describe the grief and sadness shared by everyone -- particularly the devastated owners of those magnificent horses . '' Watch what investigators are studying '' Players form strong emotional bonds with the horses they ride , said John Wash , operations president of the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington , Florida , where the horses fell ill . `` I 've heard a couple of polo players who were affected with this loss the other day , a couple of them I do n't think have left their house since Sunday night , '' Wash said . `` There were a lot of tears there -- these big , tough guys just on their hands and knees , crying over what happened . '' The U.S. Open Polo Championship that was interrupted by the tragedy will resume Wednesday with semifinal matches , Wash said . Lechuza Caracas , the team whose horses died ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The mysterious deaths of 21 prized polo horses Sunday at a club in Florida provides a peek inside the private world of a sport that generally is off limits to all but the very wealthy . The Lechuza Caracas polo team may not recover from the loss of 21 ponies for years , a polo executive says . The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville and the state-run Kissimmee Diagnostic Laboratories near Orlando are conducting necropsies on the animals . Initial tests failed to reveal a cause , said Liz Compton , a representative of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services . Tissues , organ samples and blood are now being screened for toxic agents , she said . Scientists have ruled out any contagious disease because the animals died so quickly , said state Agriculture Department spokesman Mark Fagan . Authorities initially requested necropsies for only the eight horses that were insured , according to Sarah Carey , a representative of the veterinary school , which got the bodies of 15 horses . Later , the order was expanded to all 15 horses , she said . The U.S. Polo"}
-{"answer":"gets politicians in trouble , when they stonewall or they try to cover up , '' she says . `` I think that the general public and the news media wanted him to be honest , and if he could be honest about that part of the story , then he could be -- then he would be believed when he was answering other questions as to whether or not he had anything to do with her disappearance . '' I often focus on media excess and media mistakes on the program , but we also try to highlight good journalism . The segment includes two Washington Post reporters , Sari Horwitz and Scott Higham , who cracked the Levy mystery in a 13-part series last year . They did what the D.C. police could not : They identified Ingmar Guandique , an illegal Salvadoran immigrant , as Levy 's likely killer . Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the imprisoned suspect this week . But Horwitz and Higham talk about how they were roundly criticized for resurrecting the case and accused of sensationalizing it . It 's clear that Levy 's case became a huge deal in 2001 because","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nearly eight years later , Connie Chung still remembers being surprised . '' Stonewalling is what gets politicians in trouble , when they ... try to cover up , '' Connie Chung says . It was one of those television moments that linger in the national consciousness , like Barbara Walters sitting down with Monica Lewinsky , Dan Rather with Saddam Hussein , or Jay Leno asking Hugh Grant what the hell he had been thinking . Chung was with ABC then , and she got the `` get '' -- the first interview with Gary Condit , the California congressman at the center of the Chandra Levy media frenzy . The former Washington intern , you 'll recall , had been found murdered in Rock Creek Park , and law enforcement sources let it be known that the married Condit had been having an affair with her . In an interview airing Sunday on `` Reliable Sources '' -LRB- 10 a.m. ET , during CNN 's `` State of the Union with John King '' -RRB- , Chung says she was surprised when Condit refused to acknowledge the romantic relationship . `` Stonewalling is what"}
-{"answer":"Plimpton -LRB- `` Raising Hope '' -RRB- , Edie Falco -LRB- `` Nurse Jackie '' -RRB- , Tina Fey -LRB- `` 30 Rock '' -RRB- and Laura Linney -LRB- `` The Big C '' -RRB- joined her on stage . The group lined up and held hands in their best beauty pageant re-enactment while waiting for the big reveal -- a bit which received a standing ovation from the audience . To top off an already stellar and hilarious display of female solidarity , when McCarthy won the Emmy she not only received genuine smiles and big hugs from the rest of the women , but also walked away with a bouquet of roses and a tiara as a bonus . `` Wow , it 's my first and best pageant ever ! '' McCarthy said . 2 . All-star ` Office ' Back from commercial break , viewers were treated to a sketch where characters from different shows all popped up at the Dunder-Mifflin office to discuss their least favorite thing about their jobs . There was Tom Haverford from `` Parks and Recreation , '' Tracy Jordan from `` 30 Rock , '' Roger Sterling from `` Mad","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Let 's face it ; most awards shows can be pretty dull . It 's not that we do n't tune in to every single one , of course , but it 's always a pleasant surprise when the ceremony is actually fun to watch . Last night 's Emmy Awards hosted by Jane Lynch not only honored Emmy shoo-ins like `` The Daily Show , '' `` Mad Men '' and `` Modern Family '' and fan favorite `` Friday Night Lights '' alike , but also brought the laughs . Here are our top five funniest moments . 1 . Leading ladies storm the stage As soon as Sofia Vergara and Rob Lowe presented the nominees for outstanding lead actress in a comedy , Amy Poehler , whose name was read first for `` Parks and Recreation ' '' smiled at the camera and then promptly ran up onto the stage before any of the other nominees -- let alone the winner -- was announced . As Vergara and Lowe continued to read names , each of Poehler 's fellow funny women , Melissa McCarthy -LRB- `` Mike and Molly '' -RRB- , Martha"}
-{"answer":"a lot of businessmen who say they do n't have time to sleep . They ca n't take a break from working and get the vitamin drip for an extra kick of energy , '' a Tenteki nurse told CNN . `` Blue '' is the most requested vitamin pack among these men : a concoction of B1 and vitamin E that claims to offer relief from exhaustion . Registered nurses and doctors administer the drips at Tenteki , but there 's no conclusive medical evidence to back up the health claims . Many nutritionists actually caution against using injectable vitamin supplements because the quantities are not regulated . `` More is not necessarily better ... some vitamins and minerals can be toxic in high doses , '' particularly the fat-soluble ones which the body stores like Vitamins A , D , E and K , explained Claire Williamson , Nutrition Scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation . In Europe and the United States vitamin shots are popular among celebrities with hectic lifestyles and little time to sleep , particularly vitamin B 12 . Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and singer Robbie Williams have both confirmed they 've used the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In trendy neighborhoods of Tokyo customers are lining up for vitamin injections that promise to improve health and beauty . These intravenous vitamin `` drips '' are part of the latest quick-fix , health fad catching on in Japan : the IV cafe . Each drip pack contains saline solution and specific vitamins and minerals to target a particular health ailment or beauty concern . `` I used to take vitamin supplements , but changed to the IV drip because I feel the effects more quickly , '' a 20-something woman at the Tenteki 10 Caf\u00e9 told CNN . She said she receives specific injections to get better skin , burn fat and boost her energy . There are 10 different varieties to choose from at Tenteki . The `` orange '' variety touts anti-aging properties , loaded with antioxidants . The `` placenta pack '' is said to help rejuvenate and ease muscle stiffness . Prices range from $ 20 to $ 30 per injection , and nurses see about 30 to 40 people each day . Their most common patients are Japanese businessmen who work in the same office building . `` I see"}
-{"answer":"conservative resurgence . \u2022 John Adams : The nation 's second president has been getting a well-deserved reappraisal , thanks to David McCullough 's magisterial biography . But Adams ' signing of the Alien and Sedition acts during the threat of war -- effectively outlawing anti-government dissent and curtailing freedom of speech and freedom of the press -- was a radically anti-democratic action and a black mark on this Founding Father 's otherwise honorable service to our nation . \u2022 Andrew Jackson : The man on the $ 20 bill was the original populist president , a general who fought Washington elites , British soldiers and native American tribes alike . Old Hickory 's wars with the Second National Bank , Congress and the Supreme Court were legendary . His native American removal policies rescinded previously agreed-upon treaties and brought about the infamous `` Trail of Tears '' that led to the deaths of thousands . \u2022 Abraham Lincoln : Abolitionists accused Lincoln of being insufficiently radical because he pledged only to preserve the union at all costs . But his political opponents accused him of being radical because he wanted to stop the spread of slavery , and they","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Newt Gingrich called President Obama `` the most radical president in American history '' at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference last week . The leader of the 1994 Republican Revolution is a smart man and a historian , so he must know better . But he 's also exploring a run for president , an action that frequently suspends good judgment in pursuit of sound bites . Perspective is the first thing abandoned in hyper-partisan attacks . So here is a look at five presidents who , it could be argued , exceed Obama in the `` radical '' sweepstakes . \u2022 Franklin D. Roosevelt : How about this for radical : a president who overturned the two-term precedent set by George Washington and ultimately won four terms in an era when dictators were in vogue worldwide . He also proposed expanding the Supreme Court to pack it with his own appointees , attempting to fundamentally alter the separation of powers . And his New Deal created the basis for the modern welfare state in the U.S. , whose apex under self-styled inheritor Lyndon Johnson provoked a backlash that ushered in a generation of"}
-{"answer":"Housing , no room at the inn , travel , economic unrest , things like that . So I wrote this book really to focus us on what is the true meaning of Christmas . It 's a book of hope , and the big idea behind it is that no matter what problem you 're going through , there 's a purpose behind it . God has a purpose , and that purpose can help you make it through even the stressful times when we decide to write a note to everybody , buy a gift for everybody , redecorate our house , have five or six meals and go to eight or nine parties . Rick Warren : Shop more or pray more ? '' Chetry : Exactly , because that 's usually what ends up happening , and sometimes the spirit of giving and fellowship is lost in that . You also write in the book , remember that God loves you , but for somebody who is facing foreclosure -- let 's say you lost a loved one or your job or dealing with an illness -- it can sound pat in a way . What","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rick Warren , founder and pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest , California , is one of America 's most influential authors and religious leaders . In August , he moderated a discussion on key issues between presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain . Rick Warren says no matter what problem you have , there 's a purpose behind it . His latest book is `` The Purpose of Christmas . '' He was interviewed by Kiran Chetry on `` American Morning '' on Friday . Here is an edited version of the exchange : Chetry : We always say we do n't want Christmas to be commercialized . It seems that at the end of the year , we end up in the same position , worried about buying presents , worried about spending money , worried about holiday cards , and how do you get back to the real meaning ? Rick Warren : A lot of people are really hurting because of the economy and because of the fears about what 's going to happen , and really those same problems are the problems that Mary and Joseph went through ."}
-{"answer":"'' So are we to conclude that since corporations control American politics , the best thing for us to do is to sit outside in a park and issue manifestos ? Writing in the pages of CNN.com , Douglas Rushkoff chastises those of us who do n't understand the point of all this , explaining that Occupy Wall Street is `` the product of the decentralized networked-era culture , it is less about victory than sustainability . It is not about one-pointedness , but inclusion and groping toward consensus . '' Well , in the U.S. , groups made up of disparate individuals `` network '' themselves together to make collective decisions all the time . We call it democracy . As for `` victory '' being exchanged for `` sustainability , '' how is it that these are interchangeable nouns ? Political processes tend to be ongoing and aimed at `` sustainability . '' Congress does not just take a vote and then dissolve . `` Victory , '' as Rushkoff terms it , is just a way of saying that we have reached a decision . It is probably not our first , and let 's hope ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Zuccotti Park is not Tahrir Square , because the United States is not Egypt . In case this is not obvious to those camping out near Wall Street and in various other cities around the country , consider the following : In about 13 months , all 435 members of the House of Representatives must stand for election . In addition , 33 Senate seats and residency at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will be up for grabs . And this is just at the federal level . So if the `` Occupy Wall Street '' crowd wants to peacefully overthrow the government , there is no need to gather in a public square . The demonstrators can work for a candidate or run themselves . Unfortunately , those who are part of this movement seem to have dismissed this option . The New York group has produced a manifesto of sorts , entitled a `` Declaration of the Occupation of New York City . '' Among the grievances listed -LRB- which they helpfully note are not `` all-inclusive '' -RRB- is `` that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power ."}
-{"answer":"dioxide . '' -LSB- I -RSB- want to show that we can change , that solutions exist and that it 's not too late , '' Domjan writes on his Web site . `` Using technology and our knowledge to better promote renewable energies is the way towards a lasting world . '' Planet Solar will be covered in 470 square meters of solar panels -- the equivalent of two tennis courts . This means it will have particularly high energy absorption . See more images of the solar-powered boat '' Twenty-three percent of absorbed sunlight will be converted into energy that the boat can run on , compared with 17 percent for average panels , according to Planet Solar 's project manager , Danny Faigaux of Grand Chelem Management . `` The first man sailed around the world 500 years ago and Raphael thought it was about time we did it in a different way , '' Faigaux told CNN . But relying purely on solar energy may prove difficult in areas of the world where bad weather prevents sunlight from penetrating the clouds . Batteries on Planet Solar will be able to store enough energy gathered from the","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The world 's largest , fastest fully solar-powered boat is being built in preparation for a round-the-world challenge . ' Planet Solar ' would be the world 's fastest fully solar-powered boat and is projected to cross the Atlantic in two weeks . The futuristic-looking `` Planet Solar , '' which is 100 percent powered by sunlight , is the brainchild of Swiss engineer Raphael Domjan , a former paramedic with a passion for innovative design and renewable energies . The 30-meter vessel is currently being built in Kiel , Germany , and will be finished early next year . If all goes according to plan , the boat will begin sailing summer 2010 -- first in European waters and then around the world . The boat can travel at up to 14 knots -LRB- 26k\/m -RRB- and would be the first solar-powered boat to travel at such high speeds . It is projected to be able to cross the Atlantic in just two weeks . Domjan hopes his ambitious , $ 11.5 million -LRB- $ 8 million -RRB- project will prove that boats can travel at high speeds without emitting any carbon"}
-{"answer":"lights visible from all angles , an ergonomic cockpit , an onboard computer with voice command and instant license plate recognition , integrated shotgun mounts , and more . -LRB- Weapons of mass destruction detectors are available as an option -- seriously . -RRB- See how the E7 stacks up against KITT and the Dark Knight 's Tumbler '' The E7 was designed by cops for cops , breaking the tradition of recruiting family sedans into the force , company co-founder Stacy Dean Stephens said . `` The current vehicles that they -LRB- police departments -RRB- use were designed for driving around , going to the grocery store , taking kids to school -- things like that , '' Stephens said . `` You do n't have an engineer sitting at one of the other automakers who says , ` Y' know , I think what we need to do is we need to take this car , and we need to run into a curb at 50 miles an hour and see how many times it takes before the wheels and the suspension fails on it . '' The rear passenger compartment alone is enough to make experienced cops","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Imagine the Batmobile busting bad guys in Bismarck , North Dakota , or `` Knight Rider 's '' KITT corralling criminals on the Pennsylvania Turnpike . Carbon Motors Corp. 's E7 concept vehicle was on display recently near the U.S. Capitol . Carbon Motors Corp. 's new high-tech cop car prototype might not be quite up to superhero specs , but some police say it could be a welcome addition to their arsenal . `` I do n't see any downside to this car , '' said Carl Latorre , a Pennsylvania State Police dispatcher who served 35 years as a Philadelphia police officer . `` I am so excited about this car . This car rates up there with cops carrying automatic weapons to combat what the criminals carry now . It 's about time that something like this came about . '' OK , so it does n't have a nanotech cloaking capability or rocket boosters , but every feature on the Carbon E7 concept vehicle draws on suggestions from more than 3,000 law enforcement professionals . The result is a futuristic prowler with a 300-horsepower clean diesel engine , flashing"}
-{"answer":"'' Butler said . Watch residents of an elderly housing complex describe their shock '' Flames from the truck engulfed at least 40 cars and three buildings , two of them houses , fire officials said . The truck was destroyed , but the driver was not seriously injured , the officials said . WCVB-TV in Boston identified the driver as Chad LaFrance of Dover , New Hampshire . Seven hours after the truck caught fire , firefighters were still battling a blaze in one of the homes , according to the television station . Evacuees were taken to an armory converted into a shelter , Red Cross official Amelia Aubourg told CNN . Local streets were closed temporarily , and a nearby school was shut down for the day , WCVB reported . One evacuee who fled a high-rise building told the television station he saw at least 15 cars burning . `` And popping , they were popping . I do n't know if it was tires that were blowing , but they were completely gone , the cars , '' Dan Savage told WCVB . Nearby resident Chris Barrow awoke to the sound of a `` big","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 200 people were evacuated from their homes , including 84 residents of an apartment building for the elderly , after a tanker truck carrying 9,000 gallons of gasoline erupted early Wednesday in a northern Boston suburb . Firefighters battle a blaze Wednesday north of Boston after a tanker overturned carrying 9,000 gallons of gas . No serious injuries were reported in the Everett , Massachusetts , blast , but witnesses recounted close calls to a local television station . One man said he narrowly escaped from his car before it exploded . `` In consideration of everything that firefighters had to deal with , I think it 's a miracle that we have n't seen some serious injuries , '' Everett Fire Chief David Butler said . The tanker overturned and caught fire at a traffic circle in the town of about 37,000 outside Boston . Officials are investigating whether the driver was speeding , Butler said . `` Our major concerns right now are we still have an ongoing fire operation in the family dwellings , and we are still heavily engaged in those operations , and we have some concerns environmentally ,"}
-{"answer":"headed to Fernandina Beach , north of Jacksonville , Florida . Seconds after takeoff , the pilot reported trouble . `` The tower cleared it to come back and try to land at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport . The plane crashed attempting to return to the airport , '' Adams said . Watch an iReporter describe the crash '' Donald Widing , chief of fire rescue for Oakland Park , said , `` the crash was not survivable . '' `` The fire is under control . The emergency is contained , '' he said a little more than an hour after the crash . `` What we 're doing now is making sure that the scene is safe enough to introduce our first responders to do a complete primary and secondary search of the aircraft wreckage itself and the occupancy . '' He added , `` we are concerned with the plane 's fuel tanks and have to save the house and the scene before we can conduct any further search-and-rescue operations . '' Watch firefighters tackle the blaze '' Asked whether more than one home in the area was impacted , Widing said , `` we 're still","question":"MIAMI , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Fort Lauderdale official said that only one person was on a plane that slammed into a vacant house Friday , a crash called `` not survivable '' by a fire official . Bystanders watch the flames after the plane crash Friday in Fort Lauderdale , Florida . The twin-engine Cessna crashed about 11:15 a.m. in a neighborhood not far from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport , from which it took off , the city official said . Video from the scene showed a small house virtually cut in two as firefighters poured water on smoking debris . Chaz Adams -- spokesman for the city of Fort Lauderdale , which owns the airport -- said that there was only one person aboard and that a previous report of four passengers was incorrect . The Federal Aviation Administration also said the flight plan listed one person on board , and witnesses at the airport have told the FAA that only one person boarded the aircraft . Adams said three people live in the house that was hit , but `` the house was vacant when the plane down . '' He said the plane was"}
-{"answer":"H.W. Bush : Oh , no , listen , I 'm so glad you 're here . Meade : Happy birthday -- 85 . Bush : I thought you did n't know . Meade : Everybody knows , right ? Bush : I know . It 's exciting . It really is wonderful . Meade : What 's with your penchant for jumping still ? Bush : Well , two reasons . One , it still feels good . You still get a charge out of it . Not easy to do at 85 , but ... Meade : I do n't think it 's easy to do at any age . Watch Bush talk about why he still sky-dives '' Bush : And secondly , just because you 're old , that does n't mean you ca n't do fun stuff . And you do n't want to sit around drooling in the corner . And so it 's a wonderful release . And you know , because I was president , it sends a message all around . You can go out and get something going . Old guys can still have fun and still do stuff .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On Friday afternoon , Robin Meade , HLN anchor of `` Morning Express with Robin Meade , '' sky-dived just before former President George Herbert Walker Bush , who was commemorating his 85th birthday . HLN Anchor Robin Meade chats with former president George H.W. Bush on his 85th birthday . In recent years , Bush 's jumps have been about fun and celebration , but he first parachuted out of a plane when he was a naval aviator shot down over the Pacific Ocean during World War II . On Friday , Meade and Bush were each strapped to a member of the Army 's Golden Knights parachute team . They made their jumps over Kennebunkport , Maine . Before the jumps , Meade sat down with Bush to learn more about why he sky-dives . Plus , the former president weighed in on his and his son 's legacies , Supreme Court justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor , and his view on the country 's most pressing problems . This is an edited transcript of the interview . Robin Meade : Thank you for making time for us to talk to you today . George"}
-{"answer":"around the world , particularly those in the military theaters of Iraq and Afghanistan , said Phillips . As part of that initiative , it 's paying a great deal of attention to the troops ' desires , whether they be for high technology -- the USO recently brought video game\/HDTV entertainment centers and satellite-based telephone systems to some areas -- or a diversity of entertainers , including rappers and NFL players . The Colbert trip was a meeting of the minds between the Comedy Central star and the military , said Rachel Tischler , the USO 's vice president for entertainment operations . The `` Colbert Report '' host , who has attested to his interest in Iraq in such venues as Newsweek magazine -LRB- he was a guest editor last month -RRB- , expressed interest in going , a request that made its way up the chain of command to Gen. David Petraeus , the former leader of coalition forces in Iraq . Petraeus liked the idea , said Tischler , and the principals were put in touch with the USO . Colbert 's excursion , which the comedian called `` Operation Iraqi Stephen , '' was unusual","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Among the entertainers who have donated their energies to the USO in recent years are Stephen Colbert , Jon Stewart , Scarlett Johansson , Kid Rock , Queensryche , Toby Keith , Lewis Black and Robin Williams . Stephen Colbert 's trip to Iraq , facilitated by the USO , was six months in the planning . But when the USO conducts a public opinion survey asking people who they think of when the military service organization is mentioned , one name always comes up . `` The first thing out of their mouths is ` Bob Hope , ' '' said Mark Phillips , the USO 's vice president for communications , with an audible shrug . `` And if they 're not part of the military , the list stops there . '' As the country celebrates Independence Day and pays tribute to the men and women who serve in its armed forces , the USO is trying to change that mindset . The organization , which was founded in 1941 to bring comfort and entertainment to America 's men and women in uniform , has been focusing its support on American troops stationed"}
-{"answer":"the 1960s and 1970s , liberal Democrats and Republicans concluded that much of their policy agenda would be impossible to achieve if the political process did not change . They perceived Vietnam and then Watergate as the outgrowth of deep flaws in how our government worked . During the 1970s , they were able to pass a series of significant reforms , such as a campaign finance system that included public funds for presidential campaigns and contribution limits . Reforms opened up more of the political process through sunshine laws and retrenched the power of the senior committee chairmen in Congress who had usually done as they pleased , ignoring the will of the majority . Ethics laws regulated the behavior of executive and legislative branch . Even the sacrosanct filibuster underwent an overhaul in 1975 : The Senate lowered the number of required to end a filibuster from two-thirds of the Senate , 67 ; to three-fifths , 60 . Many of the reforms did not work , some had unintended consequences , and others were gradually unraveled . But substantive reform was possible and , for a moment , changed the way that politics as usual worked .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Responding to President Obama 's State of the Union comments about the `` deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works , '' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that `` the American people do n't care about process . '' Yet Americans have indicated that they are quite unhappy with how their government is working . According to a recent NBC News\/Wall Street Journal poll , only 28 percent of those polled believe that the federal government is `` working well , '' while seven out of 10 believe that the `` unhealthy '' government is in need of reform . Almost 93 percent said there was too much partisanship ; 84 percent said special interests had excessive power . We must always take these kinds of poll numbers with a grain of salt . Polls frequently show that Americans do not like how their government works , especially Congress . The U.S. is a country that has always expressed strong distrust of government . There have been a few exceptional periods , like the progressive era or the 1960s and 1970s , when this frustration turns into a concerted movement for government reform . During"}
-{"answer":"the meantime they will eliminate at least 50,000 jobs this year alone , close even more plants than previously announced and discontinue several of their most recognizable lines of cars . If you think keeping the automakers afloat for another few years is expensive , you wo n't believe how much it would cost to let them fail . In the same report , GM CEO Rick Wagoner put the price tag for the feds should his company file for bankruptcy at $ 100 billion . Such is the through-the-looking-glass nature of bailout economics , circa 2009 . Of course , even Wagoner 's worst case scenario is a pittance compared to the more than $ 600 billion that will eventually flow to Wall Street through the Troubled Assets Relief Program -LRB- TARP -RRB- . Which begs the question of why , after four months and nearly $ 400 billion in capital from the U.S. Treasury , we have still not seen anything remotely resembling the detailed disclosures and strategic planning required of the automakers from the banks that have received TARP funds ? For that matter , should n't the state and local governments that stand to receive hundreds","question":"Editor 's note : Frank Micciche is managing director of the Next Social Contract Initiative at the New America Foundation , a think tank that promotes thought from across the ideological spectrum . He has worked for Sallie Mae , former Michigan Gov. John Engler and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney . Frank Micciche says Detroit has to justify its bailout while Wall Street is getting more without tough scrutiny . WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There was good news and bad news in the recent filings Chrysler and General Motors made with the federal officials overseeing their multibillion-dollar rescue . The good news was that , if the federal government can see its way clear to adding another $ 21 billion or so to the more than $ 17.4 billion they received in bridge loans in December -- including a cool $ 7 billion by the end of March to forestall their insolvency -- the companies are confident that they will be able to retool , return to profitability and repay the money provided them . The bad news : it wo n't happen until late in President Obama 's first term , if at all , and in"}
-{"answer":"in the cases , which are being investigated by an FBI lead task force on terrorism . `` We believe it 's just a matter of time before someone is going to be hurt , '' said FBI Assistant Director in Charge Salvador Hernandez . `` The intent of these groups is to intimidate and coerce . '' Hernandez heads up the task force investigating the series of attacks and says their actions qualify as terrorist attacks . But animal rights advocate Chris DeRose says nothing could be further from the truth `` There has never been one human being in this country being killed or even hurt , '' he said . He believes the university researchers are the bad guys . `` What I do condemn is what goes on behind those walls , '' he says . DeRose , founder of Last Chance for Animals , says he does n't condone firebombing researchers ' homes , but he does n't condemn it either . Watch people against animal research at protest '' `` The reason these people are doing it is because they have been pushed ... nobody is listening ... over a hundred million animals a","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -- On Earth Day on Wednesday , Dr. David Jentsch marched at the head of a column of UCLA students and faculty members to the chant of , `` Stand up for science ! '' Across the street a smaller but equally vocal group of animal rights advocates chanted , `` U-C-L-A , how many animals have you killed today ! '' Animal rights activists say large numbers of animals are killed each year during medical trials . Until recently , Jentsch had never dreamed he would lead a political demonstration . But Jentsch 's life took a sharp turn last month when his car was firebombed in his driveway . A radical group of animal rights activists claimed responsibility for the act . `` This is terror , '' Jentsch said . `` There is no two ways about it . It 's extremism . It 's an attempt to intimidate . '' It was the latest in a string of arson attacks against UCLA researchers who use animals in medical research projects . Since 2006 , there have been seven attacks aimed at researcher 's homes or cars . No arrests have been made"}
-{"answer":". `` They -LRB- mothers -RRB- only resort to some actions , some practices to try to help the girl , '' said Taku . `` It 's better to talk to your daughter -- that 's why we teach the mothers even things like puberty . '' `` The mothers are ignorant , they do n't know how to approach their daughters , '' she added . With the help of sponsors , the association produces television and print campaigns urging Cameroonian girls to find their voice and confront their mothers . Malawi 's ` Florence Nightingale ' saving babies and mothers Workshops are also held to educate women about reproductive health . The idea is that when they graduate they 'll become trusted sources of information for other Cameroonian girls . One workshop participant , Terisia , became pregnant aged 15 . Her mother ironed her breasts when she was just nine years old . Terisia believes she might not have become pregnant so young if her mother had talked to her about sex instead . `` The advice could have worked better than pressing the breasts , '' Terisia said . `` Sitting with the child ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Cameroon 's high rate of teenage pregnancy is being blamed for driving mothers to use harmful traditions on their daughters -- including the unspeakable practice of breast ironing . Some mothers `` iron '' their daughters ' breasts with a hot pestle to make them less desirable to men . It 's a practice that 's meant to stop them getting pregnant at a young age , but it leaves many girls physically and emotionally scarred . A study in 2006 found nearly one in four Cameroonian girls have been affected . But a new generation of Cameroonian women are on a mission to eradicate the practice . Among them is Georgette Taku . She believes better sex education is the key to reducing teenage pregnancy and changing attitudes to breast ironing . `` What is killing the Cameroonian girl in society is that mothers do n't communicate with their daughters , they do n't talk , '' said Taku . Taku works for the Association of Aunties , a national network that promotes sexual dialogue . It was her own pregnancy and the birth of her son that pushed her into a life of activism"}
-{"answer":"-- I do n't like to call it a glass ceiling , but I think there is still an unseen barrier for women , which is that , if you ask most business people , would they like to promote more women , they would all say yes , they 'd love to : `` Where are these women , I want to promote them , '' will be the answer . But often they do n't really automatically think of a woman first for a top job . Benjamin : And what advice would you give to women who want to try and make it to the top ? Gooding : Well , first of all , to learn as much as you can and to make sure you 've got the right experience , the right qualifications , and to enjoy each job for its own interest and job satisfaction . But I think another piece of advice I would give to women is not to be afraid to put themselves forward and say what it is they want , because I think one thing that happens with women , which perhaps is a gender difference , is","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Valerie Gooding is in the top five most powerful businesswomen in Europe as named by the Financial Times . She runs global health and care organization BUPA and under her leadership it has grown to over 8 million customers in over 190 countries and record revenues . CNN 's Todd Benjamin spoke to her in London and began by asking her why there are so few women at the top . She said it goes beyond family issues . Gooding : Women sometimes do n't put themselves forward for things . And one of the things I think about and talk about a lot is that women often lack confidence to go for the next job , the top job . They sometimes do n't wish to compete or they do n't think they 're good enough for the next thing . Benjamin : Why do you think that is ? Gooding : Partly a lack of role models , partly it may be conditioning from a very early age about what the role of women is in society and the family , in work . But also I think there is still"}
-{"answer":"that his partners were middle-aged men . His actions , Mitterrand said , were `` without a doubt , an error , '' but `` a crime , no , '' he said in the interview . Despite recent calls to resign from the far-right National Front and the left-leaning Socialist Party , Mitterrand , who is openly gay , vowed to stay in his job . He said he met Thursday morning with French President Nicolas Sarkozy , and that the president supports him . In a July interview with the weekly French news magazine Le Nouvel Observateur , Sarkozy said he had read Mitterrand 's book , and found it `` courageous and talented . '' The controversy over the revelations in his book -- which he called neither autobiography nor memoir -- erupted anew after Mitterrand deplored the arrest last week of filmmaker Roman Polanski , who fled the United States in 1977 after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl . The culture minister told TF1 that he was `` too emotional '' when he denounced the filmmaker 's arrest in Switzerland as `` horrifying . '' `` To see him thrown to the","question":"PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said Thursday he will not resign over accounts in a book he wrote in 2005 about paying to have sex with `` boys '' in Thailand . Frederic Mitterrand admitted to paying for sex with `` boys '' in his 2005 autobiography , `` The Bad Life . '' In an interview with French television network TF1 , Mitterrand said he `` absolutely condemn -LSB- s -RSB- sexual tourism , which is a disgrace , and ... pedophilia , '' in which he insisted he has never participated . Despite the use of the French word `` garcon '' in his 2005 book `` The Bad Life , '' Mitterrand , 62 , has previously said the term did not mean `` little boys . '' He said the males he paid for sex were his age , or maybe five years younger , but not underage -- and the relations were consensual . `` Anyway , you can recognize someone who 's 40 years old ... '' he told TF1 . A 40-year-old man `` does n't look like a minor , '' he added , suggesting"}
-{"answer":"found her body slumped in a chair in the foyer of Spector 's 8,500-square-foot Pyrenees-style castle , a Colt Cobra Special .38 - caliber revolver at her feet . The question the jury must answer is straightforward : Did Spector , 67 , shoot Clarkson , 40 , in the face after she spurned his romantic advances and tried to leave his home ? Or did she shoot herself , either by accident or in suicidal despair over her flagging Hollywood career ? The jurors did n't hear directly from Spector . The most damaging testimony came from his Brazilian-born driver , who said the boss wandered out of the castle that morning and announced , `` I think I killed somebody . '' His dress and mannerisms at the defense table were impossible to ignore . `` Sometimes the most important thing about a defendant 's court appearance is the defendant 's appearance , '' Court TV anchor Lisa Bloom said . `` Looks count when it comes to a criminal trial , '' agreed Laurie Levenson , a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles . `` They can work for a defendant , and they can","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Jurymen seldom convict a person they like , or acquit one that they dislike . '' -- Clarence Darrow A moussed , tousled brown hairstyle is murder trial defendant Phil Spector 's latest look . Since April , the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector has been playing out in Los Angeles , California , oddly contrasting gruesome CSI details with the defendant 's daily fashion emergency . Jurors finally will go behind closed doors for deliberations at the end of the week . Their impressions of Spector 's over-the-top fashion statements and nebbish-like demeanor could weigh as heavily , legal analysts say , as any of the conflicting expert testimony about ballistics , blood spatter and other forensic evidence . Spector , a diminutive aging hipster who invented the `` Wall of Sound '' and worked with the Beatles and Ike and Tina Turner , is accused of second-degree murder . He allegedly shot Lana Clarkson , a B-movie actress-turned-House of Blues hostess whose film credits include `` Barbarian Queen '' and `` Amazon Women on the Moon . '' As the sun began to rise on February 3 , 2003 , police"}
-{"answer":"for classified information . James Carafano , a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation , said it is a good idea to increase the number of aviation security officials with access to intelligence . The move could decrease the chance that information will be leaked because employees who are given clearance are trained to treat the information appropriately , he said . Officers also must undergo additional background checks before receiving the upgraded status , the agency said . The Transportation Security Administration said personnel granted security clearances are educated about their responsibility to protect classified information , sign a non-disclosure agreement and take annual refresher training . Under the federal government 's system of classifying information , `` secret '' clearance is above `` restricted '' and `` confidential '' but below `` top secret . '' Randall Larsen , director of the Institute for Homeland Security , was enthusiastic about the expanded base of people with access to `` secret '' intelligence , saying it is particularly needed by behavior detection officers , who look for travelers exhibiting unusual behavior . `` Just think , if we had pulled that Christmas bomber aside and spoken to him","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Transportation Security Administration is upgrading security clearances for 10,000 of its airport personnel , giving them access to `` secret '' intelligence to help them better detect threats and stop terrorists , the agency said Friday . To date , the agency has granted access to secret-level classified information to 744 front-line supervisors , managers and behavior-detection officers . It now hopes to be able to give that clearance to all 10,000 supervisory personnel in the next two years , it said . The change does not involve airport screeners , the people responsible for inspecting people and luggage at airport checkpoints . `` It 's a natural progression , '' TSA spokeswoman Sterling Payne said . `` It 's the next step in professionalizing our work force . What this will do is give them a leg up and a little more detail than what they 're getting in the -LSB- current -RSB- briefing . '' The change will empower the employees and make sure they have up-to-date and accurate information about intelligence threats , she said . The majority of the agency 's headquarters managers already have secret - or higher-level clearances"}
-{"answer":"will continually explore the most sophisticated devices capable of identifying explosives , guns , knives and other such items anywhere on the body . '' The alleged plane bomber , Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is believed to have concealed explosives in his underwear . The 23-year-old Nigerian is thought to have linked up with an al Qaeda group based in Yemen after attending the UK 's University College London . Brown said the plot was a reminder of al Qaeda 's increasing influence away from `` better-known homes of international terror such as Pakistan and Afghanistan . '' Yemen is becoming `` a major new base for terrorism '' which highlighted the need for `` enhanced cooperation '' between nations in the fight against international terrorism , he said . Brown added that the UK government is already supporting the government of Yemen 's efforts to tackle terrorism and pledged further support . `` By 2011 our already announced commitment to Yemen will exceed # 100 million -LRB- $ 160 million -RRB- , making the UK one of its leading donors , '' he said . It was also announced Friday that Brown had invited `` key international partners '' to","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ordered a full review of security measures at UK airports following the attempted Detroit plane bombing on December 25 . In a statement published Friday on the prime minister 's official Web site , Brown said the UK government will be working with the U.S. to `` examine a range of new techniques to enhance airport security systems beyond traditional measures , such as pat-down searches and sniffer dogs . '' These new measures might include using `` explosive trace technology , full body scanners and advanced x-ray technology . '' Writing on the first day of a new decade , Brown issued a reminder of the ongoing threat posed by international terrorism . `` The new decade , '' he said , `` is starting as the last began -- with al Qaeda creating a climate of fear . These enemies of democracy and freedom ... are concealing explosives in ways which are more difficult to detect . '' The Detroit incident highlighted an `` urgent '' need to tighten airport security measures , Brown said . `` The UK , '' Brown said , ``"}
-{"answer":"in a way because there is that body of work to look back on in retrospect , '' says Lennox . `` And the future is ahead of me and that 's very interesting because I 'm really not sure exactly what that 's going to mean logistically ... how that 's going to pan out . But I 'm very excited about it because of Internet technology . '' Watch Lennox talk about catharsis '' Lennox , who 's won Grammys , BRIT Awards and an Academy Award -LRB- for co-writing `` Into the West '' from `` The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King '' -RRB- , says she 's become somewhat of a voracious blogger , using her MySpace page and official Web site not only as a repository for her musical work , but also to lend a voice to her humanitarian efforts . In 2007 , Lennox formed the SING Campaign , a nonprofit initiative to help fight the HIV pandemic in Africa . The initiative has its own anthem , called `` SING , '' which features vocals from Madonna and Celine Dion among others , and is included on","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Annie Lennox has incredible eyes . Annie Lennox 's new album , a best-of , will be her last with Sony . They 're a translucent blue-green , both kind and inviting in one glance , then piercing and all-knowing in another . At 54 , Lennox 's orbs are as captivating today as they were when they stared at us from under that fiery orange crew cut in the music video for the Eurythmics hit `` Sweet Dreams -LRB- Are Made of This -RRB- . '' That was 1983 . Yes , Lennox 's Eurythmics days seem like a lifetime ago for the Scotland-born singer-songwriter , especially when you consider the successful solo career she 's enjoyed since her partnership with Dave Stewart . It 's that body of work -- songs like ` Why '' and `` No More ' I Love You 's ' '' that are showcased on her newest album , `` The Annie Lennox Collection . '' It 's Lennox 's fifth solo outing , and her final album with her record label of 30 years , Sony Music Entertainment . `` It 's like a demarcation line"}
-{"answer":"'' that are meant to provide them with a safe , natural environment that will prepare them for release . With the safety of the pandas confirmed , the animals ' caregivers are left to determine how resources like food and medical supplies will reach the bases , which contain breeding facilities and triage centers . Bamboo , the pandas ' primary source of food , is a major agricultural product in the region , but whether it can be supplied to the pandas despite infrastructure damage is open to question . `` Wolong is hard to access under normal conditions , so the heavy road damage makes it even harder , '' said Kerry Zobor , spokesperson for the World Wildlife Fund . Zobor said WWF had confirmed the safety of staff based in Beijing , but had not received word on the conditions in Wolong . She said the WWF was also concerned about members who had been touring the country when the earthquake struck . So far , the group has not been located . Scientists in the United States are hopeful that Chinese researchers will adapt to the situation facing them . David Wildt with the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- China 's giant pandas are believed to be safe after Monday 's earthquake , but concern is growing over how they will get their next meals . The giant pandas ' primary food source is bamboo . Authorities confirmed Tuesday that captive animals in two of China 's major panda reserves were alive , according to Xinhua , China 's official news agency . The Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center in southwest Sichuan province is home to about 86 giant pandas , who were reported safe Tuesday . Staff and critters at neighboring Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center were also reported safe , according to a spokesperson for the Atlanta Zoo , which has two pandas on loan from the wildlife reserve . Concern arose in the international wildlife community over damage to the animals ' habitat , as authorities continued assessing the scope of damage in the Sichuan province . The mountainous , densely wooded region is the natural habitat for most of the 1,200 giant pandas living in the wild , making it an obvious location for research bases like Wolong and Chengdu . Giant pandas roam the forest in `` open cages"}
-{"answer":"of the sex blues . In this particular situation , you may want to get to the root of the problem before this supposed dry spell kills your love , too . The Frisky : 30 things every woman should quit doing by 30 2 . `` I ca n't stop crying . '' Sure , sure , the new man is a metrosexual who is really in touch with his inner-self , does yoga , and gets waxed more than you do . But there 's a limit to how much a woman can tolerate seemingly unmanly behaviors . Crying because there was a death in the family ? Feel free . Prone to weeping at romantic comedies ? Not so much . If your man ca n't control his emotions , and you find yourself feeling like you 're the one wearing the pants in the relationship , you should ask yourself if that 's what you want -- a guy who 'll cry over spilt milk . The Frisky : Boys are taking over pageant contests 3 . `` I 'm thinking about quitting my job . '' There are two ways this one can go .","question":"-LRB- The Frisky -RRB- -- We love men . In fact , we adore them . We like their bodies , their brains , and their strange way of doing things . So it 's always a tricky tightrope when you 're dealing with a guy to know when to be there for him -- and when to cut and run . Since we 're here to help the ladies , we 've created a handy guide that will help you know when your man is just being a dude -- or if you 've got a dud on your hands who needs to be dumped . The Frisky : 7 chubby celebrity men who slimmed down 1 . `` I do n't feel like having sex . '' Sure , every man has an off day . But you know what ? Most guys want to have sex all the time . And if you 're not getting it on , on a regular basis , especially because your guy is claiming that he 's just `` not feeling it , '' you can bet that your problems are going to turn out to be bigger than a case"}
-{"answer":"could not be verified . The message says it 's `` clear '' some Arab leaders have `` conspired '' with what it calls the `` Zionist-crusader alliance '' against the Palestinians in Gaza . `` They are the ones that America describes as the moderate leaders in our world , '' the message says . The speaker urged Muslims to help insurgents `` liberate '' Iraq . `` For those honest in their desire to deliver al-Aqsa mosque , they should back the Mujahideen in Iraq with everything they need in order to liberate Mesopotamia , '' the message said , alluding to the Jerusalem mosque regarded as the third holiest place in Islam . `` And with that they will have defeated the Zionists ' biggest ally , '' referring to the United States . Then , the fighters should move on to Jordan to `` liberate all of Palestine from the sea to the river '' from Israel . When talking about Palestine , the speaker is referring to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River that includes the Jewish state of Israel and the Palestinian lands of the West Bank and Gaza .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called Israel 's recent offensive in Gaza a `` holocaust , '' according to a purported message from him posted on an Islamist Web site . Osama bin Laden , in an undated photo , apparently taped a message calling Israel 's Gaza offensive a holocaust . `` The holocaust of Gaza in the midst of this long siege is an important and historic event and an articulate tragedy which affirms the need for detachment of the Muslims from the hypocrites . It is not right that our condition after what happened in Gaza be like our condition prior to it , '' the message said . Al Qaeda says it wants to liberate the mosque from Israeli control . The message -- an audiotape played over a still image -- is called `` Practical Steps to Liberate Palestine '' and it is dated March 2009 , according to terrorism analyst Laura Mansfield . The more than 33 minutes-long tape includes English subtitles , and English and Arabic transcripts were released by As Sahab , al Qaeda 's media production center , Mansfield said . The authenticity of the tape"}
-{"answer":"nine other counties reported 2 feet of snow , the Kansas Adjutant General 's office said . About 17,000 customers in Kansas lost electricity , more than half of those in Sedgwick County . The storm left some travelers stranded and in need of last-minute hotel accommodations , according to the front desk manager at the Econolodge in McPherson . `` We have two honeymoon suites open , but other than that we 're fully booked . We normally have 84 rooms , '' iReporter Sally Kelley said . The housekeepers who made it to work were all outside shoveling , but they struggled to keep up with the snow as it continued falling Saturday afternoon . `` We have n't had people getting mad at us . The people have been great but I think they 're really frustrated . '' The state Adjutant General 's office said whiteout conditions and blowing snow made driving hazardous . The Kansas Department of Transportation shut down several roads in the western and south central part of the state . National Guard Humvees were used to move medical personnel and patients to a hospital in Seward County . In Oklahoma , where","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mother Nature provided a little bit of everything in several parts of the country on Saturday . Vehicles jam a buckled road in Mobile , Alabama , on Saturday after heavy rains . Heavy winds wreaked havoc on a shopping center in central Tennessee , blowing out windows and damaging the roof , Murfreesboro police spokesman Kyle Evans told CNN Radio . Glass storefronts at the Jackson Heights Shopping Center were blown out 100 to 150 yards into the parking lot , Evans said . Evans said three people were treated for minor injuries from flying glass and metal . Residents in northwest Murfreesboro lost power Saturday night and police warned residents to stay indoors until traffic caused by the incident cleared up . Elsewhere , a blizzard dumped more than 2 feet of snow in parts of the Plains on Saturday . The blizzard cut power , stranding drivers and prompting governors in Kansas and Oklahoma to issue disaster declarations . The heaviest snow and ice accumulated in south central and southwest Kansas . In Pratt County , 28 inches of snow fell , with snowdrifts reported up to 6 feet deep . At least"}
-{"answer":"worked with the Secret Service to get as many people into the stadium as possible . Obama said he chose to speak Thursday at Invesco Field , which seats 76,000 people , to make sure `` everybody who wants to can come . '' Some attendees stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the stadium floor for hours , mingling among the likes of celebrities such as Spike Lee , Farrah Fawcett , Susan Sarandon and Oprah Winfrey . iReporter Zennie Abraham said he talked politics with actor Matthew Modine and former San Francisco , California , Mayor Willie Brown . Watch Abraham talk about mingling with celebrities '' A few ticket-holders and would-be attendees arrived at Invesco Field by 9 a.m. ET . By noon , the line for the entrance included roughly 1,000 people , according to media reports . The parking situation near Invesco filled up , even with garages charging $ 50 to $ 60 for Thursday night . iReport.com : Check out the sights and sounds By midday , thousands stood in the warm temperatures to wait in lines that were nearly six miles long , according to local police . The lines snaked around ramps and onto the","question":"DENVER , Colorado -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sen. Barack Obama 's acceptance of the Democratic Party 's presidential nomination may be historic in many ways . One of them is the size of the audience at Invesco Field . More than 75,000 people packed into the football stadium in Denver , Colorado , to hear Obama 's historic speech as the first African-American Democratic presidential nominee . The enormity of the crowd was borne out by the gridlock that greeted them as they left the stadium . Attendees shuffled along like herds of cattle , moving inches at a time , as they attempted to leave the grounds . But those in attendance said the size of the audience contributed to the event 's electric atmosphere.iReport.com : Watch wave break out at Invesco `` What his whole campaign is about is bringing people together , '' said iReporter William Gilbane III . `` The mix of people -- young , old , gay , straight , white , black -- everything you could imagine was represented in the crowd and it was just really , really exciting . '' Watch Gilbane describe the scene inside the stadium '' Local authorities"}
-{"answer":"have survived the fiery re-entry and reach the surface of Earth . However , NASA is not aware of any reports of injury or property damage . '' NASA officials said it 's possible the satellite pieces hit the Pacific Ocean . Initial reported sightings of the disintegrating satellite had not proved credible because they were not near the proper track , the agency said . Reports of suspected sightings emerged from San Antonio , where a TV photographer caught images of bright objects darting rapidly in the night sky , and from Hawaii , where Robert Jeffcoat saw what he believed were two chunks from the satellite . Jeffcoat was running errands when the first flying object left a thick , white trail that lingered in the sky for about 20 minutes , he said . A second object followed the same path and was `` massive , '' he said . `` It was like a comet , but smoke , '' he said . `` I 'm guessing it landed in the ocean , the way it was going . '' Mark Matney of NASA 's Orbital Debris team in Houston said before the rubbish fell that","question":"Miami -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kris Rakowski put the dog out late Friday and looked to the skies above his Maple Grove , Minnesota , residence . He saw lights -- a bunch of them . `` They almost looked like fireballs or fireflies , strobing , '' Rakowski told CNN Saturday . The art director , 35 , who first began looking for possible signs of a plummeting U.S. satellite around 10 p.m. , grabbed his camera . He 's pretty sure the photos he submitted to CNN 's iReport were pieces of the satellite , which entered the Earth 's atmosphere around that time . `` It was a once in a lifetime opportunity , '' he said . NASA said the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite 's debris fell to Earth between 11:23 p.m. ET Friday and 1:09 a.m. ET Saturday . The satellite passed over Africa and North America and likely landed off the West Coast of the United States , NASA said . `` The precise re-entry time and location of debris impacts have not been determined , '' NASA said . `` Twenty-six satellite components , weighing a total of about 1,200 pounds , could"}
-{"answer":"Iraq , face dangerous circumstances every day and have navigated the vast majority of those situations without any violence , Prince told CNN . The guards just try to do their jobs , and are `` not trying to make any trouble , '' he said . The Iraqi government accuses Blackwater guards of opening fire without provocation on civilians in a crowded area in Baghdad on September 16 , killing 17 and wounding 27 . Survivors told FBI investigators Blackwater guards shot at civilians presenting no threat . Watch a Blackwater witness describe his account '' The first U.S. soldiers to arrive on the scene after the incident told military investigators they found no evidence contractors were fired upon , a source familiar with a preliminary U.S. military report told CNN . The soldiers found evidence suggesting the guards fired on cars attempting to leave and found weapon casings on the scene matching only those used by U.S. military and contractors , the military source said . But Prince on Sunday told CNN , `` In the incident reports I 've seen , at least three of our armored vehicles were hit by small arms fire , incoming ,","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The head of Blackwater USA on Sunday rejected a mounting series of reports suggesting the private contractor 's security guards opened fire on innocent Iraqi civilians last month . Blackwater CEO Erik Prince said Sunday that guards `` definitely '' faced insurgent fire September 16 . `` There was definitely incoming small arms fire from insurgents '' in the September 16 incident in Baghdad , founder and CEO Erik Prince told CNN 's Wolf Blitzer on `` Late Edition . '' There was no `` deliberate violence , '' committed by Blackwater employees , he added . Still , when asked whether it is possible someone with Blackwater `` screwed up '' in the incident , Prince replied , `` Certainly it 's possible . '' He said he expects the FBI investigation to provide many answers . Meanwhile , U.S. and Iraqi officials continue discussing Baghdad 's demand that Blackwater be expelled from Iraq within six months , The Associated Press reported Sunday . American officials are also coming up with ways to fill the security gap if Blackwater is forced to leave , AP reported . Blackwater guards , protecting U.S. officials in"}
-{"answer":", that ride eventually comes to an end . This week , Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said , `` To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits , the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes , modifications to entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare , less spending on everything else from education to defense , or some combination of the above . '' The Tea Party endorses massive reductions of federal spending before any consideration of new taxes is brought to the table . Tea Party members clearly understand Bernanke 's warning . If something drastic is not done soon , our entire financial system and way of life will collapse . The Tea Party 's goal from inception has been to replace big-spending politicians from both political parties with common-sense , fiscally responsible leaders . America has moved away from the vision of our Founding Fathers who advocated for a nuanced balance between federal and state power . As America has drifted from constitutional values , federal power has grown . We have gone from a nation of self-sufficient producers to a nation divided between overburdened taxpaying producers and some nonproducers who exist on","question":"Dallas , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The modern Tea Party movement began on February 27 , 2009 , when small groups in 22 American cities gathered to protest the signing of President Obama 's stimulus bill . The Tea Party groups viewed the stimulus bill as the crowning moment of decades of irresponsible government fiscal behavior . The federal government is addicted to spending , and the consequences are now staring us in the face . Our national debt is at emergency levels and growing rapidly . Congressional Budget Office head Doug Elmendorf recently said the nation 's fiscal path is simply `` unsustainable . '' And yet this financial crisis seems obvious to virtually everyone except our elected officials in Washington . Tea Party members are not averse to paying taxes . However , taxpayers are stretched thin , and piling more taxes on their backs is not the answer . We do not understand nor approve of Washington 's insatiable appetite for spending , because that 's not the way we as individuals live . We do not massively overspend today and borrow money tomorrow to cover the bills . As California and New York are learning"}
-{"answer":"of Taliban prisoners being held by the government and a pullout of government security forces from the tribal areas . Although there were assurances that the Pakistani government was doing everything it could and that Stancza would be freed soon , Adams said it was never clear what the government was actually doing to secure his release . `` We are waiting for confirmation and waiting for any answer -LSB- about -RSB- how this happened and why did this happen , '' Adams said . A spokesman for Pakistan 's interior ministry said that the reports of Stancza 's death have yet to be confirmed and that the case of his kidnapping was a high priority for the government . Shahid Ullah Baig said the government had been working hard to retrieve Stancza unharmed but did not give details . `` The Pakistan government is doing its level best to secure his release , '' he said , adding , `` Human life is more important to us than anything else . '' Kidnappings and attacks against foreigners have risen sharply in recent months throughout the country . Most recently , an American working for the United Nations was kidnapped","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Polish authorities in Pakistan say they are monitoring local reports that Taliban militants have executed a kidnapped Polish engineer . Pakistani Taliban militants offer prayers in Mamouzai area of Orakzai Agency in November . Piotr Stancza was kidnapped September 28 from the city of Attock in Punjab province . Stancza had been based there for a Polish survey company searching for natural gas . Local reports and TV station Dawn News reported Stancza 's execution Saturday . Polish Embassy spokesman Peter Adams said his offices were aware of local media reports but were waiting to hear officially from Pakistani authorities . He said all efforts had been made by Polish authorities to pressure the Pakistani government to do whatever it could to secure Stancza 's release . `` From the Polish side , we did whatever we could , pressuring the Pakistani government on the presidential and prime minister level , '' Adams said . `` Problem was , this was solely Pakistan 's responsibility . Demands were only towards -LSB- the -RSB- Pakistan government . '' Adams said there had been no demands for ransom . The Taliban had demanded the release"}
-{"answer":"underwater , '' Bolofo told CNN . When the sun finally emerged from behind a cloud , Bolofo ordered Venus into her bathers . `` I 'm excited it 's my first underwater tennis venture , so I feel a little nervous , but I think I 'll come through , '' Venus said . `` I want her smiling and making it look as if it 's natural and it 's not an effort , '' Bolofo explained . `` It 's going to be whimsical and fun . That 's the fun part of the shoot . '' Fashion is an important part of Venus Williams ' life . She has her own clothing company , EleVen , which produces tennis outfits and casual clothing . She sketches ideas , but says she 's not the chief designer , by any stretch . `` There are other people designing stuff . I could n't do it on my own , '' she said , adding , `` I do n't do technical drawing , I hated it in school . I refuse to do this on the computer . I 'd rather just do it by hand .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Venus Williams is most often seen wiping perspiration from her brow as she thunders around the court contesting championship tennis matches . Venus Williams steps off the tennis court and into the pool in a series of photos to be featured in Italian Marie Claire . These photos show the world number six in a more reflective mood , posing for a 16-page fashion spread in the Italian edition of Marie Claire . They were taken in Miami , Florida in December last year by her friend and photographer Koto Bolofo . `` I love working with Koto , '' Venus told CNN in an interview for `` Revealed . '' `` I think he 's my biggest fan and he believes in me , I 'm not sure why , but he does so I 've got to accept that , '' she laughed . They planned to shoot 20 outfits in one day , a hectic schedule that included one photo that had been two years in the making . See video of the photo shoot '' `` I 've got it pictured in my mind that she 's going to be playing tennis"}
-{"answer":"is the work of pirates . `` This is not the work of al-Shabaab , '' he said , `` this is the work of Southern armed gangs and pirates . '' No ransom demands have been made yet , says Mwangura . But if Somali pirates carried out the operation , it represents a marked departure in tactics . For years , pirates have attacked commercial ships in the busy shipping lanes between Europe and Asia . A cargo ship has insurance , and after months of negotiations pirates can often clear several million U.S. dollars . Some analysts believe that Somali pirates are now moving onto land because it 's getting harder out at sea . `` Their inability to operate freely in the their waters is forcing them onto land , '' says Andrews Atta-Asamoah , a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies . `` It 's significant if you place it in the context of the struggle against piracy . Since the whole push against piracy by international navies , the pirates have been looking for new territory and new frontiers . '' Atta-Asamoah says that Kenya is a natural target because if its","question":"Nairobi , Kenya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An English tourist kidnapped from a remote Kenyan resort is being held by Somali pirates in a remote corner of the lawless country , according to experts and security analysts in Nairobi . `` Gangs from Southern Somalia took her up the coast and then moved her several times , '' said Andrew Mwangura , a piracy expert and maritime editor of Somalia Report , an independent online publication . Judith Tebbutt was abducted by armed men from a remote safari lodge near to the Somali border earlier this month . Her husband , David Tebbutt , was killed in the attack when he resisted , according to Kenyan police . Details of the incident are still sketchy and the British government has asked journalists not to reveal the exact location of Tebbutt to avoid abduction attempts from rival gangs . Initially , it was feared that al-Shabaab , the al Qaeda-linked militant group , had conducted the operation as a revenge attack against the British nationals . But a security analyst based in Nairobi , who tracks piracy operations but is not authorized to speak to the media , also believes this"}
-{"answer":"chased away one of the search engine 's camera cars as it attempted to photograph their homes . Fearing the appearance of their well appointed properties on the Web site would attract criminals scouting for burglary targets , villagers in Broughton , north of London , summoned the police after blocking the car . A month earlier , the BBC reported that Google was forced to pull a number of images from Street View after receiving complaints about pictures that included a man entering a London sex shop , and a drunken reveler being sick at a bus stop . The search giant has now run into trouble in Greece after being blocked by the country 's privacy watchdog from expanding its service there . The Hellenic Data Protection Authority wants further clarification from Google about how long it will store images for and the measures in place to make people aware of privacy rights . In a statement , a Google spokesperson told CNN : `` Street View has not been banned in Greece . We have received a request for further information from the Greek DPA and we are happy to continue discussing these issues with them and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Internet giant Google has been stopped from gathering images in Greek cities for its Street View service until it provides further guarantees about privacy . One of Google 's Street View camera cars capturing images in central London . Launched in the U.S. two years ago , Street View provides users with access to 3-D `` pedestrian 's - eye '' views of urban areas by zooming into the lowest level on its Google Maps and Google Earth applications . It has since been rolled out in more than 100 cities in Japan , Australia , New Zealand , France , Spain , Italy , Britain and the Netherlands . The images are obtained from cars specially-fitted with cameras that drive around towns and cities taking panoramic 360 degree shots of everything from pedestrians in the street , to customers sitting in street cafes . Despite pledging to recognize local privacy laws , Google has come under fire from privacy campaigners who fear the application could be abused by criminals or even snooping government agencies . Do you agree ? Share your thoughts below In April , a group of villagers in a picturesque English village"}
-{"answer":"to synthesize what seems difficult to reconcile : how such a chaste , religious person could produce stories that are bitingly funny and filled with shocking violence . Watch O'Connor 's fascinating story '' Gooch spoke with CNN about his experience researching the biography . What follows is an edited version of the interview . CNN : When did you first discover Flannery O'Connor ? Brad Gooch : I first read her stories in my 20s and loved them , and then a little later , the -LSB- collected -RSB- letters came up , `` The Habit of Being . '' And I 'd had a few hunches about her from reading the stories , which were a little mysterious . ... And then when I read the letters , a lot of those hunches seemed true . ... Trying to put the life of this woman together with the stories became as interesting as the stories to me . CNN : She was n't always known as Flannery O'Connor . Gooch : Her name was Mary Flannery O'Connor , and her mother and everyone in Milledgeville -LRB- Georgia -RRB- , where she lived most of her life , continued","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Flannery O'Connor did not expect to become the subject of a biography . She thought the narrow borders of her life -- lived `` between the house and the chicken yard '' -- would n't give a writer much to work with . Author Flannery O'Connor -LRB- here with two of her peacocks -RRB- remains a subject of fascination for many . It would therefore come as a surprise -LRB- and probably secretly please her -RRB- to learn she is the focus of at least three . The latest is `` Flannery : A Life of Flannery O'Connor '' -LRB- Little , Brown -RRB- by Brad Gooch , an exhaustively researched exploration of O'Connor 's unlikely journey from shy , sarcastic and `` contrary '' Georgia girl to acerbic literary treasure . That she suffered from lupus and died before the age of 40 is well-known to fans of O'Connor . But Gooch uncovers much that even ardent followers of the author will find revealing , including details of her college career as a cartoonist , and her time in Iowa City at the Iowa Writers ' Workshop . The book manages"}
-{"answer":". One of the alleged victims testified October 19 that he does n't know why his semen was found on the carpet of a small room used as an office by Thomas , according to The Mobile Press-Register newspaper . But he did say Thomas spanked him with a belt on several occasions , the newspaper reported , and that the paddlings took place inside a jury room , in the small office and at a Mobile , Alabama , fraternity house . Another man testified that after he was charged with kidnapping and robbery in 2002 , Thomas visited him in jail and urged the man to let Thomas decide the case instead of a jury , according to the Press-Register . Thomas convicted him of lesser charges , he testified , and sentenced him to a 90-day boot camp . He said Thomas also beat him with a belt on his bare buttocks about a dozen times at the courthouse , the newspaper reported . Neither man was identified . `` All of them -LSB- the alleged victims -RSB- were given preferential treatment at some point , '' Nicki Patterson , chief assistant district attorney for Mobile County","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former Alabama judge accused of checking male inmates out of jail and forcing them to engage in sexual activity was found not guilty Monday on charges of sexual abuse , attempted sodomy and assault , his lawyer said . Attorney Robert Clark said former Judge Herman Thomas was found not guilty on several charges and the judge in the case granted a directed verdict of acquittal on all the other counts . The Mobile County district attorney did not immediately return CNN calls for comment . Thomas , 48 , denied wrongdoing . Clark said on October 20 that the judge was trying to mentor the inmates and did not assault them . The judge does not deny bringing the inmates into his office , Clark said last week . `` He was mentoring them . He was trying to get them to do right , to be productive citizens . '' Thomas cried after the verdicts were read , Clark said Monday . `` He hugged me and he hugged his wife . And he had a courtroom full of supporters . It all worked out in the end , '' the attorney said"}
-{"answer":"is the Financial Times , which charges a basic rate of # 3.29 -LRB- $ 4.90 -RRB- a week for a year-long subscription . Users can view up to 10 online articles for free each month , but they must register . In its Alphaville blog , the Financial Times said `` this experiment will be closely watched by the embattled media industry . '' The paper 's digital media correspondent Tim Bradshaw wrote there are already doubts about the success of the paid-for plan . `` The wide availability of free news online has led many to question whether paywalls can attract substantial numbers of customers , '' Bradshaw wrote . `` In the UK , newspapers face online competition from the BBC , which earlier this month pledged to curtail the scope of its Web sites . '' Brooks , of News International , said the company expects to attract a growing base of customers with the online subscriptions . She also indicated the plan could be extended to cover the company 's other two British titles , tabloids The Sun and News of the World . `` This is just the start , '' Brooks said .","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- News International announced plans Friday to charge for access to The Times and The Sunday Times Web sites starting in June . The publisher said both British newspapers will launch new Web sites in early May and offer a free trial period to registered customers . Starting in June , each site will charge # 1 -LRB- $ 1.48 -RRB- for a day 's access or # 2 -LRB- $ 2.96 -RRB- for a week 's subscription , News International said . The newspapers are currently available free on a combined site , www.timesonline.co.uk , but they will have separate sites starting in May . Subscribers will have access to both sites , News International said . `` At a defining moment for journalism , this is a crucial step towards making the business of news an economically exciting proposition , '' said Rebekah Brooks , chief executive at News International . `` We are proud of our journalism and unashamed to say that we believe it has value . '' Would you pay to read your news on the web ? The only other major British newspaper currently charging for online content"}
-{"answer":"you know , the white was over the black , that they was the leading folks , that one nation is gon na be over another one , and that would be the white over the black . I never thought it would be a black president . '' With Obama 's election , CNN.com traveled to the town of Como to talk with African-Americans about their experience growing up black in Mississippi and what this moment in history means to them . Como is a town of 1,400 people 45 miles south of Memphis , Tennessee , along Interstate 55 . It is a hard-hit rural community , home to a school with the dubious distinction of being among the worst-performing schools in the nation . In 2007 , the IRS froze the town 's bank accounts for not paying payroll taxes . A railroad track cuts through the middle of town . Even to this day , blacks largely live on one side of the track ; whites on the other side . See the hard-scrabble life of a slave 's grandson '' Dowden is a living testament to a life of struggle , sacrifice and ultimately success","question":"COMO , Mississippi -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mary Dowden smiles when she thinks about this moment in history . At 80 years old , she 's the granddaughter of a slave who was born in a cotton field outside of Como , Mississippi . Mary Dowden , 80 , is the granddaughter of a slave . Barack Obama is bringing white and blacks together , she says . It 's difficult to put into words how she feels about Barack Obama , the issues so complex for a black country girl who lost both her parents by the age of 18 and then had to work a hard-scrabble life as a sharecropper . `` I was really afraid for him , because I did n't want nobody to kill him , '' she says when asked about casting her ballot for Obama . But she pauses and smiles . `` I 'm awfully proud of him , as a black person . '' Watch `` white and black is coming together '' '' Did she ever think she would see this moment ? `` No , I did n't , '' she says . `` I always thought that ,"}
-{"answer":"would generate more . Around 400 people were executed in England and some 4,000 in Scotland for alleged witchcraft , campaigners say . The Witchcraft Act of 1735 put an end to trials of accused witches , but many still faced persecution and jail for other crimes such as fraud . `` It shifted from a spiritual thing to more of a criminal thing , '' Webb said , but `` it did n't pardon those people who 'd suffered before . '' The campaigners worked with witchcraft historian John Callow to detail eight cases they hope will persuade the government to act . They include the case of Ursula Kemp , a woman who offered cures in Essex , England in the 1500s . The uneven results of her work prompted accusations of witchcraft and she was hanged in 1582 . A century later , Mary Trembles and Susanna Edwards were begging for food in Exeter , England , when a local woman blamed one of them for an illness and they were jailed . A jail visitor noticed Edwards ' shaky hands and suggested she was `` tormenting someone . '' It started a string of rumors that","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Campaigners in London planned to petition the British government Friday for a posthumous pardon for the hundreds of people executed for witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries . Witchcraft has not been punishable by death for nearly 300 years . They said Halloween is a good time to highlight the `` grave miscarriage of justice '' suffered by the men and women falsely accused of being witches . Their petition asks Justice Minister Jack Straw to recommend that Queen Elizabeth II issue a pardon . `` We felt that it was time that the sinister associations held by a minority of people regarding witches and Halloween were tackled head-on , '' said Emma Angel , head of Angels , a large costume supplier in London . `` We were gobsmacked to discover that though the law was changed hundreds of years ago and society had moved on , the victims were never officially pardoned . '' Angels launched a Web site , pardonthewitches.com , to solicit signatures for their petition . They had between 150 and 200 by Friday morning , Angels spokesman Benjamin Webb said , but they hoped Halloween publicity"}
-{"answer":"eccentric orthodoxy of the `` Brother Leader 's '' teachings . In such a warped society , there has been little space for the emergence of a professional , qualified middle-class , and none for trade unions , opposition groups or other symbols of civil society . The only organized group not tied to the regime was the Muslim Brotherhood , driven underground by Gadhafi . As in Iraq in 2003 or Syria now , there is no recognized opposition figure or group that transcends tribal , regional and sectarian rifts . Gadhafi survived as long as he did , according to Libyan scholar Mansour O. El-Kikhia , by breaking up the power bases of Libya 's largest and most influential tribes . Lands and influence were redistributed to more `` dependable '' tribes such as the Warfalla , Qadhadfa and Megarha . Places like Gadhafi 's hometown -- Sirte -- received more resources than those regarded as less loyal . But tribal loyalties have survived and perhaps become more important in the absence of other political institutions . Eastern Libya -- where the rebellion began and is still based -- has long been at odds with the west ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tribal rivalries , an east-west divide , a rebel leadership lacking coherence , a shattered economy and the absence of a `` civil society '' -- these are just a few of the challenges that a post-Gadhafi Libya will face . The rebel National Transitional Council is aware of the perils ahead and has produced a blueprint for the immediate aftermath of Gadhafi 's downfall and for a political process leading to democratic elections . Haunted by the lack of planning in Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein , the international community -- in the shape of the Libyan Contact Group -- has urged the NTC to pursue reconciliation . In a statement Sunday night , President Barack Obama called on the NTC to pursue `` a transition to democracy that is just and inclusive for all of the people of Libya . '' But that is no simple formula in a society riven by deep-seated rivalries and with no experience of democracy . In 42 years as Libyan leader , Moammar Gadhafi purged Libyan society of any alternative voice or real discourse . His Revolutionary Committees were ubiquitous , silencing dissent and enforcing the"}
-{"answer":"Church to dozens of refugees from far-flung places like Myanmar and Sudan as well as Iraq , is a welcome break for Faraj , who is struggling to build a new life . Unable to translate her skills as a Baghdad salon owner into a job as a stylist , Faraj does not have the money to pay $ 625 due in rent . `` I have an electricity bill to pay , I have no job , '' she says . `` I have no way of knowing what to do . '' Government and aid group assistance to refugees does not last long . Faraj plans to ask an aid group , the International Rescue Committee , for more help , but she 's not sure what else she can do . Soon she hopes her 21-year-old daughter will arrive from Syria and bring with her better luck . `` My daughter is coming and hopefully I will work , '' she says , as Nepali dancers in elaborate costumes entertain the diners . Across the room , more and more refugees line up for the potluck dinner . `` Do n't worry , there will be enough","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sajida Faraj scoops mashed potatoes and peas onto her plate , not quite sure of the history behind her first Thanksgiving meal . But she knows how thankful she is to be at a church in Atlanta this November , lining up for turkey , stuffing and pecan pie . Sajida Faraj took a break to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with fellow refugees . Three years ago she grabbed her son , now 12 , and fled Iraq . Her husband , a carpenter who worked for Americans , had left for the market one day in Baghdad and never returned . Faraj says she knows he is dead , even though she has never seen his body . When the rest of her family started to receive death threats , she felt she had no choice but to run . Faraj and her son , Ahmed , made it across the border to Syria and later entered the United States , two of more than 15,000 Iraqi refugees to be allowed in since the beginning of the war in 2003 . The Thanksgiving meal , served at the Avondale Pattillo United Methodist"}
-{"answer":"that started out terrible , which was where I had to go to a disused tax office in Harrow -LSB- near London , England -RSB- very early in the morning and put on very tight velvet flared loon pants and a pair of crocodile four-inch - heeled platform shoes , and wear a sort of very small top that did n't meet my trousers , hair extensions and I had to karaoke to ` Smoke on the Water ' by Deep Purple . It 's a very lonely place . And I was 45 at the time ... '' Ethan Hawke `` Before Sunset , '' `` Before the Devil Knows You 're Dead '' `` I have had so many bad auditions . I have fallen on my ass . I have made a complete fool of myself . I auditioned for Robert Redford once and I was so starstruck I could n't even speak . I had a mic wire at a screen test clipped to me and then I got kind of nervous and I paced in a circle and then took a step and tripped and fell on my face . You just have to forgive","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They are some of the biggest names in Hollywood , but even Susan Sarandon , Ethan Hawke and Dustin Hoffman have had their fair share of casting calamities they would rather forget . Mike Myers sabotaged some auditions for parts he did n't want . `` Why not be nude even if it is a children 's theatre ? '' CNN 's The Screening Room has managed to persuade the cream of Hollywood to confess their tales of audition woe . The stars shudder at the memory of waiting in line , frantically trying to memorize lines handed to them moments before , all the while being assessed by critical strangers . Benicio del Toro recounts attending 50 or 60 auditions before getting a part and Quentin Tarantino told Eli Roth he `` blew it '' when he first auditioned for `` Inglourious Basterds . '' While Catherine Keener remembers a cutting personal assessment : `` You 're not pretty enough . '' Here are some of their worst moments : Bill Nighy `` Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man 's Chest . '' `` Love Actually '' `` There was one"}
-{"answer":"what it was . `` You have to consider what kind of concerns my client had , '' the attorney said . `` He 's previously dealt with the sheriff 's office in Nye County ; it was previously unsatisfactory . '' The four-year-old videotape shows the 3-year-old girl being raped in Las Vegas , Nevada . Last week , she was found safe . Now seven , the girl was found Friday with family in Las Vegas after thousands of tips poured in to police , thanks to an appeal by police to the news media to show the girl 's picture . CNN and other news organizations did so until the child was found , and De Meo asked media to stop showing the picture . `` The mother has cooperated with us , '' De Meo said . `` We believe that the mother was not aware of anything that went on with this young girl . It was very sad for her to find this out . '' Authorities have identified Chester A. Stiles , 37 , as the suspect in the tape . A resident of Pahrump , Nevada , he remains at-large , De","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Darren Tuck , the man who gave police a tape depicting the rape of a 3-year-old girl , turned himself in Sunday to Nye County , Nevada , authorities . Darren Tuck turned himself in to authorities Sunday . He earlier gave police the tape of the girl . Tuck had recently given police the videotape , saying he found it in the desert , Sheriff Tony De Meo said . Police said he had the tape for at least five months before turning it in . He was being sought on a parole violation for failure to pay child support , but police -- who have said they want to question him further -- had been unable to locate him . Tuck , of Nevada , allegedly showed the tape to others , and faces between 10 years to life in prison for exhibiting pornography and one to six years for possession of child pornography , said De Meo . Tuck 's attorney Harry Kuehn said last week on CNN 's `` Nancy Grace '' that Tuck had been `` wracked by indecision '' as to what to do with the tape once he realized"}
-{"answer":"and collect it for lab testing . The couple received a copy of the completed report last week from the Food and Drug Administration Office of Regulatory Affairs , which concluded the foreign matter appeared to be a frog or a toad . Watch CNN 's Nicole Lapin discuss the results '' `` The animal was lacking internal organs normally found in the abdominal and thoracic cavity , '' the report notes . A second , closed can from the same 36-pack of Diet Pepsi from Sam 's Club , was also submitted for testing , according to Amy DeNegri . No abnormalities were detected , the report states . The FDA also conducted an investigation at the local Pepsi bottling plant in Orlando from August 4 to 11 and `` did not find any adverse conditions or association to this problem , '' spokeswoman Siobhan DeLancey said . `` We have not determined when or how the contamination occurred , '' DeLancey said in an e-mail . Pepsi says the FDA results `` affirmed '' the company 's confidence `` in the quality of our products and the integrity of our manufacturing system , '' according to spokesman Jeff","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The `` disgusting '' blob in Fred DeNegri 's Diet Pepsi can was probably a frog or toad , the Food and Drug Administration said . Amy DeNegri took pictures of the can in question right after her husband gagged on its contents . DeNegri was grilling in his backyard tiki bar in Ormond Beach , Florida , when he popped open a can of Diet Pepsi , took a big gulp and started gagging , his wife , Amy , said . He emptied out the can down a sink but something heavy remained inside . He shook the can until something resembling `` pink linguini '' slid out , followed by `` dark stuff , '' Amy DeNegri said . But the heavy object inside the can never came out , she said . `` It was disgusting , '' said Amy DeNegri , 54 . `` And now , what started out as a normal afternoon in our tiki bar has blown up into this crazy thing . '' The DeNegris took pictures before calling poison control and the FDA , which showed up the next day to examine the can in question"}
-{"answer":", and my two sisters also died . '' Watch Reza Sayah 's interview with Shaista '' Doctors said the explosion shattered Shaista 's foot . Moments later she passed out . The next time she woke up she was in the female orthopedic ward of the GHQ Hospital in Mardan . Doctors said Shaista will recover from her shattered foot , but the trauma of losing a family will last a lifetime . `` She kept saying it all happened in front of me , '' said Salma Shaheen , a nurse . `` She said something fell on top of my mother and she got cut in half . '' It was clear that Shaista had won over the hearts of the doctors and nurses who said that they , in three days , had treated more than 800 civilians injured in the battle zone . Like many hospitals in northwest Pakistan , this one was under equipped . To hold an elderly woman 's broken leg together , doctors had made a make shift traction using a brick , a plastic shopping bag and rope . Watch Reza Sayah 's report from inside the hospital '' Shaista","question":"MARDAN , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Inside a hospital ward in northwest Pakistan , I found myself surrounded by sobs and screams . One scream was so high-pitched that I did n't think it was human . These were the sounds of agony , and they belonged to innocent civilians who were injured in the cross fire of Pakistani troops and the Taliban in the Swat Valley . CNN 's Reza Sayah with Shaista , who lost most of her family in an explosion as they fled fighting . Behind each cry at this ward was a story of loss . Doctors told me no one here had lost more than Shaista , an 11-year-old girl who watched as an explosion instantly killed most of her family . Shaista and her family were among hundreds of thousands of people who fled Pakistan 's Swat Valley on the day the Pakistani Army launched an all-out offensive against the Taliban . She says she was walking along a road with her family when a mortar shell suddenly fell from the sky . `` We were coming , '' Shaista told me , `` then my mother died , my brother died"}
-{"answer":"Fountain at Burj Khalifa . On a lake outside , choreographed water shows are put on multiple times each evening . What is your favorite neighborhood ? Zabeel Park , where you can run , walk , play games , barbecue , rent a boat on a small lake or visit the space and science museum . This park stretches over about 117 acres in central Dubai . What 's the best way to blend in ? Visit one of the souks -LRB- markets -RRB- , like the gold market , or spice , textile or fish souks . What 's the biggest misconception about your city ? Some come to Dubai with a misconception that you can do whatever you want in Dubai . To a certain extent that might be true , but there are restrictions , rules and the need to respect the culture of the country . For example , with regards to consuming alcohol , only Christian ex-pats can apply for a license to buy alcohol from special shops , but visitors can find it in hotels , too . Where do you go to relax ? I go to a spa , and the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Glitzy Dubai lures globetrotters with its modern architectural wonders and a bounty of luxury shopping , dining and lodging . This United Arab Emirates metropolis boasts `` sunshine , shopping , seaside , sports and safety '' as key selling points on its tourism website . Caroline Faraj is CNN 's chief operations director in Dubai and editor of CNN Arabic . Faraj , originally from Jordan , moved to Dubai in December 2001 . We asked Faraj to share her tips for visiting this dynamic city : Where can you get the best view of the city ? At Burj Khalifa , which is the tallest building in the world . The tower 's observation deck , At The Top , is located on level 124 . To which restaurant would you take your loved one for an anniversary or other special occasion ? Try Pierchic at Madinat Jumeirah Hotel . This romantic restaurant is at the end of a pier that stretches over the waters of the Persian Gulf . Time Out Dubai named Pierchic as the best seafood restaurant in 2010 . Where is the best place to people watch ? The Dancing"}
-{"answer":"for the GOP nomination in 2012 - while all professedly pro-life - in reality neither care very much nor think very much about the abortion issue . But now look at the world from the politicians ' point of view . They must hold together a coalition that is sliced apart by the abortion issue . Pro-choice Republicans do not hold forums . But they exist , and they have power . With the result that while you ca n't get nominated for president by the GOP if you are pro-choice -LRB- see Giuliani , Rudy -RRB- , you also ca n't get nominated if you oppose abortion too much -LRB- see Huckabee , Mike -RRB- . For the politicians , it 's all baffling and vexing . And yet -- incredible as it sounds now -- there is reason to expect that the abortion issue may someday just vanish from national politics . After all , that 's what happened to the last great moral issue to rattle the American party system : alcohol prohibition . For 70 years from the end of the Civil War to the Great Depression , a human lifetime , the `` drys ''","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What 's the most emotional and divisive issue in American politics ? Abortion , right ? Just this weekend , former Republican front-runner Rick Perry used the abortion issue to slam current Republican front-runner Herman Cain at the Iowa Faith and Freedom forum . Perry said : `` It is a liberal canard to say I am personally pro-life , but government should stay out of that decision . If that is your view , you are not pro-life , you are pro having-your-cake-and-eating-it-too . '' Over the previous week , Herman Cain had alarmed anti-abortion voters with a series of verbal miscues , indicating both that abortion must be stopped but also that the decision should be left to the individual woman , with no role for government . At the Faith and Freedom forum , Cain over-corrected for his week of stumbles : `` No abortions . No exceptions . '' That new position goes far beyond the usual pro-life policy , which allows exceptions for rape , child abuse , and to save the life of the mother . Pro-life activists must unhappily confront the probability that many of the leading candidates"}
-{"answer":"up , Damon ? Damon Elliott : From Mom . We shared moms . When I was very little , I used to beg her probably at least once a week , `` Mom , you have to take me out to the house , you have to take me out to the house . '' She 'd always say , `` I 'm on tour right now , baby . But when we I get home , we 'll go see Michael . '' And one day we did , and he showed up , I think , in my living room or somewhere . King : You were writing a song at his death ? Elliott : Yes . Actually , I was working on some music for the new record that I was going to get over to Jermaine . And the night before he passed away , it 's crazy we were writing a song . King : How great a singer was Michael Jackson ? Warwick : Michael was ... King : A singer -- a pure singer ? Warwick : And he could sing . Yes . Yes . It was more than the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dionne Warwick was one of the thousands of guests to attend Michael Jackson 's memorial service Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles , California . Dionne Warwick said Michael Jackson brought a new insight to things people should be paying attention to . Warwick talks with CNN 's Larry King about the moving tributes during the service and the legacy left behind by the `` King of Pop . '' King also talks with Warwick 's son , Damon Elliott , who has been a friend of Jackson 's since childhood and was writing a song with Michael just before his death . The following is an edited version of the interview . Larry King : What did you think of the event , Dionne ? Dionne Warwick : Well , it was probably one of the most emotional mornings and afternoons that I 've spent in a very long time . It was done with a great deal of style and class . King : He would 've liked it ? Warwick : He would 've loved it . He would 've loved it . King : How did you and Michael hook"}
-{"answer":"here in Maryland . '' Storm water runoff often carries toxins and pollution from parking lots and city streets , and from farms and agricultural lands in rural areas . Most cities and towns have underground concrete drain systems that collect the runoff and dump it into rivers and streams , pollutants and all . `` What we 're going to do , instead , is divert that water into natural gardens . To the naked eye it just looks like a regular garden , but actually it 's very specially engineered to absorb a lot of water and naturally filter it before it gets into the water table , and to keep it from washing all those pollutants into the river , '' according to Ortiz . The storm water runoff in Edmonston drains into the nearby Anacostia River , which feeds into the Washington Channel , then empties into the Potomac River and eventually Chesapeake Bay . The eco-street project includes using porous bricks in building the road and creating bioretention cells or rain gardens . The idea is to trap the polluted runoff water , sending it through natural filter systems so that when it makes it","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A small town in Maryland is setting a precedent in eco-friendly road construction , breaking ground this week on one of the greenest streets in the nation . The tiny port town of Edmonston in Prince George 's County is billing the thoroughfare as the greenest on the East Coast . The road will help clean and filter toxic storm water pollution that drains into rivers , and eventually into Chesapeake Bay . `` What we 're hoping to do , from top to bottom , is build a street that is completely environmentally sustainable , '' said Edmonston Mayor Adam Ortiz . Ortiz says the blueprint incorporates native tree cover to cool off the streets , wind-powered street lights that use high-efficiency LED bulbs , and pedestrian and bicycle access But most important , says Ortiz , is the plan for all that water that rolls down the streets when it rains . '' -LSB- It 's -RSB- not going to be flushed into our local rivers . Instead it 's going to be naturally filtered . And that 's very important for us to save our rivers and to help save the Chesapeake Bay"}
-{"answer":"upbeat about the promise of this business , saying that consumers ' ability to gauge how their genes influence risk for diseases like diabetes and cancer could revolutionize health care . `` The ability to treat disease is driven by the ability to assess risk . As knowledge builds up , it will increasingly become an unacceptable position not to have your genetic profile , '' says Kari Stefansson , chief executive of DeCode , one of the first firms to offer scans that allow individuals to examine their genomes . But analysts and researchers are a bit more cautious . While there 's plenty of potential for retail genomics , they say the budding market is still in its early stages . Have you bought a retail DNA test ? Share your story on iReport Companies that offer personal DNA analysis have attracted the interest of individuals who are highly concerned with their health , as well as so-called early adopters who are enamored with new technologies . But the outlook for business opportunities is still hazy , mostly because there is n't a full understanding of the benefit of these tests in terms of identifying how and why","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If you want to peer inside your DNA , there 's no shortage of companies offering avenues for doing so these days . A cheek swab or saliva sample is all firms need to scan your genes . But how much health-relevant information can they provide ? The opportunity to have your complete genome mapped was recently auctioned on eBay -- with the winning bidder shelling out a cool $ 68,000 in the auction , which ended Monday . However , more cost-conscious consumers are more likely to send in a saliva sample to a company like Google-backed 23andMe , which will scan and analyze genetic information for about $ 400 . The costs and services these firms offer vary widely , but they 're basically chasing the same market : the customer who is curious about what their genes can tell them about themselves . Welcome to the world of personal genomics . A spate of firms -- from 23andMe and fellow Silicon Valley start-up Navigenics to Cambridge , Mass.-based Knome and Iceland 's DeCode Genetics -- are vying to tap the growing interest in DNA analysis among individuals . They 're"}
-{"answer":"them to stay back . Then they ran out of the store , climbed on their bikes and sped off . '' Kavanagh says the daring heist nearly came unstuck at the last minute when the riders were forced to swerve to avoid a truck pulling into the road -- a moment he caught on film , along with a tantalizing glimpse of their booty . Watch raiders zoom away on motorcycles '' `` As they went past , I zoomed in to get a clear shot . I noticed one of the passengers on the bikes was carrying a fistful of watches . '' London 's Metropolitan Police would not reveal the value of the items taken from the store , but said they were trying to establish if it was linked to other smash and grabs . No one has been arrested in connection with the raid , they said , and witnesses were being sought . Says Kavanagh , after the four raiders had fled , punching the air with victory signs , so did many of the passers-by who saw it happen . `` Afterwards we went over to the store and saw the glass from","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A motorcycle gang carried out a bold smash-and-grab raid on a jewelry store in the center of London -- right in front of a CNN camera . One of the raiders can be seen clutching stolen watches as the gang makes its getaway . CNN reporter Sasha Herriman and cameraman Peter Kavanagh were filming in Oxford Street , London 's busiest retail area , when the raiders took a sledgehammer to the store 's windows in broad daylight . Kavanagh kept the camera rolling as the thieves helped themselves to handfuls of luxury watches before roaring off on their motorcycles , leaving a crowd of stunned shoppers in their wake . `` They always tell you to expect the unexpected when working in news , and this certainly was unexpected , '' said Kavanagh , an Australian cameraman with 19 years ' experience . Images from the daring heist '' `` As we were filming we heard a couple of motorbikes revving their engines loudly and saw a crowd forming . We could n't tell what was happening at first . `` We saw the men yelling at the crowd and gesturing for"}
-{"answer":"Adams told CNN . `` I support a lot of what the encampment stands for ... -LRB- But -RRB- it should n't be focused on port-a-potties and tents and encampments attracting criminal elements . I think this movement needs to evolve . '' Kari Koch , one of the activists , told CNN that she was `` extremely disappointed that the mayor chose to crack down on these parks when the outpouring of support -LRB- among area residents -RRB- has been so strong . '' `` Homeless people exist , drug addicts exist , mentally ill people exist . We were a safe place they could go , and that created some problems , '' she said . `` And we were working to deal with those problems , and the mayor cut us off . '' Video from earlier showed authorities dismantling tents at the camp . Once the parks -- which Simpson said are `` pretty beat up '' -- are cleared , temporary fencing will be erected so repairs can be made . One officer was struck in the leg earlier Sunday by a projectile thrown from a crowd , and was taken to a hospital ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Occupy activists and law enforcement authorities found themselves at odds in several U.S. cities over the weekend , including yet another tense showdown late Sunday afternoon in Portland , Oregon . Police in riot gear and holding batons lined up for hours along a city street , face-to-face with activists who refused to clear the road and go onto the sidewalk . This confrontation came hours after Portland police Sgt. Pete Simpson said more than a dozen people were arrested as authorities cleared Chapman Square , the last city park where protesters had gathered . Simpson said the officers were in riot gear as a precaution , and were joined by other assisting agencies . `` We needed the manpower because we used up a lot of resources yesterday -LRB- Saturday -RRB- , '' he said . Mayor Sam Adams said late Sunday afternoon that `` a series of increased drug overdoses ... an arsonist that used the camp as camouflage and almost a 20 % increase in crime surrounding the encampment '' prompted the move . `` All of us are working really hard at keeping the peace and protecting freedom of expression , ''"}
-{"answer":"not-so-good translation of the law , or misinterpretation , '' Karzai told reporters in Kabul . He added that the Minister of Justice will study the `` Shia state law , '' line by line , to make sure it follows the nation 's constitution , which requires equal rights to both sexes . `` If there is anything that is of concern to us , then we will definitely take action in consultation with our -LSB- religious clerics -RSB- and send it back to the parliament . You be assured of that . This is something that we 're also serious about and should not allow , '' he said . However , Karzai did not address the most controversial part of the bill , dealing with rape of a wife . Watch a report on the law '' The Shia state law was debated by 249 members of the lower house , including 68 women , some of whom voted for the bill . It was then sent to the upper house . Even some lawmakers are baffled at the manner in which it passed . `` Most members of the parliament did not know what they were","question":"KABUL , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` In Afghanistan , the sacrifice in the political game is women and children , '' female Afghan parliamentarian Fawzia Koofi said . Critics say they fear that Afghanistan 's new Shiite law will set the nation backward . Koofi says that is exactly what happened when the Afghan parliament recently passed a bill intended to give the minority Shia community their own identity . But critics say the latest draft strips Shia women of rights as simple as leaving the house without permission from a male relative and as extreme as allowing a man to have sexual intercourse with his wife even when she says , `` No . '' These critics wonder how what amounts to rape in marriage could be passed by parliament and signed into law by President Hamid Karzai . Amid blistering criticism from the West , Karzai addressed the law over the weekend , saying that key elements of the bill were misinterpreted by Western news organizations . Watch Karzai react to controversial law '' `` We understand the concerns of our allies and the international community . Those concerns may be due to an inappropriate ,"}
-{"answer":". After he graduates , Hahn estimates it will take him anywhere from five to seven years to repay about $ 30,000 he will have borrowed by then . `` Money is n't cheap , '' said Hahn , who transferred to Georgia State University in Atlanta from the University of Connecticut last year because the tuition was less expensive . `` The process is time-consuming , and there 's also the stress of having to liquidate my investments and wonder where I 'm going to find money . '' About 8 percent of student borrowers rely on private loans , which tend to be costlier and stricter than federal loans , said Robert Shierman , executive director of the Institute for College Access and Success . In doing so , Hahn and others like him are getting a crash course in market volatility and its effects on the consumer 's ability to find money . Watch how the current economic troubles affect consumers '' MyRichUncle.com is the most recent lender to suspend its private student loan program , joining the ranks of major financial institutions like Wachovia and Bank of America and companies specializing in student loans such as","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Eric Hahn thought his financial situation was set after he was approved for a private student loan with an 8 percent interest rate to supplement his federal education loans . Eric Hahn , 21 , estimates he will be in debt for the next five to seven years for his undergraduate tuition . Just a few weeks later , Hahn , 21 , was forced to cash in his savings and investments so he could make his rent and tuition after finding out that the lender , MyRichUncle.com , had suspended its private student loan program . `` Due to continued disruptions in the capital markets , combined with the continued demand we have experienced this year , we are reaching funding capacity limits , '' a message on his cell phone said , mimicking a statement on the company 's Web site . The sudden news left Hahn , a senior-year finance major , scrambling to find additional funding after maxing out his borrowing options from the federal government . Eventually , the country 's leading student loan provider , Sallie Mae , approved him for a private loan at 12 percent"}
-{"answer":"leaves , said Mark Crawford , a clinical psychologist based in Roswell , Georgia . Those who stay are likely to stop trusting their own perceptions and become passive in both romantic and nonromantic relationships . Victims who do leave -- which is the healthier choice , Crawford said -- often become over-accommodating because they want to avoid conflict , even verbal disputes , at all costs . Some women wo n't trust people easily , if at all , and wo n't be able to handle even normal expressions of anger . Visit CNNHealth.com , your connection to better living `` What they need to do when they get out of the relationship is make sure they 're aware of their own anger , and then they can learn how to freely express it in a healthy , normal way , '' he said . `` If somebody 's still having issues 10 years later , they just have n't worked through it . They have n't healed ; they need to do that . '' New research shows that abuse victims feel the impact of violence long after it occurred . A recent study in the Journal of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Just days after giving birth to her second child , Dr. Jane Dimer drove herself home from the hospital to find her then-husband in bed with another woman . He threw Dimer down the stairs , and she never saw him again until court . Rihanna was allegedly attacked by her boyfriend , singer Chris Brown , before the Grammys on February 8 . Dimer , now an obstetrician-gynecologist at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle , Washington , had been in an abusive relationship with her husband in Germany for 4 1\/2 years until he pushed her out 11 years ago . `` Emotionally , the remnants of that stay for a long time , '' she said . Domestic violence is the most common cause of injury to women ages 15 to 44 , according to the National Institutes of Health . With the entertainment world buzzing about pop sensation Rihanna , whose boyfriend Chris Brown has been formally charged with assaulting her , public interest in domestic violence has been reinvigorated . Abuse can influence a victim 's future behavior in relationships and even in friendships , depending on whether the victim stays or"}
-{"answer":"urologists ' offices . `` It is one of the revolutionary steps in sexual health , '' said Dr. Ira Sharlip , spokesman for the American Urological Association . `` It ranks with the changes in cultural attitudes about sexuality that were started by -LSB- Sigmund -RSB- Freud , continued by -LSB- William -RSB- Masters and -LSB- Virginia -RSB- Johnson , the two researchers in the '60s , and the work that -LSB- Alfred -RSB- Kinsey did in the '40s . `` These were the huge steps in the development of our understanding of human sexuality and cultural attitudes of sex . '' Men seldom talked about their bedroom troubles before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Viagra as the first oral medication for erectile dysfunction in 1998 . `` We lamented the fact that the men had so much shame about erectile dysfunction , how rarely anyone came for medical attention , '' said Dr. Abraham Morgentaler , an associate clinical professor of urology at Harvard Medical School . Penis injections and vacuum pumps were available , but these treatments were n't appealing . Men with medical conditions such as diabetes , prostate cancer , hyper cholesterol ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Before middle-aged men started singing `` Viva Viagra '' in TV ads , before former Sen. Bob Dole appeared in its commercials in the '90s , before the blue pill with a funny name entered the public lexicon , impotence was hush-hush . Viagra entered the market 10 years ago , bringing once taboo subjects like erectile dysfunction out in the open . Now there 's no getting away from it . In-boxes are clogged daily with spam mail promising cheap and instant manliness delivered fast and in bulk . Couples exchange amorous , come-hither looks followed by a lengthy recitation of side effects on TV ads . The pill helped more than 25 million men get their groove back and blasted the topic of erectile dysfunction into the open . `` It 's like the nuclear explosion , '' said Dr. Irwin Goldstein , director of Sexual Medicine at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego , California . `` It created sexual medicine . It allowed the taboo to be broken . '' Since the diamond-shaped blue pill debuted 10 years ago , it has become embedded in the public psyche , late-night television jokes and"}
-{"answer":"performed better than expected and they canceled us . That was totally different , '' Leno quipped . Gaspin said the plan now is for Leno to host a new , half-hour show at 11:35 p.m. ET , followed by `` Tonight '' with O'Brien at 12:05 a.m. and Jimmy Fallon 's `` Late Night '' show moving to 1 a.m. O'Brien had his own zingers for NBC during his monologue Monday night . Among them : -- `` Good evening , I 'm Conan O'Brien , the new host of ` Last Call with Carson Daly . ' '' -- `` This weekend no one was seriously hurt , but a 6.5 earthquake hit California . The earthquake was so powerful that it knocked Jay Leno 's show from 10:00 to 11:35 . '' -- `` On the positive side , I have learned a valuable lesson from all this : never sign a contract that ends with the word ` NOT . ' '' As of Sunday , NBC was still negotiating with the three hosts over the proposed line-up . `` Supposedly we 're moving to 11:30 . Even this is not for sure . My people","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jay Leno pulled no punches on his show Monday night , the first since NBC confirmed the TV host was being kicked out of his low-rated 10 p.m. slot after just three months . `` Welcome to ` The Jay Leno Show . ' As you know , we 're not just a show anymore , we are now a collector 's item , '' he said to open the show , before launching into a string of scathing one-liners making not-so-light of the situation . Jeff Gaspin , chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment , announced Sunday that the network was taking Leno -- formerly the host of `` The Tonight Show '' now helmed by Conan O'Brien -- out of the prime-time slot because the show `` did n't meet affiliates ' needs '' despite performing at acceptable levels for the network . The last show will air February 11 to make way for the 2010 Winter Olympics , which airs starting February 12 . `` NBC said the show performed exactly as they expected it would and then canceled us . Do n't confuse this when we were on at late night and"}
-{"answer":"has continued to develop rapidly . Today , the city is buzzing with super-yacht designers , builders , and brokers , and it now has plenty of facilities to accommodate the industry . There 's also the annual `` YachtFest '' show , which will be going ahead in September this year and is expected to attract interest from super-yacht makers and owners around the world . Numerous marinas have sprung up amid the increasing interest in the city , with Kona Kai Marina , Shelter Island Marina , and The Wharf , among some of the most notable developments . Outside of the private super-yacht industry , San Diego is also home to the largest shipyard on the west coast of the U.S. -- General Dynamics ' National Steel and Shipbuilding Company . Many cruise lines pass through the port and there are plans for a new cruise ship terminal to open in 2010 . Much of the success in attracting super-yachts has been credited to the San Diego Super-yacht Association -LRB- SDSA -RRB- -- a collective of local super-yacht designers , builders , brokers and other interested parties that was formed in 2006 . Super-yacht director of Marine","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It carries the nickname `` America 's Finest City , '' and right now it appears San Diego is living up to the hype . Growing on the water : San Diego is becoming an increasingly popular super-yacht destination . Though the international financial crisis has precipitated economic woe across the United States , developments in San Diego 's super-yacht industry do n't appear to be slowing . Fifth Avenue Landing , a stylish new facility promising the ultimate docking experience for super-yachts up to 300 feet long , has just opened in city 's downtown area . The marina , which is close to local attractions and top hotels , boasts 12 high-quality berths , each offering a concierge service . This impressive project is just the latest step in a significant development program for the west coast city , which is which is now beginning to compete with its northern neighbor , Los Angeles , as a destination for super-yacht owners . In 2005 , Forbes rated San Diego as the fifth wealthiest city in the U.S. and in the years since , for the super-yacht industry particularly , the region"}
-{"answer":"them out . Carlin thought for a moment then asked , `` How many people are allowed to be on stage ? '' The legal limit was 50 . The comedian turned to the audience and said , `` Forty of you people in the first few rows come up on stage and give those people outside your seats . '' My friend and I ran up on stage and we all gathered in a circle around him , like at a campfire . For the next 90 minutes , Carlin did his entire act by taking our requests , `` Hippy Dippy Weatherman , '' `` Seven Words ... '' After the show was over , he passed through our little circle , shaking hands -LRB- including mine -RRB- as he quickly made his way off stage to avoid being swamped by fans . It was one of my most memorable experiences and a grand gesture for the 40 fans who had been locked out . Alexis Karlin of Boston , Massachusetts : When I was little my dad had this box car and one day he put a George Carlin tape in it and it got stuck .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Comedian George Carlin , known for pushing the envelope with his use of profanity and for pointing out the silliness and hypocrisy of human life , died of heart failure Sunday . He was 71 . iReporter Kevin Eckhoff met George Carlin at a show in St. Louis , Missouri , in 2004 . iReporter Chris Sargent says , `` He could play with words and phrases in ways that would put the most highly regarded English professors and linguists to shame . '' CNN.com invited readers to share tales of meeting Carlin , and the impact he had on their lives . Below is a selection of their responses , some of which have been edited for length and clarity . Melanie Phillips of Salem , Oregon : I met George Carlin in the early '70s at a performance he gave at Los Angeles Valley College . The large auditorium was filled to capacity so they closed the doors leaving about 40 people outside . When Carlin came up on stage he asked , `` Who are all those people staring in the windows ? '' The host told him the fire marshal had locked"}
-{"answer":"She had been living with a friend in Hansville and attending Kingston High School . The father said the daughter had gone to live temporarily with a friend of her late mother , the station reported . Scott Wilson , spokesman for the Kitsap County Sheriff 's Office , said Peterson was reported missing by her father on October 1 , KOMO reported . Detectives later discovered bank activity and other evidence that she was alive , he said . The woman was found outside Manhattan 's Covenant House youth shelter around 12:30 a.m. October 9 . The organization said that she was not a resident at the time and did not appear as if she intended to seek refuge at the facility . A security guard for the shelter noticed the woman walking on the sidewalk near Covenant House and approached her . Finding her unresponsive , he called the New York City Police Department . Police officers interviewed the woman , but it became clear that she could n't provide authorities with any information about herself . Police said she was wearing military green camouflage pants , a black shirt and a pair of black sneakers when she","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities on Sunday released the name of a woman who turned up in New York this month saying she had no memory of her name or family . She is Kacie Aleece Peterson , 18 , of Hansville , Washington , according to Paul Browne , deputy commissioner of the New York Police Department . Police a day earlier said a CNN viewer in Maryland identified the woman , who was found in Midtown Manhattan on October 9 outside a youth shelter . A photo of Peterson , who had been referred to as Jane Doe , was circulated by police and aired on CNN this week . Authorities did n't release Peterson 's name until Sunday . Browne said Peterson 's mother is dead and that her father is heading to New York . CNN affiliate KOMO-TV in Seattle , Washington , reported that her father went to New York on Sunday to bring her home . The family said it 's not the first time she disappeared and then later was found with apparent memory loss , the station reported . Peterson is from Colville in eastern Washington , KOMO reported ."}
-{"answer":"of tires designed for the harsh winter conditions . All-Season vs. Winter Tires Rogers explained that all-season tires are a jack-of-all-trades but master of none . `` All-season tires are n't really tuned for any one area , and suffer from not being optimum for any one area because it is compromised to be capable in all areas , '' he said . He explained that winter tires -LRB- they 're just not for the snow -RRB- focus their attention on the exact conditions you 'll most likely be facing during the winter season . `` They key of a true winter tire 's capability is that you have a specialist , he said . `` A product that is designed to work the best in the cooler winter season temperatures , say below 45 degrees , a tread pattern and tread compound that are designed to take bites out of the snow and work well on packed snow and ice ; something that an all-season tired just is n't optimized to do . '' He explained that today 's winter tires have come a long way : `` They go beyond the deep aggressive lug ` snow ' tire","question":"-LRB- AOL AUTOS -RRB- -- I remember driving in eastern Pennsylvania one winter following my brother home on an hour-long trip . It had snowed earlier that morning , and by the time we got on the road the plows still had n't reached the back roads we were on . I was driving a front-wheel drive Acura Integra with all-season tires while he had a 4WD Grand Cherokee with the proper tires for the road conditions . The idea was that he 'd plow me a path to drive through as best as he could . We were just asking for something to go wrong . Not even a half hour into the drive home , I came around a corner too fast , briefly lost control and steered myself right into the front yard of a farmhouse . Luckily I did n't hurt myself or anyone else , but that day I learned what it meant not to have proper traction for the road conditions . Recently , I talked with Woody Rogers from The Tire Rack to learn about the differences between all-season tires and winter tires along with the basics to consider when purchasing a set"}
-{"answer":"to do the surgery themselves that night by the moonlight under a mango tree . `` We just sawed his foot off . We did n't have to use anesthesia because he was already unconscious and was n't feeling a thing , '' Feliz says . But they 'd waited too long . The boy took his last breath during the surgery . `` Some of the doctors cried , '' Feliz says . `` I told them , ` There is no crying in medicine . ' '' As a direct result of the boy 's death , a few hours later , at 3 in the morning , the surgeons at the University of Miami hospital decided to build their own operating room . They had no surgical lights , no oxygen , no blood , no ventilators and no monitors . For a tourniquet they used one of the doctor 's belts . `` We 'd been waiting to build the operating room until we received better equipment , but after that boy 's death we became more aggressive . We said let 's do it , because they 're going to die anyway , '' Feliz","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dr. Roberto Feliz and Dr. Hiba Georges were quickly jolted from the most modern of medical care in Boston , Massachusetts , to the most rudimentary of care when they flew to Haiti last week to work at a hospital housed in two tents run by the University of Miami . The doctors , who worked at the Boston Medical Center , quickly learned that when you have no technology -- not even the simplest blood test -- you have to make medical decisions in an entirely different way . The first death they witnessed taught them a valuable lesson . The patient was a boy who needed his leg amputated or else he would die of either an infection or rhabdomyolysis , a kidney disease that follows injuries where muscles are crushed . Find loved ones in Haiti | Share your story Feliz , Georges and the other doctors had nowhere to take the boy . Their own hospital had yet to open its operating room , so they spent hours trying to find a hospital that could do surgeries . Their search was in vain . Finally , the doctors decided"}
-{"answer":"'' their teacher , Sheryl McCollum , said that Saturday morning . `` We knew this case was solvable . There was no reason for it not to be solved . '' Meet the members of the campus crime club '' A week ago , the police chief in Washington , D.C. , called Levy 's parents and told them a suspect in the 2001 slaying soon would be arrested . `` I got a call from the Washington police department , just to give me a heads up that there 's a warrant out for the arrest , '' said Susan Levy , the victim 's mother . She added that police did not provide a name , but sources later identified him to CNN as Ingmar Guandique . Guandique is serving a 10-year prison sentence for two assaults in Washington 's Rock Creek Park that occurred around the time of Levy 's disappearance . Levy 's remains were found in the park . For the Bauder College students , the break in the case was no cause for self-congratulations . They ca n't disclose their findings to the public . It 's part of the deal they make","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For more than a year , the criminal justice students jotted details of Chandra Levy 's final movements onto a huge timeline taped to a classroom wall , culled the Internet and public records for scraps of information , and pored over the model skeleton laid out on a table in their lab at Bauder College in Atlanta , Georgia . Antonio Wilson , from left clockwise , Lashaun Bates , Jennifer Gosdin and Charna-Marie Dixon . They spent hours with the slain intern 's mother , Susan Levy , who flew from her home in California to Atlanta just to talk to them . Chandra Levy had studied criminal justice in college , too . They began with a list of five suspects , then narrowed it down to one . On December 28 , they mailed their findings to the police chief in Washington , D.C. . They never heard back . But on Saturday , the text and phone messages began to fly . There 's a suspect , they told each other with excitement . An arrest is imminent . `` It completely validates 15 months of work ,"}
-{"answer":"Stockdale Farm in Chegutu , 75 miles -LRB- about 120 kilometers -RRB- southwest of Zimbabwe 's capital , Harare . Peter Etheridge , who previously owned that farm , said Madzongwe had illegally claimed his property . But the daughter of the Senate president denied the allegation . `` We got this farm legally . In fact , they -LSB- Etheridge -RSB- opened the gates for us , and we moved in , '' said Farai Madzongwe , adding that her mother is `` a law-abiding citizen . '' She said she would n't comment on the violence and the reported death , saying , `` That is for police and courts . '' Local media reported the Senate president has four farms . Etheridge denied he had handed over Stockdale Farm , saying that Edna Madzongwe pushed him out . `` They forced us out , and production on farms has stopped since last month , '' he said . `` This madness has to stop since the country needs food and foreign currency . '' The Stockdale Farm was among those the government commission visited Friday . When journalists approached the farm before government officials arrived , a","question":"CHEGUTU , Zimbabwe -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Farmers are implicating a close ally of President Robert Mugabe 's in the latest round of farm seizures in Zimbabwe in which Mugabe loyalists take over white-owned farms . Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai , left , and President Robert Mugabe have a power-sharing agreement . The accusations against Senate President Edna Madzongwe came as Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara on Friday toured farms that Mugabe followers had taken over . On many of those farms , production has fallen under the new owners . Mutambara is heading a government commission investigating the farm seizures . `` Black people who acquired farms must produce , '' he said . Mutambara said the government is taking the matter seriously . `` There will be no holy cows ; the ax will fall where it may , '' he added . `` We will not tolerate any government official who is promoting lawlessness in our country . '' Reports of violence on white-owned farms have increased since a power-sharing government in February between Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai , leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change . One death was reported Sunday on the"}
-{"answer":"India , CNN-IBN . `` The workers should be dealt -LRB- with -RRB- with compassion and should not be pushed so hard that they resort to whatever that had happened in Nodia '' CNN-IBN quoted Fernandes as telling reporters . The minister later apologized , telling CNN his comments had been taken out of context . He said the murder of the boss could never be justified . The Italian Embassy said the company had , for several months , been facing `` violent forms of protest by self-proclaimed workers ' representatives . '' `` The situation had been repeatedly brought to the attention of the competent Indian authorities , both at central and local level , '' it said in a statement . Business groups condemned the killing with the Confederation of Indian Industry calling it `` tragic , unwanted and gory . '' `` Such instances of industrial violence can not be a solution to any problem and must not be tolerated , '' said Salil Singh , chairman of the group that promotes industrial growth . Meanwhile , authorities sought to appease businesses that police were aggressively investigating the case . `` The legal course will be","question":"NEW DELHI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police in India have charged 63 people with murder in the beating death of a company boss who fired them . Labor minister Oscar Fernandes was criticized for saying Chaudhary 's death was warning to management . The 63 were among 137 people police had rounded up by Wednesday -- two days after a mob of fired employees attacked L.K. Chaudhary , the chief executive of an Italian car parts manufacturing company . The others were charged with disturbing the peace in the Monday incident in Noida , located in the outskirts of the capital New Delhi . More arrests are likely , said R. K. Chaturvedi , the senior superintendent of police in Noida . The former employees of Graziano Transmissioni had gone to meet with company management over their reinstatement , said Noida police Inspector Manoj Pathak . The meeting turned violent , and the mob attacked Chaudhary with iron rods , Pathak said . On Tuesday , India 's labor minister , Oscar Fernandes , drew sharp criticism after he said Chaudhary 's death should serve as a warning to management , according to CNN 's sister network in"}
-{"answer":"phone service , kids are up here , and i have to move this Sunday . '' Meanwhile , the body of a `` white male '' was also discovered Friday `` in a shallow grave in Stock Township , '' about 120 miles south of Akron , Noble County Sheriff Stephen Hannum said in a statement . The sheriff did not respond to calls Saturday from CNN . But Hannum said earlier this month that there are `` two suspects in custody '' in the case . Michael Rafferty told CNN affiliate WJW that his 16-year-old son Brogan Rafferty of Stowe is among them , charged with attempted murder . The father claimed that his son had been `` manipulated '' and `` corrupted , '' insisting that his son is a `` mild-mannered gentleman . '' The other suspect in the case -- 52-year-old Richard Beasley of Akron , as identified on a Summit County court website -- is being held on unrelated charges . No attorney was listed for Beasley in the court document . The investigation began the night of November 6 , when a Noble County deputy sheriff responded to a call and came upon","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The bodies of three men have been found in shallow graves in eastern Ohio , all of them believed to have been killed after answering a Craigslist ad to work on a cattle farm , according to authorities . The Summit County medical examiner 's office on Saturday identified one of the victims as Timothy Kern of Massillon , Ohio . The 47-year-old 's death , caused by `` gunshot wounds to the head , '' was ruled a homicide , the office said in an audio recording . A phone call led police Friday to Kern 's body in a shallow grave behind an Akron mall , authorities said . Multiple law enforcement authorities , including FBI officials , have tied Kern 's death to a wider investigation into the two other killings . In his last Facebook posting , dated November 10 , Kern wrote : `` Just got one of the strangest job offers . A good offer but strange . The job is to watch over 680 acres south of cambridge . Odd jobs and such but mainly just secure it . Trailer , utilities , salary . Drawbacks ? No cell"}
-{"answer":"matter , '' he said in a nationally televised announcement on Telefuturo . Last week 's announcement came after a woman filed suit in a southern Paraguay city seeking a paternity test . `` It 's true that there was a relationship with Viviana Carrillo , '' Lugo told reporters , naming the mother . `` I assume all the responsibilities that could derive from such an act , recognizing the paternity of the child . '' Leguizamon , 27 , said Monday that last week 's announcement had encouraged her to come forth . `` When I saw the case with Viviana , I was strengthened to make my accusation , '' Leguizamon said . She said she made the accusation to help her 6-year-old son , who is starting school . She will ask for a DNA test , she said . In last week 's case , Judge Evelyn Peralta said she was treating it routinely . `` It is a case like any other , which involves the president and nothing more , '' she said . `` It will be processed at it should be . '' Some Cabinet members interpreted Lugo 's acknowledgment of","question":"ASUNCION , Paraguay -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A second woman stepped forward Monday to say that Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo fathered a child out of wedlock when he was a Roman Catholic bishop . Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo says Monday he will comply with justice on the latest paternity allegation . Benigna Leguizamon said Lugo fathered her son in 2002 in the city of San Pedro . She served notice that Lugo has 24 hours to acknowledge paternity or she will take legal action . `` I am waiting in good will , '' she said in an interview on CNN affiliate Telefuturo TV . `` But if they do n't do something , oh , my God . '' Lugo , 57 , acknowledged last week that he is the father of a 2-year-old child conceived in the months before he stepped down as bishop . He said last week he was making the admission `` with the most absolute honesty , transparency and feeling of obligation . '' Without acknowledging paternity , he expressed similar sentiments Monday about the latest allegation . `` We 're going to act always in pursuit of the truth ... in this private"}
-{"answer":"long hours to meet payrolls on tight deadlines and scraping by with limited resources . While others can advocate for the merits of entrepreneurship , and will hopefully do so , our job creators are strangely left out . Innovators from Oregon to Tennessee are the ones who will generate new jobs . Commerce Department data show that small companies represent 99.1 percent of all employer firms -LRB- a firm is an aggregation of all establishments owned by a parent company , even in multiple locations . -RRB- . They pay nearly 45 percent of U.S. private payroll and have generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the past decade . A few start-ups from the last century may be familiar : Disney , Burger King , Fed-Ex , CNN and Microsoft all started during a period of economic downturn . Today , each of these companies employs thousands of people in the U.S. and abroad . Recent research shows that more than half of the 2009 Fortune 500 companies were launched during a recession or bear market . In 2002 , when the tech bubble burst , I graduated from business school just a few","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's the oldest trick in the political playbook : Call together a `` summit '' of fancy people so you 'll appear to be focused on work that must get done . Thursday , the White House convened CEOs from companies such as Boeing , AT&T , Comcast and Dow Corning , top leaders of the United Steelworkers , United Food and Commercial Workers , American Federation of Teachers unions , Ivy League academics and a few small-business representatives to brainstorm how the country might generate much-needed jobs . A schmooze-fest is nice , but the hard work of putting America back to work will be done by entrepreneurs , not the leaders of the biggest companies in the nation and the heads of big unions . The mom-and-pop shops , garage start-ups and small businesses across the country will put Americans back on the payroll . According to the Census Bureau , nearly all net job creation in the U.S. since 1980 has been generated by firms operating less than five years . This means that our job generators are likely not on the White House guest list . They are home working"}
-{"answer":"career , -LSB- I began -RSB- thinking , ' I can do this . ' '' So Karen moved to Italy and started working for UNICEF . But then she got a call from someone asking if she might be interest in interning for `` this new guy , Barack Obama . '' Watching the news from abroad , she did n't know much about Obama , a senator at the time , except that he was the guy `` with Kenyan roots , '' as she put it . So she decided to put her dreams of international field work on hold and give Capitol Hill a try . `` I thought , ` Well , I 've never done anything on Capitol Hill , I 've never worked over on Capitol Hill . ' '' Karen recalled , `` So this would be a great opportunity and let me just go see what this is about and learn as much as I can while I 'm there , '' What was supposed to be a six-month internship with Obama 's Senate office became a full-time position after only three months , and she followed that trail all the","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Karen Richardson may not have known where she would end up , but she has always known that with hard work , anything is possible . Karen Richarson , a White House staffer , says anything is possible in America . Richardson , 30 , works as a White House staffer on what the Obama administration sees as the most pressing issue of the day : health care reform . She meets with President Obama several times a week and expresses the same kind of determination and sense of hard work to her job . `` You have to continue to plow forward and just keep working until it gets done , '' she explained . `` I stay focused on the job at hand and I 'm committed to getting this done . '' Richardson did n't always want to work at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue . As a student at Howard University , a historically black college , she developed a passion for international affairs and originally wanted to follow the path set by another African-American woman . `` Watching -LSB- former Secretary of State -RSB- Condoleezza Rice at the prime point of her"}
-{"answer":"and Reta were recruited by the cartel to be assassins after they began hitting the cantinas and clubs just across the border . Watch how the teens turned into drug cartel hitmen '' CNN has also obtained detailed court records as well as several hours of police interrogation videos . The detective sitting across the table from Reta and Cardona in those sessions is Robert Garcia . He 's a veteran of the Laredo Police Department and one of the few officers who has questioned the young men . `` One thing you wonder all the time : What made them this way ? '' Garcia told CNN . `` They were just kids themselves , waiting around playing PlayStation or Xbox , waiting around for the order to be given . '' Over a nearly one-year period starting in June 2005 , the border town of Laredo , Texas , saw a string of seven murders . At first glance , the violence looked like isolated , gangland-style killings . But investigators started suspecting something more sinister . Then Noe Flores was gunned down in a clear case of mistaken identity . Investigators found a fingerprint on a cigarette","question":"LAREDO , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rosalio Reta sits at a table inside a Laredo Police Department interrogation room . A detective , sitting across the table , asks him how it all started . Gabriel Cardona , who shows his tattooed eyelids , worked as a hit man for a Mexican cartel . Reta , in Spanish street slang , describes his initiation as an assassin , at the age of 13 , for the Mexican Gulf Cartel , one of the country 's two major drug gangs . `` I thought I was Superman . I loved doing it , killing that first person , '' Reta says on the videotape obtained by CNN . `` They tried to take the gun away , but it was like taking candy from kid . '' Rosalio Reta and his friend , Gabriel Cardona , were members of a three-person cell of American teenagers working as cartel hit men in the United States , according to prosecutors . The third was arrested by Mexican authorities and stabbed to death in prison there three days later . In interviews with CNN , Laredo police detectives and prosecutors told how Cardona"}
-{"answer":"1980s , matador Luis Reina had a contract showing the brand name of Japanese electronics giant Akai on parts of his shiny `` suit of lights , '' while fighting . `` But that lasted just one or two fights , '' recalls Curro Vazquez , a former bullfighter who now manages one of Spain 's top-tier matadors , Cayetano Rivero Ordonez . Rivero Ordonez has declined offers to carry publicity on his bullfighter 's suit and capes while in the ring , Vazquez said , out of respect for `` the ritual of bullfighting . '' `` The cape is a sacred thing , '' said Vazquez , adding that it 's fine for premier bullfighters -- who are treated like rock stars -- to have lucrative endorsement deals for products , but only outside of the ring . This is the first endorsement deal of any kind for Ortega . He became a full matador in 2006 , facing the biggest bulls , but said he 's fought only six or seven fights since then . Yet a bullfighter in demand can have dozens of fights in just a single season . `` Ortega is a new bullfighter","question":"MADRID , Spain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An underemployed Spanish matador is breaking tradition and carrying advertising on his capes in the bullring -- promoting a soft drink aimed at gays . Matador Joselito Ortega in an exhibition fight on Sept. 23 in the southern Spanish city of Malaga . While fighting bulls , matador Joselito Ortega will use capes embroidered with the words `` Gay Up , '' the name of the energy drink . The move has many in the macho-steeped world of bullfighting seeing red . But Ortega , 29 , told CNN , '' I 'm glad to be the first person -LRB- in bullfighting -RRB- whom the gay community will take as an icon . '' `` People think the bullfighter is very tough , very rude and they only like women , '' Ortega added . `` But we are in 2009 . Everything must change . '' Industry experts said it would be the first time advertising will appear on bullfighter 's capes -- the large one used when the bull rushes into the ring , and a smaller one used later as the matador moves in for the kill . In the"}
-{"answer":"a reflection of its times . The show `` went into development very shortly after the attacks -- December of 2001 . Not only were we post-9 \/ 11 , but the wounds were so extremely fresh , there was still a great deal of shock , '' he said . Some of the imagery and themes of the show derived directly from the attacks , he said , such as a `` wall of grief '' where people place pictures of dead comrades . The show 's central conflict has a religious dimension : The show 's villains , the mechanical yet human-looking Cylons , believe in one god ; the humans believe in many . `` The antagonists are motivated by a belief that they are operating with the blessing , the permission of an all-powerful god . To the extent that religion and spiritual beliefs were chief motivations for the antagonists , that had resonance with al Qaeda , '' Eick said . But , he said , the writers fought to keep the show from becoming morally simplistic . `` Sci-fi has always been a safe haven because we 're not talking about al Qaeda ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Battlestar Galactica , '' the TV series that has held up a mirror to post-9 \/ 11 politics and paranoia for the past four seasons , comes to an end Friday . `` Battlestar Galactica '' drew consistent praise from the critics , but never attracted huge audiences . The show 's legions of fans may be in mourning , but executive producer David Eick finds the looming finale bittersweet . `` It 's a combination of deep sadness and a little bit of relief , '' he told CNN by phone from Los Angeles . Eick and his producing partner Ronald D. Moore revived -- or , as they like to say , `` reimagined '' -- a campy late-1970s space opera about a ragtag group of survivors from an attack that wiped out most of humanity , making it a gritty , tense , and morally ambiguous drama . Echoes of the traumas that shaped contemporary America are inescapable , from a shot in opening credits that looks like Manhattan before the attacks of September 11 , 2001 , to questions about curtailing civil liberties in wartime . Eick says the show is"}
-{"answer":"one million boxing fans would shell out their cash . `` We know based on those early numbers and based on experience the event will perform extremely well . If I had to guess , anywhere between 1.6 million and two million homes , which is a home run , '' he said . The record for a PPV event is the 2.4 million buys for ` Golden Boy ' Oscar De La Hoya 's May 2007 fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr . , which generated a staggering $ 134 million in revenue . Mayweather , who also beat Hatton in another ` superfight ' at the back end of 2007 , astutely chose Saturday night in Vegas to announce he was coming out of retirement . Mayweather , nicknamed ` money ' because of the enormous revenues he generates , will face Mexico 's Juan Manuel Marquez on July 18 in his return to the ring . But the talk of the boxing world is an eventual match up against Pacquiao with the notional pound for pound title at stake as well as a massive pay day . `` If Mayweather wants a piece of the ` little Filipino","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manny Pacquiao 's two-round demolition of Ricky Hatton has set up the prospect of the biggest money-spinning fight in the history of boxing . Pacquiao lands a solid right to Hatton on his way to a comprehensive victory . The Filipino knocked out the plucky but outclassed Briton in Las Vegas on Saturday night -- earning him by a conservative estimate at least $ 2 million dollars per minute . Hatton , who could well now hang up his gloves , will pocket more than $ 8 million as a consolation . Pacquiao 's all-action style is popular with boxing followers and in his native Philippines the theaters which screened his fight live with Hatton were sold out well in advance with a ferocious demand for tickets . But the really big money lies in the Pay Per View -LRB- PPV -RRB- revenues generated by the U.S. Home Box Office -LRB- HBO -RRB- network . USA Today reported Monday that early indications from cable companies were that the scheduled 12-round light-welterweight bout could get as many as two million buys . Co-promoter Bob Arum was delighted with the figures especially as initial estimates were suggesting about"}
-{"answer":"Tigers of Tamil Eelam -LRB- LTTE -RRB- -- have fought for an independent state for minority Tamils in Sri Lanka since 1983 . As many as 70,000 people have been killed since the civil war began . `` Sri Lanka stands on the brink , '' Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickremanayake said in a written statement . Watch aid agencies fear for Sri Lanka '' `` We have called repeatedly for the violence to cease . The humanitarian agencies must be granted access to civilians caught in the crossfire of a dreadful conflict . Watch iReporter Thileepan 's footage of the `` safe zone '' '' `` We are backing U.N. efforts to secure an orderly end to the conflict . The LTTE must lay down its arms and allow civilians to leave . Sri Lanka must understand that there will be consequences for its actions . '' No formal declaration of victory is expected at least until Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa returns to the country from Amman , Jordan , where he is attending the World Economic Forum . In an address to the summit in Amman on Saturday , Rajapaksa said the Sri Lankan armed forces had defeated","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sri Lanka 's prime minister warned Saturday that his country `` stands on the brink , '' as its soldiers cornered Tamil Tiger fighters in an assault that is trapping more than 50,000 civilians on a small plot of coastal land . Sri Lanka 's defense ministry says this handout photo shows troops with a captured Tamil Tiger craft Thursday . The United Nations estimated the number of civilians , who were trapped on about 1.5 square miles -LRB- four square kilometers -RRB- of land . Government troops seized the last remaining coastal stretch under the control of Tamil Tiger rebels , the Ministry of Defense said Saturday , marking a possible end to more than 25 years of fighting in the island nation . The seizure marks the total capture of coastline territory previously controlled by the rebels , it said , after army divisions advanced from the north and south to link up . An army source told CNN that about two square kilometers in the region remain to be captured , and that military officials expect that to happen in a couple of days . The rebels -- formally known as the Liberation"}
-{"answer":"Emmy-adorned `` Modern Family '' round out the crowd . `` People forget sometimes that comedies are supposed to be fun , but a lot of the comedies are bringing the funny this fall , '' Kahl says . `` And when you do that , the audience is there for it . '' The audience also has been there for cable comedies , with HBO 's `` Curb Your Enthusiasm '' and FX 's `` It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia '' coming off all-time highs , even in their eighth and seventh seasons , respectively . TVLine : Hit series poised to kill off major character Perhaps the biggest surprise of the fall is Fox 's `` New Girl , '' which not only bowed to strong numbers but also built on its lead-in , the buzz worthy `` Glee . '' That performance , which has continued throughout the newbie 's run , even caught the ratings-crunchers at Fox a bit by surprise . `` Did we think we were going to get those numbers ? No , '' says Preston Beckman , Fox 's executive vice president for strategic program planning and research . `` But","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One need look no further than the Nielsen Top 25 to see that funny fare is doing some serious damage this fall TV season . Led by `` Two and a Half Men '' on CBS and featuring no less than three newcomers -- CBS ' `` 2 Broke Girls , '' Fox 's `` New Girl '' and ABC 's `` Last Man Standing '' -- sitcoms have dominated the Top 10 scripted programs in the weekly rankings -LRB- based on delivery of the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic -RRB- . `` It 's been a while since that 's been the case , '' says Kelly Kahl , senior executive vice president of CBS Primetime . `` At the end of the day , it does seem like there is some sort of groundswell right now . '' CBS claims five of eight highly ranked sitcoms . The network 's three other hits are `` How I Met Your Mother , '' `` Big Bang Theory , '' and `` Mike and Molly . '' `` New Girl , '' `` Last Man Standing '' -LRB- which debuted to 13 million viewers -RRB- and ABC 's"}
-{"answer":"They do n't want some loudmouth spitting on the pavement , flirting with girls and swearing . '' The `` no vacancy '' extends to the members of parliament , as Wainuiomata lawmaker Trevor Mallard found out when he came to test the ban . `` He 's barging in here with a TV camera , trying to book a room to prove a point , '' Donnelly said . `` We just stood at the front door and said , ` You 're not welcome here . Go away . ' '' By `` we , '' Donnelly is referring to himself and his general manager , Malcolm Glen -- a Scotsman known in the community as `` Basil Fawlty '' after the iconic and paranoid John Cleese character in the British sitcom `` Fawlty Towers . '' News of the ban sent some former guests complaining , and others accusing Donnelly , an Australian , of racism . Many wanted to know whether he was violating the Human Rights Act , which prohibits hotel owners from discriminating based on race . `` Some people are making it out to be about the big Aussie brother giving his poor","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A motel owner in New Zealand -- fed up with one too many incidents of rowdy behavior -- has banned an entire town from checking in as guests . Steve Donnelly , an Australian , has been accused of racism following his decision . Steve Donnelly , the owner of the Supreme Motor Lodge in the town of Palmerston North , said he decided to yank the welcome mat for the 16,000 residents of Wainuiomata because `` each time they visited , our life became less exciting . '' `` I 'm not Santa Claus . I ca n't figure out who 's naughty and who 's nice , '' he said . `` So we went ahead and banned all of them . '' Wainuiomata , near the capital , Wellington , is about two hours ' drive from Palmerston North . Donnelly said he banned the town after three groups of people from Wainuiomata checked in on separate occasions over a six-month period , riling other guests at the 51-room hotel . `` We have moms and dads who come here with two or three kids to relax , '' he said . ``"}
-{"answer":"politically and economically integrate South American countries . The president is poised to approve the start of negotiations between his leftist government and opposition leaders of five provinces who demand greater autonomy and the cancellation of a constitutional referendum that would give the president more power . The opposition also is angry over tax money that Morales is diverting from the provinces to fund elderly programs . Morales said the opposition leaders are trying to overthrow the government . `` This is a coup in the past few days by the leaders of some provinces , with the takeover of some institutions , the sacking and robbery of some government institutions and attempts to assault the national police and the armed forces , '' Morales said . Opposition leaders say they merely want their demands met . Police kept order Monday during a march by about 2,000 pro-government groups opposed to the violence in the provinces . The demonstrators marched past the U.S. Embassy in La Paz . Morales expelled the U.S. ambassador to Bolivia last week , blaming the American government for inciting the violence . The United States called the accusations `` false and baseless '' and said","question":"LA PAZ , Bolivia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Heads of South American nations lent support Monday night to President Evo Morales of Bolivia , who says opposition leaders are trying to overthrow his government . Indigenous people from El Alto , Bolivia , take part in an anti-U.S. demonstration in La Paz on Monday . Confronting their first crisis , members of the four-month-old Union of South American Countries voted to create a commission to support Morales ' democratically elected government , said President Michelle Bachelet of Chile . She read a nine-point statement on Chilean TV that calls for the support of human rights and democracy and the preservation of Bolivia 's territorial integrity . The statement condemns any attempts to overthrow the government . It also said the new commission would investigate a reported massacre in the Bolivian state of Pando , where violent clashes killed 30 people last week . Those clashes pitted supporters of eastern governors who want autonomy against the central government . The South American leaders also urged dialogue to address disputes in Bolivia . Morales attended the emergency meeting of the union , which is modeled on the European Union and aims to"}
-{"answer":"a rift between them is possible . Putin juggled a myriad of facts and statistics , giving instructions to subordinates along the way to fix problems , as he responded to questions mostly on Russia 's domestic issues . These covered pensions , medication prices , the overhauling of entire industries and Russia 's accession to the World Trade Organization , Amur tigers and hip-hop music , and everything in between . The program was broadcast live on government television and radio . It marked Putin 's eighth annual year-end `` town meeting , '' first launched in 2001 when he was president . This year 's forum was his second as prime minister . Representatives from all Russian industries as well as university students packed the auditorium in Gostiny Dvor , a large conference hall next door to the Kremlin , where Putin appeared . Putin took questions from the hall 's floor , with live cameras positioned in towns and cities across Russia , and he also responded to phone calls , e-mails and mobile SMS messages . He started off by addressing the issue of terrorism , coming nearly a week after the derailment of a luxury","question":"Moscow , Russia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a strong signal Thursday that he has full hands-on control of his country . As part of his annual town hall forum , Putin spoke for four hours and fielded 80 questions out of 2 million-plus submitted on a live call-in program , `` Conversation With Vladimir Putin -- Continued . '' Responding to a question on whether he had any plans to retire and enjoy the life of an ordinary citizen , Putin tersely replied , `` Do n't count on that . '' And when asked whether he plans to run for the presidency again in 2012 , he said , `` I will think about it . There is plenty of time for that . '' Speaking of his `` tandem '' with President Dmitry Medvedev , Putin said he had `` known him for many years , graduated from the same universities , having been taught by the same professors . '' `` Those common principles allow us to effectively work together , '' he said , responding to the never-ending speculation about which one of the duo is more important and whether"}
-{"answer":"they help them , it means they loan them money . As this credit crisis intensified , the Fed invited more and more banks to come and borrow from it and would accept collateral that was not as high-quality as it would typically accept . The Fed was the lender of last resort for a bank ; you paid a premium to borrow money from the Fed , and you had to give them your best collateral . What 's happening now is you still pay a premium , but you can go with lower collateral . The thinking behind that is the more banks feel free to go to the Fed to borrow money , the less likely they are to get money at higher interest from other sources and the less likely they are to fail as a result . In other words , if they feel that there is an ability to borrow money from the Fed -- if they absolutely have to to stay afloat -- that facility is there . Well , the number of banks that have taken advantage of this has caused the reserve at the Federal Reserve to go from about $","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. Treasury Department will begin selling bonds Wednesday to help the Federal Reserve , which has had to loan out an unprecedented amount of money to businesses because of the credit crisis . CNN 's Ali Velshi says the Fed needs access to large amounts of cash to keep Wall Street confident . The Fed announced Tuesday it would authorize the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to lend up to $ 85 billion over two years to insurance giant American International Group . In return , the government will receive a 79.9 percent stake in the company , which has 74 million clients in 130 countries . The first Treasury auction for the central bank will be for $ 40 million . The Treasury bills will mature in 35 days , allowing the Fed access to quick cash . But what does this mean to American taxpayers and an ailing U.S. economy ? CNN senior business correspondent Ali Velshi breaks it down . Q : What does this mean in layman 's terms ? A : The Federal Reserve keeps a lot of money in supply to help banks , and basically , when"}
-{"answer":"-RRB- '' , Andy Warhol 's `` Jackie , '' Francis Bacon 's `` Studies of Isabel Rawsthorne , '' and Damien Hirst 's `` Adenosine . '' `` Execution '' would become the most expensive work of Chinese contemporary art at auction , selling for 2.9 million British pounds -LRB- $ 5.9 million -RRB- . It eclipsed Yue 's previous record , set in June when his `` The Pope '' sold for nearly 2.15 million British pounds -LRB- $ 4.37 million -RRB- . The sale of `` Execution '' also comes on the same week another Yue piece , `` The Massacre at Chios , '' sold for nearly $ 4.1 million at a Sotheby 's auction of contemporary Chinese art in Hong Kong . Stretching across `` Execution '' is a long red building , suggesting Tiananmen 's gate outside the Forbidden City . Is the painting of Tiananmen ? `` I want the audience not to think of one thing or one place or one event , '' he said from his Beijing home . `` The whole world 's the background . '' The red building , he explains , is simply something that 's","question":"HONG KONG , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Yue Minjun acknowledges that `` Execution , '' inspired by the bloody Tiananmen crackdown in 1989 , is the most politically sensitive of his work . A section of Yue Minjun 's `` Execution , '' which the artist shows how human conflict is worth laughing at But while Tiananmen served as the catalyst , the oil painting should not be seen as depicting what happened at Tiananmen , the Beijing-based artist said this week through a translator in a phone interview . Billed by Sotheby 's as `` among the most historically important paintings of the Chinese avant-garde ever to appear at auction , '' `` Execution '' had been tucked away from sight until now . Its owner bought it from a gallery in Hong Kong a decade ago under condition that the painting not be shown in public because of its subject matter , according to Sotheby 's . On Friday , it went on auction in London , a highlight in a contemporary arts sale that also included Jean-Michel Basquiat 's `` Untitled -LRB- Head -RRB- , '' Mark Rothko 's `` Untitled -LRB- Blue Divided by Blue"}
-{"answer":". Some water-rationing measures were taken at the time , too , according to Hidrocapital . In Miranda State , which sits adjacent the capital , the Lagartijo Reservoir is at the lowest level ever recorded . `` There will be programmed interruptions in service , with the goal of recuperating the levels of the principal reservoirs that flow to the city and that were affected by the scarce rains this year , '' Hidrocapital President Alejandro Hitcher said at a news conference announcing the rationing . Even schools will have to deal with the water shortages , the government said . Only hospitals will be equipped with water around the clock . Critics , including the municipal agency that distributes Hidrocapital 's water to the city , say that poor infrastructure has made it difficult for water pressure to reach some of the poorest parts of the city , according to local reports . The government says that the El Nino phenomenon -- unusually warm waters in the equatorial Pacific that affects weather around the globe -- is behind the dry conditions . Venezuela 's National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology also pointed a finger at something called quasi-biennial","question":"Caracas , Venezuela -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Residents of the Venezuelan capital on Monday began to experience water rationing as part of a government preservation measure during a drought . The rolling cuts to water service will affect the capital of Caracas and some nearby areas for periods of up to 48 hours , the state-owned water utility Hidrocapital announced . The rationing will continue through the first quarter of 2010 , the government said . President Hugo Chavez has urged citizens to take extra steps to reduce water use , including a suggestion last week that taking a shower should take only three minutes . The government says that weather phenomena are behind the drought , while critics of Chavez say that years of lack of infrastructure investment and planning left the country flat-footed when it came to offsetting the drought . Drought conditions have reduced reservoir volume to critical levels , officials say . The level of the Camatagua Reservoir , which supplies Caracas with about half of its water , has been on a downward trend since 2007 , according to data from Hidrocapital . However , it 's not as low as during the early 2000s"}
-{"answer":"Hex 's drunk and abusive father sells him to an Apache tribe . Hex lives with the Apaches as a slave but wins the favor of the chief and becomes a free member . He gets separated from the tribe as an adult , ends up fighting for the Confederates in the Civil War -- even accidentally shooting Stonewall Jackson -- and ultimately wanders out West . But when he comes back to the tribe , a fight with a rival leads to his banishment and a new life as a bounty hunter . See Techland 's brief history of Jonah Hex . The original run of the comic spanned the 1970s and 1980s , but the title was revived in the early 1990s and more recently in 2006 . In later issues of the first run , Hex would be pulled through time , meeting up with Batman and a handful of other DC superheroes . `` Jonah Hex '' falls prey to a common problem with comics-turned-movies : The stories span years , sometimes decades . Most fans are only familiar with a comic book 's story from the point when they start reading . But even so","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There are typically two types of comic book movies -- movies like `` Ghost Rider '' and movies like `` Batman Begins . '' That is , there are some comics that should be really good movies , but because of a bad script , director or actors -LRB- sometimes all of the above -RRB- they end up cinematic duds like `` Ghost Rider . '' And there are some comics that make the transition to the big screen really well with the help of great writers , directors and actors , like `` Batman Begins . '' Movie producers are bringing a fairly serious comic book character , DC Comics ' `` Jonah Hex , '' -LRB- played by Josh Brolin -RRB- to the big screen on Friday . The trailer from Warner Brothers -LRB- whose parent company , Time Warner , also owns CNN -RRB- looks like it 's anything but . Early reviews are n't kind . By mid-Friday morning , the film had earned a rotten 11-percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes . If you 're not already familiar with the character , here 's the gist : As a boy , Jonah"}
-{"answer":"Pennsylvania . The story of Martin Guitars is not just one of building acoustic instruments , but also one of family . The company has passed the business down from one Martin to the next . While many guitar makers have been sold to corporations , Christian Martin IV , the company 's current owner , speaks of the responsibility he feels as the fourth-generation family owner . `` Although other guitar makers may have the name , and they certainly do appreciate the history and the heritage , in my case , it 's in my blood . '' Chris Martin describes the business as `` focused on one thing , and we do n't get distracted easily . '' The one thing is perfecting the art of guitar making , and , musicians say , Martin Guitars has done it better than most . Christian Martin says that what makes his family 's line of guitars so popular is the firm belief that the `` guitar is really meant to complement the singer , not to overshadow the person playing it . '' This idea has been the catalyst for some of America 's most beloved singer\/songwriters for","question":"NAZARETH , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Traveling through the rolling hills of Pennsylvania 's farmland , one can almost hear the music of days gone by . The factory of C.F. Martin Guitars in Pennsylvania produces instruments used all over the world . The sounds of an old guitar seem fitting for the rustic buildings and small towns that you pass through . It 's almost as if you 're being drawn in , closer and closer to where the sound originates : C.F. Martin Guitars in Nazareth , Pennsylvania . Walking through the front doors of the factory , nicely tucked into a residential neighborhood , the floors are shiny , the smell of `` newness '' in the air , but somehow it feels old . It feels like you 're stepping into a part of history . And you have . Martin Guitars was established in 1833 when C.F. Martin , along with his family , immigrated to New York from Germany . Upon visiting some friends in Pennsylvania 's Lehigh Valley , the Martin family decided to trade in the hustle and bustle of New York for the open space and German heritage of rural"}
-{"answer":"to find jobs in construction or masonry or painting or landscaping . Some communities encourage the formation of these sites . In others , they have become lightning rods of controversy . In Palisades Park , they have become fixtures . At the site I visited , the last thing the folks there needed was more competition for jobs , but they nonetheless welcomed me into their group . They gave me pointers about how to get a good job . `` Always ask how much , '' one man told me in Spanish as he prepped me in the art of negotiating for a days ' wage . Another said it 's better to be paid by the day instead of the hour . That way you 're assured of a decent payment even if the work is cut short or the job is finished early . The guys I met told me they come here seven days a week . They wait and wait and wait for work . `` Sometimes there 's no work , sometimes there is work . Not every day , '' one man said . It gets worse when winter comes . ``","question":"Editor 's note : In our Behind the Scenes series , CNN correspondents share their experiences covering the news . Here , CNN Anchor Rick Sanchez describes spending some time with day laborers for a report that will air on ` Out in the Open ' tonight at 8 ET . CNN 's Rick Sanchez , pictured center , visits a street corner where many people gather to seek manual labor jobs . PALISADES PARK , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For four hours Friday morning , I joined about 200 immigrants -- legal and illegal -- at a day-laborer site at the corner of East Columbia Avenue and Broad Avenue in downtown Palisades Park , New Jersey . My goal was not to find a job ; rather it was to see how day laborers go about finding one themselves . Dressed in jeans , running shoes and a short-sleeve shirt , I looked like one of them . I also carried over my shoulder a bag containing a hidden camera . Day laborer sites like this one have sprung up all over the country . The laborers -- mostly immigrants , mostly men -- come to them"}
-{"answer":", including Thacker 's adopted son , Reese . `` I can understand paranoia and absolutely , and I understand there was a story about people illegally taking children out of the country , but fear does n't justify these actions , '' Stephanie Anderson , a volunteer who was helping Thacker , told CNN . On Saturday , the three women were outside the Port-au-Prince airport waiting in line to transport the children in a private plane when , Anderson says , they were surrounded by an angry mob of men demanding to see their paperwork . `` They started screaming at us that they are Haitian children , and who do we think we are taking their kids from their country , and these missionaries ca n't be stealing kids , and they started swearing and yelling at us , '' Anderson , who is not a missionary , said . The police were called in and the women were detained for eight hours , they told CNN . Full coverage of the earthquake 's aftermath The key document -- a permission signed by Haiti 's prime minister -- was suspected as a fake by police , something","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Six Haitian orphans , at the airport and on their way to new lives in the United States , had their destination changed at the last moment . Now they are at an orphanage , under the custody of the Haitian government , while the details of their departure are sorted out . Sarah Thacker , a Minnesota woman who was in Haiti to bring home her newly adopted son , now finds herself facing allegations that the paperwork she held was forged . Thacker and two other women who helped her were not arrested , but are the subject of the incident that follows the arrests of 10 U.S. missionaries accused of taking a group of Haitian children out of the country without the proper paperwork . All 10 were charged with trying to take 33 children out of Haiti without any legal authorization after a magnitude-7 .0 earthquake devastated the country on January 12 . Eight of them have been released on bail and have returned to the United States . Thacker and the two other women were going to escort six Haitian orphans to the United States to new families"}
-{"answer":"sister 's story '' Lisa Ling said that before they left the United States , the pair never intended to cross into North Korea . They have acknowledged that they briefly did , however , and they were convicted of entering the country illegally to conduct a `` smear campaign '' against the reclusive Communist state . They were sentenced in June to 12 years of hard labor . North Korea 's leader , Kim Jong Il , pardoned the women Tuesday after meeting with former President Bill Clinton . They arrived home the following day . Lisa Ling said her sister was allowed to call the family on four occasions during her five months in captivity . On the last call , Laura Ling specifically requested that Clinton intervene . `` She said that in her opinion -- quote , unquote -- it would have to be President Clinton . It could only be President Clinton to secure the release of herself and Euna . We immediately jumped into action and alerted Vice President Gore , '' Lisa Ling said . When their release was secured , they promptly boarded a plane home . Clinton wanted them to rest","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee told Ling 's sister they were treated humanely in North Korea , and they believe they were n't sent to hard-labor camps because they have medical conditions , Lisa Ling said Friday . Lisa Ling , left , and her sister , Laura , center , speak to their father Wednesday after Laura arrived in California . The sister , speaking on CNN 's `` American Morning , '' did not elaborate on the medical conditions , but said her sister will soon tell her story . `` Laura is eager to tell the story about what happened . I want to let her do so , but right now , she 's really getting reacclimated . The processes are slow . She 's very , very weak , '' Lisa Ling said , adding that the stories she 's heard so far are `` jaw-dropping . '' Laura Ling and Lee were working for California-based Current TV , a media venture of former Vice President Al Gore , when they were arrested in March for crossing the border between China and North Korea . Watch Lisa Ling share her"}
-{"answer":"bringing Iraq out of Chapter 7 is an `` American commitment also '' since Iraq signed the status of forces agreement with the United States , which governs the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq , based on its understanding that the U.S. would help Iraq to come out of Chapter 7 . Foreign Minister Zebari said the sanctions impose a heavy burden on Iraq -- it continues to pay 5 percent of its oil revenues to Kuwait , down from the initial 30 percent . Iraq 's security forces , he told reporters , have `` proven they are capable of defending themselves and the country . '' In the next six months , however , he said , the country faces some risks . `` What can be seen as problems could become crises unless this administration keeps its focus and support to push the situation forward ; otherwise this overall strategy of responsible redeployment could be undermined . '' If that happens , Zebari said , it `` will impact what the U.S. is doing in the Middle East , in the Arab peace process , with Iran , even in Afghanistan because Iraq is such a","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nearly two decades after the first Gulf war and six years after Saddam Hussein was removed from power , Iraq still is subject to 73 United Nations resolutions . A March 1991 photo shows burning oil wells in Kuwait damaged by Iraq military forces . Now Iraq 's foreign minister says his country `` will not regain full sovereignty and independence without getting rid of these resolutions . '' Speaking to reporters in Washington , Hoshyar Zebari said Monday that Iraq has paid `` billions '' of dollars under Chapter 7 of the U.N. sanctions placed on Iraq as a result of the 1990 Iraq invasion of Kuwait and subsequent war . The U.N. Security Council is reviewing the sanctions , and Zebari said he had `` intensive discussions '' in New York with members of the Security Council . He said `` I think the outcome is positive . '' `` We felt a great deal of good will that , really , time has come for Iraq to get rid of all these restrictions and to regain its international standing and position as a normal country . '' The Iraqi foreign minister said"}
-{"answer":"since 2004 , a factor that has been increasingly of concern for the diminutive footballer . `` This year we wanted -LSB- the title -RSB- , we were giving everything - but we could n't reach the level that everyone expected of Arsenal . When you win , you 're well . But when you do n't , everyone is in a bad mood . For four years now , we 've needed a title to regain our belief in ourselves , '' he added . Fabregas signed an eight-year contract with the Gunners in 2006 , a deal that should see him stay at the club until 2014 , however , it seems he is already considering other destinations to ply his trade . `` My seventh season is about to start . It 's a lot when you 're just 22 . When you stop to think , you see that time flies . In football , you have to learn fast and take the best decisions for yourself and try to be happy . `` If one day I 'm not happy , I am the first who will tell the manager . I admire Arsene Wenger","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas has followed his country 's surprise 2-0 Confederations Cup defeat to the United States by hinting he could be ready to leave English Premier League club Arsenal because of their limited success . Is Cesc Fabregas paving the way for a move away from London-based club Arsenal ? The 22-year-old star told British newspaper The Sun that the loss to the USA was not the prime factor contributing to his depressed mood , instead he focused on his club 's inability to win silverware . `` The absence of titles at Arsenal is what angers me the most . Cristiano Ronaldo said he 's leaving Manchester United because he had nothing else to win . For me right now it is the exact opposite , seeing the impotence , '' the playmaker and club captain said . Check out the world 's 20 most wanted players . Fabregas , who joined the north London club in 2003 , has not won a major club trophy since Arsenal beat Manchester United in 2005 to lift the FA Cup . Arsene Wenger 's team have also not been crowned champions of the Premier League"}
-{"answer":"government has launched an inquiry . CNN 's investigation -- based on accounts from tourists , sources in Thailand and a Rohingya refugee who said he was on a boat towed back out to sea -- helps to piece together a picture of survival thwarted by an organized effort not just to repel arriving refugees , but to hold them prisoner on shore , drag them in flimsy boats far out to sea and then abandon them . Watch CNN 's investigation into reports of refugees being set adrift '' Three tourists recently voiced concern to CNN over what they had seen -- and in some cases photographed -- near Thailand 's tourist areas . One tourist provided CNN with photos last week of refugees detained by Thai authorities on a beach near a tourist site , with the refugees prone on the sun-bleached sand while guards stood nearby . `` Whenever someone raised their head or moved , they -LSB- guards -RSB- would strike them with a whip , '' said Australian tourist Andrew Catton . A CNN crew traveled to a remote stretch of the Thai coast four hours north of the tourist island of Phuket to investigate","question":"BANGKOK , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bedraggled , hungry and dazed , the refugees arrived on the shores of Thailand after fleeing one of the most repressive governments in the world -- the hard-line military regime in Myanmar , also known as Burma . This picture provided to CNN is said to show refugees being towed out to sea by the Thai army . But a CNN investigation has uncovered evidence that for hundreds of Rohingya refugees -- members of a Muslim minority group -- abuse and abandonment at sea were what awaited them in Thailand , at the hands of Thai authorities . Extraordinary photos obtained by CNN from someone directly involved in the Thai operation show refugees on their rickety boats being towed out to sea , cut loose and abandoned . One photo shows the Thai army towing a boatload of some 190 refugees far out to sea . Watch the backstory on the investigation '' For days , accusations have been carried in several regional papers that the Thai army has been systematically towing boat-loads of Rohingya refugees far out to sea and setting them adrift . The army denied it , and the Thai"}
-{"answer":"Operation Proper Exit , an initiative started a little over a year ago by the Troops First Foundation , based in Maryland . The USO supports the mission . Watch Salau describe his feelings on returning '' Rick Kell , head of Troops First , traveled to Iraq with the soldiers and said the idea came from American troops . `` After spending much time at Walter Reed and Brooke Army medical centers , inevitably in any conversation , something reminds somebody that they want to go back . And the soldiers do n't hesitate to tell you that , '' Kell said . `` They are soldiers and they want to come back primarily for several reasons , but they want to come back and let the troops here on the ground know that they are still part of them , they support them , and they would very much like to be with them , although they ca n't . '' It 's an emotional journey for the returning veterans , a chance to visit bases where they were stationed , and , in some cases , the sites where they were wounded . Though other programs have","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Edwin Salau knew coming back would be hard . But he had to do it . The retired U.S. Army first lieutenant needed to know that his sacrifice was worth it . Retired Army 1st Lt. Edwin Salau says he sees progress in Iraq since he left five years ago . `` I wanted to make sure I did n't bleed in vain for the Iraqi people , '' Salau said . `` And what I found is I did not . I see the progress over five years . I see free Iraqis doing what Iraqis want to do in their country , and I see the U.S. taking a back seat . '' Salau left the battlefield in November 2004 , after being hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire during an ambush close to the town of Tuz . Those injuries cost him most of his left leg ; it was amputated above the knee and he now wears a prosthesis . Recently , he and seven other wounded American veterans returned to Iraq so they could heal emotionally . It was part of a nonprofit pilot program called"}
-{"answer":"and wondering was like endless pacing at a hospital during a loved one 's operation . `` It feels like the operation started last week and it has n't ended , '' Soltani , 28 , told CNN by telephone . `` I 'm worried . I 'm hoping it will be good but I 'm worried it will get very ugly . '' The jumble of emotions -- fear , hope , anxiety , frustration -- were reality for millions of Iranian-Americans trying to find out if Iranian authorities would crush protests over last week 's election . President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the overwhelming victor in voting that opposition groups called rigged . No independent monitors were permitted for the election . A threatening statement Friday by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei increased fears of bloodshed . Iranian authorities have cut off traditional communications such as cell phone connections , and also banned foreign news outlets from covering the protests . Thousands of protesters took to the streets Saturday , even though the demonstrations were banned and police confronted them with clubs , tear gas and water cannons . The uncertainty and unrest strikes close to home for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the pre-dawn darkness Saturday , long after her parents and brother were asleep , Atefeh Yazdi lay in bed cradling the house phone and her cell phone in her hands . Atefeh Yazdi visits with her grandfather , Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi , during his trip to America last year . The only light was from a television tuned to the latest news from Iran , and her laptop displaying her Facebook page in hope of any updates on what was happening halfway around the world . `` I kind of felt I was more there when I could n't see the rest of the room , just the TV and the Facebook , '' the 28-year-old Iranian-American told CNN by telephone from her home in Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania . Repeated calls to relatives in Tehran only got the `` annoying '' Farsi-language error message . She recounted the thoughts running through her brain all night : `` Are they going to really shoot people ? What 's going to happen ? Is this going to turn into massive killing and violence ? '' In Houston , Texas , Reza Soltani said the anxiety of waiting"}
-{"answer":"percent and other everyday staples also saw double digit gains . The kingdom 's business community is also concerned about the adverse effects of inflation . A recent survey of Saudi Arabia 's business confidence by financial services company , SABB , found that while confidence remains robust , over half of respondents were concerned that inflation would lead to rising business costs . Prices in the kingdom will continue their upward trend , according to the analysts at SABB . What 's more , there is not much the Saudi government can do to combat it . The riyal , like many other Gulf currencies , is pegged to the U.S. dollar and while the Gulf is booming , the U.S. is heading towards recession . As the economic fortunes of the two countries continue to diverge it is hard to see what can be done to combat inflation . The main problem is that whenever the U.S. Federal Reserve cuts interest rates , like it did this week , the kingdom must follow suit . In a booming economy like Saudi 's , low interest rates push prices through the roof . The government is studying whether remedies","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One thing Saudi people should not have to worry about is money . Oil money is paying for Saudi Arabia 's growth but it is also the main cause of rising prices The kingdom is awash in cash which keeps pouring into the world 's largest oil producer as prices rise . Last year alone , Saudi is estimated to have raked in about $ 200 billion from oil . It is this influx of money which is paying for Saudi Arabia 's economic growth -- but it is also the main cause of rising prices across the country . `` There is no free lunch . If you want to grow at that base , you have to swallow a price every once in a while in the form of high inflation , '' said Abdulrahman Al Harithi , CEO of investment bank , MENA Financial Group . Saudi people are certainly paying the price . Inflation is currently running at 9.6 percent -- a 30-year high . At the beginning of the year , rental costs went up nearly 17 percent . In March , the cost of fuel and water increased almost 16"}
-{"answer":"runaway success , with more than 2.5 million copies sold worldwide . It also led to three Grammy nominations , including song of the year and best male pop vocal performance for the reggae-inflected hit `` I 'm Yours . '' Mraz -LRB- whose name reflects his family 's Czech heritage -RRB- hits the festival circuit overseas before kicking off his stateside `` Gratitude Caf\u00e9 Tour '' July 25 . The tour 's quirky title was inspired by a wholesome San Francisco , California , restaurant Mraz loves . A fan of maintaining a diet of predominantly raw foods , Mraz is also a farmer of sorts : He owns an avocado farm in his home city of San Diego , California . He 's also a juggler , a skill Mraz taught himself during the downtime that comes with touring . Watch the multitalented Mraz perform '' Mraz shared tales of his avocado farm , as well as what it 's like to get the cold shoulder from Simon Cowell , when he sat down with CNN recently . CNN : So , you live on an avocado farm . What 's that like ? Jason Mraz : It","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For someone who claims to be incredibly laid back , Jason Mraz is certainly piling up the accomplishments . Jason Mraz was recently honored with a songwriting award for his work , which includes the hit `` I 'm Yours . '' The singer-songwriter was the recipient of the Hal David Starlight Award at last week 's Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee ceremony in New York . The honor typically goes to newcomers striking a chord in the music industry . Or , as Mraz puts it , `` I hope it has something to do with their savvy freshness . '' Mraz , who turned 32 this week and took his parents to the celebratory dinner at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square June 18 , says he feels great about the honor . `` I never thought my songs would escape my bedroom , '' he said . `` To have the music shared all around the world , and to be acknowledged by communities like this ... it 's inspiring . '' Mraz 's 2008 album `` We Sing . We Dance . We Steal Things '' has been a"}
-{"answer":"the traditions of the sport , had virtually ghettoized fans , promoting a scheme to have each supporter issued with an identity card . On the field , sides such as Liverpool , Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest were renowned for their attractive play but elsewhere a corrosive cult of long ball football pervaded the game . That trend seemed to find vindication when arch-exponents Wimbledon , who in the course of a decade had bullied and scrapped their way through four divisions to reach the top flight , defeated Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup final , prompting match commentator John Motson to declare that `` the Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club . '' With its clubs banned from Europe , many top British players opted to leave England altogether -- Gary Lineker and Mark Hughes to Barcelona , Glenn Hoddle to Monaco , Chris Waddle to Marseille -- adding further to the sense of terminal malaise . Hillsborough had not been caused by hooliganism but the tragedy was a product of the environment that hooliganism had created ; stadiums resembling decrepit fortresses , the fans caged inside steel bars and heavy-handed policing which treated all supporters","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was inevitable that a tragedy on the scale of Hillsborough , when 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death during an FA Cup semifinal with Nottingham Forest , would have a transformative effect on English football . A Liverpool supporter Wednesday , outside Anfield . Ninety-six fans died from the 1989 Hillsborough disaster . But there was little reason to believe 20 years ago that , rather than being pushed even further towards the margins of society , the sport was on the brink of a revolution that would give birth to a global sporting phenomenon . Even before Hillsborough , it had seemed as if there was something irredeemably rotten at the heart of English football . Hooliganism , a scourge synonymous with the English game , had receded from its peak in the 1970s but English clubs were outlawed from European competition after rampaging Liverpool fans caused a wall to collapse at Brussels ' Heysel Stadium before the 1985 European Cup final , causing the deaths of 39 people , mostly supporters of the Italian side Juventus . British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher , showing little understanding or patience for"}
-{"answer":"power . He was the people 's president . '' One woman on her way to work in Seoul said : `` He was the first president South Koreans picked with their own hands . '' She was referring to the fact that Roh did n't have a big political machine behind him . He won the election in 2002 by razor thin margin and his appeal was that he related to the common person . This week has been marred by grief and tension for South Koreans as they grappled with Roh 's sudden death and renewed threats from North Korea . Following the official ceremony , Roh 's body will be taken to the plaza in front of Seoul 's city hall , where large crowds are expected to say goodbye to a beloved leader . He will be cremated later Friday and the remains carried back by hearse to Bongha . Roh , who served between 2003 and 2008 , jumped from a hill behind his house last Saturday , government officials said . His death came amid an investigation into a bribery scandal that had tarnished his reputation . However , tens of thousands of people","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With their nation under high security alert , South Koreans mourned a former leader at a funeral ceremony Friday morning . The hearse carrying Roh Moo-Hyun 's coffin heads for Seoul at Roh 's hometown village of Bonghwa in Gimhae . Officials and dignitaries gathered in Seoul 's Kyungbok Palace to honor former President Roh Moo-Hyun , who committed suicide last week . South Koreans poured into the streets to catch a glimpse of the black Cadillac making a five-and-a-half hour journey from Roh 's home in the village of Bongha to the capital . Some bowed their heads or wept openly . Others , still stunned from the loss , stood quietly in black as the hearse drove by . Scores of Roh 's supporters handed out yellow balloons , the color associated with Roh 's political campaign . Other supporters had posters of Roh 's image that read , `` President in my heart '' and `` You are my president . '' A person who walked by Roh 's memorial site said , `` Roh understood the difficulties of normal people . We feel he acted like a shield for people with no"}
-{"answer":"to take off wigs ? \u2022 How is the TSA dealing with pat downs of children ? \u2022 What about people with mental illness ? The TSA says it has taken all of these concerns into account -- that children are not to be separated from their parents if pat downs are deemed necessary and that travelers with medical conditions should be treated with `` the dignity , respect and courtesy they deserve . '' Watch : Cancer survivor accepts TSA apology `` Our program covers all categories of disabilities -- mobility , hearing , visual and hidden , '' the TSA says on its website . `` As part of that program , we established a coalition of over 70 disability-related groups and organizations to help us understand the concerns of persons with disabilities and medical conditions . '' Jonathan Bricker , a psychologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Washington state , says he advises anyone traveling right now to come mentally prepared for the unexpected . `` Go in with an expectation that this is going to happen , and go in with the expectation that you 're going to be the one singled out","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thomas Sawyer , a cancer survivor , has worn a urostomy bag for the past three years . Yet , he says , little could have prepared him for his recent airport pat down , when an officer broke the bag 's seal and urine spilled out `` onto my shirt and down my pants . '' `` I 'm a good American . I know why we 're doing this , and I understand it , '' Sawyer told CNN . `` But this was extremely embarrassing , and it did n't have to happen . With educated TSA workers , it would n't have happened . '' With the height of Thanksgiving holiday travel the next two days , the Transportation Security Administration is trying to strike a delicate balance between ensuring the safety of the traveling public and not invading people 's privacy rights . But the screening raises an array of questions from health-care professionals : \u2022 Are TSA officers trained to deal with patients like Sawyer who may have medical conditions ? \u2022 What about the elderly and others with hip replacements and similar ailments ? \u2022 Will cancer patients have"}
-{"answer":"when the products were made -- and stores found breaking the law could face fines of up to $ 100,000 per violation . `` It would just be virtually impossible for me to feel safe that my toys meet the guidelines , '' Seitz said . `` I feel confident that these are safe toys , but anything carries a risk . Since I can be held criminally and financially responsible if I sell a toy that is on the recall list or a toy that tests for lead , I just have to wipe out all my toys . '' Watch why thrift stores fear new rules will force them out of business '' Now Seitz is going to throw away or give away her entire inventory of children 's items , fearing this latest attempt at protecting kids will force the Pennyworth Thrift Store and thousands of others out of business . The ban also applies to children 's clothes and books . The National Association of Resale and Thrift Shops say tens of thousands of secondhand stores across the country are at risk . Adele Meyer , the association 's executive director , said some owners are","question":"SILVER SPRING , Maryland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As Marilyn Seitz helps customers find just the right size , she wonders how much longer before she 's forced to close her doors . Maryland thrift store manager Marilyn Seitz says the new rules have the potential to put the store out of business . The Pennyworth Thrift Store in Silver Spring , Maryland , is n't suffering from the struggling economy . Secondhand stores across the country are more in demand than ever as many people are desperate to save money . Instead , Seitz is worried her business may become an unintended casualty of an attempt to protect children . After a wave of highly publicized tainted-toy recalls last year , Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act . Then-President George Bush signed the bill in August , and new federal restrictions on lead and other harmful substances take effect Tuesday . The new rules ban lead content beyond minute levels of 600 parts per million in any product for children 12 and younger . The law not only makes it illegal to manufacture lead-laced products , but it also makes it illegal to sell them no matter"}
-{"answer":"would n't last , '' Ochoa said . `` My father thought , ` Americans wo n't put up with this radical revolution . ' '' Her parents wanted to send Ochoa , then 11 , but she refused to go . The clandestine program came to be known as Operation Peter Pan . It was backed by Washington and coordinated by the Catholic Church , which helped Cuban children get U.S. visas and once in America , find a family or go to foster homes or orphanages . But things did n't play out as expected . To begin with , a CIA-backed invasion failed to topple Castro . With the subsequent Cuban missile crisis , relations between Havana and Washington broke off completely , making travel and even communication almost impossible . Many parents could n't get U.S. visas , and others could n't get permission to leave Cuba . Latin pop star Willy Chirino and former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida are perhaps the best-known of the `` Peter Pan '' kids . The operation inspires mixed feelings . Many Cuban exiles argue that the airlift saved children who might have died trying to escape on","question":"Havana , Cuba -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Marina Ochoa keeps a handful of photos of her little brother in a faded yellow envelope . She has a black-and-white snapshot of him as a baby and some color portraits of him as a successful banker in Miami , Florida . And then there 's one of him as a 7-year-old , about to be airlifted out of Cuba . That was the last time she ever saw him . `` I went to the airport to see him off , '' the Cuban filmmaker said at her Havana home . Her brother Frank was one of 14,000 Cuban children quietly sent to the United States between 1960 and 1962 , at the start of Fidel Castro 's revolution . Their parents were terrified the new government would strip them of parental authority and ship their kids off to work camps in what was then the Soviet Union , or send them into the countryside on literacy campaigns . Those fears deepened when the state nationalized industries , confiscated private property and closed religious and private schools . `` Our parents thought they would soon join my brother or that this government"}
-{"answer":"unidentified Western journalists were taken hostage Wednesday as they attempted to report on pirate activity . Boyah said that the piracy began because traditional coastal fishing became difficult after foreign fishing trawlers depleted local fish stocks . Traditional fishermen started attacking the trawlers until the trawler crews fought back with heavy weapons . The fishermen then turned to softer targets . Watch why fishermen turned to piracy \u00c2 '' `` We went into the deep ocean and hijacked the unarmed cargo ships , '' Boyah said . `` For the past three years , we have not operated near the Somali coast . We have operated at least 80 miles -LSB- out -RSB- , in international waters . '' When merchant shipping started avoiding the Somali coast , Boyah said , `` we went to ships traveling other routes . '' Over the past year , the number of pirate attacks has increased dramatically . The International Maritime Bureau cites more than 90 pirate attacks off East Africa so far in 2008 . When attacks are successful , the hijacked ships are taken to Somali waters , where the ships and crew are held until a ransom is paid .","question":"NAIROBI , Kenya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Somalis are so desperate to survive that attacks on merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean will not stop , a pirate leader promises . A French warship keeps guard over commerical vessels in the Gulf of Aden last week . `` The pirates are living between life and death , '' said the pirate leader , identified by only one name , Boyah . `` Who can stop them ? Americans and British all put together can not do anything . '' The interview with the pirate was conducted in late August by journalists employed by the Somali news organization Garowe Online . The complete interview was provided to CNN last week and provides a glimpse of why piracy has been so hard to control in the region . Recorded on grainy video , the interview took place in the Somali port city of Eyl , now a center of pirate operations . Eyl is on the east coast of Somalia in the autonomous territory of Puntland . It is a largely lawless zone , considered extremely dangerous for Westerners to enter . The Puntland government said two"}
-{"answer":"their overall moviegoing experience would be improved if there were healthier options available at the concession stand . The poll , conducted by Nielsen , also revealed that two-thirds of all moviegoers and three-quarters of parents would be more likely to buy sensible snacks from concession stands -LRB- Kennedy says that savvy moviegoers are already sneaking in raisins and granola bars -RRB- if they were available for purchase . So what does this means for lovers of king-sized Sno-Caps -LRB- 400 calories and 11 grams of saturated fat in a 3.1-ounce bag -RRB- and fishbowl-sized sodas -LRB- 400 calories and 26 teaspoons of sugar in a 44-ounce medium iced soda at Regal , or a large at AMC or Cinemark theaters -RRB- -- as well as the theaters thatsell popcorn for a 900 percent markup ? Kennedy , himself a fan of a popcorn and M&M s combo -LRB- `` I go back and forth between the sweet and the salt -- though I wish the M&M s came in smaller bags . '' -RRB- says neither set will suffer . `` We 're not asking theaters to stop selling sodas , and we know most moviegoers are unlikely to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Some silver screen couples were just meant to end up together : Bogey and Bacall , Harry and Sally , Saturday matinees and ... a cup of low-fat yogurt ? If Sony executives get their way , U.S. moviegoers will have the option of healthier snacks with their flicks -- and they wo n't even have to smuggle them in . In a recent speech at ShoWest -- the country 's largest tradeshow for the movie theater industry -- Sony Pictures Entertainment Chief Executive Michael Lynton called upon concessionaires to supplement classic , high-calorie soda , candy and popcorn options with more healthy fare like fruit , granola , yogurt and vegetables with dip . It 's `` the right thing to do for our industry , for audiences and for our country , '' said Lynton Lynton 's colleague , Sony 's Executive Vice President for Global Communications Jim Kennedy , attempted to combat the causes of child obesity in his previous post with the Clinton Foundation . With this new intiative , he revisits that effort , telling CNN that Sony is asking theaters to accommodate the 60 percent of parents who feel that"}
-{"answer":"conflict . The report cited `` increased travel restrictions on both Israeli and foreign reporters ; official attempts to influence media coverage of the conflict within Israel ; and greater self-censorship and biased reporting , particularly during the outbreak of open war in late December . '' Elsewhere in the Middle East , there are concerns about harassment of journalists and bloggers in Libya , Iran , Syria , Tunisia and Saudi Arabia . The drop in violence in war-torn Iraq helped journalists move around the country , and a new law in the Kurdish region gave journalists `` unprecedented freedoms . '' Hong Kong , which is part of China , also dropped in rankings from free to partly free , a reflection of `` the growing influence of Beijing over media and free expression in the territory . '' `` Of particular concern were the appointment of 10 owners of Hong Kong media outlets to a mainland Chinese political advisory body , increased restrictions on film releases in the period surrounding the Olympics , and reports that critics of Beijing encountered growing difficulty in gaining access to Hong Kong media platforms . '' The report cited deterioration of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Global declines in press freedom '' persisted last year , with setbacks highlighted in Israel , Italy , Taiwan , Hong Kong and elsewhere across the world , an annual survey said Friday . Media freedom campaigners don gags during a news conference in Hong Kong in April 2008 . Freedom House , a nongovernmental organization that supports democracy and freedom of the media , said in its annual press freedom survey that `` negative trends '' outweighed `` positive movements in every region , particularly in the former Soviet Union , the Middle East and North Africa . '' `` This marked the seventh straight year of overall deterioration . Improvements in a small number of countries -- including bright spots in parts of South Asia and Africa -- were overshadowed by a continued , relentless assault on independent news media by a wide range of actions , in both authoritarian states and countries with very open media environments . '' Israel -- once the only country to be consistently rated free by the group in the Middle East and North Africa -- was ranked as `` partly free '' because of the Gaza"}
-{"answer":", Keiper was involved in the case of the remains found at Sowell 's home . All the remains are of African-American women , police said . All that remains of one victim is a skull , wrapped in a paper bag and stuffed into a bucket in the basement . Police conducted an additional search at Sowell 's home and an adjacent property Wednesday , Cleveland police Lt. Thomas Stacho said . Although `` various items '' were removed , no more remains were found , he said . Police had used ground-penetrating radar to analyze the properties . Sowell , who served 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted rape , now faces five counts of aggravated murder , rape , felonious assault and kidnapping in connection with the deaths . Typically , Keiper said , he requires three weeks to a month to complete a report on one body , but in the Sowell case , he hopes to have an initial report completed `` before Christmas . ... It is n't going to be a three-week process . '' The difference between one bug and another can be `` minute , '' with some","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As part of the investigation into the remains of 11 women found inside and outside the Cleveland , Ohio , home of a registered sex offender , police have turned to the self-described `` bug guy . '' Joe Keiper , curator of invertebrate zoology from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History , started consulting with law enforcement in 2001 . His job is to identify the bugs found on bodies and determine their age , to help police determine the `` post-mortem interval '' : the time between death and body discovery . It 's a grisly task but a useful one , as it can help police determine a timeline for deaths . Bugs `` can be the most important evidence when it comes to pinpointing a timeline , '' Keiper said , adding that bugs ' sense of smell `` puts bloodhounds to shame . '' And in this case , with 11 deaths -- each with their own mystery -- bugs could play a huge role in helping investigators figure out how and when each of these bodies ended up at the home of Anthony Sowell , 50 . From the beginning"}
-{"answer":"also tested the devices that could be built with the components they smuggled and discovered that `` a terrorist using these devices could cause severe damage to an airplane and threaten the safety of passengers . '' The GAO investigators devised two types of devices : an `` improvised explosive device '' made of a liquid explosive and a low-yield detonator , and an `` improvised incendiary device '' that could be created by combining commonly available products prohibited in carry-on luggage . The GAO said it found the instructions for creating the devices `` using publicly available information , '' including Internet searches . According to the testimony , a transportation security officer barred one of the investigators from bringing an unlabeled bottle of medicated shampoo through the checkpoint . But the security officer allowed a liquid component of the improvised explosive device to pass through undetected , although that item is prohibited by the TSA . In another test , the investigator put coins in his pockets to assure he would get a secondary inspection . But the officer , using a hand-wand and a pat-down , failed to detect any of the prohibited items the investigator was","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Investigators with bomb-making components in their luggage and on their person were able to pass through security checkpoints at 19 U.S. airports without detection , according to the Government Accountability Office . Passengers pass through security at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago , Illinois . GAO officials are expected to testify about the investigation Thursday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform . The investigators reported that most of the time security officers followed Transportation Security Administration policies and procedures , but investigators were able to take advantage of `` weaknesses in TSA procedures and other vulnerabilities . '' `` These weaknesses were identified based on a review of public information , '' the planned GAO testimony says . Investigators concluded that if they had attempted the same test at other airports , they would have evaded detection . But the GAO did not detail the weaknesses because they `` are sensitive security information . '' The investigators obtained the bomb-making components at local stores and over the Internet for less than $ 150 , according to testimony . Watch a tester point out a TSA mistake '' The GAO said its investigators"}
-{"answer":"on a passenger in Phoenix , Arizona , and other concealed items such as large bottles of lotion , which are prohibited as carry-on items . In addition , the machines have revealed numerous prohibited items that passengers evidently inadvertently left in pockets . Those items are confiscated but are not counted in the tally , a TSA spokesman said . U.S. to implement new airport security measures The agency field-tested the full-body imagers for more than a year before announcing last month the deployment of machines to 11 airports nationwide . Today , 46 machines are in place in 23 airports , and the agency is stepping up deployments and plans to have about 1,000 set up by the end of 2011 . Interest in the machines has heightened since the Christmas Day incident in which a man allegedly attempted to detonate an explosive concealed in his underwear . In an appearance before Congress last month , Rossides declined to say whether the machines could have detected the underwear bomb . But to illustrate the machines ' effectiveness , Rossides showed a packet of white powder smaller than a tea bag , saying it was identical to a concealed","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Full-body imaging machines that see through clothes have significantly improved security in airports where they are deployed , and have revealed more than 60 `` artfully concealed '' illegal or prohibited items in the past year , the Transportation Security Administration says . To date , no explosives have been detected by the machines , but their ability to spot even small concealed objects demonstrates their effectiveness as a security tool , officials said . `` It is absolutely a tremendous improvement of what we can detect at the checkpoints , '' TSA Acting Administrator Gale Rossides said this week . `` It is an excellent piece of technology that will significantly improve our detection capabilities . '' As evidence of the machines ' capabilities , the security agency released five photos of drugs or suspected drugs that airport screeners found after scans revealed anomalies on the ghost-like images of people 's bodies . The agency said metal detectors would not have revealed the items . Screeners using the technology also found a knife hidden in the small of a person 's back at the Richmond , Virginia , airport , a concealed razor blade"}
-{"answer":"jail jumpsuit , shackled and with his hands cuffed . In a quiet voice , he answered `` yes , sir '' as the judge explained the charges to him : two counts of kidnapping , one count of robbery and two counts of pointing firearms at a person , charges that could carry more than 30 years in prison if convicted . A police detective told the judge Windsor said he had been experiencing financial problems . But police spokesman Cpl. Jason Rampey told CNN they could not yet say for certain whether money problems were the motive for the alleged robbery . His attorney said in court Windsor had been married for 16 years and was the father of four children . Reports say the oldest is 11 . Attorney Sidney Mitchell told the judge he was `` a model citizen up until yesterday , ' and we 've obviously got a lot of talking to do with him , '' Rampey said . The judge allowed his family to stand with him during the court appearance . His sister clutched his arm , crying through most of the brief hearing . His wife stood behind him ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bruce Windsor is known as many things : church deacon , soccer coach , father of four . But facing potential financial problems , he 's now known as something else : suspected bank robber . Bruce Windsor listens Friday as a judge tells him he faces kidnapping and robbery charges . Police say the 43-year-old owner of a real estate company walked into the Carolina First Bank in Greenville , South Carolina , late Thursday with a mask and a handgun . In court documents filed Friday , police said he forced two bank employees into an office at gunpoint and demanded money . Police arrived minutes later with the suspect still inside , touching off a tense 90-minute standoff before he released the hostages and surrendered . His actions were `` out of character '' for a man who has never been in trouble with the law before , friends and relatives said . His tearful sister , defending him as he stood before a judge , said , `` He must have just snapped under the pressure . '' In his initial appearance for a bond hearing , Windsor was in an orange"}
-{"answer":"red sports car . I moved house with increasing regularity , wherever I could find cheap or preferably free accommodation . `` Little by little I began to realign my life , to put myself on track for the obituary I really wanted . '' Eventually she settled on the challenge that would in many ways define her : rowing the Atlantic single handed . It was , of course , incredibly hard , both physically and mentally . She had done some rowing while at the University of Oxford -- but the open ocean was a different challenge altogether . But she emerged a tougher , happier person on the other side , and is now deep into her new attempt to row the Pacific , a journey she hopes to use to raise awareness of environmental issues . The courage she has found , both to take on the might of the open ocean and give up safe , conventional notions of success to pursue her dreams has made Roz a hero to many people that hope to find inspiration in her life -- including a large number of CNN.com readers who have nominated her as a ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There are many reasons why Roz Savage is an extraordinary woman -- she has rowed single-handed across the Atlantic and is now tackling the Pacific , after all . Life changer : From successful career to ocean rower , Savage has been an inspiration for many . But her response to everyday commuter ennui is perhaps of the most remarkable things about her . Back in 2000 a 33-year-old Roz was facing another dreary journey by train to the office . She had a great job as a management consultant , money and a husband ; but deep down she knew something was missing . So , instead of just burying her feelings , she wrote two obituaries of herself . In one she kept going with life as it was . In the other she took a jump into the unknown and did the things she 'd always wanted to . From that moment on her life has never been the same . `` One-by-one , I shed the trappings of my old life , '' she writes on her web site . `` The job , the husband , the home , the little"}
-{"answer":"comments about Hasan 's search for someone who would remain with him throughout his military career were at odds with some statements by Hasan 's family . Relatives have said Hasan tried unsuccessfully to leave the military early -- requests that may have come after Hasan contacted Hendi . The cleric said he did try to help Hasan in his search , thinking of women he knew to whom he could introduce the Army psychiatrist , but he never heard from Hasan again . Authorities say Hasan opened fire at a military processing center at Fort Hood Army Post on November 5 , killing 13 people . Hasan , who was seriously wounded in the incident , was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder -- charges that make him eligible for the death penalty . Two other imams have told CNN similar stories about Hasan 's search for a wife , and about his conservatism and apparent devotion to Islam -- but those accounts seem to be inconsistent with behavior Hasan exhibited in the last few months . The manager of a strip club near Fort Hood has told reporters that Hasan visited the club a handful of times","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Washington-based imam told CNN on Monday that alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan approached him for help finding a wife . Imam Yahya Hendi , the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University , said Hasan came to him at least two years ago as the cleric conducted services at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland . `` He said he wanted someone to help him serve , deploy and be understandable and understanding of his own military career , '' Hendi said . `` He saw himself as someone ... continuing his service with the U.S. military till the end of his career . '' The imam said he spoke with Hasan on at least two occasions about his search for a spouse . `` It 's not easy to find , in general , someone who will be willing to travel with you and deploy with you every two years , '' Hendi said . `` But he did want a wife who would stand by him , is -LSB- a -RSB- loyal American , who will help him do his work and his service for the U.S. military . '' The imam 's"}
-{"answer":"her arms and legs amputated as a result . She said her mother was told to kill her rather than have her face life as a physically disabled woman in Zimbabwe . Zimbabwe was once a center for disability rights after it gained independence in 1980 , according to recent report on Public Radio International . It was one of the first countries to recognize the rights of the disabled , who are sometimes shunned by communities in rural Africa who fear they are touched by witchcraft . But the gains for the disabled in Zimbabwe have been erased by the country 's current crisis , according to Dr. Raymond Lang of the London-based Cheshire Center for Conflict Recovery who spoke to PRI 's Lonny Shavelson . Mabhena said the group is apprehensive about returning to Zimbabwe after its U.S. tour , which wrapped up this month . But none of the members of Liyana dwell on the despair . '' ` Never give up ' -- it 's one of our biggest and strongest mottos , '' said singer Tapiwa Nyenger , explaining one of the band 's song titles . `` We have the capability to go on","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Her powerful voice resonates through the music hall , delivering an unlikely message of hope . All eight Liyana band members met at the King George VI school for disabled children in Bulawayo , Zimbabwe . The Afro-fusion melody comes from an unlikely source -- the small , wheelchair-ridden body of Prudence Mabhena , a woman from Zimbabwe who has overcome her physical disabilities and the hurdles of daily life in her home country . `` Some people do n't even get you and take you as a person , '' Mabhena said . `` And with us singing right now , we 're not giving up -- we 're pushing up . '' Mabhena is the lead singer of Liyana , a group of eight musicians who are all physically disabled and from Zimbabwe . Their message of hope has been drowned out in their home country , which is suffering from an economic collapse , a cholera outbreak , and a political power struggle that has erupted into violence . Watch the band performing \u00c2 '' Mabhena was born with arthrogryphosis , a muscle and joint disorder , and had to have parts of"}
-{"answer":"the roof collapse on players , coaches '' Arnold Payne , a photographer for WFAA , was shooting the Cowboys ' practice session when rain began falling `` tremendously hard . '' `` I noticed the walls started to waver ... and then I noticed that the lights that were hanging from the ceiling started to sway , and it would n't stop , '' Payne told CNN . Shortly after that , he said , `` It was as if someone took a stick pin and hit a balloon . '' Watch Payne describe being inside when structure collpased '' Payne said Cowboys staff photographers were up in the metal framework beneath the canopy to film the practice session and `` actually rode the building down with the storm . '' At least one was in surgery Saturday night , he said . `` There was nowhere for them to go , and it fell so fast -- it just collapsed as if it was being imploded , '' Payne said . Video from CNN affiliate WFAA showed the roof caving in during a heavy storm , sending players , coaches and a handful of reporters and photographers scrambling","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An air-supported roof over the Dallas Cowboys ' practice field collapsed during a heavy thunderstorm Saturday afternoon , leaving 12 people injured , authorities said . An aerial view of the scene shows the Dallas Cowboys logo amid the ruins of the indoor practice facility . About 70 people , including more than two dozen of the team 's rookies , were in the facility when it was blown down shortly before 3:30 p.m. -LRB- 4:30 p.m. ET -RRB- , team officials said . Two or three suffered serious injuries , but none were believed to be in life-threatening condition Saturday night , said Dr. Paul Pepe , Dallas County 's emergency medical services chief . CNN affiliate WFAA reported Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis , the son-in-law of former NFL head coach Dan Reeves , suffered a broken back . DeCamillis was seen on a stretcher wearing a neck brace . A line of heavy thunderstorms was moving through the Dallas area at the time , he said , but no other damage to buildings was reported , said Mike Adams , a dispatcher for the Irving , Texas , fire department . Watch"}
-{"answer":"if women are better educated . Similarly urbanization helps a lot . While even young children can be an economic asset on an African peasant farm , they are an economic liability in cities , where they require education before they can get a job . The teeming megacities of the poor world may look like symbols of overpopulation , but they are part of the solution , too . But the real story is that rich or poor , Muslim or Catholic , secular or devout , socialist or capitalist , with tough government birth control policies or none , most countries tell the same story . Small families are becoming the new norm . The reason , I believe , is very simple . Women are having smaller families because for the first time in history they can . In the 20th century , the world largely eradicated the diseases that used to kill off most children . Today , most kids get to grow up . Mothers no longer need to have five or six children to ensure the next generation . Two or three is enough , and that is what they are choosing to have","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This week the world will reach 7 billion people . Understandably that raises concern about a soaring world population . But there is a good news story from the demographic data that is not often told . We -- or rather the poor women of the world -- are defusing the population bomb . Women today are having half as many children as their mothers and grandmothers . The global average is now down to 2.5 children per woman , and it continues to fall . This is not just a rich-world phenomenon . Much of Asia now has fertility rates below two , from Japan and Korea to China , with its one-child policy , through Taiwan , Vietnam , Burma , Singapore and much of southern India and parts of the Middle East . Behind the veil , the women of Iran have cut their fertility from eight to less than two in a generation . The young people out on the streets demanding democracy during the Arab Spring are arguably far more politically active because they are not at home raising large families . Falling fertility happens faster if countries get richer and"}
-{"answer":"to coast . See runways at the three airports '' `` It is going to make a difference , '' Peters said . `` It is going to allow us to conduct more operations , meaning more takeoffs and landings per hour at these airports and will help move passengers efficiently through . `` That , we hope , will give travelers a good experience this holiday season , '' she said . President Bush , this week , touted the arrival of the three new runways , noting that 14 new runways will have opened during his administration . However , aviation experts warn airport infrastructure still lags behind demand , and that real estate realities in the New York area , perceived to be the epicenter of aviation delays , mean that new runways are least likely to be built where they are most needed . Watch what Web sites offer best travel deals '' `` It would really be nice if we had even one new runway '' at each of the nation 's most congested airports , namely LaGuardia , Newark and JFK , '' aviation consultant Darryl Jenkins said . `` It would do an","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Brand new runways are opening at three major airports Thursday , giving the aviation community something to cheer about in a year of dismal economic and travel news . Washington Dulles International Airport 's new runway opens Thursday ahead of the busy holiday travel season . Washington Dulles International Airport will get a fourth runway , its first runway addition since the airport opened in 1962 . Chicago 's O'Hare International Airport 's new runway is part of a massive , multi-billion dollar modernization program . Previously , six of the airport 's seven runways intersected . When the entire project is completed in 2014 , the airport will have eight runways in parallel configurations considered safer and more efficient . Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 's new runway is being especially welcomed because of the region 's notoriously wet climate . The airport 's third runway will allow planes to take off and land two abreast during inclement weather . The current runways are too close to allow simultaneous operations in foul weather . Airport officials claim the new runway will cut delays in half . Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said travelers will benefit from coast"}
-{"answer":"Gates of Dawn , '' the Roger Waters-dominated `` The Wall '' -LRB- 1979 -RRB- and the career-concluding `` The Division Bell '' -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , has been remastered and is scheduled for release on Tuesday . `` The Dark Side of the Moon , '' the band 's 1973 classic , which still holds the record for longest run on the Billboard album charts , will be issued in three versions : a single CD , a two-disc `` Experience Edition '' that includes a live album , and a six-disc `` Immersion Edition '' boxed set . Mason talked to CNN about the band 's evolution , the pitfalls of playing live and fantasies about being the Monkees . The following is an edited version of the interview . CNN : How often do you go back and listen to the old material ? Mason : The answer is , I would never willingly put on one of our old records at home for entertainment . But with this project , that all changed -- and I was forced at gunpoint to listen to everything , again and again . -LRB- laughs -RRB- Actually , it 's","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pink Floyd are not who you think they are . With effects-laden production , Hipgnosis-illustrated concept albums and expansive live shows , the band is famously associated with rock 'n' roll excess . It was n't for nothing that the Sex Pistols ' John Lydon scrawled `` I HATE '' on a Pink Floyd T-shirt -LRB- though he later admitted he loved the band -RRB- . But , almost 45 years on , a closer look at the band 's catalog reveals as much hardcore pile-driving -LRB- `` Run Like Hell '' -RRB- and wistful melodies -LRB- `` Wish You Were Here '' -RRB- as the long-form `` Interstellar Overdrive '' space rock with which it 's frequently classified . Still , drummer Nick Mason says , it 's hard to escape the pigeonholing . `` I think these labels are generally delivered by people who sometimes have n't listened to the music , '' he said in a phone interview . Longtime fans and new listeners will have another chance to size up Mason 's words . The band 's entire studio catalog , including the Syd Barrett-led 1967 debut `` The Piper at the"}
-{"answer":"avoid . But bipartisanship is also a valuable objective , and good to have as part of our political mix . When both parties are open to sometimes entering into negotiations and reaching agreements , this improves the chances for major policy breakthroughs that will last over time . When Americans see that their leaders are willing , under the right circumstances , to focus on doing what the country needs even if the other side might receive more credit , citizens are exposed to a side of government that is usually overshadowed by the political machinations that dominate the news . But the pressures against bipartisanship are enormous . Gerrymandered congressional districts favor representatives who play to the party base . The number of centrists in both parties has steadily diminished . The campaign finance system empowers party leaders and conservative activists who are able to raise and distribute substantial amounts of campaign funds to pay for television ads and get-out-the-vote operations . Within the GOP , their power was recently on display in New York 's 23rd district . Conservatives pressured centrist Republican Dede Scozzafava to step down from the special election to clear the way for Conservative","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he would be pushing for a public option in the final health care bill , it looked as if he had given up on the possibility of a bipartisan agreement . Most Republicans have been steadfast in their opposition to the Democratic health care proposals . The only serious possibility for GOP backing has come from Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine . While expressing support for much of the Senate Finance Committee bill , she has said she would accept a public option only if private markets and new regulations fail to control costs and lower premiums . Reid 's decision is not a sign of commitment to an ideal but rather an act of political realism . The notion that either party will be able to find substantive bipartisan support for legislation today is dubious . The political forces that generate partisan conflict in Washington are deeply rooted and hard to change . Partisanship is not always a bad thing for politics . Strong parties can give voters real choices at the ballot box , and party leaders are willing to push for bold objectives that centrists often"}
-{"answer":", supervisory special agent with the FBI . Witnesses indicated Sencion said something while inside the IHOP , West said Sencion had no previous criminal record on file but his family indicated he may have had mental health issues , Furlong told reporters . He was at the family business Monday night and spent the night in Carson City , officials said . Family members reported `` no unusual activity . '' The AK-47 was recovered and authorities will determine whether it was an automatic , Furlong said . An empty 30-round gun magazine and two other gun magazines were recovered . A pistol and assault rifle were found in or near a vehicle , the sheriff said . The shooting began shortly before 9 a.m. , according to Furlong . When authorities arrived , those who called in the incident identified the shooting suspect as a man lying wounded in the parking lot between two vehicles . The suspect had continued firing in the parking lot after leaving the restaurant , Furlong said . One individual was wounded outside . Steven Martin , a witness , told CNN Reno affiliate KRNV that he ran to see if he could","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A gunman carrying a variant of an AK-47 rifle opened fire on uniformed Nevada National Guard members having breakfast at a Carson City , Nevada , restaurant , killing two of them and injuring three , officials said Tuesday . A civilian woman in the line of fire also died and five others were injured in the mass shooting at an IHOP restaurant , officials said . The attacker died later of a self-inflicted wound . The FBI said there was no indication of terrorism . Authorities said they had not determined a clear motive . `` To say that he was targeting before he came into the restaurant those military persons , we have not been able to establish , '' said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong . `` Clearly , the fact that five of the 11 were military draws a concern by us . '' The suspected gunman was identified as Eduardo Sencion , 32 , who lived in Carson City and worked at a family business in South Lake Tahoe , California , authorities said . `` There was no indication he knew anyone in the restaurant , '' said Michael West"}
-{"answer":"medical and other expenses , arranged for Frohreich to meet with firefighters who carried him to safety , and brought his fallen comrades ' family members to a bereavement ceremony . `` She means everything , '' Frohreich said . `` She 's one of the best things to ever happen . '' Minor first became involved with the wildland firefighter community 21 years ago after witnessing a wildfire for the first time . `` I had never seen anything like it , '' Minor recalls of the blaze in the mountains of Idaho . `` All those firefighter units mobilized in camps that cropped up . It was like an invasion , and I was mesmerized . '' Minor started a fire camp commissary , providing dry goods , clothing and necessities to the firefighters . But it was n't until tragedy struck in 1994 at Storm King Mountain , Colorado , where 14 firefighters perished in a single day , that Minor was overcome with a need to assist the families . The Storm King fire was a turning point . `` Fighting fire is much like fighting a war . There 's no time to tend to","question":"BOISE , Idaho -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Firefighter Jonathan Frohreich had never heard of The Wildland Firefighter Foundation , much less its founder , until recovering from severe work-related injuries last month . Vicki Minor 's Wildland Firefighter Foundation has granted more than $ 1.5 million in aid to more than 500 families . As he lay in his hospital bed in Sacramento , California , Vicki Minor put her hand on his shoulder . `` She introduced herself and told me that she was there to help , '' recalls Frohreich , who had been in a helicopter crash that killed nine of his colleagues . `` She just said , ` Anything . ' She was there to do anything for me . '' Since 1999 , Minor has dedicated herself to providing emergency assistance and ongoing support to injured and fallen wildfire fighters and their families nationwide through her Wildland Firefighter Foundation . Wildland firefighters are called into action when the United States ' vast natural resources are threatened by fire . For Frohreich , Minor 's foundation supplied lodging and food for family and friends who visited his bedside . It also provided emergency funds for"}
-{"answer":". Despite Kamara 's broken English and Merrill 's culture shock , the two found common ground in their compassion for the children , whose zeal for life was unmitigated by the poverty , disease and death that had brought them to Kamara 's home . `` They taught me about what is meaningful in this world and gave me purpose , '' Merrill said of the children . `` Their love and faith has challenged my heart . They shook me out of my complacency . '' Merrill left Uganda determined to help Kamara realize her dream of opening a full-fledged orphan home , where sets of `` mamas '' and `` uncles '' would care for children in separate living spaces , nurturing their emotional , physical and spiritual needs . Four years and roughly $ 800,000 later , the two brought their vision to life with the opening of the Ranch on Jesus Orphanage in March . The home , which will accommodate 180 orphans at capacity , is named after the nonprofit ministry that Kamara and her husband , Theophilius , started after they met Merrill in 2004 . Local dignitaries and the orphans ' relatives","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The two young women were as different as could be when they met in a small farming village outside Uganda 's capital in 2004 . Orphans perform at the opening ceremony for their new home in Mutungo , Uganda . Brittany Merrill was a 19-year-old Southern Methodist University broadcast journalism student from an affluent family in suburban Atlanta , Georgia . She was teaching literature in Uganda for the summer when she decided to visit Mutungo , a crowded shantytown of mud huts and wooden shacks , where children in torn clothes ran around in bare feet , and people lingered in the noisy streets to avoid the oppressive heat inside their homes . At 22 years old , Sarah Kamara felt God had called on her to take in homeless children begging on Mutungo 's streets . In addition to her own daughter , Kamara was caring for 23 children in her one-room home . Some were AIDS orphans , others had been abandoned by families who had too many children . But Kamara took them in , alienating herself from neighbors , relatives and her husband , who briefly separated from her in protest"}
-{"answer":"others . `` You do n't often see movies made by churches do big numbers , '' said Billboard 's Anthony Colombo . `` Having -LSB- distributor -RSB- Sony behind it helps . Having Kirk Cameron helps , but for it to come out and do 136,000 pieces -LSB- DVDs -RSB- in its first week is pretty impressive . '' `` It should not be working , '' said Alex Kendrick , one of the pastors behind the film . `` All I can say is we prayed for months and asked for it to honor God . '' Kendrick said that Sherwood 's pastors gathered for prayer two years ago and asked God to give them an idea for their next movie . They were just coming off making `` Facing the Giants , '' a movie shot entirely in Albany on a $ 100,000 budget . It starred no professional actors -- just members of their church -- but made $ 10.2 million at the box office and sold 250,000 copies on DVD , launching the church into the national spotlight . The church leaders lit upon the idea of troubled relationships . `` Families and marriages are","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- You do n't find many churches making theatrical films . You especially do n't find many churches making films starring Kirk Cameron about a firefighter in a crumbling marriage addicted to online porn . Kirk Cameron stars in `` Fireproof , '' a film he was attracted to for its many themes , he said . But that 's the case for Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany , Georgia . In fact , the film , `` Fireproof , '' was the church 's third movie . It was also an unexpected hit . In September it debuted at No. 4 at the box office , eventually bringing in $ 33.5 million and spawning two books : a novelization , also called `` Fireproof , '' which is in The New York Times ' best-seller list 's Top 20 ; and a companion journal to the movie , `` The Love Dare , '' which has sold more than 2 million copies . Last week `` Fireproof '' debuted on DVD and climbed to No. 3 on Billboard 's DVD chart , beating out `` The Hulk '' and `` Saw V , '' among"}
-{"answer":"Saturn came to town and what it 's grown into . `` I think people are very proud an American-made car was made here , '' area resident Barbara Williams said . Mayor Mike Dinwiddie credits most of the town 's growth to the Saturn plant . `` GM , back in the mid 80 's , is the reason this town began to grow in the first place , '' he said . Eventually , GM decided to move production elsewhere . The last Saturn made in Tennessee rolled off the line in 2007 . After retooling , GM started building the Chevrolet Traverse in Spring Hill , but that production is now on its way out too . In November , it will be moved to a plant in Michigan , leaving Spring Hill 's plant idle . The move to shut down Saturn has left some in town disappointed and perplexed . `` It 's been a great car , '' remarked Keith Slep who runs an auto repair shop a few miles from the factory . Slep said he hoped Penske would have been able to keep the brand viable . `` He has a track","question":"SPRING HILL , Tennessee -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The town that Saturn put on the map is worried about its future and its residents hope the auto plant and jobs wo n't go the way of its most famous product . The move to shut down Saturn has left some in Spring Hill , Tennessee , disappointed and perplexed . General Motors announced this week that it would close its Saturn line after its sale to Penske Automotive Group fell through . At the end of `` Saturn Parkway '' in Spring Hill , Tennessee , sits the huge plant where -- as the ads touted -- `` a different kind of car company '' produced a `` different kind of car . '' The first Saturn , a red S-Series , rolled off the line in 1990 and it 's still on display at the factory . The factory , along with the town , have played a major role in the company 's image and advertisements , even hosting tours and `` reunions '' for Saturn car owners . At City Hall , the walls are decorated with old photos of the small town Spring Hill was before"}
-{"answer":"polar ice caps are n't the only reasons ; there 's as much justification for joining a car share as you can dream up , from impressing the client at a business meeting with a fancy car to going over the river and through the woods for family gatherings , all without actually owning a car -LRB- or paying for its gas or insurance -RRB- . But is a car share for you ? The concept seems best suited to metro areas , where car insurance rates and parking costs can be high . On the other hand , if you work out of your car , use it on a daily basis or live in a more rural or expansive suburban region , you might be better off keeping your current car . AOL Autos : Top 11 distracting things people do in their cars `` The ideal candidates for car sharing are consumers and businesses in cities where owning a car is costly , where there is good public transit , and where most amenities are within walking distance , '' Zipcar President and COO Mark Norman said . `` In other words , where you do n't","question":"-LRB- AOL Autos -RRB- -- Letting someone else deal with the day to day expenses of maintaining an automobile -LRB- and just paying for what you use -RRB- seems to be a novel idea . Joining a `` car share , '' such as the popular Zipcar car sharing service , is gaining in popularity as consumers look to other ways to save money . Car-sharing services let you avoid paying for gas and insurance , but there are fees and rules . By using a car share , you 're not only shedding monthly car payments , taxes , insurance and upkeep , but you can let someone else worry about whether the old rattle trap will make it another year . You simply pay a fee and drive the car when you need it . By maximizing the utilization of a single automobile among many users , car sharing services claim they are helping to reduce pollution , too . Every single Zipcar removes about 15 personal cars from the road , the company says . Unclogging traffic and dialing back the amount of single-occupant vehicles burning fuel has a greening effect . Reducing expenses and saving the"}
-{"answer":"Senate hearing taking place near his office building . He arrived nearly 30 minutes late for the start of the panel , which heard testimony regarding commercial airline service to outlying parts of the United States . At first , only CNN and a local camera crew had learned of his whereabouts . But as word spread among media outlets , Senate officials had to urge order among the gaggle of newspaper writers , photographers and other television crews that began making noisy entrances to record Vitter 's return . The senator left the hearing early and tried to ignore shouted questions and camera lights in the hallway . He then turned and stopped . Vitter referred to comments he made Monday evening near New Orleans , Louisiana , then said , `` I look forward today to be back at work , really focused on a lot of important issues for the people of Louisiana . I 'll leave it at that . '' Last week , Vitter acknowledged in a statement that his number had turned up in the telephone records of accused `` D.C. Madam '' Deborah Jeane Palfrey . Vitter , 46 , said those calls","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. Sen. David Vitter returned from a week-long absence from Congress Tuesday , a day after he made a public apology for `` a serious sin '' as investigators probe an alleged prostitution ring that operated in the nation 's capital . Vitter vanished from public view last week after his phone number turned up among those kept by a reputed `` D.C. Madam '' in records that have become part of her upcoming criminal trial . The Louisiana conservative apologized privately to his fellow Republican senators at their weekly policy lunch Tuesday , senators who attended the lunch said . One described Vitter 's his apology as `` humble '' and `` short and to the point . '' The senator said Vitter was met with a great deal of `` empathy '' by the senators in the room . Watch Vitter apologize for his `` past failings '' '' Tuesday morning , Vitter did not visit his Senate office , where the media had camped out in anticipation of his return . He also was not seen at a residential address near the Supreme Court building . He eventually emerged at a scheduled"}
-{"answer":"at least an address written in Japanese . Tipping is not expected . ATMs Although Tokyo is ultra-modern , you may have to revert to carrying travelers ' checks for the duration of your stay . Few ATMs accept foreign cards , although you should have more luck at post offices and branches of Citibank . ATMs in busy areas stay open until 9 p.m. and most are closed at weekends , although Citibank has 24-hour ATMs . Credit cards are still not accepted as widely as you might expect , so travelers ' checks are your best bet -- and make sure you 're carrying cash if you 're planning a night out away from the city center . What 's on The best way to keep up with events and entertainment is with one of Tokyo 's English language magazines . Metropolis and Tokyo Notice Board are two of the best -- and they 're both free . 100 Yen shops These bargain stores are hugely popular in Tokyo , selling everything from food to toiletries for \u00a5 100 plus \u00a5 5 tax -- about $ 1 . They are also a great place to pick up an","question":"Tokyo is a huge and often confusing city for travelers , but with these tips you need n't be daunted by the Japanese capital . 100 Yen shops are great value for money . Subway Tokyo has an incredibly efficient subway , but the 13 lines are run by two different companies , Toei Subways and Tokyo Metro , meaning a bewildering variety of day passes are available . A good bet is the Toei and Tokyo Metro One-Day Economy Pass , which costs \u00a5 1,000 and gives you a day of unlimited travel on all subway lines . During rush-hour the subway becomes an unbearable crush . All social niceties go out the window in a free for all that 's best avoided completely . Taxis During the day traffic can be gridlocked , but in the evening , when traffic is lighter , taxis are reasonably alternative to the subway . Enter and exit taxis by the back left-hand door . Do n't make the novice 's error of trying to open or close the door -- your white-gloved driver will do that from the front seat . Ideally , have a map of your destination , or"}
-{"answer":"adolescent angst , and to contemplate it from afar . Instead the film flails between too many lengthy , numb exchanges and a handful of spectacular but histrionic set pieces . Toru Watanabe -LRB- Ken ` ichi Matsuyama -RRB- is a freshman at Tokyo University in the late 1960s . He 's largely impervious to the political upheaval going on around him , still struggling to come to terms with the sudden suicide of his best friend , Kizuki , on his 17th birthday . In their grief , Watanabe and Kizuki 's girlfriend , Naoko -LRB- Rinko Kikuchi of `` Babel '' -RRB- , spend many hours consoling each other , and on her 20th birthday they finally sleep together . The next day , Naoko quits school and retires to a sanatorium , leaving the confused Watanabe to muddle his way through classes . While he and Naoko correspond in long , intimate letters , Watanabe takes up with another girl -LRB- or should I say , she takes up with him ? -RRB- . Midori -LRB- Kiko Mizuhara -RRB- is as self-confident and assertive as Naoko is vulnerable and timid . Watanabe , meanwhile , is a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Here 's a 21st-century art object if ever there was one : a Japanese film by a French-Vietnamese writer-director based on a 1987 international best-seller named after a 1965 Beatles ' song about Scandinavian pine . Well , that 's not all the song is about . According to John Lennon , it was conceived as a deliberately opaque reference to an extramarital flirtation -LRB- he did n't want his wife to know about it -RRB- that went nowhere . The narrator sleeps in the bath , then torches the place in the morning . Tran Anh Hung 's lovely but overly languorous film of the acclaimed Haruki Murakami novel catches at the sexual longing and consternation that both the book and Lennon 's song evoke : the tantalizing co-mingling of desire , mixed signals and cross purposes that can derail a tentative relationship . Tran -LRB- who also wrote the screenplay -RRB- follows Murakami 's slender plotline with respect bordering on devotion , but fails to find a correlative to the complex , overlapping perspectives that allow the novel to live in both the present and the past -- to enter into the mindset of"}
-{"answer":"Holden : Basically , we 've spoken to Susan 's brother . He , in fact , spoke on -LSB- CBS ' `` The Early Show '' -RSB- this morning to say that his sister was very keen to come home as soon as she possibly could and that she was resting up in a clinic in London and that she was very much looking forward to coming out and seeing what was available to her when she felt better . King : Is the show , Amanda , paying for the hospital bills and are they taking care of her ? Holden : I have no idea if they 're paying the hospital bills . I would imagine that they are . We 're a very loyal show . We love Susan very much . In fact , all the contestants that appear on our show are extraordinarily well looked after . King : Your fellow judge , Piers Morgan , has said that there was talk of taking her off the show because of all the pressures on her . Were you involved ? Were there any discussions like that ? Holden : I was n't involved in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Scotland 's Susan Boyle gives new meaning to the term `` overnight sensation . '' The `` Britain 's Got Talent '' contestant was expected to be something of a joke when she first sauntered on stage , but she absolutely wowed the audience , the judges -- and then the world via the Internet -- with her stunning rendition of `` I Dreamed a Dream . '' Along with Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan , Amanda Holden is a judge on `` Britain 's Got Talent . '' But like others who stumble upon sudden fame , she found the pressure and scrutiny to be overwhelming . `` Talent '' judge Amanda Holden and Dr. Drew Pinsky of VH1 's `` Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew '' joined CNN 's Larry King Tuesday night to discuss Boyle 's hospitalization for stress and the toll the spotlight and media criticism might have taken on her mental health . They also discussed whether Boyle will develop the emotional stamina for a high-pressure singing career . The following interview has been edited for brevity and clarity : Larry King : What do we know right now ? Amanda"}
-{"answer":"only member to remain single and child-free . No Doubt is currently in the midst of a 53-date North American tour , for which they 've dusted off such classic hits as `` Just a Girl , '' `` Spiderwebs '' and `` Bathwater . '' Each member now travels in their own individual tour bus -- a must for an entourage that includes kids , toys and nannies . Watch No Doubt in concert , at rest '' CNN : You 'd hear rumors every once in a while that you guys were breaking up , or had broken up . Were those annoying , or did you kind of roll your eyes and say , `` That 's part of the game ? '' Adrian Young : I think we expected it . And there might even be some people that will think that we broke up , and that this is a reunion tour -- and it 's just not the truth . We went 17 straight years without stopping , and we started having families , and we were burnt and we needed to do our own thing for a while . CNN : What was","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If a kewpie doll sang in a band and had two kids , she 'd be Gwen Stefani . Gwen Stefani was ready to get back with No Doubt after two solo albums and an active home life . The pop star and style icon turns 40 this fall , but she still uses words like `` you know '' and `` like '' at least five times a minute . That 's part of Stefani 's charm , and her carefree teenybopper mentality is one of the many reasons fans are excited about her first tour with No Doubt in half a decade . It 's been 14 years since the quartet busted out of Orange County , California , with its signature sound of sunny , ska-influenced pop . In 2004 , No Doubt went on hiatus as Stefani launched the first of two successful solo albums . In the meantime , drummer Adrian Young and guitarist Tom Dumont worked on side projects and watched their families grow . Stefani and her husband -- former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale -- welcomed two sons , while bassist Tony Kanal is the"}
-{"answer":"another simply shouts : `` Get along with each other ! '' `` This is an alternative way to send your message to whoever you 're sending it to , '' Arouri told CNN from Ramallah . `` It is there physically and it will stay there until someone sprays over it or someone decides to demolish that wall ... Hopefully it wo n't stay forever , because hopefully this wall will be removed sometime soon . '' The Israeli government began building the barrier in 2002 , about two years after renewed violence erupted in Israel , the West Bank and Gaza . In some areas , it takes the form of a tall concrete wall ; in others , it is more of a fence . Israel says the barrier has been successful in preventing terrorist attacks by Palestinians . But Palestinians say it amounts to an illegal land grab of Palestinian territory because it does not match the line of Israel 's border with the West Bank before the 1967 Six Day War . The barrier cuts so far into West Bank territory at some points that the West Bank settlement of Alfei Menashe and five Palestinian","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Emblazoned on a long , tall , concrete barrier in the midst of a rocky Middle Eastern landscape is this spray-painted message : `` Mirror , mirror on the wall . When will this senseless object fall ? '' Messages of peace , marriage proposals and jokes are among the most popular graffiti requests . It 's one of more than 900 graffiti messages that have been spray-painted by Palestinians on the controversial wall that separates Israel and the West Bank . The painters take orders through a Web site that lets customers get a message on the wall . For the equivalent of $ 40 , a Palestinian will spray paint the message and send three digital photos of it . Anything goes -- marriage proposals , jokes , notes to friends -- as long as it is n't extremist , hate-filled , or pornographic , said Faris Arouri , one of the founders of the site . `` Trying to imagine a clear view between Palestine and Israel , '' one message reads . `` If all humans are equal , why do they have to live separated ? '' says another . And"}
-{"answer":"an inspection on May 26 . `` Here , I want to be very emphatic , in the sense that in Social Security we do n't cover for anyone , do n't defend anyone , we are the most interested in finding out what it was that happened , '' he said . As of Monday morning , 20 children ages 1-5 were hospitalized in Hermosillo , and 13 had been taken to other hospitals , including three to Sacramento Shriners Hospital in California , where pediatric burn treatment is a specialty . Watch parents gather at the site of the fire '' Hermosillo , the capital of the state of Sonora , is about 200 miles -LRB- 320 kilometers -RRB- south of the U.S. border in northwestern Mexico . On a radio show , a firefighter said Monday that many of the children were napping at the time of the fire and died in their sleep . Jose Jesus Diaz , the first firefighter to enter the day-care center , told Radio Los Cheros that he arrived to find some people ramming the building with their vehicles in an effort to reach the children . Inside , Diaz said","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A fire that claimed the lives of 44 children at a day-care center in Hermosillo , Mexico , started Friday in an air-conditioning unit in an adjacent warehouse , the attorney general of Sonora said Monday . Maria Jesus Coronado Padilla mourns her daughter , Paulette Daniela Coronado Padilla , 2 , on Sunday . Investigators have not determined whether the fire was caused by an overheated motor or deficiencies in its installation , said Abel Murrieta Gutierrez , according to the state-run news agency Notimex . However it started , there 's no doubt it moved toward papers in bookshelves on the wall shared with the building housing ABC Day Care , where 141 children and day-care workers were , he said . The two buildings also shared a roof , which contained a false bottom made of polyurethane , which overheated , emitting highly toxic fumes , he said . He blamed all 44 of the deaths on the fumes . The general director of the Mexican Institute of Social Security vowed investigators will pursue the case wherever the evidence takes them . Daniel Karam Toumeh had said Sunday that the building had passed"}
-{"answer":"back in Tokyo on Thursday , where he met with Japanese prosecutors . This morning he met with the Olympus board that fired him last month . Woodford said the board meeting was `` constructive . '' Woodford claims he was fired because he asked about the $ 1.4 billion in questionable transaction fees . `` In Japanese life , it 's wonderful to be harmonious on the personal level with your friends and family , but in a corporation you need agitation , you need challenge , you need questioning , '' Woodford told reporters Thursday . `` And if that 's not good for Japan , then I 'm very sad . '' The murky merger and acquisition fees includes a $ 687 million transaction fee that represented about one-third of the cost of the acquisition , which would make it the largest percentage transaction fee in global merger and acquisition history . Earlier this week , a third party probe said it found no evidence that funds flowed from Olympus into organized crime , responding to a New York Times report that investigators are looking into whether missing cash went into companies linked with Japanese yakuza ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Shares of scandal-plagued Olympus rallied after three board members of the Japanese camera maker quit ahead of today 's meeting with a company ex-CEO turned whistleblower . Shares soared as much as 25 % in early trade Friday after former Chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa , former executive Vice President Hisashi Mori and Auditor Hideo Yamada quit . The company claims the trio helped fake payments for merger transactions to cover $ 1.4 billion in losses . The resignations are the latest in a series of incidents in a scandal that began on October 14 with the firing of Michael Woodford as chief executive , who subsequently went public with allegations the Olympus management team and board had covered up hundreds of millions of losses in bad investments dating back to the 1990s . A subsequent probe that looked into the shady M&A transactions , including whether there was Japanese mob involvement , have pummeled shares of the camera and medical equipment maker . The share value has dropped more than 80 % in the past six weeks . The company faces the threat of de-listing from the Tokyo Stock Exchange for inaccurate financial statements . Woodford was"}
-{"answer":"said . With 8.5 million visitors each year , special events bring in about $ 1.3 billion . The two biker events alone generate $ 650 million of that , he said . The festival did n't always pack in a half-million people , though . In 1988 , said Paul Crow , the Daytona Beach police chief at the time , the event had morphed into something very different from what it was when it started . He said he had to battle what he called `` the 1 percent problem '' -- the small group of gangs whose viciousness and threats against outsiders had allowed them to take over Bike Week . He decided he would n't have any more of their troublemaking , Crow said , so he created a task force that evolved into the office of special investigations for the Daytona Beach Police . Its specific purpose was to deal with the problem . Today , Bike Week has been restored as family-friendly event . The event has even drawn in other nearby Central Florida communities -- including Ormond Beach in the north and Port Orange and New Smyrna in the south -- giving bikers","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- People who go to Daytona Beach , Florida , by car this weekend will probably wish they had n't -- they 'll definitely stand out in a crowd . Bobby Mitchell , left , and Sheila Justin enjoy Bike Week in Daytona Beach , Florida . The city is being taken over by half a million motorcycle enthusiasts enjoying Bike Week , which began Friday and will end Sunday . The economy may be in a recession , but bikers are n't passing up the chance to soak up some sun and rev up their engines for a few days in Florida for the biggest motorcycle event in the country . `` Every indication we 've had so far is that this year 's going to be a good one , '' said Kevin Kilian , senior vice president of the Daytona Beach\/Halifax Area Chamber of Commerce . The chamber is the managing arm of the city 's involvement in Bike Week , a 10-day event that Kilian said takes an entire year to prepare for . Events like Bike Week and its little brother , Biketoberfest , are what keep Daytona Beach running , Kilian"}
-{"answer":"Sitko , the aid worker , said Nway -- like thousands of people in Myanmar -- is slowly recovering one year after Nargis demolished their country . `` After all of her pain and loss , she really is a spunky girl , '' said Sitko , who works with World Vision International , a humanitarian group . `` She was n't shy about reaching out to touch my blonde hair . '' The night everything changed Nway 's resilience is shared by many in Myanmar , aid workers say . Last year 's cyclone was catastrophic . It killed at least 140,000 people and left at least 2 million people without homes , according to the United Nations World Food Programme . The brunt of the storm hit Myanmar 's delta region , the country 's bread basket . It wiped out crops , shrimp farms and fish ponds . A year later , many fields remain unplanted ; supplies are short , and the lack of drinking water complicates recovery efforts , World Food Programme officials say . Yet some sense of normal life is returning , said Mia Marina , a program support manager for World Vision","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A thin girl with caramel skin and a yellow silk blouse walks alone through a barren landscape of rubble . Nway prepares for her new job , selling vegetables from her aunt 's garden . Her legs are marked by cuts . Her face is smeared with white streaks of powder . And her eyes are blank as she sifts through the debris of what used to be her home before Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar one night and swept her parents away . Her name is Nway , and that 's how she looked when aid workers found her after Nargis destroyed her isolated village . She refused to talk about the cyclone , pretending it never took place . She became , according to a CNN story , the `` girl who refuses to remember . '' A year later , an aid worker returned to the village to see how Nway was doing . She found Nway living in a tidy , bamboo house flanked by palm trees . The 8-year-old greeted her visitor with a big smile . Then she asked whether she could play with her visitor 's hair . Pam"}
-{"answer":"`` I am tickled , just tickled , '' she said . In the sitcom , which ran for three seasons on ABC , Patty was a rambunctious teenager who always managed to find herself in some kind of trouble ; cousin Cathy was a demure , worldly Scottish teenager who came to New York to live with the Lane family to finish her schooling . Duke , who was not quite 17 when the series began , says it took a lot of energy to play two different characters . She preferred the quieter Cathy , `` because I thought she was dignified and gentle and rational . When it was time to be Patty , I would have to deal with my embarrassment of her stupidity . '' Duke was already a successful actor by the time the sitcom debuted , winning an Oscar for 1962 's `` The Miracle Worker '' just months before the show premiered . But she describes herself as sheltered . `` I was a very isolated teenager . When it came time to do some of the school dances -LSB- on the show -RSB- , they had to bring in real teenagers","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For those of us who remember a time when many families did n't have color TV , a remote control or even video games , hearing the theme song from `` The Patty Duke Show '' -- `` They 're cousins \/ Identical cousins , all the way '' -- takes us back to black-and-white television sets and split-screen special effects . Patty Duke says she has many fond memories of working on `` The Patty Duke Show . '' `` Back then it was very crude , how we did split-screen , '' star Patty Duke said of playing the dual roles of Patty and Cathy Lane in the show , which was developed specifically for her . `` Now with all-digital applications , it looks antique . But the show 's values are still what we want to impart on our children . '' The first complete season of `` The Patty Duke Show , '' from 1963 to 1964 , is now out on DVD . Duke told CNN that she 's excited her five granddaughters will finally be able to see what `` Nana did when she was a teenager . ''"}
-{"answer":"he found it . `` It was the first time in 16 years he touched the tape , '' Cringely told the audience at Thursday 's screening . `` It wo n't be lost for another 16 years . '' After the movie completes its brief run in theaters , `` Steve Jobs : The Lost Interview '' will probably be made available online and on DVD , Cringely said . Over the course of one month while pitching the idea to Landmark Theatres , Cringely and a small team shot an introduction and tacked on a brief text recap that runs without sound at the end . The production is crude , as is the low-quality footage from VHS , but Jobs is captivating . He told stories with charisma , enthusiasm and his flair for dramatics . He spoke candidly and with emotion . `` He never sat for another interview like this , and what a shame , '' Cringely said . The interview shows Jobs as alternately witty , charming , cranky and bitter toward those he believed crossed him . At the time , Jobs had left Apple and was running a small computer company","question":"San Francisco -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dozens of people , many tapping on iPhones and discussing the `` Steve Jobs '' biography , lined up at a shopping center here on Thursday . But these Apple fans were n't in line to buy the company 's latest gadget . They were here to see `` Steve Jobs : The Lost Interview , '' a documentary of sorts that 's now playing in a handful of U.S. cities . This particular screening of the never-before-aired interview with the Apple co-founder was set to be the final one at this theater , but producers extended its run after showings sold out . The film 's interviewer , Robert X. Cringely , watched in the audience and answered questions afterward . The 69-minute interview with Jobs was taped in 1995 for a PBS documentary called `` Triumph of the Nerds . '' The program aired only nine minutes of Jobs ' statements . The master copy of the interview was lost in transit , but director Paul Sen had secretly kept a copy on VHS tape , Cringely said . After Jobs died in October , Sen went searching through his garage until"}
-{"answer":"remains one of the largest structures in the world . The U.S. Army later built a basketball court and firing range at Tempelhof , and hid an entire command center in the vast network of tunnels under the buildings . These days , however , its runways are too short for most modern civilian aircraft . City officials said the airport was not profitable and needed to be shut down as Berlin builds a major new airport , Berlin-Brandenburg International . Moves to close Tempelhof have sparked protests from residents and aviators who thought more should have been done to preserve such an important part of the city 's history . See archive photos of the airport `` The people want it , private enterprise wants it , all national arguments are in favor of it , '' Friedbert Pflueger , a local opposition leader , said last year . More than 100 private pilots staged a `` fly-in '' in September 2007 to protest the plans . Koenig said Berliners were still angry with city officials who allowed the closure . She blamed business leaders for putting pressure on the city to close the airport by arguing it cost","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It has been a piece of Berlin history for 80 years , a symbol of Nazi power but also of Germans ' desire for freedom after World War II . The giant Tempelhof Airport in Berlin will shut it doors for good on Friday . Friday , Berlin 's Tempelhof Airport will shut its doors for good . Tempelhof was where American and British pilots touched down after the war when Soviet Forces blockaded West Berlin . The allied pilots flew in millions of tons of food , fuel and medication for an ailing population , earning themselves the title `` candy bombers , '' for dropping candy as they flew over the city . `` Through Tempelhof , we stayed alive , '' said Hedi Koenig , 83 , who lived near the airport in West Berlin after the war . Without the air drops , she said , the people would have starved to death . The airport rapidly became Berlin 's only hub for supplies , eventually carrying almost 2.5 million tons of goods into the city . Tempelhof 's massive main building -- originally designed to represent Nazi Germany to visitors --"}
-{"answer":"have still not been told what is going on and I have told Eurostar this morning that they must tell the public immediately what their plans are , '' Khan said . `` This has been a terrible experience for thousands of passengers , both those stranded on the trains and at the stations . '' French President Nicolas Sarkozy called the disruptions `` unacceptable . '' There was some good news though for stranded passengers , as Eurostar said they would resume a partial service Tuesday . `` We 're planning on running at two-thirds our normal service tomorrow and we 'll take it from there , '' a Eurostar spokesman told CNN . Eurostar runs the high-speed rail service directly linking London to Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel . A later statement from Eurostar said tests on winter weather devices on trains had been successful and that if further trials went well Monday the operator hoped to have 26,000 seats available . However , Nicolas Petrovic , Eurostar chief operation officer said a full service would not resume until after Christmas , according to AFP . Eurostar rail services remained suspended for a third day on","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Passengers on Monday vented their fury at Eurostar management as train services between England and France were canceled for a third day , leaving thousands stranded . The cross-Channel operator said a partial train service would resume Tuesday but that was little comfort to many . `` It 's shameful , they gave you 36,000 incorrect pieces of information to get us to leave , '' one passenger named Catherine told Agence France-Presse . `` Each time you speak to someone from Eurostar , they tell you something different . '' Catherine was one of roughly 75,000 passengers stranded on either side of the English Channel on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year . `` We have to do everything ourselves , we have to pay for everything and hope we will be reimbursed , but some could not get the money together , '' 27-year-old Deborah told AFP . Tell us about wintry weather near you Government officials in both France and the United Kingdom also criticized Eurostar . British transport minister Sadiq Khan called the experience terrible for thousands of passengers . `` I am angry that passengers"}
-{"answer":"electronic scoring , working on the music for , among others , `` Ghost , '' `` Witness , '' `` Dead Poet 's Society '' and `` Fatal Attraction . '' At the same time his son Jean-Michel Jarre became one of the world 's best known electronic musicians with global hits such as `` Oxygene '' and huge outdoor concerts . His final movie composition was for the 2000 film `` I Dreamed of Africa . '' Jarre 's career included symphonies , ballet and theatre but it was for his 150 film scores that he was presented with an honorary Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival last month - almost half a century after producer Sam Spiegel hired him to work on `` Lawrence of Arabia . '' Festival director Dieter Kosslick said in a statement late last year : `` Film composers often are in the shadows of great directors and acting stars . It 's different with Maurice Jarre ; the music of ` Doctor Zhivago , ' like much of his work , is world-famous and remains unforgotten in the history of cinema . '' Speaking in Berlin to double-Oscar nominee Desplat","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Academy Award-winning composer Maurice Jarre , who scored movies including `` Doctor Zhivago '' and `` Lawrence of Arabia '' among others , died Sunday from cancer in Los Angeles . He was 84 . Movie composer Maurice Jarre pictured at the Berlin International Film Festival last month . Jarre enjoyed an illustrious career , working with Hollywood directing legends including John Huston , Alfred Hitchcock and , most notably , David Lean . Fellow French composer Alexandre Desplat , who interviewed Jarre for The Screening Room at the Berlin International Film Festival last month , told CNN Monday : `` Maurice was an immense artist , an incredible symphonist , a magician of the melody and a benevolent human being . '' Watch tribute to Maurice Jarre '' Jarre won Oscars in 1963 and 1966 for his collaborations on the Lean movies `` Lawrence of Arabia '' and `` Doctor Zhivago '' respectively . He then mustered a further six Oscar nominations but his third award came once again through a further collaboration with Lean on '' A Passage to India '' in 1984 . He then swapped orchestral composition to become a pioneer of"}
-{"answer":"over a period of time in the body , '' he said . The study focused on contamination by chemical residues , rather than bacteria . While bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella can cause an illness that is acute but brief , chemical residues are more like to build up over time , and no amount of cooking will destroy them . The USDA pledged to `` swiftly implement the corrective actions '' recommended by the inspector , which including testing for more kinds of residue and setting limits on how much of each substance is allowable . A department spokesman pointed out that this kind of fix , which is expected to require coordination with the FDA and the EPA , was one of the main reasons President Obama created a Food Safety Working Group last year . The National Cattlemen 's Beef Association said in a statement , `` We fully support the critical role of the federal government in ensuring beef safety . '' `` While the U.S. beef supply is extraordinarily safe by any nation 's standards , '' it added , `` the beef industry is constantly looking for ways to improve the systems","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. government is not fully guarding against the contamination of meat by traces of antibiotics , pesticides or heavy metals , a new report warns . The U.S. Department of Agriculture 's inspector general said federal agencies have failed to set limits on many potentially harmful chemical residues , which `` has resulted in meat with these substances being distributed in commerce . '' When it comes to pesticide traces , only one type is tested for , according to the report . There are also no set limits for some heavy metals , like copper . In 2008 , Mexican authorities turned away an American shipment of beef , because it did not meet Mexico 's limits when tested for copper traces . But the very same rejected meat could be sold in the United States , since no limit has been set , the analysis says . That example shows `` the government has fallen down on the job here , '' said Tony Corbo of the consumer advocacy group Food and Water Watch . `` Some of the residues that the inspector general cited could be carcinogenic , as they accumulate"}
-{"answer":", had contracted to use the club once a week . During their first visit , some children said they heard club members asking why African-American children were there . One youngster told a Philadelphia television station a woman there said she feared the children `` might do something '' to her child . Watch Wright react to comments allegedly aimed at the children '' Days later , the day care center 's $ 1,950 check was returned without explanation , Wright said . She was dismissive of Duesler 's comments Friday . `` He knows what happened at the pool that day , '' Wright told CNN in a telephone interview . `` I was embarrassed and humiliated . '' She called it an `` unfortunate situation , '' adding , `` I know what happened ; the members know what happened and a higher power knows what happened . '' Watch the club president say racism is not at play '' After news reports of the incident , the office of Sen. Arlen Specter -LRB- D-Pennsylvania -RRB- said Specter sent a letter to the club president asking him to reinstate the contract with Creative Steps , saying ,","question":"HUNTINGDON VALLEY , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The president of The Valley Swim Club on Friday strongly denied charges of racism after his club canceled the swimming privileges of a nearby day care center whose children are predominantly African-American . John Duesler said he underestimated the number of swimmers who would come to swim at the club . `` It was never our intention to offend anyone , '' said John Duesler . `` This thing has been blown out of proportion . '' Duesler said his club -- which he called `` very diverse '' -- invited camps in the Philadelphia area to use his facility because of the number of pools in the region closed due to budget cuts this summer . He said he underestimated the amount of children who would participate , and the club 's capacity to take on the groups was not up to the task . `` It was a safety issue , '' he said . The Creative Steps Day Care children -- who are in kindergarten through seventh grade -- went to The Valley Swim Club in Huntingdon Valley on June 29 after the center 's director , Alethea Wright"}
-{"answer":"on a joint candidate . `` This is a very special moment for us women , and men of course , in our country because for the first time we have a woman being elected president of India , '' Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi , India 's most powerful politician , said . Supporters hoped Patil 's candidacy would help bring issues that plague women in India , like dowry-related violence , into the public spotlight . A woman is murdered , raped or abused every three minutes on average in India . Her presidency also reflects the growing power of some women in India , where an increasing number are taking part in the workforce and in schools and hold senior positions in corporations . After the results , Patil supporters took to the streets , singing and dancing as others lit fire crackers and beat large brass drums . India has had a number of female icons in the past -- most famously Sonia Gandhi 's mother-in-law , Indira , who was one of the world 's first female prime ministers in 1966 . But hope Patil 's presidency would spark only positive talk about women 's","question":"NEW DELHI , India -LRB- Reuters -RRB- -- India has elected its first female president , official results show , in what supporters are calling a boost for the rights of millions of downtrodden women , despite a bitter campaign marked by scandal . Pratibha Patil , 72 , is India 's first elected female president . Pratibha Patil , the ruling coalition 's 72-year-old nominee for the mainly ceremonial post , easily beat opposition-backed challenger and vice president , Bhairon Singh Shekhawat , in a vote by the national parliament and state politicians . `` This a victory of the people , '' Patil told reporters after official results were announced Saturday . `` I am grateful to the people of India and the men and women of India and this is a victory for the principles which our Indian people uphold . '' Patil won about two thirds of the electoral college votes . There had never been any doubt she would win , given support from the ruling coalition . The governor of the northwestern desert state of Rajasthan , she emerged on the national stage when the Congress-led coalition and its communist allies failed to agree"}
-{"answer":"include classic movie stars like Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne as well as today 's hottest fan favorites like the cast of the movie `` Twilight . '' Calendars featuring beautiful women who also happen to be celebrities are also always in demand such as those featuring `` Transformers '' actress Megan Fox , Hugh Hefner 's former girlfriends , known as The Girls Next Door , and a perennial favorite -- the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Calendar . If sales are any indication , print calendars are still holding their own . `` We 've seen double-digit annual growth in our e-commerce channel every year until the last one , '' said Paul Hoffman , chief operating officer of Calendar Holdings LLC , parent company of Calendars.com and Calendar Club retail stores . `` We are very optimistic about the future growth online . '' Calendars have a long history as a part of American culture . Larry Krug , one of the founders of the Calendar Collectors Society , said calendars used to be must have collectors items when they were produced using the works of famous photographers and artists such as Norman Rockwell . Calendars still have their","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What do Elvis , Kim Kardashian , the Jonas Brothers , Dilbert and teen vampires have in common ? Calendars like this one featuring the movie `` Twilight '' are big sellers . They are all subjects of hot calendars . Be it pinned to the wall , tucked in a pocket or lounging on a desk , calendars have maintained popularity even as they face stiff competition from technology . While just about every cell phone or PDA allows users to keep track of those ever important events and appointments , calendars still seem to hold an allure for users day by day . `` We do not see technology-based calendars as the competition , '' said Robert Gilbreath , director of marketing for Calendars.com , one of the largest e-commerce sites for calendars on the Web . `` They do not evoke memories of past occurrences , experiences , and pleasures . '' A cell phone calendar also ca n't give fans the opportunity to gaze upon 12 images of their favorite celebrity or object of desire in the comfort of their own home or office . Some of Calendars.com 's most popular sellers"}
-{"answer":"and volatile current issues were also part of the stand-up . The president noted that Arizona Sen. John McCain did not identify himself as a maverick this year -- a title he frequently touted when he was running for presidency against Obama . `` And we all know what happens in Arizona when you do n't have an ID . ... Adios amigos , '' Obama said . The president 's quip referred to a new immigration law requiring officers in the state to question people about their immigration status if they think they 're in the country illegally . Arizona is McCain 's home state . Leno also took a dig at the Arizona law . `` I got stuck behind the Arizona congressional delegation -- luckily all their papers were in order so I did n't have any trouble getting in , '' the comedian said while describing the event 's tight security . On the president , Leno said he 's not as antisocial as some critics accuse him of being . `` He loves to socialize ... health care , car companies , things of that nature , '' Leno said . The first White House","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama 's punch lines targeted a diverse group Saturday -- from teen sensations the Jonas Brothers to comedian Jay Leno , whom he described as the only person with worse ratings than his . `` Jonas Brothers are here tonight , '' the president said at the annual White House Correspondents ' dinner . Daughters `` Sasha and Malia are huge fans . But boys , do n't get any ideas . Two words : predator drones . '' Obama said he was happy to address the crowd before Leno , who headlined the annual event . `` Glad to see the only person whose ratings fell more than mine last year . ... I 'm also glad that I 'm speaking first , '' he said . `` We 've seen what happens when someone takes the time slot after Leno , '' the president added , referring to comedian Conan O'Brien leaving NBC after an unsuccessful stint hosting `` The Tonight Show . '' Members of the Obama administration , including Vice President Joe Biden and chief of staff Rahm Emanuel , were not safe from the zingers either . Former rivals"}
-{"answer":"I wake up and go to my mom . When I grow up I 'm going to take my family away from here . '' But for Lyari 's boys , the future is often bleak . Many here blame the government for failing to keep neighborhoods safe and a broken school system for robbing children of the chance to succeed . For decades boxing has given thousands of Lyari 's kids what the government has not -- a safe place to grow , learn and chase a dream . African immigrants brought boxing to Lyari in the 1940s , when Karachi was still part of British-ruled India . More than 70 years later , 22 boxing clubs , run by volunteers and private donations , have made this neighborhood Pakistan 's boxing factory . `` This is the second Cuba , '' says the head of the local boxing association , Asghar Baloch , referring to the Caribbean nation that has produced some of the best boxers in the world . `` If these kids were n't here , they would be with guns and arms , '' he says . `` If we continue our positive activities ,","question":"Karachi , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Do not mistake eight-year-old Bilal Ahmed 's skin-and-bones body , his beguiling smile and his big beaming eyes for weakness . Bilal changes when he steps into a boxing ring . When the pint-sized Pakistani fighter climbed into a shabby old ring at an outdoor youth center , his smile turned into a stone cold scowl . At the sound of the bell that marked the start of round one , his tiny fists at the end of his stick-like arms turned into pain-inflicting projectiles , pounding away at his opponent . `` I want to hit my opponent , '' says Bilal , minutes before the fight . `` All I think about is winning . '' Bilal is obsessed with winning because , to him , boxing is more than a sport . It 's the one chance he has to escape Lyari , one of the poorest , toughest and most dangerous neighborhoods in the sprawling southern port city of Karachi . Drug and gang violence is rampant here , killing nearly 100 people this year alone . `` There is shooting at night , '' Bilal says . ``"}
-{"answer":"that our oceans are our umbilical cord to life , without healthy oceans we are not healthy , no matter where we are in the world we are directly connected to the ocean . CNN : At what point would you define the Plastiki a success ? Royle : The Plastiki is already a success , it has proven that we need to think about the way we consume , the way we manufacture products , how we need to think about a products end life before it is created . Most importantly it has proven that no one is as smart as everyone ; the Plastiki is a success because she has created a platform for many incredible minds to collaborate and engage in conversations on how we can ensure we leave this world in a better condition than we found it for our future generations . At the moment this feels like a tough ambition , but an exciting one ! CNN : What are your favorite sea creatures ? Royle : Jellyfish , as we know so little about them , but their increasing population is a direct indication of the health of our oceans . Dolphins","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- CNN picked the brains of the Plastiki 's crew members before they set off on the voyage . From the importance of the mission to a pint of Cornish cider , skipper Jo Royle tells CNN about her hopes and fears , how she plans to get through the voyage , and what she looks forward to most at the end of it . CNN : What did you want to be when you were young ? Royle : I wanted to engineer a way to spend as much time on or by the ocean as possible . CNN : What 's the one characteristic that has led you to where you are today ? Royle : Thriving off the feeling of living just outside my comfort zone . CNN : Who inspires you ? Royle : Everybody ! CNN : What 's the most important lesson you 've learned about yourself from the Plastiki project ? Royle : Put your energy into your beliefs , think outside the box and it will happen . CNN : What 's your biggest hope for the expedition ? Royle : To communicate to as many people as possible"}
-{"answer":"if you live along the East or West coasts . Farmer 's Almanac managing editor Sandi Duncan says no one will be immune to the rough weather this winter . `` Even the areas that we say are going to be like the bread of the ice-cold sandwich are going to have bouts of stormy conditions . There 's no way it 's going to be that mild of a winter , '' she says . Nasty weather is also in the forecast for late in the season as winter moves toward spring . `` We 're actually predicting a possible blizzard in the northeast to the mid-Atlantic states sometime in February , '' Duncan says . `` And it does look like the cool temperatures to the cold temperatures are going to hang on . And spring does look kind of rainy . '' The Farmers ' Almanac gets pretty specific about that late-season blizzard forecast . According to Duncan , `` February 12th-15th looks very stormy with blizzard conditions possible especially in New England but also going down to the mid-Atlantic coast . '' The periodical says , `` While three-quarters of the country is predicted to see","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Get out the coats , boots , and shovels ; people in some parts of the country are in for it this winter , according to the Farmer 's Almanac . Break out your winter gear -- the Farmers ' Almanac is predicting a rough winter for large parts of the U.S. . The longtime periodical , published since 1818 and famous for its long-range weather predictions , is out with its annual winter forecast , which says Old Man Winter is really going to hammer folks in the Midwest and upper Great Lakes region with very cold and very snowy conditions . The almanac puts it this way : `` A large area of numbingly cold temperatures will predominate from roughly east of the Continental Divide to west of the Appalachians . The coldest temperatures will be over the northern Great Lakes and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan . `` But acting almost like the bread of a sandwich , to this swath of unseasonable cold will be two regions with temperatures that will average closer to normal -- the West Coast and the East Coast . '' But do n't let your guard down"}
-{"answer":"other purposes . The other type of airship is the dirigible . Like a blimp , a dirigible airship is filled with lighter-than-air gas but it has an internal skeleton . This greater rigidity allows dirigible airships to carry larger payloads than blimps . See pictures of airships through the ages . '' While the Hindenburg crash dented public confidence in the dirigible airship concept , the principal cause of the disaster was n't bad design but propaganda . The Germans were desperate to show off their technical achievement . But the United States , the world 's primary supplier of the inert gas helium -LRB- which was used to inflate and lift the airships -RRB- , had imposed a military embargo on the gas . So the Hindenburg was filled with the massively explosive gas , hydrogen . And it exploded . Massively . In recent years the concept of the dirigible airship has been reevaluated because of the environmental need to find lower-carbon methods of freight transportation ; and the military and humanitarian need to deliver supplies to remote locations not served by airports . One failed attempt to resuscitate the airship content came from the German company","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Oh , the humanity . '' When these three words were uttered by aghast radio journalist Herbert Morrison -- as the LZ129 Hindenburg airship crashed and burst into flames in New Jersey in 1937 -- it was seen as the end of airships . The other remaining Zeppelin-class dirigible , the Graf Zeppelin II , was destroyed by the Nazi administration who felt the materials could be put to better use with more conventional aircraft . The Aeroscraft ML866 is a prototype for future cargo vehicles that could have a payload of up to 60 tonnes But , 70 years on , could the Hindenburg-style airship be experiencing a renaissance ? There are two types of craft that are commonly called `` airships . '' The first is basically a balloon filled with a lighter-than-air gas , with an attached pod for the pilot and passengers , and tilting propellers to aid with descent and maneuvering . These are known as ` blimps ' and are commonly used for promotional activities , for filming sporting events and by law enforcement agencies for surveillance . But their limited payload make them unsuitable for"}
-{"answer":"I could find any evidence of George W. Bush at the convention . And I found very little . There was that satellite feed . I bought this button -LSB- points to Dick Cheney button on his shirt -RSB- . This will be the only time you 'll see Dick Cheney at the convention is when you see me walk by with this button ... I was n't able to purchase it here ... I mean you talk to Republican delegates walking around , a lot of them will admit that George Bush has been a major disappointment and they 're happy that he 's not here . And one of the reasons that they 're happy he 's not here is that they do n't want America reminded that four years ago and eight years ago , these same delegates ... thought George Bush walked on water . CNN : Why would `` Real Time with Bill Maher '' send a sex columnist to cover the Republican National Convention ? Savage : Because when you 're a sex writer in America you have to write about politics because politicians will not stop obsessing about it -- screwing around with","question":"ST. PAUL , Minnesota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sex columnist Dan Savage and author of the popular syndicated sex advice column `` Savage Love , '' made his way to St. Paul , Minnesota , to attend the Republican National Convention where he is filming a piece for HBO 's `` Real Time with Bill Maher . '' Sex columnist Dan Savage is reporting on the GOP convention for HBO 's `` Real Time with Bill Maher . '' Planted in the CNN Grill , Savage shares his thoughts on John McCain 's running mate , Sarah Palin , tells us what a sex columnist is doing at a political convention , and gives us his take on who 's sexier , Democrats or Republicans . Here are five questions for Dan Savage : CNN : You 're here because you 're a lifelong Republican ? Savage : No , that 's not true , actually . I 'm a Democrat , although I am a registered Republican in Washington State , but just to drive the Washington State Republican Party up the wall . CNN : Why are you here ? Savage : I was here to see if"}
-{"answer":", said the oil is believed to be from BP 's ruptured well off Louisiana . She predicted much more would be hitting the coast in coming days -- but vacationers remained on the beach , and some were still swimming in the blue-green waters as the cleanup continued . And researchers from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab spotted large patches of the reddish-brown `` weathered '' oil during a water-sampling expedition offshore Tuesday , said John Dindo , the laboratory 's associate director . Dindo said the oil spots on the water ranged from the size of a half-dollar coin to 30 to 40 feet . A half-dozen boats could be seen skimming oil off the surface about 13 miles south of the island , he said . However , `` They were covering a very , very small spot in the ocean compared to what we saw , '' he said . The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration had warned earlier this week that the spreading slick from an undersea BP oil well was heading toward the Alabama and Mississippi coasts . Dindo said tides in the area are running east and winds have been out of the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rust-colored oil washed ashore on barrier islands off Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday , while more patches of crude offshore appeared to be moving toward those states ' coasts , authorities reported . Researchers scrambled to clean up tar balls and puddles of oil from the beaches of Alabama 's Dauphin Island , while a strip of oil about two miles long and three feet wide stretched along Petit Bois Island , about five miles away off Mississippi , Gov. Haley Barbour 's office reported . It marked the first time oil has hit Mississippi 's shores since the largest oil spill in U.S. history erupted in late April . And while tar balls associated with the Gulf spill had hit Dauphin Island , about 35 miles south of Mobile , in early May , residents said that Tuesday was the first time they had seen oil hitting the beach . Only part of the island 's beaches have been lined with protective booms , with much of those barriers lined up near a protected wildlife area on the west end of the island . Annette Engel , a Louisiana State University researcher on Dauphin Island"}
-{"answer":"later , and their younger sister Grandison joined after she graduated from college . `` It 's been pretty much a family business since that point , '' Pope McLean Jr. said during a tour of the 1,000 acre property . Kentucky is to horse racing what Michigan is to the domestic auto industry . Racing and breeding thoroughbreds is a multibillion-dollar business in the state and the source of some 100,000 jobs . But `` The Sport of Kings '' is hardly exempt from these painful economic times , and in fact is taking a severe blow in the global recession . `` It 's truly an international industry , so we have people , a lot of buyers , from Europe come in . And they have dialed back , '' McLean said . `` Domestic buyers have dialed back their participation , as well . The good horses are still bringing decent money , but everyone has to lower their expectations . '' At this year 's Keeneland September Yearling Sale , which McLean calls the horse industry 's version of the NBA draft , the gross was down more than 41 percent from last year ,","question":"Editor 's note : On CNN 's `` State of the Union , '' host and chief national correspondent John King goes outside the Beltway to report on issues affecting communities across the country . Pope McLean Jr. tells CNN 's John King that a lot of farms are hurting because of the global recession . LEXINGTON , Kentucky -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Crestwood Farm is tucked into the rolling hillsides of Kentucky 's legendary bluegrass country . Kipling and Unbridled Energy are among the stallions critical to the reputation -- and the bottom line -- of the McLean family business . And just how do the stallions prove their value ? `` When their progeny does well on the race track , '' Pope McLean Jr. said . `` Ca n't bluff that . That 's when they prove what they are worth . '' Pope McLean Sr. got into the horse business in college and took over Crestwood Farm in 1970 . His son worked on the farm while growing up . After college he took a job in the financial sector , but in 1991 he returned to Crestwood . His brother Marc returned a few years"}
-{"answer":"is cheaper than getting takeout , when it comes to more permanent settlements , this kind of supply voyages would be prohibitively expensive : we will need to grow our own food in space . Raymond Wheeler , a plant physiologist at Kennedy Space Center , explained to CNN , `` In the near term it 's not needed , for example on the space station and initial short sorties to the moon , but as you go further and stay longer , regenerative systems become much more cost effective . '' Wheeler sees this development of space farming as a gradual process in which space outposts become increasingly self-sufficient . `` It would probably be evolutionary , '' he said . `` The first human missions to Mars might set out with everything stowed , but they might set up the beginnings of an in-situ production system -- maybe a plant chamber -- that you could use to grow perishable foods . You would n't be providing everything , but in subsequent missions if you returned there you could expand the infrastructure . '' Of course , this means growing plants in conditions very different from those on Earth","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Neil Armstrong took one small step onto the moon in 1969 , it seemed only a matter of time before the advent of thriving space colonies and summer vacations on distant planets . But after an initial flurry of moon landings , manned lunar expeditions dwindled : the last time an astronaut left his footprints on the moon was in 1972 . Plants such as lettuce , peppers and tomatoes will be on the menu at Moon Base One . Then , in January 2004 , President Bush announced NASA 's intention to return humans to the moon by 2020 , and in 2006 , NASA announced plans to set up a manned lunar outpost by 2024 , with the European and Russian Space Agencies now planning bases of their own . After years in limbo , the dream of living in space is alive once more . Sustaining long-term space habitation presents space agencies with a whole new set of technological and logistical challenges . Currently , the International Space Station supports three astronauts in a low Earth orbit , with food supplied periodically by space shuttle . But , just as home cooking"}
-{"answer":"together this high school class president and NFL star . `` The thing I took away is how fearless he is , '' Asomugha said later . `` The things he 's been through are so big and so severe -- they were threatening our lives and throwing things at us on Skid Row . But it does n't bother him . `` His potential meter is at 1,000 right now . '' Escaping through education Even while Kenneth lived on Skid Row , he dreamed of attending Harvard to become a neurosurgeon . When Asomugha saw Kenneth 's story on CNN , he wanted to help . He runs a foundation , the Asomugha College Tour for Scholars , that takes talented inner-city kids on tours of college campuses they otherwise would never be able to see . He 's helped get 25 teens into college over the last four years . On this day , he 's come to tell Kenneth that he will be among the 16 students traveling in the spring to visit schools in Washington , D.C. `` I 'm thankful to be able to give back , '' Asomugha said . Hours before the","question":"Los Angeles , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The high school honor student and the NFL 's highest-paid defensive back stroll down the destitute streets of Skid Row . `` I can sell you something right quick , '' a drug dealer hisses . Another shouts , `` Gon na whoop your ass ! '' More expletives are hurled . Seventeen-year-old Kenneth Chancey is giving a tour to Nnamdi Asomugha , showing the NFL star the streets that he and his sister used to walk to get to school while living in a Skid Row homeless shelter . Prostitutes , addicts and drug dealers scatter . `` Camera ! Camera ! '' they shout . The two make it safely past the park , one of the roughest areas of Los Angeles . An orange soda whizzes through the air , nearly hitting the teen and the Oakland Raiders ' All-Pro cornerback worth $ 45 million . `` Wow , '' the teen says . `` I 'm sure they watch you every Sunday , and they do n't even recognize who you are . '' It is Kenneth 's inner strength and his love for education that have brought"}
-{"answer":". '' Cage 's character , John Koestler , is a science professor whom Cage describes as `` someone who is reawakening to his faith . '' He begins the film believing that everything is random , but as the film continues -- and he seeks to alert the world of a coming catastrophe -- `` he believes there is cause and effect and perhaps even a divine mind , '' Cage said . The film begins in 1959 , with students burying items in a time capsule at an elementary school . One of the children , however , creates an image of seemingly random numbers . Fifty years later , when the capsule is opened , Koestler 's son receives the page of numbers , and his father realizes that they correspond to major disasters of the past half-century . Koestler determines that three events have yet to occur and sets out to meet the clairvoyant child 's now grown daughter . The final event threatens life on Earth itself , and the group begins a race against time , with unusual consequences . Critics were not impressed . The film earned a 25 percent rating on the","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The numbers were good for `` Knowing . '' In `` Knowing , '' a physics professor -LRB- Nicolas Cage -RRB- ponders patterns in a list of numbers . The film , about a physics professor who sees clues for disastrous events in a time capsule 's list of digits , overcame some pretty long odds at the box office -- going against the Paul Rudd-Jason Segel comedy `` I Love You , Man , '' the Julia Roberts-Clive Owen romantic thriller `` Duplicity '' and some fairly scathing reviews -- to emerge as the weekend 's No. 1 film . Though star Nicolas Cage would n't have predicted the outcome , in an interview before the film 's release , he did talk about the power of positive thinking . `` I 'm a huge believer of the human spirit , '' he told CNN . `` I think people are amazing . I think what we have accomplished is incredible . ... If you think positive and you apply the guts and ingenuity that mankind has been doing forever , at least in our existence , I believe we get through anything"}
-{"answer":"God for Miss Earl , '' O'Neal said . `` She takes women that have been involved in domestic abuse situations and gives them a place to come rest their head . '' According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence , an estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year , and one in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime . Earl has heard countless stories of domestic abuse and has seen a range of tipping points before victims seek help . She is working to lower these statistics . She recalled one woman whose husband beat her with an iron ; for another , `` the beatings were standard , but when he sold their refrigerator and she could n't keep her baby 's milk cold anymore , she knew it was time to go . '' These women were able to find shelter and support -- and ultimately safety and success -- through the Jenesse Center . `` It is not normal to go to bed afraid , '' Earl said . `` And the thing that I know for sure is that there is help .","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Volunteering with local law enforcement , Shaquille O'Neal has learned from his peers that domestic violence calls are among the most dangerous for police officers . NBA star Shaquille O'Neal praises Karen Earl for her efforts on behalf of domestic abuse victims . '' -LSB- It 's -RSB- a very disturbing thing , '' said the NBA star , who has dealt mainly with children 's cases . `` I do n't really think a lot of women know what to do . '' That 's where Karen Earl comes in . As executive director of the Jenesse Center , the oldest domestic violence intervention program in south central Los Angeles , California , Earl is a `` tireless and fearless '' champion of women and children living in abusive situations , O'Neal said . The Phoenix Suns center called Earl `` the pillow of women 's society . '' For more than two decades , Earl has helped give victims a way out through the Jenesse Center , which provides shelter , education , outreach and legal services to more than 8,500 victims of domestic violence every year . `` Thank"}
-{"answer":"note at the top that reads : `` The information in this article was obtained in 2010 December , we still have access to the webmail server , phone numbers may have changed but all the information is 100 % legit . '' It claims to include information on members of Blair 's office , his address and phone book -- including the details of `` family , friends , MPs and lords '' -- and the contact details and resume of his former special adviser Katie Kay . CNN was not able to verify the authenticity of the information published on Pastebin.com . The PC Magazine website reported that the material had been leaked by a member of Team Poison known as TriCk . According to posts on TriCk 's Twitter feed Friday night , the hacker group obtained the information in December . `` Tony Blair 's Private Info is getting leaked tonight , so is his Personal Adivsors CV and UK MPs & Lords who supported the war in iraq , '' one of the Twitter post said . An hour later , another post read : `` doing the writeup now - Tony Blair and his","question":"London -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Personal details about Tony Blair that appear online were apparently not hacked from the former British prime minister 's computer systems , but from the email account of a former staffer . Responding to a report about a hacker group that claims to have accessed Blair 's personal data , a Blair spokesman said Saturday , `` This information has not been obtained from Tony Blair or any of his office systems . '' `` This appears to be information from the personal email account of a former member of staff from a few years ago , '' the spokesman said in an emailed statement to CNN . He did n't elaborate on the situation . The claim by a member of the hacker group TeaMp0isoN -LRB- Team Poison -RRB- was first reported by the United Kingdom 's Telegraph newspaper Saturday . The group posted the information on a website called Pastebin.com that allows users to upload text . The information on Pastebin.com appears to include Blair 's National Insurance number -- similar to a U.S. Social Security Number -- and the addresses and phone numbers of numerous personal contacts . The document has a"}
-{"answer":"drawn condemnation from South African officials and other African leaders . iReport.com : Are you there ? Send photos , video The violence began a week ago in Johannesburg 's Alexandra Township , police say , and has been concentrated in the city 's poorest areas . `` People are angry because they are unemployed , poverty-affected people struggling for basic needs every day , '' said Dean Christopher Barends , a local Lutheran minister . `` This will explode into something . '' One person victimized was Pascoal Sendela Gulane , a Mozambican man , who said gangs broke into his home and stole his belongings . He fled to a church with his family and is now living with his children in his car on the church 's property . For him and many others , churches and police stations have become safe havens . Watch footage of the attacks '' On Monday , South African President Thabo Mbeki called for an end to the violence . `` We dehumanize ourselves the moment we start thinking of another person as less human than we are simply because they come from another country '' he said in a statement","question":"JOHANNESBURG , South Africa -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police armed with rubber bullets were patrolling neighborhoods in Johannesburg on Tuesday in an effort to quell a recent spree of violence aimed at foreigners that police say has killed 22 people and displaced an estimated 13,000 . A crowd armed with clubs , machetes and axes rioted on the outskirts of Johannesburg on Tuesday . Many of the victims are Zimbabweans who have fled repression and dire economic circumstances in their homeland . Evidence of the violence was seen in smoke rising from burned homes in one Johannesburg neighborhood . Locals angry about the rising number of foreigners arriving in South Africa had set homes ablaze . Firefighters said they had fought more than 100 such blazes since Thursday . Standing outside a row of charred homes , Diamond Minnaar said there is a solution for foreigners . `` Most of them just have to go back to their country and leave us in peace , '' Minnaar said . `` That is the only solution . Or they are just going to get killed . Look at how many shacks have burnt down . '' The attacks and looting have"}
-{"answer":"a one-time purchase price of $ 99 . -LRB- No monthly subscription required . -RRB- Body bands A bevy of body bands made a splash at CES this year , among them the BodyMedia Fit and the Basis Band . BodyMedia 's Fit monitoring system consists of a small electric band the user wears on his or her arm , that works in conjunction with a software interface that 's available on your smartphone or online . Users input their daily calorie intake , and the device monitors calories burned . The band uses sweat sensors , an accelerometer and skin temperature monitors to figure out how much exercise you 're doing , and for how long . It compares that to your food intake to give a picture of your daily health . The accelerometer knows when you 're lying on your back for hours at a time -LRB- presumably sleeping -RRB- , and adds that to your fitness picture as well . The Fit CORE is available for $ 149 , but requires plugging in to synch your data . The new Fit LINK is Bluetooth-enabled for wireless synching , and is available for $ 179 . Both","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Connectivity was the name of the game at this year 's Consumer Electronics Show , held last week in Las Vegas -- especially when it came to health-related products . From cloud-connected scales to music-connected sex toys , these gadgets rose above the rest as those that might really help you keep your New Year 's resolutions . Sleep soundly A small , lightweight band users wear on their heads during sleep , the Zeo Sleep System measures brain waves while you 're in dreamland , and will sync via Bluetooth with your smart device . Zeo 's free app plots out how many hours of quality snooze time you 're getting each night . Great feedback for our highly caffeinated , tech-obsessed society , it also plots out sleep quality based on behaviors you input . How much did those three glasses of vino affect your sleep ? How about that late night fast-food run , or actual run ? Zeo gives you concrete tips for improving your sleep routine based on your habits , and will even wake you up at the optimum time in your sleep cycle . The Zeo is available for"}
-{"answer":"reduced the possibility of transplants to small children ; heart transplants to small children have become impossible . '' Watch Hiroki 's trip to the United States '' Lawmaker Taro Kono is spearheading efforts to change the law , which was enacted in 1997 . Japan 's parliament is now debating four proposed amendments -- including one that would scrap the age limit . But , beyond the age matter , the issue of organ transplantation in general , has been a difficult one for the country because of perceptions of brain death . Some refuse to accept it if their loved ones ' hearts are still beating . `` For a long time , it 's the heart that mattered in Japan . Some religions ask us not to declare being brain dead as death . But that is not the majority , '' Kono said . `` So it is simply that we have been doing things this way and a lot of people are very skeptical about it . '' Kono , who gave a kidney to his father , said a total of 81 organ transplants have been conducted in Japan since the transplant law was","question":"TOKYO , Japan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Eleven-year-old Hiroki Ando will likely die if he does not get a new heart . Hiroki in an ambulance on the way to catch his flight to New York , where he will wait for a heart . Hiroki suffers from cardiomyopathy , which inflames and impairs the heart . The same disease killed his sister five years ago . `` We have two children in our family who got a disease that happens one out of every 100,000 people . I am sorry for my children . We are having my daughter and Hiroki going through this harsh experience , '' said father Ryuki Ando . `` We were told by his doctor at the end of last year that the heart transplant operation was the only way for him to survive , '' Ando said . But the law in Japan prohibits anyone under the age of 15 from donating organs -- meaning Hiroki ca n't get a new heart in his home country . According to the web site for Japan Transplant Network , a non-governmental group that supports changing Japan 's transplant law , `` this stipulation has greatly"}
-{"answer":"precious metals that can only be either gold or silver . The instruments would not have reacted to any other metal like copper . '' See photos from hunt for lost Nazi gold '' Hanisch pointed out that his father , who was a navigator in the Luftwaffe , the Nazi air force , was one of the troops said to have been involved in hiding art , gold and silver as the Nazis realized that they would lose the war . He said that when his father died , he left coordinates leading to the spot in Deutschneudorf . `` It 's not about getting the reward , '' Hanisch said at the site . `` I just want to know if my father was right and if my instincts were right . '' Haustein , who is paying for the expedition , said he hopes that finding the gold could lead to the Amber Room , whose interior is made completely of amber and gold . It was looted by the Nazis from a castle in St. Petersburg , Russia , after Adolf Hitler 's forces invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 . The room looked so majestic","question":"DEUTSCHNEUDORF , Germany -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Digging has resumed at a site in the southeastern German town of Deutschneudorf , where treasure hunters believe there are almost 2 tons of Nazi gold and possibly clues to the whereabouts of the legendary Amber Room , a prize taken from a Russian castle during World War II . Treasure hunters use modern technology to try to locate the lost Nazi gold . Heinz Peter Haustein , one of the two treasure hunters and a member of Germany 's parliament , said : `` We have already hit a hollow area under the surface , it 's filled with water and we are not sure if it is the cave we are looking for . '' Digging was stopped more than a week ago amid safety concerns , as authorities and the treasure hunters feared that the shaft might collapse and that the cave -- if it is there -- may be rigged with explosives or poisonous booby traps . At a news conference Friday , Christian Hanisch , the other treasure hunter , said that geological surveying equipment had located a possible cave about 30 feet under the surface containing ``"}
-{"answer":"many in Britain -- comparable to the `` n-word '' in the United States , said Harry biographer Mark Saunders . `` That word is just unacceptable , '' Saunders said . It was not the first time Harry had been forced to apologize for offending people . In 2005 , the News of the World 's sister paper The Sun obtained and published a photograph of him wearing a Nazi uniform at a party , prompting an apology and a promise that he had learned his lesson . Penny Junor , who has written several books on Britain 's royal family , says she suspects Harry may get himself into embarrassing situations more often than his older brother William at least partly because Harry does not expect to become king . `` Fundamentally it probably has a great deal to do with being number two , '' said Junor , the author of `` The Firm : The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor . '' `` He 's a spare , not an heir . '' She said : `` The older ones are very much groomed for the task at hand . Those in charge sometimes","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Prince Harry , the red-headed younger son of Britain 's Prince Charles and the late Diana , Princess of Wales , is back in the headlines after a British tabloid posted a home video of him using an offensive term to describe an Army colleague . Prince Harry 's behavior landed him on the front pages of British newspapers . Some of those who have watched him closely through the years see a pattern which they blame on royal destiny rather than racism or ignorance . The video , much of it apparently shot by the prince himself in 2006 , led to predictable howls of condemnation , not least from the sensation-seeking newspaper that published it . News of the World posted the video on its Web site under the headline `` Prince Harry video nasty that will spark outrage . '' Harry , who is third in line to the throne , immediately issued an apology through a spokesman for referring to a soldier from Pakistan as `` our little Paki friend . '' Watch video which has sparked controversy '' The word `` Paki '' is considered deeply offensive by"}
-{"answer":"Americans should watch closely . We will introduce more of these services based on how well they are received in the UK , '' Warner said . Despite the added benefits , fares will still target the budget-conscious traveler in Britain , according to Warner . The service starts with a few cities -- from London to Portsmouth and Southampton , he said . The approximately 120-kilometer -LRB- 80-mile -RRB- trip will cost # 1 -LRB- $ 1.60 -RRB- if a ticket is bought in advance , Warner said . Prices will go up to # 4 or # 5 , depending on time of purchase . `` We are planning to keep the prices within that range , '' Warner said . Greyhound Lines is owned by British transport company FirstGroup , which bought it from its U.S. parent in 2007 . It was founded in 1914 , and has services in Mexico and Canada , according to its Web site . In a nod to its cameos in American movies and songs , such as the 1969 film `` Midnight Cowboy '' and Simon and Garfunkel 's 1972 hit `` America , '' Greyhound plans to keep at","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For almost a century , the old dog has traversed landscapes across the United States , with weary , budget-conscious travelers peeking out of its windows . Greyhound bus services will run from London to cities such as Portsmouth and Southampton . Now , the iconic Greyhound is taking to the road in Britain . The company will run hourly bus services from London to select cities , starting Monday . In contrast to its U.S. services , however , the buses are glitzier and more luxurious . `` The UK service will have wireless Internet , spacious leather seats , more leg room and free newspapers , '' said Alex Warner , managing director of Greyhound UK . `` Obviously , we wanted our services to reflect the nature of UK passengers . '' For inaugural Greyhound service in Britain , the company aimed to start with the best the United States has to offer , Warner added . In North America , the same services are available from New York and Washington to select cities such as Boston and Toronto , Canada . `` There are plans to expand that ."}
-{"answer":"emissions . REDD envisages a situation whereby `` different services can be marketed and paid for , boosting the incomes of other wise marginalized communities '' . Many pilot schemes are already underway . Back in 1997 when the Kyoto Protocol was adopted , the part rainforests play in carbon storage was n't recognized . Proposals to reduce emissions from deforestation were first introduced by the governments of Papua New Guinea in December 2005 at the COP11 talks in Canada . Talks at Copenhagen are hoping to build on the progress made since . REDD say that more than 30 models of how the program should work have been put forward by countries , groups of countries and NGOs . Katerere would n't be drawn on the outcome of negotiations at Copenhagen when CNN spoke to him on Thursday . Critics of the REDD program argue that it allows richer countries to meet -- to buy essentially -- some of their emissions obligations without cutting them at all . Others argue trying to measure what is being preserved and how much carbon is being stored will prove incredibly hard to quantify . But Katerere said an imperfect program which can","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.N. 's forest carbon scheme which has formed part of the negotiations at the climate talks in Copenhagen has been one of the few areas where countries are broadly in agreement . The U.N. 's REDD -LRB- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries -RRB- program is a collaboration between the U.N. 's Food and Agriculture Organization -LRB- FAO -RRB- and Environmental -LRB- UNEP -RRB- and Development -LRB- UNDP -RRB- programs . Yemi Katerere , head of the U.N.-REDD program explained to CNN how the REDD program proposals would work . `` In theory REDD is a system to provide incentives for countries not to cut their forests , '' Katerere said . `` The incentive system is essentially that your trees are worth more standing than they are cut . You get a reward for not cutting your forests . '' The idea is straightforward ; If the function of rainforests -- capturing carbon , water catchment , weather regulators and biodiversity -- is recognized their value will rise . The destruction of the world 's rainforests is estimated to contribute to as much as 20 percent of total greenhouse gas"}
-{"answer":"speech advocates said adults would be barred access to otherwise legal material and that parental-control devices and various filtering technology are less intrusive ways to protect children . The high court in 2004 upheld a preliminary injunction against the law and sent the case back to lower courts for consideration of the arguments . In their opinion at the time , the 5-4 majority concluded COPA `` likely violates the First Amendment . '' `` The government has not shown that the less restrictive alternatives proposed ... should be disregarded , '' Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the 2004 decision . `` Those alternatives , indeed , may be more effective '' than the law passed by Congress . `` Filters are less restrictive '' he said , and thus pose less risk of muzzling free speech . `` They impose selective restrictions on speech at the receiving end , not universal restrictions at the source . '' He added , `` There is a potential for extraordinary harm and a serious chill upon protected speech '' if the law takes effect . '' In reconsidering the law , a federal appeals court in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , again ruled","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Supreme Court has blocked further consideration of a federal law designed to keep sexual material from underage users of the Web . The justices without comment Wednesday rejected an appeal from the federal government to reinstate the Child Online Protection Act -LRB- COPA -RRB- , passed by Congress in 1998 . The high court and subsequent federal courts said the law -- which has never taken effect -- had serious free speech problems . The Bush administration was a strong supporter of the law and the Justice Department led the fight in court to revive it . The justices issued their ruling a day after all nine were on hand for the inauguration of President Barack Obama . Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor also attended the ceremony . The case tested the free speech rights of adults against the power of Congress to control Internet commerce . The Supreme Court twice ruled against COPA , arguing that it represented government censorship rather than lawful regulation of adult-themed pornography businesses . The law would have prevented private businesses from creating and distributing `` harmful '' content that minors could access on the Internet . Free"}
-{"answer":"know us , who come into the building , are surprised by its elegance and simplicity . And they ask the same question : ` Why would a small community of women do such a thing ? ' '' said Walgenbach . `` But when we talk to them about who we are and why we think it 's important to do this , and , in our day and age , why it 's even more important that our religious people think about caring of the Earth , then they 're very open to that . '' Also surprising : the building 's sustainability statistics . Holy Wisdom Monastery sits on 130 rural acres , just outside Madison . The original building , once a Catholic high school for girls , was torn down and 99.75 percent of the material was either reused or recycled . Hoffman LLC designed and built the monastery at a cost of $ 246 per square foot , or just over $ 7.5 million for demolition through construction . `` There 's a long list of reasons this building is the greenest in the U.S. right now , '' said company owner Paul Hoffman","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Green living is a spiritual calling for a group of Christian women in the upper Midwest . Call it a heavenly approach to being good stewards of the Earth . While most people do n't think about sustainable buildings in a spiritual light , the Benedictine Women of Madison , Wisconsin , believe they should . The ecumenical order 's new Holy Wisdom Monastery scored the highest number of points ever awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council 's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design -LRB- LEED -RRB- rating system for new construction . Holy Wisdom Monastery is run by three Benedictine sisters . The idea that they wanted to build the most sustainable , cutting-edge , eco-friendly building in the United States is surprising to some ; but given the order 's mission , it 's an obvious fit for the women . `` People who know us see it as falling out of our mission . They see it as something they would expect from us , '' Sister Mary David Walgenbach said . One of the order 's core values is `` Care for the Earth . '' `` People who do n't"}
-{"answer":"amazing place to be and a wave that always challenges you . '' The vibe : Surfers compare this event to professional golf 's Master 's tournament . Since the 1950s and '60s , mobs of fans have traveled to view one of the sport 's great venues to watch competing surfers . How to get there : To find this quarter-mile long treasure trove of breaking waves , drive southwest of Ehukai Beach Park along the Kamehameha Highway , about seven miles northeast of Haleiwa . During competition season -- in November and December -- visitors can soak up a lot of action on the beach , said Scott Bass , editor at Surfer Magazine . `` It 's a unique spot because a large , crazy death-defying surf breaks only 100 yards from shore . It 's very accessible as a viewer , '' said Bass . See map and more photos of Slater 's surfing spots '' Where to stay : Keiki Beach Bungalows offers tourists the best of both worlds : proximity to the Pipeline and a break from the crowds . Located on the beach about a mile away from Pipeline , the quiet bungalows","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For pro-surfers like nine-time world champion Kelly Slater , flying from continent to continent looking for the perfect wave seems like a freewheeling lifestyle , but for amateurs , it requires careful planning . Surfing champ Kelly Slater gains altitude at Hossegor , France , in 2002 . Surfers checking out unique vibes at sites in Australia , Fiji , Tahiti , Hawaii and France are driven by the buzz that comes from exhilarating swells , breaking waves and amazing barrel tubes created by truly awesome forces of nature . Unlike other travelers , surfers are interested in surfer-friendly places to crash , snagging the best airline rates for surfboards and where to hang out . Here 's Slater 's list of five great surfing meccas along with some hints about how to fully enjoy your search for the proverbial endless summer . See photos of Slater surfing his five great sites '' BANZAI PIPELINE , Oahu , Hawaii Event : Billabong Pipeline Masters , December 8 to December 20 , 2009 `` I grew up mesmerized by it , and it never lets you down , '' Slater said . `` It 's just an"}
-{"answer":"am so glad that my kids have been able to see that there is a happy ending to this story . `` I never thought it would happen , really . Now I just hope that everything works out , and that Libya can become a stable , free and democratic country . '' That is a wish echoed by many of those who gathered at the embassy , amid the beeping of car horns and waving of flags , to sing , chant and wish each other `` Mabrouk '' -- congratulations -- over Gadhafi 's final downfall . Mahmoud Al Nacua , Libya 's ambassador to the UK , told those gathered : `` Libyan freedom fighters have finally succeeded in throwing the curtain on Gadhafi 's crimes . `` Their brave actions have spared Libya and the world from any further suffering of his evils . Today Libya 's future begins . Gadhafi , a black era , has come to an end forever . '' Lockerbie victim 's brother calls Gadhafi 's death justice Consulate worker Abdusalam Zbida told CNN he hopes to be able to return to his homeland to visit family for the first","question":"London -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With her cheeky grin and bright , mischievous eyes , it is hard to imagine that four-year-old Selsabeel Ageli has spent months wishing for the death of an elderly man . But the British-Libyan youngster has done just that , going to bed every night in recent months praying that ousted Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi would be killed . On Thursday , Selsabeel 's wishes came true . The deposed tyrant was the reason Selsabeel never knew her grandfather , Libyan trade unionist Amer Deghayes . The family says he was murdered by the Gadhafi regime when her mother was a child , prompting them to flee to Britain . Within hours of the news of Gadhafi 's death , Selsabeel and her older sister Bilquees , aged eight , and their parents were among a jubilant crowd of former Libyan dissidents celebrating noisily outside the Libyan Embassy in central London . `` My father was killed by Gadhafi in 1980 when I was five , '' the girls ' mother , Amani Deghayes , told CNN as her daughters waved Libyan flags nearby . `` They never got to meet him , so I"}
-{"answer":"comment further on the issue . The Carrousel du Louvre mall is managed by Unibail-Rodamco , Europe 's largest property company , and not the museum itself . The mall , which is situated next to the most visited museum in the world , counts 8.3 million visitors a year and enjoyed a total gross sales of $ 75 million in 2008 . Le Parisien , a daily newspaper described the difference between McDonald 's and the Louvre by comparing Ronald McDonald , the restaurant 's clown character , to Venus de Milo , the famous ancient Greek statue of Aphrodite , which is on display at the Louvre . Should McDonald 's be in the Louvre ? Tell us what you think in the Soundoff box below . McDonald 's sees the opening of its new restaurant next to the home of Mona Lisa as nothing out of the ordinary . `` There are already many other restaurants in the mall , so we will only be one of the many restaurants that offer visitors their products . '' said a spokeswoman for McDonald 's in France , who declined to be named . `` There 's even a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Shortly after McDonald 's celebrated its 30-year presence in France , the fast-food chain is conquering one of the country 's most valued cultural institutions -- the Louvre . McDonald 's burgers and fries will be available under the glass pyramid of the Louvre . The restaurant will be serving its fast burgers in the Carrousel du Louvre , an underground shopping mall which lies under the main entrance of the museum and which still contains an ancient wall that was discovered during construction works . McDonald 's plans seem to have caused more media attention abroad than in France , but for some French outlets , the idea of combining fast food and ancient art is stomach churning . The Parisian Web site `` Louvre pour tous '' -LRB- Louvre for everyone -RRB- describes the company 's plans to open a restaurant in the prestigious museum as `` bad taste '' and blamed the Louvre 's directors for failing to prevent what could result in `` fragrances of fries drifting under Mona Lisa 's nose '' . Marion Benaiteau , spokeswoman for the museum , told CNN it was not their decision and declined to"}
-{"answer":", '' he said . With gasoline , scarcity is a false perception , Unnava said . There is ample gas in the United States , even after Ike delivered 110-mph winds to Galveston and Houston , an area that 's home to a significant portion of the nation 's oil refineries . Gov. Rick Perry announced Monday that Texas ' oil and gas industry `` dodged a bullet '' and that `` some of those refineries are actually back in operation as we speak . '' This is n't to say human nature alone drove the spike in gas prices ; the oil market 's supply side certainly played its part . Refineries , pipeline and oil platforms are still being assessed after Ike , but the damage apparently is n't as severe as predicted , said Gregg Laskoski , spokesman for the southern region of the American Automobile Association . Despite the rosier-than-expected outlook , prices spiked all over the nation after Ike struck the Gulf Coast -- about 6 cents a gallon Saturday , another 6 cents Sunday and about 5 cents Monday . Particularly hard hit was the central and eastern United States . From Sunday","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gas prices across the Southeast and Midwest soared over the weekend , and while many would blame Hurricane Ike , human nature may be a more likely scapegoat . iReporter Stacy Haynes said this Harriman , Tennessee , station was selling regular gas at $ 5.09 a gallon Saturday . Experts say that when a perception exists that gas is limited -- warranted or not -- consumers flock to the pumps even if officials implore them to stay calm . It 's a combination of fear , desire , distrust and protectionism , experts say . `` When you have a perceived scarcity of any product , research shows the attractiveness of that product goes up , '' said Dr. Rao Unnava , marketing professor at Ohio State University . Grocery and department stores are keenly aware of the phenomenon , Unnava said , which is why sale flyers often declare things like , `` limit three items per customer '' or `` price valid only through Friday . '' Research shows that such advertisements can actually double or triple sales of a product , Unnava said . `` People do n't feel comfortable with scarcity"}
-{"answer":"pressure fell 10 points in the first six months he owned the bike , he says . The Felches do n't exactly classify themselves as `` environmentalists , '' although Mary said it is important to have a positive effect on the planet . `` I learned that the worst amount of smog that you put out -LSB- in an automobile -RSB- is in the first mile , so if we can make even some of those shorter trips on our bicycles , it makes a big difference , '' she says . Who wants one ? Brent Meyers , director of sales for Ultra Motor US , says electric bikes attract different types of buyers . Many are looking to make a green imprint . Some are `` active adults '' who have ridden bicycles for years who -- as they get older -- are unable to do the same kind of riding they did when they were young . Other buyers want to ride their bikes to work quickly -- and avoid a sweaty entrance into the office . Oddly -- or perhaps not -- Ultra Motor US sees its strongest sales when the price of oil skyrockets","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Keith Felch is admittedly a big guy , but more than a few super-fit cyclists in Southern California have been left wondering how that dude just went flying by . Keith Felch calls his electric bike a `` hill eraser '' because he can ride it to work without breaking a sweat . And then his wife , Mary , comes motoring past . `` They stare , like how can a girl go past me , '' she says , laughing . It takes the other riders a few seconds but then they figure it out . They have electric motors . The Felches , who live in Aliso Viejo , California , used to drive everywhere , except when they used their bikes for recreation . That changed when they got their new e-bikes , made by a company called Optibike . Now , they ride to go shopping and to go to breakfast -- but mostly they ride to work . Keith Felch says the couple has cut 50 percent of their car-use since they started electric biking . And there are other benefits . Keith Felch dropped 30 pounds and his blood"}
-{"answer":"justified in beating the woman , Tiwari said . Graphic content warning : Villagers beat woman '' Ayodhya said he paid her to use magic and prayer to improve his wife 's health . When his wife 's condition deteriorated , Ayodhya accused her of performing black magic , Tiwari said , and a crowd soon gathered and tied her to the tree . The woman seen being attacked is expected to testify when the suspects appear before the magistrate . Tiwari said he was disturbed by the fact that a journalist filmed the incident before contacting authorities . `` The media filmed the incident , then called the police -- instead of the police first , '' Tiwari said . CNN 's partner network , CNN-IBN , reported that the incident took place close to the local police station . It reported that there had been other such occurrences of mob justice in the state . In Bhagalpur district in August 2007 , a man caught trying to snatch a woman 's chain was beaten up , with police looking on , and later tied to a motorcycle and dragged around by a police officer . In September ,","question":"NEW DELHI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Indian woman accused of being a witch was tied to a tree and beaten by a mob , with television footage of the incident aired in India on Friday . Villagers tied the woman to a tree after a man accused her of practicing black magic . Nishant Tiwari , a police official in northeastern India , said a journalist who filmed the beating called him Thursday to report the incident , which took place in the village of Dumaria in central eastern Bihar state . He arrived to find the woman tied to a tree , her hair partially cut and her complexion ruddy from being slapped . She had no serious injuries . `` I was appalled at what I saw because people should be more socially responsible than to do this , '' Tiwari said . Authorities arrested six people , including the man who admitted to hiring her services as a witch . They were due to appear before a magistrate on Friday . Ram Ayodhya , who could face up to seven years in prison for his role in the attack , told police he was"}
-{"answer":"he said people who are ill should put off trips abroad , and people who fall ill after a trip should see a doctor . Mexico is the epicenter for the swine influenza virus outbreak . More than 100 deaths in Mexico are being investigated as possibly tied to the outbreak . The WHO confirmed 73 cases of swine flu Monday , but health officials in Scotland , California and Texas confirmed nine more , bringing the worldwide total to 82 . Reports of the illness in Mexico could n't have come at a worse time for the country 's tourism industry , which is already grappling with negative publicity about drug-cartel fueled violence . `` They were having a terrible time anyway with all of the problems on the border and now to be hit with this , too , '' said Barbara Nassau , owner of New York-based In House Travel Solutions . She added that the outbreak has the potential to hamper travel similar to the way it was affected when bird flu hit China . iReporter Dyana Pari Nafissi works in international business development in Mexico City and said tourism in the country had already been","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Meeting planner Gail Murphy heard about the travel warning to Mexico too late in the day on Monday to do anything about her plans to head to Cancun the following day . Alberto Morales wore a mask on his flight from Mexico City to Denver , Colorado , on Monday . `` I 'm in good health , '' said Murphy , who is heading to the Eighth Annual Mexico Showcase and Travel Expo from her home in Shelburne , Vermont . `` I 'm a risk taker , so I 'll go anyway . '' In light of the swine flu , the U.S. State Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning against any non-essential travel to Mexico . The move could potentially devastate an already struggling tourism industry in the country . The World Health Organization urged countries not to restrict international travel or close borders , as such measures would not in themselves stem the outbreak . Efforts to contain the outbreak by restricting travel would be unlikely to work without `` draconian measures , '' said Dr. Keiji Fukuda , the agency 's assistant director-general . But"}
-{"answer":"Middle East , and the whole region . They are a trading center , they are a financial center , and they do n't compete directly with China , in fact both economies will compliment each other . I think the U.A.E. Prime Minister 's trip will help to further reinforce this and get the two countries closer together , in trade , in financial flows , in linking capital markets and many other initiatives . -LRB- JD -RRB- : Trade has been growing 30 to 40 percent over the last four years . But can it move beyond hard Chinese goods going into the Gulf ? -LRB- SA -RRB- : Of course it can . I think the nature of Dubai is such that it has now become the clearing house for goods from all over the world . And buyers go to Dubai and look for the best product at the best price . So , if China , being a large country , can bring its products to Dubai , it will help both countries . May I also say that I see China evolving as an exporter of capital , not just goods because China is","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- China 's economy is booming and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum 's visit there this week highlights the U.A.E. 's ambitions to join in on this growth . CNN 's John Defterios -LRB- JD -RRB- sits down with Shaukat Aziz -LRB- SA -RRB- , former Prime Minister to Pakistan to talk about the emerging relationship . Former Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Aziz is an expert in global banking who worked in the Middle East for a number of years as an official for Citigroup . He was an influential player in the process of creating a free trade agreement between Pakistan and China , after visiting the country in 2005 . Shaukat Aziz talks about the growing ties between China and the Middle East , and gives us inside knowledge on doing business in China . -LRB- SA -RRB- : I think the two economies are complementary . China is a global economy which is growing rapidly . It has one of the highest growth rates in the world , and it is expanding its footprint all over the world . Dubai and the U.A.E. is clearly a hub for South Asia , the"}
-{"answer":"blog on which people post their odd question-and-answer exchanges with the app . Among some of its more creative entries : Q : Beam me up . A : OK . Stand still . Q : Am I fat ? A : I prefer not to say . Q : What are you wearing ? A : You have the wrong personal assistant , Clint . Siri is clearly ready to drop a pop culture reference or two , as well as do a serviceable version of the Abbott and Costello `` Who 's On First ? '' routine . This awareness and sense of humor has already earned her some fans . `` I 'm not sure who 's responsible for these hilarious responses : Apple engineers or maybe a bunch of Hollywood joke writers . But I dearly love stumbling onto them , '' wrote New York Times tech columnist David Pogue . `` If you ask me , the technology world would be a lot better off if there were more humor everywhere . '' Wired 's Brian X. Chen wrote one of the more popular Siri posts after playing with a review model . He gave","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- By now , early adopters of the iPhone 4S , which has sold more than 4 million units since debuting on Friday , have no doubt taken Siri for a spin . The voice-activated `` personal assistant '' is a talkative tool that helps schedule appointments , send and receive messages and perform any number of other routine tasks . But for iPhone owners presented with the sci-fi dream of a computer that talks back in a robotic female voice , the temptation to test the app 's more random -- and existential -- sides has been pretty overwhelming , too . The Internet , always up for a chuckle , has noticed . Blog posts , tweets and even whole websites are popping up to share what happens when users start testing the boundaries of the app by peppering Siri with off-the-wall questions . The findings ? Siri can be a sometimes sassy , sometimes snide companion . And she 's at least as fond of an inside joke as she is of reading you your e-mails . One key hub for all things Siri is S ** t That Siri Says , a Tumblr"}
-{"answer":"We were shocked that such a big giant wants to take us to court , '' Suppiah said . `` We felt that we had nothing in common , because we were not selling any Western fast food . '' The hamburger chain , which has 185 restaurants throughout Malaysia , said McCurry was violating the prefix `` Mc '' and that McDonald 's had the right to protect it . McCurry , in turn , said the prefix is common and is part of last names all across Europe . Furthermore , it said , the `` Mc '' in McCurry stands for `` Malaysian Chicken Curry . '' A lower court ruled in favor of McDonald 's , and Suppiah appealed . An appeals court in 2006 overturned that ruling , prompting McDonald 's to appeal this time . On Tuesday , the Federal Court -- the highest in the land -- held up the appeals court ruling . McDonald 's said it accepts the judgment . `` We respect the finding of the court and beyond that have no further comment , '' said Liam Jeory of McDonald 's Asia Pacific , Middle East and Africa region","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- McDonald 's probably wo n't be exclaiming `` I 'm Lovin ' It '' in this case . McCurry restaurant owners A.M.S.P Suppiah and his wife Kanageswary Suppiah . In a David-and-Goliath match-up in the world of fast food , McCurry -- a small Indian curry shop in Malaysia -- has won an eight-year legal battle against the hamburger giant . McDonald 's claimed that the prefix `` Mc '' in McCurry trampled on its trademark . The country 's Federal Court on Tuesday ruled that it did n't . `` We 're very relieved -- much , much relieved -- that this eight-year-old saga is finally over , '' said McCurry owner P. Suppiah . `` We 're a typical South Asian-Malay cuisine . No way people walking into McCurry can confuse us with McDonald 's . '' The sparse 24\/7 self-service restaurant in the capital , Kuala Lumpur , is popular with blue-collar workers who are drawn to its affordable fare , such as biryani rice and fishhead curry . Its logo : a chicken flashing a thumbs-up . The eatery opened in 1999 . McDonald 's filed suit two years later . ``"}
-{"answer":"in Monte Carlo , she told press : `` I wanted to improve my personal best and that 's what I did . I see this world record as a personal one . '' A driven and focused competitor , she has also become famous for her coolness under pressure . Before her latest world record jump she was driving around the track in the back of a vintage car with sprinter Asafa Powell , while her fellow competitors had already started the competition . Not shy of media and publicity , her sporting achievements , athleticism and looks have made her a pin-up for women 's athletics and attracted a number of big-name sponsors . While her achievements can be allied to that of Bubka it has been noted that her media - and sponsor-friendly attitude makes her more akin to compatriot Maria Sharapova . Her celebrity status is a world away from her modest background . Born in Volgograd in 1982 it was only until a couple of years ago that she lived with her parents and younger sister in the city of her birth , before moving to Monte Carlo . She trained first of all as","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There are few sports that are so dominated by a single person like the way the women 's pole vault is ruled by 26-year Russian Yelena Isinbayeva . Eyes on the prize : Yelena Isinbayeva has often complained about a lack of real competition in her event . Every time the world and Olympic champion competes it is expected that she will spring to new heights and push women 's pole-vaulting to new levels . She has broken the world record 16 times , almost equaling the feat of the great Sergey Bubka , who broke the men 's outdoor pole vault record 17 times between 1984 and 1994 . Since jumping to her first world record in 2003 and becoming the first woman to jump over 5-meters in 2005 she as also become something of a glamorous sporting celebrity . After setting five new world records in 2005 , it took almost three years for her to set a new mark of 5.04 m in July 2008 , a fallow period that made her pursuit of world records a personal matter . After setting her world record mark in July this year at a competition"}
-{"answer":"sponsored in House of Representatives by Rep. Dan Burton , R-Indiana , and in the Senate by Orrin Hatch , R-Utah , and Dick Durbin , D-Illinois . The DSHEA law draws a line between synthesized medicines like aspirin and remedies made from herbs , minerals , vitamins and amino acids . This latter group was recategorized as `` dietary supplements '' -- that is , as foods rather than drugs . `` Drugs '' are subjected to exacting scientific trial to prove them both safe and also effective . Sellers of dietary supplements are not required to prove that their remedies work . They are not even required to prove them safe -- as `` foods '' they are presumed safe unless shown otherwise . `` Drugs '' must disclose any risk of side effect . -LRB- That 's why those erectile dysfunction ads terrify TV audiences with their references to four-hour erections . -RRB- Dietary supplements bear no such burden -- which is why St. John 's wort can be sold as an anti-depressant , without any mention of the disturbing indications that the herb weakens the effectiveness of birth control pills . `` Drug '' advertising must","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Did you know that there exists an all-natural remedy for memory loss ? Weight gain ? Macular degeneration ? Prostate enlargement ? These products are so successful that clinical testing has already begun ! Just listen to the following testimonial from an unidentified person ... As these ads blare at you from your favorite AM radio station , perhaps you wonder : How can this be legal ? Since the late 1960s , aspirin makers have been trying to win the right to tell the public that a daily low-dose tablet can help prevent heart disease . They have been told no , and no , and no again . Federal regulators are so nervous about over-selling aspirin 's benefits that they have restricted statements about aspirin to the most bland and basic . Yet while the statements about aspirin have to be cushioned in the vaguest generalities , snake oil flim-flam can be huckstered in the most truth-defying way , thanks to a 1994 law coaxed through Congress by the people who make these drugs . The law bears the long title of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 . It was"}
-{"answer":"a campaign visit to a family 's living room in Pomeroy , Ohio , in late February . Bryan Holman was hosting the candidate and told Clinton the story . She has repeated it frequently since then . As recently as Friday night in Grand Forks , North Dakota , Clinton said she was `` just aching inside '' as she was listening to the story . `` It is so wrong , in this good , great and rich country , that a young woman and her baby would die because she did n't have health insurance or a hundred dollars to get examined , '' she said . While Clinton never named the hospital in her speech , the woman she was referring to was treated at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens , Ohio . The hospital said the woman did indeed have insurance , and , at least at their hospital , she was never turned away . Hospital Chief Executive Officer Rick Castrop in a statement said , `` we reviewed the medical and patient accounts of the patient '' after she was named in a newspaper story about Clinton 's stump speech . `` There","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sen. Hillary Clinton will stop telling an emotional story about a uninsured pregnant woman who died after being denied medical care , Clinton 's campaign said . Sen. Hillary Clinton was repeating a story she heard from someone on the campaign trail . A hospital has raised questions over the accuracy of the story , and Clinton 's campaign has said although they had no reason to doubt the story , they were unable to confirm the details . In the story , Clinton describes a woman from rural Ohio who was making minimum wage at a local pizza shop . The woman , who was uninsured , became pregnant . Clinton said the woman ran into trouble and went to a hospital in a nearby county but was denied treatment because she could n't afford a $ 100 payment . In her speeches , Clinton said the woman later was taken to the hospital by ambulance and lost the baby . The young woman was then taken by helicopter to a Columbus hospital where she died of complications . Watch why the story is raising questions '' The New York senator heard the story during"}
-{"answer":"government is cracking down on easy , `` immoral '' targets in an attempt to appease religious hard-liners like the Taliban . Islamist militants are believed to be responsible for a recent wave of bomb attacks in Lahore , targeting cinemas , theaters and cafes where young men and women fraternize together . `` It is a gesture of good will to pacify the mullahs and the Taliban , '' said Samia Amjad , a lawmaker in the provincial assembly . Though she is a member of an opposition political party , she said she supported the crackdown on vulgarity . `` I see it as an essential part of Islam . '' Dancers are n't the only targets of the court censors . In late March , the Lahore high court banned two female singers from recording new albums after ruling that they sang sexually explicit lyrics . `` If the current circumstances persist in Pakistan , '' said Noora Lal , one of the banned singers , `` then singing will die out in this country . '' Pakistan is a deeply conservative Muslim nation , where the punishment for blasphemy is the death sentence . But there","question":"LAHORE , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's hot and sweaty in a rat-infested room in Lahore 's historic red light district , a neighborhood of narrow alleyways lined with brothels . A dancer does the `` mujra , '' a traditional dance banned by a judge for being `` vulgar , '' in Lahore , Pakistan . A barefoot , long-haired woman is gyrating and twirling on the carpet , to the beat of a four-man band whose drummer sweats profusely as he pounds out a furious rhythm . The dancer , who only gives her first name , Beenish , is performing a kind of Pakistani belly-dance called the mujra . Her harmonium player , a skinny bald man who squints through coke-bottle glasses , has been performing like this for the past 50 years . But he says the art form is dying out . `` That spark , the way it was in the past , is no more , '' said Ghulam Sarwar . Last fall , a judge in Lahore 's high court declared the mujra dance `` vulgar '' and banned it from being performed on stage . Some here say the"}
-{"answer":"Daniel Pink 's talk at TEDGlobal2009 With these conclusions in mind , here are a few ways to tap your third drive and enlist the science of motivation at work , with your children and in your personal life . WORK : Try a FedEx Day The Australian software company Atlassian has an ingenious method for stoking innovation . Once a quarter , on a Thursday afternoon , they allow their developers to work on anything they want , any way they want and with whomever they want . The only requirement is that people have to show what they 've created to the rest of the company at a fun and spirited meeting 24 hours later . Atlassian calls these sessions `` FedEx Days '' because people have to deliver something overnight . These one-day bursts of autonomy have produced an array of fixes for existing software and ideas for new products that might not have emerged otherwise . This is n't management through carrots and sticks . It 's innovation through autonomy . You can give this a whirl at your organization . Set aside an entire day when employees can work on anything they choose , however","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What really motivates us ? And what motivational techniques lead us to work smarter and live better ? Those are questions that behavioral scientists around the world have been exploring for the past half-century . Their answers might surprise you . In laboratory experiments and field studies , a band of psychologists , sociologists and economists have found that many carrot-and-stick motivators -- the elements around which we build most of our businesses and many of our schools -- can be effective , but that they work in only a surprisingly narrow band of circumstances . For enduring motivation , the science shows , a different approach is more effective . This approach draws not on our biological drive or our reward-and-punishment drive , but on what we might think of as our third drive : Our innate need to direct our own lives , to learn and create new things , and to do better by ourselves and our world . In particular , high performance -- especially for the complex , conceptual tasks we 're increasingly doing on thejob -- depends far more on intrinsic motivators than on extrinsic ones . Read more about"}
-{"answer":"Interactive : Where 's the Wu been ? '' It was n't the only close call RZA said could have snuffed the band that rewrote the rule book for hip-hop acts . The year before the group formed in 1993 , RZA was acquitted on an attempted murder charge that could have put him behind bars for eight years , he writes in `` The Tao of Wu , '' out Thursday . Expanding on the book 's anecdotes in an interview with CNN , RZA explained that if he had been imprisoned or if Method Man , aka Clifford Smith , had been killed , the band never would have come to fruition . RZA , whose real name is Robert Diggs and whose stage name is pronounced `` Rizza , '' also talked about his role in the death of his cousin , Russell Jones , better known as Ol' Dirty Bastard or ODB . Two days before his 36th birthday in 2004 , ODB died in a New York recording studio from an overdose of cocaine and painkillers . RZA writes in the book that he once witnessed ODB force his own son to watch him do","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Wu-Tang Clan -- the New York hip-hop supergroup that spawned millions of album sales , nine solo acts and a few acting careers -- almost never was . If RZA , left , had been jailed or Method Man killed , Wu-Tang may have never formed , RZA says . Method Man , the group 's most recognizable voice , was nearly killed before the band formed , Wu-Tang 's chief producer , RZA , writes in his forthcoming memoir . Meth was walking to buy marijuana at 160 Park Hill Avenue in Staten Island -- the house in Wu-Tang 's `` Protect Ya Neck '' video -- when RZA saw him across the street , he writes in the book . `` Come over here , yo ! '' RZA beckoned , according to `` The Tao of Wu '' -LRB- Riverhead -RRB- . `` He stopped and came running over . A few seconds later -- pow-pow-pow-pow-pow ! -- a guy started shooting up the front of 160 . A buddy of ours , Poppy , an innocent , school-going , nice guy -- he was shot and killed right there . ''"}
-{"answer":"in the opinion of FIFpro and the players that is nonsense . '' German sportswear giant Adidas has been working on a form of technology involving a microchip in the ball , while other options include a version of the Hawk-Eye system of computerized cameras currently used in tennis . FIFA President Sepp Blatter has called for a system which is accurate but does n't disrupt the flow of the game . FIFA has tested goalline technology in junior tournaments but has recently moved away from further trials in favor of a simpler system involving two extra assistant referees stationed at each end . The scheme , favored by UEFA President Michel Platini , has been tested in the Europa League this season but has proved unpopular with coaches and players . FIFpro polled the 48 captains who have played in the Europa League this season , with 70 percent of the 31 who responded saying they saw no improvement in decision-making . The row between extra referees and technology is on the agenda for the IFAB meeting , with any changes to be implemented next season , after the World Cup . Other issues under review include whether players","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Football players are pushing for the sport 's world governing body FIFA to bring in technology to decide whether the ball has crossed the goalline . In a poll by international players ' union FIFpro , 90 percent of respondents said they wanted to see goalline technology introduced . FIFpro has submitted the findings to the International Football Association Board , FIFA 's lawmaking body , which is meeting on Saturday , March 6 , to discuss possible changes to the laws of the game . Tijs Tummers , secretary of FIFpro 's technical committee , said players have had enough of games being blighted by incorrect decisions over goals . `` The ultimate aim of football is scoring goals , and there 's no greater injustice than when you have scored and it 's not allowed because they say it did not cross the line , '' Tummers told CNN . `` Every weekend you see a situation like this in one of the top European leagues . `` There are no buts . It 's very simple . The only argument against is that you say we want to keep a human feel but"}
-{"answer":"the world stage . `` The way the tournament went it really opened up for the U.S. and certainly the progress made is there for all to see , particularly in the victory over Spain who had been on an good run up until that point , '' Gardner told CNN . `` Undoubtedly things have moved on a great deal since the World Cup was staged here in 1994 , but if you look at the bigger picture there is perhaps a slight sense of underachievement because of the huge resources available . `` In terms of organization , facilities and sheer participation numbers the U.S. has massive potential which has not quite yet been matched by what has happened at national level . '' Does the Hispanic community hold the key for the future of U.S. football ? Sound Off here . Crucially Gardner believes that for the U.S. to shake the tag of nearly men there must be a stronger emphasis placed on tapping into the abundance of talent provided within the country 's Hispanic population . `` The experience that players have gained from playing in Europe has improved the players and Bob Bradley has molded","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The United States almost provided one of football 's biggest upsets when they were narrowly beaten by Brazil in the final of the Confederations Cup in South Africa . The U.S. players cut dejected figures after their Confederations Cup final defeat to Brazil Goals from Clint Dempsey and captain Landon Donovan had given the U.S. a 2-0 lead at half-time , before Luis Fabiano struck twice after the break and Lucio headed home the winner six minutes before the final whistle to give Brazil the title . While the presence of the U.S. in the final reflects the significant progress made since the country hosted the World Cup in 1994 , it will undoubtedly raise expectation levels for the 2010 World Cup . Central to this is whether the current crop of players in coach Bob Bradley 's squad possess the credentials to make the next step and become serious challengers to the European and South American elite . World Soccer magazine columnist and U.S. Soccer expert Paul Gardner felt that while the exploits of the national team were impressive , the country is still some way short of fulfilling their potential on"}
-{"answer":"as humans , but other airlines are relaxing their pet policies by letting smaller cats and dogs come into the cabin area . About a year ago , Midwest began allowing certain `` celebrity '' dogs that appear in canine competitions , shows or advertisements to sit in seats . `` They are just passengers with four legs instead of two , '' said Susan Kerwin , who oversees the pet program at Midwest Airlines . The pet travel frenzy has spurred the creation of an airline catering exclusively to pets . This month , Pet Airways , the nation 's first pet-only airline , will begin flying in five major cities , including New York and Los Angeles , California . It 's an alternative to shipping larger pets in the cargo area of a plane , where there have been pet injuries and even deaths . Chart : Compare some of the common airline fees `` The owners can check a bag with them , '' explained Alyse Tognotti , a spokeswoman for Pet Airways . `` Or if they have a special blanket or toy , basically anything that will take stress out of traveling . ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A few weeks ago , Tony Hoard , a 57-year-old manufacturing worker in Indiana , boarded a flight on Midwest Airlines to Las Vegas , Nevada , with his Australian Shepherd . The flight attendant smiled at the two and said , `` Welcome aboard . '' Midwest Airlines allows some of its canine customers to be seated in the cabin . Hoard has flown with Rory , his furry 40-pound companion , in coach more than 15 times on Midwest , the Wisconsin-based airline that boasts `` The Best Care in the Air . '' Each time they fly , Rory wears a harness and sits strapped into a seat . `` Rory gets the window seat , '' said Hoard , whose dog has won a series of Frisbee competitions . `` He likes to look out the window when the plane takes off and naps the rest of the way . '' Blame America 's pet obsession , but in recent years , more members of the airline industry are embracing dogs and cats on board . Midwest Airlines may be an extreme example , letting select dogs sit in the same seats"}
-{"answer":"just elected its first black president and witnessed the confirmation of its first black attorney general -LRB- Holder himself -RRB- . Forget that more whites than blacks cast their ballots for a black man to lead the nation . So this is how Holder says thanks ? Did the attorney general not think about the weight his words would carry ? Was he simply trying to be provocative ? Is this his way of bringing the races together ? Does his position or his color give him the bravado to think that he can get away with calling us cowards ? Imagine for a moment if John McCain or George W. Bush uttered those words . The criticism would have known no bounds . i-Report . com : Share your thoughts on Holder 's comments You 'll recall , it was just a few months back that a media frenzy erupted when former Sen. Phil Gramm called national leaders -LRB- not the nation -RRB- a bunch of `` whiners . '' Media pundits and broadcasters blasted Gramm for weeks , until he was forced off McCain 's campaign . Gramm 's words , while true , were mild in comparison","question":"Editor 's note : Tara Wall is deputy editor for The Washington Times . Before joining the newspaper , she was a senior adviser for the Republican National Committee and was named a public affairs director in the Department of Health and Human Services by President George W. Bush . Read her columns here . Tara Wall says Eric Holder 's `` nation of cowards '' comment struck the wrong tone . WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- First , we 're a nation of whiners ; now , we 're a nation of cowards . The coward comment comes from none other than President Obama 's newly minted attorney general , Eric Holder . The remarks were part of a speech Holder delivered for Black History Month . Yet , even in that context , the words came across as arrogant , condescending and not at all becoming a statesman . One dictionary definition of coward is `` lacking courage . '' Stinging words for a country at war , where white and black soldiers are shedding the same color blood . Are they cowards ? Ironic too that Holder 's remarks come at a time when the nation has"}
-{"answer":"thousand page views -- in non-techie speak , everyone is reading and writing about her . She even got a request for a `` hook up '' from a guy hundreds of miles away at another college . She told me that when she read the posts , she felt like she had been kicked in the stomach . She called her parents in the middle of the night crying . She has lost weight , has trouble sleeping , and has become suspicious of those around her . She told me that it has ruined her freshman year -- and will likely taint her entire college experience . Watch how campus poison pens inflict pain '' So what is Juicy Campus and who is behind it ? Juicy Campus is a Web site , founded on August 1 , 2007 , which claims to have `` the simple mission of enabling online anonymous free speech on college campuses . '' The site allows and encourages posters to anonymously post uncensored gossip and rumors -- the juicier the better -- about others . There is a separate section on the site for each college or university , over 60 campuses","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Most people like gossip . Come on ! You do too . Do n't you glance every once in a while at US Weekly , In Touch , Page Six ? And how about that Spitzer scandal -- even I ca n't get enough of that one . A freshman talks about how cruel postings on the Juicy Campus web site have tainted her college experience . But what happens when the gossip is about you or your boyfriend or your kid ? And what if it 's there on the Internet , for the entire world to see on a Web site called Juicy Campus ? That 's what happened to Jane Smith -LRB- her name has been changed to protect her privacy -RRB- , a college freshman I spoke with recently . She said she learned from a friend that her name had been posted on the Web site and people were anonymously posting not so nice things about her . Things like she was promiscuous , `` ugly , '' `` overrated , '' `` racist . '' Things she says are not true . Her post has received over a"}
-{"answer":"falls short , bouncing on the ground before reaching the plate . `` One more try ! '' he signals . The second attempt is closer to the mark . It 's symbolic of Pit 's career . `` It 's not how you start . It 's how you finish it , '' he likes to say . Watch how Pitbull leads his `` Rebelution '' '' Tommy Lasorda , the legendary Dodgers manager , is waiting to bust his chops as he leaves the infield . Later , we get the scoop on the conversation . -LRB- By the way , the Dodgers won that game . -RRB- CNN : Tommy Lasorda was out there giving you a little bit of grief . Pitbull : Tommy Lasorda told me , `` It was the worst throw I 've ever seen in my life ! '' I said , `` Well , I 'll throw you in the studio . You rap , I 'll play baseball . '' He goes , `` I 'll rap a whole lot better than that throw ! '' -LRB- Laughs -RRB- CNN : How much do you deflect things with humor ?","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As the man in the Dodgers jersey walked quickly around the perimeter of the infield , fans poured down from the bleachers begging for autographs . Pitbull says he learns from setbacks : `` Usually the negatives turned out to be the most positive for me . '' No , it was n't home run king Manny Ramirez . It was Armando Christian Perez , the Cuban-American rapper better known as Pitbull . In five years , he 's gone from a mouthy Miami street hustler to a chart-topping hip-hop star whose infectious Caribbean beats have enticed crossover audiences to swing their hips and sing along -- even taking on some of the words in Spanish . His fourth studio album , `` Rebelution , '' debuted in the Top 10 on the mainstream Billboard chart . But Pitbull 's growing profile means nada as he takes the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the game . `` I 'm the only Cuban who never picked up a baseball in his life , '' he said , preparing . He awkwardly winds up and releases the pitch . It"}
-{"answer":"as a journalist , I 've never received so many vicious letters , so many confrontational tweets , so many threatening e-mails . The general take -LRB- in sanitized terms -RRB- : How dare you write a book about Sweetness when he 's not here to defend himself ? How dare you . To be honest , I was initially taken aback . You devote three years to a project , only to be judged on a sliver of a sliver of the full body of work . I felt the need to defend my intentions and stand up for my honor and convince every single naysayer that `` Sweetness '' was a detailed , exhaustively researched biography that delves into the ... blah , blah , blah . Now , I 'm just mad . This is what biographies are supposed to do . From Manning Marable 's astonishing `` Malcolm X : A Life of Reinvention '' to Richard Ben Cramer 's `` Joe DiMaggio : The Hero 's Life '' to Jane Levy 's `` The Last Boy : Mickey Mantle and the End of America 's Childhood , '' portraits of our icons should be truthful","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What are we afraid of ? That 's the one thing I still do n't understand ; the one question -- nearly a month removed -- I 'd love to have answered . What in the world are we so afraid of ? In its October 4 issue , Sports Illustrated released a seven-page excerpt from my new book , `` Sweetness : The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton , '' a biography of the Chicago Bears ' running back . The short piece concerned Payton 's post-football struggles , ranging from depression to infidelity to suicide threats . It was , admittedly , a jarring look at a man who , to most Chicagoans , served as a beacon of light . Throughout his 13 seasons as a Bear , Payton was n't merely a phenomenal running back . He was an NFL icon ; one of the faces -LRB- and blinding smiles -RRB- of the league . Hence , to learn that Payton was -- what 's the word ? -- human , immediately rubbed many football fans -LRB- and , in particular , Chicago fans -RRB- the wrong way . In 17 years"}
-{"answer":"the age of 50 , throughout the 3-day festival weekend in southwestern England . Festival-goers woke to an unexpectedly somber first day of Glastonbury , Friday , as the news of Jackson 's death began to sink in . See images of reactions to the star 's death from around the world '' Rumors of the singer 's death had circulated the isolated 900-acre site the previous evening , but many fans had dismissed them as the hearsay and misinformation that thrives each year in the site which has no TV or Internet-access . Confusion quickly turned to shock for many , as Jackson 's music played in festival bars and news of his demise spread by cell phone . `` It 's totally weird , '' Sally Anne Aldous , 29 , told CNN on Thursday night . `` People are just getting text messages saying ` Michael Jackson is dead . Michael Jackson is dead . ' '' With a laid-back focus on mainly alternative music , the Glastonbury festival -- expected to attract as many as 137,000 music-lovers -- is not a venue where people would normally expect to hear Jackson 's music . Watch more reaction","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Stars at the legendary Glastonbury , one of the world 's largest music festivals , have begun to pay tribute to Michael Jackson , who died Thursday . Glastonbury at Worthy Farm in Somerset is the world 's largest music festival . Singer Pharell Williams of U.S. group N.E.R.D acknowledged the music icon 's legacy as his band played on the English festival 's main stage , the Pyramid Stage . `` The music was so incredible and what he and Quincy Jones did was change music and the way people looked at music , '' Williams was quoted as saying on the BBC 's Glastonbury Web site . Teenage Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi was the first artist at the festival to pay tribute to Jackson , Friday , singing a few bars of song `` Billie Jean '' during her set . Organizer Emily Eavis wrote on her Twitter site : `` So sad to hear the news about MJ . There will be tributes all over the site all weekend . `` A truly great artist . '' Other artists are expected to honor the singer , who died of a cardiac arrest at"}
-{"answer":"Watch the Walk of Fame shrine grow '' `` He was an innovator , '' a fan named Delores said outside the theater . `` He 's basically an icon in his own time -- legendary . It 's going to take years -LSB- to sink in -RSB- that he 's gone , because he 's always with me . ... I 'm just trying to assess it all right now . I 'm still mourning , and at the same time missing him . It 's a little bit much to bear . '' See what celebrities had to say '' Fans gathered near the gates of the Los Angeles home where the King of Pop collapsed Thursday , and hundreds more assembled outside the UCLA Medical Center , where Jackson was pronounced dead . The U.S. fans ' reaction was part of a worldwide outpouring of grief over Jackson 's death and celebration of his life and art . See how people reacted in other countries People stopped in their tracks Thursday in New York 's Times Square , staring up at the giant TV screens bearing news of Jackson 's death . Some people set up lawn","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. fans of Michael Jackson are pouring out their grief through music and dance , impromptu shrines at symbolic locations and heartfelt remembrances online . Valerie Rojas Pruitt , 12 , lights a candle Friday at Michael Jackson 's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Jackson 's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was surrounded hours before dawn Friday by candles , flowers , posters and balloons . As the sun rose , a man crouched on the sidewalk and painted a portrait of the pop star , who died suddenly on Thursday . `` This is a very sad day here in Hollywood , California , '' sobbed Melissa Fazli , a CNN iReporter . `` This is very , very sad . I ca n't believe it . '' The star emblem had been covered until almost 3 a.m. by a red carpet for the premiere of the Sasha Baron Cohen film `` Bruno '' at Grauman 's Chinese Theater , but fans started leaving mementos as soon as the carpet was removed . The film 's producers reportedly cut a scene referencing Jackson , at least for the premiere ."}
-{"answer":"the misdeeds of which she was convicted -- misleading government investigators -- were less than penny-ante compared to the multi-billion dollar frauds that first built up and then destroyed giant companies such as Enron and WorldCom . Along with Madoff , the Securities and Exchange Commission is being portrayed as the villain of the piece , having failed to catch him long ago when his alleged depredations must have been much smaller . Instead , it gave him a few wrist slaps until he confessed his misdeeds a month ago . But , tips from Boston money manager Harry Markopoulos over the years notwithstanding , it 's not at all surprising that the SEC missed Madoff . In fact , I 'd have been amazed if the SEC had been the ones to catch him . Why ? I do n't want to seem cynical or jaded , but after almost 40 years of covering business news , I 've seen the same thing happen over and over because of the way regulators are trained . If someone runs a little bit out of the baseline by chiseling on numbers or playing some other game , regulators are pretty good","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When stock markets are soaring , people think they 're making money because they 're geniuses . But when the market tanks -- which it always does , sooner or later -- people look for villains to blame for their losses . Allan Sloan says the real lesson of the Madoff case is not to rely on others to protect your investments . That brings us to Bernie Madoff , who has become the iconic symbol of the current horrible market and economic meltdown , even though he really had nothing to do with it . Yes , Madoff sure seems to be a really , really bad guy who ruined lots and lots of lives and should probably be locked up for the rest of his natural days . But Madoff 's misdeeds -- or as our lawyers would prefer , his alleged misdeeds -- have nothing to do with the market meltdown that has sliced trillions of dollars from our collective net worth . He 's become the symbol of the current meltdown the same way that uber-tastemaker Martha Stewart became a face of the 2001-02 corporate crime wave , even though"}
-{"answer":". `` This anti-Ahmadinejad image is connecting with a lot of Iranians because many feel Ahmadinejad has gone too far , said too many outlandish things and is responsible for a serious financial crisis the country is in , '' said Afshin Molavi , a senior fellow at the New America Foundation , a nonprofit , nonpartisan public policy institute in Washington . Molavi is also the author of `` The Soul of Iran , '' a book about Iran 's middle-class struggling to free itself , under intense economic and cultural restraints , from the control of the state . Moussavi was Iran 's prime minister from 1981 to 1989 and oversaw the nation 's eight-year war with Iraq . He has been largely praised by analysts across varied political leanings for that . But when the constitution was reformed in the late 1980s , removing the job of prime minister , Moussavi retreated to a life outside the public sphere for two decades . `` Twenty years -- what has he done in that time ? No one really knows , '' said Shireen Hunter , a Georgetown University visiting professor and Iranian author of numerous books on","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mir Hossein Moussavi , Iran 's former prime minister , has emerged as a serious contender to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , who was , for months , considered a shoo-in for re-election to the Iranian presidency . Presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi holds up the `` V '' sign after casting his vote on Friday . A painter and architect who withdrew from the political front for two decades , Moussavi has emerged with a platter of promises . He has said he wants to reform Iran into a global communicator that embraces freedom of speech . He 's also taken an usual step in politics in Iran by relying heavily on his wife , a college professor . Her public support of his candidacy has underscored his professed support of women 's rights . Largely an unknown to the rest of the world when he announced his bid in March , Moussavi has tried to be the foil to Ahmadinejad , who has earned a reputation internationally as a fundamentalist for his Holocaust denials , calls to annihilate Israel , and cat-and-mouse games with the United States and the United Nations over Iran 's nuclear activities"}
-{"answer":"on a dollar '' rule of thumb for savings that I rave about , but it 's a start . Watch Clark talk with an amazing saver '' The truly noteworthy thing here is how we 're saving this much-heralded five percent . Where exactly are we cutting back to satisfy our newfound hunger for pinching nickels ? The BEA 's numbers show that vehicles and fuel expenses account for nearly two-thirds of the savings . That category alone has seen a $ 115.2 billion decline compared with January 2008 numbers . Americans are riding their vehicles until the wheels fall off . The second largest category where we 've cut back on is eating out , which is down $ 55.7 billion from last January . After that , we 're also trimming the budget on clothing , jewelry , alcohol and more . In most recessions , the sales of alcohol do very well as people try to drown their worries in a bottle . I 'm not so sure that behavior itself has changed , but this time around , people are trading down in their drink of choice . For example , fancy wine drinkers may","question":"Editor 's note : Clark Howard , the Atlanta , Georgia-based host of a nationally syndicated radio show , is host of a television show designed to help viewers save more , spend less and avoid getting ripped off during these tough economic times . The show airs at noon and 4 p.m. ET Saturdays and Sundays on HLN . Clark Howard says it 's smart to cut back and save , but sometimes being cheap does n't pay . ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Over the last several years , we as Americans became `` negative net savers '' -- a fancy term used by pointy-headed economists to say that we spent more money than we made . In fact , our savings rate was at negative 2.7 percent as recently as four years ago . Now , however , the trend seems to be reversing . We actually saved five percent out of every dollar of disposable income in January , according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis -LRB- BEA -RRB- . Wow , a whole nickel out of every dollar . Thomas Jefferson would be proud ! Sure , it 's not the `` dime"}
-{"answer":"be dispatched to the scene . `` It is amazing , '' said Rufai Salad , one of the founders of the ambulance service in the Somali capital . `` We have this toll-free number , 777 , that you dial . Someone is giving you a free call and then coming and giving you free help . `` People here find it hard to believe it is real . '' Life Line Africa , a local Somali charity , started its ambulance service in Mogadishu in December , bringing a small amount of order to the lawless country that is in the midst of a brutal Islamist insurgency . Apart from the short-lived rule of the Islamic Courts Union in 2006 , there has been no genuine central authority in Somalia since the collapse of Mohamed Siad Barre 's repressive regime in 1991 . Now , the United States and other Western powers are propping the U.N.-backed transitional government forces in their attempt to fend off the insurgency , particularly Al-Shabaab -- a Somali militant group that has ties to al Qaeda . Watch Nima Elbagir 's report on the humanitarian crisis in Somalia '' Basic amenities in Somalia","question":"MOGADISHU , Somalia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chaos and death on the streets of Mogadishu : unfortunately , it 's nothing new in the Somali capital . Casualties are taken into Mogadishu 's hospital on stretchers . Government forces are fighting against insurgents on this day in September in a bloody battle that leaves 30 dead . Dozens of wounded Somalis are taken out of the danger zone , some of them in the back of insurgents ' pick-up trucks . One of the trucks races through the streets , zig-zagging to the echoing booms of the ongoing shelling . The truck comes to an abrupt halt , stopping at a rare sight in the Somali capital -- an ambulance , waiting at the heart of the chaos to ferry the dead and the injured to the hospital . The wounded are transferred onto the ambulance . People shout and run as the mortar attacks continue . One woman screams over and over for her son . The ambulance is one of seven medical vehicles paid for with donated funds from local and expatriate Somalis . Residents can simply call for the ambulances without charge , and the vehicles will"}
-{"answer":"from students and parents who were worried about being exposed at the commencement ceremonies , '' the e-mail said . `` We have an obligation to protect others from what they perceive is possible exposure to this virus . '' When he heard the news , Godshall was worried about how he would tell his mother that she would n't get to see him walk across the stage with the pomp and circumstance that everyone else will have . `` I thought my mom was going to freak , '' he said . iReport.com : How should we handle swine flu Senior Ryan Brisini said at first when he found out that he could n't walk , he was `` a little irked . '' `` But we are a liability , and if you are going to try and do the best thing for the school and the entire graduation ceremony , we probably should n't be there , '' he said . So Brisini and Godshall took the news in stride . The 22 students will get a ceremony unlike anyone else in the school -- and the main graduation will see a video of their ceremony .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dan Godshall and 21 other students at Slippery Rock University will not be allowed to graduate at their school 's main ceremony because they recently visited Mexico . Dan Godshall was worried at first about telling his mother he was n't able to be at the main graduation . The students , who returned this week after student teaching in Mexico , came back to the United States early because they were worried the border would be closed and they 'd miss out on walking at their graduation . But now , they 'll be walking in their own graduation , without any of their classmates , because the college feared they made have been exposed to the H1N1 flu outbreak in Mexico . `` At first I was like , no way , no way , '' Godshall told CNN . `` I had the irrational , 15-minute oh my God , oh my God , I ca n't go to my graduation . '' The students got the news from the school and received an e-mail from the university 's vice president explaining the change . `` The university has received hundreds of calls"}
-{"answer":"late Soviet leader largely responsible for the division of Europe , the deaths of nearly 20 million people and the creator of the Eastern Bloc . `` I have no positive emotions towards Stalin , '' Fidelgoldsh adds . `` He 's a college dropout who went into politics and became a leader of a party which fit his needs . He did n't exactly impress me with his ` great ' mind . '' Watch report on the rehabilitation of Stalin 's image '' The phrase at the metro station came from the original Soviet national anthem , written in 1944 by Sergey Mikhalkov . During the de-Stalinization process that began under Nikita Khrushchev after Stalin 's death in 1953 , statues and other vestiges of his immense cult of personality were removed . In 1977 , Mikhalkov rewrote the anthem to delete references to Stalin , and the metro station removed the original inscription of his words . The entrance hall to the station underwent extensive renovation over the past year , complete with new columns and polished marble floors . It 's located on the main metro line around the city 's center , through which tens","question":"MOSCOW , Russia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two sentences inscribed above the refurbished entrance hall of Moscow 's Kurskaya metro station are causing great agitation for survivors of Russian labor camps.Yuri Fidelgoldsh , who had five ribs removed after imprisonment six decades ago , is one of the offended survivors . This slogan at a Moscow metro station has stirred controversy : `` Stalin reared us on loyalty to the people . '' `` Stalin reared us on loyalty to the people , '' says the inscription above the pristine marble floors of the metro station . `` He inspired us to labor and to heroism . '' Fidelgoldsh , now 82 , does n't use the metro station much , but he has been there to see the restoration . When he invokes the name `` Stalin , '' he gets angry . `` For people who were imprisoned , punished and whose parents were killed , this is still in their hearts , '' Fidelgoldsh says . Kremlin critics are outraged by the restored motto at the station . They say it 's the latest attempt by the government to rehabilitate the image of Joseph Stalin , the"}
-{"answer":"and 72 Republicans as co-sponsors . The House has n't taken it up , but the chamber adopted similar resolutions in the past . Barry Lynn , an ordained minister and executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State , is n't keen on the prospect of congressional action . `` Resolutions like this come up because there is this bizarre view by some members of Congress that there is a war on Christmas and that they have to be the generals in some responding army , '' he said . `` My advice to the lawmakers would be promote any religion you have through your private acts , and do n't try to ` help ' the baby Jesus by passing a resolution on his behalf . It is arrogant and ridiculous at the same time , '' Lynn said . Christmas is in no danger of being ignored , Lynn said , noting that signs of the holiday emerge as soon as Halloween passes . `` You would literally have to be living in a very deep cave not to understand that there is a religious holiday called Christmas that is soon to come ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Americans are in a war that pits the politically correct against Christmas carolers , some say . They say it 's a battle that plays out in the halls of Congress , retail stores and public schools across the country , and it 's one that 's been raging for years . Republican Rep. Henry Brown of South Carolina introduced a resolution this month asking that the House express support for the use of Christmas symbols and traditions and frown on any attempt to ban references to the holiday . `` Each year , I could see a diminishing value of the spiritual part of Christmas , '' Brown said . `` It would seem like another group would go from the Christmas spirit to the holiday spirit . '' `` What I 'm afraid of -- if we do n't bring some kind of closure to this continuous change , then in 20 years it will almost be completely different from what we see today ... and so we would lose the whole emphasis of what the very early beginnings of Christmas was all about . '' So far , the resolution has one Democrat"}
-{"answer":"almost as suddenly as it arrived . The movie touches on fame , poverty and corruption , but for its makers , it is ultimately a tale of brotherhood . It was written written and directed by Carlos Cuaron , and is the first release from groundbreaking new production venture Cha Cha Cha films . Cha Cha Cha was established by Mexico 's three leading directors who are also renowned internationally -- Carlos ' brother Alfonso Cuaron -LRB- `` Children of Men '' -RRB- , Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu -LRB- `` Babel '' -RRB- and Guillermo del Toro -LRB- `` Pan 's Labyrinth '' -RRB- . All three serve as producers on the film . In pictures : Bernal and Garcia in `` Rudo y Cursi '' '' `` Originally I wanted to make a fake documentary about a footballer from a humble background who made it big and then disappeared mysteriously , '' Carlos Cuaron told CNN . `` But I told this idea to Gael -LSB- Garcia Bernal -RSB- and Diego -LSB- Luna -RSB- , and they both said they wanted to play the part . I had one part and two actors . So I made up another","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Eight years ago , Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna became global pin-ups for the resurgence in Mexican filmmaking after their memorable breakthrough in coming-of-age road movie `` Y tu Mama Tambien . '' `` Rudo y Cursi '' reunites Luna and Bernal , who became pin-ups for the resurgence in Mexican filmmaking with `` Y tu Mama Tambien '' in 2001 . Today , Luna and Bernal 's on-screen chemistry has once again grabbed the public 's attention , this time in Mexico , where their latest film `` Rudo y Cursi '' made box-office history . It became the fourth highest-grossing film in the country 's history when it was released at the end of 2008 . `` Rudo y Cursi , '' approximately translated as Tough and Corny , tells the story of two rural banana farmers who , after being ` spotted ' by a crooked talent scout , gain instant celebrity in the Mexican soccer league playing for opposing teams . But , mesmerized by women and fast cars and unable to defy their demons , they look on powerless as the dream disintegrates in front of them"}
-{"answer":"appear as if she intended to seek refuge at the facility . `` I just want to know who I am , '' the girl said in a statement from the New York City Administration for Children 's Services . `` I want to know who I am and what happened to me . '' According to its Web site , `` Covenant House New York is the nation 's largest adolescent care agency serving homeless , runaway and at-risk youth . '' Nearly 7,000 youths reportedly seek shelter there per year . A security guard for the shelter noticed the girl walking on the sidewalk near Covenant House and approached her . Finding her unresponsive , he called the New York City Police Department . Police officers interviewed the young woman , but it became clear that she could n't provide authorities with any information about herself . The police said she was wearing military green camouflage pants , a black shirt and a pair of black sneakers when she was discovered . The children 's services agency said the girl recently wrote down the name `` Amber '' and has responded to it on one occasion , but","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities have identified a teenager believed to be suffering from amnesia who was found on the streets of New York two weeks ago . Police say a CNN viewer in Maryland identified the young woman , who mysteriously turned up in Manhattan two weeks ago , claiming to have no memory of her family , her home or even her own name . The 18 year old whose name is not yet being released , is in the process of being reunited with her family . They are from Washington state and are on their way to New York , New York Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said on Saturday . A photo of the woman , who has been referred to as Jane Doe , was circulated by police and aired on CNN this week . The viewer in Maryland was familiar with her situation and knew she had been missing from her family earlier this month . The girl was found in Midtown Manhattan around 12:30 a.m. October 9 outside the Covenant House youth shelter , although the organization said that she was not a resident at the time and did not"}
-{"answer":"calling in the lawyers . `` I have instructed my promoter , Bob Arum , head of Top Rank Inc , to help me out in the filing of the case as soon as possible because I have had people coming over to me now asking if I really take performance-enhancing drugs and I have cheated my way into becoming the number one boxer in the world . `` I maintain and assure everyone that I have not used any form or kind of steroids and that my way to the top is a result of hard work , hard work , hard work and a lot of blood spilled from my past battles in the ring , not outside of it . `` I have no idea what steroids look like and my fear in God has kept me safe and victorious through all these years . '' The row started earlier this week when Mayweather 's promoters Golden Boy Promotions went public with their demands for blood-testing , as mandated by the United States Anti-Doping Agency -LRB- USADA -RRB- and making it a condition before the super-fight went ahead . But Pacquiao 's trainer Freddie Roach said this","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manny Pacquiao is threatening Floyd Mayweather Jr. with legal action following a row over drugs testing which leaves their proposed super-bout next year in doubt . Pacquiao is refusing to agree to a demand by the Mayweather camp to undergo Olympic style blood-screening in the run up to the fight , which is penciled in for the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on March 13 . Boxing commentators had suggested that the war of words was a pre-fight tactic by the Mayweather camp and his promoter , Golden Boy Promotions , to unsettle the Filipino , who has hit back with an angry statement on his personal Web site . `` Enough is enough . These people , Mayweather Sr , Jr , and Golden Boy Promotions , think it is a joke and a right to accuse someone wrongly of using steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs , '' it read . `` I have tried to just brush it off as a mere pre-fight ploy but I think they have gone overboard '' Pacquiao , who became a five-weight world champion by beating Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto in November , claimed he would now be"}
-{"answer":"care bill , in part because he felt there were not enough medical malpractice reforms , and he voted against the stimulus bill . But he was centrist on social issues , a supporter of abortion rights and gay rights . He was concerned about the environment and climate change and was no great fan of the National Rifle Association . In other words , he was no hyperconservative warrior but an excellent fit for his state , and one of the most broadly popular politicians precisely because he was center-right . He was consequently considered an easy pick to succeed Vice President Joe Biden in the Senate and flip the seat from Democrat to Republican . But in the tea party-driven purges of 2010 , Mike Castle was considered a traitor to the conservative cause because he had a record of working across the aisle . And so they turned to activist and serial candidate Christine O'Donnell . Keep a few things in mind . O'Donnell had just five in-state donations in the first quarter of the 2010 cycle . But in the third quarter , as the RINO-hunting fever took hold , she received a quarter-million dollars in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One year ago this week , America got a wake-up call about a core problem in our politics that empowers ideological extremists and special interests . On September 14 , 2010 , both Delaware Rep. Mike Castle and Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty lost closed partisan primaries , depriving most voters of a chance to vote for them in a general election . One a Republican and the other a Democrat , they both fell prey to a system that is rigged to punish political independence and that artificially polarizes American politics . Each of their stories is worth retelling . One gave us Christine O'Donnell , and the other was regarded as a serious , but hopefully temporary , setback to education reform . Call it a case of RINO -LRB- Republican in name only -RRB- - hunting and DINO-hunting -- the results are far-reaching . Mike Castle was a former governor and longtime Republican congressman from Delaware . He had established a fiscally conservative record as the successor to supply-sider Pete DuPont , balancing the budget and cutting tax rates three times . As a congressman , he voted against President Barack Obama 's health"}
-{"answer":"about change . But what do you think ? Is Washington now , liberal or conservative ? Let me ask you some questions . Is a Supreme Court decision liberal or conservative that awards Guantanamo terrorists with constitutional rights ? It 's liberal . Is a government liberal or conservative that puts the interests of the teachers union ahead of the needs of our children ? It 's liberal . Is a Congress liberal or conservative that stops nuclear power plants and off-shore drilling , making us more and more dependent on Middle Eastern tyrants ? It 's liberal . Is government spending , putting aside inflation , liberal or conservative if it doubles since 1980 ? It 's liberal . We need change all right : change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington . We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington : Throw out the big-government liberals and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin . It 's the same prescription for a stronger economy . I spent 25 years in the private sector . I 've done business in many foreign countries . I know why jobs come and why they go","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addressed the Republican National Convention on Wednesday . Here is the text of that speech : Former Gov. Mitt Romney says Sen. John McCain will rein in government spending . Romney : Thank you . Thank you so very much . Ann and I love you all . We have a deep feeling in our hearts for you . We respect you for the values you have and the vision we have for America together . Thank you so much , our dear friends . We sure love you . Thank you . You know , for decades now , the Washington sun has been rising in the east . You see , Washington has been looking to the eastern elites , to the editorial pages of the Times and the Post , and to the broadcasters from the -- from the coast . Yes . Watch Romney 's entire speech '' If America really wants to change , it 's time to look for the sun in the west , because it 's about to rise and shine from Arizona and Alaska . Last week , the Democratic convention talked"}
-{"answer":"of the children say what he heard at the swim club '' The commission is investigating the allegations , spokeswoman Shannon Powers said , and will attempt to resolve the conflict out of court . `` Protests and public outcry wo n't do much to help these families , but the Human Relations Commission can determine the facts and hold people accountable for any illegal acts of discrimination , '' State NAACP President J. Whyatt Mondesire , who serves as a commission member , said in a press release . Sen. Arlen Specter 's office said the Pennsylvania Democrat has sent a letter to the Valley Swim Club president asking him to reinstate the contract with Creative Steps , saying , `` I think that you would agree that there is no place for racism in America today . '' On its Web site , the Valley Club disputed the allegations of racism . `` We had originally agreed to invite the camps to use our facility , knowing full well that the children from the camps were from multi-ethnic backgrounds , '' the statement said . `` Unfortunately , we quickly learned that we underestimated the capacity of our","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Philadelphia-area day care center said Thursday that members of a private swim club made racist comments about the center 's children , and the club then canceled their swimming privileges . Some kids from the Creative Steps Day Care center say club members made racial remarks . The Creative Steps Day Care children -- ages kindergarten through seventh grade -- went to the Valley Swim Club in Huntingdon Valley , Pennsylvania , on June 29 . The day center 's director , Alethea Wright , had contracted to use the club once a week . During their first visit , some children said they heard club members asking why African-American children were there . One of the boys told the Philadelphia Inquirer that a woman at the club said she feared the children `` might do something '' to her child . Days later , the day care center 's $ 1,950 check was returned without explanation , Wright said . The stepfather of one of the children was filing a complaint against the club with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission , the panel 's chairman , Stephen Glassman , said Thursday . Watch one"}
-{"answer":"than ever before . '' Steele points to 1963 , when tens of thousands of protesters converged on Washington to demand equal rights . It was there King delivered his `` I Have a Dream '' speech from the Lincoln Memorial steps . President Kennedy 's administration was considered the most receptive ever to the concerns of the civil rights movement , Steele said . But rather than sit back and hope Kennedy did the right thing , King and thousands stormed Washington to lay out demands that later would yield the Civil Rights Act and National Voting Rights Act . Those down for the cause today must do the same with Obama , Steele said . `` Back in the '60s we were fighting for President-elect Barack Obama ; we just did n't know it was him , '' Steele said . `` It was civil rights , not politics , that got us to this position , and we ca n't forget that . '' Andrew Young remembers pickets outside City Hall the day he took office as Atlanta 's second black mayor in 1982 . Young , a former King lieutenant , said he was initially confused","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Barack Obama 's inauguration marks a profound manifestation of the Rev. Martin Luther King 's dream , civil rights leaders say , but the movement would be foolish to drop its guard now . Christine King Farris sits next to a photo of her brother as she reads to kids to commemorate his birthday Thursday . King did not fight tirelessly and ultimately give his life so African-Americans could take office ; he fought for the disenfranchised and downtrodden , no matter their color , said Charles Steele , president and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference , which King and Steele 's father helped found . `` President-elect Barack Obama is just a piece of the puzzle , '' he said . `` This tells us that we are at a station , but it 's not our destination . We 've got to get back on the train . '' Steele said he worries that those who espouse King 's dream may grow lackadaisical because an African-American has taken the reins of the free world . But it is imperative , he said , that they `` march now more"}
-{"answer":"travel company that provides busing , tailgate parties and hotel accommodations to college football games . The recession and lack of experience might stop most adults in their tracks , but these students were n't discouraged . `` There is no better time -LSB- to start a business -RSB- , '' said Christopher Hanks , director of the entrepreneurship program at the University of Georgia . `` During a depression or recession , innovation always increases . '' The dorm is the new garage While the founders of Google built success in their garages , these college students found it in their dorms . In addition to their course work , studying for midterms and balancing extracurricular activities , they wrote business proposals and figured out financing . `` From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. , I am in chemical engineering classes , and from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. , I work on DropCard , so I do n't get much free time , '' said Raviv , 22 . Levitt and Shea said launching their shoe business was essentially nonstop , and the work did n't end on Friday . And for Calle , the compromises in his","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Susie Levitt 's and Katie Shea 's feet had had enough . Walking around Manhattan sidewalks between classes in their high heels was getting unbearable . Katie Shea and Susie Levitt , founders of `` CitiSoles , '' said walking around Manhattan in high heels was painful . Tal Raviv felt frustrated . While studying in Hong Kong in 2007 , he found that adjusting to a new city was hard enough . Even more aggravating was trying to connect with friends on Facebook whose names were common . Jaun Calle and Adam Berlin were bored . Watching college football on television is n't as exciting as being there in person , they thought . Instead of just grinning and bearing it , all of these university students did something : They started their own businesses . Levitt and Shea created `` CitiSoles , '' a shoe company that makes a foldable shoe for when the pain of high heels gets unbearable . Raviv created `` DropCard '' an e-business card that lets users send more contact information than is commonly found on a business card . Calle and Berlin formed `` SEC Excursions '' a"}
-{"answer":"similar situation that I saw following Katrina : when the caregivers themselves -LSB- are -RSB- victims , it just becomes difficult on a far larger scale than you would think , '' he said . iReport.com : How are you getting by after Ike ? He pointed out that while Katrina 's devastation was spread over a greater area , more people have been affected by Hurricane Ike . Greene said the food bank normally distributes aid through local charities , churches and other faith-based organizations . But many were wiped out by the storm or are unable to function because of the lack of electricity or phone service . The Federal Emergency Management Agency has said several times that they are constantly shipping two days ' worth of food every day to make sure supplies do not wane . FEMA has established at least 60 distribution sites across the region to give away water , ice and food . There are long waiting lines at those stations crowded with thousands of people . iReport.com : Long lines for help Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday issued an emergency order that authorized public utilities to lay temporary power lines to restore","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Grocery store shelves are bare . Food left in refrigerators has rotted in the absence of electricity . Houston and Galveston are hungry . Ashia Turner and her family , from Galveston , wait at a shelter for a bus that will take them to a hotel on Tuesday . The Houston Food Bank is `` utterly overwhelmed with people asking for help , '' its president , Brian Greene , said Tuesday . The food bank needs 500,000 pounds of food a day for the next six weeks to satisfy the `` staggering '' needs of Texans who have no food or water after the storm , he said . `` People do n't grasp just how many people live here , '' said Greene , who was executive director of New Orleans ' Food Bank when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005 . He lost his home in Katrina , and lived at the New Orleans food bank for weeks using a garden hose as a shower . Most of the Houston food bank 's volunteers ' homes were damaged and they do n't have power . `` It 's a very"}
-{"answer":"different from other cities . CNN : What makes Mumbai special to you ? Deepa : The fact that I am so grounded here -- I was born here and four generations of my family live here . But also , Mumbai is on the move , it 's vibrant , it 's accepting of change and it 's got a very active citizenry . It 's the one place where you can make a mark , where you can make a difference . When you live in Mumbai you feel like you 're in the nerve center of the country . You feel like all the big events are near you and you 're connected to everything . In other cities I tend to feel more remote . If there 's a new play it premieres in Mumbai , if there 's a new band they play in Mumbai -- everything happens here . We 're close to the center of commerce and I would rather be close to the center of commerce than the center of politics ! What makes Mumbai special to you ? Let us know CNN : What are your favorite parts of the city","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Deepa , 40 , was born in Mumbai , where she is now a banking technology consultant , as well as running a company that offers `` offbeat sightseeing tours '' of six Indian cities , including Mumbai , Delhi and Jaipur . Deepa Krishnan : `` When you live in Mumbai you feel like you 're in the nerve center of the country . '' Deepa 's Mumbai tours take in the city 's bazaars , backstreets and culture and her blog , Mumbai Magic , is a personal view of life in the city . CNN : How does Mumbai compare to those other cities your company offers tour of ? Deepa : Mumbai is a very young city by Indian standards , only 500 years old , whereas a city like Delhi is really ancient . Mumbai used to be a fishing hamlet and it grew after the British arrived . So it 's a young city and one that has been formed by migrants . Almost everyone in Mumbai has arrived here in the course of the last few generations , and so the city has a vibrancy and cosmopolitanism that is"}
-{"answer":", and `` he was just sitting there . He had his chin on his chest , looking down at his lap , but there 's nothing in his lap that he needed to be looking at . '' `` That 's when I kind of looked at him for a minute , probably two , three seconds , and I touched him on the shoulder . I said , ` Joe ! Joe ! , and that 's when his head rolled over to the side , and his eyes rolled back in his head , and his arm fell off the armrest ... and I knew if he was n't gone then , he was in deep distress , but we were in trouble . '' Listen to White describe seeing the pilot 's eyes roll back in his head '' The plane 's autopilot was on , and the plane was at about 5,000 feet and climbing , White said . Although he was a certified single-engine pilot and had about 130 flying hours , he had no idea how to fly the much larger Super King Air two-engine turboprop plane . `` The only thing I","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man who landed a plane with the assistance of air traffic controllers after the pilot fell unconscious and died said Monday he was `` still in a daze of adrenaline . '' Doug White said he is certified to fly a single-engine plane , but had no idea how to fly the large turboprop . `` I 'm grateful , thankful to be alive , '' Doug White of Archibald , Louisiana , told CNN affiliate WINK . `` I 'm glad my family is safe , but let 's do n't lose sight of the fact that a man died , and I do n't want people to forget that . '' White , his wife and two daughters were flying from Marco Island , Florida , to Jackson , Mississippi , on Sunday after attending a funeral for White 's brother . White recalled watching and listening as the pilot , Joe Cabuk , conducted his `` climb checklist '' upon takeoff from Florida . After the checklist was complete , he said , Cabuk laid his book down . About a minute later , White told WINK , he looked at Cabuk"}
-{"answer":"trapping rats in Sulawesi accidentally trapped and killed one . `` I needed to go myself ... to confirm in my own mind , '' whether they were there , Gursky-Doyen told CNN on Wednesday , after recently returning from Indonesia . And , on the second night of trapping in August on moss-covered , chilly Mt. Rore Katimbo , her group caught the first small nocturnal creature in a mist net . `` It was truly amazing , '' she said . `` My whole body was shaking ... I could n't conceive that we had actually caught one . '' The second trapping did n't come until three weeks later , but that first sighting `` kept us going , '' Gursky-Doyen said , amid the cold , drenched conditions . The pygmy tarsier , or Tarsius pumilus , weighs about 50 grams -LRB- 1.7 ounces -RRB- , and has dense fur , large , protruding eyes . In addition to seeming as a living , breathing version of the Furby , it also appears as though it ought to have had appeared in the 1984 movie `` Gremlins . '' Unlike other primates , the pygmy tarsier","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Scientists have found a wide-eyed primate -- a clawed fur ball that fits snugly in one hand -- in the first live sighting in more than 80 years of a creature that some thought was extinct . `` It was truly amazing , '' one scientist said . `` I could n't conceive that we had actually caught one . '' Over a two-month period , scientists working in Lore Lindu National Park on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi caught and released three pygmy tarsiers . They bear a striking resemblance to the Furby , an electronic toy that spoke its own fantasy language and dominated children 's wish lists in the late 1990s . They caught two males and one female , said Sharon Gursky-Doyen , a Texas A&M University anthropology professor who led the expedition . The group spotted a fourth -- high in the tree canopy -- but were unable to catch it . The species had not been observed alive in more than eight decades , since they were collected for a museum in 1921 . Many scientists had believed them to be extinct until eight years ago , when two scientists"}
-{"answer":", `` We 're just waiting anxiously to see what happens , '' he added . Laura Lee said a wave of hotel cancellations hit the island in late April , after the sinking of the offshore drill rig Deepwater Horizon uncapped an undersea oil well off Louisiana . Those tapered off soon afterward , she said -- `` But this week , there 's been another wave of cancellations , '' Laura Lee said . Hotels have responded to the threat by easing cancellation policies . `` Some had guarantees that they would get their money back if there was oil , '' she said . Families weigh Gulf Coast vacations In addition , charter fishing -- another big business in the area -- has been hurt . Some skippers have gone to work for oil company BP , which has hired boats to help lay protective booms and skim oil off the surface of the Gulf . Tourism pumped about $ 1.2 billion into the Escambia County economy in 2009 , employing roughly 20,000 people and bringing about 3.5 million overnight visitors a year , according to tourism officials . Early July brings two of its biggest annual","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The leading edge of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was still several miles off the beaches of the Florida Panhandle on Thursday morning , but the slick was already hitting the area 's wallets . `` The phones just basically stopped ringing in the past couple of weeks for new bookings this summer , '' said Laura Lee , a spokeswoman for the Pensacola Bay Area Convention and Visitors Bureau . Florida 's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spotted oil sheen about six miles off Navarre Beach , east of Pensacola , on Thursday morning , according to the state Division of Emergency Management . Any oil that hits shore is likely to have been weathered into balls or mats of tar , or mixed with seawater in a pudding-like `` mousse , '' the agency reported . As of late Thursday morning , no oil or tar balls had washed up , said Buck Lee , executive director of the Santa Rosa Island Authority in Pensacola Beach . Lee , who is not related to Laura Lee , said the area had just had a `` super '' Memorial Day weekend -- but now"}
-{"answer":"and said , ` Hey , how do you do that ? ' '' Before taking on his first conversion , he had n't worked on a car since his 1978 Plymouth Volare -- which he drove in college . By Winston 's estimate , there are fewer than 10,000 vehicles on the road that have undergone these diesel conversions . Now , he sells and installs his own kits -- and he 's the only person in the Washington , D.C. , area to offer the service . Though his side business , named `` Feed My Wheels dot com , '' has only converted a handful of vehicles , he recently took on his largest project by far -- a 1983 Itasca RV . `` There 's a lot of trial and error , '' says Winston . Watch the `` problem solver '' at work '' Over the course of two days , Winston ran into many a problem . First , the batteries kept dying . Later , there was an issue with the alternator . By the end of Day 2 , as Winston was preparing to fill a 40-gallon veggie-oil tank in the RV","question":"BETHESDA , Maryland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Josh Winston is a self-described problem solver . From his spacious office on the seventh floor of a high-rise building in Bethesda , Maryland , he fills out tax returns and keeps the books balanced for a number of his accounting clients . Josh Winston stands outside the 1983 RV he was converting to run on vegetable oil . `` Everything on the left always equals everything on the right . For math-oriented people and musicians like me , that 's very satisfying , '' he says . Four years ago , Winston was watching a late-night news program and saw a segment about converting diesel vehicles to run on alternative fuels . That night , Winston was hooked . He ordered a conversion kit for $ 900 and proceeded to convert a truck to run on used vegetable oil -- just to see if he could . Soon after , he converted his 1998 Jetta and affixed a sticker to the rear bumper that said , `` This vehicle runs on straight vegetable oil . '' `` For a single bumper sticker , I was surprised at how many people stopped me"}
-{"answer":". Watch Cindy McCain speak at the convention '' Cindy McCain wore jewelled pins reading `` USMC '' and `` Navy '' and a flag with a star in honor of her two sons in military service , Jimmy and Jack . She introduced a Rwandan genocide survivor she identified only as Ernestine to illustrate the importance of forgiveness , and said John McCain also exemplified the virtue . `` Forgiveness is not just a personal issue : it 's why John led the effort to normalize relations with Vietnam ; to retrieve the remains of our MIAs ; to bring closure to both sides , '' she said . `` That 's leadership -- national leadership . And it 's leading by example , '' she said . `` This is a good man , a worthy man , I know , '' she said . `` I have loved him with all my heart for almost 30 years and I humbly recommend him to you tonight as our nominee for the next president of the United States . '' She left the stage to the strains of `` Johnny B. Goode , '' which McCain often uses on","question":"St. PAUL , Minnesota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Cindy McCain praised her husband , Republican presidential nominee John McCain , as `` someone of unusual strength and character '' in a speech to the Republican National Convention on Thursday . Cindy McCain speaks at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night . `` You can trust his hand at the wheel , '' she said , adding : `` But you know what -- I 've always thought it 's a good idea to have a woman 's hand on the wheel as well . So how about Gov. Sarah Palin ! '' Delegates erupted in cheers at the mention of McCain 's running mate , the governor of Alaska . Cindy McCain said her husband 's run for the White House `` is not about us . It 's about our special and exceptional country . '' She called Americans the most generous people in history , and said `` our hearts are still alive with hope and belief in our individual ability to make things right if only the federal government would get itself under control and out of our way , '' prompting cheers from the delegates"}
-{"answer":"the wave of political discontent across the Arabic-speaking world this year . Secularists were n't surprised at the result but they were stunned that some longtime secular groups performed poorly . `` The strong showing of the Islamists should serve to mobilize more support for secular candidate , '' said Mohamed Ghoneim , speaking for the liberal Egyptian Bloc that garnered 15 % of the vote . `` We need to build on that and we are going for it . '' Ghoneim said voters were turned off by some secular candidates because they come from Mubarak 's old National Democratic Party . The Muslim Brotherhood is entrenched in mainstream Egyptian politics . Most are highly educated -- doctors , lawyers , engineers , professors and businessmen -- and come from solidly middle-class backgrounds . Al Noor Salafi is the first Salafist group to register as a political party in Egypt . Salafis are conservative , religious purists and have been accused of stoking sectarian strife against Egypt 's Christian minority and of plotting to undermine the country 's fledgling democracy . This week 's voting in Egypt marked the initial part of a complex , multi-step process that will","question":"Cairo -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Islamist parties made dramatic advances in Egypt 's parliamentary elections during the first round of voting for lawmakers this week , a result reflecting a growing embrace of religious-oriented sentiment across turbulent North Africa . `` We accept the results of the elections in any case because it 's the will of the people , and our rivals should embrace it too because this is the true democracy we fought for and we wish our liberal brothers better results in the next two rounds , '' Mahmoud Ghozlan , spokesman of the relatively moderate Muslim Brotherhood , whose Freedom and Justice Party -LRB- FJP -RRB- won 40 % of the vote . Al Noor Salafi Movement , a hard-line Muslim group , had the second-highest total , 20 % , in the first round of voting for the lower house of parliament , according to Yousri Abdel Kareem , head of the executive office of the Higher Judicial Election Council . In the first election after the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak , the tallies reflected similar results in Morocco and Tunisia . Moderate Islamists in those North African nations prevailed in recent elections amid"}
-{"answer":"commitment to partnership , Mr. Druzin refused to highlight any of this news , '' Maj. Ramona Bellard , a public affairs officer , wrote in denying Druzin 's embed request , according to the Stripes story . A military official in Iraq defended the move to turn down the reporter 's request . `` U.S. Army units in Iraq remain committed to the media embed program and appreciate objective media reporting , '' said Lt. Col. David H. Patterson Jr. , a spokesman for Multi-National Corps-Iraq . `` The relationship that Druzin established with the command during a previous embed did not facilitate being invited back . '' Patterson added that Druzin was welcome to embed in another unit and that the 1st Cavalry Division was open to having a reporter other than Druzin . `` Accusations of censorship are without merit , '' Patterson said . Other allegations against Druzin by the military included that he used quotes out of context , behaved unprofessionally and persisted in asking Army officials for permission to use a computer to file a story during a communications blackout period , the Stripes story said . Terry Leonard , editorial director at Stars","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Stars and Stripes , the newspaper that receives U.S. military funding to help it cover and get distributed free to American forces in war zones , complained Tuesday of censorship by military authorities in Iraq . A soldier with the U.S. Army 's 1st Cavalry Division patrols the streets of eastern Mosul , Iraq , on June 16 . In a story on its Web site , the newspaper known as Stripes said the military violated a congressional mandate of editorial independence by rejecting a request to embed reporter Heath Druzin with the U.S. Army 's 1st Cavalry Division , which is attempting to secure the city of Mosul . The military cited various problems in Druzin 's reporting on previous embed assignments with units of the division , according to the story . One example noted by the military was a March 8 story that said many Mosul residents would like the American soldiers to leave and hand over security tasks to Iraqi forces , the Stripes Web site said . `` Despite the opportunity to visit areas of the city where Iraqi Army leaders , soldiers , national police and Iraqi police displayed"}
-{"answer":"number grew to $ 10.4 billion in 2007 , he says . `` It 's a new world for a lot of nonprofit organizations , '' Hart says . `` No longer is it good enough to say give us some money . The rules have changed . '' Yet some people warn that this new world offers people an excuse to engage in `` drive-by activism , '' superficial forms of cyber-activism that require little commitment . `` The Internet makes it very easy for people to jump in and out of social activism , '' says Matthew Hale , assistant professor at Seton Hall University 's Center for Public Service . `` If all the activism is online , it is easier to quit than going to meetings every week . '' Real change : online or in-person ? Yet the Web makes it easier for a nonprofit group to reach more people than a meeting ever could , one nonprofit group says . WaterPartners International is a U.S.-based nonprofit group that created a global campaign to create safe drinking water . Another company may have flown a spokesperson to an impoverished village and hired a film crew","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The singer Gil Scott Heron once declared that `` the revolution will not be televised . '' Em Hall , the `` D.C. Goodwill Fashionista , '' transformed Goodwill 's image with a witty blog . It is , however , going online . Social activism is being transformed by the Web . Some of the most creative forms of protest and philanthropy are taking place online . Activists are conducting demonstrations on YouTube , holding virtual fundraisers and using social network sites like Facebook to change the world -- one mouse-click at a time . These cyber-pioneers include a nonprofit group that uses animated 3-D characters to protest the global shortage of drinking water ; a Web company that allows ordinary people to create their own personalized charity ; and a Goodwill blogger who reshaped the thrift store 's image so thoroughly she was invited to New York Fashion Week . Ted Hart , co-author of `` People to People Fundraising : Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities , '' says the Web has already become a crucial source for nonprofit fundraising . Americans donated $ 550 million online in 2001 , but that"}
-{"answer":"jumped on the project from $ 25 million to $ 36 million . Marchione says the increase in costs were due to a rise in construction prices and because the bridge will be built on a diagonal in order to connect Microsoft 's original East campus with a newer West campus that are split by a public highway . Microsoft is hardly getting the bridge for free . The company is contributing $ 17.5 million or a little less than half the tab of the $ 36 million bridge , which would be open for public use . And even though the bridge goes from a parking lot behind Microsoft 's West campus across a highway to an entrance of Microsoft 's East campus , Marchione says , people other than Microsoft employees would use the overpass . `` We 're not a one-company town , '' Marchione says . `` Our traffic studies show that Microsoft traffic would be about 42 percent of the bridge , yet Microsoft is paying for about 50 percent of the bridge , so we think we are getting fair value . `` The United States taxpayer is leveraging their dollars , and I","question":"REDMOND , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Should a bridge that would connect two campuses at Microsoft 's headquarters be funded with $ 11 million from the federal stimulus package ? An artist 's rendering shows how the proposed bridge would be constructed over a busy highway . Critics of using stimulus money for the bridge say it would give the software giant a break on a pet project . They also say it serves as a warning sign of how some stimulus money is not being used to finance new projects but is being diverted to public works already under way . Supporters argue the bridge is an ideal public-private partnership that will benefit an entire community while fulfilling the stimulus package 's goal of getting people back to work . `` It 's going create just under 400 jobs for 18 months constructing the bridge , '' says Redmond Mayor John Marchione . `` It 's also connecting our technical sector with our retail and commercial sectors so people can cross the freeway to shop and help traffic flow . '' See a larger image of the proposed bridge '' Marchione applied for federal stimulus money after costs"}
-{"answer":"packaged vacations to see the world . A growing number of Americans over 50 are dedicating time in their golden years to volunteering abroad . The decision is becoming more attractive with a sickly national economy sparking more layoffs and early retirement packages . `` The economic crisis is giving them an opportunity to take a break , '' said Vanessa Noel , an associate director in the nonprofit department of Alliance Abroad Group . The Austin , Texas-based company offers work , teaching and volunteer programs to students and graduates in the U.S. and abroad . Noel coordinates volunteer trips abroad that typically last between two and 12 weeks . Inquiries from eager adults over 50 have flooded her office in recent months -- so much so that she is creating new programs this summer to Costa Rica and Ecuador tailored to older volunteers that will last several weeks . `` Life is short , and now they can seize the opportunities out there . '' Applications for the Peace Corps from adults over 50 have spiked 44 percent in 2008 compared to 2007 , driven largely by the weak economy and a campaign launched in 2007 to lure","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Autumn Preble was a teenager in the 1960s , she spent hours gazing at black-and-white LIFE magazine photographs that documented the journey of Peace Corps volunteers all over the world . George Stouter , 67 , is helping build mental health programs in Saint Kitts for his Peace Corps stint . Preble , of Whidbey Island , Washington , wanted to join , but after college came marriage and a child . Now at 58 , with her son off to college , she has begun her two-year stint as a Peace Corps volunteer working in the public health sector in Francistown , Botswana , where nearly one in four individuals are infected with HIV . `` I 'm getting to experience what it 's like to live in another culture , and that has a lot of value to me , '' Preble said from her simple two-bedroom bungalow in Botswana . Preble is known to natives in her community as Masego -LRB- Ma say ho -RRB- , which means `` many gifts . '' `` This is the kind of travel that I 'm interested in . '' Forget the mapped-out cruises or"}
-{"answer":"people were arrested . Watch protest against BBC decision '' In Glasgow , the London-based Stop the War Coalition said Sunday its supporters had moved into the foyer of the BBC building in what the group described as a peaceful protest . The group did not plan to move beyond the foyer but intended to stay there until the BBC changes its decision , said Keith Boyd , a coalition member who called CNN on Sunday . `` Primarily we are asking that the ad be shown , '' Boyd said . The BBC press office would not confirm whether its Glasgow office was being occupied or if protesters were even there . `` We do n't comment on individual demonstrations , '' a statement from the BBC press office said . The BBC is standing by its decision to not air the ad , director general Mark Thompson wrote in a blog post on the corporation 's Web site . `` We concluded that we could not broadcast a free-standing appeal , no matter how carefully constructed , without running the risk of reducing public confidence in the BBC 's impartiality in its wider coverage of the story ,","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The BBC is refusing to broadcast a plea from leading British charities for aid to Gaza , saying the ad would compromise the public broadcaster 's appearance of impartiality . Demonstrators protest at the BBC 's central London offices Saturday against the broadcaster 's decision . The decision prompted weekend protests in England and Scotland , with one group saying Sunday that 100 people had occupied the foyer of the BBC building in Glasgow , Scotland and would not leave until the BBC runs the ad . The Disasters Emergency Committee , which includes the British Red Cross , Oxfam , Save the Children and 10 other charities , plans to launch the ad on Monday . British broadcasters , led by the BBC , originally declined to air the appeal -- but in the face of criticism from government ministers and others , ITV , Channel 4 and Channel 5 changed their minds . CNN was not approached to broadcast the ad , a DEC spokesman said . About 5,000 people demonstrated in front of the BBC 's Broadcasting House in central London on Saturday over the broadcaster 's stance . Seven"}
-{"answer":"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","question":"-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"}
-{"answer":"Do Bad All By Myself '' mean ? Mary J. Blige : Well , the title `` I Can Do Bad All By Myself '' is basically saying `` I do n't need anyone to help me do worse or feel worse than what I already feel . '' So if you 're coming with negative energy , please keep it moving , you know ? If you 're coming with negative deposits , you 've got ta go . That 's basically what it 's saying . CNN : Were you nervous about acting in this film ? Blige : I was definitely nervous , because acting is not my first profession , so I had to go and get an acting coach and really figure this thing out . It helped a lot . It relaxed me to have a little more information about it . And I find that actors are highly underrated ; they do n't get all the credit they deserve , because this is a hard job . That 's a hard job . CNN : Were you bitten by the acting bug ? Blige : Well , I 'm gon na be open","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mary J. Blige has sung her way to nine Grammy Awards and sold 40 million albums worldwide . `` I know I 'm definitely gon na pursue this as a profession , acting , '' Mary J. Blige said . With music credentials like that , the `` Queen of Hip-Hop Soul '' needed a new challenge . So Blige decided to stretch her range to the big screen . The singer stars in the new Tyler Perry film `` I Can Do Bad All By Myself '' alongside Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson , Perry and Gladys Knight . Being in the film allows Blige to test her acting chops and sing as well . Her character , Tanya , is a club owner who takes the mic at least twice in the film . And whether she 's in character or not , Blige 's ability to communicate a song can take your breath away . CNN spoke with Blige about Tyler Perry , her acting angst and music . The following is an edited version of that interview : CNN : What does the title of the film `` I Can"}
-{"answer":"There are naturals , weaves , chemically relaxed styles , braids and dreadlocks , to name just a few . Far from being superficial , black hair and its care goes well beyond the multibillion-dollar industry it has become and is deeply rooted in African-American identity and culture . `` Barbershops and beauty salons are perhaps second only to black churches as institutions in the community , '' said Ingrid Banks , an associate professor of Black Studies at University of California , Santa Barbara and author of a forthcoming book on contemporary black beauty salon culture . iReporters share their hair-stories '' `` It 's not about hair per se , it 's about what hair means , particularly for black women in terms of racial identity , identity based on gender and ideas about power , '' she said . `` On one level , hair matters because race matters in our society . For black people , our hair has been infused with these racial politics . '' Banks points to the ideas , which continue to linger , that if a black woman straightens her hair she is `` selling out the race '' and\/or ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Clifton Green and his wife adopted an adorable little girl from Ethiopia , they knew they would eventually have to deal with the hair issue . Clifton Green learned how to care for his daughter Miriam 's hair , which is very different from his own . The Atlanta , Georgia-based couple , who are white , had read books about transracial adoptions that addressed how to deal with Miriam 's springy curls that grew in full , dark and strong after a toddlerhood of baldness . Green took it upon himself to learn how to care for and style his daughter 's textured tresses . `` We did n't have any skills , but we had the desire , '' said Green of learning to do his now 5-year-old daughter 's hair . `` It 's the culture , it 's important and we want to honor it and respect it . '' For many African-Americans , having a child walk around with unkempt hair is an almost unpardonable sin . That desire to be well groomed extends into adulthood and the multitudes of hairstyles are as diverse as the black community itself ."}
-{"answer":"a lot of people think we are a bunch of uptight Scandinavians who sit around and say ` You betcha . ' This video helps to debunk that a little bit . '' That sense of fun and whimsy has enchanted many and led to Heinz and Peterson being sought for interviews by everyone from their local publications to the major networks . Watch guests at the wedding discuss the experience '' But they have apparently also learned quickly about the downside of fame . The New York Post reported the pair was caught in the crossfire of the battle of the morning shows . According to the newspaper , ABC flew Heinz and Peterson to the Big Apple after booking them to appear on `` Good Morning America . '' Things soured , the paper 's Page Six column reported , after ABC learned the couple had also taped a segment for the rival `` Today '' show , which aired before the couple 's appearance on `` Good Morning America . '' Adding fuel to the fire was a planned live re-creation of the dance by the wedding party scheduled for Saturday morning on `` Today . ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sometimes , the effects of fame can ripple like a stone dropped in a pond . A YouTube video shows a Minnesota wedding party dancing down the aisle . Take the case of Minnesota residents Kevin Heinz and Jill Peterson . The couple had a fun idea for their wedding party to do a nontraditional procession to a catchy tune , `` Forever '' by Chris Brown . The joyous video of the group busting their loosely choreographed moves down the aisle went viral after the newlyweds posted it on YouTube . Soon they were being deluged by the media and flown to New York to appear on national television . Since then , millions have watched the funky wedding march and helped transform Heinz and Peterson into instant celebrities . Amy Carlson Gustafson , a pop culture reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press , reported on the story that she said has not only stirred up the hometown folks , but also showed a different side of Minnesota . `` I think people are loving it , '' she said . `` It 's really fun and it 's especially fun in Minnesota where"}
-{"answer":". `` The pilot had warned that he was going to hover and go slow , '' Peterka said . `` They were surprised when they went to about 50 feet off the ground -- and then they hit electrical lines and the plane flipped into the building . '' Just before the plane crashed , the listening devices went off and they could not communicate with the pilot , Peterka said . Peterka said Lehr , who was ejected because the doors were open for filming , ran back in to rescue the others . Parris crawled out and Lehr , with the help of bystanders , pulled the pilot and the engineer out as the plane burst into flames , Peterka said . `` Local residents were using water , dirt to put the fire out '' before the fire department arrived , Peterka said . `` Before the plane crashed , witnesses said it was flying unusually low , '' said Francis Mwaka , a Kenyan federal communications official . The four-seater plane was owned by African Inland Missions company . No one on the ground was injured , Mwaka said . The crash is under investigation","question":"NAIROBI , Kenya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two U.S. filmmakers were injured Saturday when their small plane crashed into a three-story residential building in downtown Nairobi . People gather around the wreckage of a plane that struck a building in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Saturday . Dan Parris , 25 , and Rob Lehr , 26 , both from St. Louis , Missouri , were shooting an independent documentary on poverty in Africa . Both men were hospitalized and expected to survive , according to David Peterka , who was part of the film crew , but was not aboard the plane . He said that all four aboard the plane were Americans . A flight engineer , whose name was not released , was critically injured and was in a coma , Peterka said . The pilot , whose name has not yet been released , was killed in the crash . The crew had been in the east African nation for four days and was shooting video of Kibera , one of the largest slums in Africa . The plane was headed to nearby Wilson Airport , where most light aircraft land in the Kenyan capital"}
-{"answer":"how can anyone else have a good time , '' he said . Watch Hugh Jackman talk about doing it the Australian way '' Even if he 's not having a good time , you may not want to get in his way . After all , this is the guy who 's played the fearsome , sharp-clawed Wolverine in the `` X-Men '' movies and gets a solo turn as the superhero in the forthcoming `` X-Men Origins : Wolverine . '' Jackman talked with Anderson about musical numbers , Heath Ledger and performing `` drunk and nude . '' The following is an edited version of the interview . CNN : Are you feeling any nerves , or is it just pure excitement at this point ? Hugh Jackman : It 's more , it is more excitement . I 'm not impervious ... there has been moments in my life where I 've been nervous going on stage , that 's for sure , and I know I 'll have a butterfly or two , cause yeah , you wan na have a couple . But ultimately , the way I see it is if I 'm","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This year , the Oscars are on Hugh Jackman 's shoulders . Hugh Jackman plans to offer viewers `` a good time '' at the Oscars . He hosts the big show Sunday night . The Australian actor , who earned rave reviews for his hosting of the Tonys , now has the Academy Awards to contend with . It 's a job that 's put Jon Stewart , Chris Rock , Whoopi Goldberg and David Letterman on the firing line , with only Billy Crystal and Johnny Carson emerging more or less unscathed in the last couple of decades . But with typical verve -- after all , this is the guy who won a Tony for playing song-and-dance man Peter Allen in `` The Boy from Oz '' -- Jackman cracks jokes about the task , telling ABC that one of his distinctions is that he 's the `` tallest '' Oscar host in recent years . To CNN 's Brooke Anderson , he was equally at ease . `` Ultimately , the way I see it is if I 'm not going to have a good time , then"}
-{"answer":"U-S-A ! '' Watch rally participants converge on Washington '' On the bus , Johns slips off her heels and slips on a pair of ankle socks . She curls up under a quilt her grandmother made . She favors skirts and cardigans -- a pit bull in cashmere . She leads the rallies in each city with Mark Williams , a former talk radio host who now writes books and makes the rounds on cable TV chat shows . Both work for Our Country Deserves Better , the conservative political action committee sponsoring the Tea Party Express bus tour . The tour concluded Saturday at the U.S. Capitol in Washington after a 34-stop tour that began August 28 in Sacramento , California . Williams is the showman of the bunch . His signature line when he gets the mic goes like this : `` You can have our country when you pry it from our ... cold ... dead ... fingers ! '' Again the crowd erupts . Watch scenes from Tea Party Express rallies '' Seldom seen on stage are the two gurus of the tea party movement , veteran politico Sal Russo and his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 , Joe","question":"Aboard the Tea Party Express -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From the stage , Deborah Johns is the angry conscience of the tea party movement . A protester uses a Nazi swastika to make a point at a Tea Party Express stop in Dallas , Texas . `` Question everything your government is doing , '' she tells a crowd of about 100 from the bus 's stage in the parking lot of the Winners casino in Winnemucca , Nevada . Under a setting sun on the steps of the state capitol in Little Rock , Arkansas , Johns says : `` Our men and women took an oath when they put on the uniform to defend and protect this country from enemies both foreign and domestic . I think we 've got some domestic enemies in the White House . '' On a sunny afternoon in Louisville , Kentucky , Johns works the crowd of about 2,000 into a frenzy . `` The men and women in our military did n't fight and die for this country for a communist in the White House , '' she says , and the crowd erupts in a chant of `` U-S-A ,"}
-{"answer":"that God will not abandon her . With very few State services , God is all the poor in Haiti 's sprawling seaside slum of Cit\u00e9 Soleil can believe in . Two schools and one state hospital serve the ever-expanding population , with aid agencies and religious groups trying to plug the gap . The International Committee of the Red Cross -LRB- ICRC -RRB- has been in Haiti since 1994 and in Cit\u00e9 Soleil since 2003 . Rob Drouen , head of the ICRC delegation , explains , `` Haiti is a fragile state where armed gangs can be used to stir up trouble for political reasons and abject poverty fuels discontent . '' See photos taken by award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv '' Even among the children . In Cit\u00e9 Soleil , a dozen street children start pummeling a young girl . It 's not known why . But within seconds word has spread that a fight is on . Hordes of children with matted hair and ragged clothes race to the scene , glad of anything to relieve the monotony of yet another day with nothing to do . Weary parents pull their children away , leaving the shaken","question":"This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Solferino which led to the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross . The ICRC is using the date to launch an awareness campaign of its work in conflict-affected countries , featuring photos taken by five award-winning photojournalists . This week we 're bringing you stories from some of the world 's most troubled countries , as told by the ICRC . CIT\u00c9 SOLEIL , Haiti -LRB- ICRC -RRB- -- Roudeline Lamy was 23 when she was shot in the stomach . The impact of the bullet sent the small baby she was holding tumbling to the ground . Roudeline Lamy shows the scar from her bullet wound . At 26 , she 's a widow after losing her husband to gangland violence . Roudeline still suffers from stomach pains and her daughter , now three years old , is paralyzed from the waist down . The mother and child sleep on the concrete floor of a shack that floods every time it rains . Since Roudeline 's husband was killed by the gangs , she has had to rely on the charity of friends and her faith"}
-{"answer":". `` The sheriff having a press conference saying that they 're guilty does not make them so , '' Lane told CNN 's `` American Morning . '' Authorities say the event -- in which the tearful couple said their 6-year-old might have been trapped in the drifting balloon -- was staged . Richard and Mayumi Heene had met in a Hollywood acting school and pursued fame for their family in the world of reality TV , Alderden said . Lane , asked Monday by CNN about his client 's state of mind , said it was `` what you would expect someone 's state of mind to be after law enforcement searched your house , seized your property , held a press conference announcing you 're about to be charged with felony criminal charges . Your state of mind would be rather upset and you would feel somewhat under siege , which is exactly how the family feels at this point . '' During the incident Thursday , as millions worldwide watched live TV coverage of the contraption floating above northern Colorado , authorities did not pick up on any deceptive behavior , Alderden said . But that","question":"Fort Collins , Colorado -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The lawyer of a Colorado father accused of carrying out a bizarre hoax involving his son and a huge balloon said Monday that official charges in the case could be filed next week . Authorities announced that Richard Heene and his wife , Mayumi Heene , face several felony charges , but David Lane said the sheriff was overreaching with the charges . `` It 's piling on and it 's using charges that really are n't designed to fit this sort of allegation , '' Lane said on `` Larry King Live . '' `` The attempt to influence a public official fraudulently , that 's bribing a public official . That 's not what happened here . '' The Heenes face charges of conspiracy , contributing to the delinquency of a minor and attempting to influence a public servant , Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said Sunday . The family also probably will be charged with filing a false police report , which is a misdemeanor , Alderden said . Lane has said that the couple is `` not running from the law '' and deserves the presumption of innocence"}
-{"answer":"effort aimed at the nation 's wealthiest 1 % began in Manhattan . Roundup of protests across the country `` I think the numbers have increased dramatically today , '' said New York protester Jo Robin . `` Particularly after the raid , our message is being broadcast all over the world . '' The group twice squared off against riot police in Zuccotti Park , where they 'd been evicted two days earlier . They 'd also engaged in several confrontations with police , leading to scores of arrests . That includes 64 protesters -- wearing T-shirts with the figure `` 99 % '' prominently featured -- arrested at an early evening sit-in on Centre Street near Foley Square in lower Manhattan , a police spokesman said . -LRB- Earlier , police spokesmen and protest organizers had said -- incorrectly -- that 99 people were arrested in this same incident . -RRB- In total , police said around 8 p.m. that a total of 245 people had been arrested around the city . During a late afternoon press conference , Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said that at least seven police officers were hurt Thursday during exchanges with protesters .","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators deluged New York on Thursday , a show of strength in the movement 's original home that was echoed nationwide as part of a `` mass day of action . '' Scores were arrested in New York , and several police officers were reported injured , as protesters fanned out across the city moved toward Foley Square in Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge . By early Thursday evening , many had crossed the bridge -- the same place where more than 700 had been arrested last month -- chanting , `` This is what democracy looks like -- This is what America looks like , '' according to the New York movement 's official Twitter feed . This time , they marched in the pedestrian walkway , not blocking the roadway . Nearby , pro-Occupy slogans were projected onto one side of the Verizon Building . Those in New York were not alone . Like-minded activists also took to the streets in all corners of the nation -- from Miami to Los Angeles to Portland , Oregon , to Boston -- marking two months since the activist"}
-{"answer":"Potter Stewart , which led to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor 's nomination . I was responsible for preparing briefing books for Attorney General Smith 's chief of staff , Kenneth Starr , before the O'Connor nomination was announced , so I know precisely what Judge Sotomayor will experience in the next 60 days . ESSENCE : Obama 's Sotomayor decision The judge will be working feverishly with a team of lawyers from the Office of the White House Counsel , Gregory Craig , the Office of the Vice President , and the Justice Department . After her press conference with the president last week , more than likely she went straight to a briefing session in which she was given several thick briefing books , filled with memos that identify the most difficult questions of constitutional law that the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are likely to ask during her confirmation hearing . ESSENCE : Obama 's mentor weighs in on nomination The list of issues she will address will certainly include , but will not be limited to , questions about presidential power . The intense recent debate on the limits of presidential authorization for `` enhanced interrogation","question":"Emma Coleman Jordan is a professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center . She was a White House fellow in 1980-81 , serving as special assistant to the attorney general and working on the nomination process of Sandra Day O'Connor , the first female Supreme Court justice . She was also counsel to Professor Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings in 1992 . Emma Coleman Jordan says Sonia Sotomayor 's 350 judicial opinions are largely uncontroversial . -LRB- ESSENCE -RRB- -- As Judge Sonia Sotomayor prepares to become the next U.S. Supreme Court justice , her lifetime of diligence and speed reading will now be crucial to help her navigate the next phase of her nomination . From here on out , she will be silent . We will not hear her voice again until she sits before the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee . In the spring of 1981 , I was this African-American progressive Democrat , a female law professor chosen to work as a White House fellow assigned to Republican Attorney General William French Smith . I was one of three special assistants working directly on the search for the replacement to Justice"}
-{"answer":"the middle of an interview yesterday with CBS -LRB- the corporation writing Carey 's checks , as he 's the host of the network 's `` The Price is Right '' -RRB- , he upped the ante from $ 100,000 to a cool $ 1 million if he gets the same amount of followers by midnight on December 31 . Judging by how quickly the follower count increases every time his @DrewFromTV Twitter page is refreshed -- on Thursday evening , he was rapidly approaching 66,000 followers -- Carey is well on his way to doing so . Of course , if he does n't reach a million followers , the donation will be prorated : If there are 500,000 followers when the clock strikes midnight , then $ 500,000 will be given to LiveStrong . It may seem like Carey 's gotten himself into some sort of popularity game , but it 's not about amassing millions of followers or the Twitter name , Olanoff said . `` There are obviously going to be skeptics , but Drew Carey is new to Twitter . Celebrities can get followers ; Ashton Kutcher has 3 million , '' Olanoff told CNN","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's a good thing he did n't go with '' @andrew . '' Drew Olanoff wants to benefit the LiveStrong charity because of the support the foundation has given him . Drew Olanoff , cancer-fighter and blogger , is auctioning off his enviable Twitter username '' @drew '' to benefit the LiveStrong foundation . Since Tuesday , its value has already been raised to $ 1 million , thanks to that other Drew -- last name Carey . `` I thought we would find a Drew who would bid $ 10,000 on the last day and that was it , '' Olanoff said . `` I certainly did n't think Drew Carey would get wind of it . '' Get wind he did . The Cleveland comedian raised the stakes on Saturday , first tweeting an initial bid of $ 25,000 only to quadruple it , offering up $ 100,000 if his Twitter followers totaled 100,000 by the auction 's closing at midnight on November 9 . Olanoff was taken back by Carey 's generosity , whom he 's never met nor spoken to , but it seems Carey was n't done yet . In"}
-{"answer":"bill passed before the November midterm elections . Ironically , the fact that the debates over health care and immigration overlapped actually worked out well for the proponents of immigration reform . It gave members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus additional leverage to pressure President Obama into declaring his support for a comprehensive immigration reform bill that is about to be introduced by Sens. Chuck Schumer , D-New York , and Lindsey Graham , R-South Carolina . The president needed a push . Liberals are loath to admit it , but Obama has been asleep at the switch when it comes to keeping his campaign promise to pursue immigration reform . And it is n't just -- as his defenders say -- because he was preoccupied with the economy and health care . The truth is , Obama never connected with the immigration issue with the same degree of passion with which he connected with other issues like health care reform , education reform , even climate change . If the protesters had n't gone to Washington and forced his hand , Obama would have simply gone on to education or the economy and put immigration reform on the back","question":"San Diego , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Obama administration needs an air traffic controller to manage its domestic policy agenda . The items are starting to pile up on the runway . Move over , health care . Next up : immigration . It was n't exactly a graceful transition . In fact , at first , it looked like bad timing that tens of thousands of protesters descended on Washington to demand comprehensive immigration reform on the same day that Congress was voting on a bill that overhauled the health care system . You had to wonder : What if more than 100,000 people marched on Washington , and no one noticed ? Actually , even with everything else going on that day , plenty of people noticed the return on the national agenda of one of the most emotional and contentious issues in America . Immigration reform advocates have their eye on the calendar . In October , Rep. Luis Gutierrez , D-Illinois , a major proponent of comprehensive immigration reform , said during an interview on National Public Radio that the immigration debate would have to be reopened by March in order to get a"}
-{"answer":"the ground and sea . But the facility still remained off-limits to reporters and , for a 20-kilometer radius around the plant , to the general public due to the continued high levels of radiation and ongoing efforts to prevent yet more blasts and leaks . That temporarily changed Saturday , when about three dozen journalists traveled by bus through abandoned towns en route to the nuclear facility . They passed , for instance , withered plants at an abandoned nursery , a shattered car dealership and a gas station that had been taken over by crows . Radiation readings rose steadily as they neared the plant , including 6.7 microsieverts in Okuma . There , those on board put on respirator masks , adding to an ensemble of a protective suit , two pairs of gloves , two sets of plastic booties over their shoes and a radiation detector . At the plant 's gate , the radiation reading was 20 microsieverts . The reading is still well below the threshold to mandate an immediate health risk -- 1,000 microsieverts equals 1 millisievert , and South Carolina-based medical physicist G. Donald Frey previously told CNN that radiation workers in","question":"Tokyo -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Journalists got their first ground-level glance Saturday around Japan 's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility -- eying shells of reactor buildings , tons of contaminated water and workers scurrying still to mitigate damage from a crisis that began eight months ago . An epic 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami March 11 wreaked havoc around Japan , killing more than 15,000 people . While many of those died instantly , the East Asian nation was on edge for weeks as utility and government employees scrambled to prevent a worsening nuclear catastrophe at the Daiichi plant , located about 150 miles -LRB- 240 kilometers -RRB- north of Tokyo . Japan 's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency eventually categorized the accident as a level-7 event on the international scale for nuclear disasters -- the highest level -- putting it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster . It took months , but the Tokyo Electric Power Company -LRB- the plant 's operator -RRB- eventually indicated that its workers were gaining control in the crisis . Throughout the summer and fall , there were no longer reports of explosions , nor stories about new leaks of radioactive material into"}
-{"answer":"tornadoes also were reported Sunday evening in the coastal Carolinas , according to the weather service . No injuries or fatalities were immediately reported . An official surveying the damage in the Midwest said it looked like a `` war zone . '' `` It 's just horrific . It 's devastating to all of us , '' said Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry , who declared a state of emergency in Ottawa County . `` It appears the search and rescue part of the mission is over and now we 're in the cleanup phase . '' Sherri Mills was in the small Oklahoma town of Picher -- northeast of Tulsa -- trying to find family pictures inside the wreckage that had been a friend 's home . Mills said her friend was not home when the tornado struck . See scenes from the devastation '' `` Thank God she was n't here , '' said Mills , standing in front of the piles of brick and wood . '' -LSB- She -RSB- lost everything . This was a two-story big brick home . '' Another man in Picher said he was home with his family when the storm hit","question":"PICHER , Oklahoma -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Powerful storms killed 22 people in three states over the weekend , including an Oklahoma mother who died while huddling over her child , authorities said . Her son survived with facial injuries . Teresa Bland , left , comforts Betty Bayliss among the debris in Picher , Oklahoma , on Sunday . Emergency management agencies in two states reported deaths in four counties . There were six people killed in Ottawa County , Oklahoma ; 13 in Newton County , Missouri ; one in a small community just east of Carthage in Jasper County , Missouri ; and one in Purdy in Barry County , Missouri . The severe weather moved into the Southeast , killing at least one person in Laurens County , Georgia . Watch how the storm hit one Georgia town hard '' The deadly Midwest tornado -- at times , a mile wide -- blew winds estimated at up to 175 miles per hour , tracking a total of 63 miles from Oklahoma to southwest Missouri , according to the National Weather Service . The storms spawned five twisters in Oklahoma and two in neighboring Arkansas . Possible"}
-{"answer":"Theater LA Live , AEG said . Jackson 's family has still not announced the singer 's burial arrangements , saying only that it will hold a private ceremony ahead of the massive public memorial service Tuesday . Journalists staked out several possible burial locations . A long line of television satellite trucks remained parked outside the Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn Cemetery in case it was chosen by the family , but there has been no word from cemetery officials . Police set up metal barricades around the front lawn , creating spaces for media and fans . Two state trooper cruisers idled at the Hall of Liberty inside the grounds , which contains a 1,200-seat auditorium . Watch reporters prepare for Tuesday 's service '' The family has not decided whether Jackson 's body will be brought to the Staples Center arena , where the public ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. PT . At the time of his death , Jackson was working with a concert promotions company on 50 sold-out shows in London , England , beginning in mid-July . Also Saturday , a handful of fans milled about the Jackson family home in Encino ,","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- About 1.6 million fans registered for a chance at fewer than 9,000 pairs of tickets to Michael Jackson 's memorial service next week , organizers said . Some memorial tickets went out to `` friends and family '' on Sunday . Registration ended at 6 p.m. Saturday . Officials will now `` scrub '' all entries to eliminate duplicates and those they suspect may have been registered using software that ticket scalpers use to generate multiple hits . A random drawing will follow . The winning 8,750 registrants will receive an e-mail Sunday after 11 a.m. -LRB- 2 p.m. ET -RRB- , AEG Live said . `` I know I 'll be hitting the ` refresh ' button on my inbox over and over again , '' said Jackie Flower , an arts student in San Diego , California . The e-mail will assign the selected registrants a unique code and direct them to a designated distribution center away from the Staples Center . There , they will each receive two tickets to either the memorial service at the Staples Center arena or a simulcast of the event at the adjacent Nokia"}
-{"answer":"travel packing list , available through the iTunes store -- that she said has been downloaded in about a dozen countries . `` It 's just how my brain is wired . It 's part of my DNA , '' said Tahari , vice chairwoman and creative director of Elie Tahari , the fashion design house bearing her husband 's name . `` I do n't know how to operate other than to make a list . '' CNN sat down with Tahari to discuss when her list-making started , what she 's passed on to her children -LRB- son Jeremey , 8 , weighs in -RRB- and how being stuck in a snowstorm inspired her . Here are excerpts from that interview . CNN : You 've earned the nickname `` The List Mistress , '' but when did this , dare I say , obsession start ? Tahari : From a very young age , I was a compulsive list-maker . I was always organizing something or doing some kind of list . The first list I really remember making was taking an inventory of every piece of clothing in my closet and seeing how many different outfits","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Caring for a car has you a befuddled . The honeymoon 's over , and bureaucratic tasks are beating out bliss . You 're meeting with a prospective babysitter or housekeeper , a stranger you 'll entrust with much of your life . Rory Tahari , with son Jeremey , hopes to make life 's to-do 's more manageable with a new book and iPhone app . How do you know what to do ? Where should you go and when ? What should you ask these people ? You need a list ! If figuring out the answers to these kinds of questions leaves you loopy , Rory Tahari has a new book that may have your name on it . `` Lists for Life : The Essential Guide to Getting Organized and Tackling Tough To-Dos '' is just what it says it is : a compilation of lists to help readers navigate everything they might need for weddings and funerals , household maintenance and vacations , divorces and diaper bags . Watch Tahari discuss the book '' Along the same lines , she 's behind a new iPhone application -- a"}
-{"answer":". Americans should watch closely . We will introduce more of these services based on how well they are received in the UK , '' Warner said . Despite the added benefits , fares will still target the budget-conscious traveler in Britain , according to Warner . The service starts with a few cities -- from London to Portsmouth and Southampton , he said . The approximately 120-kilometer -LRB- 80-mile -RRB- trip will cost # 1 -LRB- $ 1.60 -RRB- if a ticket is bought in advance , Warner said . Prices will go up to # 4 or # 5 , depending on time of purchase . `` We are planning to keep the prices within that range , '' Warner said . Greyhound Lines is owned by British transport company FirstGroup , which bought it from its U.S. parent in 2007 . It was founded in 1914 , and has services in Mexico and Canada , according to its Web site . In a nod to its cameos in American movies and songs , such as the 1969 film `` Midnight Cowboy '' and Simon and Garfunkel 's 1972 hit `` America , '' Greyhound plans to keep","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For almost a century , the old dog has traversed landscapes across the United States , with weary , budget-conscious travelers peeking out of its windows . Greyhound bus services will run from London to cities such as Portsmouth and Southampton . Now , the iconic Greyhound is taking to the road in Britain . The company will run hourly bus services from London to select cities , starting Monday . In contrast to its U.S . services , however , the buses are glitzier and more luxurious . `` The UK service will have wireless Internet , spacious leather seats , more leg room and free newspapers , '' said Alex Warner , managing director of Greyhound UK . `` Obviously , we wanted our services to reflect the nature of UK passengers . '' For inaugural Greyhound service in Britain , the company aimed to start with the best the United States has to offer , Warner added . In North America , the same services are available from New York and Washington to select cities such as Boston and Toronto , Canada . `` There are plans to expand that"}
-{"answer":"the city , and organic produce `` is pushed throughout the schools , '' he said . Boulder 's 100,000 residents have 360 miles of bike paths and 64 underpasses , so cyclists need not stop when they reach an intersection . `` We think that 's much safer , and it 's much faster and it 's more fun , '' said Havlick , 72 , who returned last week from hiking on glaciers in Alaska . Exercise is also part of the political culture of Boulder , where seven of the nine City Council members are bicyclists , said Havlick , professor emeritus of architecture and planning at the University of Colorado . `` There 's a strong inclination for more money to be spent on reducing car dependency . '' Weather , too , plays a role , with 330 days of sunshine , he said . And social pressure may have an impact . `` I think there is a stigma attached to people who have a BMI that 's high , '' he said , referring to body mass index , a measure of body fat based on height and weight . Still , he","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While most Americans continue to get fatter , Coloradans stand out as being among the fittest in the country , the Trust for America 's Health says . Exercise and good nutrition are part of the Colorado public consciouness , says one former official . The state ranked 51st in obesity , with 17.6 percent of its 4.3 million residents squeezing into that category . -LRB- The rankings included the District of Columbia . -RRB- And fewer than one in five state residents leads an inactive lifestyle , the trust found . That appeared to pay off in health benefits , with Colorado ranking 50th in diabetes and high blood pressure . These figures did not surprise Spenser Havlick , former deputy mayor of Boulder , where exercise and good nutrition rank high in the public consciousness and attract like-minded people from other parts of the country , he said . `` They are leaving behind a more sedentary life in the larger cities , '' he said . `` Every weekend , there 's a 5K race , a 10K race ; there are ultramarathons . '' A number of organic health food stores dot"}
-{"answer":"is an easy way for Singer to unwind . `` I love this restaurant and it 's in my neighborhood . It 's a place I can go by myself and get a bite to eat . I can go with girlfriends , I can go with my husband , they have a great area where you can just hang out and have drinks and appetizers or a whole meal . It just has a nice vibe , a nice local place . '' The Standard Grill 848 Washington Street With a wide variety of menus from breakfast to `` late night , '' The Standard Grill offers items from a $ 1 `` good pickle '' to the $ 95 porterhouse steak for two . The restaurant is at the bottom of the trendy Standard Hotel , under the High Line Park . Singer makes tracks to the hotel 's 18th floor , where the Top of the Standard lounge -LRB- also known as the Boom Boom Room -RRB- offers a fun mix of decadence and hip 70s throwback atmosphere . `` I can go on top and have drinks at the Boom Boom Room -- very art deco","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- To say that `` Real Housewives of New York City '' star Ramona Singer is busy would be an understatement . Between her different businesses -- wine , jewelry and skin-care products -- and the time she spends filming the Bravo reality show , Singer is hardly ever in the same location for very long . But Singer 's passion remains with New York City , where she still manages to spend most of her time . A busy lifestyle doing what she loves suits Singer just fine , and New York is the best place for her . The buzz of the city is what Singer loves most . `` You can be all by yourself and you walk out on the street and then you 're not alone , but surrounded by tons of people . It just has such great energy . '' Here , Singer shares some of her favorite locations in New York City . Where to eat T-Bar Steak & Lounge 1278 Third Avenue A swanky spot on the Upper East Side , T-Bar is known for its flair and of course , its steaks . Grabbing a cocktail here"}
-{"answer":"the expectations , the higher the results . '' Watch Clark 's students perform their original poetry '' But with high academic expectations come an equally high quotient for fun . It 's become one of Clark 's trademarks : singing and dancing to popular rap and R&B songs during class to get the kids engaged . `` My first day at Ron Clark Academy , I thought all the teachers were psychopaths , '' says seventh-grader Jai Springs . `` I thought Ron Clark was going crazy . He was up in front of the kids on desks , he was dancing . ... I never saw a teacher get up on a desk and dance . But now I 'm used to it , so I get up on the desk and dance too , '' says Jai . Clark , formerly a schoolteacher from North Carolina , founded the academy with money he earned from his book titled The Essential 55 , which detail Clark 's 55 golden rules for success -- in and out of the classroom . Clark was invited to be a guest on the Oprah Winfrey show after winning Disney Teacher of the","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Seventh graders at Ron Clark Academy became an overnight sensation during the presidential election when their YouTube performance of `` You Can Vote However You Like '' catapulted them to online stardom . `` The higher the expectations , the higher the results , '' says Ron Clark , seen here with his students . Now , their creative and scholastic talents have proved the students to be more than just `` one hit wonders . '' Academy students showcased their poetry and writings for CNN 's documentary `` Black in America 2 , '' hosted by Soledad O'Brien . Cultivating student creativity is just one of the goals of academy founder Ron Clark , an enigmatic educator known for his unconventional teaching methods . Under his strict tutelage , students at Ron Clark -- who are predominantly African-American -- are expected to excel in all subjects and maintain a high standard of respect for their peers and teachers . `` I 'm teaching an eighth-grade curriculum to fifth-graders , '' says Clark . `` Some people say my expectations of the kids , academically , is too high , but the higher"}
-{"answer":"on Hollywood films , and his wife Julia Dye , who holds a Ph.D. in the anthropology of human conflict . The novel features the artwork of Gerry Kissell and Amin Amat . CNN spoke with the Dyes about their book and the challenge of telling the story of the raid without divulging military secrets . What follows is an edited version of the conversation . CNN : Why did you decide to tell the story in graphic novel form ? Dale Dye : We wanted to reach folks in a sort of 18-35 short attention span demographic and see if we could use the graphic novel to sort of reflect the capability and professionalism of the men and women who pulled this raid off , this Operation Neptune Spear ... I think -LSB- graphic novels -RSB- are a coming thing . I do n't know if it 's good , bad or indifferent , but it is a venue for communicating and we 'll take it . CNN : As military stories go , this one is hard to beat . Dale : I mean it was fantastic . It was nothing like Desert One -LSB- the failed attempt","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Stealth helicopters zoom toward a mystery compound in northern Pakistan , intent on capturing or killing the most wanted man in the world . Under cover of night they reach their target , but within moments one chopper is down and the mission is in jeopardy . The daring raid against Osama bin Laden contained equal parts action , suspense , risk and bravery . In other words -LRB- from a purely literary standpoint -RRB- , all of the elements of a great story . So it should come as no surprise that Simon & Schuster has announced plans to publish a graphic novel about the secret mission , which co-author Jerome Maida describes as a `` complex labyrinth of intrigue , danger and politics . '' But it wo n't be the first graphic novel to recount Operation Neptune Spear -LRB- the military name for the raid -RRB- . That distinction belongs to `` Code Word : Geronimo '' which hit bookstores and Amazon.com less than six months after bin Laden 's killing . `` Code Word : Geronimo '' is the work of Capt. Dale Dye , a retired Marine and frequent military consultant"}
-{"answer":"sometimes friends of the casualty -- and taken to the medical camp in the square . Drops of blood created trails on the ground tracing the long , bloody route to a field hospital . At the medical camp , hundreds of young people were covered in blood and screaming from pain . Thousands more volunteered and donated blood for those in need . It seemed that not a minute passed without another injured youth entering the medical camp . The International Committee of the Red Cross has called for calm in Yemen , which , it said , is facing an `` unprecedented level of violence . '' With the limited-capacity field hospital full of patients , doctors made a desperate call for volunteers to try to help save the injured . Dozens were killed and more than 700 were wounded -- many of them by gunshots -- over the last three days in clashes with the military , according to medical staff in Change Square . Eyewitnesses said they had seen snipers on the rooftops of buildings surrounding the square firing almost continuously . In one incident , an ambulance carrying three injured protesters flipped over when a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Civilians are in hiding in the Yemeni capital as protesters and government forces struggle for control on the streets of Sanaa . Residents in Sanaa are stranded in their homes , and some even fear looking out of their windows as they are left to wonder how long the violence will rage around them . `` We ca n't leave our houses to get food for our children . As soon as we walk on the street we are shot , '' says Rami al-Shaibani , a Sanaa resident . Thousands protested in Sanaa 's Change Square last week , but this week the square has been quiet , except for groups of youths carrying away the dead and helping the injured . Multiple witnesses and medics said dozens were killed in a violent government crackdown that started on Sunday . Protesters have used Change Square for a seven-month sit-in demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh . He is recuperating in Saudi Arabia from a attack in June on his palace but has vowed to return to Yemen to finish his term . Each wounded protester was carried by six or seven others --"}
-{"answer":"dealers , what Santorum is pushing is addictive , poisonous and a trigger to violence we see all around us . His anti-gay rhetoric justifies , for some people , the bullying in school , the senseless beatings of people perceived to be gay and the under-reported murders of transgender people . The truth is that the disrespectful tone in which Santorum talks about GLBT people , in the name of religion , gives permission for our lives to be equally disrespected . Disregarded . Sometimes , the impulse is to return the fire , matching name-calling with name-calling . I , too , have found myself so ticked off by Santorum 's words that I 've called him everything but a child of God . That 's when I come to my senses and try to remember the one thing he seems to forget . We 're all God 's children . We 're all brothers and sisters . And like brothers and sisters , we wo n't always agree . Sometimes we will fight . But we ca n't get so caught up in our disagreements that we forget that what bonds us is far more important than","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When I was a youth pastor at a small , evangelical church in Kalamazoo , Michigan , I used to accompany my pastor and other members of our congregation into some of the city 's neighborhoods where gang activity and gun violence were most prevalent . We would stand on the corner next to the drug dealers and talk to them about why it was important to turn their lives around . Some would listen . Others would walk away . All gave us respect , even if they did n't agree with what we had to say . And I believe they did so because we respected them . We did n't call them names or discount how they felt . We met them where they were -- literally and figuratively . In a lot of ways , hearing Rick Santorum talk about social issues , particularly gay rights , reminds me of those days . Like those drug dealers , I 'm sure he ca n't see how he destroys his community . Like those drug dealers , Santorum is probably doing what he thinks he needs to do . And like those drug"}
-{"answer":"face dismissal , it said . Wednesday 's heated meeting was replayed on an internal State Department television channel in Washington several times and talked about widely . Some at the hourlong meeting questioned why they were not told of the policy change directly , learning about it instead from news organizations last week . Watch the diplomats exchange angry words '' `` I just have no respect for the whole process because you 've demonstrated a lack of respect for your own colleagues , '' said foreign service officer Jack Croddy . `` Thank you for that comment . It 's full of inaccuracies , but that 's OK , '' Harry Thomas Jr. , director general of the foreign service , shot back . Others pointed out the risks of such assignments , considering the dangers of a war zone , lack of security and regular rocket attacks on U.S. personnel . Rice , who did not attend the meeting , tried to calm things down Friday by underscoring the State Department 's attempts to do `` everything that we can to try and protect our diplomats . '' However , she said , `` This is one","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- State Department officials should serve where they are needed -- even in war-torn Iraq , U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday . U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that `` people need to serve where they are needed . '' Rice was responding to foreign service officers ' objections to the possibility of `` directed assignments '' in Iraq . The issue has caused an uproar in the State Department , resulting in a contentious town hall-style meeting Wednesday . The new directives would be needed if enough qualified foreign service officers do n't step forward to fill open positions at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad . If the State Department enforces directed assignments , it will be the first time since the Vietnam War era . One official called the order to serve in Iraq `` a potential death sentence '' during the town meeting . The State Department already has begun notifying about 200 people considered prime candidates . Those chosen will be given 10 days to respond , according to last week 's announcement . Unless they have a valid medical reason to refuse , those who decline could"}
-{"answer":"always felt that the music sells by itself , '' she says . `` The music has always been the successful aspect on my career and that means that , to me , I can always still stay very focused on music . '' Watch Enya revel in harmony '' Her latest album -- the seventh of her career -- celebrates both the drama and quiet contemplation that come with the winter season . Called `` And Winter Came , '' the release has reached the top 10 on album charts across Europe and in the U.S. since its November release . And while Enya wo n't commit to the idea of taking her tunes on the road , she does hint at the possibility . `` To actually tour with the songs would be wonderful . It would be very much on a large scale : the orchestra , the choir . There 'd be a lot of rehearsals , but it 'd be very exciting , '' she says . Enya spoke to CNN about how her music is like an onion -LRB- think layers , not tears -RRB- , keeping a low profile , and marking the","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Enya is an anomaly . Think about it : How many recording artists have enjoyed 20 years of success while never having toured ? Enya sets her own pace when making albums . `` And Winter Came '' is her first CD in three years . `` The fans are very , very loyal , '' says the Irish chanteuse . `` They 're always saying , ` When is the next album ? ' They know when I finish in the studio it 's got to be a few years before the next album . '' Perhaps it 's the vast gaps between releases that help make Enya , 47 , the Emerald Isle 's second-biggest-selling artist of all time -LRB- after U2 -RRB- . Thanks to a stipulation in her recording contract , the Grammy winner has the luxury of setting her own pace with each project , another rarity in the music business . She 'll devote two to three years to each album , flitting between her Dublin castle and the studio , where she works tirelessly to perfect every celestial chord and layer harmony upon harmony . `` I"}
-{"answer":"the airport clean and get people excited about the airport 's new shops and dining options , officials there bought the rights to three popular R & B classics : `` Shake Your Groove Thing '' by Peaches and Herb , `` Bustin ' Loose '' by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers and `` Fantastic Voyage '' by Lakeside . With rights secured , Doug Strachan , Creative Innovations Manager for the City of Atlanta Department of Aviation , rewrote the lyrics and invited the original artists to record the revamped songs . `` Whereas words reach the mind , music reaches the heart , '' Strachan said . `` These are hit songs that people love ... real powerful , catchy and make you want to dance . If you can make someone dance , you can probably motivate them to do other things . '' So `` Groove Thing '' became `` Keep It Opening Day Fresh , '' `` Bustin Loose '' morphed into `` We 're Steady Cleaning Up , '' and `` Fantastic Voyage '' was reborn as `` Our New Concessions . '' Clean music with a clean message -- literally . The","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Imagine arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia , one of the busiest and most bustling airports in the country . People are dashing about , waiting at checkpoints and scanning the screens for departure and arrival times . Invariably there are delays and since you are n't going anywhere anytime soon , you might as well enjoy the tunes playing over the public announcement system . Hey , is n't that the Peaches and Herb classic `` Shake Your Groove Thing '' ? You have n't heard that in years ! But wait , what are they singing ? It sounds like `` Shake Your Groove Thing , '' but the lyrics playing do n't match the ones you know . Click on the image above to hear two of the airport 's new songs . `` Opening Day fresh , Opening Day fresh , Yeah , yeah Hartsfield-Jackson do it now Opening Day fresh , Opening Day fresh , Yeah , yeah Show 'em how we do it now ! Show 'em how we do it now ! '' Welcome to parody with a purpose . As part of an initiative to keep"}
-{"answer":"broke apart in midair , experts have said . Asked about that theory , Air France Chief Executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon told France 's RTL radio this week that he would not go that far . `` What I know is that the investigators would like to know the causes of death , '' Gourgeon said . `` That knowledge of causes of death will better clarify what exactly happened . Were the victims killed before the impact , or during impact ? '' Searchers have found dozens of pieces of debris in the water and think they know the general location of the wreck , but Arslanian said this week that there is a chance the entire aircraft may never be found . Air France plans to pay relatives of the victims an initial compensation equivalent to about $ 24,500 , or 17,500 euros , for each victim , Gourgeon has said . The airliner said this week that it has been in touch with about 1,800 relatives of the people who died when the Airbus A330 crashed , but that it has been difficult tracing the relatives of all 228 victims . `` The modern world is different and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Search crews have recovered the bodies of the flight captain and a steward from the Air France flight that crashed off the coast of Brazil . A Brazilian diver floats on wreckage of Flight 447 earlier this month . The search for more debris continues . The two flight members are among the victims that have been identified , Air France said in a statement Thursday . About a dozen victims have been identified among roughly 50 bodies recovered from the crash of Flight 447 , which killed 228 people on June 1 , authorities in Brazil said this week . Crews continue to search for bodies , wreckage and flight-data recorders that apparently rest deep on the ocean floor . Data from the recorders may be crucial in helping investigators determine what caused the plane to crash . Watch more wreckage recovered from crash '' Autopsies conducted on some of the 50 bodies found so far show they suffered broken bones , including arms , legs and hips , Brazilian authorities have told French investigators , according to Paul-Louis Arslanian , head of the French accident investigation board . Such injuries suggest that the plane"}
-{"answer":"every day and you 'll always be aware of an impending birthday . Real Simple : How to handle a milestone birthday Use a perpetual calendar to remember birthdays Traditional calendars are less than ideal for keeping track of birthdays , as they require you to pencil in all your important dates each year . A perpetual calendar solves that problem by charting the months without naming the day of the week for each date . Find 5-by-14-inch calendars for $ 10 at www.galison.com . You can also download a printable perpetual birthday-reminder calendar -LRB- for free -RRB- at Hallmark.com , or use the Real Simple : Birthday reminder worksheet . Similar to a perpetual calendar but used exclusively for birthdays , a birthday book allows you to jot down birthdays without having to rewrite each date yearly . Keep it somewhere visible , though , such as on top of a coffee table or on your desk , as opposed to placing it on a bookshelf , where it may get lost amid your Steinbecks and Angelous . The 2 3\/4 - by-4 1\/4-inch pocket birthday organizer from Fred Flare -LRB- $ 8 -RRB- will fit in your handbag","question":"-LRB- Real Simple -RRB- -- Visit a bathroom in a home in the Netherlands and you might find a good idea staring you in the face : a list of birthdays important to your host posted opposite the toilet . Why in that spot ? To assure that it 's viewed regularly . While you may not want to sacrifice your bathroom aesthetics for the sake of remembering key birthdays , the more often you see the dates , the more likely it is you 'll remember them . As founder and `` Exalted Queen Mother '' of the Red Hat Society , an international network of women over 50 , Sue Ellen Cooper chooses to keep her long list of reminders in the kitchen . `` I have a list of every significant birthday taped to the inside of my pantry door , '' she says . `` It 's impossible not to see those dates every time I open the pantry . '' Whether it 's inside a cabinet , on the refrigerator , or bookmarking a page in the novel you 're reading , place your list in a spot where you are likely to view it"}
-{"answer":"'' And his acknowledgement that `` Everybody here understands the desperation that people feel when they 're sick . '' That is , assuming everything that happened yesterday at Blair House was real -- and not merely a theatrical setup for a Democratic-led effort next week to push through , using reconciliation , what Democrats on the Hill call `` the big bill . '' That 's Obama 's comprehensive $ 950 billion plan to radically reform the nation 's health care system -- the one opposed by every Republican in Congress and , according to polls , a majority of Americans . Reconciliation is a procedural maneuver that allows the Senate to pass the health care bill with 51 votes rather than the 60 votes required to end a filibuster . Yet , according to a recent Gallup poll , more than half of Americans -- 52 percent -- oppose Democrats resorting to reconciliation to pass a bill . And while Republicans are still holding out hope that Obama and congressional Democrats will go back to the drawing board and start with a blank piece of paper , that appears unlikely since Democrats seem to be `` all in","question":"San Diego , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There was a lot to appreciate in yesterday 's bipartisan White House health care summit between President Obama and members of Congress . No really . This is the kind of thing that our leaders ought to do three or four times a year on a variety of issues -- from Social Security to education to immigration to job creation . Why not ? Put aside the sound bites and partisan barbs . Get beyond the dueling appearances on the Sunday morning talk shows . And bring your best ideas and most constructive suggestions to the table . Obama deserves credit for convening the meeting . His opening remarks were good , especially when he talked about the rising costs of health insurance premiums , the `` exploding costs of Medicare and Medicaid , '' and how he wanted to `` make sure that this discussion is actually a discussion and not just us trading talking points . '' I also appreciated his candid discussion of health scares years ago involving his own daughters and how he wondered `` What would have happened if I did n't have reliable health care ?"}
-{"answer":", authorities said . The students were participants in a Rotary Club foreign exchange program . Slain were Ashley Wilks , 16 , and a Peruvian exchange student , Marta `` Tika '' Paz De Noboa , 17 , according to Wheat . Wilks , a Portland high school sophomore , was getting ready to spend her junior year in either France or Spain , her principal said . Two juveniles , four 18-year-olds and a man in his 40s were wounded , Wheat said , adding that exchange students were among those hurt . Scott Bieber , youth protection officer for the exchange program in northern Oregon and southwestern Washington , said the shooting was `` nothing like anything we 've ever seen in Rotary before , to have as many of our kids involved in something as tragic at one time . '' `` Our main focus right now is to build a support structure for the students who were involved and their host families and their real families , and also for the families of the 28 other inbound students we have in our Rotary district , '' Bieber said . Eleven exchange students went to the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man accused of shooting into a crowd outside an under-21 nightclub -- killing two teenage girls and wounding seven other people -- before shooting himself was in critical condition Monday , police in Portland , Oregon , said . A shooting outside a Portland nightclub Staurday killed two people and injured seven others , police said . Investigators identified the gunman in Saturday night 's shooting in Portland as Erik Salvadore Ayala , 24 , and are trying to determine why the rampage happened , police said . `` This is unprecedented in the city of Portland . We do n't have this type of thing , '' Portland police Detective Mary Wheat said , adding that even seasoned police veterans were shocked by what she called `` a random act of violence . '' `` Nobody knows the motive at this time , '' Wheat said , noting that Ayala did n't have a police record . `` We 're trying to figure what drove him to this . '' Investigators believe Ayala sprayed bullets into a crowd of students outside a non-alcohol nightclub called The Zone on Saturday night and then shot himself"}
-{"answer":", `` Oh , let 's get together , with the kids . '' And it was one of those wonderful days . We laughed and talked and had lunch , and the kids were jumping off the boat and we were drinking wine . She was just amazing and darling . King : Have you seen her work on Broadway ? Rivers : I 've seen her work . I love actresses who go back and forth . I always have such great respect for someone who goes to Broadway and then film and goes back again . I saw her in `` The Philadelphia Story '' years ago in London when she won an award . She was very young in a musical version of that . King : What was your read on them as a couple that day ? Rivers : Totally happy , totally devoted to each other . That 's what kills me . I mean -LSB- it -RSB- just should n't have happened . ... And they made such a good-looking couple , too . He doted on what she said , she doted on -- it was just perfect . King :","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Natasha Richardson , the Tony Award-winning stage actress and member of the famed Redgrave acting clan , died Wednesday from injuries suffered in a ski accident . She was 45 . Comedian Joan Rivers says actress Natasha Richardson had `` such a family . '' On Wednesday night 's `` Larry King Live , '' comedian Joan Rivers remembered Richardson for her marriage to actor Liam Neeson and used her sharp wit to recall her own skiing experience . The following transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity : Larry King : You knew Natasha Richardson . What was your reaction ? Joan Rivers : Oh , -LSB- it -RSB- should n't have happened . We were more acquaintances than friends . But we spent one amazing day on a boat with my whole family and she and Liam and the boys . And they were such a family . King : What was the occasion ? Rivers : We were all in the Caribbean , and we all kind of knew each other from dinner parties and so forth . And we met at the airport , and we said"}
-{"answer":"Making his first Test hundred at the age of 17 against England he has racked up the records in a 19-year career . In 2000 he became the first batsman to score 50 international hundreds , and is the highest scorer in One Day internationals . He joined an elite group in 2007 when he became only the third player to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket . Nicknames in cricket are common , but only if you 're a really exceptional player do you get one that 's complementary . Tendulkar has joined that elite as the `` Little Master '' which sits nicely next to other great batsmen , Viv `` Master Blaster '' Richards and Brian `` The Prince '' Lara . But perhaps no higher praise came from Australian cricketing legend Donald Bradman who once said that Tendulkar was the only player that reminded him of himself . Like all sportsmen he 's suffered from injury , and now 35-years-old , many are wondering if his best days are behind him . Playing for India against England and Australia last summer and at the beginning of 2008 , many commentators thought that his normal aggression and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In India he 's an icon and to the rest of the cricketing world he 's simply known as one of the greatest ever batsmen . One the game 's greats , Sachin Tendulkar is more than just a player in India , he 's an icon . Sachin Tendulkar picked up a bat at the age of 4 in Mumbai and from that day on fell in love with the game . `` The only thing that was on my mind was , ' I want to play for India one day , ' and I was pretty sure and confident that one day I will , '' he told CNN in Mumbai . In fact he made his Test debut for India at the age of 16 facing Pakistan 's fearsome bowling attack , just two years after making his first-class debut for Mumbai . Despite a baptism of fire in that first international match and getting hit on the mouth by a ball from Waquar Younis , he took his own game forward and has become known for the positivity of his play and the compact efficiency and brilliance of his shot-making ."}
-{"answer":"news release Saturday night . `` I have n't heard of any other fire starting that way , '' said U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Carol Underhill , referring to the so-called La Brea Fire . More than 2,000 firefighters are fighting the blaze , which is 35 percent contained , authorities said . Some homes around the Los Padres National Forest have been evacuated . Narcotics investigators have secured the area after working for the past month to eradicate marijuana operations in the remote and steep terrain , the release said . `` It is also believed that the suspects are still within the San Rafael wilderness trying to leave the area on foot , '' officials said . Twenty firefighters sustained minor injuries while trying to contain a complex of smaller fires in Northern California 's Shasta County that have burned nearly at least 17,623 acres , authorities said . Watch fire in Santa Cruz Mountains '' CalFire spokesman Brent Saulsbury said 37 of the 40 fires -- known as the Shasta Lightning Complex -- are under control . The area is dense with timber , giving the fires serious fuel . Rugged terrain , limited access to fire","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dry conditions and strong winds in California left much of the state vulnerable to massive fires , with blaze-starters ranging from a cooking fire at a drug trafficking operation to a bird flying into a power line . Drop in humidity , high temperatures could hamper efforts to contain the Lockheed Fire in Santa Cruz County . `` It really goes to show you that it does n't take much with these dry conditions to start a fire , '' CalFire spokesman Daniel Berlant told CNN Sunday . The fire sparked by a bird hitting a power line ignited a series of blazes in Yuba County , forcing some 1,300 firefighters to the scene and officials to declare evacuations in the town of Dobbins , he said . Authorities have battled the Yuba fire since Friday and expect containment by Thursday . In Southern California 's Santa Barbara County , a weeklong blaze has charred more than 84,000 acres , investigators said . The fire originated at an illegal marijuana camp believed to be run by a Mexican drug organization , the Santa Barbara County Sheriff 's Narcotics Unit said in a"}
-{"answer":"that should be blanket statement for all moms . But the job she 's about to interview for is the job of jobs , and it 's going to require her to sacrifice what she has at home . '' Stably has children of his own , and his wife works full-time . He says this experience has helped shape his views on Palin : `` Does n't everyone , male or female , think about the impact a job offer would have on their personal life before accepting the offer ? '' `` It 's not a sexist thing , '' said Jeanette Lee , who is raising a 15-month-old baby of her own . `` If my family was having these sorts of issues , I would n't be putting them in the spotlight and making them go through this publicly . For her to walk away from her baby with special needs just shows her character . I feel like she should pay more attention to her whole family . '' `` If her children were older , it would n't be an issue , '' Lee added . Others feel Palin 's family situation would have","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sarah Palin : politician and mother . iReporters weigh in on the difficulty of balancing those two roles . iReporter Christina Walker says its very challenging to balance work and caring for her 1-year-old child . Since Sen. John McCain named Alaska Go . Sarah Palin as his vice presidential pick , she has been closely scrutinized by both the public and the media . Palin has served as governor of Alaska for almost two years . She also has five children , including a 4-month-old son with Down Syndrome and a 17-year-old daughter who is 5-months pregnant . Her choice to run as the Republican vice presidential nominee has drawn both praise and criticism from the left and right alike . Now iReporters are asking : Was it the right decision ? Some feel that Palin 's choice to run shows poor judgment . `` I think she made the wrong call . It 's not her time , '' said Andy Stably of Salem , New Hampshire . `` Given her personal situation and her special circumstances , it does seem more important than the nomination she 's accepting . I do n't think"}
-{"answer":"and I did n't think that I deserve being a part of such a huge film . It 's only later , when I met Shahrukh and when things actually started happening , when I realized that this is for real , '' she told CNN . Despite her meteoric rise to fame and work on some big budget films she believes she 's learning the job of being an A-list Bollywood actress . `` I had great debut , a successful film , but after that ... I would think it 's quite difficult to choose the right film . You never know what 's right and what 's wrong , '' she said . `` Things for me changed quite overnight , actually . I remember a couple of months before the film release , not too many people knew me . In November 2007 when my film released and immediately after that I had to travel to New York , to Dubai and to London , and suddenly everyone on the streets started recognizing me , especially the Indians . That 's when I realized that things have changed . '' With the public attention has come","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- She 's only 23 , but Deepika Padukone is already living a life millions would envy . From calendar model to Bollywood big-time : Deepika Padukone . The model-turned-actress was spotted in a music video and then cast in one of the biggest grossing films in Bollywood history . She still only has three movies under her belt , but star status has already been bestowed upon her . With no family connections to the film industry and not being from Mumbai , Padukone traveled a route to movie stardom millions could only dream of . After deciding to become a model at the age of 16 , she was picked out of a music video by acclaimed director Farah Khan and cast in her next film opposite Shahrukh Khan . `` Om Shanti Om '' went on to become not only a hit in India , but also gained wider acclaim among western audiences . `` I completely did n't expect it . When I met Farah I thought she was joking . And at that point it seemed too good to be true . Shahrukh is someone who I 've grown up watching ,"}
-{"answer":"CIA to develop the capacity to conduct training , surveillance and possible covert operations overseas , according to the source . The program was outsourced to contractors to `` put some distance '' between the effort and the U.S. government . Other contractors were brought in for other parts of the program , another source said , and Blackwater 's involvement ended by mid-2006 . But one thing is clear : The company that renamed itself Xe earlier this year in an effort to escape controversy surrounding a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqis dead has had a long relationship with the world 's most famous spy agency . When Erik Prince first opened his Blackwater training facility in the late '90s , his clients included special forces teams and law enforcement agencies from around the country . Prince had expressed frustration with the training facilities he visited during his time as a Navy SEAL , and a sizable inheritance allowed him the financial freedom to retire from the military and try his hand at creating a better facility . His first clients were indeed SEAL teams . But they also included teams from other government agencies ,","question":"Suzanne Simons is an executive producer at CNN as well as author of the book `` Master of War : Blackwater USA 's Erik Prince and the Business of War '' -LRB- Collins , June 2009 -RRB- . Erik Prince , founder of Blackwater , is pictured in Afghanistan in November 2007 . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The private military contractor formerly known as Blackwater has held classified contracts with the Central Intelligence Agency for nearly a decade , but an allegation that the contractor was part of a secret CIA program to kill al Qaeda operatives -- if true -- would take the relationship to a whole new level . The CIA hired the private security firm Blackwater USA in 2004 to work on a covert program aimed at targeting and potentially killing top al Qaeda leaders , a source familiar with the program told CNN . Former company executives deny knowing about the program . Current leaders of the company did not return calls to CNN . The CIA wo n't comment on classified contracts . The classified program , canceled by CIA director Leon Panetta earlier this year , was part of a broader effort inside the"}
-{"answer":"rare -- one advocate estimates that 0.25 to 0.5 percent of the American population is transgendered -- the idea of changing gender identity has become more widespread in recent years . The term `` LGBT '' -LRB- Lesbian , Gay , Bisexual , Transgender -RRB- is more commonly recognized , and transgendered people have been portrayed in the 1999 film `` Boys Do n't Cry '' as well as the 2002 book `` Middlesex '' by Jeffrey Eugenides . Many people who have transitioned , including Madden , say they knew they had been born into the wrong gender from childhood . As early as age 3 , Dr. Julie Praus , born male , did n't understand why her father wanted to play catch . As a boy , Praus learned how to fish and hunt , but enjoyed collecting Depression-era glassware vases . Praus , 48 , a psychiatrist in Brattleboro , Vermont , started living as a woman in March 2008 . `` I get up every morning and say , ` Wow , I can actually look at myself in the mirror , ' because I 've never been able to do that in my life","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Henry Joseph Madden was a good student and track team member in high school , but he had a secret : He sometimes wore his mother 's pantyhose and underwear under his clothes . Dr. Jennifer Madden , a family physician , began her transition to being female at age 48 . `` I really wanted to be a girl so bad , and that was one way for me to satisfy those feelings , '' Madden said . `` I always felt like someone was looking over my shoulder . '' The desire to be female never went away . At age 48 , Madden confessed these feelings to a doctor , and started seeing a gender therapist who suggested Madden was transgendered . Through reconstructive surgeries , electrolysis , laser procedures and voice lessons , Henry Joseph became Jennifer Elizabeth , known as Jenny . She is a practicing family physician in Nashua , New Hampshire . Watch Jenny 's story '' Chastity Bono , child of performer Cher and the late entertainer and politician Sonny Bono , announced Thursday the beginning of a transition from female to a male . While still relatively"}
-{"answer":"accept one . iReport.com : Have you been judged on looks ? `` I ca n't make a comment on that , '' she said . Watch Boyle sing a new song for CNN 's Larry King '' A clip of Boyle 's performance on the talent show had more than 15 million views on YouTube by Friday , and the world 's media have beaten a path to her door in Blackburn , Scotland . Watch Boyle 's singing wow the world '' While she said she 's the same person -- the shy girl who has never been kissed -- it 's clear that Boyle 's life already is changing . In her home are heaps of fan mail and cards from well-wishers . Throngs of fans have been shrieking at her doorstep begging for her autograph . Boyle said she 's still in shock and overwhelmed by her overnight stardom . Watch how Boyle sees herself '' `` I 'm gobsmacked , absolutely gobsmacked , '' she told CNN on Friday morning . During an earlier interview with CNN 's Atika Shubert , Boyle expressed amazement at people 's reaction to her -- `` the way everyone","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Scottish woman who became an Internet singing sensation after her performance on a British talent show said Friday she does n't want fame to change her . Susan Boyle at home with her piano . Susan Boyle , 47 , has said she 's still the same humble girl next door despite her knockout singing on `` Britain 's Got Talent . '' She shocked and inspired the audience , judges , and Web watchers with her rendition of `` I Dreamed a Dream '' from the musical `` Les Mis\u00e9rables '' in the first round of the show . `` I would n't want to change myself too much because that would really make things a bit false , '' she told CNN 's `` American Morning '' on Friday . `` I want to receive people as the real me , a real person . '' Boyle 's appearance belied her talent , but in the end it was the very reason she won over the audience . There is speculation TV producers might give Boyle a makeover for the rest of the show , but she refused to say whether she 'd"}
-{"answer":"landfill . Congressman Rush Holt , D-New Jersey , Thursday accused the Pentagon of what he called `` willful blindness '' in not acting faster to identify and correct the problems and fully report them . `` For years , this has been handled unceremoniously and insensitively and , I would say , dishonorably , '' Holt said in a telephone interview . He said he had been asking the Pentagon for months about information about Dover , on behalf of a constituent whose husband was killed five years ago . `` They do n't get it . They do n't understand the degree of dishonor involved in all of this , '' Holt said . Last month , the Defense Department told the congressman that exact numbers could not be determined . `` Without individual case-by-case review , the exact number of Service-directed disposition of subsequent remains can not be determined , '' said a fact sheet sent to Holt in November . `` It would require a massive effort and time to recall records and research individually . '' When bodies are not intact -- for instance , in the aftermath of a crash or explosion -- a","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Air Force admitted Thursday that it sent more sets of military personnel remains to a Virginia landfill than it originally acknowledged . Backtracking on initial information about how it handled the remains of American service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan , the Air Force now says the cremated body parts of hundreds of the fallen were burned and dumped in the landfill . Earlier , the Air Force said only a small number of body parts had been buried in a commercial landfill and claimed it would be impossible to make a final determination of how many remains were disposed of in that manner . The Washington Post broke the story Thursday , and the Air Force now confirms that body fragments linked to at least 274 fallen military personnel sent to the Dover Air Force Base Mortuary were cremated , incinerated and buried with medical waste . That procedure was in place between November 2003 and May 1 , 2008 . The Air Force also said that 1,762 body parts were never identified and also were disposed of , first by cremation , then by further incineration and then buried in a"}
-{"answer":"the City of David , an archaeological excavation site outside the Old City of East Jerusalem on a slope of the Silwan Valley . The wall is believed to have been built by the Canaanites , an ancient pagan people who the Bible says inhabited Jerusalem and other parts of the Middle East before the advent of monotheism . Watch report on the discovery of the ancient wall '' `` This is the most massive wall that has ever been uncovered in the City of David , '' Reich and Shukron said in a joint statement about the find . It marks the first time `` that such massive construction that predates the Herodian period has been discovered in Jerusalem . '' It appears to be part of a `` protected , well-fortified passage that descends to the spring tower from some sort of fortress that stood at the top of the hill , '' according to the joint statement . The spring `` is located in the weakest and most vulnerable place in the area . The construction of a protected passage , even though it involves tremendous effort , is a solution for which there are several parallels","question":"JERUSALEM -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An archaeological dig in Jerusalem has turned up a 3,700-year-old wall that is the largest and oldest of its kind found in the region , experts say . The wall is built of enormous boulders , confounding archaeologists as to how ancient peoples built it . Standing 8 meters -LRB- 26 feet -RRB- high , the wall of huge cut stones is a marvel to archaeologists . `` To build straight walls up 8 meters ... I do n't know how to do it today without mechanical equipment , '' said the excavation 's director , Ronny Reich . `` I do n't think that any engineer today without electrical power -LSB- could -RSB- do it . '' Archaeologist Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority added , `` You see all the big boulders -- all the boulders are 4 to 5 tons . '' The discovered section is 24 meters -LRB- 79 feet -RRB- long . `` However , it is thought the fortification is much longer because it continues west beyond the part that was exposed , '' the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a news release . It was found inside"}
-{"answer":"and steadfast , '' Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said . Medina , 20 , is from El Mirage , a working class Latino community northwest of Phoenix . `` When I first joined the military , they would ask us where you from , and I would say ` I 'm from the great state of Arizona , ' '' Medina reflected . `` I was raised here , I grew up here . Now I do n't know if I can say that so proudly . I do n't know if I want to live here anymore . '' Medina says he came to the United States from Mexico illegally when he was 2 years old . When he was 11 years old he became a legal resident of the United States and now has a green card . `` I felt I had a huge debt to this country that 's given me so much , '' Medina said . `` When I heard the law that passed , I could n't believe it . Because the America I know , freedom , liberties we enjoy , are for everyone and then this law passes and I 'm","question":"Phoenix , Arizona -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At a vigil protesting the passage of Arizona 's tough new illegal immigration law , a young man in Army fatigues and a beret lit a candle at a makeshift shrine . Pfc. Jose Medina , an Army medic , came to the Arizona capitol while on leave , to express his sadness over the law , signed by Arizona 's governor on Friday . `` I 'm here because this is something that 's close to my heart , '' said Medina . `` I went off to protect this country , to protect my family . That 's what hurts . '' The new law requires immigrants to carry their registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if there is reason to suspect that they 're in the country illegally . Critics fear the law will result in racial profiling . The bill `` strengthens the laws of our state . It protects all of us , every Arizona citizen , and everyone here in our state lawfully . And it does so while ensuring that the constitutional rights of all in Arizona remain solid , stable"}
-{"answer":"justice . We need to protect the Made in China brand , '' said Chinese analyst Victor Gao . But the problem could be more pervasive . The state-run Nanfang Daily published an investigative story saying that adding melamine into animal feed has become an `` open secret . '' The report said adding melamine into feed started in the aquatic farming industry five years ago , as a way of faking higher protein levels . Learn more about chemical melamine '' It then spread into other agro-industries such as poultry . Even more shocking is the allegation that the melamine added is from industrial waste material . CNN contacted the Ministry of Agriculture about the story , but got no immediate response . Two years ago , reports revealed pet food exported from China to the United States was spiked with melamine and had sickened and killed dogs . Several weeks ago , the food scandal spread to milk , biscuits and candies . Now , it is tainted eggs . So far , no illnesses or deaths have been linked to eggs . Tests in Hong Kong last week showed eggs exported by a Chinese company are contaminated","question":"BEIJING , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Consumers in Beijing 's malls and shops are shunning the milk and poultry sections -- for good reasons . Poultry products , including eggs , may be contaminated with melamine through animal food . They are shocked and scared by the news headlines : some food produced in China is tainted with melamine . `` Of course I 'm worried , '' says a woman shopping in Nanxiaojie Market . Stop eating eggs ? `` That 's not possible , '' she tells CNN . `` If there 's a problem with eggs , it should be solved fundamentally . '' Chinese premier Wen Jiabao says China will take steps to win back consumers . `` We will use our actions and high quality of our food products to win the trust and confidence of Chinese people and people around the world , '' he told reporters at the end of a two-day summit of Asian and European leaders in Beijing last weekend . Watch more about the tainted food scandal '' `` Three minister-level officials have resigned and a government investigation is going on . Whoever is responsible must be brought to"}
-{"answer":"of people who spent the night in a dark park across the street . A rooster 's crowing could sometimes be heard above the din . After electricity in the hotel was shut off at 1 a.m. , CNN technicians worked on satellite equipment by flashlight . The hotel resembles a compound , with razor wire topping eight-foot walls and a gated parking lot , guarded by a man wielding an old shotgun . And although the hotel 's residents seemed safe , and street violence had not been seen , there was a feeling of apprehension . As dawn broke , residents wandered slowly through the streets , their destination unknown in a city with seemingly nowhere to go . Still , there were glimmers of hope that the situation was inching toward improvement . The airport , damaged by the quake , began to come back to life Wednesday . The Aeroport International Toussaint Louverture had been closed since the quake struck . But by Wednesday afternoon , the first small-plane commercial flights started to arrive . The airport picked up energy and vitality as planes carrying supplies and ferrying search-and-rescue squads began filling the tarmac . Francklin","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Haiti 's capital awoke to increasing desperation Thursday morning , a day and a half after a devastating earthquake , with covered bodies piling up along streets and modern aspects of life , such as electricity , mostly missing . The streets of Port-au-Prince resembled grainy black-and-white newsreels from World War II that showed the rubble of bombed-out houses in Berlin and London . The devastation was wide and often horrific . A one-hour drive from the airport to a walled-in hotel where the CNN contingent is staying revealed the widespread destruction from Tuesday 's 7.0-magnitude earthquake . Flattened and severely damaged houses were found on every block , and the streets were choked with pedestrians and residents . They set up overnight camps and slept by the thousands in dark and crowded parks and on sidewalks , for fear of being inside if another powerful quake hit . Numerous aftershocks have rattled the capital . Sporadic gunfire was heard Wednesday night outside the hotel where CNN is lodged . Sirens could be heard at times , but the predominant sounds in the pre-dawn darkness were the shouts and screams from the thousands"}
-{"answer":"the South American country . `` They do n't recognize humanity , they do n't recognize human rights . They 're animals . They 're terrorists , '' Stansell said of the FARC . `` We do n't want to exaggerate what happened . We just want to tell the truth . '' The men painted a gruesome picture of their captivity , describing months in which they were ordered not to speak to each other and an initial campsite where they lived with a rat 's nest above them . They slept on the floors of drug labs and were forced to march for hours while chained . Chains were very much a part of their captivity . `` That was put around my neck every night , '' Stansell told Headline News ' Robin Meade on Thursday , holding a heavy industrial lock . `` This lock , with 5 meters of chain -- thick , 1-inch links -- went to his neck , '' Stansell said , pointing at Gonsalves . `` We slept like that , '' he said . Watch how the rescue surprised the hostages '' Gonsalves also held small wooden chess pawns he","question":"SAN ANTONIO , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three Americans rescued last week from captivity in the Colombian jungle will return to their homes Saturday , the U.S. Army South said . Left to right , Keith Stansell , Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes talk about spending more than 5 years as hostages . Marc Gonsalves , Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell have been undergoing a reintegration process at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio , Texas , since their return 10 days ago to the United States . The men were among 15 hostages , including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt , who were rescued July 2 in a Colombian military operation . The men carried with them a metal lock , a bullet and a chess board made of cardboard -- small items that are reminders of the years they spent away from their families , cut off from the world outside the jungle , seeing only fellow hostages and their captors , the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -LRB- FARC -RRB- . The group had held the three U.S. government contractors hostage since February 2003 , after their plane crashed in a remote region of"}
-{"answer":"hours before Opening Day in 1975 , a helicopter was brought in to hover over the wet field to dry out two days worth of rain . The result ? The chopper crashed and gashed the field just beyond third base . It would take another 20 years for the Texas Rangers to taste the playoffs . But the `` Curse of the Rotor Blade '' does n't have the same mystique as the Red Sox 's `` Curse of the Bambino '' or the Cubs ' `` Curse of the Billy Goat . '' The Rangers team was a collection of misfit has-beens and never-would-bes who made every kid think , `` If these guys can be ballplayers , surely I can be one , too . '' April 12 , 1991 , was my chance to impress the Rangers scouts . Before the game , I was invited to play in a fly-ball catching contest . After hearing the stadium announcer call my name , I trotted out onto the hallowed grass of Arlington Stadium . A pitching machine launched the first two fly balls toward me , and with thousands of people watching , I snagged both","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- To be a Texas Rangers baseball fan does n't compare to the prestige of growing up in the shadows of Yankee Stadium , Fenway Park or Wrigley Field . The pinstriped jerseys , classic uniforms and ball caps of those Major League Baseball teams are timeless and have become iconic touchstones in pop culture . It 's easy to be a baseball fan if you root for teams with rich history like the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox and both Chicago teams , the Cubs and White Sox . Baseball purists must have cringed back in 1972 when the Rangers unveiled the team logo of a baseball wearing a 10-gallon cowboy hat . Calling the Rangers your team meant you truly loved baseball . What 's the power of a good luck charm ? The Yankees spent decades playing in the `` House that Babe Ruth Built '' while the Rangers spent most of my childhood playing in an uninspired location . The `` stadium '' was a converted minor-league field that looked like an open-air county arena better suited for rodeos than baseball games . But it was our Ebbets Field . Just"}
-{"answer":"saw myself as more of a metropolitan person , but you know , without money , this was our best option . '' The couple 's drastic lifestyle change -- one they chose -- came last October when Wright , 48 , lost his job managing life insurance portfolios for millionaires at a private firm in Beverly Hills . His niche company , which relied heavily on capital flow , had felt the pain of the credit crunch . Once making over $ 100,000 a year , Wright soon joined the growing number of Americans facing unemployment in the economic downturn . iReport.com : Tell us how you 're surviving With meager savings , Bird and Wright knew they could n't maintain their costly Los Angeles lifestyle in an area where , they say , image is everything . Even if they had stayed in Beverly Hills , they would have needed to move into a smaller apartment and rely on Bird 's modest salary as a financial manager . Exhausted from the rat race , Wright decided they needed another option . `` I 've been in Los Angeles for a long time and I 've had to start","question":"This story is part of an ongoing series of profiles by CNN about economic survival in this time of financial crisis . Leah Bird and her husband Ed Wright stand in front of their new home : a 1974 Airstream trailer . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They bid farewell to their beloved trips to the opera and museum , the beach and Buddhist temples . They ate one last time at their favorite restaurants serving Indian curried chicken and warm bowls of Vietnamese pho . Leah Bird and her husband , Ed Wright , have traded their comfortable two-bedroom apartment and jobs in Beverly Hills , California , for life in a trailer on a five-acre Oregon farm . No longer do the couple hear roaring fire trucks in the street or chatter from patrons dining at outdoor cafes . On this farm , the dominant silence is occasionally interrupted by the sounds of frogs and crickets . `` It 's not necessarily a lifestyle that has ever seemed attractive to me , '' says 28-year-old Bird , between tending to the farm animals : two sheep , two Nubian goats , miniature horses and geese . `` I always"}
-{"answer":"government who were very keen to have the event for the purpose of promoting China and Shanghai and also promoting the sport of tennis in China , '' he said . `` Here it was us wanting to bring the event back to the traditional market of Europe , and in particular London . '' The UK capital has a contract until 2013 , but doubts have been raised about the event 's future on the banks of the River Thames due to complaints about British laws which require players to be taxed on all endorsements during the time they are in the country . The Lawn Tennis Association , which runs Wimbledon and is also an event partner of the ATP finals , is lobbying the government for an exemption . `` If we lose events like this it will have a big impact not just on the economy but also on sponsors and television and in other areas , '' LTA chief executive Roger Draper told the UK Press Association . Can Federer make finals history in London ? Drewett said the ATP is happy for the event to stay in London , which is one of the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Brad Drewett is reluctant to divulge exact numbers , but the ATP World Tour Finals is a big deal for men 's tennis . The season-ending event , worth $ 5 million in prize money this year , is the tour 's marquee event -- an elite eight-man showpiece that attracts top sponsors and acts as a massive advert for the game . `` It 's one the of the ATP 's biggest assets , '' longtime tournament director Brad Drewett told CNN during this week 's round-robin matches . `` For it to be a commercial success is extremely important for us . '' Drewett , a 58-year-old former tennis prodigy , has been running the finals for more than a decade now . It came to London 's glitzy O2 Arena -- best known as a concert venue -- in 2009 after Drewett took it back to Shanghai for three years . Rihanna to Rafa : Tennis gets popstar makeover `` The actual financial structure is a bit different . We have a partnership here with AEG , the owners of the O2 , whereas in Shanghai we had a partnership with the municipal"}
-{"answer":"vision of Mount Fuji , Japan 's tallest mountain , looming in the distance . Though the move to this picturesque location is not without its controversies . The Suzuka track -- which had held Japanese Grands Prix between 1987 and 2006 -- had been popular with drivers and fans alike , but for this year and the next the Japanese Grand Prix will be held at Fuji . However an announcement by Formula One Management -LRB- FOM -RRB- this month revealed that Suzuka will return to the calendar for 2009 -- on the condition that the circuit makes some approved modifications -- with the location of the Japanese Grand Prix alternating yearly between Fuji and Suzuka after that . Behind the scenes is a political battleground -- both circuits are owned by car manufacturers with F1 connections -- Honda owns Suzuka , Toyota owns Fuji . Toyota is a relative newcomer to F1 but , having this year surpassed General Motors as the world 's number one automobile manufacturer , and reputedly having the best funded team in the paddock -LRB- a position that has n't been reflected in sporting success -RRB- , it is not without clout .","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There are some circuits that are cornerstones of the Formula 1 calendar : the Monacos and Silverstones whose every twist and turn are known intimately by the drivers and engineers . Then there are the newer circuits -- Malaysia and Bahrain , for instance -- but even these have become familiar to the drivers and their backroom boffins . Fuji Speedway employees pose behind a scale model of the new circuit and in front of an overhead view . Next week they have something completely new to contend with : a track that has yet to see a single F1 team put in a single lap . The Japan Grand Prix is to return to the Fuji Speedway , a circuit that has n't seen an F1 race since 1977 -LRB- though now with a substantially different track layout -RRB- . The Fuji circuit will be familiar to fans of classic arcade games . The old Fuji Speedway was the setting for the 1982 arcade game Pole Position -LRB- released by Namco in Japan and Atari in the rest of the world -RRB- . The most notable aspect of the circuit is the"}
-{"answer":"operations . Last week , Fiat agreed to take an initial 20 percent of Chrysler as the U.S. manufacturer filed for bankruptcy protection . `` It 's an incredibly simple solution to a very thorny problem , '' Marchionne told the Financial Times . Marchionne hopes to have the deal finished by the end of this month , and list shares for the new company -- which may be called Fiat\/Opel -- by the end of August . Fiat has only recently gotten itself back on track . In his five years at the helm of Fiat , Marchionne has helped turn around the troubled Italian automaker . Analysts say its small-car technology can help Chrysler , known for its minivans . In the past five years , Fiat has been able to regain market share in Europe with its economy fuel-saving cars as well as its luxury line , Alfa Romeo . Marchionne is scheduled to meet with German government officials Monday to discuss the plan . Opel is GM Europe 's German unit . To secure the deal , Fiat is hoping to secure loans from the German government , raising concerns in Germany about helping to fund","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fiat Group , fresh from an agreement to buy a piece of troubled automaker Chrysler , has plans to purchase GM Europe and spin off the recombined carmakers into a new company . Fiat 's update of the Cinquecento . The company says its small car expertise can help GM Europe get back on track . If successful , the new company would become one of the largest car manufacturers in the world behind Toyota . The combined company would generate about $ 100 billion annually with sales of between 6 and 7 million cars a year . `` Clearly they 're trying to take advantage of the opportunity when a lot of stakeholders may be willing to accommodate them , '' said John Bonnell , an auto industry analyst with JD Power and Associates . `` It may be their only opportunity to get to the kind of scale necessary to succeed in this market . '' In an interview with the Financial Times , Sergio Marchionne , chief executive officer of Fiat , detailed a plan to separate Fiat Auto core car divisions and join with Opel\/Vauxhall , Saab and GM 's other European"}
-{"answer":"'s passing happened right as Janet Jackson had started production on Tyler Perry 's new film , `` Why Did I Get Married Too ? '' and the emotional turmoil she was in comes through in the film , Winfrey said . `` It was very therapeutic , '' Jackson said of her role . Tyler Perry , she added , was by her side the entire time , asking her how she wanted to be treated on set , making sure no one had access to images of Jackson crying in character -LRB- lest a tabloid run them as evidence of what Jackson was going through at the time -RRB- , and even changing the ending of the movie , which opens nationwide Friday , for her . `` I changed the ending because at first she was going to speak at the funeral , and the things that she was going to say , it was too eerie , '' Perry , who also was on the show , told Winfrey . `` She did n't want to change it , but I did . '' Veering from the topic of his movie , Perry told Winfrey he","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The notoriously private Janet Jackson opened up about her brother 's death on `` The Oprah Winfrey Show '' Friday , admitting that the family knew he had a problem . `` People think we were in denial but we were n't . We tried intervention several times . He was very much in denial -- he did n't think he had a problem . '' When the news first broke that Michael was ill , Jackson said she first heard about it from an assistant while she was home in New York . The last time she saw her brother was about a month before , she said , at a party she had thrown for their parents . `` He was thin then , and we knew that he had a problem ; we all did , '' she said . His death , she told Winfrey , is `` hard to believe still to this day . There is n't a day that goes by that I do n't think about it -- that all of us in the family do n't think about it -- every single day . '' Her brother"}
-{"answer":"aid site at Sylvio Cator Stadium two days later . `` We did not have trucks or gasoline to get here , '' Bruno Besson , a co-team leader , said Tuesday . Full coverage l Twitter updates The group had been ready since last Wednesday , one day after the earthquake , but had to sit at the airport in France for two days because there was no plane available to take them , said a frustrated Oustalet Jean-Philippe , the other co-leader for Secouristes Sans Frontieres . He blamed the United Nations . Others say the United States , which is spearheading the relief effort , is at fault . High-resolution images of damage The Geneva , Switzerland-based Doctors Without Borders complained this weekend that U.S. air traffic controllers in charge of the Aeroport International Toussaint Louverture were diverting aircraft carrying medical supplies and other humanitarian aid . U.S. military flights were getting top priority , the doctors group said . Alain Joyandet , the French minister in charge of humanitarian aid , said Monday that the U.S. military build-up was hindering relief efforts . Some media reported that Joyandet admitted becoming involved in a tussle in the","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Anger boiled over on the streets of Haiti 's capital Tuesday -- not just from residents who have gone a week without food and water , but from the people who are supposed to be providing it . Relief workers say help is not reaching many of the 2 million residents in Port-au-Prince who need aid , because those who are supposed to be coordinating the efforts are inept . `` It 's terrible , '' said Eric Klein , head of disaster-relief agency CAN-DO . `` There 's got to be coordination . '' Medical aid is particularly needed , Klein and others said . `` There are medical supplies just sitting at the frigging airport , '' Klein said while sitting in the cab of a 1,200-gallon water truck near the heavily damaged presidential palace . Klein and two Haitian businessmen had just delivered free water to a nearby town . iReport : Search list of the missing and the found It 's not just water and food that are not making it to residents . A 20-member French medical and rescue team that arrived Sunday in Port-au-Prince finally reached their"}
-{"answer":"-- is as predictable as blinking . You 'll observe hand-to-face gestures in every culture and society , as well as in our closest primate relatives , the monkeys and apes . There 's nothing wrong with face touching . Nothing , that is , unless you 're afraid of germs . And today , many of us around the world are terrified by these tiny organisms , especially ones that cause swine flu . Merely by shaking the hand of someone infected by the swine-flu virus , we risk infection each time we inadvertently reach up and touch our faces . Physicians urge that we wash right after shaking hands . But since the anthropologist in me knows that , as a primate , you 'll touch your face before washing , germs will inevitably visit unsuspecting lids , lip , and noses . The human handshake itself , meanwhile , is a widespread gesture used for meeting , greeting , and sealing a deal . It 's a ritualized gripping of another 's hand , with one or more up-and-down -LRB- or , in Texas , sideways -RRB- motions followed by a quick release . Since the fingertips","question":"Editor 's note : David B. Givens is Director of the Center for Nonverbal Studies in Spokane , Washington . He is the author of `` Love Signals : A Practical Field Guide to the Body Language of Courtship '' -LRB- St. Martin 's , New York , 2005 -RRB- , `` Crime Signals : How to Spot a Criminal Before You Become a Victim '' -LRB- St. Martin 's , 2008 -RRB- , and the forthcoming `` The Body of Work : Sightreading the Language of Business , Bosses , and Boardrooms . '' His online Nonverbal Dictionary is used around the world as a reference tool . Barack and Michelle Obama celebrate winning the Democratic nomination with a fist bump in 2008 . SPOKANE , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The H1N1 swine flu virus is putting our most familiar gesture of greeting -- handshakes -- at risk . As an anthropologist who watches people for a living , I can tell you that human beings touch their own faces with their own fingertips hundreds , if not thousands of times a day . Repeated face touching -- especially finger contact with eyelids , lips , and nostrils"}
-{"answer":"the movie . For our road trip , we had chosen an eight-day itinerary from our homes outside Atlanta , Georgia , through the mountains of North Carolina and Virginia , then east to the Atlantic shoreline and south along the coastal islands of the Outer Banks . The trip offered a spectacular ride up the Blue Ridge Parkway , a winding two-lane that clings to the ridgeline through North Carolina and Virginia . The elevation often reaches 5,000 feet or more , so temperatures were cool despite a heat wave down below . See map '' Our motorcycle motorcade passed panoramas of blue-tinged mountains and rolling meadows set off by split-rail fences . We motored through dense forests whose overhanging branches turned the road into a cool green tunnel . Rhododendrons and mountain laurels in bloom lined the road . See photos of this Harley road trip '' It all looks better from a motorcycle , because you 're so immersed in it -- not just looking out from inside a cage of steel and glass . In fact , we call cars cages and the people who drive them -- you guessed it -- cagers . See how","question":"Editor 's note : The author has ridden motorcycles more than 125,000 miles since 1999 , including solo trips from Georgia to California and Canada . She takes us inside the world of motorcycle travel . Bikers approach Mount Mitchell , North Carolina , during a road trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains . SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK , Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- We were parked at a peaceful , shady overlook beside Virginia 's Skyline Drive , admiring the green mountains and the river far below , when Keith realized he needed a new rear tire , and he needed it now . A bald tire is a serious problem when you 're traveling by motorcycle : We do n't carry spare tires , for obvious reasons , and a blowout on two wheels could be life-threatening . Keith decided he could make it 100 miles to the Harley-Davidson dealership in Richmond , Virginia , as long as we kept it slow , so our seven bikes headed that way . It 's been said that a great trip in a car is like watching a first-rate movie -- but a great trip on a motorcycle is like living"}
-{"answer":", to our citizens of Christian belief and the entire Catholic community , '' the ministry said . Church officials expressed `` shock and sorrow '' over the death of Padovese , who was also the president of the Turkey Bishops Conference `` I can only express an immense pain over this violent act that has taken us by surprise , '' Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said . `` The tragedy of this event shows the difficulty that the Christian community endures in the Middle East region . '' Roman Catholics in Turkey `` occasionally have been subjected to violent societal attacks , '' according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom , a U.S. government agency . The group 's latest report cites the February 2006 shooting death of `` an Italian Catholic priest '' in Trabzon by a boy `` angered over the caricatures of the Muslim prophet in Danish newspapers . '' A 16-year-old boy was charged with murder and sentenced to jail in the act , which drew condemnations from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other government officials . In July 2009 , a `` mentally disturbed young man '' killed Gregor Kerkeling","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The driver of a slain Catholic bishop in southern Turkey has been apprehended in the killing , the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Thursday . The victim was identified by the Vatican as Luigi Padovese , the apostolic vicar of Anatolia . He was assaulted Thursday in his house in Iskenderun in Hatay province , the Vatican said . `` We were dismayed to hear that Bishop Prof. Luigi Padovese lost his life as a result of being stabbed by his driver today in Iskenderun , Hatay , '' the ministry said , saying the death is `` a human , religious and academic loss . '' `` This attack on a man of religion , whatever its reason might be , has received significant public condemnation . We have learned that the suspect , who has psychological problems and is currently being treated , was apprehended with the murder weapon . Detailed information will be shared with the public when the ongoing judicial investigation is concluded . `` This murder has led to deep sorrow for everyone . Hoping that the deceased will rest in peace , we extend our most sincere condolences to his family"}
-{"answer":"small increase in pay . Consistent with federal guidelines designed to improve the educational system , Gallo asked teachers to work a longer school day of seven hours and tutor students weekly for one hour outside school time . She proposed teachers have lunch with students often , meet for 90 minutes every week to discuss education and set aside two weeks during summer break for paid professional development . Think of it as asking teachers to go back and fix what they did n't do right the first time . Central Falls High School is one of the lowest-performing schools in Rhode Island . It operates in a community where the median income is $ 22,000 , according to census statistics . Of the school 's 800 students , 65 percent are Latino and most of them consider English a second language . Half the student body is failing every subject , with 55 percent meeting requirements in reading and only 7 percent in math . `` No thanks , '' said the teachers . `` You 're fired , '' said Gallo . Upon hearing this story , my first thought was how do we get this woman","question":"San Diego , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In most high schools in America , they teach Shakespeare . But at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island , they 're acting out a Shakespearean drama . Only instead of the famous line from Henry VI -- let 's kill all the lawyers -- what we have is : `` Let 's fire all the teachers . '' That 's exactly what Central Falls School District Superintendent Frances Gallo did in February . In a move that was bold but also justified , Gallo fired 77 teachers at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island , along with the school 's principal , three assistant principals and other administrators . In all , the district said , 93 people were let go in the purge . The school board later stood by Gallo and approved the action . The mass firings , which take effect at the end of this school year , came after the district failed to reach an agreement with the local teachers ' union on a plan that would have required teachers to spend more time with students to improve test scores -- with only a"}
-{"answer":": first , that Kitzhaber 's actions are within , not without , the basic rules of our democracy ; second , that Kitzhaber is a proxy for the thousands of people in this country who have had to live with doubt and even regret because they were thrust into the death penalty process while doing their civic duty as jurors , judges or lawyers . In 1984 , Oregon voters chose by referendum to reinstate the death penalty . The legislature formulated rules for capital punishment . Prosecutors elected , as they could , to pursue the death penalty against Haugen . A jury heard the evidence , and 12 Oregon citizens voted to have Haugen put to death . The courts that heard Haugen 's appeals -LRB- up to the point he dropped them -RRB- found the process fair . Then , after all of this , Kitzhaber chose not to finish this expensive and consuming project . Kitzhaber 's choice is anti-democratic , it does frustrate the will of prosecutors , it must be confounding to those 12 jurors , and it constitutes a tremendous exercise of power based on just one person 's sense of morality","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Some found it shocking when Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber granted convicted double-murderer Gary Haugen a reprieve Tuesday , setting aside Haugen 's scheduled December 6 execution . Haugen , who killed another prisoner while serving a life sentence for a previous murder , had waived all appeals . In a previous term as governor , Kitzhaber allowed two men to be executed , and he explained Tuesday that `` I simply can not participate once again in something that I believe to be morally wrong . '' A medical doctor with an active license , the governor also referred to his oath as a physician to `` do no harm '' as he announced Haugen 's reprieve and a moratorium on executions for the remainder of his term in office . Notably , in issuing a reprieve -LRB- or delay -RRB- rather than commuting Haugen 's sentence , Kitzhaber left open the possibility of Haugen 's execution under a future governor . As the news spread , many people reacted with anger . Kitzhaber has been called a coward and worse . This wave of anger , though , should not distract from two important truths"}
-{"answer":"claiming Obama favored comprehensive sex education for kindergarteners . Democrats have not been above reproach either . After McCain secured the GOP nomination this spring , outside groups falsely claimed the Republican supported a 1,000-year war in Iraq and therefore was not worthy of the presidency . These misleading appeals suggest voters must remain vigilant about candidate , party , and group claims . Generally , the most misleading commercials have come from independent groups uncoordinated with the candidates . These organizations feel free to run emotional and inaccurate content designed to play on voter 's fears and anxieties . Some of the worst ads in recent memory , such as the Willie Horton ad in 1988 , have been broadcast by these kinds of groups . In past years , the only upside of attack ads was that they generally contained more issue content than other types of ads . Since reporters police campaign appeals , the ads generally stick to the issues and rely on factually-accurate information . Ad sponsors and candidates realize they will be held accountable for unfair ad content . However , commercials run this year represent a break with this general pattern . Attack","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Negative attacks are as American as apple pie . Since the early days of the republic , candidates attacked with a vigor that contemporary strategists would admire . In the 1800 presidential election , for example , Thomas Jefferson and John Adams criticized one another with a stunning ferocity on everything from foreign and domestic policy to private character and personal behavior . Later campaigns were n't much better . Critics of Andrew Jackson in 1836 accused him of murdering Indians . In 1884 , Grover Cleveland was ridiculed for fathering an illegitimate child . William Jennings Bryan was characterized as a dangerous radical in 1896 who would ruin the economy . Despite these historical precedents , the 2008 campaign has reached all-time lows in the use of misleading and inaccurate political appeals . Even Karl Rove , the architect of negative ads in previous campaigns , has complained about the tenor of this year 's campaign . John McCain broadcast an ad taking Barack Obama 's words out of context and suggesting Democrats were trying to compare GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin to a pig . The McCain campaign ran another spot erroneously"}
-{"answer":"having a difficult time filling 22,000 available positions . Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said this week the city would increase its participation in a job placement program , both monetarily and through city organizations . The mayor made his remarks as part of a kickoff event for Imagine Career Week , which links high school students and employers . A spokesman for one of the groups sponsoring the week 's events said there should n't be so many employers with open spots . `` At the same time , we have young people walking around famously saying that they ca n't find a job . There 's a big disconnect there someplace , '' Paul Leger of the Allegheny Conference told WTAE . During the career week , students will visit businesses and prospective employers will visit classrooms . Read the full report on WTAE Southeast : Wal-Mart to increase its N.C. workforce by nearly 6 percent Wal-Mart said Wednesday it plans to add 3,000 jobs in North Carolina . The retail chain currently employs 51,000 people at 155 locations in the state . `` In a time when many are suffering , we want North Carolinians to know that we","question":"Editor 's note : CNN affiliates report on where job seekers are finding work across the country and how those looking for employment are coping with the situation . Job fairs are becoming more popular and are seeing record attendance . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A record number of senior citizens attended a job fair this week in Loveland , Colorado . The fair , which targeted people 50 and older , drew the biggest crowd -- about 900 people -- for the annual event . Nan Cooper , a job seeker , said applicants have to do more these days than just walk into a prospective employer 's office with a resume . '' -LSB- Times -RSB- have changed radically , '' she told KMGH in Denver . `` I 've spent countless , countless hours on the Internet and filling out applications . '' iReport.com : Share your job hunt story She said she had even applied for jobs through the online auction site eBay . Read the full report on KMGH Northeast : Job week seeks to solve ` disconnect ' between employers , job hunters Employers in the Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , area say they are"}
-{"answer":"down , straight for me . He picked me up and the books went flying . Watch Larry on his `` Remarkable journey '' '' I 'm not sure if I knew the cop . But I may have . For years , before the war started and my father went to work in the defense plant , he 'd owned a little neighborhood bar and grill . He was friendly with all the cops . The cops loved my father the way they loved any bar owner who had a great sense of humor . I remember having my own police costume when I was very young . A badge and a little nightstick came with it . I 'd make like I was walking the beat . The cop put me in the squad car . He told me that my father had died . Heart attack . I did n't cry . I remember that . I did n't cry . I was more befuddled than anything else . It must have been difficult for the cop . He started the car and drove . We wound through the streets of Brownsville and ended up at a","question":"Editor 's note : Below is an excerpt from Larry King 's autobiography , `` My Remarkable Journey , '' published by Weinstein books . Larry King anchors `` Larry King Live '' at 9 p.m. ET on CNN . Larry , left , at age 10 with his younger brother , Marty , shortly after their father died . I was walking home from the library carrying nine books . That 's the way my memory sees it . I ca n't know for sure if it was exactly nine books . Maybe I picture nine books because I was nine years old . I 'm certain that I was nine years old , because I 'm sure of the date -- June 9 , 1943 . There were a lot of books under my arm on that summer day because I loved books . I wonder what happened to those nine books ... There were three squad cars in front of my apartment building . Flivvers , we called them . I do n't remember exactly when I started to hear my mother 's screams . But as I hurried up the steps , a cop quickly came"}
-{"answer":"nothing else , the protests of 2011 brought the power of Arab public opinion front and center . Gone are the days when Arab leaders could act with total disregard for their people 's opinions . Public opinion throughout the Arab world resoundingly disapproved of Gadhafi 's behavior , and now of Assad 's . This sentiment is motivating Arab leaders to respond to their people 's anger , through the Arab League . The corollary to this is Arab leaders ' fear that if they stand idly by while Assad slaughters Syrians , popular resentment could boomerang against them . Whereas popular discontent was traditionally channeled toward Israel and the West , collective Arab opprobrium is now targeted at brutal Arab regimes . If they fail to act , many Arab leaders could suffer political heartache and more popular unrest at home . Getting ahead of this demonstrates that they respond to public opinion , and it helps deflect popular discontent away from domestic issues . On the geo-strategic level , Arab League activism is motivated by a desire to keep the Arabs in the drivers ' seat . With the United States largely over the horizon , Arab","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Arab League 's decision to impose sweeping sanctions on Syria , a move followed by Turkey , reflects an unprecedented level of collective action by the historically moribund regional body . The Sunday vote by 19 Arab states to punish Syria further isolates Damascus and undermines President Bashar al-Assad 's self-proclaimed role as the dominant voice of Arab nationalism . Indeed , the activist role adopted by the Arab League as the 2011 Arab uprisings unfold has been a surprising development : Following decades of issuing lowest common denominator communiques , the league is rapidly emerging as a key regional actor . The Arab League 's strong condemnation last spring of Moammar Gadhafi 's brutality easily could have been dismissed as a one-off , given the Libyan strongman 's success at enraging most Arab leaders over the years . Yet by following up its suspension of Syria from the organization with tough sanctions , it 's clear the Arab League is taking on a more muscular role in the unfolding regional drama . There are four main reasons for this new Arab League approach : First and foremost : The Arab uprisings themselves . If"}
-{"answer":"'s pie-in-the-sky , '' says William Holstein , author of `` Why GM Matters : Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon . '' `` If General Motors goes away , how is the government ever going to maintain the network of suppliers ? '' asks Holstein . Noting there are `` four or five thousand moving parts in a vehicle , '' Holstein wonders , `` How is the government going to maintain this incredible infrastructure of suppliers to make sure that every part , every body panel is available for years after General Motors goes away ? ... It 's impossible . '' GM dealer Wilkins sees the government 's guarantee as a consumer confidence-builder . Still , he 's concerned about slumping sales figures . Nationwide , auto sales dropped 37 percent in March compared with a year ago . Wilkins ' business was not immune . Though he says he 's not in crisis mode , he does have contingency plans . Watch report from CNN 's Elaine Quijano on Wilkins '' `` Our business model is ` what if , what if , what if , ' '' Wilkins said , adding , ``","question":"GLEN BURNIE , Maryland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At his GM dealership in suburban Washington , Maury Wilkins exudes calm as he gears up for an enormous challenge : protecting his decades-old family business . Zero-percent financing is one way Maury Wilkins and other GM dealers are trying to lure new buyers . With General Motors teetering on the edge of bankruptcy , Wilkins says luring customers back into his showroom boils down to two factors . `` Everything is confidence and perception , '' Wilkins told CNN in a recent interview . Confidence in the beleaguered General Motors Corp. is exactly what President Obama hopes to restore . Even as he forced out GM 's CEO Rick Wagoner in late March , the president also made an extraordinary pledge . `` If you buy a car from Chrysler or General Motors , you will be able to get your car serviced and repaired , just like always , '' Obama announced from the White House a week ago . `` Starting today , the United States government will stand behind your warranty , '' the president said . Some critics have blasted that promise as untenable . `` That"}
-{"answer":"Barack Obama . He has essentially handed over our interrogation of terrorists to the ACLU . He 's outsourced it to them . Our CIA has no ability to have any form of interrogation for terrorists . '' Sounds scary -- and what I love about this particular riff is that it hits so many paranoid-style themes all in one place . There is the image of President Obama as the na\u00c3 \u00af ve professor , an out-of-touch egghead compromising national security by bringing in card-carrying members of the ACLU to interrogate terrorists . Not only that , he 's `` outsourced '' the effort , taking jobs away from our fighting men and women . Finally , there 's the bedrock proof point that makes the rhetoric sound real : Our CIA now has no ability to interrogate terrorists . Somewhere , Jack Bauer must be weeping . But what are the facts ? The CNN research team has fact-checked such claims from Bachmann before and found that `` The controversial CIA ` black site ' prison program , where the suspect of the USS Cole bombing and others were interrogated immediately after arrest , has been dismantled .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There 's an old saying that a lie can go halfway around the world while the truth is putting its boots on -- and in politics , a steady drumbeat of misinformation and mischaracterization can too often shape the national debate . So we wanted to set up a regular online column to confront fear-mongering with the facts , whether it comes from the right or the left during the 2012 campaign . Working with the CNN research team , we 'll investigate candidate claims and call bull when necessary . At a time when partisan spin can disproportionately dominate our democracy , this is an attempt to be an independent voice and an honest broker . Tuesday night 's CNN national security debate offered plenty of red meat along with principled policy disagreement . But one candidate in particular kept playing fast and loose with the facts : Michele Bachmann . It 's part of her usual schtick : playing politics by talk radio rules , where impact is far more important than accuracy . Here 's one of my favorite Bachmann howlers from last night : `` This is one thing we know about"}
-{"answer":"with the loss of their only child . China 's population minister recently praised the one-child rule , which dates to 1979 , saying it has prevented 400 million children from being born . Some wealthy families ignore the order , have more children and pay a $ 1,000 fine . In rural areas -- like earthquake-devastated Sichuan province -- families can petition for an additional child , but there 's no guarantee the authorities will approve the request -- they usually do n't . That reality has cast parents like Li into an agonizing limbo -- waiting to discover whether their only child is alive or dead . Thousands of children were in class when the temblor hit Monday afternoon . Many of their schools collapsed on top of them . In Dujiangyan City , more than 300 students were feared dead when Juyuan Middle School collapsed with 900 students inside . A similar number died at the city 's Xiang ' e Middle School . See images and video from the quake zone '' Now parents cluster outside collapsed school buildings , held back by soldiers in some cases as rescue crews search for signs of life .","question":"SICHUAN , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Li Yunxia wipes away tears as rescue crews dig through the ruins of a kindergarten class that has buried her only child -- a 5-year-old boy . Other parents wail as soldiers in blue masks trudge through the mud , hauling bodies from the rubble on stretchers . `` Children were screaming , but I could n't hear my son 's voice , '' she says , sobbing . This grim ritual repeated itself Thursday across southwestern China , as thousands of mothers and fathers await news about their sons and daughters . Watch parents ' anguished vigil '' The death toll from Monday 's massive earthquake could be as high as 50,000 , according to state-run media . Map '' The grief is compounded in many cases by a Chinese policy that limits most couples to one child , a measure meant to control explosive population growth . As a result of the one-child policy , the quake -- already responsible for at least 15,000 deaths -- is producing another tragic aftershock : Not only must thousands of parents suddenly cope with the loss of a child , but many must cope"}
-{"answer":"delay after delay . Hopefully they 're going to get some peace and closure after all these years . '' CNN does not identify sexual assault victims without their permission , even though the surviving victim , now 25 , has talked publicly about the case . The crime shocked the Washington area . Stacie Reed knew Powell , then 20 and an admitted racist . The state 's highest court eventually threw out the 2000 verdict in the first trial , saying prosecutors had not proven other necessary death-eligible offenses were committed against the 16-year-old . Such `` aggravating '' factors could include , rape , attempted rape or robbery in commission of the murder . The sexual assault and attempted murder of Stacie 's younger sister was upheld , and Powell was given a long prison sentence . Powell , believing he was free from execution , proceeded to write a taunting , profanity-filled letter from behind bars to Ebert , laying out explicit details of the crime unknown to investigators at the time . `` Since I have already been indicted on first degree murder and the Va. . Supreme Court said that I ca n't be","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A killer who sent a prosecutor a taunting letter about killing a 16-year-old girl died in Virginia 's electric chair Thursday night , the Richmond Times Dispatch reported . Paul Warner Powell was pronounced dead at 9:09 p.m. ET , the newspaper reported . Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell had denied clemency and the U.S. Supreme Court in January refused to block the execution . Powell was convicted in the 1999 murder of Stacie Reed and the rape of her 14-year-old sister in their Manassas , Virginia , family home . Powell claimed double jeopardy after state prosecutors put him on trial for a second time in the killing . The high court in July delayed Powell 's execution while considering the broader constitutional claims , which were finally rejected . The killer rejected lethal injection , the state 's usual method of execution . `` I 'm hopeful this is the last legal chapter in the long history of this case , '' said Powell 's prosecutor , Prince William County Commonwealth 's Attorney Paul Ebert . `` The survivors -- Stacie 's mother and -LSB- her sister -RSB- -- have really been traumatized by"}
-{"answer":"Campbell to testify because he had the most detailed statement of those people in the cabin at the time of the crash . `` Safety Board investigators interviewed 145 passengers , each of whom provided their own perspective on what happened , '' the NTSB said Monday night . `` Some of the passenger reports conflicted with the accounts of other passengers , including accounts of how the rear door was opened . '' `` What was consistently reported by those inside the plane was that the water entered the aft section of the cabin immediately while everyone was still seated , '' the statement said , adding that the NTSB will focus on how the water gushing `` affected the ability of the passengers and the crew to evacuate the aircraft since two of the four slide-rafts were in the rear of the plane , on each of the rear doors , and they could not be used . '' Sullenberger was the pilot in command during the flight , which lost power in both engines after hitting a flock of Canada geese . Bird detection , and standards for engines to handle bird strikes , are among subjects","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday will launch three days of hearings into the circumstances surrounding the US Airways Flight 1549 emergency landing on New York 's Hudson River . In January , passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 had to be rescued out of the Hudson River after a bird strike . Looking into several issues from the January 15 incident -- from migratory birds to why a rear door opened after the landing -- the NTSB panel will hear testimony from key witnesses , including Capt. Chesley `` Sully '' Sullenberger , the pilot ; and Billy Campbell , the only passenger scheduled to testify . On Monday , the NTSB corrected remarks made by board member Robert Sumwalt , who was quoted by The Associated Press as saying Campbell was being called to contradict statements made by flight attendant Doreen Welsh , who has said a panicked passenger opened the rear door . The NTSB said Sumwalt , who will lead the three days of hearings , was mistaken and that Campbell 's written statement does not suggest Welsh opened the rear door . NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said the board asked"}
-{"answer":"two-hour tour is not a budget option but it does include breakfast . Be warned , the tour includes 300 steps . If you 're not exhausted by the machinations of the Opera House , cool off with a relaxing dip . A recent spate of shark attacks may have put you off Sydney 's beaches , but there are plenty of outdoor pools that offer both sun and seawater . For serious laps , try the North Sydney Olympic Pool -LRB- next to the Sydney Harbour Bridge -RRB- or for a lazier affair have a massage at Wylies Bath in Coogee . Image gallery : 24 hours in Sydney '' Once in Coogee you can admire the Australian coastline by following it all the way back to Sydney 's famous Bondi Beach . Most people start in Bondi but there 's no reason why you ca n't do it in reverse . The two-hour walk takes you past bays and beaches and through the dramatic Waverley Cemetery where you can reflect on life while breathing in the views . The path ends at the Bondi Icebergs surf club where you can grab a cold fizzy beer at the bar","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The arrival of autumn in Australia will be a welcome relief for international visitors emerging from a bleak winter in the northern hemisphere . There 's no mistaking the city of Sydney -- fine weather means you may struggle to see a cloud in the sky . Peak season may be winding up but with temperatures off their sticky summer highs it 's a great time to sample one of the country 's most recognizable cities . While few international visitors are likely to find themselves stranded in Sydney for 24 hours -LRB- if only ! -RRB- , here 's our fast-track tour for travelers short on time . See the sun come up over Sydney Harbour . At this time of year , the sun rises at around 6:30 am , an hour after the first ferries leave the wharf , so there 's plenty of activity on the water . Early risers can waste no time in immersing themselves in Sydney 's cultural highlights . At 7:00 am , the Sydney Opera House hosts tours for just eight people to backstage areas normally off-limits to theatre-goers . At $ 100 per person , the"}
-{"answer":"their driver in August , confirmed they have referred the matter to the British police . The French car constructor face being thrown out of Formula One if the allegations are proved by an investigation being conducted by the governing body of world motorsport , the FIA . The team will go before the FIA 's World Motor Sport Council in Paris on September 21 to hear the findings of the probe . Double world champion Alonso won the race -- the first for Renault in two years -- despite starting from 15th on the grid . Intriguingly , Renault ran a light fuel load on Alonso 's car -- thereby increasing the driver 's speed . Just two laps after Alonso came in early to take on more fuel , Piquet 's crash forced the deployment of the safety car and the subsequent pit stop of nearly all other drivers , an action that promoted Alonso to fifth from where he went onto to secure victory . Piquet attributed the crash to a simple error at the time . Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone recently warned `` there is going to be a lot of trouble '' if the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Renault Formula One team have commenced legal proceedings against former driver Nelson Piquet Junior over allegations made by the Brazilian that he was asked by the team to deliberately crash his car in last year 's Singapore Grand Prix . Renault boss Flavio Briatore has issued a statement confirming legal proceddings against Nelson Piquet Jr. . It has been claimed that Renault boss , Flavio Briatore , in order to maximize the chances of Fernando Alonso winning the 2008 race , planned the crash of teammate Piquet Jr. . Renault have hit back against the allegations concerning the event made by Piquet Jr in an official statement on their Web site . `` Managing Director Flavio Briatore personally wish -LSB- es -RSB- to state criminal proceedings against Nelson Piquet Junior and Nelson Piquet Senior -LSB- have commenced -RSB- in France concerning the making of false allegations , '' the statement read . The statement added the three-times former world champion and his son had also attempted to `` blackmail the team '' into allowing Piquet Jr to continue to drive until the end of the 2009 season . Renault , who dismissed Piquet Jr as"}
-{"answer":"-LRB- JD -RRB- : I would imagine as a retail operation you 'd be a huge proponent of a single currency within the GCC . Is it realistic within the next 4 to 5 years ? -LRB- MA -RRB- : I think it can be , as long as there is a will of the leaders to get together and decide . It is a huge leap towards efficiency , conciliation , getting closer between the six countries . One single Central Bank that governs and regulates is much better than the current six , I believe . -LRB- JD -RRB- : Have you ever done any calculations of what impact it would have on your back office operations ? -LRB- MA -RRB- : Not yet , but it will be great , I think . -LRB- JD -RRB- : You 're one of the largest retail operations throughout the Arabian Peninsula . With all this growth that we 're seeing right now , it must have a direct impact on the retail sector . What sort of annual growth are you experiencing ? -LRB- MA -RRB- : We 're experiencing close to 25 percent annual growth , if not","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mohammed Alshaya owns more high street brands than most fashion addicts could stuff in their closets . Mohammed Alshaya , CEO of Alshaya 's retail division , tells MME he sees a new mindset in the Gulf Topshop , Coast , NEXT and River Island are just some of the big names he 's imported from the United Kingdom to shopping centers in the Middle East . As chief executive of M.H. Alshaya , he knows what sells : tried and tested Western brands that will appeal to local shoppers . And his empire is not limited to clothing . In the past month , he 's taken Mothercare and The Body Shop to Central Eastern Europe . With the addition of the Czech Republic , Hungary and Slovakia , M.H. Alshaya now operates in 16 markets including Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Qatar , Oman , Lebanon , Jordan , Egypt , Cyprus , Turkey , Poland and Russia . John Defterios spoke with Mohammed Alshaya , and started by asking him for his thoughts on the Gulf Cooperation Council -LRB- GCC -RRB- plans for a single currency ."}
-{"answer":"prompted FAMU 's board of trustees to approve a three-part plan to tackle the issue of hazing on campus . The plan includes an independent blue-ribbon panel of experts to investigate . Trustee Belinda Reed Shannon told board members the panel would take a `` forward-looking '' approach at hazing on campus , and would not conflict with any current investigations into the Marching 100 band . Champion , 26 , collapsed in Orlando on a bus carrying members of the band after a November football game that included a halftime performance by the group . Christopher Chestnut , a lawyer for Champion 's family , has charged that Champion died after receiving `` some dramatic blows , perhaps -LRB- having an -RRB- elevated heart rate '' tied to `` a hazing ritual '' that took place on the bus . Some band members have said Champion died after taking part in a rite of passage called `` crossing Bus C. '' One member , who spoke on condition of anonymity , explained that students `` walk from the front of the bus to the back of the bus backward while the bus is full of other band members ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Four members of Florida A&M University 's fabled Marching 100 band have been arrested on hazing charges , a spokeswoman for the Tallahassee college said Friday . The charges are unrelated to the November hazing death of drum major Robert Champion . FAMU police arrested three of the students Thursday night ; the fourth turned himself in Friday morning , said Sharon Saunders , the FAMU spokeswoman . The students -- Hakeem Birch , Brandon Benson , Anthony Mingo and Denise Bailey -- were charged with hazing five Marching 100 band members who wanted to join a group in the clarinet section known as the `` Clones . '' The five told police they were made to line up according to height at the start of each meeting . Then they were punched , slapped and paddled , according to the arrest warrant . One of the students , who quit the pledging process after the first meeting , took a digital photo of the bruising on her body . The initiation meetings , which began last September , took place at the home of Birch and Benson , the warrant said . Champion 's death"}
-{"answer":", Olten 's family looked towards closure as two drastically different scenes unfolded in Missouri . Olten 's family and friends watched as two white horses pulled her casket in a glass hearse . Hours earlier , a judge had ordered the 15-year-old suspect to be held while he decides whether she should be tried in adult court . Authorities have not released the suspect 's name . Authorities released few details about the case , though they said an autopsy was conducted Saturday . The Olten family spent the day of Elizabeth 's funeral remembering a very special little girl and mourning their loss , choosing to celebrate her life , instead of attending the court hearing of the teen accused of killing her . After the funeral ceremony , they released pink balloons , in honor of Elizabeth Olten 's favorite color . For them , it was about their little girl -- the one who was always ready with a bright smile . `` She wanted to be a mother , she wanted to love others and take care of others , '' family spokeswoman Florence told HLN 's Nancy Grace . `` She was just a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 9-year-old girl was laid to rest Wednesday as a 15-year-old girl , described as an acquaintance , was in court on charges she carried out the younger girl 's murder Elizabeth Olten was coming home from a friend 's house last week in St. Martins , Missouri , when she disappeared . Distraught residents searched for days for Olten without luck , when the Cole County Sheriff 's Department received a tip that led them to the alleged killer . It did n't lead them to a stranger , a child predator or a convicted sex offender -- avenues police had originally considered because of Olten 's age Instead , it led them to a 15-year-old girl who , according to Peggy Florence , a family spokeswoman , had played with Olten . The girl then led police to the body -- which was found in an area authorities searched before , the sheriff 's department said , but was hidden so well they had n't seen it . Authorities said both physical evidence and some written evidence led to the suspect 's arrest . She has been charged with first-degree murder . On Wednesday"}
-{"answer":", she ca n't reach medical help and she has lost track of her family . `` My child is so ill . I can not do a thing about it . I wonder what I did wrong that my child must suffer , '' the mother said . The flooding began when the river burst through an embankment in Nepal more than a week ago , swallowing villages and destroying about 225,000 homes , officials and UNICEF India said . Water flowed so forcefully from the breach that the river changed course , making a new channel about 75 miles -LRB- 120km -RRB- east of its river bed , flooding areas unaccustomed to water that high . Watch survivors find safety on roofs '' Agarwal said the disaster affected about 2 million people and 725 villages in Bihar , India 's poorest state . Ninety-five relief shelters had been set up , 44 health-care camps and 22 shelters for animals , he said . Army spokesman Lt. Col. A. K. Mathur said 400 troops were involved in rescue operations , and the military had dispatched at least 20 rescue boats . Three army helicopters were dropping thousands of food","question":"NEW DELHI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of Indian army troops were using helicopters and boats Wednesday to deliver supplies and rescue villagers stranded by the worst flooding in decades , after the Kosi River breached an embankment in Nepal to the north . The death toll in the hard-to-reach Bihar state in northeastern India has been difficult to determine . Bihar emergency management official K.K. Agarwal confirmed 10 deaths to CNN on Wednesday , but the news agency Press Trust of India -LRB- PTI -RRB- reported 55 . Phone lines and electricity are out in the flooded areas . In the Supaul district city of Birpur , Mohd Rauffudin 's hopes were fading . He told IBN -- a CNN partner station in India -- that while he was trying to stay afloat , he lost contact with his wife and children , as well as his nine brothers and his parents . `` I wish the help had reached -LRB- us -RRB- on time . That way at least my children could have been safe , '' he said . A woman who called herself Ruby told IBN her baby has been sick for four days"}
-{"answer":"political hopefuls seek to penetrate this community , they may no longer understand to whom they are speaking . Are they addressing blacks or African-Americans ? Is racial prejudice as important an issue today as affording a college education for their kids or taking care of an aging parent ? iReport.com : Black college cancels class to vote Radio One , the country 's largest broadcasting company primarily targeting African-Americans , recently commissioned a study to uncover Black America today . How do they identify themselves ? What do they care about ? How are they influenced ? What is most important to them ? Interestingly , the study found that 42 percent of those polled actually prefer to be called black -LRB- these are more likely to be more affluent -RRB- compared with 44 percent who choose to be described as African-American . And yes , it would be misguided to assume that dropping a Martin Luther King Jr. quote into a speech and focusing on America 's history of racial inequality is the sure way to sway black voters when one-third of blacks , particularly younger people , believe that there is actually too much focus on past","question":"Editor 's Note : Alfred Liggins is chief executive officer of Radio One Inc. and chairman of TV One LLC . The companies are aimed at an audience of African-American and urban consumers , and they own 53 radio stations in 16 cities , a cable network and a variety of Web sites . Liggins personally has contributed to Barack Obama 's campaign . Alfred Liggins says the black population in America has grown increasingly diverse . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If you think African-Americans will come out in greater numbers than ever before to vote for Barack Obama , you 're probably right . If you think you know how they 'll vote in the almost 500 House , Senate and gubernatorial races , you could be in for a surprise . Although politicians and their advertising gurus often speak to Black America as a collective , homogeneous group , the black population is anything but a monolith . In the past decade , the more than 40 million strong black population in America has become increasingly diverse : economically , socially , technologically and even philosophically . In the final push toward Election Day , as politicians and"}
-{"answer":"Infantry Regiment , Fifth Brigade . Holmes ' family had him hospitalized in Idaho to restore his strength . He told his mother that he gave himself daily IVs of fluids in Afghanistan to keep hydrated , a claim that horrifies his mother , who can not believe the Army would not treat a soldier who was clearly ill . During his time on leave , she said , he was paranoid , always asking the family their whereabouts , concerned that someone was going to harm them . Shortly afterward , he returned to Afghanistan to rejoin his unit . `` I threatened to break his leg and keep him home , but he just hugged me and said , ` Mom , I 've got a job to finish . ' It was hard to put him on the plane . It was the first time I 've seen him fall apart , when we put him on the plane . ... He was still hyper-vigilant about making sure we were n't alone , '' she said . And not long after Holmes returned to action , the Army launched its investigation , which quickly grew in scope","question":"Boise , Idaho -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Five American soldiers have been charged with killing Afghan civilians for sport and staging the slayings to look like legitimate war casualties . The youngest of those five -- a now 20-year-old private from Idaho -- came home a changed man , his mother says . And , said Dana Holmes , the Army not only should have known something had gone dreadfully wrong , but commanding officers should be held responsible . `` The man that came home was not my son , '' said Holmes . `` He was very thin . He 'd lost about 50 pounds . He said the Army told him he had a parasite . I made him his favorite sandwich , and it took him two days to eat the whole sandwich . Just could n't eat ; he did n't sleep . '' Pfc. Andrew Holmes was a healthy , 185-pound 18-year-old when he joined the Army , his mother said . He came home on leave in April -- weeks before the Army launched an investigation into the suspected illegal drug use by his platoon , Bravo Company , 2nd Battalion , 1st"}
-{"answer":"movements with the speed of the music and the alignment of individual beats . The group also studied another bird , Alex , an African grey parrot , which had exhibited similar abilities to Snowball , nodding its head appreciatively to a series of drum tracks . `` Our analyses showed that these birds ' movements were more lined up with the musical beat than we 'd expect by chance , '' says Schachner . `` We found strong evidence that they were synchronizing with the beat , something that has not been seen before in other species . '' Aniruddh Patel of The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego , who led another study of Snowball 's performance , said that the bird had demonstrated an ability to adjust the tempo of his dancing to stay synchronized to the beat . Scientists had previously thought that `` moving to a musical beat might be a uniquely human ability because animals are not commonly seen moving rhythmically in the wild , '' Patel said . Schachner said there was no evidence to suggest that animals such as apes , dogs or cats could recognize music , despite their extensive experience of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A head-banging parrot who became a YouTube sensation has demonstrated that an ability to appreciate music and keep a rhythm is not unique to humans , scientists say . Alex , an African grey parrot , was one of 14 birds which displayed an ability to keep time with a tune . Snowball the cockatoo , who appears to bop his head , tap his claws and squawk enthusiastically to the Back Street Boys ' `` Everybody '' is one of several birds apparently capable of dancing to a beat , according to two studies published in the latest edition of the journal Current Biology . In a study lead by Adena Schachner of Harvard University , researchers examined more than 1,000 YouTube videos of dancing animals and found 14 types of parrot species and one elephant genuinely capable of keeping time . The video of Snowball has been viewed more than two million times since it was posted in 2007 . Another video of Snowball shows him dancing to Queen 's `` Another One Bites the Dust . '' Watch Snowball the dancing parrot '' Schachner analyzed the videos frame-by-frame , comparing the animals '"}
-{"answer":"octane points . If you have a thirstier truck or SUV or cover more mileage , it could amount to hundreds of dollars a year . New-car buyers , take notice . Add fuel requirements to your shopping checklist , because it will impact your wallet with every visit to the gas station , for years of ownership . The expensive stuff is typically recommended -- though not always required -- for luxury and high-performance cars , while less-expensive sedans , coupes , and SUVs only require 87-octane . But there are plenty of exceptions . Alan Hall , a spokesman for Ford , says that the automaker no longer has any models that require premium grade and only a few for which it 's recommended . Regular unleaded is fine across all the models of Ford 's Lincoln luxury brand , says Hall , so `` as a luxury car buyer you do n't have that added premium of premium fuel . '' Ford now does all of its engine development and vehicle testing on 87-octane , regular-grade fuel . `` We do n't want to give you a product that will have durability issues , '' explains Hall","question":"-LRB- AOL Autos -RRB- -- The little two-passenger smart fortwo is the most fuel-efficient car -LRB- not counting hybrids -RRB- in the U.S. market , with EPA fuel economy ratings of 33 mpg city , 41 highway . For high-mileage frugality , it appears to beat the five-passenger Toyota Yaris and its 29\/35-mpg ratings by a long shot . Look at the inside of your car 's fuel door to find out whether you 're required to use a certain octane gasoline . But wait ! Premium fuel -- which cost about 12 percent more than regular at U.S. pumps last month -- is required for the fortwo . Suddenly the gap closes and the Smart no longer looks like as strong of a fuel-budget buster . And with the requirement , they mean it : smart says you 'll lose your warranty coverage if you do n't ante up . With premium fuel averaging about 24 cents more per gallon than regular , your choices at the pump can add up very quickly . If you drive a 20-mpg vehicle 15,000 miles a year , that 's an extra $ 180 , each year , toward those extra few"}
-{"answer":"'s happened to them . '' Maria described how at the age of 16 she was lured off the streets by a young man who promised the world , but delivered nothing but pain . She was raped , drugged and sold for sex . `` They took a gallon of gasoline and started pouring it over a girl , '' Maria said . `` One of the men told me if you do n't do as I say I will do the same to you . `` I wanted to look away , but they did n't let me . Even though the girl was on fire they kept hitting her and they were laughing as if they were enjoying what they were doing . '' Maria described a cross-border trade in young children and babies -- with orders coming in regularly from the U.S. `` They stole the children and one of the gang members took a six-year-old kid that I had to look after for three hours . `` He told me he wanted to see his mummy then I started crying and said ' I do n't think you 're ever going to see your mummy","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Even before her 18th birthday , Maria had already been enslaved by a gang of human traffickers and held in captivity for four months in her homeland of Mexico . While a prisoner , Maria witnessed a sickening trade in human life and recalls how young girls were drugged , forced into prostitution and then murdered . What makes Maria 's story so special is that she was one of the lucky ones who were able to escape . Maria , whose real name we are n't using , used to live in the border town of Ciudad Juarez . The city is home to two drug cartels that fight a bloody turf war for lucrative smuggling routes to America . In a four-day period , 41 people were murdered , while over the past decade , 450 women were killed and 3,000 went missing . `` Today girls are still going missing but their bodies are never found , '' Miguel Perea , a local journalist told Britain 's Channel 4 . `` There 's no trace of them and their mothers and families of these girls -- they have n't got a clue what"}
-{"answer":"'' Crawford said several times a month he hears complaints from young patients who are victims of bullies . And he worried about the consequences . `` Kids who are bullied are at greater risk of physical symptoms , physical complaints , emotional problems and academic underachievement . '' Parenting expert Stacey DeBroff , author of `` The Mom Book , '' cautioned that bullying often occurs in places that are n't monitored by adults , such as a walking route to and from school , a corner of a playground and the Internet . She warned mothers and fathers to be on the lookout for signs a child is being bullied . `` When you see signs of being anxious , sad and withdrawn , of having a kid move off their typical personality , it alerts you that something is going on . '' Crawford noted that some of those symptoms can be attributed to typical adolescent behavior , but he added , `` When you see a real change in a child 's personality or their normal routine , it 's a bad sign . '' Health Minute : Watch more on defeating bullies '' He also","question":"SMYRNA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A week before the start of the new school year , principal Denise Magee roamed the hallways of Campbell Middle School in Smyrna , Georgia , preparing for battle . Middle-school principal Denise Magee says a best-case scenario would be a school year without bullying . The adversary ? Preteen and teenage bullies . Toting anti-bullying posters and masking tape , Magee was determined to let students see from Day One that she had a zero-tolerance policy when it came to that kind of harassment . `` Middle-school kids are just cruel to each other , '' Magee said . `` They speak their minds , so you see bullying in the form of teasing , taunting , social isolation and name calling . '' The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimated that 30 percent of all children in grades six through 10 have been bullied or have bullied other children during a school year . Clinical psychologist Mark Crawford of Roswell , Georgia , called the statistics unacceptable . `` Bullying is not a rite of passage , '' he said . `` It always has a bad outcome ."}
-{"answer":"thieves can infiltrate the list of friends or contacts and repeat the attack on subsequent victims . Social networking sites show there is ample opportunity to find more victims ; the average Facebook user has 120 friends on the site . `` Security is a constant arms race , '' said Simon Axten , an associate for privacy and public policy at Facebook . `` Malicious actors are constantly attacking the site , and what you see is actually a very small percentage of what 's attempted . '' As some social networking sites experience monstrous growth , they are becoming a new -- and extremely lucrative -- frontier for cybercrime . Facebook says it has 300 million users , nearly the size of the U.S. population , and it continues to attract users outside the college student niche . From February 2008 to February 2009 , Twitter , a micro-blogging site where users post 140-character messages known as tweets , grew 1,382 percent to more than 7 million users . `` They -LSB- cybercriminals -RSB- are very adept to using social engineering , '' said Donald DeBold , director of threat research for CA , an Internet security company","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If you 're on Facebook , Twitter or any other social networking site , you could be the next victim . Experts say cybercrooks are lurking just a mouse click away on popular social networking sites . That 's because more cyberthieves are targeting increasingly popular social networking sites that provide a gold mine of personal information , according to the FBI . Since 2006 , nearly 3,200 account hijacking cases have been reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center , a partnership between the FBI , the National White Collar Crime Center and the Bureau of Justice Assistance . It starts with a friend updating his or her status or sending you a message with an innocent link or video . Maybe your friend is in distress abroad and needs some help . All you have to do is click . When the message or link is opened , social network users are lured to fake Web sites that trick them into divulging personal details and passwords . The process , known as a phishing attack or malware , can infiltrate users ' accounts without their consent . Once the account is compromised , the"}
-{"answer":"as indestructible , napalm-loving Lt. Colonel Kilgore in Coppola 's Vietnam war opus `` Apocalypse Now '' that remains one of Duvall 's most enduring roles . Duvall sits down with CNN 's Revealed and talks about , `` Apocalypse Now '' and his relationship with the master movie-maker . Revealed : Can you sum up the impact Coppola had on your life , your career ? RD : I would have had another career . He helped all our careers with `` The Godfather . '' It was a kind of catalyst for all the actors in one and two . It helped me . I kinda designed my own career . Revealed : What 's Coppola 's approach to directing ? RD : I think sometimes Francis works best amidst confusion and I mean that in a good way . He 'll come in and say , ` Let 's try something , ' and then you rehearse . Like any good director he sees what you bring . He realizes it 's got ta come from the actor . He 's open enough ... of course , he 'll give his opinion but he wants to see","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He immortalized the `` smell of napalm in the morning '' in `` Apocalypse Now , '' but Robert Duvall 's first meeting with director Francis Ford Coppola was no indication of the fruitful relationship to come . Duvall starred in Francis Ford Coppola 's `` The Godfather , '' `` The Godfather : Part II '' and `` Apocalypse Now . '' It was 1969 and Coppola had parted ways with a lead character in indie film `` The Rain People . '' He was stuck and 38-year-old Duvall was drafted in at the last minute on the suggestion of a friend . Despite slapdash beginnings , their work together has produced some of Duvall 's greatest roles and many of Coppola 's most critically-acclaimed films . Duvall started working in theater in the 1950s before moving into film in the early 1960s with roles like Boo Radley in `` To Kill a Mockingbird . '' Things took off for him in 1970s when he starred in Coppola 's multiple award-winning movies `` The Godfather '' and `` The Godfather : Part II , '' But , it is his Oscar-nominated turn"}
-{"answer":"an advanced stage and that the group intended to build a third tower in New York . He said developers and public officials in Canada , Europe and South Korea had also expressed interest in the project . But some have expressed skepticism . Fisher has never built a skyscraper before . He says he has teamed up with reputable architects and engineers in the United Kingdom and India . Although he has received a development license for construction in Dubai , in the United Arab Emirates , he has not disclosed the site of the building . The Moscow mayor 's office said that it was looking into the project and that a decision had not been made . Fisher has called prefabricated construction techniques the `` future of architecture '' and says they will radically transform 4,000-year-old `` brick-on-brick '' building methods . By using preconstructed parts , Fisher said each story could be built in just seven days , resulting in environmentally cleaner building methods . He said that just 600 people on an assembly site and 80 technicians on the construction site would be needed to build the tower , compared with about 2,000 workers for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ambitious plans to build a revolutionary 420-meter shape-shifting skyscraper in Dubai have been unveiled by architects . The 80-story Dynamic Tower , described as the `` world 's first building in motion , '' will also be the first skyscraper constructed from prefabricated units , according to a press statement released by New York-based architect David Fisher 's Dynamic Group . Each floor would be capable of rotating independently , powered by wind turbines fitted between each floor . `` You can adjust the shape the way you like every given moment , '' Fisher said . `` It 's not a piece of architecture somebody designed today and that 's it . It remains forever . It 's designed by life , shaped by time . '' Watch how the tower would spin and twist '' Apartments will sell for about $ 3,000 per square foot , making each unit range in price from about $ 4 million to $ 40 million . Work on the tower is to be completed by 2010 , according to Dynamic 's Web site . Fisher said that plans to build a second rotating skyscraper in Moscow were at"}
-{"answer":"job candidates with employers . '' Oftentimes , hiring managers fall in love with a candidate on paper and then again in an interview , only to find out through a reference check that none of their previous employers would ever hire them again . By checking a candidate 's references , hiring managers save themselves the frustration of hiring a person who is not a good fit for a company . In this economy , where hiring budgets are slim , every hire must be a great fit . '' Provided references are no guarantee Though the majority of employers do check references , others skip this step . Not only is it labor-intensive to check references for people who might not be poised for a job offer , but Jack Harsh , adjunct professor at the University of Richmond Robins School of Business , said that many employers worry about the risk of liability in rejecting a candidate based on poor references . '' -LSB- Hiring -RSB- decisions can not be based on information that is discriminatory in nature , so to avoid any liability , the checks are forgone , '' Harsh said . `` Sadly ,","question":"-LRB- CareerBuilder.com -RRB- -- The importance of references seems to be a hot topic these days . Employers want to make sure they are hiring the right person for the job ; but some thwart the process because checking references can be labor-intensive . On the other hand , job seekers provide references they know will give a glowing report , but employers are getting smarter and finding references you did n't provide . So , what 's the deal ? Do references matter ? Do employers even check them anymore ? What 's the protocol for providing them to a potential employer ? Who are the best people to include as references ? And , if an employer does n't call any of your references , is it a bad sign ? While the definitive answer to any of these questions depends on the employer , overall , yes , references do still matter . The process has just changed . `` References play a huge role in the hiring process , perhaps now more than ever , '' said Heather R. Huhman , founder and president of Come Recommended , an online community that connects internship and entry-level"}
-{"answer":"in the evening so that our fans would still be there . It 's not very punk to go on at 8.30 pm , '' he added . `` Stay up Late '' has received widespread support from disabled people and the UK government , Richards said . Even carers who may be required to work later if the campaign is successful have offered their support . `` So far , we 've only had one or two support workers say that they do n't think they should be required to work unsociable hours , '' Richards said . The group has also partnered with the UK 's leading learning disabilities charity Mencap , who they say have really helped to relay their message to a wider audience . Mencap and Heavy Load teamed up last week where the band headlined a concert in London for people with learning disabilities , giving them an opportunity to be involved in running a club night . See images from the concert '' They concert was held in conjunction with London venue Proud Camden , and around 400 people attended the event which finished at 1am . Everyone at the event , from","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A disabled punk band has launched a campaign to fight for the rights of disabled people to be able to party late . Heavy Load are a UK-based punk band with three out of five members who are disabled . `` Heavy Load , '' describe themselves as an `` anarcho-garage-punk '' band and are made up of five musicians , one of whom has Downs Syndrome and two who have unspecified learning disabilities . Their campaign , `` Stay Up Late , '' encourages carers to support disabled people who want to stay out past 10pm . Heavy Load 's manager and bass guitarist , Paul Richards , 39 , told CNN : `` The Stay Up Late '' campaign is to raise awareness , and tackle the issue where disabled gig-goers end up going home at 9pm , therefore missing most of the evening , because their support workers finish their shifts at 10pm . `` We started the campaign because we 'd be playing a gig and something strange happens at 9pm when people would start to go home . We were also frustrated with asking to go on earlier"}
-{"answer":"We are planning to expand search efforts and find further information that can help us restore the whole ship . '' Discovered using ultrasound equipment , the research team says it is the first wreck from the period to have an intact hull , the planks of which are still attached to the keel with nails . Scientists say its good state of preservation -- they were even able to establish that the planks were originally painted a whitish-gray -- is due to the fact it has been covered by sand . `` I believe we will be able to understand more about shipbuilding skills at the time as well as the actual situation of exchanges in East Asia , '' Ikeda told reporters in Nagasaki . How to survive a shipwreck More than 4,000 artifacts , including ceramic shards , bricks used for ballast , cannonballs and stone anchors have been found in the vicinity of the wreck , linking it to the Yuan Dynasty invasion fleet . Ikeda said there were no immediate plans to salvage the hull and the first step was to conserve the find by covering the sites with nets . The Kamikaze -- perhaps","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In Japanese legend they are known as The Kamikaze -- the divine winds -- a reference to two mighty typhoons placed providentially seven years apart which , in the 13th century , destroyed two separate Mongol invasion fleets so large they were not eclipsed until the D-Day landings of World War II . Marine archaeologists now say they have uncovered the remains of a ship from the second fleet in 1281 -- believed to have comprised 4,400 vessels -- a meter below the seabed , in 25 meters of water off the coast of Nagasaki , Japan . Scientists are hoping they will be able to recreate the complete Yuan Dynasty vessel from Kublai Khan 's lost fleet using a 12-meter-long section of keel . The Mongols ruled China from 1271 to 1368 . According to Yoshifumi Ikeda , a professor of archaeology at Okinawa 's University of the Ryukyus , and head of the research team , the section could go a long way to helping researchers identify all the characteristics of the 20-meter warship . `` This discovery was of major importance for our research , '' Ikeda told a news conference . ``"}
-{"answer":"with Chris Brown , who sings the hook as a counterpoint to Game 's rap . It 's the first project Brown has appeared in since he pleaded guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend , Rihanna . The video , in various forms , had received more than 750,000 views as of Thursday evening -- not bad for less than a week in release . In the following interview , The Game -LRB- born Jayceon Taylor -RRB- recounts how the project came together -- with a little help from Lady Luck and the muse of Michael Jackson . CNN : You may be the first well-known artist to have a Michael Jackson tribute out there . The Game : I did n't want to wake up the next morning and have somebody spread a tribute all over the Internet , and I was n't a part of it . So I decided to take matters into my own hands . CNN : Did you already have the beats pre-recorded ? The Game : No . The first thing I did was call DJ Khalil ... and I told him , `` Yo , I need you in the studio ,","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Many fans will always remember where they were when they heard the `` King of Pop '' had died . The rapper The Game will always remember what he did afterward . The Game created a tribute to Michael Jackson -- video and all -- within a day of Jackson 's death . That same day , Thursday , June 25 , he rounded up some famous friends , recorded a song , shot a music video and got a Michael Jackson tattoo etched on his upper arm . Actually , he got the tattoo while he was in the studio recording the track . Some people know how to multitask . The tune , `` Better on the Other Side , '' is n't available for sale yet -- although he 's hoping it will hit iTunes very soon . Because the record company was caught off guard , it is still playing catch-up . Game says all proceeds from the sale of the single will be donated to Michael Jackson 's family . The companion music video is all over YouTube . In it , the 29-year-old shares the spotlight"}
-{"answer":"vote to win the presidency . In 2008 , John McCain got 31 percent , slightly exceeding the average for the past eight presidential elections . We 've had our high points -LRB- George W. Bush 2004 , 44 percent -RRB- and low points -LRB- Bob Dole 1996 , 21 percent -RRB- . Ten years ago , as an RNC press aide , I was given the responsibility for developing a team that would design a multimillion-dollar ad strategy to appeal to the nation 's emerging Latino electorate . We conducted seminal research on Hispanic voting patterns that is still of value today . For example , we identified a `` GOP Upside '' of another 25 percent of Hispanics who were voting Democrat on the generic presidential ballot question but would be interested in voting for a Republican who offered a campaign agenda focused on family , education and job-creation issues . So it is mystifying to me to hear the ongoing references to the party 's need to find `` a new way '' to speak to the nation 's largest minority bloc . It 's like being asked to reinvent the wheel . This is n't just","question":"Editor 's note : Republican Leslie Sanchez was director of the White House Initiative on Hispanic Education from 2001 to 2003 and author of `` Los Republicanos : Why Hispanics and Republicans Need Each Other . '' She is CEO of the Impacto Group , which specializes in market research about women and Hispanics . Leslie Sanchez says Republicans should treat Hispanics as part of the mainstream of America . WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As the members of the Republican National Committee prepare to choose a party chairman to serve for the next two years , the calls for new `` Hispanic outreach '' initiatives are flying -- in my view , unnecessarily . It is probably true that President Obama 's election marks the beginning of a post-partisan , post-racial America , or at least a time when these issues are less divisive than in years past . But will the two political parties be as able to look beyond the stereotypes of Latinos and what the Latino experience is in this country , as they have for other ethnic and racial groups ? As Republicans , we need to win at least 35 percent of the Hispanic"}
-{"answer":", either along Orange County 's Coast Highway or down eucalyptus-laden Laguna Canyon Road , which curves like a riverbed , flowing down to the sea from the base of steep hills dotted with aerie bright-white homes that look like seagulls perched on precipices . As we roll into town just before sunset , we feel like we 're dropping into a box canyon with the Pacific Ocean as its only outlet , making the village feel cozy and isolated , particularly in the fall and winter months when the crowds thin out . A chilly breeze brings the faint smell of menthol -LRB- the canyon 's eucalyptus trees -RRB- and something sweet , like saltwater taffy , perhaps from one of the candy stores . Long sheets of purplish orange clouds scatter like flaming blankets across the sky , suffusing the ocean , the sky , even Jan 's face with a fireside glow . `` This is such a special treat , '' she says . `` I ca n't believe you thought of it . By the way , where are we staying ? '' Fortunately , I 'm prepared for this question . I 've been","question":"-LRB- Sunset -RRB- -- Yes , I admit this was n't the first time I 'd forgotten an important event . Let 's not get hung up on that . What 's important is that I quickly and admirably redeemed myself . For a refreshing walk , try a sliver of the Laguna Beach coastline , about 50 miles south of Los Angeles . Once the florist came to deliver the white dendrobium -LRB- I collect orchids -RRB- and I read the note -- `` Happy Anniversary . Love , J '' -- I immediately jumped into action : In less than an hour , I 'm driving my wife , Jan , to Laguna Beach , our favorite seaside village . It is a place blessedly stocked with eateries where a guy can get noteworthy huevos rancheros while his beloved browses chic shops along Ocean and Forest Avenues for bejeweled sandals during winter sales . Laguna Beach also happens to be where we spent a few days on our honeymoon years ago , so I have that going for me . Short of hiring a helicopter , there are only two ways to get to this gallery-filled artist colony"}
-{"answer":"as their individual talents . To illustrate this point , when Bunting -- a warrant officer in the British Army -- was compiling a team of soldiers to attempt an ascent of Everest 's notorious West Ridge the first quality he and the rest of the selection panel looked for was not climbing expertise , but compatibility . `` A lot of people think that when you go and do something like that , you immediately look for all the best climbers in the army , '' he says . `` But what we based our selection process on , compatibility was first . '' Of course , all team sports rely upon a strong dynamic between the individual members . But there can be few disciplines in which the stakes are as high as in mountain climbing , where your life often literally rests in someone else 's hands . Bunting , 40 , led the expedition of 21 army mountaineers to Everest 's West Ridge two years ago . It was a daunting undertaking . Of over 2,200 climbers who have made it to the top of the world 's tallest peak since it was first conquered ,","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A veteran of over 20 years of mountain climbing , Dave Bunting has been in some pretty tight scrapes . Soldier mountaineer Dave Bunting on Mount Everest . His team tried to summit via the mountain 's notorious West Ridge in 2006 . He and his climbing partner once watched in terror as a huge avalanche careered down a Himalayan mountainside straight for them . They were miraculously spared when the wall of snow parted on either side of the promontory where they were standing at a distance of just 50 meters . On another occasion he spent an agonizing night hanging precariously over a 3,000-foot -LRB- 900 meter -RRB- drop during an electrical storm in the Alps . He estimates he was electrocuted `` half a dozen times '' during the course of the night . Faced with the fearsome power of nature mountaineers like Bunting rely on one indispensable ally -- other mountaineers . Teamwork is essential in climbing . The first successful ascent of Everest was as much about the bond of trust that existed between modest New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and his diminutive Sherpa , Tenzing Norgay ,"}
-{"answer":"would be holding . KING : Holding on ? ROCK : Yes . It 's like he got hit really hard in the stomach like , ` OK . I ca n't let him go . He 's going to knock me out . ' So that 's what appears to be going on right now . Just a hold . KING : Has the financial crisis affected you ? ROCK : Larry , I drove a cab over here tonight . When it 's over , I 'm going to try to pick up some more fares . I 'm losing everything , Larry . KING : Really downtrodden ? ROCK : Yes , it 's real bad . KING : Have HBO paid you already ? ROCK : They have paid me , but the money is worthless now . Have n't you heard ? Your money 's worth nothing . KING : You must be ... proud that at this stage in our history a black man is running for president on a major ticket . ROCK : Um , you know what ? I 'm proud Barack Obama 's running for president . You know ?","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain is just holding on like a boxer before he gets knocked out , comedian Chris Rock says . Comedian Chris Rock told Larry King he 's proud of Barack Obama 's character . Rock , an avid supporter of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama , spoke with CNN 's Larry King on Thursday . He said Obama is more grounded with your average American -- not somebody like McCain with `` 12 houses . '' `` The other guy -LSB- McCain -RSB- can lose five houses , '' Rock said . `` I 'll go with the guy with one house . The guy with one house is scared about losing his house . '' Watch Chris Rock describe a beaten up McCain '' King began the interview by asking Rock about Thursday 's economic bailout talks when Obama and McCain went to the White House for discussions with the nation 's top leaders . KING : Obama and McCain at opposite ends of the table . What do you make of it ? ROCK : What do I make of it ? If this was a boxing match , McCain"}
-{"answer":"trend to the rash of layoffs , the plummeting stock market and the bust in the real estate values , all of which have left many Americans in dire financial straits . `` It makes me think that the recession is making people go to extreme measures , '' a woman who frequents one of the banks robbed Monday told The New York Times . Watch where the robbers struck '' But Kelly said it 's not clear whether the bad economic times are fueling the unusual spike . `` People want to say ... it 's because of the economy . I think it 's too early to make that statement , '' he said . CNN security analyst Mike Brooks agreed , adding that although there are typically many bank robberies during the holidays , there are no data to suggest that any recent spike was caused by the economy . Another expert said it 's possible that the difficulty of finding a job right now may be a factor , but he doubted that law-abiding citizens are turning to crime to make ends meet . `` It 's hard to attribute the bank robberies to people who","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A rash of bank robberies in New York has the city 's police commissioner worried that criminals have turned banks into `` virtual cash machines '' and some wondering whether tough economic times are fueling the trend . A surveillance camera captures a bank robbery suspect in New York on December 2 . On Monday alone , robbers targeted five banks in the Big Apple , some striking in broad daylight and near famous landmarks . Police called the incidents unrelated , but they 're just the latest examples of the growing tally of hold-ups . Bank robberies in New York have risen 54 percent compared with last year , with criminals committing more than 430 in the past 12 months , according to the New York police department . `` As it stands now , they 've turned -LSB- banks -RSB- into virtual cash machines , '' New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said . Bank robberies are also up in many areas across the country , including San Diego , California , and Houston , Texas , federal law enforcement experts told CNN . It 's enough for some to link the"}
-{"answer":"a barometer of male bravado . Apple has yet to make its presence official in Israel . The company has limited its iPhone products to four markets : the United States , the United Kingdom , Germany and France . Still , as in other parts of the world , the iPhone has strong reception along Mediterranean shores . The coveted phones make their way through customs in both official and unofficial passages ; consumers buy them abroad for friends and acquaintances to resell on the gray market . But before the phone can work on a local network , it must be unlocked or `` jailbroken , '' tech lingo for reprogramming the iPhone to work on network carriers not affiliated with Apple . Apple maintains strategic deals with several hand-picked wireless carriers ; namely AT&T in the United States . In order to protect these alliances , Apple issues this disclaimer to customers planning to reprogram the iPhone : Unlock at your own risk . The standard one-year warranty on jailbroken iPhones is null and void . At Z-Tov , unlocking the iPhone is big business , and Arik Steinman 's services are in high demand . For","question":"TEL AVIV , Israel -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In Tel Aviv 's wholesale fashion headquarters , where textile merchants follow in the legacy of fathers and grandfathers , many Israelis are looking for the latest in tech fashion : the iPhone . Mobile phone store Z-Tov Ltd. in Tel Aviv carries iPhones among other cell phones and products . It 's at Z-Tov Ltd. that consumers shop for the latest models of Samsung , Philips and Motorola . The local mobile phone chain even carries the 8GB and 16GB models of the highly coveted iPhone . One customer asks the clerk whether the store sells the 16GB iPhone . But when he hears the price , the customer walks off in disappointment . Z-Tov sells the 8GB iPhone for about 2,600 NIS , or about U.S. $ 753 . The current market price in the United States is $ 399 . The store clerk says the store pays a 50 percent tax to import iPhones from outside the country . But the price does n't hinder iPhone 's popularity here , appealing mostly to young men quick to upgrade their 8GB to a 16GB model as if memory size is"}
-{"answer":"with far less than a majority . Social conservatives made very clear in Iowa that it was important for them to take a stand and vote for someone they could feel good about -- someone who in their hearts and consciences they could wholeheartedly defend -- rather than give their votes to someone they did not like and did not trust . Again , this is not good news for Romney . He is like the bitter pill that conservatives refuse to take as long as there is still a viable alternative . It also indicates that Romney still has an uphill battle to convince the majority of GOP voters that he is the one who can fully represent core conservative values and principles . He was not able to make the sale in Iowa . Will he be able to make it in upcoming states where conservatives also have an important voice ? Romney has made a career of changing his stances to match the prevailing political winds . In 2008 , that lack of core political values cost him the nomination . Are Republicans desperate enough this time around to support someone who has marketed himself as perhaps","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tuesday night 's tight contest for the top spot in the Iowa Republican caucuses reflects the ongoing tension that exists within the Republican Party . This struggle between the conservative religious voters -- whose voice is strong and loud in Iowa and was represented by Rick Santorum -- and the more moderate , mainstream voters , represented by Mitt Romney , is indicative of a fight for the soul of the Republican Party . What is so interesting is that four years ago , Romney 's 25 % share of the vote was not nearly enough to give him the victory . But this year , that same 25 % is enough to keep him alive . While his campaign will spin that he was not really playing in Iowa , he can not be totally happy , because the Iowa results can not be read as anything than a continued rejection of Romney by conservative GOP voters . Regardless , as long as the anybody-but-Romney vote is split among several candidates , and the longer most of them stay in the race , the better it is for Romney -- who can thereby win primaries"}
-{"answer":"; and Felix , 5 -- remained imprisoned underground with their mother . The other three lived in an apartment upstairs with Fritzl and his wife who believed Elizabeth had abandoned them after running away from home . Elizabeth and five of the children were continuing to receive treatment at a local clinic near Amstetten after being reunited on Sunday . Kerstin , whose hospitalization at the weekend finally brought the family 's plight to the attention of authorities , remained in a coma at a nearby hospital . `` It is astonishing how easy it worked that the children came together , and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother came together , '' clinic director Berthold Kepplinger said . But Kepplinger warned that the family would require extensive counseling . `` We 're talking of 20 years of darkness , incest and its effects and other illnesses they might have suffered from . '' Kepplinger said the two sets of children were tentatively getting to know one another , adding that the two boys who had lived underground had an unusual way of communicating with each other . A policeman who","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The woman and children held captive in a cellar for years by their incestuous father will take years to recover from their disturbing ordeal , doctors warned Wednesday as the family at the center of the case remained in psychiatric care . The bathroom used by Elizabeth Fritzl , who was held captive for more than two decades , and her three children . Members of the Fritzl family will also be offered the chance to adopt new identities in an effort to help them lead normal lives , officials said . Hans-Heinz Lenze , the head of local social services said the family was `` doing as well as can be expected in the circumstances '' and said any change of identity would be the family 's decision . Elizabeth Fritzl -- now 42 -- spent more than two decades in the windowless basement after being drugged , handcuffed and locked up by her father , Josef Fritzl , as an 18-year-old . Repeatedly raped , she gave birth to seven children by Fritzl , one of whom died as an infant . Three of the children -- Kerstin , 19 ; Stefan , 18"}
-{"answer":"English , but the faces of all the different people really inspired me . And the fact that he dealt with all these issues , you really have to give him credit for that , '' Iordanskaya said . Belayeva says she became a fan about three years ago . `` The way he lived his creative live really inspired me , '' she said . `` I really got into him as a person . Because you can really see the soul of a person in their creativity , ca n't you ? It was such a shame that people put him down so much . '' Belayeva says she 's still in shock over Jackson 's death at his California home on June 25 . `` When I heard he had died , I really could n't believe it . He was so close to us . Not one of us , but so close . He was unbelievably kind . `` It 's so sad to lose a person like him . It 's also so sad that he was so alone at the end of his life . People did n't understand him . But at","question":"MOSCOW , Russia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They headed to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow after news broke that Michael Jackson had died . And they 're still coming . Alexandra Belayeva , left , and Zhenya Iordanskaya visit the Michael Jackson memorial in Moscow . Young Russian fans , some of whom do n't even speak English , bring homemade signs , pictures and drawings of Jackson , Russian religious icons , candles , teddy bears -- all signs of how much they loved the singer . `` At first I could n't believe it had happened , '' 23-year-old Zhenya Iordanskaya said . `` I thought it was another rumor . My friend told me about it , and then I saw it on TV , on every channel . I was really in shock . And I still ca n't believe it . '' Iordanskaya was standing in the rain Sunday with her friend Alexandra Belayeva , 20 , looking at the shrine Jackson 's fans have erected along the fence in front of the Embassy . Iordanskaya says she was 8 when she first heard `` Black or White . '' `` I did n't understand"}
-{"answer":"want to hold them accountable '' for what she said was breaking the law . Similar videos were made at other ACORN offices . `` It is illegal , as Linda Tripp will tell you , to record someone in the state of Maryland without their permission . Just because we were embarrassed by these highly edited tapes , which do n't tell the whole story again , and hopefully that will come out , does n't mean that these people did n't break the law in order to embarrass and attack the organization , '' Lewis said . Lewis was referring to the former White House employee who recorded conversations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky about her sexual encounters with President Clinton , which ultimately led to his impeachment . ACORN -- which stands for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now -- was in the headlines during last year 's presidential campaign after GOP allegations of falsifying voter registration applicants . Some of its voter registration workers were prosecuted , and some other employees resigned . But after the recent release of videos , the political criticism grew . In the videos , some ACORN workers advised","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The head of ACORN on Tuesday sharply deplored recent videos showing some of the group 's workers advising people how to set up a prostitution business . ACORN leader Bertha Lewis defends her group at the National Press Club on Tuesday in Washington . `` It made my stomach turn , '' Bertha Lewis , chief executive officer of ACORN , told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington . `` It just made you sick . '' ACORN workers who did perform their tasks properly `` did not deserve to have co-workers who did not live up to their standards , '' Lewis said . `` So yes , I terminated those employees . '' At the same time , Lewis defended the community organizing group and punched back at widespread criticism , touting the group 's efforts in helping poor people in the areas of housing and voting . She backed up the group 's legal action in Maryland against the makers of one of the videos . Video , shot with a hidden camera , shows conservative activists posing as a pimp and a prostitute . Lewis said that `` we"}
-{"answer":"pas , '' says Leah Feldon , author of `` Does This Make Me Look Fat ? : The Definitive Rules for Dressing Thin for Every Height , Size , and Shape '' -LRB- Villard , $ 15 , amazon.com -RRB- . To avoid peekaboo nylons , skip the skimpy stockings altogeter or try Hue Toe Covers -LRB- $ 15 for three pairs , barenecessities.com -RRB- , which cover only the front half of the foot . A bit of padding on the bottom provides a cushion and keeps the cover from sliding and scrunching into the toe of your shoe . Real Simple : Avoiding wardrobe blunders Problem : Unopened vent Solution : Scissors Jackets , blazers , and skirts often come with vents that are tacked together with thread . `` Do n't forget to snip the string once you bring your item home from the store , '' says JoAnna Nicholson , author of `` Dressing Smart for Women : 101 Mistakes You Ca n't Afford to Make ... and How to Avoid Them '' -LRB- Impact Publications , $ 17 , amazon.com -RRB- . Besides being a potential source of embarrassment , a tacked-together vent may","question":"-LRB- RealSimple.com -RRB- -- Here are nine common -LRB- and commonly ignored -RRB- dressing oversights -- and easy ways to fix them . Problem : Incorrectly hemmed jeans Solution : A good tailor Do n't cut off the extra length and at the same time lose the nice crisp hemline -LRB- marked by the recognizable yellow thread -RRB- . `` A good tailor should be able to preserve the original hem , '' says Guillermo Molina , owner of Guillermo Couture , in New York City . With very long pants , your tailor may have to cut off a bit of fabric above the hemline and reattach the original hems -LRB- with barely noticeable blue thread that matches the denim -RRB- , but the task can usually be achieved by folding a hem up accordion-style and sewing it in place , so the original finished seam is in plain view . Real Simple : How to dress for any occasion Problem : Peds in plain view Solution : Partial peds Your secret weapon against blistered toes is a pair of Peds . But make sure they 're truly a secret weapon . `` Visible Peds are a classic faux"}
-{"answer":"Prince . Call security . Get Prince . '' Chase said she quickly got Jackson 's oldest son . `` Within minutes , the paramedics are there . And the security is running upstairs , skipping stairs and all of a sudden we 're all , you know , panicked , '' Chase told King . `` So the energy in the house had just kind of changed from that happy kind of day that we were having and preparing lunch and having a good time to just kind of eerie . '' Watch Chase 's interview with Larry King '' Chase said Jackson 's daughter , Paris , started crying and calling out for her father as people in the home came to realize how serious the medical situation was . `` We started crying and we all come together in unity in a circle and we started holding hands . And we started praying , '' Chase said . The chef said she was not allowed into the upstairs quarters of the home , but she had seen Michael Jackson downstairs on Wednesday , June 24 . Nothing she saw the day before cause her alarm . ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson 's personal chef Kai Chase says June 25 was shaping up as another typical day in the superstar 's usually peaceful and orderly home until an urgent plea from Jackson 's personal doctor sent panic sweeping through the household . Michael Jackson 's personal chef Kai Chase appeared on CNN 's `` Larry King Live '' Thursday night . In an interview with CNN 's Larry King that aired Thursday night , Chase described the chaotic events that fateful day and what life was like inside the Jackson family before the singer 's shocking death . Chase said she was downstairs preparing lunch for Jackson -- being sure to wrap it in Saran wrap because the singer liked his meals served room-service style -- when Dr. Conrad Murray called out for her . Murray is the central focus of a federal investigation into the singer 's death , a law enforcement official told CNN on Wednesday . Around noon or a little after , Chase said , `` Dr. Murray comes down the stairs . There was a stairwell that leads into the kitchen . And he 's screaming : Hurry ! Go get"}
-{"answer":"the commonalities here , and is there a formula for viral video success ? A definitive answer is infuriatingly absent . The cute factor The cute factor is perhaps the most prevalent trend among popular YouTube videos . In YouTube 's most-viewed videos of all time , you 'll find such adorable clips as a boy biting his brother 's finger -LRB- 140 million views -RRB- , a baby laughing hysterically -LRB- 100 million views -RRB- , a sneezing panda -LRB- 46 million views -RRB- and even the Evian ad . The explanation is simple : When a clip makes us happy , we feel compelled to share that sentiment with others . Humor If our willingness to share is based on our emotional reaction to a clip , it follows that humor ranks highly on YouTube . From Jeff Dunham 's ventriloquist act `` Achmed the Dead Terrorist '' to the obscure humor of `` Charlie The Unicorn , '' laughter is a common theme . In some cases , humor is not the intent : Tay Zonday 's Chocolate Rain has surpassed 45 million views , our amusement -LRB- and discomfort -RRB- deriving from Zonday 's utterly bizarre","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- YouTube this week announced the biggest viral video sensations of 2009 , with Scottish singer Susan Boyle topping the list . The most pressing question for aspiring video creators : How do you repeat that kind of success ? Value in views Topping the YouTube charts brings significant value -- Boyle 's clip had more than 120 million views on the site . Had the parties involved negotiated an ad revenue split -LRB- they initially did not -RRB- , a not-inconceivable $ 10 cost-per-thousand-impressions would have yielded revenue in excess of $ 1 million . When a clip has a commercial purpose , the brand value may be significantly higher : Evian 's Roller Babies ad ranked fifth , with more than 27 million views , and the company says the campaign 's success slowed its sales decline . A commercial impact was also felt in the case of the JK Wedding Entrance Dance -LRB- more than 33 million views -RRB- . The clip , which features a wedding party dancing down the aisle to Chris Brown 's `` Forever , '' sent the track rocketing up the iTunes charts . What are"}
-{"answer":"with Chris Brown , who sings the hook as a counterpoint to Game 's rap . It 's the first project Brown has appeared in since he pleaded guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend , Rihanna . The video , in various forms , had received more than 750,000 views as of Thursday evening -- not bad for less than a week in release . In the following interview , The Game -LRB- born Jayceon Taylor -RRB- recounts how the project came together -- with a little help from Lady Luck and the muse of Michael Jackson . CNN : You may be the first well-known artist to have a Michael Jackson tribute out there . The Game : I did n't want to wake up the next morning and have somebody spread a tribute all over the Internet , and I was n't a part of it . So I decided to take matters into my own hands . CNN : Did you already have the beats pre-recorded ? The Game : No . The first thing I did was call DJ Khalil ... and I told him , `` Yo , I need you in the studio ,","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Many fans will always remember where they were when they heard the `` King of Pop '' had died . The rapper The Game will always remember what he did afterward . The Game created a tribute to Michael Jackson -- video and all -- within a day of Jackson 's death . That same day , Thursday , June 25 , he rounded up some famous friends , recorded a song , shot a music video and got a Michael Jackson tattoo etched on his upper arm . Actually , he got the tattoo while he was in the studio recording the track . Some people know how to multitask . The tune , '' Better on the Other Side , '' is n't available for sale yet -- although he 's hoping it will hit iTunes very soon . Because the record company was caught off guard , it is still playing catch-up . Game says all proceeds from the sale of the single will be donated to Michael Jackson 's family . The companion music video is all over YouTube . In it , the 29-year-old shares the spotlight"}
-{"answer":"province of Aceh . `` It is simply intolerable that violent conflicts defy resolution for decades , causing immeasurably human suffering and preventing economic and social development . '' Ahtisaari said that finding a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians was crucial to the future development of the entire Middle East and Muslim world . `` As Western nations we are losing our credibility ... because we ca n't keep on talking , year after year , that we are doing something . And no one sees any results , '' he said . `` People are suffering on both sides , and the saddest thing is that if we do n't help the parties to solve those problems that are in the way of getting the agreement in the Middle East , the situation will become even worse for both parties . '' Ahtisaari also called for fresh efforts to eradicate world poverty : `` We must all be able to contribute to our future and to the future of our communities . If the present trend continues , we will be faced with a situation where hundreds of millions of young people will be out of work in","question":"OSLO , Norway -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A week of events to mark the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari continues Thursday with a stellar concert in Oslo to be broadcast on CNN.com Live . Former Finnish president Martii Ahtisaari was cited for his work in Namibia and Aceh , Indonesia . Actors Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson are due to host the gala event which features performances from Diana Ross , operatic quartet Il Divo and Swedish singer-songwriter Robyn . The concert will be carried by CNN.com live beginning at 2 p.m. ET Thursday -LRB- 7 p.m. GMT Thursday -RRB- . In an interview Wednesday , Ahtisaari called for a fresh Middle East peace initiative and warned that western powers risked losing credibility unless they acted to solve the conflict . Ahtisaari told CNN 's Jonathan Mann that peace was a `` question of will . '' `` All conflicts can be settled and there are no excuses for letting them become eternal , '' said Ahtisaari , who was cited for his work promoting Namibian independence in southern Africa and for his `` central role '' promoting peace in the conflict-stricken Indonesian"}
-{"answer":"their countries , that matters most for them . `` When that flag is waving and the anthem plays before the game , if that does n't get you going , you need to see a cardiologist , '' former Eagles player and coach Jack Clark told CNN . `` It 's just one of those moments where you feel not only a lot of responsibility , but you feel really privileged to have that responsibility . '' Lelos making strides Georgia did not make an appearance in the Rugby World Cup until 2003 , but the they became an overnight sensation during that year 's tournament with their passionate play , despite not actually winning a match . The Lelos , named after an indigenous Georgian sport similar to rugby , also qualified for the 2007 finals and nearly caused a sensation by coming within a whisker of beating established nation Ireland . Just 11 days later , they beat Namibia 30-0 to record their first World Cup success . For a nation that considers rugby to be a minority sport , Georgia are supported by an intensely loyal fan base and host a number of players who regularly","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As the powerhouses of the rugby world continue to battle over the Web Ellis trophy in the knockout stages of the World Cup , some of the sport 's less-fancied teams are making their way home after a valiant , if unsuccessful , fight in the group stages . Since the tournament began in 1987 , only four nations have walked away as world champions : New Zealand , South Africa , Australia and England . Canada 's Canucks , Georgia 's Lelos or the U.S. Eagles were never the bookmakers ' favorites to win the Cup and for obvious reasons . These emerging nations do not compete anywhere near as regularly as the elite sides and , along with tactical and experience deficiencies , face a daunting challenge to emerge from the bruising challenge of the pool matches in the world 's most prestigious event . But these teams do have heart and motivation and -- perhaps most of all -- they have the joy and passion of national pride . Whether or not they walk away with wins , it 's being there , representing their nations and improving the standard of rugby within"}
-{"answer":"Amazon 's founder and CEO , has admitted that the book is `` elegantly suited to its purpose . It 's hard to improve on . '' One thing that 's helped the Kindle is marketing . Where other readers failed to connect with consumers , the Kindle has excelled . The media-savvy Bezos has hardly been publicity shy , gaining his electronic toy a level of exposure most CEOs could n't begin to fathom . `` You ca n't discount the prominence of having Amazon behind this , '' says Paul Reynolds , technology editor at Consumer Reports . `` Jeff Bezos is respected for what he 's done with Amazon , and if he feels this is a future product in media , people are willing to trust him . '' Second , the gadget has been heralded by Oprah Winfrey , whose influence in the publishing world is immense . It 's also been embraced by some prominent writers , including Nobel laureate Toni Morrison and best-selling thriller author James Patterson . Third , with more and more consumers accustomed to reading text on their cell phones and BlackBerrys , the world finally may be ready for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It has the curves of a Lamborghini , looks like something an astronaut might take into space and weighs only 10.3 ounces . Amazon 's Kindle e-reader is wireless and can hold about 200 books , plus newspapers and magazines . Amazon.com 's electronic Kindle reader -- a device meant to remove the paper from the page and make reading both more convenient and eco-friendly -- is celebrating its first birthday . Released in November 2007 , the Kindle has sold more than a quarter million units . Its texts account for 10 percent of Amazon 's book sales despite the fact that 200,000 titles -- a tiny fraction of the books offered on the site -- are available in digital form . While exact sales figures are hard to come by , recent estimates have put the Kindle 's sales on par with other high-profile mobile devices in their first year . Amazon.com says that the Kindle is currently sold out due to heavy demand . So what has spurred its success ? After all , electronic books have been around , in small numbers , for about a decade . Even Jeff Bezos ,"}
-{"answer":"remove it when he or she returns home . Once other drivers see it , they presumably exercise extra caution and create a `` protective bubble '' around the new driver , or so the thinking runs . AOL Autos : Rules for safe driving Kessler would even like to see states require the use of the signs for new drivers , as some European countries do , and she has found some support for this in the Georgia legislature . Her goal is straightforward : limit teenagers ' capacity to do damage to themselves and others . Drivers 16 to 19 years old are four times as likely as older drivers to end up in a collision , all other things being equal , according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety -LRB- IIHS -RRB- . All U.S. states have adopted tougher licensing systems since the mid-1990s , generally requiring more supervised hours of driving and imposing more restrictions on new licensees . But they have all stopped short of setting the minimum driving age at 18 , as most European countries do . The latest research has confirmed that putting restrictions on young drivers does pay off in","question":"-LRB- AOL Autos -RRB- -- There is no easy cure for teenage traffic deaths and injuries , but Susan Kessler believes she has at least come up with a way to help limit the carnage : When a new driver gets behind the wheel , just slap a temporary warning sign on the car . The Caution and Courtesy Driver Alliance volunteers hand out the magnets during 2008 publicity campaign . Kessler has developed signs for teens with learner permits and first-year licenses . They are attached magnetically to the car 's sheet metal and display the words `` Caution Newly Licensed . '' It 's not hard to imagine the signs being a nightmare to teens obsessed with what their peers think . But , Kessler , a Kennesaw , Georgia , mother of six , says the real horror is out on the highway : thousands of young people are killed and injured in traffics every year . More than 15,000 of people have ordered the signs since Kessler and a group of other moms introduced them four years ago . Parents can mount one on the trunk when a teenager takes off in the family car and"}
-{"answer":"When you think back , Malcolm -LSB- X -RSB- fought . Then we come a little further , Rosa Parks sat . Then come up a little further , and Martin -LSB- King Jr. -RSB- spoke . Then today , President Obama ran , and we won . '' Watch Obama say Americans have `` chosen hope over fear '' '' iReporter Barbara Talisman , 48 , of Chicago , watched Tuesday from a spot on the Mall near the American Museum of Natural History . `` The historical significance of today and importance of our work made it necessary for me to be here and not at home . I want to be a witness , '' Talisman said . Kim Akins , 43 , of Chicago , Illinois , who lives just blocks from Obama 's home , made the trek to Washington with her 8-year-old daughter , Chloe . Vanessa Reed of Centerville , Virginia , took her daughters to a spot on the inaugural parade route . `` I was going to take my daughter here if it was the last thing I did , '' she said . `` It 's breathtaking . ... It","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They came from all corners of the world , braved fiercely cold temperatures and stood together on the Mall in Washington to share in one historic moment -- when Barack Obama became the 44th president and the first African-American elected to the post . Crowds at the inaugural parade cheer and snap photos of President Obama on Tuesday . Millions of people packed the Mall early Tuesday to watch Obama 's inauguration and later hit the parade route to catch a glimpse of the new president . For many , the inauguration was the realization of a dream they never thought could be fulfilled . This is America happening , '' said Evadey Minott of Brooklyn , New York . `` It was prophesied by -LSB- the Rev. Martin Luther -RSB- King that we would have a day when everyone would come together . This is that day . I am excited . I am joyful . It brings tears to my eyes . '' Obama 's speech : How did he do ? L.J. Caldwell of Somerset , New Jersey , said Obama 's inauguration capped five decades of struggle for African-Americans . ``"}
-{"answer":"movements with the speed of the music and the alignment of individual beats . The group also studied another bird , Alex , an African grey parrot , which had exhibited similar abilities to Snowball , nodding its head appreciatively to a series of drum tracks . `` Our analyses showed that these birds ' movements were more lined up with the musical beat than we 'd expect by chance , '' says Schachner . `` We found strong evidence that they were synchronizing with the beat , something that has not been seen before in other species . '' Aniruddh Patel of The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego , who led another study of Snowball 's performance , said that the bird had demonstrated an ability to adjust the tempo of his dancing to stay synchronized to the beat . Scientists had previously thought that `` moving to a musical beat might be a uniquely human ability because animals are not commonly seen moving rhythmically in the wild , '' Patel said . Schachner said there was no evidence to suggest that animals such as apes , dogs or cats could recognize music , despite their extensive experience of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A head-banging parrot who became a YouTube sensation has demonstrated that an ability to appreciate music and keep a rhythm is not unique to humans , scientists say . Alex , an African grey parrot , was one of 14 birds which displayed an ability to keep time with a tune . Snowball the cockatoo , who appears to bop his head , tap his claws and squawk enthusiastically to the Back Street Boys ' `` Everybody '' is one of several birds apparently capable of dancing to a beat , according to two studies published in the latest edition of the journal Current Biology . In a study lead by Adena Schachner of Harvard University , researchers examined more than 1,000 YouTube videos of dancing animals and found 14 types of parrot species and one elephant genuinely capable of keeping time . The video of Snowball has been viewed more than two million times since it was posted in 2007 . Another video of Snowball shows him dancing to Queen 's `` Another One Bites the Dust . '' Watch Snowball the dancing parrot '' Schachner analyzed the videos frame-by-frame , comparing the animals '"}
-{"answer":"world looking to it for lessons on how to stop the spread of disease . `` Managing a -LRB- potential -RRB- pandemic ca n't be from the top down , it must be from the ground up , '' said Lo , a former Hong Kong legislator representing the medical community . In the early days of SARS , cooperation was lax between Hong Kong health officials and public officials across the border in mainland China , where the live animal wet markets in Guangdong province is suspected in the virus ' jump to humans . `` One of the most important lesson of SARS was the importance of good communication , '' says Dr. KY Yuen , head of the microbiology department of Hong Kong University , which found the first human cases of Avian Influenza in 1997 and first identified SARS in 2003 . `` There were outbreaks in the middle to late November in Guangdong Province , but the first cases were reported in Hong Kong three months later , '' he said . `` We could have reduced the impact -LRB- of SARS -RRB- if there had been better communication '' between Hong Kong and mainland","question":"HONG KONG , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Watching the news out of Mexico is causing a case of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu for Dr. Lo Wing-Luk . The sight of people wearing masks became common in Hong Kong after the SARS outbreak of 2003 . `` Seeing the people in masks today reminds me of Hong Kong during SARS , '' said Lo , an epidemiology expert who was among those on the frontline during the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong in 2003 , which within three months infected 8,000 and killed nearly 800 in Hong Kong , China , Taiwan and Toronto . Historically , Hong Kong has been center stage for recent infections that threatened to spiral across the world , such as SARS and Avian Influenza , which first struck and killed people here in 1997 . Southern China -- with the close proximity of its rural agriculture to population centers and globally connected transportation -- has been an ideal conduit for past animal diseases that spread to humans and then to the rest of the world . But with the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and the United States , Hong Kong suddenly finds the"}
-{"answer":"Sea Shepherd statement said . `` I guess we can call this nonviolent chemical warfare , '' said Capt. Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd boat , the Steve Irwin . `` We only use organic , nontoxic materials designed to harass and obstruct ... whaling operations . '' Itsunori Onodera , Japan 's senior vice minister for foreign affairs , described the incident at an international seminar for African and Asian delegates to the International Whaling Commission . He said the Sea Shepherd group threw bags of acid , rather than bottles of rancid butter . Onodera told the audience that the crew complained of injuries afterward , but he did n't elaborate . Sea Shepherd 's U.S. office said it did not know of any injuries . Sea Shepherd interferes with Japanese hunts in an attempt to reduce the number of whales taken . In January , two activists from the group were seized when they boarded another Japanese whaling ship . Japan is lobbying a dozen members of the International Whaling Commission in Tokyo to support its much-criticized Antarctic whaling program . The effort comes before all 78 members of the panel this week in London ,","question":"TOKYO , Japan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Anti-whaling protesters hurled containers of butyric acid at a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters , injuring four crew members , a Japanese official said Monday . Activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society hurl objects on to the Japanese ship Nisshin Maru . The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society acknowledged the Sunday incident , saying it had lobbed more than two dozen bottles of rotten butter at the Nisshin Maru , `` sending a stench throughout the whale killing ship that will remain for days . '' Butyric acid is found in rotten butter . The Sea Shepherd boat had to move a half-mile away from the whaling ship because `` it stinks too bad to remain any closer , '' activist Todd Emko of New York said in a statement from the group . Watch protesters toss objects at the ship '' The conservation group said it also threw packets of a slippery chemical on to the deck of the ship , making it difficult to cut up whales . The unnamed substance becomes more slippery when mixed with water so it will be difficult to wash off the deck , a"}
-{"answer":"The next two will feature Caroline Kennedy and First Lady Michelle Obama . The Michelle Obama comic is expected to be released in April , and has pre-sold 28,000 copies . The next set will feature other `` strong , independent women '' such as Princess Diana , Schultz said . Comic fans approve of the idea . `` I think it just says , like , that women are important , '' one comic book fan told CNN . Another added , `` It shows that comics are n't just about guys in tights beating each other up -- it 's about information , it 's about understanding people a little better , '' said another reader . Richard Laermer , CEO of a public relations firm and author of several books on marketing , said he 's not surprised . `` We 're in a very politically minded time right now , '' he said . The creators expect to expand the comic book world to a larger demographic with the books . `` It 's bringing a whole new demographic to comic books , '' Schultz said . `` It just shows little girls , young women","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Move over Wonder Woman and Lois Lane - Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin are breaking into the world of comic books . No capes , no tights : Female Force stars Sarah Palin , Michelle Obama , Hillary Clinton and Caroline Kennedy . Washington-based publisher Bluewater Productions released a series of comic books featuring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on March 11 . The company says it has already sold 7,500 copies of each to distributors . `` We really want to show strong , independent , female role models in comics , '' said Darren Davis , president of Bluewater Productions . Another company released comics about President Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain during the presidential election . Then they decided that Hillary Clinton 's story needed to be told . `` She was the first -LSB- major -RSB- female presidential candidate , so we just started with -LSB- her -RSB- , and there was so much interest in it , '' said Jason Schultz , executive vice president of Bluewater Productions . The first two issues in Female Force , already released , feature Clinton and Palin ."}
-{"answer":"He said his father left home before he entered the first grade , his mother was a crack addict and he was surrounded by a lot of violence . Ironically , San Quentin is where Shurn met the kind of role models he said he needed to break the cycle of incarceration . His hard work and determination to change caught the eye of Everett Highbaugh , who runs a program called Project Choice . Twice a week , Highbaugh goes into San Quentin with the goal of transforming men like Shurn from drug entrepreneurs to business entrepreneurs . Upon his release , Shurn replaced his dreadlocks and prison uniform with casual attire and a neatly manicured haircut . He said he felt relieved after the harsh conditions of prison life , but said he struggles every day in his Oakland neighborhood to resist the temptations of making easy money by selling crack cocaine . `` I want to have a family . I want to own a house . I want to have everything that an average American would want ; a good-paying job , a career , '' he said . But the odds are against him .","question":"In our Behind the Scenes series , CNN correspondents and producers share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events . CNN 's Soledad O'Brien and Stan Wilson visited San Quentin for `` Black in America : The Black Man '' which rebroadcasts tonight at 8 p.m. ET . `` I want to have everything that an average American would want , '' said Chris Shurn who served time in prison . OAKLAND , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chris Shurn walked out of San Quentin Prison in June after serving four years of hard time for possession of crack cocaine and a weapon charge . He joined at least 3,000 men paroled each year in Oakland , California , where the recidivism rate is more than 50 percent . When our documentary team first met Shurn inside San Quentin in 2008 , he considered himself one of the lucky ones . At 21 , he entered prison with a fourth-grade education , but left with a GED certificate and was only a few semesters short of earning an associate degree . Shurn told us there were few role models around him as a kid ."}
-{"answer":". What 's the one makeup item you ca n't live without ? I 'm in love with Revlon Color Stay foundation . I can do anything in that makeup and it stays . Plus , it has sunscreen in it and gives me a really natural glow . It covers everything . You alternate between being a blonde and a brunette . Which do you prefer ? My natural color is dark blond , but right now I like being a brunette . I did a movie last summer and they dyed my hair platinum -- I hated it . I have a big personality , and I think big personality plus blond hair makes me come across as glib . With dark hair , people look at your face more . Before , it was all about the hair . How do you keep color-treated hair healthy ? I 've never found a conditioner that makes my hair feel as amazing as Nature 's Therapy Mega Moisture Nurturing shampoo by L'Or\u00e9al . My hairdresser used it on me one time , and now I 'm obsessed . I also use a new color from Paul Mitchell -- it","question":"-LRB- InStyle.com -RRB- -- As an aspiring ballerina , 9-year-old Brooke Burns took an aggressive approach to makeup . `` I would borrow my mom 's red Borghese lipstick and smear it on like a clown ! '' she says . `` For sexy eyes , there is nothing better than this drugstore black liner . '' Nowadays , the 29-year-old Burns , a single mom , tries to pass along subtler application tips to her 7-year-old daughter . `` I taught her ' a dab 'll do ya , ' `` says the actress , who stars in the ABC comedy `` Miss Guided . '' `` She 's going to wear it anyway , so she might as well have some experience . '' Did you pick up any makeup tricks working as a model ? One of my favorites is putting white pencil on the inside of the bottom eyelid for that very awake look . At night if I 'm in a hurry , I 'll just put on a lot of mascara and black pencil all the way around the inner rim . It 's a totally sexy eye in a minute and a half"}
-{"answer":"Los Angeles , collaborated on an art exhibition that showcased Fell 's polished B-17 bomber propeller sculptures . See before and after photos of recycled plane parts '' `` We sold out the entire show , and the gearheads all loved it , '' said Fell . It was then that the duo realized their unique art project could have a much wider audience . Encouraged by the success of the exhibit , the duo began exploring the nearby Mojave boneyard for more than just propellers -- B-25 rudders for desks , 747 jet engine cowlings for beds , F-4 ejection seats for , well , ejection seats . `` Who 's never wanted an ejection chair ? '' laughs Fell , sitting in the company 's studio in Los Angeles , where the MotoArt team bring back the treasures they find in the Mojave Desert . Watch Dave Hall at work at the Mojave boneyard '' The duo 's most popular pieces of ` functional art ' are their desks , ranging from the sleek 8-foot DC-9 tail stabilizer desk , which retail at around $ 15,000 , to the imposing 14-foot DC-4 conference table , which costs a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Mojave boneyard in the California desert is where old airplanes go to die -- a wasteland of decrepit planes , titanic heaps of titanium and aluminum waiting to be scrapped for metal in India or China . Plane boneyards are a rich source of spare parts for MotoArt to create their functional furniture . But for Dave Hall and Donovan Fell , the boneyard is only the beginning . They own MotoArt , a company based in California that turns old aircraft parts into high-end furniture and functional art . From beds and desks to light fixtures and wall partitions , Hall and Fell say they are doing more than reinventing cast-offs from retired planes , they 're creating pieces of aviation history . `` Once they are gone we can never get them back again , '' said Hall of the abandoned planes at Mojave . `` So what we like to do is actually take these aircraft parts and preserve them and give them a second life in some really fun , functional art . '' MotoArt began in 2000 when Hall and Fell , former co-workers at an architectural sign company in"}
-{"answer":"you and time for you to think about what people will think of you if you do n't play well . '' That does n't just apply when there 's an audience of millions watching on TV -- it 's just as true when you 're playing at your local municipal course with your friends . `` It can actually be tougher playing against your mates and people you know because they can ridicule you or laugh at you , or you might worry about disappointing them if you 're playing on their team , '' said Thompson . That would appear to be borne out by a 2004 study on the moods of older recreational golfers . The subjects reported being no happier or calmer after playing golf -- in fact , they reported feeling more angry and depressed . One of the researchers , Haydn Jarrett , senior lecturer in sport and exercise science at the University of Worcester , told CNN that the study also showed that golfers reported feeling more fatigued and less vigorous after playing golf , as most players walked an average 10.2 km during a game . Jarrett 's study was carried out","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Top flight golf is a high-stakes , high-stress sport -- but it 's not just the pros who are feeling the strain . Stress can affect golfers of all abilities . Swede Robert Karlsson returned from a four-month layoff recently with an eye condition that 's thought to be stress-related , while England 's Ian Poulter defended his decision not to play in the Vivendi Trophy by saying that he wanted to avoid fatigue -- mental as well as physical . While professional sport is bound to have its pressures , recreational golf is usually regarded as a way to unwind and relieve stress . But it seems that weekend players are having to deal with anxieties of their own . Victor Thompson , a London-based sports psychologist , told CNN that golf is a much more psychological sport than most . `` It can be particularly stressful because , unlike team sports , you very much have the spotlight on you while you 're playing , '' he said . `` You 've got a lot of time between your shots for you to think , time for other people to watch"}
-{"answer":"agreed she did . Clinton appeared on the show ahead of several do-or-die primaries that will determine the fate of her campaign . During the segment , Poehler -- who also does impersonations of talk show host Kelly Ripa , `` American Idol '' judge Paula Abdul and pop star Michael Jackson -- asked Clinton , who trails Obama in the Democratic race , how her campaign was going . `` The campaign is going very well . Very , very well , '' the former first lady responded before earning some laughs with a deadpan : `` Why ? What have you heard ? '' Clinton said she appeared on the show to `` just relax , have fun '' without politics , but she did n't miss her chance to address voters in delivering the opening line . Saying she was appealing to all Americans -- whether they 're from Ohio , Texas , Rhode Island , Vermont , Pennsylvania `` or any of the other states '' -- Clinton opened the show with `` Live from New York , it is Saturday night ! '' Watch Clinton open the show '' Pennsylvania 's primary is slated for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton met her match while appearing on NBC 's `` Saturday Night Live '' to deliver the show 's trademark opening line and provide an `` editorial response '' to a mock presidential debate . During the opening sketch -- which featured SNL actors playing Clinton , rival candidate Barack Obama and the debate moderators -- Clinton complimented the performance of Amy Poehler , who regularly lampoons Clinton with her impersonation of the senator from New York . `` I simply adore Amy 's impression of me , '' Clinton said , providing the cue for Poehler to enter the stage , wearing the same two-button brown jacket and sporting Clinton 's medium-length , layered hairstyle . Poehler giddily thanked Clinton for appearing . `` I love your outfit , '' the identically dressed Poehler told Clinton . `` Well , I love your outfit , '' Clinton responded , putting her hand on Poehler 's shoulder , `` but I do want the earrings back . '' The quip sparked a hyperbolic cackle from Poehler . Clinton asked , `` Do I really laugh like that ? '' The two jokingly"}
-{"answer":"set of islands , and there were two island chains that I was having a hard time choosing between . The San Blas Islands are off the northeast coast of Panama in the Caribbean . They 're also known as Kuna Yala and are home to the Kuna Indians . It would be a chance to see the Kunas up close , living as they have for centuries in grass huts along the water 's edge . The other option was the Pearl Islands . The Archipi\u00c3 \u00a9 lago de las Perlas , less well-known than the San Blas , is off the southern Pacific coast of Panama . After an agonizing week of self-debate , I decided that our summer vacation would include a trip to the Pearl Islands . The flight was only 20 minutes from Panama City , but more importantly , I was told it did n't rain as much on the Pacific side . The sales pitch to my niece : `` We are going to where the 2003 edition of ` Survivor ' and ` Survivor : All-Stars ' were filmed . '' I was referring to the popular American reality TV show ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Shh ... shh get back , '' the man with the walkie-talkie said . `` We 're filming . '' Contadora , one of Panama 's Pearl Islands , draws visitors with beautiful beaches and excellent snorkeling . We had stumbled onto the set of a `` Survivor '' - like television show . But I 'm getting ahead of myself . First let me tell you how we stumbled onto the Pearl Islands in Panama , and then I 'll tell you how we came upon the Orange Tribe on the island of Mogo Mogo . Every year , my husband and I take my niece on a summer vacation . This year , we decided to go to Panama . Besides the canal , Panama has a lot to offer : There are mountains , beaches , colonial cities and rain forests . After we found a $ 158 round trip flight from Miami , Florida , the decision was made . My only fear was the weather ; it was rainy season in Central America . After weeks of research , I was torn . We had enough time to visit one"}
-{"answer":"`` I was there -LSB- El Salvador -RSB- as family members identified the bodies of family members pulled from the rubble . It 's something that you can never forget . I ca n't imagine hundreds of thousands of people going through that now . '' For people like Scheidler , the news from Haiti is n't abstract . It 's personal . They are people who have either survived natural disasters or respond to them . The Haitian earthquake has forced some of them to think again about the survival lessons they learned , and what Haitians face in the days ahead . How disaster brings out best , worst in human nature Several say disasters can reveal the worst in human nature . Patrick Johns traveled to Indonesia in the immediate aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami . He 's also traveled to Ethiopia to aid in famine relief and Rwanda after the country was decimated by genocide . Johns , who is now the director of emergency response for Catholic Relief Services , said it is critical to immediately establish security right in Haiti . `` Crime is a problem in Haiti even in the best of times","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At first , Kip Scheidler said he felt the ground tremble . Then the roof began to shake . Tiles tumbled from the ceiling as people bolted from their chairs to escape . When Scheidler tried to follow them , he could barely keep his balance as the ground wobbled . `` The weird thing is that afterward you will swear that it lasted 20 minutes but it really lasted 60 seconds , '' Scheidler said of the earthquake tremors . `` But at the moment , it seems like it will never stop , and it keeps getting stronger . '' That 's how Scheidler remembers one of the most horrific moments in his life -- the 1986 earthquake in El Salvador that killed 1,500 people . All those memories came flooding back recently when Scheidler turned on CNN and saw images from this week 's earthquake in Haiti , which may have killed at least 100,000 people , according to initial estimates . `` I was sickened by the news , '' said Scheidler , now the senior director for global disaster response for Habitat for Humanity International , an international relief agency ."}
-{"answer":"make their voices heard ahead of elections ? Ben Wedeman reports that at least among activists , there is a growing concern that any form of political activity , particularly demonstrations , that target the regime will be met by the kind of force used Sunday evening One Coptic man told our correspondent that the military is more than happy to allow `` millions of Muslim fundamentalists to occupy Tahrir Square every Friday , and cooperate with them in doing so , but when it comes to people who criticize -- Copts , Muslims , secular people -- the military , they use their guns . '' He says it 's also important to keep in mind that one thing that occupies the minds of many Egyptians is that since the revolution the economy has gone from bad to worse . Tourists are scarce , foreign investment is drying up . One Egyptian told him : `` If people do n't get back to work within the next five months , there could be famine and chaos . '' Why did the military react with such a heavy hand , given its experiences in the revolution ? Wedeman says it","question":"London -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Violence has returned to the streets of Cairo -- this time in fresh confrontations between army forces and pro-Coptic Christian protesters . Accounts of the casualties vary but an Egyptian health ministry spokesman told CNN that 25 people had been killed and more than 272 injured during the weekend protests that were sparked by the burning of a Coptic Christian church in southern Egypt . There has been long-standing tension between Egypt 's Coptic Christians and Muslims but CNN 's Ben Wedeman in Cairo says that since this year 's revolution that removed the former President Hosni Mubarak there have been more of these clashes . In the aftermath of the latest violence , Egypt 's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has vowed to ban all discrimination based on religion , language , gender or ethnicity . But why has the violence erupted after a revolution which promises to deliver fresh democratic elections , who are the Coptic Christians and what will the new measures achieve ? CNN examines the background . After a revolution that brought change , do people have renewed confidence in being able to protest ? Are they seeing an opportunity to"}
-{"answer":"Interactive Media program at the University of Southern California 's School of Cinematic Arts that Santiago realized she could marry her love of the arts with video game creation . `` That attraction I had to working on original theater works was very similar , '' she said . `` I had grown up with video games ; I was definitely a gamer all my life , and I had just never thought about it as a creative medium . `` As soon as I did , it was just really exciting , because I saw this huge , untapped potential and a lot of things that had n't been done before , '' she added . `` That excited me . '' While at USC , she worked on a student project called `` Cloud , '' a downloadable PC game , which only a few months after release online had been played by 350,000 people . `` In comparison to every single play I probably ever worked on in combination never saw that large an audience , '' said Santiago , whose company released `` Cloud '' as one of its games . `` That was really exciting","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kellee Santiago wants to tap into the kinder , gentler side of gaming . The player takes flight in `` Cloud , '' a video game distributed by thatgamecompany . The president and co-founder of thatgamecompany is finding success in the video game industry with titles like `` Flower , '' `` Flow '' and `` Cloud . '' The mellow interactive experiences are definitely different from the more violent `` spray-and-slay '' video games on the market and are designed to encourage emotion , innovation and creativity . In `` Flower , '' the player journeys through an imaginary landscape where they can blow breezes , collect flower petals and enjoy the colorful landscape of what Santiago says is a `` video game version of a poem . '' Such creativity seems to be in perfect harmony with the 30-year-old video game developer , who has a background in the performing arts . A graduate of New York University 's Tisch School of the Arts , Santiago worked with incorporating digital and interactive media with live performance before she discovered another passion . It was while completing a master 's in fine arts at the"}
-{"answer":"saw it go straight into her arm . In the UK you have no idea what happens with your blood , '' she added . The `` Africa Mercy , '' currently docked off the coast of Benin , West Africa , also operates as a floating hospital with medical facilities including six state-of-the-art operating theaters , an ophthalmic unit , two CT scanners and 78 hospital beds onboard . The Mercy Ships charity began in 1978 and since then has been credited with providing medical services valued at $ 748 million , performing more than 41,000 operations and impacting approximately two million people . Mercy Ships CEO Samuel Smith says the charity has been able to help so many people through what he calls a `` unique business model . '' Thousands of volunteers join the ship every year , and they not only do it for free but also have to pay for accommodation aboard the vessels ; some like Herbert , pay around $ 600 a month . See more images of volunteers onboard the ship '' `` This allows almost all our resources to go into state-of-the-art medical facilities , '' Smith told CNN . It","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ali Herbert has spent the last seven months being `` a walking blood bank '' aboard one of the the world 's largest hospital ships . Thousands of volunteers join the massive hospital ship `` Africa Mercy '' every year . The 50-year-old nurse and grandmother from the UK resigned from her position in a hospital to volunteer aboard a ship that provides free medical treatment to some of the world 's poorest people . Like any of the 450 volunteer crew members currently aboard the Africa Mercy , Herbert can be called on at any time of the day to give blood , as the ship has no facilities for storing blood products . Instead the ship operates a system where there are usually 30 donors for each blood type . Herbert says she recently helped a young woman who needed an amputation . `` This young woman required a below-the-knee amputation , but was very weak so I was called in to give her blood as our blood groups matched , '' she told CNN . `` It was an amazing experience because two minutes after giving my blood , I"}
-{"answer":"New Jersey , DJ business . `` The minute we plugged the phone jack into the wall , it began ringing , '' Potter said . Mostly , Potter said , the callers are `` a lot of '80s fanatics '' and he lets the calls ring through to his voice mail . When he did answer a call three years ago , Potter found his own Jenny on the line . `` She had been using my number to give out to guys that she did n't like at bars , '' he said . `` It was a bum phone number . '' The young lady from Hoboken , New Jersey , told Potter she was just curious about who might be getting the calls . Potter ended up asking her out . `` I figured if she was having to give out a bum number that often then she was probably pretty cute , '' he said . `` We ended up meeting for drinks . We dated for awhile and it was actually a great friendship . '' Potter recently moved from Weehawken and decided to try to make money off the infamous digits with an","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jenny 's phone number is for sale , but not for a song . `` 867-5309 \/ Jenny '' originally appeared on Tommy Tutone 's `` Tommy Tutone 2 '' album . Bids for a New Jersey version of the number , stuck in the minds of millions since Tommy Tutone 's `` 867-5309 \/ Jenny '' hit the Top 10 in 1982 , had reached $ 5,100 on eBay as of Monday morning . The song is about a guy who finds Jenny 's name and number scribbled on a bathroom wall . `` This is really , in my opinion , one of the last cultural remnants of the '80s pop culture era ... other than the mullet , '' said Spencer Potter , a 28-year-old DJ who is selling the number he got for free five years ago . While Potter is overlooking the fact that `` 867-5309 '' is an active phone number in dozens of other area codes , it does get called a lot by curious people . Potter said he has gotten about 40 calls a day since he got the area code 201 version for his Weehawken ,"}
-{"answer":", Texas Rep. Lamar Smith said , we `` should also avoid the temptation to legislate in this area . Football -- like soccer , rugby and even basketball and baseball -- involves contact that can produce injuries . We can not legislate the elimination of injuries from the games without eliminating the games themselves . '' This is a familiar refrain . Back in 2005 , when several committees investigated the use of steroids in baseball , numerous sports officials warned this was not an issue with which Congress should concern itself . Yet insisting on a firewall between sports and politics ignores the long-standing relationship between these two parts of American society . At the state and local level , sports teams depend on government assistance . There have been a large number of public subsidies , ranging from appropriations for stadium construction to the placement of public transportation near stadiums to tax breaks which the sports industry has depended on for growth . At the federal level , sports owners have also benefited from government . In 1922 , the Supreme Court exempted baseball from the antitrust laws . As a result of this , baseball owners","question":"Princeton , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When baseball slugger Mark McGwire admitted he had used steroids in his record-breaking 1998 season , he recalled refusing to talk about the subject in his 2005 testimony to Congress . `` After all this time , I want to come clean , '' McGwire announced . `` I was not in a position to do that five years ago in my congressional testimony , but now I feel an obligation to discuss this and to answer questions about it . I 'll do that , and then I just want to help my team . '' McGwire 's admission come as the House Judiciary Committee has been investigating the problem of brain injuries to football players , following heated discussions October 28 , when the committee aggressively questioned NFL officials to figure out why the league had done so little to curb this well-known problem . Any government inquiry of this kind draws the familiar charge that politicians should stay out of the business of sports -- even though the NFL and NCAA have in fact responded to congressional pressure by instituting rules to protect players from brain damage . Still"}
-{"answer":"In the circumstances the stewards will reduce the penalty imposed on Vettel to a reprimand . `` The involvement of Lewis Hamilton in this incident has also been considered in the light of evidence given by him , his team manager and in particular all other parties present and no penalty is imposed upon him . '' The 22-year-old British rookie , who drives for McLaren-Mercedes , leads the race for the world championship by 12 points , with two rounds left , and there had been speculation that he might lose some of those points if the FIA found him culpable . Hamilton had strengthened his title bid with a superb victory at Fuji in appalling conditions which twice saw the safety car deployed . As the field trailed behind the safety car on the second occasion , Toro Rosso 's Sebastien Vettel drove into the back of Red Bull 's Mark Webber , causing them both to retire . The drivers , who were lying in second and third places behind Hamilton a the time of the accident , both criticized Hamilton for driving erratically and slowing up and down . The incident was missed by television cameras","question":"LONDON , England -- Lewis Hamilton has escaped punishment after allegations of erratic driving behind the safety car in the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend . Vettel ran into the back of Webber when they were racing behind Hamilton . The FIA ruled that Hamilton would suffer no penalty after inquiring into the accident when Sebastian Vettel crashed into Mark Webber in Fuji . Vettel 's original 10-place penalty on the Chinese Grand Prix starting grid was replaced with a reprimand . The stewards studied film of the incident , including amateur video footage , before announcing their verdict . They said : `` Having heard the explanation of all concerned and viewed both the original film of the incident which was available to stewards at Fuji as well as the new film , what has become apparent is the view clearly expressed by all drivers and team managers alike that the conditions at Fuji were exceptionally bad and worse than those experienced when the race starts behind the safety car . `` Because of those views , the stewards accept that it may be inappropriate to impose the penalty normally applied for an offence such as this . ``"}
-{"answer":"his state in embarrassment that he had to apologize to the prime minister . We call upon this soldier to be punished . This act , we reject and we stand against it , '' al-Samarie said . He said if a similar incident happened again , `` the world will turn upside down and things will not go back to how they were . '' Watch residents of Baghdad protest '' Sayyed Muhanned al-Mossawi , a Shiite imam at al-Hakma mosque , said : `` We condemn and denounce the criminal act by the American soldier in Radhwaniya in tearing the Holy Quran and using it as a shooting target . '' Friday 's prayer service is the most important Muslim event of the week . The U.S. commander in Baghdad issued a formal apology Saturday and read a letter of apology from the shooter . Watch the U.S. military formally apologize '' The sergeant has been relieved of duty as a section leader , officially reprimanded by his commanding general , dismissed from his regiment and reassigned to the United States , the U.S. military said . Iraq 's most powerful Sunni Arab party , the Iraqi Islamic","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Imams delivering their Friday sermons in Iraq are denouncing the shooting of a Quran , the holy book of Islam , by a U.S. soldier . Col. Ted Martin kisses a copy of the Quran before presenting it to tribal leaders Saturday . `` If we were strongly united from the beginning , that silly-minded American soldier would n't have used the Quran as a target , '' said Sheikh Ahmed Abdul-Ghafour al-Samarie , delivering a sermon at Um al-Qura Sunni Mosque in Baghdad . The U.S. military and President Bush have apologized , but it did not stem the violent protests in Afghanistan and calls from both Sunni and Shiite Iraqis for the soldier to be severely punished . Muslims around the world were angered when it came to light last week that an American staff sergeant -- a sniper section leader -- had used a Quran for target practice in Iraq . Imams at mosques in the largely Sunni cities of Falluja and Mosul , and in Baghdad , condemned the act . The Baghdad mosque prayer was broadcast live on state TV . `` This soldier put the head of"}
-{"answer":", was not persuaded . `` It 's true that they have a majority in both houses , but we have to put white on black and watch out for the small - and medium-sized producers , who are the ones suffering , '' she said . Argentina raised export taxes in March by more than 10 percent . Fernandez has said growers have benefited from rising world prices and the profits should be spread to help the poor . Farmers have countered that they need to reinvest the profits and that the higher taxes make it difficult for them to make a living . Fernandez said she was open to dialogue , but a dialogue that does not countenance the blocking of roads or other disruptions to the lives of Argentines . `` Democracy for the people , not the corporations , '' she said . She called on Argentines to take to the Plaza de Mayo Wednesday in a show of support for her policies . `` It does n't matter what party , place or sector you 're from , '' she said . `` What is important is not where you 're from , but where","question":"BUENOS AIRES , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Cristina Fernandez on Tuesday defended an increase in export taxes on grains that has riled many farmers , and she called on them to respect the law in protesting her policies . President Cristina Fernandez : Calls on rally Wednesday to support her policies . `` All my life I have soldiered in this party , which always believed in social justice , in the redistribution of income , which caused us to win and lose elections , '' she said in a nationally televised address from the presidential palace . `` But we were always respectful of the popular will . '' Fernandez , of the center-left Peronist movement , made her plea for comity a day after massive demonstrations in various cities blocked traffic and paralyzed much of the country . In a concession to her critics , Fernandez said the increase in taxes on exports of grains that she instituted in March by decree will be debated by Congress . But there is little likelihood that the Congress will order major changes , since her party controls both houses . But Hilda Duhalde , an opponent of Fernandez"}
-{"answer":"the flip side of the `` race debate '' in Campaign 2008 : While the Obama campaign and its Democratic allies are aggressively working to address the concerns of blue-collar and rural whites who are reluctant to support a black candidate for president , there is an enthusiasm in the African-American community that Democrats believe could lead to dramatically increased turnout and perhaps tip the scales in several key battlegrounds , Missouri among them . African-Americans cast 10 percent of the ballots for president in 2000 and about 12 percent in 2004 . Obama aides believe if that percentage increased just modestly in 2008 , it could make the difference in at least a half-dozen states : Missouri , Ohio , North Carolina , Florida , Pennsylvania and Virginia . Wisconsin and Nevada are additional battlegrounds where Obama organizers are counting on an increase in African-American turnout in their Election Day game plan . To reach its goal , the campaign is counting on a combination of newly registered African-Americans and aggressive outreach to tens of thousands black voters who are registered to vote but have stayed home in past elections . See why African-Americans are finding hope in Obama","question":"ST. LOUIS , Missouri -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ollie James is 84 years old and a doubter no more . Ollie James , 84 , says he knows Obama is going to win , because he believes `` God answers prayers . '' `` I know he is going to win , '' James said after services at Leonard Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis . `` See , God answers prayers , and I am a praying man , and I know he is going to win . '' The `` he '' James is referring to is Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama . `` From where I came from , with the segregation and all the hatred , I never thought an African-American would get this far in the United States . Really . '' But three weeks until Election Day , James and many other African-Americans are now optimistic they will be part of history . `` I am kind of anticipating it will happen , '' said Raymond Henderson , a soft-spoken African-American man in his 60s . `` But no , I did not expect it to happen in my lifetime . '' It is"}
-{"answer":"because of earlier rains and floods , Mayor Angelo Betta told the news agency ANSA . So , too , is the nearby town of Vernazza , with even bulldozers and cranes still not able to reach it . That said , Betta reported some progress Thursday thanks to round-the-clock efforts by emergency workers and volunteers to clean up the town . One volunteer in that community died in the flood Wednesday . `` The situation is much better compared to yesterday , '' Betta said . Italy 's Defense Ministry noted Thursday on its website that 348 military personnel have deployed to the provinces of Massa Carrara and La Spezia to assist in the wake of flooding here . Three people were killed after a house collapsed in La Spezia , an ANSA report said . ANSA also reported that prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation related to the deaths of two people from flood-related injuries in Aulla . Authorities are assessing whether their deaths had anything to do with faulty work that may have caused the Magra River to overflow . The weather has also caused major travel headaches throughout the region . A mudslide that trapped a","question":"Rome -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Seven people have died and seven others are missing after rains triggered severe flooding in northern Italy , civil protection officials said Friday . Especially hard hit was the tourist-popular Cinque Terre region on Italy 's northwest coast . The Italian Council of Ministers declared a state of emergency in the flood region , which means 65 million euros -LRB- $ 91 million -RRB- will be put aside to deal with the disaster , the Corriere della Sera newspaper reported . A special cabinet meeting was called Friday to discuss the situation , the Italian government said . Heavy rains continued to fall Thursday night in Milan and other spots across the southern European nation , according to the Servizio Meteorologico , Italy 's official weather agency . The agency gave an alert about intense , widespread rainfall -- potentially with strong wind gusts and hail -- in the regions of Calabria and Basilicata in southern Italy , as well as the eastern part of Sicily . Meanwhile , Monterosso al Mare -- between Genoa and Pisa in the Cinque Terre region of Liguria -- has been `` isolated , accessible only by sea ''"}
-{"answer":"doctors to meet rising patient loads and an increase in diseases and epidemics such as H1N1 flu and dengue fever . The hospitals depend on funding from the provinces , leading to major differences in each area 's needs and what local health care facilities can offer . `` Provinces that have petroleum income , for example , are provinces that have better budgets , that have better hospitals '' said Aldo Neri , a former national health minister . `` There is much inequality in the treatment that the poor receive in Argentinean public hospitals depending on which province they live in . That 's why I say the inequalities have increased . '' The current health minister , Juan Manzur , said next year 's health budget will have an increase of more than 15 percent , greater than the national budget , which will have a 12.4 percent increase . Teachers also want greater pay and announced Thursday they would go back on strike Tuesday because of failed talks with Buenos Aires Education Director Mario Oporto . The teachers say they want their raises by year 's end . Oporto said there 's no money for raises","question":"Buenos Aires , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Argentina 's capital city was beset by strikes Thursday , with teachers , doctors and transit employees refusing to work over money matters . Teachers and doctors in Buenos Aires went on strike Wednesday and are scheduled to go back to work Friday , the government-run Telam news agency and other outlets reported . Subway workers will go on strike Thursday night for a few hours , they said . This is the fourth work stoppage in the past six months for doctors . Only emergency cases are being treated . The doctors are not only seeking better salaries , but also improvements to the public health system . They are protesting `` the lack of money in the public system , the possibility that the health budget will be reduced by 500 million pesos -LRB- about $ 130 million -RRB- , the lack of professionals , the lack of labor to solve the problems in Argentina 's public health , '' said Alicia Kobylarz of the Federal Syndicate of Health Workers . The nation 's public hospitals treat the poor and needy . Health professionals want the government to employ more"}
-{"answer":"video was posted on YouTube and The Smoking Gun . Watch Jena 6 re-enactment '' More than 500 people attended a forum held Tuesday night at the university in response to the video , a university statement said . `` The majority ... decided not to let the actions of a few define the entire student body . '' Vice President of Student Affairs Wayne Brumfield told students `` there are no words to express the dismay at what happened in that video ... We 're here tonight because the action of one or two set our university in motion . '' In a Tuesday interview with the News-Star , a tearful Smith denied being racist . `` This is so not me , '' she said in the Wednesday article . `` It was n't that we were making fun of the Jena 6 incident . We were just fed up with it ... I have just as many black -LSB- friends -RSB- as I do white friends . '' School administrators are reviewing the incident for possible disciplinary action from ULM 's Office of Judicial Affairs , university spokesperson Laura Harris said . Smith and another participant in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A student who videoed a re-enactment of the `` Jena 6 '' incident apologized and said the video was not intended to make fun of the six black students arrested in the beating of a white classmate , according to The News-Star newspaper of Monroe , Louisiana . The incident involving six black students has sparked protests across the country , like this one in Washington . The video , taped by University of Louisiana-Monroe student Kristy Smith , shows students in blackface apparently acting out the beating of Jena High School student Justin Barker . One of the males in the tape runs onto the beach acting as if he is holding a noose , and three others -- covered in river mud -- pretend to knock him to the ground , punch and kick him . At least one racial epithet can be heard . It was unclear when the video was made . Smith said she taped it on the banks of the Red River in Alexandria , Louisiana , and posted it on her Facebook page , according to The News-Star . The page has since been made private , but the"}
-{"answer":"implemented March 11 , pays for increases in seniors ' pensions and financial assistance for the poor . She has rejected the farmers ' demands for a repeal of the export tax as `` extortion . '' Monday marked the first time Kirchner revealed details of how the government plans to use profits from the tax , which has generated about U.S. $ 1.5 billion , to lift people out of poverty . `` It is impossible to attack the problem of the poor without distribution of revenue and without touching extraordinary profits , '' she said in a televised address . Kirchner said the Social Redistribution Program will include the construction of 30 hospitals and more than 300 health-care centers , as well as investments in the country 's rural roads and in housing . In an apparent criticism of the farmers , she lamented `` the reaction of some who refuse to contribute in the redistribution '' to `` those who have least . '' She apologized , however , at the close of her speech for offending anyone . Analysts suggested that the tax was a `` strong attack '' on on the farmers and their arguments","question":"BUENOS AIRES , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Argentine farmers are planning their next move after the country 's president announced plans to fund a public works program with revenues from a controversial agrarian export tax . Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has rejected demands for the repeal of an export tax . Eduardo Buzzi , president of the Argentine Agrarian Federation , said the organization 's directory board will meet Friday to discuss what steps it plans to take in response to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner 's announcement . `` We call on farmers across the country to stay calm but to stay on the alert , '' the organization said on its Web site Tuesday . The 44 percent export tax , which applies to soybeans , wheat , corn and sunflower seeds , has caused a three-month-old standoff between the government and farmers . Argentina is the world 's second-largest corn exporter and third-largest soybean exporter . On Monday , farmers suspended roadblocks that had snarled traffic across the country , though reports indicated that groups in some rural areas were still blocking roads Tuesday . Kirchner has argued that the tax , which was"}
-{"answer":"on Monday night , Berlusconi confirmed that Milan had offered Kaka the chance to `` make himself a fortune , but said he has `` higher values . '' Berlusconi continued : `` He is staying with us , there are things which are more important than money : we are happy . `` When I heard he would prefer to stay , that he did n't think he would be missing a great opportunity and he prefers the values of our flag , the values of closeness and friendship , the warmth and the affection that all the fans have shown him in these days , I said ` hooray ' and we hugged . Kaka is staying at Milan . '' Fans of former European champions Milan had staged a series of protests since City 's audacious move for Kaka became public late last week . They intensified after Kaka played in the 1-0 home win over Fiorentina which improved Milan 's Serie A title chances as arch-rivals and league leaders Inter Milan slipped up . Have your say : Should Kaka have stayed at AC Milan or taken the money ? City , who are being backed","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Brazilian star Kaka has rejected a world record transfer move to Premier League Manchester City and decided to stay with AC Milan . Kaka opted to stay with AC Milan despite the riches on offer . The 2007 world player of the year was set to earn $ 750,000 per week with City , who were reported to be willing to pay a staggering $ 147 million to acquire his services . The devoutly religious Kaka explained his reasons on the club 's television station . `` I believe I have made the right choice . `` To have gone to Manchester City could have been a great project but in the past few days I have prayed a lot to understand what the right team would be and in the end I have decided to remain here . `` I do n't want anything else , I just want to be well and be happy in the place where people love me . '' Italian prime minister and Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi originally broke the news that the devoted fans of the Rossoneri wanted to hear . Interviewed on Italian TV 's Sky Italia late"}
-{"answer":"this was the form that my surrender needed to take , '' she recalled . `` It was n't just an episode but ... . was a step that I was n't going to step back from . '' Ten days later Redding was saying the shahada -- the Muslim declaration of belief in the oneness of God and acceptance of Mohammad as his prophet . But Redding said she felt her new Muslim faith did not pose a contradiction to her staying a Christian and minister . `` Both religions say there 's only one God , '' Redding said , `` and that God is the same God . It 's very clear we are talking about the same God ! So I have n't shifted my allegiance . '' Watch Redding say , `` Being a Muslim makes me a better Christian '' '' The imam at the Islamic Center in Seattle , Washington , where Redding prays said she brings the best of both traditions to her beliefs . `` Coming from an example of wanting to be Christ-like and coming from the perspective of wanting to follow the best example -- the example of our","question":"SEATTLE , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ann Holmes Redding has what could be called a crisis of faiths . Ann Holmes Redding says she sees no contradiction in being both a Christian minister and a Muslim . For nearly 30 years , Redding has been an ordained minister in the Episcopal Church . Her priesthood ended Wednesday when she was defrocked . The reason ? For the past three years Redding has been both a practicing Christian and a Muslim . `` Had anyone told me in February 2006 that I would be a Muslim before April rolled around , I would have shaken my head in concern for the person 's mental health , '' Redding recently told a crowd at a signing for a book she co-authored on religion . Redding said her conversion to Islam was sparked by an interfaith gathering she attended three years ago . During the meeting , an imam demonstrated Muslim chants and meditation to the group . Redding said the beauty of the moment and the imam 's humbleness before God stuck with her . `` It was much more this overwhelming conviction that I needed to surrender to God and"}
-{"answer":"'s just hype ? It was a defining year for the medium : aside from `` Watchmen , '' '86 also saw Pulitzer-prize winning holocaust drama `` Maus , '' from The New Yorker contributor Art Spielgeman ; and Frank Miller 's hyperviolent Batman reworking `` The Dark Knight Returns . '' `` Watchmen , '' which takes place in 1985 , is set in a parallel world where America never lost Vietnam , Russia is about to invade Afghanistan and Richard Nixon still holds power -LRB- Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward were murdered -RRB- . Meanwhile a superhero team -- only one of whom has special powers -- reforms after a fellow operative is mysteriously slain . But what lifts `` Watchmen '' above its superhero peers is a complex , multi-layered narrative and depth of characterization that ensured it was the only comic book to make Time 's 100 best novels since 1923 . A dark , downbeat work with a heady 11th-hour twist , it puts as much store on subsidiary characters like a newspaper seller as its does blue-skinned man-god Dr. Manhattan . Its influence can be traced to current small-screen favorites like `` Heroes ''","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A yellow smiley-face badge , smeared with blood , has become the trademark for `` Watchmen , '' the most critically revered of all comic books -- but it could also represent its troubled journey from page to big screen . `` Watchmen '' opens with the unexplained murder of The Comedian -LRB- Jeffrey Dean Morgan -RRB- . Note smiley badge . The subject of fervent debate in the geekosphere for more than two decades , `` Watchmen '' finally rolls out in the U.S. and other territories from the first week of March onward . But it 's not as well known to wider audiences , who may puzzle at all this heat about a superhero movie with no A-list star attached . Instead , they may simply ask : `` Watch-what ? '' `` Watchmen , '' created by the UK comic-book team of writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons , surfaced in 1986 as a monthly 12-issue series published by DC Comics -LRB- part of Time Warner , which owns CNN parent company Turner Broadcasting -RRB- . Are you looking forward to `` Watchmen ? '' Or think it"}
-{"answer":"happening with Wilson and how the investigation goes , but remember that , in these cases , patience is key , '' Tigers spokeswoman Kathe Vilera said on her Twitter account . She added that keeping the details sealed could help the investigation . `` It has all the earmarks as a targeted kidnapping : selected victim , selected location , selected time , '' said Chris Voss , a kidnapping specialist for Insite Security who has handled six cases involving Venezuela and who worked for the FBI for 26 years . `` There 's an outside possibility that they thought they were grabbing another member of the family , but that 's extremely unlikely . '' Kidnapping as an industry has crossed the border from Colombia into Venezuela , Voss said . `` When criminals next door show you a model of how to make money easily -- and kidnapping is usually pretty easy money -- then other kidnappers will simply ape it . '' But targeting athletes and other celebrities can be a mistake , he said . `` It 's going to bring too much law enforcement scrutiny down on them ; too much international scrutiny .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Major league catcher Wilson Ramos has been `` found alive , '' two days after he was reported kidnapped by gunmen , Venezuelan state TV reported Friday . Ramos was found by security forces in Montalban , a mountainous region about 60 miles from the north central Venezuelan town where he was last seen , according to a tweet posted late Friday by Communications Minister Andres Izarra . Ramos was reported by state-run VTV to be healthy and unharmed . Ramos , a rising star for the Washington Nationals as a rookie this past year , had returned to his native country to play in Venezuela 's winter league . But before his first game with the Aragua Tigers , gunmen kidnapped him Wednesday night from his mother 's home in Santa Ines in Carabobo state , a team spokeswoman said . On Thursday , authorities said that they had found the SUV they believe was used in the kidnapping and had created sketches of two of the gunmen . Prior to his release Friday , news about the federal investigation was tightly guarded . `` It 's understandable that everyone wants to know what is"}
-{"answer":"the Brazilian government . `` Sister Dorothy 's PDS project is the very most successful land reform project in the Amazon , '' said Pontes , adding , `` It has helped more than 300 settlers make a living in a sustainable way . '' . A recently released film called , `` They Killed Sister Dorothy , '' narrated by American actor Martin Sheen , has won international acclaim for its original , in-depth investigation of Stang 's life and the details surrounding her murder . The film contains exclusive interviews and information that will be used against the suspects , Brazilian investigators told CNN . `` This film has been very important for us . It not only explains the dilemma Brazilians are facing in protecting the Amazon , but it also contains interviews with the suspects which we will certainly use against them , '' said Pontes . Aside from Galvao , five people have been accused in Stang 's killing . Four have been convicted , and one has been acquitted . Stang was gunned down along a muddy road near Lot 55 as she worked with the peasants . Galvao 's presence at Lot 55","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A lengthy investigation into the erratic behavior of a Brazilian accused of ordering the murder of a 73-year-old American nun led to his recent arrest , a Brazilian prosecutor in the state of Para told CNN . U.S. missionary sister Dorothy Stang as seen in 2004 working in the Amazon forest in Para , Brazil . Regivaldo Pereira Galvao was recently seen at what authorities say is the site of the 2005 slaying of Sister Dorothy Stang to pressure peasants there into giving him the property rights , said federal prosecutor Felicio Pontes Tuesday . The site is located in a 7,400 acre plot known as `` Lot 55 '' that is under dispute in the Amazon . Police arrested Galvao Friday on charges of land fraud and slavery . He is already facing a conspiracy to murder charge in connection with Stang 's death . Before her death , Stang had defended the right of landless peasants by giving them access to public land and promoting sustainable farming practices that would help halt deforestation . Her land distribution project , the Project for Sustainable Development -LRB- PDS -RRB- , has received praise by officials with"}
-{"answer":"and alter to suit their needs . Downloading the software to cell phones enabled officials to gather data directly from the site of the outbreak and send it electronically back to headquarters for faster analysis . This cuts down on the time officials have to spend collecting paper surveys and analyzing them individually before they can begin treating people . `` The information gave us useful feedback not only on the affected area but on the neighboring ones as well and helped us put plans and measures in place to stop the spread of the virus , '' Ibrahim added . Physician and epidemiologist Dr. Joel Selanikio predicts that within a year , health officials will be using the technology to track other threats in developing nations , such as the recent Mexican swine flu outbreak . Selanikio invented EpiSurveyor in 2003 , after he and American Red Cross technologist Rose Donna began searching for a more efficient way to gather data on immerging diseases . They started a nonprofit organization , DataDyne , aiming to use mobile devices to efficiently and immediately gather public health information . `` Collecting data on paper and then taking two years to enter","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Cell phone technology is helping developing nations prepare for disease threats such as a new strain of swine flu , an outbreak of measles or the increased spread of HIV . Workers in Kenya use EpiSurveyor for the first time nationwide during this year 's children 's health week . Kenya proved it in 2007 , when the East African nation suffered its first case of the polio virus in more than 20 years , said Yusuf Ajack Ibrahim , a health care worker at the Kenyan Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation . As thousands of Somalis fled to Kenya to avoid violence in their homeland , the exodus sparked a serious health crisis , Ibrahim said . `` One case of confirmed wild polio virus put at risk the lives of 100,000 children , '' he said . Kenyan health officials determined that they needed a way to quickly survey and assess the situation and initiate a massive immunization campaign . The solution was on the Internet , where they found a free , open-source application designed for personal digital assistants , called EpiSurveyor . Open-source software is posted online for anyone to use"}
-{"answer":"his coverage of drug cartels in the border town of Ciudad Juarez . Before his death , Rodriguez was among the first journalists to write at length about the violent shift in the city . He was a high-profile reporter for the most-read paper in the city , covering a dangerous beat . It was a job his friends believe cost him his life . Local reporters now look at the killing as the first of many targeting journalists for their work . Since 2000 , 74 journalists have been killed in Mexico -- 14 since 2010 . On the third anniversary of his death , his newsroom colleagues gathered Sunday to pay tribute and `` remember Choco ... friend , journalist , family man and a great man , '' the paper 's editorial assistant Pedro Torres said at the public event . His colleagues criticized the investigation into his unsolved killing , saying it is an example of the hundreds of unsolved murders throughout the city -- widely considered to be one of the most violent in the world . Sandra Rodriguez Nieto , an El Diario reporter , said she believes that someone is `` hiding those","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three years after the killing of Mexican journalist Armando Rodriguez , his colleagues said they are more determined than ever to write about the nation 's drug cartels despite the risks . `` Those who ordered the killing of Armando were wrong because those who are left are more seasoned and we are working , '' said Luz del Carmen Sosa , a reporter for El Diario de Juarez newspaper who took over Rodriguez 's crime beat after his death . `` Those who believed we were going to take step back , they were wrong . '' On November 13 , 2008 , Rodriguez -- called `` El Choco '' by his colleagues because of his chocolate skin tone -- was about to take his two young daughters to school when a man approached the garage of his house and fired 11 shots into his chest . His daughters , one of whom witnessed the attack , have not spoken publicly since the incident and did not attend a memorial event for their father on Sunday . Rodriguez 's wife declined an interview request from CNN . His colleagues believe he was targeted because of"}
-{"answer":"with CNN about decision making , her nerdy past and the power of collective knowledge . The following is an edited transcript : CNN : Where did you get the idea for Hunch ? Fake : It 's a user-generated content site similar to Flickr , but the unit is not a photograph but a decision . And so it 's sort of a similar thing in that way . We kind of built the system so people can contribute to it . They can ask questions on there and suggest questions . And then you sort of codify it into a decision tree . CNN : So you 're answering questions about yourself ? Fake : Well , there are two components . So you answer questions about yourself , and there 's a little module that says things like , `` Alien abductions : real or fake ? '' And what -LSB- Hunch -RSB- does is , it then puts together a profile of you , a taste profile . And then you can go into the system and ask it any question that 's in the system . So it 's things like , `` What HD-TV","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Stumped on a tough decision ? New Web sites are there to help . Hunch , a site open to the public Monday , asks questions and helps people make decisions . Hunch , a site that launches for the public Monday , will consider your quandary by getting to know you , asking you a series of questions and then spitting out three decisions . Another site , Let Simon Decide , makes a similar attempt . Caterina Fake , co-founder of the photo-sharing community Flickr , says she created Hunch not because people need help with emotional decisions but because it 's too tough to find smart information online . You often have to replicate someone else 's research , which is a waste , she said . Tech bloggers seem to be pleased with the effort . `` For the most part , I was impressed , though it quickly became clear that Hunch is n't capable of magically making up your mind for you , '' wrote Jason Kincaid , a reporter at TechCrunch , a technology blog . He called the site `` very clean and unintimidating . '' Fake spoke"}
-{"answer":"would help advance her career . But after a year of law school , she decided it was n't for her . By then , her old job was gone and the job market had shrunk . `` It 's hard not to be depressed during a time like this , '' she wrote iReport.com . `` I never imagined in a million years that I would be in such a situation at my age and at this point in my career . I am humiliated . I am praying for everyone else out there is who are facing the same problems . '' She has applied to 70 different companies but gotten few leads . She recently went through a rigorous interview process for one job in another state , but to no avail . Share your economic survivor story Every day , she searches for new job possibilities and every day results in more desperation . She estimates she 's making $ 20,000 -- `` if that '' -- as a contract employee working from her home . `` I just have n't made enough to keep up . '' Her Detroit neighborhood a couple years ago was","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Amber Easton has gone from $ 80,000 a year in salary to scrambling for work . At a time in her life when she should be scaling the corporate ladder , she has instead spiraled into a deep depression . She recently lost her car and now faces eviction from her apartment . Job fairs have been on the rise amid the nation 's hard economic times . Just last week , the 35-year-old longtime working professional attended two job fairs with friends in the Detroit area . They stood in line for over three hours with hundreds of professionals of all types . `` It was a real eye-opener to see the caliber of people we were in line with -- very educated with vast skill sets , '' Easton said in an e-mail . `` Afterwards , we went to the restaurant located in the same hotel and it was filled with unemployed professionals sharing their story , from engineers to graphic designers to marketing professionals . '' Easton 's saga began in July 2007 when she traded in her job as a corporate compliance officer to attend law school , what she thought"}
-{"answer":"based in southern Iraq , primarily in Basra , Iraq 's second largest city that sits close to the Persian Gulf . `` We have in many sectors left Basra in a better state than when we arrived in 2003 . '' Then , after the U.S.-led invasion , Iraqis welcomed British troops . They were hailed as the force that would save the area 's predominantly Shiite population from Saddam Hussein 's persecution . But the mood turned when liberation was not followed by a quick withdrawal . `` It became the opposite of what we were wishing for , '' said Mustafa Atia , a member of the Basra provincial council . '' Hope started to turn to fear . By the end of 2004 , extreme Shiite militias were gaining control of Basra . It seemed British forces had been sidelined as the militias enforced their own brand of laws . In September 2007 , British troops withdrew completely from Basra and southern Iraq was touted as the coalition forces ' success story . But Basra was left reeling . The British-trained Iraqi police had been infiltrated by militiamen ; the Iraqi Army struggled to keep them","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When British forces fully withdraw from Iraq on Friday , it will be the second time in a century that Britain will leave this nation with a legacy of war dead . Mechanics prepare a tank ready to shipped back to the UK from Basra . In the Baghdad North Gate War Cemetery rest thousands of British soldiers killed in a protracted military campaign during World War I , after which Britain established an occupying regime in Iraq . In the peak of the latest war that began in 2003 , about 46,000 British troops were stationed in and around Iraq . Now , almost all British troops are being pulled out because an agreement that allows them to remain in Iraq expires Friday , according to the British Ministry of Defence . Britain leaves Iraq this time with 179 of its own dead . `` It 's been a tough six years , no doubt about that , '' said Jon Wilks , the deputy head of the British mission . `` But I think what we left behind is a solid base on which to build . '' The British were"}
-{"answer":", and transferring through Heathrow . A duplicate of the Heathrow system has been installed at Dubai Airport . During the check-in process at Heathrow Terminal 3 , staff apply tags containing RFID chips to bags with information including the passenger 's name and route . The chips are then read on entry into the baggage system ; they are tracked as they move throughout ; and finally on leaving the system . As a result , says Shaun Cowlam , Logistics Director at Heathrow Airport , staff can know where a bag is at `` every moment of every day '' . BAA is also considering introducing a SMS text messaging service to keep passengers informed of where their bags are . When passengers arrive at Heathrow , says Cowlam , the idea will be to send passengers a text informing them what belt and what time their bags will arrive at . Ultimately , the use of RFID could extend services to frequent flyers , and provide the means to added value services such as faster check-in , and even be integrated with secure collection and delivery . The main benefits , however , will be for travelers","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A six-month trial was launched this week that promises to transform the way luggage is tracked and monitored at London 's Heathrow airport . As many as 28 in every 1,000 passengers do not arrive at their destination at the same time as their luggage . The trial -- run by BAA and airline Emirates -- is using RFID -LRB- radio-frequency identification -RRB- technology to tag baggage . This will allow staff to more accurately track bags passing through the airport . The crucial difference between RFID and the existing barcode system is its scanning accuracy . Barcode tags can be easily damaged in transit and are also at risk of being covered when scanned . If not scanned , details must be entered manually into the system , adding time and error to the process . BAA estimates that Heathrow can read only 60 per cent of labels that pass through . RFID is reported to offer over 99 percent accuracy . The # 150,000 trial -- the first of its kind in the UK -- will continue for six months tracking bags for passengers traveling with Emirates to and from Dubai"}
-{"answer":"studies , Facebook also plays a role in how we fall out of love . Mashable writer Samuel Axon wrote a detailed feature about how Facebook has changed dating for the worse , Facebook dating app AreYouInterested released a study in which 21 percent of respondents said they would break up with someone via changing their statuses , and , most recently , infographic wizard David McCandless came out with a chart that shows popular breakup periods by way of status updates . Seventeen , for its part , reports that 10 percent of people have been dumped over Facebook , and the same number would just change their relationship status to `` single '' to cut a lover loose . The report also depicts the anguish the site can cause after a breakup , citing that 27 percent of people change their connection to their exes after a breakup via blocking -LRB- getEx-Blocker for that extra push -RRB- , hiding him or her on the News Feed or unfriending . Surprisingly , 73 percent of people keep their exes in the friends list . I 'd like to see some stats on how many of those 73 percent stalk","question":"-LRB- Mashable -RRB- -- There 's no denying that Facebook has had an impact on the way the younger set flirt , fall in love and break up . Now , Seventeen magazine has released a study that depicts just what kind of repercussions the social networking site has had on modern courtship . `` Teens are incredibly social , and Facebook plays a huge role in their love lives , '' says Ann Shoket , editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine . According to the study -- which polled 10,000 guys and girls ages 16 to 21 -- Facebook plays an important part in how amorous teens make a connection . Within one week of meeting a new person , 79 percent of people click `` friend , '' and after adding a new friend ; 60 percent of people stalk their crush 's profile once a day -LRB- 40 percent check in on their would-be soulmate several times a day -RRB- . Moreover , contrary to beliefs that social networking is erroding interpersonal communication , 72 percent of those surveyed said that talking to someone online brings you closer to them IRL . As we have already seen in other"}
-{"answer":"the web , '' she said , noting that the group has its own YouTube channel . A marketing executive endorses the approach . `` If your target is young people , television really does n't make a lot of sense now if they 're spending hours on the Internet , hours in social media , '' said Ben Kunz , director of strategic planning for Mediassociates , a media planning and Internet strategy firm . `` You need to find a way to reach them in the media that they consume . '' The `` holy grail '' is to go viral , as people pass the message around because they like it or think it 's important , Kunz said . A gory , four-minute British PSA on the dangers of texting while driving has received nearly 600,000 views on YouTube in less than two weeks , fueled in part by Facebook and Twitter links . Watch how the PSA has changed minds '' `` If you can leverage these new human networks using mobile and Facebook and Twitter and blogs to disseminate your message , that 's the real home run , '' he said . ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Elmo and Gordon want you to wash your hands so you do n't catch the flu . Smokey Bear , the Ad Council 's most famous icon , has moved from 1940s posters to his own Facebook page . The `` Sesame Street '' stalwarts star in a series of public service announcements to teach children healthy habits in the face of the H1N1 flu virus . The Muppet and the man -LRB- actor Roscoe Orman -RRB- are the latest in a long line of characters -- human and not -- to star in public service announcements co-sponsored by the Advertising Council . The Ad Council , the charitable arm of the advertising industry , employs the same top-flight talent that creates ads for Budweiser , Coca-Cola and other familiar brands . Watch Elmo and Gordon give the pitch '' Growing beyond its early `` Buy War Bonds '' posters and Smokey TV spots , today 's Advertising Council is moving into social media `` in a very big way , '' said Peggy Conlon , the organization 's CEO . `` There 's all kinds of ways the Advertising Council finds its target audience on"}
-{"answer":"few more added every day . Michael is a regular . He makes grasshoppers out of palm fronds , then sells them when he can for whatever he can get . James says he once played professional football for the Miami Dolphins . No one believes him . Nilsen and Barboza wait quietly for their turn to get in the front door . `` There 's a lot of emotional and mental turmoil when you 're in a situation like this , '' Nilsen says . Breakfast at the Cooperative Feeding Program is rushed . There are so many to feed . Seats at the tables are a premium . Nilsen and Barboza eat quickly their meal of sausage patties , an orange wedge , some cake and coffee . They want to get moving . It 's back in the car and off to the County Library . They can charge their cell phone there and use the public computers for an hour . Nilsen checks Facebook to see how his friends are doing That 's how he stays in touch . The two men then begin searching for places to rent on Florida 's West Coast . ``","question":"FORT LAUDERDALE , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Richard Barboza sits behind the steering wheel , patiently working a crossword puzzle . There 's no rush . Time is one thing Barboza has plenty of . Richard Barboza , left , and John Nilsen are among those struggling in the current economic recession . It 's just after sun-up . The streaks of light shimmer off the car windows . In the back of the Ford Explorer John Nilsen stirs . This is home . Clothes are kept in a suitcase . Food is wherever they can find it . `` It 's definitely not something that you ever see yourself being , homeless , '' Nilsen says . But homeless they have been for the past six weeks , ever since the money ran out and they were evicted from the Fort Lauderdale , Florida , apartment they shared . Nilsen had lost his job , and Barboza is waiting for disability checks to start arriving . The line of homeless men and women has already started to form at the food bank when the two men walk up . The faces are always the same , with a"}
-{"answer":", reduce the wait time in security lines to as little as five minutes . Passengers using the Clear program doled out more than $ 200 a year . After announcing the shutdown , the company released no information on whether customers would receive refunds . John Harrington , a freelance photographer in Washington , renewed his Clear membership for the next two years about a month ago . He said he was disappointed to receive an e-mail from Clear officials saying the program had been terminated . Harrington relied on the quicker lanes when he traveled for assignments out of Reagan National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport . `` With Clear , I could get into my gate in less than 15 to 20 minutes , '' said Harrington , who is flying to San Francisco next week and will now have to arrive at the airport an hour earlier . `` Try that with regular airport security . It 's going to cost me time . '' The Clear program required applicants like Harrington to provide information such as a Social Security number and previous address for a background check . The applicant 's fingerprints and iris","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Verified Identity Pass Inc. 's Clear security system -- the program that expedited airport security line waits for paying customers -- ended operation Monday night because the company could n't reach a consensus with its senior creditors , according to its Web site . Clear promised to help passengers avoid security lines like this one at San Francisco International Airport . The New York-based company founded by entrepreneur Stephen Brill targeted business flyers , promising passengers that they would whisk through tedious airport security lanes more rapidly by being placed in private lines . Verified Identity Pass officials could n't be reached for comment . Clear 's fast-lane program began at Orlando -LRB- Florida -RRB- International Airport in 2005 . By the time the company shut down , it was operating in more than 18 locations , including major airports in Atlanta , Georgia ; Denver , Colorado ; San Francisco , California ; and Washington . USA Today reported that the company had about 250,000 members . With nearly 700 million passengers traveling domestically in 2006 , Clear company officials touted their program as a way to help avoid bottlenecks and , in some instances"}
-{"answer":"in the evening so that our fans would still be there . It 's not very punk to go on at 8.30 pm , '' he added . `` Stay up Late '' has received widespread support from disabled people and the UK government , Richards said . Even carers who may be required to work later if the campaign is successful have offered their support . `` So far , we 've only had one or two support workers say that they do n't think they should be required to work unsociable hours , '' Richards said . The group has also partnered with the UK 's leading learning disabilities charity Mencap , who they say have really helped to relay their message to a wider audience . Mencap and Heavy Load teamed up last week where the band headlined a concert in London for people with learning disabilities , giving them an opportunity to be involved in running a club night . See images from the concert '' They concert was held in conjunction with London venue Proud Camden , and around 400 people attended the event which finished at 1am . Everyone at the event , from","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A disabled punk band has launched a campaign to fight for the rights of disabled people to be able to party late . Heavy Load are a UK-based punk band with three out of five members who are disabled . `` Heavy Load , '' describe themselves as an `` anarcho-garage-punk '' band and are made up of five musicians , one of whom has Downs Syndrome and two who have unspecified learning disabilities . Their campaign , '' Stay Up Late , '' encourages carers to support disabled people who want to stay out past 10pm . Heavy Load 's manager and bass guitarist , Paul Richards , 39 , told CNN : `` The Stay Up Late '' campaign is to raise awareness , and tackle the issue where disabled gig-goers end up going home at 9pm , therefore missing most of the evening , because their support workers finish their shifts at 10pm . `` We started the campaign because we 'd be playing a gig and something strange happens at 9pm when people would start to go home . We were also frustrated with asking to go on earlier"}
-{"answer":"glory to Jesus . '' His foundation raises large bundles of money to help kids with Down syndrome -LRB- and if you do n't believe this , ask anyone associated with Pujols . They 'll tell you . And tell you . And tell you . -RRB- . He has never , apparently , drowned a dog or shot himself in the leg . Over the past 11 years , St. Louis ' slugging infielder could do no wrong . And yes , it helped that he averaged 42 homers and 126 RBIs while leading the club to two World Series titles . And yet ... for the hundreds of people who work for the Cardinals , and for the majority of the thousands upon thousands of fans who have asked Pujols for an autograph or a handshake or the smallest of words , the three-time National League MVP is , well , terrible . Having now covered sports for 17 years , I 've witnessed few professional athletes who show greater disrespect and outright disdain for loyalists than Pujols . He is a man who , during spring training , walks from station to station with his head down","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The liberation of St. Louis begins now . Albert Pujols is leaving the city and you are free , dear people , to speak the truth . No longer do you have to cower . No longer do you have to worry about stern looks and furious retorts . No longer do you have to tiptoe around the mighty slugger and his Ruthian numbers , fearful that he might say to hell with riverboat casinos and go elsewhere , someplace warmer . No longer do you have to mindlessly utter the Cardinal company lines about all of Pujols ' charity work and family life and what a wonderful person he is . With Thursday 's news that Pujols has agreed to a 10-year , $ 254 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim , Cardinals officials , players and fans are finally permitted say what has gone unsaid far too long -- that Albert Pujols is a pain in the rear . I know . Albert loves kids . And puppies . And kids with puppies . He is a devout Christian who has written , `` My life 's goal is to bring"}
-{"answer":"experience in the , uh , guy-pal genre . Rudd has been in several comedies written , directed or produced by Judd Apatow , considered one of the leaders of the `` bromance '' trend with his softer , more openly emotional male characters . Segel has also been in Apatow projects -- including last year 's `` Forgetting Sarah Marshall '' -- and he stars in the TV series `` How I Met Your Mother , '' which finds plenty of humor in male bonding . Segel observes that what helps the films work is the discomfort of two men trying to talk about their emotions while hoping to maintain a dispassionate , hard-edged , prototypically manly fa\u00e7ade . And he knows he 's good at bringing out that discomfort in his co-stars . `` Judd Apatow told me that my special skill was that I am able to maintain my likability while getting incredibly close to the creepy line , and that 's what I should try to cultivate , '' he said . `` That 's what he does , '' Rudd noted . `` He just holds -LSB- the moment -RSB- a little too long .","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They 've been called `` bromances '' : those buddy films and TV shows , such as the movies `` Pineapple Express '' and `` The 40-Year-Old Virgin , '' that feature non-sexual but deep friendships between two or more males . Jason Segel and Paul Rudd star in `` I Love You , Man , '' which opens Friday . The forthcoming `` I Love You , Man , '' which opens Friday , appears to fit the bill . In the film , Paul Rudd plays a man who needs a best man for his wedding but has never made any male friends . Enter Jason Segel as Sydney Fife , whom Rudd 's character , Peter Klaven , pursues on several `` man-dates '' that end up threatening his relationship with his fianc\u00e9e -LRB- Rashida Jones -RRB- . But do n't call the film a `` bromance '' in the presence of Rudd and Segel . `` We hate that word , '' Segel told CNN . `` It was not part of the lexicon while we were filming , '' added Rudd . Still , both actors have plenty of"}
-{"answer":"be free of drugs and alcohol . `` We can not say for certain that she did have it -LRB- sleep apnea -RRB- , '' board member Dr. Mitch Garber said . But the NTSB concluded there was a `` high likelihood '' that Edmonds had an undiagnosed sleep disorder , largely because she was obese and because tests showed she had taken doxylamine , an ingredient commonly found in sleep aids , suggesting she had trouble sleeping during at least one of the nights leading up to the accident . In addition , there is a lack of other evidence to explain why Edmonds failed to slow or stop the train , the board concluded . Tests showed that the stopped train could be seen at a distance of 764 feet , and that `` there were multiple opportunities to slow and stop this -LRB- advancing -RRB- train , '' NTSB investigator Wayne Workman said . `` There was not any evidence that brakes were applied . '' Edmonds ' westbound train was traveling at 38 mph when it struck the other train , which was traveling at 3 mph in the same direction . An estimated 185 to","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Boston trolley operator killed in a crash last year likely had a sleep disorder and fell into a `` micro-sleep '' shortly before the collision , the National Transportation Safety Board ruled Tuesday . Since last year 's trolley crash in Boston , Massachusetts , there has been another incident on the same line . The safety board , completing a 14-month investigation , faulted operator Ter ` rese Edmonds for ignoring a red signal along the tracks but directed harsh criticism at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority which operates the train system . The transit authority failed to screen operators for sleep disorders while enforcing a work schedule that could prevent train operators from getting enough sleep , the NTSB said . The NTSB 's conclusion that Edmonds fell asleep is partly conjecture , the board acknowledged . Edmonds , a part-time trolley operator , had an opportunity for adequate sleep the day of the wreck , although investigators were not able to determine her sleep history . In addition , Edmonds had been given a break earlier in the day , had not complained to co-workers about fatigue and was found to"}
-{"answer":"are growing , said Shannon Hader , senior deputy director of the district 's Department of Health . HIV is particularly prevalent among African-Americans , and more black women between 25 and 34 will die from HIV\/AIDS nationwide than from any other cause . `` Women have n't really gotten the message that they 're at risk , '' Hader said . `` So we are very , very concerned with making sure that women in the district realize that HIV , in fact , is a woman 's disease too . '' In the past , the higher price of female condoms kept them from reaching the ubiquity of the male condom . A newly released version , called FC2 , is cheaper and designed to be more user-friendly , but the female condom is still relatively unknown . So when health officials in Washington decided to use a $ 500,000 grant from the M.A.C. AIDS Fund to distribute female condoms , they allocated a portion for marketing . `` One of the things about female condoms is that they 're a new product to most people , '' Hader said . `` So like any new product ,","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On a Saturday at the Lamar Edward Salon , a small cluster of women watch a demonstration of a new product . Their giggles turn into growing interest . They learn the city is handing out free samples , but it 's not shampoo or makeup products . Instead , the women can leave the salon with free female condoms tucked into their purses . Co-owner Gerald Armstrong said his salon is a perfect place for a frank discussion about safe sex . `` We talk about beauty and we talk about hair and makeup and things to make them feel better , '' Armstrong said . `` We should start talking about things that are helping them to live longer . '' Faced with an HIV infection rate six times higher than the national average , District of Columbia officials are launching an unorthodox campaign to halt the spread of the disease . They will hand out 500,000 female condoms at salons and community centers and offer informal training sessions to teach women how to use the little-known product . About 30 percent of people infected in Washington are women , and the numbers"}
-{"answer":"a few weeks ago , Patrick said . The four others still being held are Nicolas Polutnik , the head of operations ; two other executives ; and Petit 's personal assistant , he said . About 500 employees were also outside the building protesting . A top Caterpillar executive called the hostage-taking unhelpful . `` The actions that are taking place today , led by a small minority of individuals , are not helping as we work for a positive resolution of this situation , '' said Chris Schena , Caterpillar vice president with responsibility for manufacturing operations in Europe , Africa and the Middle East , in a statement . `` The best way to resolve this matter is to continue the negotiations through the Works Council to find a solution that 's fair to our employees and allows Caterpillar to remain a leader in a rapidly changing global marketplace , '' Schena said , adding that the company was `` concerned for the safety of our employees . '' Benoit said all the workers wanted to do was negotiate with Caterpillar and they were upset that the company did not show up to two earlier scheduled negotiating","question":"PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of French workers , angry about proposed layoffs at a Caterpillar factory , were holding executives of the company hostage Tuesday , a spokesman for the workers said . Caterpillar 's French staff say they are angry about a lack of negotiations over layoffs . It is at least the third time this month that French workers threatened with cutbacks have blockaded managers in their offices to demand negotiations . Executives were released unharmed in both previous situations . The latest incident started Tuesday morning at the office of the construction equipment company in the southeastern city of Grenoble . The workers were angry that Caterpillar had proposed cutting more than 700 jobs and would not negotiate , said Nicolas Benoit , a spokesman for the workers ' union . They did not want to harm the Caterpillar executives , Benoit told CNN . One hostage was released Tuesday evening leaving workers with four captives inside the Caterpillar building . The released man was a human resources director identified only as Mr. Petit , because he has heart problems , union representative Bernard Patrick told CNN . Petit had a heart attack"}
-{"answer":"of America 's racial legacy were healed or , at least , that they were less raw . For many African-American citizens , the election of the first black U.S. president was cause for celebration and open-mouthed wonder about an outcome that seemed so unlikely just two years earlier , when Obama announced his bid . Despite this joy , many black citizens were dubious that his victory represented the destruction of any particular racial barrier . African-Americans were both proud of and excited about Obama , but in the 45 years since the passage of the Civil Rights Act , black Americans had seen doors to power , influence and wealth open just enough to admit just a few without fundamentally altering opportunities for the majority . Indeed , responses to a recent CNN\/Essence Magazine\/Opinion Research Corp. survey indicate that black enthusiasm about Obama exists side-by-by side with deep skepticism about America 's racial progress . This atmosphere of both enthusiasm and doubt has sparked discussion about whether we have entered a post-racial era in American politics . It is a difficult debate , because the term `` post-racial '' is not clearly defined . Race itself is a","question":"Melissa Harris-Lacewell is associate professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University . She is the author of the award-winning book `` Barbershops , Bibles , and BET : Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought '' and writes a daily blog titled The Kitchen Table . Melissa Harris-Lacewell says African-Americans remain skeptical about racial progress in the U.S . PRINCETON , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- America was proud of itself for electing Barack Obama . The pride was not just partisan and ideological ; it was also specifically and clearly racial . The morning after Obama 's win , The New York Times declared `` Racial Barrier Falls in Decisive Victory . '' The Los Angeles Times asserted that `` for the first time in human history , a largely white nation has elected a black man to be its paramount leader . '' Some black commentators openly wept on election night , thrilled with witnessing the election of our first black president . Even Sen. John McCain , conceding defeat , pointed to the greatness of the American promise fulfilled in the election of his opponent . Obama 's victory offered the possibility that the scars"}
-{"answer":"'s birthday with fireworks displays , fire officials will be watching weather forecasts and preparing to make sure revelers are as safe as possible . They often start by banning spectators from a safety zone , or perimeter , around the launch site to protect them from drifting embers that can get as hot as 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit . For that reason , fireworks launches over harbors , rivers and other bodies of water can often be larger in scale . `` For a venue like New York Harbor , it is common for -LSB- launch -RSB- barges to be located on the water , well away from land , '' said Guy Colonna , division manager with the National Fire Protection Agency . `` Even if the winds increase , it 's possible ... -LSB- for -RSB- the safety of the display not to be compromised . '' Fireworks shows originating on land have stricter standards for the size of the perimeter , depending on wind speed , because spectators are generally closer to the explosives , Colonna said . Strong winds can make safety trickier . According to the Boston Globe , hundreds of people at a 2005","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In staging their Fourth of July fireworks show , authorities in Ocean City , Maryland , have faced challenges in recent years from Mother Nature . Fireworks light up the sky over Milwaukee , Wisconsin , during the city 's 2008 Fourth of July festivities . In 2005 , thick fog veiled the celebration . Spectators could n't see the detailed patterns and colors of the fiery blasts -- they only saw the clouds and haze get brighter . Thunderstorms erupted the next two years , delaying the show in 2006 and then forcing its cancellation in 2007 . That year , storms brought winds that were just too strong . `` We start taking a hard look at the direction and speed of the wind when it gets to 15 or more knots -LSB- about 17 mph -RSB- , '' said Ocean City Fire Marshal Sam Villani . `` At 20 knots , we consult the shooters ... to see if our perimeter is safe for the crowds . Twenty-knot -LSB- 23 mph -RSB- sustained winds would probably be our cutoff . '' As millions gather across the United States on Saturday to celebrate America"}
-{"answer":"traveling to New Zealand for the event , he said . Since the inaugural world championships in 1992 , events have been held in Australia , the U.S. , the United Kingdom , Italy and New Zealand . At this world championships Lancaster was sailing in the `` B1 '' class which is for the blind , while the `` B2 '' and `` B3 '' classes have lesser levels of visual impairment . So , how exactly do blind and visually-impaired people manage to sail a large racing boat ? Lancaster explained that it is not as difficult as it may sound . `` We sail with a four man crew . There is a blind person at the helm and another blind person on the mainsheet . There is also a sighted tactician , who 's not allowed to touch anything , and a fourth sighted crew member . `` The most challenging thing for me has been the last few years when I have gone from B2 to B1 -LRB- blind -RRB- . You have to rely on your feel a lot more now , `` he said . Even though he is unable to see ,","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Without seeing the water , the weather , or even his own boat , Dick Lancaster steered a 25-foot yacht to a silver medal at a sailing world championships this month . Crews from Italy and Australia do battle in the recent Blind Sailing World Championships in New Zealand . Lancaster 's remarkable feat came at the recent Blind Sailing World Championships on Lake Rotorua , New Zealand . His silver medal added to two golds he has won at previous championships . The New Zealander , who gradually lost sight until he became completely blind in the last couple of years , is also the chairman of Blind Sailing New Zealand . Lancaster told CNN that sailing for the blind and visually-impaired is growing around the world . There is also hope that the sport may get its own category at the Paralympics . `` This year 's event was as big as it has ever been . We had ten countries represented and most countries sent three teams . '' Attendance would have been stronger had it not been for the challenging financial climate , which had prevented some nations from"}
-{"answer":"to earth and a humble person . She wants to do something where everyone is involved rather than being a posturing diva . '' Smithson recently spoke with CNN about why she is thankful to Moody 's roommate , why the group gets along so well and how they want to collaborate with fans . CNN : You must be pretty psyched about this new band . Carly Smithson : I am . It 's pretty awesome and everything I think we have all ever wanted . We all blend together and it 's all about making business . CNN : With all of the opportunities that have come your way since `` Idol , '' why go this route ? Smithson : I had a lot of the wrong opportunities approach me . They were very flattering offers , but musically not on the same page with where I envisioned myself . As soon as Ben -LSB- Moody -RSB- came to me , he was actually someone that I had in mind , after coming off the `` Idol '' tour , to go and try and work with . He 's worked on some music that I had","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Carly Smithson wants to make one thing clear : She is not the new lead singer of Evanescence . Former `` American Idol '' contestant Carly Smithson is the lead singer of the new band We Are The Fallen . There may be some confusion because the former `` American Idol '' contestant has joined forces with original Evanescence members Ben Moody , Rocky Gray and John LeCompt for the new band We Are The Fallen . The dark-haired Irish rocker made it to the top six during season seven of `` American Idol '' before being eliminated . Smithson said that since then , quite a few opportunities have come her way that were not a good fit . This new band , which also includes bassist Marty O'Brien , is perfect for her , Smithson said Guitar player LeCompt agrees . `` I 've said many times about Evanescence that we caught lightning in a bottle ... and I think we are doing it again , '' he said . `` Carly is a good fit for the band because more than anything she is a brilliant , brilliant vocalist who is very down"}
-{"answer":"chandeliers mixed with seafood-shaped wall sconces , perfume bottles and a book in Arabic , `` 101 Questions About Sex , '' that Jawad calls his `` reference . '' Jawad , wearing a red shirt , explained that he put his phone number and details about his car -- a red Mini Cooper -- on his mobile phone 's Bluetooth . He says women usually call him to ask if the car is for sale but , he boasts , `` some go out with me that same night . '' The episode ended with him cruising the streets of Jeddah in his car looking for women . The show that aired Jawad 's story is as popular as it is controversial in the Middle East . It tackles taboos sometimes never discussed in public . In one instance , a guest admitted he put up his children for sale and tried to justify why he continued to look for the highest bidder even though his kids were begging him to change his mind . Most guests wear sunglasses , wigs and strange clothing to disguise their identities as their lives can be endangered for talking about such taboo","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced a man who caused uproar by bragging about his sex life on television to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes , according to Ministry of Information officials . Mazen Abdul Jawad talked openly about his sex life on the controversial show . Mazen Abdul Jawad , a 32-year-old airline employee and divorced father of four , spoke openly about his sexual escapades , his love of sex and losing his virginity at age 14 . He made the comments on Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation , which aired the interview a few months ago . Saudi authorities shut down LBC offices in Jeddah and Riyadh after airing the interview on an episode of its popular show `` A Thick Red Line . '' Jawad was arrested shortly after the program aired and charged with violating Saudi Arabia 's crime of publicizing vice . On the program , Jawad is also shown in his bedroom , where he holds sexual aids up to the camera . The room is decorated with Mickey Mouse and stuffed bears in sexually suggestive positions . The cameras gave audiences a glimpse of the room 's nightclub-like"}
-{"answer":"a package '' of events Tuesday . His comments , however , did not answer questions about where or when Jackson would be buried . There is speculation that the burial will be at Forest Lawn 's Glendale location , but the media have been swarming around the Hollywood Hills memorial park , located right off the freeway behind Disney Studios . Tito Jackson 's ex-wife , Delores `` Dee Dee '' Jackson , is believed to be buried there . Forest Lawn Memorial is the first stop tourists make in search of the crypts of Hollywood greats . Numerous books and Web sites such as findagrave.com and seeing-stars . com claim to have insider knowledge about celebrity grave locations on the properties , but Forest Lawn is unrelentingly secretive about who , exactly , is entombed in its parks . `` We hold the privacy of our client families in very high regard , '' said Bill Martin , spokesman for the Glendale location , which is considered the `` mother lode '' for celebrity grave hunters . `` There are certain areas and property types that have limited access . '' The tombs of Sammy Davis Jr. ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As Michael Jackson fans and the media pour into Los Angeles , California , for what could be the most widely watched memorial of all time , an obvious question remains : Where will he be laid to rest ? Bette Davis is among the notables buried at the Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn park . Although the Jackson family has n't made an official statement , all signs seem to point toward Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries , the organization that has buried a vast number of Hollywood 's notables . On Monday , sources told CNN that Jackson 's relatives will hold a private gathering at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles Tuesday morning ahead of a massive public service . The gathering is scheduled for 8 a.m. -LRB- 11 a.m. ET -RRB- -- two hours before a memorial service at the Staples Center arena downtown . Cemetery officials have not commented on the matter . Sunday , Jim McDonnell , assistant chief of staff of the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday , said Forest Lawn officials were working with the Jackson family on their plans , which were part of ``"}
-{"answer":"1943 , the creation of the segregated 442nd Regimental Combat Team allowed Japanese-Americans to prove their loyalty to the United States . Ito and thousands of other Asian-Americans welcomed the chance to demonstrate their courage in combat . `` The majority got into the infantry , and that 's what I expected , but I was happy to be in the artillery , '' he said . On Wednesday , Ito , along with more than 1,000 members of the 100th Battalion , 442nd RCT , will be honored on Capitol Hill with a Congressional Gold Medal for their extraordinary accomplishments in World War II . The Congressional Gold Medal is the nation 's highest civilian award . Japanese-American WWII vets awarded special medal During World War II , Ito watched as hundreds of men , including dozens of his friends , fell in battle . He witnessed prisoners in striped uniforms look back at their liberators with sunken eyes . He even got to walk around the Berghof , Adolf Hitler 's residence near his famed `` Eagle 's Nest '' retreat in the Alps . Before deploying to Europe , Ito had seen and been behind the barbed","question":"Boston -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Out of sheer boredom , Susumu Ito , in World War II , became a forward artillery observer , one of the most dangerous jobs available . `` I lied to my mom and told her it was assigned , '' he recalled . `` I did n't want to tell her I thought it was exciting . '' Forward artillery observers are among the first to go behind enemy lines , scouting for enemy installations and troop formations , targeting them for artillery strikes . In combat , he used an artillery periscope to spot enemy positions and direct cannon fire . Ito had been in the Army since 1940 , but after the attack on Pearl Harbor , many Japanese-American soldiers were discharged , and even those kept on were disarmed and reassigned . `` They took our rifles away , they did n't know what to do with us , '' Ito said . At first , the Army made him a mechanic , a job he found tedious . `` Except for reveille at 6 o'clock in the morning , we had duties that were entirely like civilians . '' In"}
-{"answer":"I want to work , but I ca n't really because then who will stay with my husband ? '' she says . `` Who will take him to the bathroom ? My first concern every morning is my husband . '' See the struggles of Iraqi women '' The attack did to Murtada what roadside bombs , rocket fire , and sniper shootings have done to thousands of Iraqis . Since the war began , the estimates of wounded Iraqis have ranged from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people . Go inside Iraq with CNN 's Arwa Damon '' According to Iraq 's Health Ministry , 25 percent of the wounded have lost at least one limb . Murtada is one of these grim stats , and his life is now a nightmare . He has stumps where his legs used to be and has n't been able to get prosthetics . He moves around by lifting himself with his arms , riding in a wheelchair or being carried by his wife . Life has forced Shada to tap into a physical and emotional strength she did not know she possessed . Their 3-year-old son helps","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Shada 's back aches more and more each day as she literally bears her family 's burden . Clothed in a black robe , she strains under her husband 's weight . Shada now carries her husband around the house . His legs were blown off in a bombing . Murtada , a 29-year-old taxi driver , was once a proud husband and father . But one morning last October , he kissed his family good-bye and set off to work . Within hours , their world was shattered . A bomb blew off both his legs above the knee . `` I lost consciousness for a bit . I knew I was wounded , '' he says . `` I was under the car . I saw my legs were severed , just flesh and skin . I was holding my legs , bleeding . '' Watch Shada strain to carry her husband '' Helpless , the daily burden is now on Shada . She carries Murtada when he needs to be moved . She ca n't even leave the house because of the constant care she provides her husband . ``"}
-{"answer":"where this is appropriate . '' Twelve people originally were arrested April 8 , and one had been released before Tuesday . Two people remained in custody , authorities said . Police said that at the time of the arrests , their investigation compelled them to take action , even without the blunder made by Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick . The document he was carrying when photographed outside 10 Downing Street contained the names of those to be arrested , and a source said photographers were able to easily read the names when they enlarged the photographs . Once the word was out , police rushed to make the arrests . Authorities said those actions would have been taken in the following 24 hours anyway . The men -- ranging in age from 18 to 22 -- were arrested in Manchester , about 200 miles northwest of London . They had been held for 13 days without being charged . Police will need to seek an extension by Wednesday to be able to continue holding the two remaining suspects without charges . Police say they are continuing to review evidence collected in the case and are searching at","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nine of the 11 Pakistani nationals being held in an alleged terror plot in northern England were released Tuesday , according to police . Police officers guard a house in Manchester , England , following raids and arrests of terror suspects . The arrests were made the week before Easter and came quickly after Britain 's chief terrorism officer , who has since resigned , exposed a list of people who were suspected of planning an al Qaeda-linked attack . Britain 's Greater Manchester Police said the men were released into the custody of the U.K. 's border agency , which will determine whether they can legally remain in England . Police and the border agency said they want the men deported , even though investigators apparently were unable to find enough evidence to charge them with crimes . `` We are seeking to remove these individuals on grounds of national security . The government 's highest priority is to protect public safety , '' said a statement from the agency . `` Where a foreign national poses a threat to this country , we will seek to exclude or to deport ,"}
-{"answer":"despite praising President Alan Garcia for supporting the revocation of the decrees , Zapata said that had he done so earlier , lives might have been saved . She called for the repealing of seven remaining legislative decrees and the immediate lifting of the state of emergency and curfew in the city of Bagua . And she asked the government to stop the political persecution of her group 's leaders , including Alberto Pizango , who faces charges in Peru related to the clashes . He flew this week to Nicaragua where he was granted asylum . The vote came a day after Garcia 's cabinet chief , Yehude Simon , called on lawmakers to repeal the laws which have created tension between the government and indigenous communities in the Amazon . Striking the contentious Forestry and Wildlife Law and a related decree -- laws that Congress had voted last week to suspend indefinitely -- `` will prevent more blood from being spilled , '' Simon said Wednesday . `` The government must have the wisdom to know when its best to back down , '' Andina cited him as saying . He announced this week that he will resign","question":"LIMA , Peru -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Peru 's Congress voted overwhelmingly to revoke two decrees that indigenous groups had said would result in the exploitation of their native lands for oil drilling , mining and logging . A man shouts slogans at a demonstration in Lima against the Garcia government on June 11 . The 82-14 vote on Thursday with no abstentions came after five hours of intense debate . `` Today is a historic day , '' said Daysi Zapata , vice president of the Interethnic Association for Development of the Peruvian Jungle , in a statement on the group 's Web site . She repeated the group 's call this week to its members to abandon further opposition efforts , including blockades of rivers and roads . `` My brothers from Yurimaguas affirmed that they will return to their communities as soon as the legislative decrees are repealed , '' she said . `` We are thankful because the will of the indigenous people has been heard and we only hope that , in the future , government will pay attention to and listen to the people and not legislate behind their backs . '' However ,"}
-{"answer":"been made . Australia authorities say they do n't believe the attacks and robberies are racially motivated but instead crimes of opportunity against soft targets : students who typically travel alone at night on public transportation . But hundreds of Indian students see it differently . They have reacted with protests in at least three Australian cities . Police say at one point Indian students decided to take the law into their own hands and retaliate which has been condemned in both India and Australia . The situation has gotten so much attention Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made several statements on the matter , insisting the attacks are isolated incidents . In an interview on Australian radio he said : `` Every city has violence , let 's put this into perspective , and Australia I 'm advised on the statistics is one of the safest countries in the world for international students . '' In India though the perception of a safe Australia has been shattered partly due to the widespread publicity of the recent cases . The story has been front page news for days while local television media has been going with breaking news every","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Anjali Thakur is living in fear in India . She is a mother afraid for her son . `` We are all having sleepless nights , '' Thakur says . Sourabh Sharma -- one of the Indian students attacked in Melbourne . Her son is n't in a war zone or even a country known to be dangerous . He is a student in Melbourne , Australia . `` Three years back when we sent him , '' she says , `` it was one of the safest places for the children to go . '' The Australian government says it is still safe but a spate of vicious attacks on Indian students in recent weeks has parents like Thakur and hundreds of students shaken and angry . From Melbourne to Victoria to Sydney Indian students say they are targets of racially motivated attacks . At least 10 Indian students have been attacked over the past month , the most severe case left an Indian student in a coma , another student was stabbed in the stomach , and a third left with a nasty black eye . So far more than a dozen arrests have"}
-{"answer":"Hundreds of people live in these tunnels , '' says journalist Matthew O'Brien . O'Brien has become an expert on the more than 300 miles of underground flood channels and its tunnel dwellers . O'Brien brought the homeless to light , first in articles for the alternative weekly newspaper , Las Vegas CityLife , and then in a book titled `` Beneath the Neon : Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas . '' O'Brien noted the irony of one tunnel entrance near the famous `` Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas '' neon sign . `` I just think the history of Vegas PR is to ignore the bad issues , '' he said . `` The instinct of the city -- and the county -- is to ignore stuff that can be construed as negative press and kind of highlight other things about the city . '' The number of those living in the storm drains varies by the season , O'Brien said . The tunnels become damp and cold in the winter , but hundreds flock into them during the summer to escape the 100-degree desert temperatures . `` It 's much cooler than outside ,","question":"Las Vegas , Nevada -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 37 million people visit Las Vegas each year for its glitz , glamour and lure of hitting a jackpot . Yet few tourists ever see the dingy world beneath the bright lights : tunnel dwellings that have become home to those down on their luck . Steve Dommer and his girlfriend , Kathryn , live in the depths below the Vegas Strip . They created an elaborate 400-square-foot space , complete with a living room , bedroom , kitchen and workshop to fix bicycles . Everything is elevated off the floor with wooden pallets or milk crates because of potential flooding . Their prized possession is a queen-sized bed , found in a Dumpster near the Palms Casino Resort . `` I like to be able to come back and sleep as comfortably as possible , '' Dommer said , patting his bed . By day , he scrounges for change above ground . He 's been living down below for two years . He lost his construction job because of an addiction to speed and heroin . The couple is not alone in the city 's tunnels . ``"}
-{"answer":"pie . It 's just -- I just thought it would be a nice thing when , you know , because it 's my birthday and I 'm on tour , everybody is saying what do you want for your birthday ? So I thought well , why not at noon does n't everybody go `` peace and love '' ? Watch people celebrate Starr 's birthday in London '' KING : That was something the Beatles were always concerned with , were n't they , those kind of themes ? STARR : Well , yes . It was part of our generation , of the '60s -- middle '60s , of course and , you know , with flower power and peace and love and that -- I 'm just keeping it rolling . That 's what I 'm doing . KING : Why do you perform ? STARR : I perform because that 's what I do . When I was 13 , the dream was to be a drummer . I did n't want to be a guitarist or anything else . I wanted to be a drummer . That happened . I started playing with local","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Beatles first appeared on `` The Ed Sullivan Show '' 44 years ago . It 's also been 44 years since the Beatles held the five top positions of the Billboard pop chart , a feat never achieved before -- or since . Ringo Starr wishes peace and love to everyone following Larry King singing `` Happy Birthday '' to him . But no time has passed since one of the Beatles , Ringo Starr , was playing up on stage . The drummer 's 68th birthday Monday coincided with his 10th `` Ringo Starr and his All Stars '' tour . In honor of the day , he asked people to take a moment at noon for peace and love . Thousands joined him in Chicago to do just that . He also celebrated his birthday on `` Larry King Live , '' talking with King about Beatlemania , his new album and the tour . The following is an edited version of the interview : KING : How did you come up with the idea -LSB- of peace and love -RSB- ? RINGO STARR : Oh it came in a dream -- flaming"}
-{"answer":"$ 150 million in ransom money . It 's extraordinary . It 's very lucrative . And , obviously , the cheap flow of weapons available in Somalia all contribute to this problem of maritime piracy . See how pirate attacks are skyrocketing '' Cooper : And this is a different situation , because now the USS Bainbridge is on scene . This is the first time an American has been held hostage . But , normally , a whole crew gets taken hostage , and it 's basically a negotiation between the company that owns the vessel or the cargo and the pirates . Larsen : Right Obviously , this is a very unique situation and it 's developing right now as we speak . So , this is setting new standards and new precedents . My concern during this situation is that the pirates , seeing their first batch of resistance , in the future might be using more aggressive tactics now that they see that some ships are willing to fight back . Cooper : You were a Navy SEAL . What is the procedure in something like this ? Larsen : Well , obviously , each","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Somali pirates have turned high-seas kidnappings into a lucrative business , one that netted between $ 50 million and $ 150 million last year , a former Navy SEAL told CNN . Attackers hijacked the Maersk Alabama , shown here , formerly known as the Alva Maersk . Kaj Larsen spoke to CNN 's Anderson Cooper Wednesday night about the changing tactics of pirates in Somalia . Below is a transcript of that interview , portions of which have been edited . Cooper : You have spent a fair amount of time there . You have actually met with the pirates , right ? Larsen : I did . I met with some of the pirates that were operating out of Port of Mogadishu in 2006 . And that was right before this current uptick in piracy that we 're seeing so much of right now . Cooper : And why the uptick ? Just because now they realize it 's so profitable ? Larsen : Sure , absolutely . There 's an extraordinary incentive to conduct acts of piracy . Last year , they estimate the pirates took in somewhere between $ 50 million and"}
-{"answer":"says . `` If you did n't learn then , you missed your chance . '' The senior bands prove otherwise . As a matter of fact , these novice musicians give new meaning to the conductor 's command , `` Once more , with feeling . '' `` I remember conducting at a senior band camp in California , and we played an arioso by Bach , '' recalls Ernst . `` The second time through , two people were crying , they were so touched by the music . `` High school kids could never do what we do , because they have n't lived enough , they have n't seen enough joy or sorrow . We have a special ability to play music expressively and with feeling . '' Ernst , who sometimes refers to himself as the Johnny Appleseed of senior bands , made it his goal to bring seniors to music . From just one band in Rochester , New Horizons has grown to more than a hundred bands , plus offshoots from brass quintets to swing ensembles . Music for body and soul Ernst 's passion moved Professor Don Coffman of the University of","question":"-LRB- LifeWire -RRB- -- Practicing the clarinet may be beyond tedious for teenagers forced into music lessons by their parents but for 70-year-old Joe Pedlosky it 's a labor of love . Saxophonist Jerry Hendricks from Olympia , Washington , practices in Cambria , California , in March 2006 `` From the time I was a little kid , I always wanted to play clarinet , '' says Pedlosky , a retired scientist in Woods Hole , Massachusetts . `` But we did n't have the money . Then ... I decided it was now or never . '' Pedlosky , who plays with a local band , is one of many seniors picking up a musical instrument late in life . Many can thank New Horizons International Music Association , which sponsors senior bands and orchestras in the United States and Canada . The group was founded by Roy Ernst , professor emeritus at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester , New York . When he formed the first senior-only band in 1991 , it was a radical notion . `` It was widely believed that the window of opportunity for learning music was childhood , '' Ernst"}
-{"answer":"played the first `` Mass Effect '' game are being given the opportunity to import their characters into the new game along with all their rewards , romances and consequences . Hudson said his team tried to create a fictional universe that players could explore over long periods of time to `` have an epic experience . '' By carrying over the data from the original `` Mass Effect , '' Hudson 's team tried to show the consequences of characters ' choices . But by accounting for so many variables in the first games , Bioware was faced with a daunting task going forward . `` We used tech skills we developed going back to ` Baldur 's Gate ' -LSB- in 1998 -RSB- , '' Hudson explained . `` Writing for ` ME2 ' was the hardest thing we 've ever done . '' `` Mass Effect 2 '' has 15 to 20 percent more dialogue and 30 percent more key decisions -- choices that affect the game 's outcome -- than the first game , said Hudson , who believes the voice acting in the new game is more movie-like than the first one . `` It","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When you finish one video game in a series and begin the next , you 're basically forced to start from scratch without carrying over any of your accomplishments from the previous game . But the popular `` Mass Effect '' sci-fi action trilogy aims to change that -- by allowing players to complete one game and transfer their character to the next one in the series . It is an ambitious project that involves nearly 35,000 lines of dialogue . `` We wanted to create the biggest story we could tell , '' said Casey Hudson , BioWare 's project director for `` Mass Effect 2 '' and executive producer of the `` Mass Effect '' franchise . The just-released `` Mass Effect 2 '' picks up the story as the lead character , named Shepard , has been brought back to life after a devastating attack by an invading race of machines bent on eliminating organic life . The action takes place shortly after the events of the first `` Mass Effect , '' which was set in the year 2183 in the Milky Way galaxy . In a rare twist , players who"}
-{"answer":"you will also not see the words `` the Fonz '' or `` Fonzie '' -LRB- `` Mr. Winkler 's portrayal of Arthur Fonzarelli garnered him two Golden Globes and three Primetime Emmy nominations '' -RRB- . What I love about this in general is that it 's just another wonderful , unexpected line on Winkler 's r\u00c3 \u00a9 sum\u00c3 \u00a9 . It 's kinda like the first time you read that he was an executive producer on `` MacGyver '' or heard that he saw the short film that `` Better Off Dead '' ... writer\/director Savage Steve Holland had made about having suicidal thoughts after his high school girlfriend dumped him for the captain of the ski team and gave him an office so he could write it as a feature . It 's easy to just think of Winkler as `` The Fonz '' instead of as a man who 's also done multiple Adam Sandler movies , `` Arrested Development , '' and `` Childrens Hospital '' among other things -LRB- like wear orange shirts on `` Royal Pains '' -RRB- . Every now and then we like to stop and remember . See the full","question":"-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- Henry Winkler is often called the Nicest Man in Hollywood , but now he 's also known as an Honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire -LRB- OBE -RRB- . He was awarded the honor from the Queen this week in recognition of his services to children with dyslexia and special educational needs . According to the British Embassy in Washington , he 's spent much of the last two years touring the U.K. to educate about dyslexia and other learning difficulties . Winkler , who was diagnosed with dyslexia as an adult , is also the author of 17 children 's books centered on Hank Zipzer , a boy with dyslexia who overcomes his struggles at school and with bullies . There are two things I love about the press release : One , that `` Happy Days '' the show is never actually mentioned , although Sheinwald sneaks in a reference -LRB- `` Henry Winkler is living proof that difficulties can be overcome and that for those suffering disability and self-doubt , happy days can nevertheless lie ahead '' -RRB- . And two , the sense of formality that insures"}
-{"answer":"little squirrel had been running around while we were getting the shot set up , '' Melissa Brandts said in a phone interview Tuesday . `` I was joking with my husband that I hoped he was friendly because he was getting awful close and kind of scampering around our feet and stuff . '' Friendly ? You might say so . It was also a bit timid and perhaps even indecisive because it soon scurried away and then , just as quickly , rushed back again . `` Photogenic '' might also be a good word to describe it . `` All of a sudden he popped back up because he heard the shutter releasing , the clicking of the camera . The only thing we can figure is that he thought it was going to give him food or something , '' Brandts said . `` He popped right up and looked right into the camera , and we were laughing so hard because we were like ` get it , get it ! ' and we were trying to get the remote to fire . So we got a couple of pictures -- took a couple of","question":"MINNEAPOLIS , Minnesota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Melissa and Jackson Brandts knew right away that the photo from their recent trip to Canada was a good one . Melissa and Jackson Brandts were taking a photo of themselves when the squirrel popped up . However , it was n't until the world -- and National Geographic -- took notice that they realized exactly how good . Now , after submitting it to the magazine 's online `` Your Shot '' contest , the Minnesota couple 's photo is set to grace the pages of the magazine 's November issue . It 's appeared on the Web sites of news outlets around the world , and the squirrel -- now dubbed `` Crasher Squirrel '' -- even has its own Wikipedia entry of the same moniker . Melissa Brandts and her husband Jackson were hiking in Banff National Park the last week in May when they decided to set up their camera and use their wireless remote shutter for a few shots of the two of them . They were getting situated on the rocky shore near Lake Minnewanka when the now-iconic critter stopped by for a visit . `` The"}
-{"answer":"Sonkar says : `` She used to go to school and the kids would not befriend her . She would say , ' I do n't want to go to school . ' '' Watch how Pinki was transformed by the operation '' `` Pinki was a depressed , sad , lonely , shy , young little girl , growing up on the periphery of the society in a little village , '' said Satish Kalra , director of Smile Train 's South Asian region , after meeting with Pinki . The little girl 's own family was ashamed of her , Kalra says . But all of that has changed . Pinki is now a real pistol , full of energy and confidence , and she has a fantastic smile too -- thanks to the Smile Train charity . Smile Train teaches doctors in their own countries to operate on cleft lips , a deformity afflicting up to four million children across the world . iReport : Share your Oscar predictions Pinki just happened to be one of the chosen candidates for surgery and was also chosen to be the subject of the documentary . The film chronicles her","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While all eyes seem to be on `` Slumdog Millionaire '' for the Oscars , one very courageous little girl will be focused on another India-based film at the ceremony . Pinki , like millions in developing countries , had to live with her deformity and suffer the social consequences . It 's called `` Smile Pinki , '' and it 's up for an Oscar , too -- nominated for best short documentary , which it won on Sunday . The little girl watching it from inside the Oscar ceremony has traveled all the way to Los Angeles , California , from her small Indian village with her dad -- and it has been an incredible journey for Pinki Sonkar . `` Smile Pinki '' tells the story of her transformation from a sad outcast to a vibrant 8-year-old with plenty of spunk . Pinki was born with a cleft lip , and her impoverished family did not have the money for corrective surgery . Like millions of other children born with the lip deformity in developing countries , Pinki simply had to live with it and suffer the social consequences . Her father Rajendra"}
-{"answer":"not shy away from touting his family legacy . `` I am very , very honored to have such a name , '' he said at the time . `` It is a heavy responsibility , but it is the Greek people in the end who make the decision . '' While his name is a political institution in the South European nation , his rise to power was hardly preordained -- considering he was born more than 5,000 miles from Athens , on June 16 , 1952 , in St. Paul , Minnesota . His father , Andreas , joined the University of Minnesota faculty five years earlier as an associate economics professor , rising later to full professor before leaving in 1955 for a post at the University of Berkeley in California . `` He was a most charismatic character : His eyes seemed to burn with zeal , '' Scott Maynes said of the elder Papandreou in a University of Minnesota economics department newsletter . `` It bothered me that he seemed to see the CIA under every bed ... But what impressed me most of all about Papandreou was the strong commitment he inspired . ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Greece 's economic turmoil threatens to topple the eurozone , shake the global financial markets and bring down the protagonist in the political drama : embattled Prime Minister George Papandreou . Papandreou has been at the center of the financial storm in Europe , with his political future on the line after a turbulent day of political wrangling between the government and opposition . As the 59-year-old comes under fire for his call for a referendum on the latest bailout package from Europe , the world is anxiously watching . And uncertainty looms for a man surrounded by power from an early age . Born in Minnesota and educated in the United States , Sweden and several other countries , Papandreou has seen the world as a student and a diplomat . The son and grandson of former leaders , Papandreou is a product of Greece 's political establishment . His grandfather served as prime minister in the 1960s , a position assumed about two decades later by his father after he founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement , or PASOK party . During his first run for Greece 's top job in 2004 , Papandreou did"}
-{"answer":"attempting to gather attention and support for their cause , much in the same way carrying a picket sign might have in another era , '' said Eric Rabe , senior adviser at the University of Pennsylvania 's Fels Institute of Government , where he studies the use of social media . Fisher added the hashtag '' #standunited '' to his post , a tag other players have adopted , allowing Twitter users to follow all of their tweets in one place . In a letter to fellow players after it was clear that negotiations had broken down between players and owners , Fisher said he and New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul would be `` utilizing our personal social networking channels to show the fans and you all that we are united and want to get back to work under a fair deal . '' `` We invite you each to do the same , '' he wrote in the letter , which was obtained by Sports Illustrated . `` To show our unity and to remind the fans that this is not our choice and we would like to go back to work and play the game","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When word came down Monday that an ownership lockout would cancel at least the first two weeks of this year 's NBA season , players ' association president and Los Angeles Lakers point guard Derek Fisher had a three-word response . `` LET US PLAY . '' But they did n't come in a press release or a statement in front of a bank of news cameras . Instead , they were on Twitter , the social-media platform where the league 's stars have millions of followers and where they hope their high profiles will win public sympathy during an increasingly bitter labor fight . It 's not the first time pro athletes have used the site 's micro-blasts of info to make their case in such disputes . In fact , `` let us play '' was a refrain used by the NFL players ' association on Twitter during last summer 's labor negotiations , which were settled without any regular-season play being missed . But it may be the first time it 's been an integral part of a plan to sway public opinion . `` This is an orchestrated effort by the players"}
-{"answer":"by area villagers and railway officials , Chandra said . `` They wanted your -LRB- media -RRB- presence , '' he said of the hijackers ' possible motive . Jharkhand has seen stepped-up deadly attacks by rebels while the country is in the midst of month-long general elections . The second round of the elections begin Thursday . On April 16 , when the voting began , suspected rebels triggered an explosion that forced a bus carrying border security troops to stop in the same Latehar district . When the troops stepped out , the attackers killed at least six in a three-hour gun battle . And in neighboring Bihar state , suspected Maoists , who had called for a general strike , set eight trucks on fire , shot dead a driver , and blew up a government office on Wednesday , police said . The Maoist insurgency has claimed more than 6,000 lives since the late 1960s . Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called the rebels India 's biggest security threat . The elections , covering more than 3 million square kilometers of the planet , will run until next month in several stages of scattered polling","question":"NEW DELHI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Suspected Maoist rebels in eastern India who held up a train carrying 300 passengers Wednesday ended their siege after a four-hour standoff , officials said . An election official in Maharashtra Wednesday . Maoist rebels seized the train as India continued to vote . No one was hurt , said A.K. Chandra of India 's east-central railway . The suspected rebels seized the train , apparently to protest that some former comrades are taking part in general elections that are under way in the country . The Maoists did n't want the former rebels `` to join the mainstream and , therefore , stopped this train , '' said Sarvendu Tathagat , deputy commission of the Latehar district in the state of Jharkhand . Jharkhand is a mineral-rich state where rebels -- known as the Naxalites -- claim to be fighting for the rights of the poor and the dispossessed who have not benefited from the state 's resources . About 300 men , apparently unarmed , boarded the train , disabling its braking system as it passed through a dense forest . The hijackers released the train after `` persuasion ''"}
-{"answer":"that say that you ca n't do bad actions like this , not only crimes , but just things that you do bad in public could result in the termination of your contract . So he could lose a lot of money on this . Roberts : Now he never really admitted to smoking marijuana . ... The United States Olympic Committee is n't going to sanction him , it looks like , but did call his actions disappointing . But to the greater issue that you were talking about , in terms of his endorsement deals , do you think anybody is going to say , well , this is the straw that broke the camel 's back with this guy ? He had one incident back in 2004 . But are you going to dump Michael Phelps because of this picture ? Smith : It could happen , and the reason why is because a lot of these companies that are sponsoring him really are focused on kids and how actions of their athletes affect children . So that can be a big problem . The other thing is , unlike an athlete that plays sports every year","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps has acknowledged he engaged in `` regrettable '' behavior and `` demonstrated bad judgment , '' after a British newspaper published a photograph of the swimmer smoking from a bong . Sports attorney Ryan Smith thinks Michael Phelps should speak to public about his opposition to drug use . Ryan Smith , a sports attorney and BET talk show host , on Monday spoke to John Roberts on CNN 's `` American Morning '' about how the incident could affect Phelps ' career . John Roberts : What was your reaction to news of this picture of Michael Phelps surfacing ? Ryan Smith : The thing with Michael Phelps is , he 's not only been an outspoken athlete against drugs so he 's done a lot of testing , he 's been supportive of WADA , which is the World Anti-Doping Agency . But he 's really a guy of high character . So you look at this , and my first thought was , `` What about his endorsement deals ? What 's going to happen in those ? '' A lot of endorsement deals have clauses"}
-{"answer":"Perlman , co-founder and CEO of Zumba Fitness in Hollywood , Florida , was n't surprised when the concept took off not just in the United States but around the world . `` We turned exercise into a party , '' Perlman declared . `` Zumba broke some of the rules of fitness . We used music in the original form instead of using step counts . '' Perlman , whose background is in marketing , teamed up with Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto `` Beto '' Perez in Miami in 2001 . `` One day , Beto forgot his aerobics tapes , so he played his salsa and meringue songs during class in their original form , '' Perlman said . `` People went crazy . They did n't feel like they were in a class with a drill sergeant . '' Perlman said Perez decided to call the exercise Zumba , after the Colombian slang word meaning to buzz like a bee or move fast . Zumba is now a brand name . Since 2003 , Perlman 's group has trained 20,000 instructors around the world and sold more than 3 million DVDs on the Internet and through","question":"ALPHARETTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Latin music pulses from the stereo as 40 women jump , shimmy and sway to the beat . Zumba is the most popular exercise class at one suburban Atlanta YMCA . It 's not a dance club . This is a regular morning exercise class at the YMCA in Alpharetta , Georgia . It 's called Zumba . Part dance , part aerobics , Zumba is an hourlong routine that works almost every muscle in the body . `` It is dance fitness , '' explained Stephanie Maxim , one of two class instructors . `` We teach them moves that you can see on ` Dancing with the Stars ' : salsa , mambo , cha-cha , and we put it into a group fitness format . '' `` It 's not like a workout , '' explained Diane Walterstiel , 55 , of Alpharetta . `` Before I come , I 'm tense , but when I leave , I could kiss the world . '' Nearly a year after being introduced at the YMCA in suburban Atlanta , Zumba is the most popular exercise offering at the facility . Alberto"}
-{"answer":"attitude of ` This is what I think . This is why I think it . ' I 'm not in a popularity contest . '' Before his current position , Friedman served in various posts at the New York Times , including chief economic correspondent , chief White House correspondent and bureau chief in Beirut and Israel . His reporting from Lebanon in 1983 and work in Israel in 1988 won him Pulitzer Prizes for international reporting . Taking in the world provides never-ending fascination , he says . `` I have the best job in the world , I mean , somebody has to have it . '' He 's recently trained his eye on how America can reassert itself by leading the way in green technology , encapsulated in his latest book `` Hot , flat and crowded . '' As he admits , the environmental aspect is not the point of the book ; really it 's a treatise on how America `` lost its groove and why we need to get it back by taking the lead in the energy revolution . '' One man who will need to take a pivotal role is the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Thomas Friedman is never short of a word or two . Thomas L. Friedman : `` Incredible opportunities masquerading as insoluble problems . '' The celebrated commentator occupies a position in his profession that many of his contemporaries would rival . He gets to go where he wants , when he wants and write about what he thinks , or as he puts it : `` I get to be a tourist with an attitude . '' Officially , he 's The New York Times ' foreign affairs columnist -- a position he 's held since 1995 -- as well as the author of five books . Through his syndicated column his opinion has become a recognizable American voice on the international stage , and with it has come a sense of responsibility . `` I agonize over every column . Precisely because I know it is going to be read by a lot of people and it 's going to be in Google forever , '' he told CNN . `` So there is that sense of responsibility , but at the same time you do have to take the"}
-{"answer":"adapt -- or transform , if you will -- to what we need them to be in different situations ? The `` Lapdock , '' for instance , is literally a laptop shell driven by the Bionic . After plugging the phone into the station on the back hinge , the Bionic launches Motorola 's `` webtop '' interface , which is essentially a desktop-lite environment powered by the phone 's hardware . There 's a catch to all of this connectivity , however : You 'll have to pony up a lot of dough . The Lapdock accessory will run you $ 300 , while the HD station -- which gives you access to the same interface but lets you use your own keyboard , mouse and display -- costs a C-note . Add a car charger , HDMI mini-display adaptor and navigation dock to that , and you 're closing in on $ 1000 . That 's a hell of a lot of money to spend on tricking out your phone , even if it 's no longer just a phone once you plug these things in . Of course , you do n't have to buy an","question":"-LRB- Wired -RRB- -- Like Optimus Prime or Al Gore , the Droid Bionic is a robot in disguise . Sure , the Bionic looks like it 's just a massive , industrial-styled phone , just like our favorite Transformer looked like nothing other than a badass eighteen-wheeler . But the Droid Bionic can also change into a laptop , a desktop workstation , and other things which are decidedly un-phone-like . We 've been waiting to see a finished version of this phone since Motorola first showed off the Bionic in January . Though it was supposed to launch months ago on Verizon 's 4G LTE network , Moto sent the phone back to the drawing board for improvements -LRB- ostensibly to better stack up against HTC 's 4G LTE offering , the Thunderbolt -RRB- . The phone came back as a connectivity beast with lots of optional peripheral attachments , turning the Bionic into a successor of sorts to the Atrix , Motorola 's most recent dual-core , peripheral-enhanced handheld . Moto 's premise is simple : Our phones are increasingly becoming more powerful , useful and versatile in our everyday lives . Why not allow them to"}
-{"answer":"social interaction . `` You ca n't just go after someone in public and say would you like to live with me ? '' Ardabili said . `` Especially the women , who often do n't have any right to choose their companion , but in our institute women do have the right to choose . '' Ahmad would love nothing more than one of those women to choose him . On a Thursday morning he anxiously sat in the institute 's waiting room . Ardabili had arranged for Ahmad to meet a young lady . Could she be the one ? Ahmad had paid a $ 100 fee , submitted a picture and his information . In return he has access to thousands of other applicants . Once applicants approve of one another 's pictures and profiles Ardabili arranges up to two meetings inside his office . After each meeting , the applicants report back to Ardabili . `` When there 's no connection they look like wrinkled potatoes , '' Ardabili said . And when cupid 's arrow hits the mark ? `` They look very eager . They 're as happy as an ice cream cone .","question":"TEHRAN , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For years Ahmad has been unable to find true love . So the 27 year-old bachelor who lives in Tehran is turning to a professional matchmaker . Jafar Ardabili 's matchmaking service provides one option for Iranian singles . `` I 'm searching for a love that lasts , '' Ahmad said . What 's unusual is Ahmad 's matchmaker wears a turban , a robe and could be the first-ever Iranian cleric who plays cupid . `` First they say ` wow ' , '' Jafar Ardabili said , `` then they take a closer look and say ` since he 's a cleric we have faith in him . ' '' Ardabili made his first love match 10 years ago while he taught at a Tehran university . One of his students had a crush on a person , so Ardabili arranged for the two to meet . A few months later they married . The set-up worked so well that Ardabili and his wife opened the Amin International Family and Cultural Institute , a service that matched Iranian singles in a supervised setting . In Iran , Islamic law restricts"}
-{"answer":"It was a different hip-hop landscape when Queen Latifah first burst on the scene in the late 1980s . The all-female rap crew Salt-N-Pepa -LRB- whose DJ was also a woman -RRB- scored some hits . The arrival of Queen Latifah helped usher in artists such as Monie Love . Rapper MC Lyte was a teenager when she emerged , along with Queen Latifah , as one of the genre 's first female superstars . Check out some of the more successful female hip-hop artists '' MC Lyte said the music industry is so focused these days on the bottom line that there is little emphasis on cultivating female talent . `` When you have this major business that has been kind of taken over by corporate hands , it 's like , how necessary is the black woman 's perspective ? '' she said . `` Not unless she is talking about being that kingpin 's main girl and she 's wearing next to nothing and she 's talking about nothing that is really going to nurture the people the way we are known innately as black women being able to do , there 's really no space for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Queen Latifah has been on the hip-hop scene for so long that she has seen artists come and go and trends change . Queen Latifah remains one of the few female rap artists who garner attention in the music industry . But there has been one development that she said has disappointed her tremendously -- the lack of female rap stars . `` There are not enough female rappers out there right now , '' she said . `` The voice of the female is not strong enough in the game at all right now . It 's almost nonexistent . '' While artists like Beyonce , Ciara and Rihanna have thrived in R&B and pop , high-profile success for female rap artists has been more elusive in recent years . From the beginning hip-hop has been viewed as a man 's world , and discussions of sexism and inequality within the genre have come up often . In fact , many times such disrespect was the subject of the female rappers ' tracks . Today , with the music industry struggling , there is a particular dearth of female rap artists taking center stage ."}
-{"answer":"for printing on lightweight leather , and his Florentine flair had led to commissions with Hermes and Pierre Cardin . In 1970 , he presented his first namesake collection at the Salon for Pr\u00eat-\u00e0-Porter in Paris . His trademark work with unconventional fabrics like embellished denim and leather , mixed with wild animal prints and exotic patterns , was embraced by the jet set and Cavalli opened his first boutique in Saint Tropez in 1972 . Cavalli married his wife , Eva Duringer , a former Miss Universe , in 1980 ; she is now his business partner and right-hand woman . His fondness for bright color , exotics , fur and bold prints -- which he designs in his factory on the outskirts of Florence -- have won him a name as the king of fashion excess . Beloved by A-listers and pop princesses , these are not clothes for the shy : this is old-school glamour , infused with power , wielded by women who have flounced and shimmied their way to the top . See Cavalli 's designs on the catwalk '' His main line is sold in over 50 countries worldwide , along with his diffusion","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Flamboyant and fearless , Roberto Cavalli is the peacock of the fashion world ; with his body-hugging clothes , he woos women the world over . Fashion designer Roberto Cavalli But his clients are no dainty damsels : Cavalli 's women are Amazonian warriors and Grecian goddesses , whose armor is fashion and whose weapon is sex . His colorful creations are unabashed celebrations of the female form : dresses slashed to the hip or barely skimming the buttocks , necklines that plunge where no other designer dares . Cavalli 's woman knows she looks fabulous , and is n't afraid to show it : to her , it 's not just clothing , it 's an announcement that she 's arrived . Born in Florence in 1940 , Cavalli was immersed in an intensely creative environment from childhood . That influence came from his father , a tailor , and his artist grandfather , Giuseppe Rossi , whose work is shown in the famous Uffizi Galleries . Following in his father 's footsteps , Cavalli studied textile design at the local art institute . By the early 70s , he had developed an innovative technique"}
-{"answer":"Assistance Program for Survivors , or TAPS , camp is a yearly tradition , a time for kids to play together and pay homage to their loved ones ' sacrifices . Watch as the children share losses and joy '' `` It 's just a great way to come and be together and acknowledge the loss , and learn coping mechanisms and ways to get through the loss , '' said Paul 's mother , Jackie . `` The kids , they love it . It 's just a great way they can talk about their dads but still have a great time and still just be together . '' TAPS is a nonprofit funded by private donations that has helped military families for 15 years . Families pay for their hotel rooms and a small registration fee for the camp . Donations usually cover the airfare . Military families often learn about the survivor camps in the casualty packet they receive when they are notified of a parent 's death . Each child at the camp gets assigned a military mentor who is at his or her side throughout the weekend . The mentors -- many of whom are","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In Paul Syverson 's photo album , there is only one family picture , taken right after his little sister was born . Paul , then 7 , and his father beam with an identical grin . Amy Syverson visits the Iwo Jima memorial with mentor Kohn Fisher as part of a camp for kids of fallen soldiers . Two months later , his father , Army Maj. Paul Syverson III , was killed in action in Balad , Iraq . Five years after his loss , the pain still reverberates with sickening suddenness . To help cope , Paul headed out to spend the Memorial Day weekend with a young military volunteer mentor instead of his dad . `` I try not to think about the bad stuff , '' Paul said . `` I just try to remember him as an awesome guy and what a great dad he was . '' Paul , 12 , and his sister , Amy , now a cheeky and rambunctious 5-year-old in pigtails , joined 350 other grieving children at a camp for military families in Washington this Memorial Day . For many , the Tragedy"}
-{"answer":", but at that point nowhere near on a professional level . The cool thing is they keep it fair by having little things in the contract about how you ca n't release a record nationally with a record label -- things like that . But people who have been signed prior can , of course , be on the show . Galanos : Do you think the `` rags-to-riches '' story is lost and we are going to get more and more people who have more and more experience ? DeGarmo : I think people now realize that `` American Idol '' is such a launching spot for anyone 's career . People that maybe would have not done it a few years ago , saying , `` Oh , I 'm too professional , '' maybe take a little bit of a second glance at the show because they realize it 's such a launching pad . But I do think it 's a little harder for the everyday Joe to get in it . Galanos : Do you think Adam has an unfair advantage since he was an understudy for the Broadway tour of `` Wicked ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Going into the eighth season finale of `` American Idol , '' Adam Lambert looks like the favorite against competitor Kris Allen . But should Lambert even be on the show , since he has performed professionally in the national Broadway tour of `` Wicked '' ? Former ` American Idol ' runner-up Diana DeGarmo says it 's getting harder for the average person to get on the show . Diana DeGarmo , runner-up in the third season of `` American Idol , '' spoke with HLN 's Mike Galanos on Prime News about whether or not an amateur stands a chance on the show . The following interview has been edited for brevity and clarity : Mike Galanos : What were the stipulations as to your past history before you joined `` American Idol '' ? How much could you do before they 'd say , `` You are n't an amateur anymore . You 're more of a professional '' ? Diana DeGarmo : Each contract for each show has gotten a little stronger and a little stronger . Prior to me doing `` American Idol , '' I had done things like theater"}
-{"answer":"Africa , including Zimbabwe , Kenya and Egypt . This time he 's back with another groundbreaking idea to use waste from the cassava plant , a staple food of Nigeria , to generate electricity . His project `` Power to the Poor : Off-Grid Lighting from Cassava Waste in Nigeria , '' was awarded a $ 250,000 grant in May from the World Bank after being named one of the best projects in Africa . According to Adelegan , Nigeria produces over 20 percent of the world 's output of cassava , it is a $ 5 billion industry and provides the third largest source of carbohydrates for human food . However , waste from cassava refining is a major public health problem in Nigeria , causing water pollution and emitting noxious greenhouse gases . Through innovative biogas technology , zero emission bioreactors at specially constructed plants treat the cassava waste and produce biogas which drives microturbines for low cost , safe and reliable off-grid efficient lighting to thousands of rural homes . Using this method , Adelegan says he hopes to generate 200kw daily , which will provide basic electricity for more than 2000 households initially . He","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The apocalyptic tales of nature 's impending demise are as well worn as they are numerous . Dr. Joseph Adelegan has pioneered new energy sources , including using cow waste to create cooking gas . But while our leaders wrangle over quotas for greenhouse emissions over banquets at lavish summits , there are remarkable individuals who are doing their small bit to prevent our planet from peril . Take Nigerian civil engineer , Dr Joseph Adelegan for instance . He firmly believes that the world 's future fuel demands can be met through renewable energy . And he is using increasingly innovative methods to achieve these results . Three years ago Adelegan won plaudits for his `` Cows to Kilowatts '' project , which used effluents and waste products from abattoirs to produce cooking gas . The project was a winner of the prestigious 2005 Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development -LRB- SEED -RRB- International Awards . It is still going strong and being used to provide cooking fuel for nearly 6000 homes in Ibadan , southern Nigeria . Adelegan tells CNN there are now plans to roll it out across most of"}
-{"answer":"in NYC The lack of coherent message has not stopped similar efforts from popping up elsewhere in the United States . `` Occupy Chicago , '' for instance , entered its 10th day on Sunday , a day after an associated website touted `` a huge afternoon march . '' The motto atop a website for `` Occupy Los Angeles , '' which kicked off Saturday with a march from Pershing Square to City Hall , reads : `` The revolution is happening ... It 's just not in the news . '' There are 34 organizations -- from unions to ethnic organizations to activist groups focused on everything from foreclosure prevention to climate change to justice-related issues -- listed as being involved in a like-minded activist coalition in Boston . This group , which held a festival and march Friday and Saturday and has explicitly targeted Bank of America in recent weeks , states on its website that its aim is to `` stop their greed , '' `` fight for an economy that works for all of us '' and `` build cities that are democratic , just and sustainable . '' The website of Seattle demonstrators describes","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A spirited and leaderless protest in the Wall Street section of New York has entered its third week , helping to inspire a growing number of demonstrations united in their passion if not necessarily their reasons for hitting the streets . The hub of the movement , in Lower Manhattan , was abuzz with activity on Sunday as activists continued to vent their frustrations with everything from `` corporate greed '' to high gas prices to insufficient health insurance . No single group or person heads the effort , which has adopted the name `` Occupy Wall Street . '' While a `` general assembly '' is held daily for those gathered -- be it for a few short hours or by camping out long-term -- to discuss the goings-on and work toward a common mission , the stances being touted currently are diverse . `` We 've gathered here in this place ... to shape a statement of what it is we want , and how we 're going to get to it , '' said Robert Segal , one of the New York protesters . Video : Police arrest hundreds of protesters"}
-{"answer":"to the scene of the attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday to honor those who were killed and to place flowers in their memory . One of the dead was Zafar Khan , a friend and fellow bus driver who had been in a vehicle behind Khalil . `` My eyes filled with tears that these were people that I was eating with and who died in doing their duty . '' Khalil had been part of a convoy heading to Gaddafi Stadium , where the Sri Lankan cricket team was to continue a match against Pakistan . Six police officers were killed , in addition to Khalil 's friend Khan who was driving a bus with the match umpires . See where the attack happened '' The Sri Lankan cricketers praised Khalil 's quick thinking and action , saying he saved their lives . Six team members were injured by broken glass and shrapnel . Team captain Mahela Jayawardene wrote on his Web site of Khalil : `` He probably saved our lives , showing remarkable bravery in the face of direct gunfire to keep the bus moving . '' Crowds mobbed Khalil as he paid","question":"LAHORE , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- His job was to drive the bus . But Meher Mohammad Khalil is now being hailed as a lifesaver . On Wednesday Meher Mohammad Khalil went back to the place where gunmen attacked his bus . When gunmen jumped out of bushes and began spraying bullets at the bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team Tuesday , Khalil quickly sized up his options and got everyone to safety . `` First I thought there were some firecrackers going off . Then , when I saw the elite force cars in front of me taking fire , I immediately lost my voice , '' Khalil told CNN on Wednesday . `` At that time , the other elite car that was with us gave me cover , and then , when I saw he was giving me cover , my courage and my patience returned . Watch CNN 's interview with Khalil '' `` I decided to take the vehicle from there , and one way or another , even if I had to drive over someone , I would take this bus and escape . '' Watch the gunmen attack '' Khalil returned"}
-{"answer":"24 hours . Troops conducted a successful operation against militants in the district , in the Ambela-Daggar area in the Buner district . They secured a key road and cleared roadside bombs , the military said . In the province 's Upper Dir district , militants abducted and then released 10 troops and seized their weaponry and ammunition . And two civilians were wounded when militants lobbed hand grenades . In the province 's Swat district , militants attacked a security forces checkpost on Khawazakhela Bridge and Sambat Ridge . In Langer , security forces and militants exchanged fire and forces found military uniforms that militants were using for terrorist activity . Three Afghan nationals were among five militants arrested while planting a roadside bomb . Earlier this year , Pakistan entered into an agreement with militants , allowing them to enforce Islamic , or sharia , in parts of Swat Valley in exchange for ceasing violence . The Swat Valley is a broader area that includes several provincial districts , including Chitral , Swat , Shangla , Malakand , Upper Dir , and Lower Dir . But Pakistani officials say the armed militants ' advance into Buner district violated","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pakistani security forces say they have killed at least 16 militants overnight in the country 's volatile tribal region . Pakistani security personnel patrol the Buner district . This appears to be separate from the hostilities in the military 's week-long crackdown in northwestern Pakistan against a Taliban militant advance in the country 's North West Frontier Province . However , this reflects the tensions in the region and could signal a spread of fighting resulting from the crackdown . The Pakistani offensive started in the province on Sunday and it came after Taliban militants moved into Buner district last week , a move that alarmed U.S. and Pakistani officials . In this latest incident , about 100 militants attacked a Frontier Corps checkpost in the Mohmand Agency , an area where militants hold great sway . Troops returned fire and killed the 16 militants , the military said . Mohmand is in the country 's Federally Administered Tribal Areas that borders a volatile region in war-torn Afghanistan and Pakistan 's North West Frontier Province . The military on Saturday released details about other incidents in the province that occurred over the last"}
-{"answer":"file written by National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger , was published by the National Security Archive , a nongovernmental research institute in Washington . The memorandum , along with other documents , were declassified in July as part of the State Department 's Foreign Relations of the United States series . `` This is an explosive document that details collusion between the colossus of the North -LSB- the United States -RSB- and the colossus of the South -LSB- Brazil -RSB- , '' said Peter Kornbluh , the director of a Chile and Brazil Documentation Project for the National Security Archive . He called it `` a smoking gun of confirmation of Brazil 's effort to engage in operations to overthrow the government of Chile and a discussion of collusion with the United States . '' The two leaders also discussed the creation of a back channel for direct communication outside normal diplomatic protocols , according to the document . Each designated personal aides to carry handwritten communications back and forth to keep discussions out of official records . `` I think there is precedent , but we 've never seen it detailed in a document this way , in which","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Richard M. Nixon and his Brazilian counterpart , Emilio Medici , in 1971 discussed ways their countries could work together to overthrow the socialist government of Salvador Allende in Chile , according to a newly declassified document . President Richard M. Nixon , right , and his Brazilian counterpart , Emilio Medici . During a meeting of the two leaders at the White House on December 9 of that year , Medici was discussing the possibility of a coup by the Chilean military with assistance from Brazilian military officers when Nixon said that it was `` very important that Brazil and the United States work closely in this field , '' according to the document . Nixon offered money or other discreet aid for the effort if it could be made available , the document shows . `` We must try and prevent new Allendes and Castros , and try where possible to reverse these trends , '' Nixon said . Medici said he was `` happy to see that the Brazilian and American positions and views '' were so close . The declassified document , a previously top secret memorandum for Nixon 's"}
-{"answer":"club where he began his coaching career under Bobby Robson . `` A dream is more pure than an obsession , an obsession is more about pride . Barca achieved a dream winning the Champions League in Paris and Rome last year but this time it is more about Madrid and playing at the Santiago Bernabeu , this is an obsession . '' Mourinho , who claimed the Champions League during his spell at Portuguese giants Porto , realizes that Inter are also desperate to triumph in Europe 's premier club competition having last won it in 1965 . `` I ca n't say for me it is a personal dream as I have won it before but I want to win it for Inter as it is more than 40 years since they got to the final . `` If I can help Mr Moratti -LRB- the Inter president -RRB- , if I can help the players and if I can contribute a little bit as coach to achieve this dream then I would be very happy . '' Inter will be without the suspended Dejan Stankovic but Mourinho indicated that he would likely take a gamble on key","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho claims Barcelona 's `` obsession '' with winning the Champions League on the ground of their arch-rivals Real Madrid will hinder their chances of beating his side in their semifinal second showdown . Inter hold a 3-1 lead going into Wednesday 's match at the Nou Camp and Mourinho could not resist a pre-match swipe at the Catalan giants , who would become the first side to retain the Champions League in its present format . But Mourinho , an acknowledged master in pre-match `` mind games '' , is convinced that the pressure of expectation will work against last season 's triple winners . `` We have a team of older players , with many over 30 , and we hope that we will be able to cope with the atmosphere . It is one thing , though , to follow a dream and it is another to have an obsession , '' he told gathered reporters . Schalke 's Magath set to work a new miracle `` For Barca it is an obsession , '' added Mourinho , who was accompanied by tight security as he returned to the"}
-{"answer":"off from the backyard of the Heenes ' northern Colorado home Thursday . The couple said they were terrified their 6-year-old son Falcon may have been on it . They could n't find him . In audio from 911 calls released Friday , the parents sounded emotional and desperate . When the balloon finally landed , Falcon was not on board . Later , he came out from hiding in an attic over the home 's garage . `` I 'm feeling very , very grateful that Falcon is among us , '' Richard Heene told CNN 's `` American Morning '' on Friday . `` We went through so many emotions yesterday . '' On CNN 's `` Larry King Live '' Thursday night , the Heene parents asked Falcon why he had not come out from hiding when they were calling for him . `` You guys said we did this for the show , '' he said . Watch the boy 's remarks '' The family chases storms and takes videos of some . The Heenes also were featured in March on the ABC program `` Wife Swap . '' After the Hollywood gossip Web site TMZ.com","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities plan to ask new questions of the family at the center of the balloon drama that captured the world 's attention Thursday , as a comment in a CNN interview and other concerns raised speculation that the incident may have been staged . Parents Mayumi and Richard Heene discuss the upheaval in their lives Friday on CNN 's `` American Morning . '' `` We feel it 's incumbent on us as an agency to attempt to re-interview them and establish whether this is in fact a hoax or actual event , '' Larimer County Sheriff James Alderden said at a news conference Friday . `` We believe at this time that it 's a real event . '' Investigators with expertise in spotting deceptive behavior interviewed the family Thursday and believe they were not lying , Alderden said . His office is being flooded with calls and messages from people insisting it must be , and putting `` a lot of pressure '' on authorities to charge Richard and Mayumi Heene , he said . The sheriff 's office said it was conducting background checks on the Heenes . A giant Mylar balloon took"}
-{"answer":"spoof of , and homage to , the genre whose films like `` Black Caesar , '' `` The Mac , '' `` Foxy Brown , '' and `` Superfly '' have developed a cult following over the years . `` Black Dynamite '' caught the eye of Sony Pictures at the Sundance Film Festival and the studio acquired the rights to distribute the film . A viral marketing campaign helped whip up anticipation for the movie , which also features former late-night talk show host Arsenio Hall and `` In Living Color '' cast member Tommy Davidson as pimps . Director Scott Sanders said he has always been fascinated by the fact that while blaxploitation really only grabbed hold of the industry for about five years during the early 1970s , it was so influential . `` It was such an extreme genre with the look and the music and there were really no boundaries or rules , '' he said . `` It 's always been a fascination for me given how much it influenced hip-hop , black culture and culture as a whole , given the brevity . '' White , best known for his roles in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Actor Michael Jai White thinks the negative connotation surrounding the term `` blaxploitation film '' is a bunch of jive . Michael Jai White stars in the new spoof `` Black Dynamite . '' `` The problem I have with the word is that it seems to encompass movies that do n't fall under that category , '' White said . `` As soon as you hear the title ` Shaft ' people think ` blaxploitation ' and that is absolutely unfair because that film was made before the term even existed . '' White , the star and co-writer of the new movie `` Black Dynamite , '' would rather people focus on what he views as the positives of the genre of 1970s urban action films starring African-American actors . His new movie , which opened in limited release last weekend and will start going wider , follows the exploits of Black Dynamite , a former CIA agent who takes to the streets after his brother is killed by the mafia , orphanages are flooded with drugs and some bad malt liquor finds its way into the ` hood . It is both a"}
-{"answer":"priced out of health care as we know it . Milliman Inc. , an employee benefits consulting firm , publishes annually its Milliman Medical Index on the total health spending by or for a typical American family of four with private health insurance . The index totals the family 's out-of-pocket spending for health care plus the contribution employers and employees make to that family 's job-related health insurance coverage . The Milliman Medical Index stood at $ 8,414 in 2001 . It had risen to $ 16,700 by 2009 . It is likely to rise to $ 18,000 by next year . That is more than a doubling of costs in the span of a decade ! Since 2005 , the index has grown at an average annual compound rate of 8.4 percent . Suppose we make it 8 percent for the coming decade . Then today 's $ 16,700 will have grown to slightly over $ 36,000 by 2019 . Economists are convinced that this $ 36,000 would come virtually all out of the financial hides of employees , even if the employer pretended to be paying , say , 80 percent of the employment-based health insurance premiums","question":"Editor 's note : Uwe Reinhardt is James Madison professor of political economy at Princeton University 's Woodrow Wilson School . From 1986 to 1995 he served as a commissioner on the Physician Payment Review Committee , established in 1986 by Congress to advise it on issues related to the payment of physicians . Uwe Reinhardt says health costs are rising at unsustainable pace , gobbling up middle-class incomes . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Watching the angry outbursts at town hall meetings on health reform and the continuing public ambivalence about current efforts to reform our health system almost makes me wish that the reform effort fails . Perhaps Americans need to be taught a basic lesson on the economics of employment-based health insurance before they will feel as smugly secure with it as they do now and before they will stop nitpicking health-reform efforts to death over this or that detail . And America 's currently insured middle class will be increasingly desperate if health reform fails . Millions more such families will see their take-home pay shrink . Millions will lose their employment-based insurance , especially in medium and small-sized firms . And millions will find themselves inexorably"}
-{"answer":"of people , such as the severing of ears , nose and lips . `` Mujahideen must be well behaved , and treat the people properly , in order to get closer to the hearts of civilian Muslims , '' the code said . Lt. Cmdr. Christine Sidenstricker , U.S. military spokeswoman in Kabul , saidit was notable that the document is intended to be `` prescriptive on how the bad guys are supposed to conduct themselves . '' Watch why Taliban have brought out new code of conduct '' `` Their day to day actions contradict everything in it , '' Sidenstricker said . `` The long and the short of it is , they do n't operate in accordance to their code of conduct . '' She said more than 60 percent of civilians killed have been killed by the Taliban , and since January , more than 450 innocent Afghans have been killed and more than 1,000 others have been injured . Watch why Taliban are proving hard to uproot '' Also , half the casualties resulting from roadside bombs were civilians . `` The booklet also says suicide attacks should always be done against high-ranking officials","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A new Taliban military `` code of conduct '' calls for restrictions on suicide attacks aimed at avoiding the killing of civilians , but U.S. and Afghan military officials dismissed the document as propaganda , calling it hypocritical . A Pakistani looks at a bus set on fire by Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan in June . The booklet , obtained by CNN in northwestern Pakistan , has emerged during a crucial moment in the fight between troops and militants in Afghanistan , where battles are raging in the country 's Helmand province and troops work to establish stability for the upcoming presidential elections . `` Suicide attacks should be at high value and important targets because a brave son of Islam should not be used for low value and useless targets , '' the code of conduct said . `` In suicide attacks the killing of innocent people and damage to their property should be minimized . '' It also says `` all mujahideen must do their best to avoid civilian deaths and injuries and damage to civilian property . '' And it says that mujahideen `` should refrain '' from disfiguring"}
-{"answer":"`` ritual '' for her grandparents . `` The voice of Paul Harvey would echo throughout the entire first floor , and even though I was too young to follow the stories , I knew my grandmother was listening intently , as was my grandpa from his study . '' John Hargis Sr. has memories of his mother listening to Harvey every day as well . `` I once asked her why we could n't watch TV when Harvey was on , and she replied that Harvey gave her honest news , '' he said Hargis has since lost 70 percent of his hearing and says that Harvey 's voice was one of the few he could understand . He lost his mother in 2001 , and Harvey 's death reminds him of her . iReport.com : Hargis pays tribute to Harvey , his mother Bev Cummins of McKees Rocks , Pennsylvania , was captivated as a child by Harvey 's skills as a storyteller , as heard on his second daily broadcast , `` The Rest of the Story . '' `` He enriched our young lives with his quiet , warm voice that phrased words so well in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Every day for decades , it was an essential part of the day for millions of listeners . A voice would boom out over the radio airwaves , announcing , `` Hello , Americans , this is Paul Harvey ! Stand by for news ! '' Paul Harvey gave Brent Burns his `` big break , '' giving one of his songs national exposure for the first time . After more than 70 years on the air , Harvey died Saturday at the age of 90 . His broadcasts were heard on more than 1,200 radio stations , according to his Web site . iReporters shared their memories of hearing Harvey 's program through the generations and told how he affected their lives , and in some cases their careers . When Anna Hiller of Albany , California , heard of Harvey 's passing , she was immediately reminded of spending time at her grandparents ' home in Baltimore , Maryland , as a child . `` His voice was inescapable , ubiquitous and energizing , emerging from the silver radio in the kitchen , '' she said . She describes Harvey 's broadcasts as a"}
-{"answer":"set last month , when first-time claims hit a 26-year high of 589,000 claims in one week . Last week 's claims also broke the half-million mark , 524,000 , according to a new government report cited on CNNMoney.com . Glick , 29 , has been living on about $ 1400 a month in unemployment benefits , barely enough to cover her rent and health insurance . To get by she has stopped eating out , given up cigarettes and has stopped taking her pets to the vet for regular checkups . `` Its feels very degrading , some of the places I 'm applying , '' Glick said . `` It 's really difficult , and its hard to stay positive , but that 's the only way you 're going to get something is staying positive . And I 'm hoping everything happens for a reason and the doors that have been closed are going to be the ones that lead to open ones . '' Watch could you be an entrepreneur '' Job seekers have been pouring into a hotel ballroom all week for one of the prized jobs . They fill out paperwork and then are","question":"AURORA , Colorado -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In her best year as a mortgage broker , Laura Glick says she made `` six figures . '' This week she was one of more than 1,200 people attending a job fair and applying for one of 150 jobs paying between $ 7 and $ 12 an hour at a new Kohl 's department store in a Denver , Colorado , suburb . Laura Glick says she has a good resume but even getting an interview is difficult . She has been out of work for seven months and never thought it would take her this long to find a job . It 's not the kind of job she thought she would be applying for , but she has a case of the jitters just the same . `` Your heart starts to race , and you get nervous even though it is not some big job like you used to have , '' she said . `` I 'll take anything at this point . '' Glick is not alone . Many other people have lost their jobs in this tough economy . A record number of jobless claims was"}
-{"answer":". The prime minister 's promises came as murky waters continued to move towards Bangkok 's city center . `` The situation is quite serious . The water is making ground slowly but surely towards the heart of Bangkok , '' flood relief co-ordinator Rungsun Munkong told CNN . He said thousands of people were refusing to leave their homes despite orders to evacuate to outer provinces . `` I believe thousands of people are in their homes and are still not evacuating , '' Rungsun said . '' -LRB- They -RRB- possibly will be stranded with little food and water as time goes by . '' Relief workers , distributing aid to evacuation centers in central Bangkok , said they were struggling to reach residents determined to wait out the crisis in tower blocks . `` I think it will be difficult down the road to get help to these people , '' Rungsun said . `` People need clean water , that 's the first important thing . Cooked ready-to-eat food is also quite important , baby milk and so on . '' Thailand has been inundated with its worst flood in half a century , affecting at","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As filthy floodwater continued to seep towards central Bangkok , Thailand 's Prime Minister laid out a three-point plan to get the country back on its feet after the worst flooding in 50 years . Immediate aid will be issued to people whose homes and businesses have been destroyed by the deluge which has claimed more than 500 lives since July , Yingluck Shinawatra announced Tuesday . `` This disaster is the biggest that we have ever met . We 're trying to cope with situation and help as much as we can , '' she said . `` We ca n't stop all flooding but we will try to reduce the impact . '' Aid packages will be offered to people to help restore homes and businesses as part of a short-term recovery plan over the coming year . Details are expected to be announced next week . Longer-term plans include the formation of two committees , one to oversee reconstruction and future development and the other to manage water resources . Yingluck acknowledged criticism of the official response to the disaster by setting herself a deadline of one year to win back public confidence"}
-{"answer":"'' said Dr. J. Reid Meloy , a forensic psychologist and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California , San Diego . `` A lot of times , when there 's this level of hatred against women , there 's also a very antagonistic relationship with the mother , but it gets shifted onto other women . '' Watch what Sodini reveals about himself on video '' Sodini did not target specific women who had hurt him but all women , Fox said . `` He had an issue with women who were not giving him the time of day -- all these young , beautiful , attractive , healthy , fit women at the health club , '' Fox said . `` And so he specifically chose the health club , not just some random spot , to go after the people he blamed . '' Mass killers feel that they have been victimized and that their actions are justified , Fox and Meloy said . `` They 've been victimized by someone at work , by someone in the family , by the world in general ; they 've been dealt a bad hand , ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- George Sodini , the man who killed three women and wounded nine others before killing himself Tuesday at a Pennsylvania fitness center , showed in his writings typical characteristics of a mass murderer , experts say . George Sodini failed at every relationship but could n't blame himself , experts say . `` What distinguishes the mass murderer who takes his own life afterwards from the person who just commits suicide is the externalization of blame , '' said James Alan Fox , a Northeastern University professor of criminal justice and author of six books on mass murder . `` If you blame yourself for your problems , then maybe you direct your violence inwardly . If you blame other people for your failures , like Sodini did , you go after those people . '' Sodini 's blog vents his frustration and rage at the lack of relationships and sex in his life , and he blames all women for letting him down . Although Sodini expressed intense hatred for his brother and father , `` it also did n't surprise me in this case that he made some derogatory comments about his mother ,"}
-{"answer":"the loss . It 's something we 're all affected by , '' Jay Laura , student president of the USC chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon . In a later news conference , Laura said the outpouring of condolences was a testament to the character of the fraternity brothers who died . He also said he was proud of the way the university was coming together to support each other . Lauren Hodge , the chapter president of Delta Delta Delta , said the sorority would have ministers and counselors at the sorority house to help USC students . `` We 're trying to everything we can right now to help people cope , '' she said . `` We 've spent a lot of time -LRB- counseling -RRB- with the students from the sorority and fraternity , '' said Dennis A. Pruitt , the vice president for student affairs . `` We encourage any student who is just learning of the situation and is a member of Tri-Delta or SAE to contact their parents and let them know they 're OK . '' The school decided against canceling classed on Monday . `` Going back to normal , everyday","question":"CNNU campus correspondent Brandon Gates is a junior at University of South Carolina . CNNU is a feature that provides student perspectives on news and trends from colleges across the United States . The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of CNN , its affiliates or the schools where the campus correspondents are based . Some of the students killed were affiliated with the Delta Delta Delta sorority , whose house is pictured above . COLUMBIA , South Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At the University of South Carolina , the campus is quiet , but students were still heading to their classes after six students were killed in a beach house fire during the weekend . The school is planning a short ceremony Monday evening to honor the six students who were killed Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach , North Carolina . A seventh person killed is believed to be a student at Clemson University . Their identities had not yet been released Monday afternoon . The USC students were affiliated with the Delta Delta Delta sorority and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity . `` The fraternities are praying for them and their families for"}
-{"answer":"hospital for the fifth time this year . The interior ministry has said at least 100 security officers have been wounded in the clashes . CNN has not been able to independently verify this claim . The field hospital in Omar Makram mosque near Tahrir Square was still in place and stocked with necessary supplies since the last clashes in November . The doctors were able to re-open it quickly to treat victims of the new wave of violence . `` We got a call at 5 a.m. to say the army were attacking people sleeping in their tents , '' Sadek said . `` By the time we got there we found lots of casualties , so we re-opened the hospital and it was ready to go straight away . '' `` We have treated over 1,000 wounded patients since Friday , and lots of people have been transferred to other hospitals for surgery . `` We are seeing all kinds of injuries , many from live bullets . '' The society said on Saturday that one of its members had been shot in the stomach and others had been threatened with arrest . Tahrir Doctors Society currently has","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Egyptian doctor Amany Sadek was treating patients in a makeshift hospital close to Cairo 's Tahrir Square on Monday when the building was surrounded by armed forces . The doctors turned their lights off , kept quiet and were unable to let anyone in or out of their doors . `` It was horrible , we could hear shots outside , '' said Sadek . `` We carried on treating patients in the dark . When we opened the doors an hour or so later , we found people desperately looking for somewhere to be treated . `` I was scared and my friends were scared , but you kind of get used to it , '' she said . `` Despite the attacks , the hospital is still one of the safest places to be . '' Sadek is one of the founders of the Tahrir Doctors Society , a group of volunteers that formed after spontaneously treating protesters injured during Egypt 's revolution in January . Last Friday , when violence broke out between protesters and security forces after the second round of voting in parliamentary elections , the society set up its makeshift"}
-{"answer":"thunderstorm knocked down the air-supported , metal frame structure that covered the team 's practice field . About 70 people , including more than two dozen of the team 's rookies , were in the facility when it was blown down . Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis had a fractured cervical vertebra , while assistant trainer Greg Gaither had two broken bones in his leg , the team said . Watch CNN 's Don Lemon with update on conditions of those injured in collapse '' A line of heavy thunderstorms was moving through the Dallas area at the time , but no other damage to buildings was reported , said Mike Adams , a dispatcher for the Irving , Texas , Fire Department . Watch the roof collapse on players , coaches '' Arnold Payne , a photographer for WFAA , was shooting the Cowboys ' practice session Saturday when rain began falling `` tremendously hard . '' `` I noticed the walls started to waver ... and then I noticed that the lights that were hanging from the ceiling started to sway , and it would n't stop , '' Payne told CNN . Shortly after that ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant suffered a broken back and has been permanently paralyzed after the collapse of the team 's practice canopy during a heavy thunderstorm , the Cowboys announced Sunday . An aerial view of the scene shows the Dallas Cowboys logo amid the ruins of the indoor practice facility . Rich Behm , 33 , was one of three Cowboys staffers seriously hurt when the storm struck their practice facility Saturday afternoon . Behm 's spinal cord was severed by a fractured vertebrae , paralyzing him from the waist down , the team said in a written statement . `` To the Behm family , we extend our love , comfort and the full support of every person and resource within the organization , '' Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said . `` Rich is a courageous member of our family and someone for whom we care deeply . We ask for all friends and fans of the Dallas Cowboys to join us in embracing him and his family with their thoughts and prayers at this very difficult time , '' Jones said . A total of 12 people were hurt when a severe"}
-{"answer":"amounts of fossil fuels must be burned to mine , transport and enrich uranium and to build the nuclear plant . And all that dirty power will be released during the 10 to 19 years that it takes to plan and build a nuclear plant . -LRB- A wind farm typically takes two to five years . -RRB- Stewart Brand says now is the time for nuclear power The on-the-ground footprint of nuclear power , through its plants and uranium mines , is about 1,000 times larger than it is for wind . Wind turbines are merely poles in the ground -- with lots of space between them that can be farmed , ranched or left open -- or poles in the ocean . Geothermal energy also has a much smaller footprint than nuclear ; solar only slightly more . But while geothermal , solar and wind are safe , nuclear is not . For nuclear to meet all the world 's energy needs today -- 12.5 terawatts -LRB- 1 terawatt = 1 trillion watts -RRB- -- more than 17,000 nuclear plants would be needed . Even if nuclear were only 5 percent of the solution , most countries would","question":"Palo Alto , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If our nation wants to reduce global warming , air pollution and energy instability , we should invest only in the best energy options . Nuclear energy is n't one of them . Every dollar spent on nuclear is one less dollar spent on clean renewable energy and one more dollar spent on making the world a comparatively dirtier and a more dangerous place , because nuclear power and nuclear weapons go hand in hand . In the November issue of Scientific American , my colleague Mark DeLucchi of the University of California-Davis and I laid out a plan to power the world with nothing but wind , water and sun . After considering the best available technologies , we decided that a combination of wind , concentrated solar , geothermal , photovoltaics , tidal , wave and hydroelectric energy could more than meet all the planet 's energy needs , particularly if all the world 's vehicles could be run on electric batteries and hydrogen fuel cells . We rejected nuclear for several reasons . First , it 's not carbon-free , no matter what the advocates tell you . Vast"}
-{"answer":"a miracle ' '' `` She is a very regal lady , very nice , so I would be nice too , and just get up there and give it a bit of wellie -LRB- try -RRB- , '' Boyle told the show 's Web site . Boyle said she was trying to take her new found fame in her stride . `` It 's a challenge . Life is a challenge sometimes but this is different . And I like to test myself . `` If it all gets too much and they lock me up , I want a great big strait-jacket with spots on it . A pink one ... and a big zip on the back so I can escape . '' A clip of Boyle 's performance had more than 11 million views on YouTube by Thursday , and the world 's media have beaten a path to her door in Blackburn , West Lothian , Scotland . Watch Boyle 's singing wow the world '' Cowell is reportedly already trying to piece together a record deal for Boyle , an unemployed charity worker , who lives with her cat , Pebbles . For fans","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Television and YouTube singing sensation Susan Boyle has promised to be on her best behavior if she wins the right to sing for the queen . Susan Boyle sings `` I Dreamed a Dream '' -- and becomes a worldwide sensation . The 47-year-old Boyle , who says she has never been kissed , was catapulted into the spotlight after her rendition of `` I Dreamed a Dream '' from the musical `` Les Miserables , '' on the television show `` Britain 's Got Talent '' at the weekend . The winner of the show gets to sing for the queen at the Royal Variety Show . Boyle has a long way to go though -- having just won through to the second round after judge Simon Cowell described her first performance as `` extraordinary . '' Still , she was already thinking of how she would behave . `` Whatever comes my way , I am ready . It would be lovely to sing for the queen . There would be less of the carry on from me , and more of the singing . Watch Boyle tell CNN ` it must have been"}
-{"answer":"It 's not something you want to see , '' she said . `` But it 's something you have to see . '' Mendes says she 's confident that anyone who watches it will eventually ditch furs as fashion . `` Even if you do n't do something today , it 'll stay in your consciousness and you 'll think about it , '' she said . `` That 's why these strong images are so necessary for people to see , because they 'll stay in your mind , and maybe in your subconscious . They 'll stay there and that will really help you make a more evolved decision in the future . '' Mendes said her dog , Hugo , `` changed her world '' and convinced her to campaign against fur . `` I 've become so much of a more just sensitive , empathetic person towards animals because of him , '' she said . `` Because he 's just so precious and I ca n't imagine wearing him or eating him , and what 's really the difference between him or some little raccoon or some bunny or seal ? '' Mendes stopped","question":"Los Angeles , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Actress and animal rights activist Eva Mendes hopes you 'll shun fur as you shop for the holidays . `` Even if you buy a fur glove with the little trim , and you think ` Oh , my God , it 's just a little trim , ' that animal got clubbed , '' Mendes said . Mendes took her clothes off two years ago for the PETA -LRB- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -RRB- `` Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur '' campaign , but now she wants you to see something less pleasant . She 's narrated a video of PETA 's latest undercover footage of animals being killed for their fur . `` These animals are beaten to death , they 're skinned alive , their throats are slashed while they 're still alive , '' she said . `` They 're anally electrocuted , just so the fur wo n't become tainted . '' It 's unlikely you 'll see the 3-minute video on television because of its gruesome nature . But it should n't be hard to find it spreading virally online . ``"}
-{"answer":"able to escape , officials said . Now , Meza is asking for forgiveness . `` To the families , please forgive me , '' he said in the video . Mexican police have not specifically said whether they believe that all elements of Meza 's story are credible . He has told police where he buried some of the bodies . Now authorities , along with citizens groups and the families of the disappeared , are searching for them . They hope Meza could have information about the location of their friends and relatives . Authorities say Garcia formed part of the Arellano Felix cartel but is currently said by intelligence sources to be operating with the Sinaloa cartel . Officials say seven brothers and four sisters of the Arellano-Felix family inherited the Tijuana , Mexico-based drug cartel from Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo in 1989 , after his arrest for drug trafficking . Today , the notorious cartel is split into two factions that have engaged in brutal fighting that has accounted for nearly all the violence in Tijuana , according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration . More than 400 people were killed last year in drug-related violence","question":"MEXICO CITY , Mexico -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A suspect in police custody calls himself a `` stewmaker '' for a Mexican drug lord , saying he disposed of about 300 bodies by dissolving them in acid . Santiago Meza Lopez has asked for forgiveness from the families of those he says he targeted . Santiago Meza Lopez was arrested Thursday in Ensenada , Baja California , but it took police 24 hours to identify him . He says he works for drug lord Teodoro Garcia Simental , also known as `` el Teo , '' a powerful drug trafficker . Meza , who is shown handcuffed and flanked by guards in video released by the government , calls himself `` Teo 's stewmaker '' and says he was paid $ 600 a week for his macabre duties . The victims , he said , were men who owed Garcia something or had betrayed him . A native of Guamuchil , Sinaloa , Meza was arrested along with three other people , including a minor female who said she was contracted for a social event . Other people sought by police were in the area at the time but were"}
-{"answer":"said . `` I learned how to play guitar with the Cat Stevens songbook ! '' Watch Yusuf talk about his songbook -- and his life '' The whole evening seemed awash in good vibes . Concertgoers did n't even mind having a security guard electronically wand them on the way in . It was perhaps an extra security measure given some of the lingering controversy surrounding the headliner 's conversion to Islam at the height of his popularity in 1977 , during which time he changed his name from Cat Stevens to Yusuf Islam . In 2004 , he was famously denied entry into the United States after his name appeared on a no-fly list . He maintained that it was a case of mistaken identity with another man named Yousuf Islam . However , there was no mistaking the artist on stage at the El Rey Theater last week . At 60 , he may look more like a hip college professor than the dark-haired , sensitive sex symbol he was in the '70s , but the message and the music remained the same . The following is an edited version of his interview with CNN . CNN","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was the hottest ticket in town . Colin Farrell was there . So were Michelle Branch , Josh Groban and Chris Isaak -- the latter accompanied by his manager 's dog , Rodney . Yusuf , formerly known as Cat Stevens , believes he can help bridge gaps between cultures . No , we 're not talking about a Britney Spears or U2 concert . We 're talking about a star-studded , invitation-only club show by Yusuf -- the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens . It was the legendary folk singer 's first L.A. show in 33 years , and the audience gave him a heartfelt `` welcome back . '' He played for just over an hour : half a dozen songs from his new album , `` Roadsinger , '' plus a few gems from the '60s and '70s . It was `` Peace Train '' that elicited a singalong , with the entire room participating in the song 's signature hand claps . Branch , who sings backup on Yusuf 's new album , admitted to getting teary-eyed . `` You do n't understand , '' she"}
-{"answer":"United States , his music has appeared in the movie `` Vanilla Sky '' and TV shows including `` Dawson 's Creek '' and `` Party of Five . '' He 's also admired by fellow songwriters . In 2004 , the Australian newspaper The -LRB- Melbourne -RRB- Age noted Rouse was going to have dinner with Edie Brickell , the `` What I Am '' singer who is married to Paul Simon . `` She called me and said , ' I love `` 1972 , '' ' and I was like , ' I was listening to you when I was 16 -- and you 're married to Paul Simon ! ' '' Rouse told the paper . On the business side , he 's marching to his own drummer . On joshrouse.com , Rouse 's Web site , he sells his `` Bedroom Classics '' -- dozens of songs Rouse recorded live or in random locations -LRB- hotel rooms , apartments -RRB- available to fans . For those who like a more traditional medium , the CD , Rhino Records recently compiled a two-disc set of Rouse 's material -- including several demos and outtakes -- for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Josh Rouse is a chameleon . And a busy one , too . Josh Rouse has made his name with well-crafted songs in a variety of styles . Listeners to his first album , 1998 's `` Dressed Up Like Nebraska , '' may have lumped him into the alt-country movement . Aside from Rouse 's rough , intimate voice , that album sounds little like 2003 's `` 1972 , '' which features songs such as `` Love Vibration '' and `` Comeback -LRB- Light Therapy -RRB- '' and has a funkier , more upbeat production to match . The 36-year-old singer 's willingness to follow several paths may have come from moving around as a child . Rouse was born in Nebraska and grew up around the West and the South . `` It really shaped me as a person , '' he told the Toronto Sun . `` There 's an openness to the sound that I think I got from moving to , say , a big city in California to a Wyoming town of five or six hundred . '' Though he has yet to have a breakthrough single in the"}
-{"answer":"to meet the still strong demand . But will the all the hoopla translate into tangible change for black models in the fashion industry ? Will more color be seen on the runway and in magazines ? Many observers have their fingers crossed . `` All the agents were happy about the issue because it gives us hope that other people will catch on and decide that it 's OK to use more black girls , '' said Carlos Ojeda , an agent at New York Models . `` It 's OK to have more than just one , and she does n't have to always be Naomi . '' `` Italian Vogue is very influential around the world on an artistic level , '' said Constance White , style director at eBay . `` That is the book that all the art directors , the photographers , any fashion editor looking for inspiration turns to ... and always has . It has always been the trendsetter , so hopefully people will look at it and say using black models is both relevant and right and will start doing it too . '' Bethann Hardison , a legendary model agent-manager","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With strong sales and equally powerful praise , the July issue of Italian Vogue can be judged a resounding success . Chanel Iman is one of several models of color featured in the `` Black Issue '' of Italian Vogue . Dubbed the `` Black Issue , '' the magazine celebrates models of color from the past and present , including Donyale Luna , Liya Kebede , Naomi Campbell , Iman and Chanel Iman . Within 72 hours , the magazine sold out in the United States and Great Britain . Blog posts and e-mails about the beauty and historical significance of the issue began to flow -- and industry insiders were equally pleased . Praising renowned photographer Steven Meisel , who shot most of the issue 's fashion pictures , The New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn gushed , `` I think they are some of the best he 's done . ... They are crazily , softly beautiful , plainly the work of someone who knows women and fashion . '' See what all the fuss is about '' Another 40,000 copies of the `` Black Issue '' were recently reprinted"}
-{"answer":"crosses all lines of acceptable political discourse , '' said Suhag Shukla , the foundation 's managing director and legal counsel . `` Instead of vilifying Governor Huntsman , he should be applauded for being open-minded enough to raise his adopted daughter as a Hindu , '' she said . Huntsman , a Mormon , is raising Asha `` to learn about and appreciate her native culture and the faiths associated with it , '' his spokesman told CNN last summer . The advertisement was posted on YouTube earlier this week . An e-mail attempt to reach NHLiberty4Paul was not immediately successful . A description accompanying the video states that `` Ron Paul is the only authentic conservative in this race , and the only one capable of bringing authentic change to Washington . He is the only sole alternative to flip-floppers responsible for the costly mistakes of the past . '' At a campaign stop Friday in Concord , New Hampshire , Huntsman told reporters that Paul should disavow the ad . `` If the group is in any way affiliated with his organization , of course he should , '' Huntsman said . `` It 's just political","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman called it stupid . His rival Ron Paul denounced it . But perhaps most appalled by a `` China Jon '' ad on YouTube were Hindus in America . An amateurish video posted by self-characterized Paul supporter NHLiberty4Paul questions Huntsman 's `` American values , '' shows Huntsman , a former ambassador to China , speaking in Mandarin and calls him the `` Manchurian Candidate . '' So why is that so offensive to Hindus ? The ad also shows images of Huntsman with his two adopted daughters -- one from China and the other , India . The Huntsmans adopted Indian daughter Asha Bharati from the western state of Gujarat in 2006 . The ad asks : `` Share our values ? A man of faith ? '' as a photograph flashes of Huntsman with an infant Asha Bharati . Both are a wearing a red tikka , a mark associated with the sacred and often seen on foreheads at Hindu ceremonies and temples . The Hindu American Foundation objected to the insinuations made in the video . `` This deplorable ad is blatantly racist and religiously intolerant , and"}
-{"answer":". Describing herself as someone who was `` fed up with negativity , '' Griffith was equally inspired by her fellow countrymen . '' -LSB- The -RSB- American people will not let this country collapse , '' she said . The idea motivated her to look at her country 's dark path of injustice not so long ago , stories that worked their way into her songwriting . `` In some ways , I 'm just a journalist . I -LSB- want -RSB- my audience to hear these stories , '' she said . CNN spoke with Griffith from her home in Nashville , Tennessee . CNN : Being a folk singer and your views being what they are , was it tougher or maybe easier to write songs from 2000 to 2008 ? Nanci Griffith : It was very difficult for me . I was hurt by the direction my country was going in . And then , after -LSB- the 2008 election -RSB- , everything came spilling out . Things came along like the Mildred and Richard Loving case -LRB- `` The Loving Kind '' -RRB- , where Mildred died , and I read her obituary . -LSB-","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nanci Griffith wanted to look on the bright side . Nanci Griffith , who says she 's `` fed up with negativity , '' was revitalized by the election of Barack Obama . And who could blame her ? In the past decade , Griffith -- perhaps best known for her Grammy-winning 1993 album , `` Other Voices , Other Rooms '' -- had faced a political climate she did n't agree with , as well as recovery from thyroid and breast cancer , which she was diagnosed with in the late '90s . Songwriting had become a struggle for the singer with the gentle , crystalline voice . `` It was ... horrific , '' she said simply . However , with her latest album , `` The Loving Kind '' -LRB- Rounder -RRB- , Griffith is as focused and passionate as she has been in years . Sparked by the changes in her life and American politics , she said , music has been vital to her personal resurgence . `` It was nice to focus on things outside of my body . Music has always done that for me , '' she said"}
-{"answer":"are still the better deal . The new Passe costs about $ 27 , runs strictly from Monday through Sunday , and requires a photo , which means it 's not shareable . In contrast , a 10-ticket pack costs about $ 14 , is shareable , and has no expiration date . Paris ' Notre-Dame Cathedral has a new modest-dress rule . The `` no shorts '' code is not strictly enforced , but inside you 're expected to be quiet and respectful . A new online reservation system for the Eiffel Tower may debut in 2009 , allowing Tour-Eiffel-ists to book a half-hour time slot and avoid the notorious lines . At the Army Museum nearby , the section on 19th-century French military history -LRB- `` Revolution to Napoleon III '' -RRB- should reopen in the spring . The museum also has a new Charles de Gaulle wing , offering a 25-minute film , plus a high-tech display of photos tracing the life of France 's towering 20th-century figure . Paris ' market streets delight many visitors . While rue Cler -LRB- near the Eiffel Tower -RRB- has become quite touristy , rue des Martyrs -LRB- at the","question":"-LRB- Tribune Media Services -RRB- -- Fantastique France continues to make its heritage and culture easier for travelers to appreciate . Being up-to-date on changes for 2009 will help your visit go smoothly . The Eiffel Tower is planning to offer online reservations , allowing visitors to book an entry time and avoid a long wait . Due to a smoking ban , you 'll enjoy fresh air in bars , cafes and restaurants throughout France . The smokers have scurried outdoors to sidewalk tables ; many of those seats now come with space heaters in winter . If you 're traveling in France by railpass , it 's increasingly important to book trips on the TGV bullet trains in advance , as there 's a strict limit on the number of seats allowed for railpass holders . And with high gas prices -- and the recognition among Europeans that rail travel is about as green as you can go -- trains are more crowded than ever . In Paris , the transit system has introduced a chip-card called the Passe Navigo Decouverte , but for most tourists , the `` carnets '' -LRB- packs of 10 individual tickets -RRB-"}
-{"answer":"to a higher standard than the general public because he is a police officer , but that he was still entitled to express his opinions . `` Being held to a higher standard should n't eradicate his right under the First Amendment for free speech . That is part and parcel of the lawsuit , '' the lawyer said . Gates was arrested at his house last month when a neighbor called police after she thought she saw a man trying to break into Gates ' home . The man turned out to be Gates himself , who was attempting to free a jammed door . The incident sparked a national debate about race and policing , drawing in President Obama himself . Obama , who is a friend of Gates , said the officer who arrested the professor `` acted stupidly , '' but then withdrew the comment , saying he did not know all the facts when he spoke . He hosted Gates and Sgt. James Crowley for a beer at the White House to calm the tensions . Barrett later sent a mass e-mail about the encounter to other officers and to the Boston Globe newspaper .","question":"BOSTON , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Boston police officer is suing the city after he was suspended for referring to a black Harvard professor as a `` banana-eating jungle monkey '' in an e-mail . Boston police Officer Justin Barrett apologized for his e-mail about Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates , Jr. . `` If I 'm charged with a crime I want a chance to answer . I want the chance for a fair hearing , '' Officer Justin Barrett told CNN on Tuesday . Barrett has apologized and denied he is a racist . His lawsuit claims his civil rights have been violated ; Barrett 's lawyer said the words referring to Henry Louis Gates , Jr. were misinterpreted . `` The choice of words were poor ; but they were n't meant to characterize professor Gates as a banana-eating jungle monkey , '' attorney Peter Marano said . `` They were meant in a response to behavior and characterizing the behavior . Not the person as a whole . '' Marano said the city had effectively fired Barrett , though he is officially suspended with pay . He said it was fair to hold Barrett"}
-{"answer":"That -LSB- lotto -RSB- money could have been a whole month for me for bills , '' she says . But like a lot of people , Bucala thinks $ 1 is a small price to pay for a dream . `` You got ta play in order to win . That 's part of lotto . You never know , '' says Bucala . One of the seductive features of the lotto is the low entry fee says Frank Farley , a psychology professor at Temple University . `` It can be exciting , checking those winning numbers , '' says Farley . `` Maybe something big might happen . There 's not a whole lot of other things in your life where you put a small amount of money in and maybe something big will happen . It gives you a sliver of hope that you could turn your life around . '' And sometimes there are winners . Mineola Oaks , is retired and living in Washington Heights , New York . She has played lotto every day , spending $ 3 - $ 5 a day -LRB- and more on Tuesday -RRB- for over 20 years","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jen Bucala has a lot of faith in her family 's `` lucky '' numbers . `` I 've been playing , or around playing , the lotto all my life , '' she says . She rattles off her numbers , citing family birthdays , and recounting numerical coincidences . `` Me , my husband , my father-in-law ... all our birthdays are in November . Just a week apart from each other , '' says Bucala , 31 . One number that did surprise her was $ 10,000 . After some quick figuring , Bucala estimates she has spent that amount on scratch off games and Megamillions since she started playing a decade ago . For Bucala , a Lindenhurst , New York , resident who works three jobs -- as a sales associate , an Avon Rep and a bridal consultant -- that is a lot of money . `` That ten grand could have gone toward a million and one bills I have -- my mortgage , car payments , '' Bucala says . `` We spend thousands of dollars every month on bills . I do n't have kids either ."}
-{"answer":"even final routes , a BA spokesperson said likely contenders for new transatlantic routes will be from business destinations such as Paris , Frankfurt , Brussels and Milan . She also confirmed that , contrary to expectations , these flights would not be exclusively business class . Though they will offer premium cabins for business customers . Virgin Atlantic is expecting to place a greater focus on its business customers and has established a team to work towards the launch of business-only flights in 2009 . These will fly from airports such as Paris , Frankfurt , Milan and Zurich and the airline is currently in discussion with Airbus and Boeing to place orders for between 10 and 15 aircraft . Virgin and BA are both confident they can entice customers away from European national carriers due to the strength of their brands and service offering . As Paul Charles , director of corporate communications at Virgin Atlantic says , `` we are seen as a truly global brand and well-placed to compete with the quality of business services currently coming out of cities such as Paris and Milan . '' Open Skies will put an end to the exclusive","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The negotiations are over . The treaty has been signed . The skies across the Atlantic are now open for free movement of flights between European and U.S. cities . Now the battle commences between airlines as they prepare for their new-found commercial freedom when the Open Skies agreement comes into action in March 2008 . The choice of transatlantic routes is set to increases with the advent of the Open Skies agreement . The main beneficiaries of increased competition between airlines are likely to be business travelers . And while they may not see a dramatic reduction in ticket prices , they can look forward to a greater choice of flights from a greater number of airlines as well as an increase in business-only services . Airlines with the strongest brands and best quality products are likely to lure passengers away from European rivals by launching flights from other major European cities . British Airways has confirmed it will launch its first transatlantic flights from continental European cities once the agreement comes into place next year . And while it is not ready to confirm branding , types of aircraft , or"}
-{"answer":"the fourth floor , where a firefighter handed the boy to him through a smoke-clouded window , video from the scene shows . `` What I was worried about is , is he still alive ? Because his head just dropped , and he was n't helping himself or helping me , '' Cretan said . `` He just could n't hold his weight and he was unconscious . '' While the firefighter was handing over the boy , other crew members were trying to get into the building 's main entrance to make their way to the apartment where the fire was , the store owner said . Cretan covered himself and the boy with a blanket or curtain to shield themselves from falling debris and glass , which cut the boy on the leg . Watch Cretan describe the rescue '' During the rescue , the boy 's brother stood below , yelling , the rescuer said . Christopher was given oxygen on the ground and taken to the hospital . Cretan said it was n't the first time he rescued someone . He said he rescued his sister from a fire in Romania that killed their father","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A store owner in New York who is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a 4-year-old boy from a burning building said he plans to visit the child in the hospital Friday . Horia Cretan climbed up a fire escape and helped save a boy through the window of a burning building . Horia Cretan , who owns an electronics store in the Bronx structure where the fire broke out , also hopes to meet Christopher 's parents for the first time , he told CNN 's `` American Morning . '' The boy is expected to recover , Cretan said . The child was taken to Jacobi Medical Center , where a nurse said she could n't provide his condition . Cretan , who moved to the United States from Romania 15 years ago , said he was inside his store Wednesday when he heard a child 's screams . It was about 4 p.m. , he said , about the time children play outside after getting out of school , but he said the screams he heard were `` totally different . '' He reached a fire escape and climbed to"}
-{"answer":", Wilfong violated the terms of a court order that granted joint custody of the child to Michael Chekevdia , the documents said . The boy is staying with his father 's family under child welfare supervision , according to CNN affiliate WSIL . The situations of Dugard and Chekevdia are extreme cases of people emerging from isolation and returning to the real world . The people who have been away often feel conflicted about leaving the situation they 've acclimated to in order to rejoin the loved ones they 've left behind , experts not connected to the cases tell CNN . Sometimes children involved in custody disputes are taught to hate their father or mother , and `` extreme tactics '' may be used , although usually not to the extent of hiding a child in crawl spaces , said Jay Lebow , psychologist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University . `` While this case is obviously the rarest of things , other children are certainly exposed to many traumas that have meaning connected to this , '' Lebow said . The case of Dugard Dugard is spending time in `` a secluded place , reconnecting ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Facing the world after an isolating and traumatic experience is often stressful , especially for those who have been away for a long time . Jaycee Dugard , here at the 1991 Rose Bowl parade , was abducted later that year . Jaycee Dugard is reuniting with her close relatives for the first time in 18 years , after having been found on August 27 . Dugard was 11 years old when she was abducted in 1991 from a bus stop in South Lake Tahoe , California . She allegedly was kept in a series of backyard sheds by a convicted sex offender and gave birth to two children in captivity . A bail review hearing is scheduled for Monday in El Dorado County Superior Court in Placerville , California , for Phillip and Nancy Garrido , who face charges related to Dugard 's kidnapping . In Illinois , Shannon Wilfong is charged with child abduction , allegedly having forced 6-year-old Richard K. Wilfong Chekevdia to live in seclusion and be hidden , at times in crawl spaces and the attic , for nearly two years , according to court documents . In concealing the boy"}
-{"answer":"taking off from LaGuardia Airport . Officials say everyone on board apparently got off the plane alive . Some passengers were being treated for hypothermia and other minor injuries . And according to many iReporters , who described the situation to CNN as it unfolded , the rescue operation looked as smooth as the landing -- but , of course , just as scary . They say ferries arrived first on the scene , followed quickly by emergency boats and helicopters . `` Immediately there were ferries on the scene , '' said Harrington . `` Almost instantaneous . I watch these ferries all day -- they do n't normally go this fast . '' Police boats and helicopters arrived shortly after , he said . Julie Pukelis also saw the ferries arrive . `` It seemed very quick . ... Ferry boats out there within minutes , '' she said . `` I think it was a great team effort . '' iReport.com : `` We watched the plane drifting slowly down the water '' '' -LSB- The rescue -RSB- looked pretty well-organized from what I could see , '' said Jim Davidson , who lives two blocks from","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- By many eyewitness accounts , when US Airways flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River , it looked like a completely normal landing -- except it was in the water . iReporters captured the plane 's crash-landing and rescue operations `` It looked like a perfectly smooth landing , nothing out of the ordinary , '' said Lou Romansky , who was stuck in traffic and saw the plane go down . `` No unusual noises , no flames , no nothing . It was very graceful ; -LSB- I -RSB- saw the nose go up . '' Josefina Echevarria happened to be standing near the window of her Manhattan office , and reports seeing a similar scene . `` I saw an airplane landing in the middle of the water , but very calm , '' she said . `` It was n't a nose dive , '' added Joe Harrington , who also saw the crash out his window . `` It looked like it was a landing . '' The plane , which carried more than 150 passengers and was bound for Charlotte , North Carolina , went down Thursday afternoon shortly after"}
-{"answer":"or 12 years called the Hippo Water Roller -- a 20 gallon drum with a handle attached that allows people -- mostly women -- to transport a week 's worth of water back home '' . Olsen also points to another product developed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology -LRB- Eawag -RRB- that has successfully tackled water impurities . According to Eawag SODIS -LRB- Solar Water Disinfection Process -RRB- is already used by more than two million in over 30 countries . `` The idea of SWDT , '' he says , `` is to combine these two products and make them into something that can do both roles effectively '' . Made out of a top layer of recycled low-density polyethylene -LRB- LDPE -RRB- and a bottom layer of durable rubberized nylon , the SWDT is both flexible and robust . Its design was morphologically inspired by the saguaro cactus and is adaptable to a variety of situations -- as a wrap to carry or placed on the roof of a mud hut -- and is easy to store . The SWDT uses passive solar radiation -- a water sterilizing method approved by WHO --","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It may look like an air mattress you might see lying around next to a swimming pool but in reality its function could n't be less trivial . The Solar Water Disinfecting Tarpaulin could play a major role in saving lives in the developing world . The Solar Water Disinfecting Tarpaulin -LRB- SWDT -RRB- -- a new portable water purifier -- could be a major step forward in the fight against disease and mortality in the Third World . Eric Olsen , a San Francisco-based architect and the inventor of the SWDT believes the product could help eradicate the scourge of polluted water which the World Health Organization -LRB- WHO -RRB- estimate claims over 1.5 million lives every year . Not only does it purify water -- up to 20 liters -- it makes it more portable in large quantities -- a vital dual role in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Central Asia where access to clean water is often scarce . `` There are lots of products that do one or the other , '' Olsen told CNN . `` There 's a really interesting product that 's been around for 10"}
-{"answer":"better than Bill Clinton who , while he had the IQ and EQ , also had the burden of a legendary red-hot temper . Obviously , it takes a lot to get under Obama 's skin . McCain sure tried . Maybe this is the guy we want negotiating with world leaders . Maybe after eight years of George W. Bush stubbornness , on the heels of eight years of Clinton emotiveness , we need to send out for ice . In a CNN\/Opinion Research Corp. poll , 58 percent of those who watched the debate said Obama did the better job and 31 percent said that about McCain . That makes three skins for Obama . In earlier polls , 54 percent of those who watched thought Obama won the second debate , and 51 percent thought he won the first one . This week , McCain turned in his best performance of the debates , and the first 30 minutes -- with McCain bringing up Obama 's problematic encounter with the now famous Joe the Plumber ; and the quip about how he is n't Bush and how Obama should have run four years ago -- were near","question":"Editor 's note : Ruben Navarrette is a nationally syndicated columnist and a member of the editorial board of the San Diego Union-Tribune . Read his column here . Ruben Navarrette asks whether Obama 's cool , calm demeanor will be a plus in negotiating with world leaders . SAN DIEGO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Make no mistake , Barack Obama is one cool customer . Now , after the last debate , it seems all but certain that the Iceman cometh to the White House . Radio talk show hosts and rank-and-file Republicans spent the last few weeks pleading with John McCain to take the gloves off and take the fight to Obama . How 's that working out , folks ? In this week 's match-up , Obama snatched the gloves out of McCain 's hands and slapped him silly with them . I suppose the hope was that Obama would get rattled and make a mistake . But Obama does n't get rattled or make many mistakes . I still have no idea what type of president Obama would make . But he 's an extraordinary politician . In fact , he may even be"}
-{"answer":"Prince Michael I and Paris , said CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin , who has followed Jackson 's legal woes for years . `` Certainly any court that is looking at that sort of question will say , if the father dies who is the mother and would we consider giving the children to the mother ? '' Toobin said . `` As I understand it , in later years after a substantial amount of time when Debbie Rowe did n't see those children at all , she started to have a relationship with them again . So she 'd certainly be an obvious candidate for custody of those two children . '' Watch Toobin talk about Jackson 's legal issues '' The question of custody for the third child would be even more up in the air since his mother was likely never involved in his life , Toobin added . The three kids are staying with their paternal grandmother , Katherine Jackson , People magazine reported . She may just wind up keeping them , observers said . `` Katherine is the logical choice -- she has all the grandkids and nieces around her but it will","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson 's life has ended , but the legal battles over his possessions , his debts and his children are likely just beginning . Michael Jackson , seen here with two of his three children , died suddenly on Thursday . Perhaps the biggest and saddest question is what will happen to the late singer 's two sons and his daughter : 12-year-old Prince Michael I , 11-year-old Paris and 7-year-old Prince Michael II . Normally in such cases , care of the children would be taken over by the surviving parent or a close relative . But as with many other aspects of Jackson 's life , his family situation was complex , unusual and far from normal . Born to two mothers -- Jackson 's ex-wife Debbie Rowe and an unidentified woman who reportedly served as a surrogate -- the children lived and traveled the world with Jackson , their faces often covered by veils and masks when appearing in public . Rowe gave up her parental rights to her two kids with the singer , but later battled to have them restored . She may be considered to take over custody for"}
-{"answer":"alerted a police officer , who then approached Newman . David Chadd , a CNN iReporter from Las Vegas , was among those shopping for video games set up in the Walmart 's grocery section in a mass of people . He said Newman `` was not resisting '' arrest as he was led away from the crowd by a police officer . The officer , Chadd said , then suddenly hooked the suspect around the leg , grabbed him and `` slammed him face first into the ground . '' `` It was like a bowling ball hitting the ground , that 's how bad it was , '' he said . That was around when Sanchez said she heard of the altercation from across the store and ran toward her father . `` I was fuming , '' she recalled upon seeing her father on the floor . `` They would n't let me near him at all , they were telling me to stay back . '' Video , recorded by Chadd and later posted on CNN 's iReport , shows an apparently unconscious Newman head-down on the floor in a pool of blood . As he","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Arizona man lay handcuffed and non-responsive on the floor of a Walmart on Black Friday , as his emotional grandson stood nearby . Jerald Newman , 54 , spent Friday night in a Maricopa County jail hours after being arrested for allegedly resisting arrest and shoplifting , according to the county sheriff 's department . But the suspect 's family members , as well as at least one witness , said the man is innocent and that the treatment was unnecessary . Newman 's daughter said that she , her father and other family members were in the packed Buckeye , Arizona , store soon after it opened late Thursday night . `` They were just letting people in ; there was nowhere to walk , '' Berneta Sanchez told CNN . `` And teenagers and adults were fighting for these games , taking them away from little kids and away from my father . '' The grandson , Nicholas Nava , told CNN affiliate KNXV that Newman had grabbed one video game and put it under his shirt so that others jostling for the game did n't take it from him . One person"}
-{"answer":"from 2006 , when 216 pubs closed ; and 2005 , when just more than 100 closed down . The advocacy groups , however , say the ban may be just one of many factors shutting pub doors . Watch more on the decline of British pubs '' Pub owners -- landlords , as they 're called in Britain -- are turning in their leases for a variety of reasons . Some say it 's hard to compete with cheap alcohol sold at supermarkets , a trend increasing amid the credit crunch . Others feel they could make more money operating as a wine bar or cafe . Patrons say two things in particular have had an impact on the decline of pubs -- one being the smoking ban . Those who used to enjoy a smoke along with their pint now must smoke outside , and many pubs -- particularly in urban areas -- have little space or shelter on the sidewalk . CAMRA says , however , that the effects of the smoking ban , introduced just halfway into 2007 , are `` not yet fully evident . '' Pubgoers were also turned off by a boost to","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- British people love pubs -- so much , in fact , that a recent survey found that they cherish only fish and chips and the Queen more . A combination of factors including the smoking ban , higher taxes and cheap supermarket alochol are hurting pubs . Yet this enduring icon of British culture is under threat after having flourished for hundreds of years . Recent surveys found that more British pubs are closing than ever before -- victims of an indoor smoking ban , higher taxes and food prices , and changing times . Tuesday marks one year since England followed Wales , Scotland , and Northern Ireland to ban indoor smoking at pubs , restaurants and bars . Some feared that would mark the death of the traditional British pub in all its smoky glory -- and they were quick to blame the ban when surveys found the pub numbers in sharp decline . Those findings , released in March by the British Beer and Pub Association and CAMRA , the Campaign for Real Ale , showed that more than 1,400 pubs closed in 2007 . That 's a sharp increase"}
-{"answer":", '' she said . CNN was given limited access to about a dozen boys . They had all been kidnapped by the Taliban and taken to camps where they would be trained to kill ; trained to be suicide bombers . Watch Grant 's exclusive interview with a wanted a Taliban leader '' CNN can not reveal the boys ' names ; they have handkerchiefs tied across their faces to conceal their identities . The army fears they could face retribution should they be returned to their homes and families . The boys sit in a circle as I try to get them to open up about their ordeal . What happened ? Were they brutalized ? What did the Taliban ask them to do ? So many questions . They answer hesitatingly , their voices barely a whisper . `` The first day they beat us and then made us exercise , '' one boy said . `` They made us run and told us you will wage jihad . '' They said the Taliban especially poisoned their minds against the Pakistan army . `` They just told us that they -LRB- army -RRB- are against Islam ,","question":"SWAT VALLEY , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The boys shuffle into the room in a remote army base high in the mountains of Pakistan 's Swat Valley . They are disheveled , disoriented . These boys say they were kidnapped by the Taliban and trained to be suicide bombers . There are no smiles , their eyes stare at the floor . These are the lost souls of Pakistan 's battle with the Taliban . Each has a story of terror to tell , but the trauma runs so deep they ca n't even begin to properly find the words to describe what they have been through . That task is best left to the psychiatrist who , with her team , was brought in to try to pick through the pieces of this nightmare ; to make sense of the brutality here and try to put broken lives back together . Watch Stan Grant 's report on the boys '' Dr. Fareeha Peracha describes these boys variously as `` psychotic , '' `` depressed , '' and in some cases , `` psychopathic . '' `` They have been brainwashed . Brainwashed against people like you and me"}
-{"answer":"one is ? Simple . Just get over the name , said Steve Baker , vice-president of industry analysis at the NDP Group , a market research firm . Computer makers are introducing a shotgun spray of newish -- or at least newly named -- products in hopes that one will be a big recession-era hit with consumers , he said . None of these new devices , which he said are characterized only by their medium size , fix any obvious problem consumers have with their current computers , he said . Companies are releasing these new products without knowing exactly why consumers would want to use them , he said . `` That 's the problem , but the exciting part of it is that we really do n't know what the right product is for people -- what they want to do with this . '' Hot products The tablet buzz at CES is somewhat overshadowed by a tablet that Apple is rumored to announce later this month . Still , the array of tablet-esque devices here is getting tons of attention from show attendees . The two most talked-about tablets at CES are Lenovo 's IdeaPad","question":"Las Vegas , Nevada -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For all the buzz about `` tablet computers '' in recent weeks , one fundamental question about this supposedly break-through computer category remains unanswered : What exactly is a tablet ? Computer industry representatives here at the massive and hype-heavy Consumer Electronics Show ca n't seem to agree . Some say a computer just needs a touch-sensitive screen to be a tablet . Others say a person should be able to write on it with a pen . Still others say it 's screen size that 's important -- tablets must fit somewhere between phones and laptops . For Philip McKinney , vice president and chief technology officer at Hewlett-Packard , it 's partly the keyboard -- a tablet should have one of those . Break off the keyboard , leaving only a touch-screen device , he said , and the gadget falls into another buzz-worthy category : the slate . Others say the terms slate and tablet are synonymous . So what 's a confused consumer to do ? And how can anyone judge the many products here that claim to be from tabletland when there 's no consensus on what"}
-{"answer":"The Jay Leno Show '' will be competing against scripted dramas , not other comedians telling jokes , which Leno said should give him the edge over the long haul . `` When I was a kid , there was comedy all over TV , and it was fun to watch , whether it was Carol Burnett or any of the sitcoms , '' he said . `` You 'd have a whole night of comedy , and now everything is very serious and it 's all murder . '' The new show will have famous guests , but they will not drive the ratings , Leno said . `` It 's all about the joke material , '' he said . He will `` try to keep it moving '' with a longer monologue with dozens of jokes , he said . The last half-hour will be filled with comedy , he said . `` You look right in the camera , you directly talk to people as low-tech as possible , a little humor before people go to bed , '' he said . NBC 's decision to put a talk-variety show on at 10 o'clock raised some","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jay Leno plans `` something really unusual and different '' when he hands over `` The Tonight Show '' to Conan O'Brien on May 29 , 17 years after Johnny Carson left the hosting duties to him . Jay Leno begins `` The Jay Leno Show '' in September . His last `` Tonight Show '' is May 29 . But do n't expect an emotional final show , since Leno and most of his staff are just moving across the NBC lot to produce a nightly prime time show debuting in September . The traditional desk , chair and guest sofa probably wo n't follow Leno to his 10 p.m . show , but many of his favorite comedy elements will , Leno said . Making people laugh before they go to bed is still the mission . `` To me , 10 o'clock is like the new 11:30 , '' Leno said . `` I hear more and more people , even young people , say ' I ca n't stay up past 11 . I car pool , I got ta get up at 6 . ' '' ``"}
-{"answer":"hear an answer ? Eric Braeden : Precisely . EW : As of today , are you willing to take what Sony offered ? Braeden : No . There is no appreciation of the fact that I 've been an important part of the show for 27 years that has been No. 1 in the ratings . That 's extraordinary . So to be dealt with in a perfunctory matter as if you had just known these people for a few months is what is most offensive . This is a certain corporate culture now that is very deleterious . EW : Is it true you offered to take a pay cut before ? Braeden : I was the first one -LSB- to offer -RSB- because I knew that if we all did it , we would insure the continuation of the show . I did it two years ago when I signed my last contract , which I thought would last until next November . EW : Did you say your on-set goodbyes ? Braeden : I said this could be a long goodbye , and I may not see you for a long time . Who knows ?","question":"-LRB- Entertainment Weekly -RRB- -- In yet another blow to the already ailing soap opera world , Eric Braeden , the venerable star of CBS ' `` The Young and the Restless , '' has exited the top-rated daytime drama after a nasty negotiation with Sony . Eric Braeden 's last episode as Victor Newman will air on November 2 . The production company wanted the popular actor to take a pay cut for playing mega mogul Victor Newman , but Braeden -- who 's been on the soap since 1980 -- opted to leave instead . Barring any last-minute change , Braeden 's final episode will air on November 2 . Reps for Sony and CBS had no comment , though one insider indicated that no further talks are planned . EW talked with Braeden , 68 , about Sony 's decision to exercise a draconian clause in his contract -LRB- his deal that was set to expire in November 2010 can still be renegotiated every 26 weeks -RRB- and what it means to the future of daytime dramas . EW : Where do things stand ? Did your representative counter Sony 's offer and you have yet to"}
-{"answer":"in 2008 , according to Nielsen . The problem was n't the quality of the hosts or the clumsiness of the big musical numbers , but the year-after-year nature of the top nominated films , with deeply depressing , art-house fare -LRB- `` Million Dollar Baby , '' `` Crash '' -RRB- reliably crowding out more popular releases . The infamous 2008 Oscar telecast experienced a crash all its own , with just 31.76 million viewers -- or barely one out of ten Americans , according to Nielsen . As The Hollywood Reporter observed , the collapse in the size of the audience had everything to do with the gloomy nature of the leading nominees , all of which scored high on `` the depression meter . ... ` Atonement , ' ` Michael Clayton , ' ` Juno , ' ` No Country for Old Men , ' and ` There Will Be Blood ' were the bedsheet-noose best picture nominees . '' The ratings last year rebounded slightly , with the relatively upbeat `` Slum Dog Millionaire '' delivering some old-fashioned uplift with its reassuringly familiar poor-boy-makes-good and love-conquers-all messages , despite the exotic -LRB- and sometimes brutal","question":"Seattle , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While dramatizing the against-the-odds rescue of a noble , harmonious alien society called the Na ` vi , James Cameron 's `` Avatar '' may also effectuate the rescue of a nasty , contentious alien society known as Hollywood -- or at least save Tinseltown 's annual Oscar extravaganza from its long-term ratings slump . The annual Academy Awards telecast used to be one of the big , unifying cultural events that most Americans shared and talked about -- like the Super Bowl , or presidential election night , or Christmas Eve . As recently as the 1990 's , more than 40 million U.S. viewers -- according to The Nielsen Company -- watched the broadcast in whole or in part , and spoke the next day about the best and worst gowns , the dumbest acceptance speeches , and the biggest surprises in the major categories . Beginning with the awards for the film year 2003 , however , the ratings for Hollywood 's big show took a sharp turn for the worse , dipping consistently below the 40 million figure -LRB- despite sharply increased population -RRB- and reaching an all-time low"}
-{"answer":"relaxed somewhat on Saturday , with some supervised visits allowed on a case-by-case basis to deal with personal issues and permission granted to eat at the base 's dining facility . Division members , who live either on or off the base , still must sleep at the barracks . There is no timetable as to when all the restrictions will be lifted , Ophardt said , adding that decision will depend on the investigation . '' -LRB- This will -RRB- go on as long as we can gain information about the person or persons involved in the theft , '' said Ophardt , noting no timetable has been set for when the restrictions will be lifted . `` This is being taken seriously , so -LRB- the military -RRB- can get back the equipment that taxpayers paid for . '' Military officials did their monthly inventory of the vault in December . They then did another after the holiday vacation and determined that `` large amounts '' of items were missing -- `` immediately '' precipitating the lockdown , said Ophardt . A $ 10,000 reward has been offered by the Army in the case . He explained that","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Stringent restrictions remain in place Monday on about 100 soldiers at a large military base in Washington state after the theft of `` sensitive '' and valuable `` military-grade '' equipment . Members of the Army Criminal Investigation Command are at Joint Base Lewis-McChord trying to find out who is responsible for the missing items , said Maj. Chris Ophardt , a spokesman for the U.S. Army 's I Corps that is headquartered at the base and includes the affected unit . `` Hundreds of items '' are missing from a vault that is inside a building on the base , the spokesman said . They include things such as scopes and night-vision goggles but no guns or ammunition . `` There are no weapons , and there 's no danger to the public , '' Ophardt said . After learning of the thefts , the Army decided on Wednesday to put members of the Army 's 4th Brigade , 2nd Infantry Division on lockdown , preventing soldiers from making phone calls or leaving the unit 's barracks or unit office . The unit has been home from Iraq since September 2010 . These measures were"}
-{"answer":"health capacity , '' Vietor said . But officials have increased the ability to care for patients through a network of nonprofits and U.S. hospitals , he said . But earlier reports also cited questions over who would pay for patients ' care . The missing , the found , the victims The flights stopped Wednesday when some states refused to allow entry to Haitians needing care , according to Navy Capt. Kevin Aandahl , a spokesman for the U.S. Transportation Command . He would not say which states objected . In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius obtained by CNN , Florida Gov. Charlie Crist asked that the federal government activate the National Disaster Medical System to provide reimbursement to Florida and other states for taking in the patients , who have no insurance . Florida 's health facilities were already strained by winter tourism and seasonal residence migration , Crist said in the letter . But Florida officials said Saturday that the state was committed to assisting Haitian quake victims and had not asked the airlifts be halted . Florida will play a role in caregiving once flights resume . The state has identified","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Flights transporting critically injured Haitians into the United States will resume within a few hours , the White House announced Sunday afternoon . The flights were temporarily suspended because of logistical issues including space to care for the injured , White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said Saturday . `` Having received assurances that additional capacity exists both here and among our international partners , we determined that we can resume these critical flights , '' he said in a statement Sunday . Full coverage The statement , released Sunday afternoon , said flights would resume `` in the next 12 hours . '' The evacuated patients are those whose medical needs could not be met by doctors working in Haiti . Nearly 23,000 people have been seen by U.S. personnel since the January 12 earthquake , Vietor said . Some volunteer American doctors in Haiti expect the flights to resume at 11 a.m. Monday , according to Nery Ynclan , a spokeswoman for Dr. Barth Green , of the University of Miami , who is leading a team of volunteers in Port-au-Prince . Airlifts stopped after there were `` concerns about the strain on domestic"}
-{"answer":"much time on the golf course . Eisenhower 's solution ? In 1954 he had a putting green installed at the White House a short stroll from the Oval Office to enable him to practice while at work which was regularly used by subsequent presidents and still exists to this day . The former five-star general was also a member at the Augusta National Golf Club where a overhanging tree on the 17th hole proved such an obstacle to the leader that it was dubbed the `` Eisenhower Tree . '' There is little doubt though that John F. Kennedy was the most talented presidential golfer , although he was reluctant to associate with the game . During his run for president in 1960 , Kennedy did everything possible to keep his fellow Americans from discovering that he not only loved the game but was nearly as good as a club professional and was said to have had a beautiful natural swing . Throughout Eisenhower 's two terms Kennedy had portrayed him as someone who cared more about lowering his handicap than improving the lives of ordinary Americans , so information about his passion for the links only really came","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Barack Obama was elected U.S. president he probably did not realize it would give him a chance to pick up tips on his backswing from the world 's elite golfers . U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make use of the White House putting green . Obama is the honorary chairman for the 2009 Presidents Cup which will be contested at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco this week where the top U.S. golfers take on the best players from around the world outside of Europe . As a golf enthusiast , and keen amateur player , the president will get the chance to pick the brains of Tiger Woods , Phil Mickelson , Ernie Els and Vijay Singh on how to improve his game . But he is not the first to take to the greens while occupying the Oval Office with 15 of the last 18 U.S. presidents said to have played the sport while in power . Living Golf 's gallery of presidential putters . '' Dwight Eisenhower is recognized as probably the most dedicated to the sport , and was often criticized by Democrats for spending too"}
-{"answer":"versus reward evaluation , said Corine Wegener , associate curator of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts . Thieves know that `` even if they receive only a fraction of the work 's market value , the cash gained was at low risk of death or injury -- museums can be a relatively soft target , '' said Wegener , who 's teaching a University of Minnesota class this month on art theft . But it could be years -- or never -- before the thief sees even a small payoff . In 1990 , robbers took $ 300 million worth of certified masterpieces -- among them Rembrandt 's `` Storm on the Sea of Galilee '' and Vermeer 's `` The Concert '' -- from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston , Massachusetts . No one 's seen them since . On Sunday , robbers made off with one of the biggest art hauls in European history , grabbing four paintings worth an estimated $ 163 million from the E.G. Buehrle Collection in Zurich , Switzerland . They took works by Paul Cezanne , Edgar Degas , Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh . See what robbers grabbed in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Steven Spielberg led the FBI straight to a stolen $ 700,000 Norman Rockwell painting someone snatched from a Missouri gallery . It was in his collection in California . The original of this Norman Rockwell reproduction was found in the collection of Steven Spielberg last year . Spielberg was n't the thief , and he does n't know who took Rockwell 's `` Russian Schoolroom '' -- an oil of 16 pupils looking at a bust of Lenin . All the A-list director knows is he paid about $ 200,000 for the 16 x 37 canvas in a legitimate purchase . The FBI says its just one example of how pilfered art lands in respectable places . And it was an uncommon ending for stolen art -- someone found it . Recovering masterpieces happens in less than 5 percent of cases , said Bonnie Magness-Gardiner , the FBI 's Art Theft Program manager . Usually , expensive pieces go missing . No one knows who took them . No one gets prosecuted , and everyone wonders , `` Why steal something you ca n't turn to cash quickly ? '' Art thieves do a simple risk"}
-{"answer":"Blog : Woods can not erase this stain . `` And then it does n't matter what the media says anymore because it 's all out in the open and it would be a big sigh of relief for both of them . '' British publicist Max Clifford , whose clients have included the likes of magician David Copperfield and television mogul Simon Cowell , agreed that Oprah would provide the best platform . `` Hopefully he can go on something like Oprah , maybe even with his wife , to show that they 're making a real go of it , '' Clifford said . `` The clever move would be for him to say , ` I 'm coming back when Elin tells me the time is right . ' That would be the masterstroke . `` The golf world will miss him more than he will miss them because you 're taking the world 's top player out , the biggest attraction , the one that everyone wants to see way , way above everybody else . `` That will encourage all of his fans to say , ` Come on Tiger , when are you coming","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tiger Woods has been told to go on television to try to finally end the controversy that has forced the world 's No. 1 golfer to take an `` indefinite break '' from the sport . The American superstar announced on his Web site on Friday that he was taking time out to resolve the issues caused by his `` infidelity '' to wife Elin , having been mired in controversy since he crashed his car outside his Florida mansion late last month . Since then , several women have come forward to claim having had liaisons with Woods . Woods ' compatriot and fellow golfer John Daly , who has battled gambling and alcohol addiction and also been married four times , believes the 33-year-old should tell all on a television program such as the Oprah Winfrey Show , the UK Press Association reported . `` It 's tough and it 's going to be tough on him , but if I was him and Elin , I would go to Oprah , get on a show , get this thing aired out , tell the truth , '' former major winner Daly said ."}
-{"answer":"Jones , Neal said . Jackson continued as a pioneer in the black culture when he broke barriers by appearing on MTV , and by breaking sales records with the 1982 album , `` Thriller . '' Timeline : The life of a `` King '' '' `` At the time that he releases ` Thriller , ' I always argue that MTV was arguably the best example of cultural apartheid in the United States , '' Neal said . The former president of CBS Records , Walter Yetnikoff , remembered with scorn that MTV would not play `` Billie Jean '' or `` Beat It '' because it billed itself as a rock station . Looking back on that era , a 1991 Los Angeles Times article quoted MTV founder and then-CEO Robert Pittman as saying the channel 's format did n't lend itself to other musical styles , including R&B and country . And Pittman accused his critics of attempting to impose their musical pluralism on the channel 's die-hard rock fans . But Yetnikoff said he threatened to pull videos of his other artists unless MTV played Jackson 's videos . Watch Yetnikoff talk about getting Jackson","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson was an international superstar , and many in the black community herald him for breaking down racial barriers in the music industry . Michael Jackson was one of the first black global superstars . `` Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of color way before Tiger Woods , way before Oprah Winfrey , way before Barack Obama , '' said the Rev. Al Sharpton . `` Michael did with music what they later did in sports and in politics and in television . And no controversy will erase the historic impact . '' As the Jackson 5 , Michael Jackson and his brothers `` became a cutting-edge example of black crossover artists , '' said Mark Anthony Neal , a professor of black popular culture at Duke University 's Department of African and African American Studies . `` You basically had five working-class black boys with Afros and bell bottoms , and they really did n't have to trade any of that stuff in order to become mainstream stars , '' Neal said . Young Michael Jackson was the first black `` bubblegum teen star '' in the vein of Monkees singer Davy"}
-{"answer":"from our next president , '' the New York senator said . Watch how the assassination is resonating on the campaign trail '' Sen. Barack Obama 's camp , which has spent a year pushing back on criticisms that he lacks experience , insisted they welcome the renewed talks on foreign policy and called attention to Clinton 's `` yes '' vote on the Iraq war . `` She was a strong supporter of the war in Iraq which we would submit is one of the reasons why we were diverted from Afghanistan , Pakistan and Al Qaeda , who may have been players in this event today . So that 's a judgment she 'll have to defend , '' said Obama adviser David Axelrod . The Clinton campaign said the suggestion that her vote caused unrest in Pakistan is baseless , adding that this is a time to focus on the people of Pakistan and not politics . When asked about Axelrod 's remarks late Thursday , Obama told CNN 's Wolf Blitzer that , `` This is one of those situations where Washington is putting a spin on it . ... He in no way was suggesting","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After expressing condolences and outrage over events in Pakistan , presidential candidates turned their discussion toward whose foreign policy credentials were better . Hillary Clinton , then U.S. first lady , meets with Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan in 1995 . In a campaign that had been drifting toward economic issues , the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the turmoil in Pakistan could refocus voters on who is best qualified to deal with crises in other parts of the world . `` My theme has been throughout this campaign that I am the one with experience , the knowledge and the judgment . So , perhaps it may serve to enhance those credentials , '' said Sen. John McCain , R-Arizona . Locked inside a tough three-way battle for the Democratic nomination in Iowa , Sen. Hillary Clinton has spent a year calling herself the most experienced , most qualified candidate in the field . She stressed her ties with Bhutto and the tragedy of her death . `` This is one of the most important elections of our lifetime , and it certainly raises the stakes high for what we have to expect"}
-{"answer":"aim of the `` Muslim plotters , '' he added , was `` 100 percent power , as it was in the Ottoman Empire . '' `` This is reminiscent of those days , '' said Robertson , who reported from the Bosnian capital during the war . `` These were the exact same justifications : ` we 're the ones that had been under attack , we 're the ones being wronged . ' `` It 's very telling that he 's not trying to address specific issues , such as the Srebrenica massacre and such like , which are going to be the main parts of the prosecution . `` Many Bosnian-Serbs watching this will feel that he 's doing the right thing because Serbs have a history of feeling wrongly done to . '' He said some still think back to their nationalist past and only identify with themselves through that , which is incompatible with the direction modern Europe is taking . `` They 're trying to return to a kind of Serb nationalist heyday , which is akin to the Taliban taking Muslims , if you will , back centuries . '' Karadzic is the","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic finally took the stand Monday at the U.N. 's international tribunal at The Hague to defend himself against genocide charges stemming from the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict . For CNN 's Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson , the 64 year-old was as defiant and unrepentant as the man he recalled meeting outside Sarajevo in 1993-94 , as Bosnian-Serb forces shelled the city . Karadzic , who faces 11 charges of war crimes , crimes against humanity , and genocide during the war , told the tribunal the Serb cause is `` just and holy , '' and dismissed as myths two of the worst atrocities of a conflict that claimed 100,000 lives -- the three-year siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 . He even claimed that the image of the Muslims as victims was untrue and that they were the first to attack . Their fighters `` had blood up to their shoulders , '' he said . `` I will defend that nation of ours and their cause that is just and holy , '' he said in his defiant opening statement . The"}
-{"answer":"'' In Irving , Texas , a Dallas suburb of about 200,000 people , right next to the big airport , an estimated 40 percent of the city is Latino , and anecdotally , we 're told there are a lot of undocumented workers here , people who are in the U.S. illegally , but clearly do n't view themselves as criminals . `` They take innocent people , they think we 're all the same , '' another undocumented worker told me . The fear is a reaction to what 's called the Criminal Alien Program . Since September of last year , Irving police started to refer anyone arrested in their community to federal authorities , who check their immigration status . `` It 's only for people who have violated Texas laws , and are arrested and brought into the Irving jail , '' said Larry Boyd , Irving 's police chief . As a result , referrals for deportations have shot up to 1,600 , more than 40 times the number from the year before . Statistics from police show that while some of those referrals were for people who committed serious crimes , the majority","question":"In our Behind the Scenes series , CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events . Keith Oppenheim is covering the controversy in Irving , Texas over authorities ' efforts to find illegal immigrants . IRVING , Texas -- I certainly do n't think I look like a cop . With a blue blazer , and scruffy khakis I take into the field , I have that look of a reporter who 's trying to dress up just enough to be professional , but no more . Protesters in Irving , Texas , demonstrate against a program that checks the immigration status of anyone arrested . So , it came as a surprise to me when I learned some Latino men , day laborers who were standing around and hoping to get some work , thought I was a federal immigration officer . `` You thought I was from immigration ? '' I asked one . `` Si '' , the man replied . My producer , Patricia Pedraza , translated the rest . `` The fear is with both immigration and the police . Now you can not trust absolutely anybody ."}
-{"answer":"been posthumously nominated for a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award and is expected to receive an Oscar nomination , as well . Had he lived , he could have named his price . We 'll never know . `` Prediction is very difficult , especially of the future , '' the physicist Niels Bohr is credited with saying . Ledger 's movie , `` The Dark Knight '' -- with its uncertain , bleak Gotham City -- seemed symbolic of the year in entertainment . A writers ' strike cast a pall over awards season . The paparazzi 's favorite target , Britney Spears , was institutionalized for a time . Pixar 's brilliant `` Wall-E '' depicted an Earth abandoned to the waste of consumerism . See some of the year 's top entertainment stories '' Even the presidential campaign , source of so many laughs for late-night comedians , was fraught with 3 a.m. phone calls and `` terrorist fist bumps . '' Why would n't people be attracted to change and hope ? Hollywood , usually a prime provider of optimism , is littered with the stories of lights put out early . James","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At the time of his death , Heath Ledger had just concluded his work as the Joker in `` The Dark Knight , '' the sequel to 2005 's `` Batman Begins . '' Heath Ledger died in January at age 28 . He had been expected to hit new heights of stardom . The buzz surrounding his performance was electrifying . He was remaking the Joker ; he was n't a camp comedian like Cesar Romero or a malevolent clown like Jack Nicholson . He was pure nihilism , with his jagged makeup and ragged hair . Even glimpses of his smile on the `` Dark Knight '' movie posters were thrilling . And then he was gone . `` We have concluded that the manner of death is accident , resulting from the abuse of prescription medications , '' read the New York City medical examiner 's office report , affectlessly . Who knows what could have happened ? The hype surrounding `` The Dark Knight , '' partly fueled by Ledger 's death , turned out to have been warranted ; the film earned critical praise and planeloads of money . Ledger has"}
-{"answer":"thought it was . It 's not alcohol , cigarettes , money , food , sugar , or status symbols : I 've consumed all of those in massive quantities , and they 've just made me miserable . Now , I want what ca n't be tasted , smoked , worn , seen , or counted . It 's the opposite of material . As sappy as it might sound , what I want is spiritual . Watch Jane talk about her new book '' The shift from material to spiritual is a particular challenge in our culture . We have allowed ourselves to be defined by our consumption , instead of by our ability to move beyond it . To keep consumers consuming , the corporate culture has brainwashed us into thinking we can change ourselves by changing what we buy , which pills we pop , what type of booze we swill , what gated community we join , what kind of golf clubs we swing , and what kind of cancer sticks we dangle between our lips . We 've been told that certain consumer choices say a lot about us , that they reveal our","question":"Editor 's note : This is an excerpt from Jane Velez-Mitchell 's new book '' iWant '' published by HCI Books . Velez-Mitchell anchors `` Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell '' on HLN nightly at 7 p.m. ET . Jane Velez-Mitchell writes about her journey from addiction and overconsumption to a simpler , honest life . This is the story of my ch ... ch ... changes , which took me from insanity to clarity , from egocentricity to altruism , from alcoholism to activism . These changes have marked an evolution in what I want from this life . I am what I want . What I seek to consume , possess , and achieve is a mirror that reflects my lusts and cravings , values and priorities , and moral boundaries or lack thereof . I am happy to say that what I want today is much less toxic and self-centered than what I used to want . It 's taken decades of self-examination to peel back the layers and figure out what really makes me happy . And while I 'm still searching for my ultimate bliss , I know for sure it 's not what I once"}
-{"answer":"sector as well . Townsend -- the mother of two , ages 6 and 12 -- said she first will look into public speaking , writing and board work before pursuing opportunities in global risk management for a large multinational corporation or financial institution . Watch how Townsend is planning to use her skills '' She said she 's been talking with the president about her planned departure for eight months . Townsend 's name had come up during the president 's recent search for a new attorney general , but she was not considered . She said not getting the job `` had absolutely nothing to do with her decision to leave . '' She said Bush had wanted her to stay on in his administration . `` It was a hard decision as I have loved and will cherish my every minute of service , '' she said in an e-mail . `` My family actually advocated that I remain and has always been supportive of my service so this was entirely my decision . '' Townsend is part of the search committee to find a replacement by the beginning of next year . The president appoints the","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Bush 's top adviser on homeland security is stepping down after 4 1\/2 years on the job , the White House said Monday . Fran Townsend served more than four years as homeland security adviser . Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend turned in her letter of resignation to President Bush on November 6 and will be looking for new opportunities outside government . `` I 'm going to just take another job doing 20-hour days , but this time in the private sector , '' said Townsend , who has spent 25 years working in law enforcement and government . Bush praised Townsend 's work Monday . `` Fran has always provided wise counsel on how to best protect the American people from the threat of terrorism , '' Bush said in a statement . `` We are safer today because of her leadership . '' Townsend 's job , as the president 's top adviser on fighting terrorism , involved identifying terrorist groups around the globe and assessing their threat , and finding ways to track and cut off their funding . She said that experience should will be useful in the private"}
-{"answer":", Rumble persuaded the nervous , lanky driver from Georgia to work with authorities and tell everything he knew . Investigators were led to a sleepy pocket of Georgia with scenic mountain views where people wave to strangers from their cars and where some homes still fly the Confederate flag . Watch moonshine , marijuana and a family feud '' It 's the last place one might expect drugs from Mexico . But the demand for drugs is reaching even the most remote corners of America . Their story has all the intrigue of a classic Southern novel -- three generations of a family business on the wrong side of the law , complete with an old fashioned family feud . `` When they 're in that type of business , there 's a reckoning day -- and apparently this is it , '' said Benny Perry , the 78-year-old mayor of Trion , Georgia , one of the towns where the family was operating . Perry is a barrel-chested man and speaks in a welcoming Southern accent . `` I 'll say this , I was completely surprised , '' he said . `` I felt like we had","question":"TRION , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Dodge Neon sped down Interstate 40 in eastern Oklahoma , its occupants heading to Phoenix , Arizona , to buy a load of dope . It was May 2005 . The couple brought along methamphetamine , cocaine and marijuana to help pass the time on the long journey . Paul Faulkner , 83 , and his son , Michael Smith , were convicted in a drug smuggling ring in north Georgia . At that moment , Detective Rob Rumble had no clue that the traffic stop he was about to make would launch a years-long drug investigation stretching more than 2,000 miles , from the remote mountains of northwest Georgia all the way down to Mexico . The investigation showed how an 83-year-old grandfather adapted to the times , morphing from old school bootlegging to dealing Mexican dope . His son acted as the ringleader of the operation . His grandson was tied in too , authorities say . `` I 've seen it all . Nothing surprises me , '' said Rumble , a drug investigator for the district attorney 's office in east-central Oklahoma . After making that traffic stop"}
-{"answer":"not paying attention to the Congress . These Congress people are all at home in their home districts , nearly every one of them and they 're hearing an earful . The American people do n't want to hear this nonsense about $ 700 billion to bail out financial institutions . Frankly , Kiran , they do n't need it . Economist after economist , with whom I 've spoken , CEOs , they acknowledge that there are far better ways to deal with the issues confronting our financial system than this bailout . And it 's absolutely obscenely irresponsible of House Speaker -LSB- Nancy -RSB- Pelosi , Treasury Secretary -LSB- Henry -RSB- Paulson , President Bush , Sen. Harry Reid , the leader of the Senate ; for these people to be clucking about like hysterical -- so hysterically . It really must stop . And to hear there -- go ahead . Chetry : I was just going to ask you -- Dobbs : Go ahead . Chetry : You say that there 's other ways around this . One of the things that everyone keeps talking about is the fact that credit markets are frozen and there","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- CNN 's Lou Dobbs is no fan of the $ 700 billion bailout plan that went down to defeat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday . He spoke with Kiran Chetry of CNN 's `` American Morning '' on Tuesday about how he thinks there are better ways to solve the financial problems plaguing the U.S. economy . Lou Dobbs : Americans `` do n't want to hear this nonsense about $ 700 billion to bail out financial institutions . '' Kiran Chetry , CNN anchor : CNN 's Lou Dobbs joins us this morning from Suffolk , New Jersey . You expressed delight I guess you could say , at the fact that it did go down yesterday in defeat . We saw the largest point-drop on Wall Street ever . What happens now ? Lou Dobbs , CNN host of `` Lou Dobbs Tonight '' : Well , what happens now is that it sounds like the same fools who brought you this effort are going to try again . Henry Paulson saying he 's going to come right back , suggests he 's not learning . And he 's"}
-{"answer":"n't happen now . '' Given the violence that has led to the death of at least one protester , the team decided Wednesday to cut their trip to Haiti short by a week . A Haitian pastor informed Gibson that the road out of town was open , so the missionaries climbed aboard a commercial bus and tried to make it into nearby Dominican Republic . But on the outskirts of Cap-Haitien , the bus suddenly ran into trouble . `` We saw one guy with a machete raised up and he 's running and yelling and screaming and pointing up ahead . We suspect they put a blockade up in front of us . That 's when we stopped and they busted out the glass on the door , '' Gibson recalled . `` Our driver , he was like a NASCAR driver . He started backing up , '' Gibson said . `` But they put out two burned-out cars on the road in an effort to block us . '' Gibson said protesters began hurling rocks at the bus and smashed the windshield . The bus was incapacitated and started spraying oil . At some point","question":"Cap-Haitien , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Christian Motorcyclists Association came to Haiti to distribute motorcycles to pastors . Instead , angry Haitians , some of them on motorbikes , ended up attacking the 11 American missionaries when they tried to flee this city aboard a big , yellow bus . `` We almost made it out of town , '' team member Kerry Gibson told CNN in a phone call after his team survived the attack unharmed . Until Wednesday morning , Gibson and his fellow volunteers had been holed up in a hotel on a hilltop overlooking Cap-Haitien , after demonstrators put up networks of barricades through the streets and began attacking the bases of United Nations peacekeepers with rocks , bottles and petrol bombs . The demonstrators have accused peacekeepers of starting the cholera outbreak . The motorcyclist team is part of an American organization that has hundreds of branches across the country . One of its goals , Gibson said , is to donate motorcycles to Christian leaders . `` We put wheels under indigenous local pastors , '' Gibson explained . `` We were presenting seven here in Cap-Haitien . Obviously , that wo"}
-{"answer":"including all the passengers , have been safely taken off the Explorer and are now being recovered by the first of the vessels to arrive on scene in response to the distress call , '' Dave Jardine-Smith , head of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency 's -LRB- MCA -RRB- search and rescue team in England said . `` The passengers and crew from the Explorer have not been in lifeboats very long , '' Jardine-Smith said . `` They should be , hopefully , in good condition . We are told that there are no injuries . '' Earlier , Mark Clark , a spokesman for the MCA told the Press Association five ships were on their way to help the sinking vessel . `` She hit something and is taking on a serious amount of water , that is all we know . '' The temperature in the area is said to be at around minus 5C , with a sea temperature at around minus 1C , forecasters told the Press Association . Stephen Davenport , senior forecaster with MeteoGroup , said : `` It would n't take long for hypothermia to set in at that kind of temperature","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 150 people have abandoned a sinking cruise liner that collided with an iceberg in Antarctic waters , a Chilean navy captain told CNN . The ship sent out a distress call at around 10 p.m. ET Thursday . Passenger ship Explorer reported problems near the South Shetland Islands , south of Argentina . The area is in a sector of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom . Capt. Carlos Munita of the Chilean navy said they received a distress call from the Explorer , saying the vessel had hit an iceberg around 10 p.m. ET Thursday . He added a Norwegian rescue ship had arrived at the scene . Tour companies describe the Explorer as a passenger ship which runs tours between South America and Antarctica . Some 154 people are reported to be on board ship , which carries a Liberian flag , including 100 passengers . However the nationalities of those on board is not yet known . Passengers and crew have been evacuated onto lifeboats , but the captain and the first officer are reported to have stayed on board . `` The great majority of people ,"}
-{"answer":"disfiguring of people , such as the severing of ears , nose and lips . `` Mujahideen must be well behaved , and treat the people properly , in order to get closer to the hearts of civilian Muslims , '' the code said . Lt. Cmdr. Christine Sidenstricker , U.S. military spokeswoman in Kabul , saidit was notable that the document is intended to be `` prescriptive on how the bad guys are supposed to conduct themselves . '' Watch why Taliban have brought out new code of conduct '' `` Their day to day actions contradict everything in it , '' Sidenstricker said . `` The long and the short of it is , they do n't operate in accordance to their code of conduct . '' She said more than 60 percent of civilians killed have been killed by the Taliban , and since January , more than 450 innocent Afghans have been killed and more than 1,000 others have been injured . Watch why Taliban are proving hard to uproot '' Also , half the casualties resulting from roadside bombs were civilians . `` The booklet also says suicide attacks should always be done against high-ranking","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A new Taliban military `` code of conduct '' calls for restrictions on suicide attacks aimed at avoiding the killing of civilians , but U.S . and Afghan military officials dismissed the document as propaganda , calling it hypocritical . A Pakistani looks at a bus set on fire by Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan in June . The booklet , obtained by CNN in northwestern Pakistan , has emerged during a crucial moment in the fight between troops and militants in Afghanistan , where battles are raging in the country 's Helmand province and troops work to establish stability for the upcoming presidential elections . `` Suicide attacks should be at high value and important targets because a brave son of Islam should not be used for low value and useless targets , '' the code of conduct said . `` In suicide attacks the killing of innocent people and damage to their property should be minimized . '' It also says `` all mujahideen must do their best to avoid civilian deaths and injuries and damage to civilian property . '' And it says that mujahideen `` should refrain '' from"}
-{"answer":"then , they have become increasingly popular , yet the industry still struggles against skeptics , who believe green roofs to be expensive and liable to leaking . The exception to the rule has been Germany , where the industry is now annually worth $ 77 million . Even by the end of the 1990s , 50 million square meters of German roofs , the equivalent of 10 percent of flat roofs , were recorded to be green . The industry is not faring so well in other parts of the world . While the UK has seen a steady increase in interest since the 1960s , a lack of input from the industry and policy-makers has left Britain far behind Germany 's booming market . In North America , green roofs have taken even longer to catch on . Green Roofs for Healthy Cities , a Canadian non-profit industry association , conducted a survey in 2005 which indicated that only 233,000 square meters of green roofs existed in North America . But this was up 80 percent from the previous year , and the market continues to grow . Majora Carter , who set up Sustainable South Bronx to","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If your neighbor mentions their green roof you might think they have a moss problem . Maybe they are simply referring to the color . But you 're unlikely to think that they have just had a mini ecosystem installed . Majora Carter says green roofs can help alleviate the problems caused by storm water Simply put , green roofs are gardens on your roof . They come in all shapes and sizes and range from a simple layer of turf to bite-sized hanging gardens of Babylon . But green roofs are not just aesthetic . They have important environmental benefits : they absorb storm water , reduce noise pollution , absorb heat -LRB- thus lessening the urban heat-island effect -RRB- and add an extra layer of insulation to buildings . That 's why they are increasingly being used on new builds as the construction industry looks to make use of greener technologies . . The concept of a green roof goes back centuries : The turf roofed dwellings of the Vikings are early examples , but the modern green roof we know today was developed in Germany 50 years ago . Since"}
-{"answer":"medically necessary . We have seen families and whole small businesses dropped from insurance coverage because one person on the plan got sick . We have seen people unable to find insurance because of a pre-existing condition , '' she said , likening the bill to a form of `` justice '' promised in the Constitution . See complete coverage of the health care bill Another reader used sarcasm to suggest that people will find a way around paying premiums . `` This is cool . I 'm just going to drop my insurance now , pay the $ 700 yearly fine , and then pickup insurance when I get sick since insurance companies ca n't deny me , '' he wrote on the Sound Off section of a CNN.com news story published after the bill passed . `` I 'll save a bundle of money every year . '' `` I suspect this is what most ` smart ' Americans will do , '' he continued . `` And then guess what ? Insurance companies will collapse because they 'll have no pool of money to pay for the claims that start coming in , and we 'll be","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The health care bill 's passage has struck such an emotional chord that more than 10,000 people have posted comments and sometimes deeply personal stories about it on CNN.com . Under the bill , which President Obama is expected to sign Tuesday at the earliest , most Americans will now be required to have health insurance or pay a fine . Larger employers will be required to provide coverage or risk financial penalties . Total individual out-of-pocket expenses will be capped , and insurers will be barred from denying coverage based on gender or pre-existing conditions . Democrat Alison Victoria , who was a financial manager at a hospital for 15 years , supported the bill . As it 's written , the bill `` is n't perfect , and it 's not everything I wanted , but it will save lives , '' Victoria said in an iReport video . `` Doctors , nurses and financial officers see a part of our health care system that many Americans do n't , if they 're lucky , '' she said . `` We have seen benefits denied based on false allegations that the treatment is not"}
-{"answer":"Some opposition activists say it 's time for the international community to declare a no-fly zone over Syria , as it did in Libya , to blunt the regime 's overwhelming military advantage . -LRB- There is no sign that Western powers are willing to do this . -RRB- Confrontations are also taking on sectarian overtones that could lead to a wider explosion of communal violence . There have been sectarian shootings and assassinations of prominent local people outside their homes . Residents say the government has begun deploying largely Alawite militia in Sunni neighborhoods such as Khaldiye , Bab Sbaa , Bab Dre\u00c3 \u00af b and Bab Amro . Though Syria is majority Sunni , its leadership tends to belong to the Alawite sect . Homs has long been a divided city , with Alawites living in the south and a rapidly growing Sunni population predominant in other neighborhoods . Opposition activists claim that the regime is trying to incite sectarian strife in an effort to divide opponents and show what civil war in Syria might look like . Residents of Homs who recently fled to neighboring Lebanon , and do n't want to be identified due to security","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The cell phone video stutters as it records the movement of soldiers and Syrian militia on the streets from an upstairs window . A whispered commentary describes the scene . Another video shows vehicles riddled with bullet holes , shattered apartments , glass shards and concrete lumps mixed with patches of blood . In yet another , protesters flee as heavy-caliber weapons fire ricochets off buildings . All are scenes purportedly filmed in recent days in Homs , Syria 's third-largest city . Security forces have sealed off entire neighborhoods ; others are blocked by barricades thrown up by protesters . At night , street rallies take place in areas `` liberated '' from government control . The many videos uploaded on social media sites , as well as residents ' accounts , suggest some neighborhoods in Homs -- at the heart of opposition to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad -- are beginning to resemble Sarajevo at the height of the Bosnian civil war . That resistance is now becoming more organized and armed . Army deserters calling themselves the Free Syrian Army are helping with the defense of districts opposed to the regime ."}
-{"answer":"Jackson 's popularity and the viral nature of Facebook fan pages are the primary reasons for the huge fan base , O'Neill explained . He said , `` It 's simply his popularity . Also , as users become fans , the page gets recommended to others , driving the viral growth of the page . `` Michael Jackson is simply the largest celebrity in the world . While he was a controversial figure , he clearly attracts the attention of the global media , '' he continued . The Facebook page has become an online memorial to Jackson , with thousands of comments from around the world ; dozens appear every minute . Free virtual versions of Jackson 's famous glove are the most popular gift on the site , with more than 800,000 sent to members . The huge following leaves the singer 's heirs -LRB- and his record label -RRB- with a massive network to communicate with fans and continue the massive resurgence of interest in Jackson 's music , O'Neill said . `` While Sony has not heavily engaged the fan base on Michael Jackson 's page , they at least have a presence . If","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson has officially become the most popular person on Facebook , with more than 7 million fans on the social networking site . The Michael Jackson Facebook page is now the most popular on the social networking site . Previously , the most popular person on Facebook , with just over 6 million fans , was U.S. President Obama . Over the past week , Jackson 's page has grown from 80,000 fans to just over 7 million , generating the largest response on a Facebook page , the social networking site says . He has continued to gain about 20 fans per second and even more during peak traffic hours , said social media commentator Nick O'Neill , founder of the Social Times Web site . By comparison , actor Ashton Kutcher recently entered a race to beat CNN 's Larry King to 1 million followers on Twitter . Kutcher won and remains the most popular person on Twitter -- but still has only 2.6 million followers . During his memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles , California , all 10 trending topics on Twitter.com were Jackson-related ."}
-{"answer":"their lives and a clairvoyant made some predictions that their plane would crash . It was really quite frightening and they wanted to cancel the tour but they knew they could n't . They were under obligation to the tour promoters . And when he made his apology in Chicago , -LRB- the band 's -RRB- press officer told me that John was actually in tears before he went in to make the apology . Q : Was his apology sincere ? Watch as Vatican pardons Lennon '' A : His apology was very carefully worded . He never said `` I did n't mean that ; '' he kind of said , `` if it was taken that way , that 's not what I meant , '' but he never actually retracted it . The reason it happened that way , in America particularly , is that people thought the Beatles were getting too big , too proud and it was a way of putting them down and I think people grabbed that opportunity . Q : Did they care at all what the Vatican newspaper had to say at the time ? A : I do n't","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When John Lennon remarked in 1966 that the Beatles were then `` more popular than Jesus '' his comments prompted outrage in the United States . But this weekend the Vatican 's newspaper paid tribute to the band on the 40th anniversary of the release of the `` White Album '' in an article interpreted by some as a papal pardon for Lennon . John Lennon appears with wife Yoko Ono in 1968 , two years after he made his '' more popular than Jesus '' comments . CNN 's Alessio Vinci spoke to Steve Turner , author `` The Gospel According To The Beatles , '' about the controversy that helped to end the Beatles ' touring career . Q : Was Lennon surprised by the storm his comment generated ? A : I think John Lennon was surprised because it had been said in a casual way to a journalist who was a personal friend of his and he had no idea it would cause that sort of controversy . When it did happen he was actually quite frightened because they were about to go off on tour and there were these threats to"}
-{"answer":"new movie `` Taking Woodstock '' and several books . Watch Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang talk about the festival '' `` There 's a quality to Woodstock that has to do with the ... hugeness of it , '' said festival co-founder Joel Rosenman . `` We seem to remember that it involved the whole generation . '' LIFE.com gallery : Chaos , nudity , spirit Many members of that generation , he added , were n't aware there were so many others like themselves . `` They had ... been reading in the establishment media they were a splinter here and a fragment there , '' he said . `` And all of a sudden , they get to Woodstock ... and saw the entire world as -LSB- they -RSB- knew it was on -LSB- their -RSB- side instead of the side you thought it was on . ... It was pretty heady stuff . '' iReport : Memories of Woodstock By now , the basics of Woodstock have passed into legend . How four men -- Rosenman , his business partner John Roberts , entrepreneur Michael Lang and record executive Artie Kornfeld -- wanted to put on a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What is it about Woodstock ? Jimi Hendrix closed the Woodstock festival on Monday morning , August 18 , 1969 . The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival was arguably more influential and , like Woodstock , spawned a terrific film , D.A. Pennebaker 's `` Monterey Pop . '' The 1969 Isle of Wight Festival in England , two weeks after Woodstock , included the elusive Bob Dylan . And there were several other gatherings during the late - '60s and early - '70s festival frenzy , including the ill-fated Altamont festival in 1969 and the record-setting Watkins Glen festival in 1973 . But nobody talked about a `` Monterey Nation '' or a `` Wight Nation '' or , God forbid , an `` Altamont Nation . '' No other festival prompted Charles M. Schulz to name a `` Peanuts '' character after it . No other festival has maintained a viable name for four decades . And no other festival is still so present in the public and media consciousness . With Woodstock 's 40th anniversary Saturday comes a plethora of releases , including CDs , DVDs , a VH1 documentary airing Friday , the"}
-{"answer":"Sonkar says : `` She used to go to school and the kids would not befriend her . She would say , ' I do n't want to go to school . ' '' Watch how Pinki was transformed by the operation '' `` Pinki was a depressed , sad , lonely , shy , young little girl , growing up on the periphery of the society in a little village , '' said Satish Kalra , director of Smile Train 's South Asian region , after meeting with Pinki . The little girl 's own family was ashamed of her , Kalra says . But all of that has changed . Pinki is now a real pistol , full of energy and confidence , and she has a fantastic smile too -- thanks to the Smile Train charity . Smile Train teaches doctors in their own countries to operate on cleft lips , a deformity afflicting up to four million children across the world . iReport : Share your Oscar predictions Pinki just happened to be one of the chosen candidates for surgery and was also chosen to be the subject of the documentary . The film chronicles her","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While all eyes seem to be on `` Slumdog Millionaire '' for the Oscars , one very courageous little girl will be focused on another India-based film at the ceremony . Pinki , like millions in developing countries , had to live with her deformity and suffer the social consequences . It 's called '' Smile Pinki , '' and it 's up for an Oscar , too -- nominated for best short documentary , which it won on Sunday . The little girl watching it from inside the Oscar ceremony has traveled all the way to Los Angeles , California , from her small Indian village with her dad -- and it has been an incredible journey for Pinki Sonkar . `` Smile Pinki '' tells the story of her transformation from a sad outcast to a vibrant 8-year-old with plenty of spunk . Pinki was born with a cleft lip , and her impoverished family did not have the money for corrective surgery . Like millions of other children born with the lip deformity in developing countries , Pinki simply had to live with it and suffer the social consequences . Her father Rajendra"}
-{"answer":"her death became a rallying point for justice , her name , `` Neda , '' in Farsi means `` the call\/calling '' or `` voice '' -- a voice many people say can not be muted . `` The saga is still going on in Iran , and all we can do is carry on and echo their voice , '' said Shoreh Aghdashloo , the Oscar-nominated actress from `` House of Sand and Fog '' who sang in the production . The video , much like the post-election protests , was a spontaneous response . From the studio to the street rallies in Los Angeles , California , the entire music video was filmed using a cell phone . `` With the big media ban and restrictions over there , we thought to commemorate and pay homage to what the protesters are doing over there , '' said Taylor . `` So we thought it would be appropriate to develop the video in the same kind of light . '' Watch the video and hear the song '' The song was recorded in both English and Farsi to reach Western and Iranian audiences . The English version of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Spurred by the continuing political unrest in Iran , more than two dozen Iranian expatriate superstars are uniting to spread a musical message of non-violent resistance . Neda Agha-Soltan was gunned down on a Tehran street on June 20 . The entertainers , poets , thinkers and actors are harmonizing on the song `` United for Neda , '' a call to action against human rights violations by the Iranian government against Iranians protesting the disputed outcome of recent presidential elections . The song was inspired by the plight of Neda Agha-Soltan , the 26-year old Iranian woman who was fatally shot on the streets of Tehran on June 20 . The ordeal was recorded on cell phone video and received international attention when it hit the Internet . `` When I saw links to Neda being shot , it was so disturbing to me , '' said Iranian-British recording artist Mams Taylor , who wrote and produced the song . `` It hurt me , angered me and touched me at the same time , to think that these people are so courageous to go and seek their freedom , '' said Taylor . While"}
-{"answer":"found that for every additional patient `` in the average nurse 's workload , '' the odds of a patient dying increased by 7 percent . New data just released by the same authors in Health Services Research confirms the earlier findings . In a tri-state analysis , the researchers found that adding a patient to nurses ' workloads increased patient mortality by 6 percent in Pennsylvania , 10 percent in New Jersey and 13 percent in California . The thinner nurses are spread in hospitals the greater the number of patients who die . It 's that simple . Improved nurse staffing keeps more patients alive because nurses are the canaries in the coal mine , or what Aiken 's article in JAMA called `` an around-the-clock surveillance system . '' Fewer patients per nurse means that when a patient develops a serious problem , the nurse will be more likely to notice it and have time to address it : page the doctor , make sure needed drugs get ordered , suggest appropriate scans , and above all , continue to monitor the situation -- be ready to call a condition or `` code '' if needed .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This week is Nurses Week and hospitals across the country , I 'm sure , will celebrate it the same way mine does -- by not doing much . Last year we all got goodie bags that held confetti , hard candies and a small candle that was symbolic of helping us light our way . Another year all nurses who had worked five years or more got a beach towel emblazoned with the hospital logo . A beach towel ! Who would n't be excited about that , especially in land-locked western Pennsylvania ? The point is n't the swag , or lack thereof , but the paltriness of the gestures . Hospitals do not function well without nurses , and yet our institutions routinely devalue our work . A 2002 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association , led by University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing professor Linda Aiken , revealed that as hospital nurses are assigned more and more patients to care for , the number of patients who die also goes up . Aiken 's study assumed a ratio of four patients to every one inpatient nurse , and"}
-{"answer":", and it employs some of the same characters seen in Perry 's movies and stage plays -- including a play and film named `` Meet the Browns , '' which is only mildly related to the TV series . The show focuses on Mr. Brown and his daughter Cora , played by Mann 's real-life wife , Tamela Mann , as Mr. Brown tries to turn his house into a home for the elderly . Those who have followed Perry 's productions know that Cora was the conceived during a brief fling between Brown and Madea , Perry 's female alter ego . `` If it had n't been for Cora , Mr. Brown and Madea probably would have killed each other by now , '' Mann said . `` Cora is the glue to this whole thing . Cora keeps everybody grounded . '' Mann said Mr. Brown 's speech and mannerisms are from a combination of people . `` Grandfathers , uncles , relatives , you know , different friends you see . '' he said . `` I use to go to a nursing home and just look at people , watch -- ` OK ,","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- You are about to meet Mr. Brown . David Mann and Tamela Mann -- a real-life couple -- star in `` Meet the Browns '' as father and daughter . He 's David Mann , star of the TBS sitcom `` Tyler Perry 's Meet the Browns . '' To borrow a phrase from the network 's marketing -- he 's very funny . Mann 's character -- `` Downtown '' Leroy Brown -- is a lovable , sometimes outrageous and always off-the-wall senior citizen who has stolen every scene he 's entered in Tyler Perry 's plays , movies and TV shows . Mr. Brown no longer has to steal scenes , because TBS -- owned by CNN parent company Time Warner -- has ordered 80 episodes of half-hour comedy , based on the success of 10 pilot episodes . `` Just in case I 'm dreaming , do n't pinch me , '' said Mann . `` I 'm living the dream . '' `` Meet the Browns '' is a spinoff of Perry 's `` House of Payne , '' a sitcom that has yielded strong cable ratings for TBS"}
-{"answer":"'' all sung in the a cappella tradition but with creative and entertaining tweaks . -LRB- They do a stirring Christmas-infused rendition of Toto 's `` Africa . '' -RRB- Members of Straight No Chaser sang for CNN in New York recently , talked about their surprising career turn and where it leaves their day jobs . CNN : What is it like then to actually become a YouTube sensation ? Randy Stine : Well , -LSB- Jerome -RSB- got recognized on the street in Hong Kong . Jerome Collins : A person walked up to me and said , `` Hey , I know this may be out of line , but you look like this guy on this video I just saw . '' I called -LSB- Randy -RSB- and I was like , `` We officially made it . We 're being recognized in Hong Kong by some random person on the street . '' So it was kind of cool , and that 's when I knew that -LSB- it -RSB- was on a bigger scale than we thought . CNN : What went through your mind when you got the call from Atlantic Records ?","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What started as a college a cappella pastime became a ticket to the big time for 10 Indiana University graduates . Straight No Chaser broke up years ago , but success on YouTube brought the band back together . Last year a member of the disbanded group -- called Straight No Chaser -- posted a video of a quirky 1998 performance of `` The 12 Days of Christmas '' on YouTube . It got more than 8 million hits . And one of the people watching was Craig Kallman , chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records . Kallman summoned a couple of the troupe members to Los Angeles , where he offered them a record deal . Straight up . The boys -LRB- now men , of course -RRB- got back together and within 10 months -- and almost 10 years after graduation -- had a debut album neatly tied with a bow . And you thought your college reunion was exciting . Watch Straight No Chaser blend their voices '' `` Holiday Spirits '' mostly features festive covers such as `` Santa Claus Is Coming to Town '' and `` Silent Night ,"}
-{"answer":"startled by the news , but was able to see the comic side of it . `` At first , of course , you 're upset and shocked . But then I realized it was just a mistake , '' she said . Noting her husband had been afraid of flying during his life , she said , `` He 's just playing the last practical joke on me for putting him on a plane . '' Kenoyer said she hopes news of the mistake wo n't discourage others from donating their bodies to science . `` The casket was n't opened and was treated with respect , '' she said . Mullarkey said police supervised the return of the shipment to US Airways , which rerouted it to Life Quest . `` In all the years , I can understand a mixup , '' Mullarkey said . `` But something like that , I think , should be handled a little more delicately . '' US Airways issued a statement of apology : `` Regrettably , there was an unfortunate mixup yesterday at the US Airways Cargo facility near Philadelphia International Airport . The mixup occurred due to a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , pet store expecting a shipment of exotic fish this week found itself with a man 's dead body instead . The man 's widow told CNN that it might have been her husband 's `` last practical joke . '' The body of Jon Kenoyer , a California man who suffered from Alzheimer 's disease , was being donated to an Allentown , Pennsylvania , research group , Life Quest Anatomical . The shipment was handled by US Airways , which also has delivered imported fish from throughout the world to Pets Plus Pet Center for more than a decade , store manager Mike Mullarkey said . On Tuesday , Mullarkey said , he received what he thought was an expected shipment of seahorses , anemones and corals from Vietnam via California . Before opening it , however , he discovered that the box 's label indicated that it contained the remains of a man who had died four days before . The Pets Plus people were `` shocked to see that , '' he said . Mary Kenoyer , Jon Kenoyer 's widow , told CNN that she was initially"}
-{"answer":"I am not speaking as his widow but as his partner in militancy for the rest of my life , '' she said . Thousands crammed into Buenos Aires ' Plaza de Mayo waving flags and shouting `` Viva Cristina , Viva Peronismo ! ' to welcome back their charismatic leader , the second woman to serve as president of Argentina . Entire families and groups of activists cheered as results trickled in showing the incumbent president with a considerable advantage over her opponents . Activist groups , unions , farmers , laborers and groups of indigenous Argentines waved their flags in a passionate display of support for their candidate . While official results will be announced on Monday , preliminary results showed the incumbent with 52.7 % of the vote . Some analysts in Argentina said this is a historic victory for Argentina , propelling Fernandez as one of the nation 's most popular leaders in recent history . The same analysts also show concern for what has become known as the new `` Cristinismo '' , a populist pro-Fernandez fever which , according to La Nacion writer Luis Majul , leaves very little room for checks and balances","question":"Buenos Aires -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dressed in black , evoking her trademark style , Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner addressed cheering crowds after preliminary vote counts on Sunday showed her heading toward re-election . `` I have come to places in my life I have never thought I 'd arrive . The honor of not just being the first woman elected president but re-elected president ... my partner served as president ... what else could I want ? '' said Fernandez , amid fireworks , car horns and celebratory music . Continuously weaving her role as the nation 's leader with being the widow of former president Nestor Carlos Kirchner , who died in 2010 , Kirchner said she carries her husband 's ideals as she returns to office . Fernandez , 58 , has said her second presidential term will be dedicated to her late husband 's memory . `` Today is a rare day for me , because there are too many feelings , '' said Kirchner in her trademark dramatic tone . `` If I tell you I am happy , I lie , if I tell you I am sad , I lie ..."}
-{"answer":"or standing on the wings . But as more people began to exit , the plane started to become submerged and passengers ' feet started getting cold . See photos of the crash and rescue The quick response may have helped save the lives of passengers , who if not for the rescuers may have been subjected to the frigid Hudson water . It 's one of the things Moore said the Coast Guard focuses on during water rescues , especially in the winter . After only three minutes in cold water , people can lose the use of their arms and legs , according to the Oregon State Marine Board . At the time of the crash it was 21 degrees outside , the water temperature in the Hudson was 32.5 degrees and winds were blowing at 15 mph . Oregon State Marine Board : Surviving cold water immersion Thankfully for passengers , ferry captains like Brittany Catanzaro came quickly to their rescue . Watch passengers describe what happened '' She was at the helm of a New York Waterway ferry during a normal commute across the river when she looked to her right and saw a plane in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Everyone aboard US Airways Flight 1549 survived when the plane crash-landed into the Hudson River , and that may be due as much to diligent rescue training as luck . Passengers and crew line up outside the plane as boats move in to rescue them . The Coast Guard rescuers who quickly got to the scene and many of the ferries and boats that first responded train for water rescues . `` We , the Coast Guard , we do train for these type of events and these type of situations , scenarios , and one thing we do try to do is try to coordinate with our other maritime agency partners -LSB- so -RSB- that incidents like this go off without a hitch or as safely as possible , '' said Coast Guard Lt. C.K. Moore , who helped coordinate the response . Within minutes of the plane crash-landing into the water , the aircraft was surrounded by ferry boats that had been making their regularly scheduled trips across the Hudson and other boats coordinated by , and including , the Coast Guard . The passengers had begun exiting the plane -- getting into rafts"}
-{"answer":"market . With the nation in the thick of recession , she scooped up bargains for herself . She carried her trendy purchases through the airport that day on her return home to Charlotte , North Carolina . Wearing a sweater dress , tights and boots , the woman with stylish sandy brown curls was getting a bite to eat when a group of guys asked if she was a model . `` No , '' she said . `` But I am in the fashion industry . '' She was traveling with five Belk co-workers . Waiting to board , she fired off e-mails and thought little of the flight home or those around her . Ben -- who was in New York for a quick business trip for Lending Tree -- caught a glimpse of the 5-foot , 10-inch knockout near the gate . Later , when they boarded , he noticed her again , coming down the aisle . `` The first thought I had was it 'll be cool if she sits beside me . '' He was in 20A , a window seat on the left side of the plane . She sat down three","question":"Charlotte , North Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Laura Zych never liked birds . Ben Bostic feared drowning . They faced their fears when US Airways Flight 1549 hit a flock of geese and crash-landed in the Hudson River . They were strangers on January 15 , 2009 , when they boarded the fateful flight that would become known as the `` Miracle on the Hudson . '' A year later , they 're in love . `` The first time people meet you , they want to hear the sensational part '' of the crash , says Ben , 39 . He prefers to talk about something different : `` I met this wonderful girl because of what we went through that day . '' Laura , 31 , looks at him , batting her model-like lashes , and smiles . `` We do n't dwell on what happened to us in the crash , '' she says . `` It 's more so on the experiences and lessons that we 've taken from it . '' ` Is this really happening ? ' A buyer for Belk department stores , Laura was in New York for the fashion"}
-{"answer":"its ammunition and prisoners set free before rioters burned the prison , Nabakooba said . A curfew has been declared in the suburb , and in Kampala the army is providing support to police , said Kayihura . A doctor at a Kampala hospital said more than 50 people had sought care there , most with broken bones , but others had cuts and gunshot wounds . About 60 people were arrested in Kampala , but arrest totals in the surrounding areas were not available , Nabakooba said . Four radio stations were ordered shut down , Masiko said . Many of the rioters were Baganda between the ages of 18 and 35 , Nabakooba said . The Baganda are Uganda 's dominant ethnic group , making up about 16.9 percent of the population , according to The CIA World Factbook . The kingdom is one of the oldest monarchies in Africa . The people live mostly in central Uganda and along the shoreline of Lake Victoria . Tension between the Buganda Kingdom , headed by King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II , and Uganda President Yoweri Museveni had been increasing recently over land laws , sovereignty and political power ,","question":"KAMPALA , Uganda -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least four people have been killed in two days of rioting in Uganda 's capital after radio broadcasts encouraged listeners to violently take to the streets against the government , officials said Friday . Residents of the Kasubi suburb , west of Kampala , try to flee from violence as a soldier takes photos . The rioters heard `` sectarian '' broadcasts on Thursday that `` systematically incited the listeners to cause chaos and destruction wherever they could , '' said a statement issued by Minister of Information and National Guidance Kabakumba Masiko . It described those who took part in the rioting in Kampala and its suburbs as `` marauding thugs . '' The broadcasts aired in the Buganda Kingdom , said police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba . Ethnic and political tension between the kingdom and the central government had been escalating over the past few weeks . Police and army officers were injured and police-owned property also was damaged along with other vehicles and shops , said the nation 's police chief , Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura . In Natete-Ndeba , a southwest suburb , a police station was looted of"}
-{"answer":"ad placed by the airport advertising the free flights . Since the difference between 10,000 and 9,999 is the difference between $ 1 million and $ 150,000 in federal funds , airport managers in Clarksburg and other small towns do whatever they can to get over that number . In Kearney , Nebraska , residents get to take aerial tours of the city 's Christmas lights for $ 15 . In Altoona , Pennsylvania , residents got free 10-minute flights to reach the local airfield 's goal of 10,000 passengers . Sen. Tom Coburn , an Oklahoma Republican who is a frequent critic of federal spending , said `` about 40 '' airports are believed to offer similar flight programs to reach the threshold , which was set by Congress . Coburn is asking the FAA and the Government Accountability Office , the investigative arm of Congress , to come up with a definitive figure . `` The whole purpose for that is n't to say what you 're doing is illegal -- it 's probably not -- but to have a more cogent policy that truly represents the needs based on enplanements for every airport , '' Coburn said","question":"Clarksburg , West Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- North Central West Virginia Airport boasts quick check-ins , free , accessible parking and a convenient baggage claim . That 's not surprising , considering that fewer than 20 people fly out of the facility on any given day . And all three scheduled daily departures to Washington have a stop in Morgantown , West Virginia , only 35 miles away . But the airport offers a special treat as the end of the year approaches -- free sightseeing flights . Thanks to a Federal Aviation Administration program that gives small regional airports millions of dollars if they can reach a certain level of passenger traffic , the Clarksburg , West Virginia , facility tries its best to get 10,000 passengers off the ground by the end of the year . For Suzanne Pierson , that meant she and her grandson Donavan got an `` awesome '' bird 's - eye view of Clarksburg and neighboring Bridgeport , West Virginia , from a chartered Boeing 757 last December . `` They were trying to meet the quota , and they were 300 passengers short , '' said Pierson , who saw an"}
-{"answer":"rural Alabama '' Jackson never anticipated he would leave the fire department to head up a nonprofit organization . After all , firefighting was the culmination of a lifelong dream . `` What little boy does n't want to be a firefighter ? '' Jackson says , laughing . But an emergency call to his department in March 1992 changed everything . Jackson was dispatched to help an unresponsive 2-year-old who had accidentally hanged himself in the family car while trying to retrieve a toy . `` We did everything that we could to try to revive that young child , '' he says . The 2-year-old died despite their efforts . `` I took it pretty tough , '' Jackson remembers . `` It 's not that I had not been exposed to tragedies before , but this one hit me differently . '' At the advice of a counselor , Jackson started volunteer work to help him process his grief . A friend suggested Jackson volunteer in the small rural town of Sayre , Alabama . Jackson was stunned by what he saw just 25 minutes from his home . `` When I drove into the community ,","question":"BIRMINGHAM , Alabama -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If Russell Jackson has his way , any child who needs medical care but lacks the transportation to get there will have a safe and reliable alternative . Russell Jackson started Kid One , which has ferried thousands of children to medical appointments . `` We found that there were 80,000-plus children in Alabama living in a home with no car , '' Jackson says . `` And in the rural areas , there are no cabs , there are no buses , there are no trains . ... Millions of children in our country every day have no access to medical care when they need to reach it . '' Jackson is so determined that in 1997 he gave up his career as an Alabama firefighter , moved in with friends and dug into his retirement account to start Kid One Transport , a nonprofit organization that provides rides for needy children in his home state . In 11 years , Kid One 's fleet of vans has ferried more than 16,000 kids to and from scheduled medical-related appointments all over Alabama . Watch Jackson describe the need for medical transportation in"}
-{"answer":"Beard describe his reaction '' Alan Howard met Beard , the youngest of the African-American teens who made up the Jena Six , in January 2008 when he began representing him in a lawsuit filed by beating victim Justin Barker . The fight followed months of disquiet among Jena High School students , including off-campus skirmishes , a school arson and nooses hung from a campus tree . In September 2007 , thousands of protesters , alleging the teens were treated harshly because they were black , converged on middle Louisiana . Protesters were particularly angered at the jailing of Mychal Bell , one of the six , who was charged as an adult . Later in September , he was reclassified as a juvenile and released . The Jena Six were lionized and vilified ; donations for their defense poured in , as did threats on their lives . Howard said his first impression of Beard -- that he had `` tremendous character , tremendous resilience and tremendous potential '' -- was so strong he invited the teen to live with his family in New England . It 's been a tidal shift , Beard said , moving from","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jesse Ray Beard said he was constantly in trouble , even when he behaved . It took being accused of the racially charged attempted murder of a white classmate in the Deep South to turn his life around . Living with attorney Alan Howard , right , has afforded Jesse Ray Beard a bevy of new experiences . Beard , 18 , now interns at a New York law firm as he prepares for his senior year next month at Canterbury School , a Connecticut prep academy where Beard is highly regarded among peers and teachers . `` I did n't change the way I act . I did n't do nothing different . It was just that I was at Canterbury instead of Jena , '' he said . `` It was like Jena was out to get me -- and not just me , but other people , too . '' If not for the controversy surrounding the Jena Six and the palpable racial tension in the Louisiana town , Beard never would have met the attorney who changed the course of Beard 's life by removing him from everything he knew . Watch"}
-{"answer":"woman in the front row and sings directly to her . Watch how things have changed in Boyle 's hometown '' When she finishes , the crowd breaks into rapturous applause and Boyle gets a peck on the cheek from the MC before slipping quietly back to her table in the smoke-tinged room . The video became public Friday after it was handed to Scotland 's Daily Record newspaper . Gerry McGuinness , 61 , who watched Susan sing live that night and kept the video , told the Record that he remembered the evening clearly . Watch Boyle sing on Larry King '' `` I can remember that she was a shy young girl , but also very attractive back then -- she turned a few heads when she came into the club . `` Even back then , I do n't think anyone expected too much from her because she was so shy , but when she began singing people took notice . '' The 47-year-old Boyle 's appearance on `` Britain 's Got Talent , '' where she sang `` I Dreamed a Dream '' from the musical `` Les Miserables , '' has now been viewed","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Video of a fresh-faced Susan Boyle confidently singing a Barbra Streisand track to a room full of football fans in 1984 has been unearthed . Susan Boyle as she looked during a performance filmed at a Scottish football club in 1984 . The `` Britain 's Got Talent '' singing sensation , looking trim and a bit like Abba 's Anni-Frid Lyngstad , is invited on to the stage at Motherwell FC 's Fir Park Social Club to take part in a singing competition between rival fans by a man wearing a checked coat and bow tie . Boyle , who had to wait 25 more years to be catapulted into the spotlight via her television appearance in front of Simon Cowell last month , quickly chats with the band before they launch into a low-key , lounge-style version of Streisand 's `` The Way We Were . '' Boyle , her hair style a classic 1980s perm , confidently looks down the barrel of the camera , giving meaningful expressions as she moves slowly round the stage . Watch latest Boyle video At one point she even takes the hand of a pearl-necklace wearing middle-aged"}
-{"answer":"stamp of public recognition on atrocious practices in the theocratic state . Mehdi Karrubi -- one of the revolutionary founders of the Islamic Republic , a high-ranking cleric , a presidential candidate , a former speaker of the house and now a widely popular political activist -- has published a letter , addressing it to the former president and current head of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani . He accuses the security officers of the Islamic Republic of repeatedly and violently raping young women and men while they are in custody . Since the publication of this letter , a massive outpouring of testimony and reports has come out , corroborating Karrubi 's charges that rapes of young women and men are a widespread , common practice in the Islamic Republic . These are not light charges for any state , for any republic , let alone for an Islamic Republic . These charges are no longer brought by expatriate , and at times discredited , opposition . It is the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic , with impeccable revolutionary credentials , who are bringing these charges , as others are coming out and corroborating them in excruciating","question":"Hamid Dabashi is the author of `` Iran : A People Interrupted . '' He is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York . His Web site is http:\/\/www.hamiddabashi.com\/ . Hamid Dabashi says allegations of rape and torture are testing Iran 's Islamic Republic as never before . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Troubling news of kidnapping , rape , torture , and murder is flooding out of Iran . Neda Aqa Soltan was murdered point-blank in the streets of Tehran for the whole world to see ; while Sohrab Arabi was killed far from any global attention and his body given to his mother quietly to bury , as was the tortured body of Mohsen Ruholamini . These names have assumed symbolic significance for many more innocent young men and women murdered by the custodians of the Islamic Republic with a wanton disregard for the lives and liberties of its own citizens . Not just murder , but the rape of young men and women also is on the shameless roster of the Islamic Republic . After years of sporadic charges and troubling rumors , finally a courageous cleric has put a"}
-{"answer":"job at the Tilt 'n Diner after losing her job in the mortgage business . `` It was a forced unemployment because of the economy , '' Lurvey said . `` So , you know , I decided that it was best to move on to something a little more stable . '' O'Leary and Lurvey are among those who think the economy is going to get worse before it gets better . But our third guest for our weekly diner conversation , Jim Wells , is n't so sure . `` I think most of it is psychological , '' said Wells , a Republican who believes consumers need to be more confident . `` The secret out of a recession like this is to spend money . And you have got to spend your own , you ca n't expect somebody else to spend it for you . '' He makes the distinction between consumer spending and what he sees as too much government spending . `` We are going to have to pay the bill in another two or three years and it is going to be scary when it happens , '' Wells said . All","question":"On CNN 's `` State of the Union , '' host and chief national correspondent John King goes outside the Beltway to report on the issues affecting communities across the country . This week , King traveled to New Hampshire , where diner patrons shared their thoughts on President Obama and the economy . The Tilt 'n Diner hosted all the major presidential candidates during the primaries in 2008 . TILTON , New Hampshire -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kate O'Leary voted for Barack Obama and began the year full of energy . But her hope is giving way these days to a sense that some things never change . `` I trust his motives , '' she said of President Obama . `` I feel like he is an honorable guy , I am not sure if he can do it . That 's the problem . '' Too much too soon is one of her worries . Too much politics as usual is another . Add in too much bailout money and Kate O'Leary is more sober now than she was when Obama took the oath of office . Across from O'Leary sat Debbie Lurvey , who took a"}
-{"answer":"an object of national scorn . '' But CNN found that scorn undeserved . In fact , CNN confirmed that not a single stimulus dollar is being spent on the wine train itself . The stimulus money is really being used for a massive flood-control project for the valley . The train 's tracks happen to be in the way , so they have to be moved . It is a simple fix , but it 's not cheap . To make it happen , $ 54 million is being used to build a flood wall at the wine train depot , elevate the tracks and move them 33 feet , and raise four bridges . How did the wine train end up on the list of wasteful projects ? `` The person who did the research for the senators did n't do a thorough job , '' Hilton said , `` and I think if they did a thorough job , we would n't have been on the list at all . '' Barry Martin is the spokesman for the Napa River Flood Control Project . He called the senators ' report `` deliberate deception '' and a way","question":"Napa Valley , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It is the quintessential Napa Valley experience . Passengers aboard sleek antique rail cars pay more than $ 100 for a four-course meal , not including the wine . A recent lunch aboard the train included steak , lobster cakes and local greens . During their three-hour journey winding through Napa Valley , passengers can choose from more than 100 wines to complement their meal . The Napa Valley Wine Train has been shuttling passengers through one of the country 's most famous valleys for more than two decades , but now it 's under fire because of Republican Sens. Tom Coburn and John McCain . They ranked the wine train as No. 11 on their list of the 100 most `` wasteful '' and `` silly '' stimulus projects , leading some to call it the Stimulus Waste Express . When Melodie Hilton , who handles public relations for the wine train , learned about that nickname , she was less than pleased . Hilton said the report temporarily affected business . She said through a smile , `` it 's never fun to wake up and find that you 're"}
-{"answer":"floor severely mentally disturbed , but not getting any real help because they 're in jail . We toured the jail with Leifman . He is well known in Miami as an advocate for justice and the mentally ill . Even though we were not exactly welcomed with open arms by the guards , we were given permission to shoot videotape and tour the floor . Go inside the ` forgotten floor ' '' At first , it 's hard to determine where the people are . The prisoners are wearing sleeveless robes . Imagine cutting holes for arms and feet in a heavy wool sleeping bag -- that 's kind of what they look like . They 're designed to keep the mentally ill patients from injuring themselves . That 's also why they have no shoes , laces or mattresses . Leifman says about one-third of all people in Miami-Dade county jails are mentally ill . So , he says , the sheer volume is overwhelming the system , and the result is what we see on the ninth floor . Of course , it is a jail , so it 's not supposed to be warm and","question":"Editor 's note : In our Behind the Scenes series , CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events . Here , Soledad O'Brien takes users inside a jail where many of the inmates are mentally ill . An inmate housed on the `` forgotten floor , '' where many mentally ill inmates are housed in Miami before trial . MIAMI , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The ninth floor of the Miami-Dade pretrial detention facility is dubbed the `` forgotten floor . '' Here , inmates with the most severe mental illnesses are incarcerated until they 're ready to appear in court . Most often , they face drug charges or charges of assaulting an officer -- charges that Judge Steven Leifman says are usually `` avoidable felonies . '' He says the arrests often result from confrontations with police . Mentally ill people often wo n't do what they 're told when police arrive on the scene -- confrontation seems to exacerbate their illness and they become more paranoid , delusional , and less likely to follow directions , according to Leifman . So , they end up on the ninth"}
-{"answer":"But we have 3,000 houses that are gone , and we would love to see those houses come back . '' Darden and Pitt felt compelled to help provide Green and his family a second chance , and on July 9 Green officially became a proud homeowner once again . Getting a fresh start has helped Green and his family deal with the tragedy that turned their lives upside down and took away their loved ones . `` That 's what gave me the strength to endure all that we 've been through , '' Green said . `` People constantly coming by , volunteers constantly coming by . People that really care about us and let us know that we were n't in this alone . It gave us the hope that one day we would come back and be a community again . '' Watch as Green talks about his family 's tragedies and life in New Orleans after Katrina '' The Make It Right Foundation has built 15 homes in the Lower 9th so far ; the group 's goal is to have 150 built by the end of next year . Darden said the program is","question":"NEW ORLEANS , Louisiana -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As floodwaters washed away homes in the Lower 9th Ward , Robert Green watched with horror as his mother got swept away in the storm . Robert Green stands on the porch of his family 's FEMA trailer in front of his new home earlier this year . Four months later , Green and other family members found Joyce Green 's remains in the splintered wreckage of the house where they left her . Robert Green 's granddaughter Shanay also drowned the night Hurricane Katrina hit . Green spent almost the entire last four years living in a small FEMA trailer on his land , sharing his story with anyone who came through the Lower 9th . One of the people he met was Tom Darden , executive director of the Make It Right Foundation , Brad Pitt 's nonprofit vision for building green , sustainable houses in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans . Only a handful of homes have returned to the Lower 9th , one of the areas hardest hit by the killer storm . `` We have 14 neighbors and feel crowded , '' Green said ``"}
-{"answer":"ex-wife Debbie Rowe and an unidentified woman who reportedly served as a surrogate -- Jackson 's three children lived and traveled the world with him , their faces often covered by veils and masks when appearing in public . In its execution , the speech appeared to be a surprise to those onstage and off . `` It was a surprise they were there . All of us who know them were delighted they were strong enough to come and feel this love and great outpouring for their dad , '' Kenny Ortega , the choreographer -LRB- `` Dirty Dancing '' -RRB- who was directing Jackson 's `` This Is It '' comeback concerts in London , England , told CNN 's Campbell Brown . `` We would 've never expected that they had the strength . It was beautiful . '' Watch Ortega express his surprise at Paris Jackson 's tribute '' Ortega , a longtime Jackson colleague who helped design the singer 's 1990s tours , said planners left the end of the show open for family members to speak if they wished to , but he was surprised when the Jackson clan -- among them , his","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson 's daughter touched the hearts of millions when she bid a tearful farewell to her father at his memorial service in a rare public appearance . Paris Jackson , 11 , is consoled by her uncle Marlon Jackson after delivering a tearful tribute to her father . With her brief speech , 11-year-old Paris Jackson also shocked the event 's organizers , who said her appearance was not a planned part of Tuesday 's star-studded tribute to the `` King of Pop '' at Los Angeles ' Staples Center . `` Ever since I was born , daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine , '' she said , fighting back tears as relatives consoled her . `` And I just want to say that I love him so much , '' she said as she burst into tears and sought refuge in the embrace of family members . Watch her emotional goodbye '' For many watching , Paris ' appearance marked a rare glimpse of a child who has spent most of her life shielded from the public . Born to two mothers -- Jackson 's"}
-{"answer":"Perlman , co-founder and CEO of Zumba Fitness in Hollywood , Florida , was n't surprised when the concept took off not just in the United States but around the world . `` We turned exercise into a party , '' Perlman declared . `` Zumba broke some of the rules of fitness . We used music in the original form instead of using step counts . '' Perlman , whose background is in marketing , teamed up with Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto `` Beto '' Perez in Miami in 2001 . `` One day , Beto forgot his aerobics tapes , so he played his salsa and meringue songs during class in their original form , '' Perlman said . `` People went crazy . They did n't feel like they were in a class with a drill sergeant . '' Perlman said Perez decided to call the exercise Zumba , after the Colombian slang word meaning to buzz like a bee or move fast . Zumba is now a brand name . Since 2003 , Perlman 's group has trained 20,000 instructors around the world and sold more than 3 million DVDs on the Internet and through","question":"ALPHARETTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Latin music pulses from the stereo as 40 women jump , shimmy and sway to the beat . Zumba is the most popular exercise class at one suburban Atlanta YMCA . It 's not a dance club . This is a regular morning exercise class at the YMCA in Alpharetta , Georgia . It 's called Zumba . Part dance , part aerobics , Zumba is an hourlong routine that works almost every muscle in the body . `` It is dance fitness , '' explained Stephanie Maxim , one of two class instructors . `` We teach them moves that you can see on ` Dancing with the Stars ' : salsa , mambo , cha-cha , and we put it into a group fitness format . '' `` It 's not like a workout , '' explained Diane Walterstiel , 55 , of Alpharetta . `` Before I come , I 'm tense , but when I leave , I could kiss the world . '' Nearly a year after being introduced at the YMCA in suburban Atlanta , Zumba is the most popular exercise offering at the facility . Alberto"}
-{"answer":"some weird sort of way ? '' MSNBC correspondent David Shuster said this month about her reputed calls to superdelegates . Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson excoriated Shuster and called his remarks `` beneath contempt '' and disgusting . The senator from New York even sent a damning letter to NBC and demanded `` appropriate action . '' `` I am a mom first and a candidate second , and I found the remark incredibly offensive , '' she said . -LRB- Shuster was suspended indefinitely for the remark , made February 7 when he was a guest host for Tucker Carlson . MSNBC said Thursday that the suspension will end February 22 . -RRB- Even a fourth-grader apparently ca n't get through to the press-shy Chelsea Clinton . Scholastic News `` kid reporter '' Sydney Rieckhoff was in pursuit of a story as she questioned presidential candidates last month on the campaign trail in Iowa , according to The Associated Press . Approaching Chelsea Clinton , she reportedly asked , `` Do you think your dad would be a good ` first man ' in the White House ? '' But Clinton was n't talking . `` I 'm","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- She 's faced the glare of public life since she was a girl , but Chelsea Clinton must contend with renewed press scrutiny as she increasingly assumes a role in her mother 's campaign for president . Chelsea Clinton accompanies her mother to the polls on Super Tuesday in Chappaqua , New York . The former first daughter always has been off-limits to the media , especially while she was growing up in the White House . But pressure to burst this protective bubble is likely to grow as the soon-to-be 28-year-old campaigns across the country for Sen. Hillary Clinton , even heading to Hawaii -- Sen. Barack Obama 's home turf . Chelsea Clinton will spend three days there to strum up last-minute votes before the state 's Tuesday caucuses , said a source from her mother 's campaign . In the rough-and-tumble world of politics , her parents always have been protective of her -- including most recently after a TV correspondent 's comment that the Clinton campaign found inappropriate . Watch how controversy goes with the last name '' `` Does n't it seem as if Chelsea is being pimped out in"}
-{"answer":", or , as they prefer to be called , paranormal investigators . `` Ghost-Hunters , '' which airs a special live show at 7 p.m. Halloween night , is helping lift the stigma once attached to paranormal investigators . The show has become so popular that the group featured in each episode -- The Atlantic Paranormal Society - has spawned imitators across the United States and affiliates in 12 countries . TAPS , as the `` Ghost Hunters '' group is informally known , even has its own `` Beyond Reality Radio '' show , magazine , lecture tours , T-shirts -- and groupies . `` Ghost Hunters '' has made creepy cool , says David Schrader , a paranormal investigator and co-host of `` Darkness Radio , '' a radio show that investigates paranormal activity . `` Five or six years ago , you 'd be embarrassed to sit around the water cooler talking about ghosts , but now everybody talks about it -- it 's gone mainstream , '' Schrader says . It 's also gone Hollywood . Paranormal shows like `` Paranormal State '' on A&E Television ; `` Haunting Evidence '' on truTV -LRB- which","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Strange things seem to happen when Grant Wilson enters a room . Grant Wilson , left , and partner Jason Hawes were driven by personal experiences to track ghosts . Human forms materialize in darkened hallways . The dead whisper greetings from beyond the grave . Unseen entities attack and hurl terrified people to the ground . Every day is Halloween for Wilson , co-star of the Sci Fi Channel 's hit show , `` Ghost Hunters . '' Close encounters of the paranormal kind would drive most people to look for another hobby , but Wilson says he ai n't afraid of no ghosts . `` That 's part of the job , '' says Wilson , who investigates suspected hauntings with his co-host , Jason Hawes . . `` We tell everyone that we train that you 'll be punched , slapped and grabbed . Be prepared for it . '' Anyone who has watched their 401 -LRB- k -RRB- account evaporate during the recent stock market dive knows something about horror . But Wilson is part of a growing community that prefers getting their chills the old-fashioned way . They are ghost hunters"}
-{"answer":"of titles -- the majority of them big-budget Hollywood productions with Spanish subtitles -- entirely for free . According to Escobar , Cuevana does n't host the titles itself -- it simply serves as a content clearinghouse . `` It 's the same concept as Google . You have a lot of links and indexes , and the user searches for these , and you give them the links , '' he says . `` So really , the legal compromise is on the other sites , not on Cuevana , '' Escobar says . But many companies and artists disagree . In November , HBO Latin America and Turner International Argentina - both , like CNN , part of Time Warner - took legal action against Cuevana in Argentina . HBO declined to provide CNN with details of its lawsuit against Cuevana , which alleged infringement of HBO 's intellectual property rights . Turner Argentina asked a judge to block Cuevana from providing access to three of its original series , including the Steven Spielberg-produced `` Falling Skies . '' The three shows are no longer on the site . `` It is one of the first judicial decisions","question":"Buenos Aires , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tomas Escobar created a website in his bedroom in rural northwestern Argentina hoping to help people locate free movies online in a more efficient manner . From that small start in September 2009 , Escobar\u00c2 \u00b4 s site , Cuevana.tv , has grown to one of the most popular entertainment sites in Latin America , attracting 15 million unique monthly users , according to Escobar . `` It was a hobby , a small thing . And it exploded in my hands , '' Escobar tells CNN . But it has also attracted the attention of international media companies armed with lawsuits . The success has transformed the unassuming and unkempt 22-year-old college dropout into something of a cult hero in the Spanish-speaking world . It took weeks of negotiations to get Escobar to agree to an interview with CNN , his first-ever with an international TV news organization . `` Cuevana has a lot of complications now that were n't thought of in the beginning , like servers and traffic . We are now trying to solve them in steps , '' Escobar says . Visitors to Cuevana can access thousands"}
-{"answer":"be right back with you , ' '' Bachleda said . Undeterred , Bachleda called her back to his seat . `` Ma'am , '' he said . `` It 's looking bad . '' He identified himself and showed the flight attendant his video . `` I decided , if the captain does n't know about this before we go oceanic -- meaning once we fly over the ocean -- and we 're leaking this massive amount of fuel , this is going to be a bad day , '' said Bachleda , on a return trip back to Kadena Air Base in Japan , where he is stationed . This time the flight attendant took him seriously , immediately stopped serving drinks and alerted the flight crew . Watch more on the plane leak '' United Airlines spokesman Jeff Kovick said the crew was already aware of the situation and was considering what action to take when Bachleda brought it to their attention . He said the captain would never have attempted a Pacific crossing . In Bachleda 's estimation , the plane , which United said has a capacity of 373,000 pounds of jet fuel , was","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Staff Sgt. Bartek Bachleda does n't consider himself a hero , but passengers on a recent jumbo jet flight might beg to differ . Staff Sgt. Bartek Bachleda says he knew the plane he was riding in was losing fuel and videotaped the problem . One of 300 passengers on a United Airlines flight from Chicago , Illinois , to Tokyo , Japan , in April , Bachleda noticed white `` smoke '' billowing from the left side of the Boeing 747-400 jet on takeoff and then again at cruising altitude of over 30,000 feet . He said he was sure it was a leak , a big one that could lead to a potentially dangerous situation . Bachleda , 30 , should know . He serves in an air refueling squadron in the U.S. Air Force . He videotaped the midair vapor from his window seat and tried to warn a flight attendant . But at first , she paid him no heed . `` When I initially hit the call button , she thought maybe I wanted something , and she said , ` Sir , I 'm handing out drinks , I 'll"}
-{"answer":", '' wrote film critic Wendy Ide in UK paper The Times . `` You really , really do n't like women . '' Misogyny could n't be further from the truth , according to Von Trier , who says he sees himself up there on the screen : `` I mostly see myself as the female character , '' the 53-year-old director told CNN in Cannes . Do you think that Lars von Trier is a woman-hater ? Tell us below in the SoundOff box The director says that he shot the film as a form of therapy after recovering from a serious mental illness . Indeed , a few years ago , it was questionable whether von Trier , who is famously multi-phobic , would be able to make another film . In the winter of 2006 , he fell victim to depression and checked into hospital , the aftermath of which left him `` like a blank sheet of paper , '' he told Danish paper Politiken at the time . Today , if not fully recovered -- the most terrifying thing he can think of is still `` myself '' -- he is able to function","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Danish auteur Lars von Trier presented his gothic thriller , `` Antichrist '' at Cannes Film Festival last month , it was greeted with cat-calls , jeers and , at times , disbelieving laughter . Danish auteur Lars von Trier has been making films that shock , provoke and impress for over 40 years . Filmmakers are expected to give audiences a hard time at Cannes and the two-hander starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a couple grieving the loss of a child is no exception . But it was the level of pornographic sex and visceral brutality that outraged some and astonished many . Von Trier was labeled a woman-hater for the wince-inducingly horrific final scene in which female lead Charlotte Gainsbourg takes a pair of rusty scissors to her genitals and performs a DIY clitoridectomy right to camera . An Ecumenical Jury that normally hands out a prize at Cannes celebrating spiritual values felt moved to award `` Antichrist '' an `` anti-prize '' for being `` the most misogynist movie from the self-proclaimed biggest director in the world . '' `` Lars von Trier , we get it"}
-{"answer":"sweat lodge '' to refer to a dome-shaped structure where the intimate ritual of the sweat takes place , said Bruchac , who has his own sweat lodge on his property in the foothills of the Adirondacks . `` Sweat lodges are typically used for a ritual preparation , like before a hunt , or nowadays , people might do it before a wedding or dance or some kind of community event as a way of putting yourself in balance , '' he said . Bruchac noted that incidents like the one in Arizona tend to raise discussion in Native American communities over whether non-Natives should be allowed to adapt traditional ceremonies . `` It 's a very meaningful ceremony . I can understand why people find it attractive , '' Bruchac said . `` But I consider it sacrilegious and foolish to do someone else 's rituals without proper guidance or practice , especially in sweat lodges where you 're raising people 's body temperatures . With that many people , oxygen is going to be depleted , and if you have heart problems or breathing problems , you could faint or die . '' No information about the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The people who died Thursday at a spiritual resort in Arizona had spent time in a `` sweatbox '' similar to what Native Americans and other cultures have used for prayer and purification rituals throughout history . Two people died and were 19 injured after spending up to two hours inside this `` sweatbox '' at an Arizona resort . And those who use them say they can be dangerous if care is not taken . From Scandinavia to South America to Africa , people have come together in the sauna-like structures -- typically heated by pouring water on hot lava rocks -- for a variety of reasons , said Joseph Bruchac , writer and author of The Native American Sweat Lodge . He 's part Abenaki , a tribe concentrated in the northeast United Staes , and part European . `` Each tribal nation has its own traditions , so one group might do it differently from another so you can not generalize too much , '' said Bruchac , who runs an outdoor education center in Greenfield Center , New York . In North America , most Native American tribes use the term ``"}
-{"answer":"privacy and make them feel comfortable with trying a technology like this , '' she said . A TSA officer will escort a passenger to the machine for the test , but the person looking at the actual body scans will be at a different location and will not see the passenger , the TSA said . In addition , the scans will have a `` modesty filter '' to blur out faces , and no images will be saved . But the ACLU expressed concern that TSA officers would not be able to resist the temptation to save images of certain people , such as celebrities , and that the plan to blur faces might later be changed . This is how the new scanners work . The passenger steps into a machine where he or she is quickly scanned with radio waves . Those waves reflect off the body to transmit a three-dimensional image of the passenger that looks like a fuzzy photo negative . A TSA officer studies the image on a screen and looks for unusual shapes that might mean a passenger is carrying something suspicious . Passengers who are asked to undergo a second screening","question":"ARLINGTON , Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A new type of walk-through security machine will debut at several U.S. airports in the coming days as the Transportation Security Administration tries out the latest in body scanning technology . Privacy experts with the ACLU are concerned the walk-through scanning machine is too invasive . It 's called `` millimeter-wave passenger imaging technology , '' and it produces a more detailed picture than the metal detectors in use now at airports to screen for weapons and explosives . . Because it produces such a detailed image , however , technology and privacy experts at the American Civil Liberties Union are not satisfied that the new technology meets privacy standards . In a written statement issued Thursday , Barry Steinhardt of the ACLU said the technology can pick up graphic body images and even medical details like whether a passenger has a colostomy bag . Steinhardt called the screening an `` assault on the essential dignity of passengers that citizens in a free nation should not have to tolerate . '' TSA spokeswoman Elle Howe said privacy will be respected with the new millimeter-wave technique . `` We want to preserve passengers '"}
-{"answer":", '' he added , `` but we are hoping that with Islamic sharia law , our lives will get better . '' Across this overwhelmingly Muslim country , there is widespread hope that adopting a strict code of law based on the Koran will transform a society where corruption is rampant and where at least a quarter of the population lives under the poverty line . Watch why the Taliban 's message would resonate Enforcement of sharia law is the platform the Taliban have been using to justify recent land-grabs , such as last week 's armed occupation of the district of Buner , some 60 miles from the Pakistani capital . In an interview with CNN , Muslim Khan , the Taliban spokesman in the militant stronghold of Swat Valley , denounced the Pakistani government , calling the prime minister and lawmakers `` un-Islamic . '' `` They 're making money like in a supermarket , '' Khan said , adding that under sharia law both the rich and the poor would be treated equally . Militants have slowly taken over territory in northwestern Pakistan by first targeting unpopular landlords and bureaucrats , according to Amnesty International ,","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In radio broadcasts and sermons , Taliban militants have been promoting themselves as Islamic Robin Hoods , defending Pakistan 's rural poor from a ruling elite that they describe as corrupt and oppressive . Mohammed Daoud , with his son Faisal , is among those who have embraced the Taliban 's message . That message has been resonating throughout the Pakistani countryside , where the culture is deeply conservative and the people are desperately poor . In farmlands just 15 miles -LRB- 24 kilometers -RRB- from the center of Islamabad , Mohammed Daoud and his 15-year-old son Faisal eke out a living by cutting grass for their four water buffalo . They feed their family of seven , earning the equivalent of around $ 50 a month by selling buffalo milk . Two months ago , Daoud said , the government bulldozed his family 's house , probably because they were illegally squatting on property they did not own . `` Justice -LSB- in Pakistan -RSB- is only for people who have money , '' Daoud said , while slicing through handfuls of grass with a small scythe . `` We are illiterate"}
-{"answer":"is it an expression of uglier truths inside us ? The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles , California , joined the League of United Latin American Citizens and the United Farm Workers of America in condemning the costume , calling on retailers to drop it . Target was among those stores that quickly stopped selling it , while others , including BuyCostumes.com , chose `` trick '' over `` treat . '' `` Wearing this costume shows poor taste and ignores the painful reality -- for millions of immigrants who must live through constant taunting , discrimination and now mocking , '' the Coalition 's director of communications , Jorge-Mario Cabrera , told me . `` The costume is a sign of the decaying dialogue on immigrants as a community in the U.S. '' Dreadfully , this costume contest also illuminates the evolution of discrimination in America . The Pew Research Center recently reported that 55 percent of adults say `` there are ` very strong ' or ` strong ' conflicts between immigrants and people born in the United States '' while `` 39 percent believe there are serious conflicts between blacks and whites . ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This is always a frightful time of year , but this year it got a bit scarier . You may have been prematurely spooked by an `` illegal alien '' costume threatening Halloween thrill seekers with an extraterrestrial countenance , orange prison garb and a green card . There 's also a version with a baseball cap and droopy moustache . Frankly , I 'm surprised the manufacturer , Forum Novelties , is not offering other stereotypical accessories , like low-rider flying saucers and glow-in-the-dark lawn mowers . The costume reflects ominous trends : the deterioration of the immigration debate , the rise of anti-immigrant hostility as a form of racism and the need for greater empathy to bridge the gap between those who view such attacks as harmless humor and those who are demeaned and hurt by them . According to a CNN.com article : `` Political satire and Halloween often merge . Costumes depicting former well-known political figures are often seen alongside those depicting Batman or Wonder Woman . '' But what if the inspiration for the satire is a group of disenfranchised people ? When is a costume clever and funny and when"}
-{"answer":"the first time since the start of the Iraq war , Jordan is allowing all Iraqi children -- regardless of refugee status -- to enroll in state-funded schools . Simply , this means that even illegal refugees with no paperwork can send their kids to school with no questions asked . The move is cementing a massive population shift in the Middle East . More than 2.2 million Iraqis have fled the violence in their homeland , most of them seeking refuge in neighboring Jordan and Syria , according to humanitarian officials . Jordanian Minister of Education Khalid Touqan says he expects Jordan to accommodate 40,000 to 50,000 Iraqi students this year . That 's more than double the number of Iraqi children enrolled in public school two years ago . Harb , on the front line of the phenomenon , says the influx is putting a strain on her school . Even with some U.N. and U.S. aid to Jordan , there 's still not enough money . `` We need more teachers here , more resources , more buildings , more chairs for all Iraqi students and our students , '' she says . In a nearby neighborhood","question":"AMMAN , Jordan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the sunbathed schoolyard of the Shmisani Institute for Girls in Amman , Jordan , principal Sanaa Abu Harb makes an announcement over the speaker system . Iraqi students at the Shmisani school in Amman gather around a teacher . One in 5 students there is Iraqi . `` All Iraqi girls come outside now . All Iraqi girls . Iraqi girls only ! '' she repeats several times , making sure the message is clear and waving away Jordanian pupils attracted by the commotion . Dozens of girls in green apron-like uniforms pour out into the courtyard and cluster on the top level of a stone staircase overlooking a concrete playground . Harb wants the CNN crew to see how many Iraqi refugee girls her school is accommodating . This school year , she says , 145 students are Iraqi -- roughly 20 percent of the students at this state-funded institution -- with another 40 Iraqi children on a waiting list . Watch Iraqi girls describe a long way from home '' The reason behind the jump in the number of Iraqis at the school is a new government policy : For"}
-{"answer":"Many good things happened , but they all related to the individual strength of the people involved . That includes -LSB- Bernard -RSB- Ziegler -LSB- the designer of the aircraft -RSB- , Sullenberger , -LSB- co-pilot Jeffrey -RSB- Skiles and Patrick Harten , the air traffic controller -- he was as good as it gets , offering alternatives , the backing off of alternatives , staying cool . '' Langewiesche , international editor for Vanity Fair and author of six other books , was drawn to the story because it allowed him to use it as a window to tell the tale of the aircraft , the Airbus A320 , a controversial plane built with digital controls that rein in pilots who exceed safe flying limits . `` Within the limits of physics and structural science , '' Langewiesche writes , `` Ziegler and his colleagues identified the wrinkles of conventional handling and mostly ironed them out . The result in the A320 is the product of a genius -- an airplane that is ... exquisitely wrought , a delight to handle , and extraordinarily easy to fly . '' It also allowed Langewiesche to describe the economic squeeze that","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When US Airways Flight 1549 ditched in the Hudson River and all of its 150 passengers and five crew members were safely rescued in January , the landing of the airplane by pilot Chesley Sullenberger was quickly proclaimed the `` Miracle on the Hudson '' and dominated national news for days . A pilot who virtually grew up in airplane cockpits , writer William Langewiesche set out to analyze what happened in the five-minute flight of US Airways 1549 , which lost power in both engines when it collided with a flock of Canada geese . His conclusion after writing a new book `` Fly by Wire '' -- there was no miracle . `` I 'm sure Mr. Sullenberger himself would n't have used that word , '' Langewiesche said in an interview with CNN . `` There was no miracle . There was extremely skillful flying going on and skillful engineering in the background . You can include the flight attendants and the passengers . ... There was a lot of altruism , kind of a bravery , soberness . They were not hysterical , and there was no stampeding . ``"}
-{"answer":"Viva Espana , '' or `` long-live Spain , '' and critics complained that phrase harkened back to the right-wing dictatorship of General Francisco Franco , who led a military uprising in 1936 against the elected government and won a Civil War , ruling Spain until his death in 1975 . `` You have to consider that many Spaniards do n't consider the national anthem as their own . It was played a lot under Franco , '' said Margarita Saenz-Diez , a journalist . Spain is now a democracy , but many still bristle at the military march that 's served for more than two centuries as the national anthem . Spain is made up of many different peoples , and five languages are spoken across the country . The Catalans in the northeast and the Basques in the north already have their own national songs with lyrics . Getting agreement on any lyrics to the national anthem is no easy task and would ultimately have to be approved by Parliament . The president of the Spanish Olympic Committee conceded he does n't know when there will be lyrics for the anthem , and many here say there is","question":"MADRID , Spain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The search is back on for words to the Spanish national anthem . Spain 's basketball team : Able to hum the national anthem , but not sing words . The lack of lyrics in Spain 's anthem has long created awkward moments for winning Spanish athletes at the Olympics . They stand on the podium silently or hum along while winning athletes from other nations sing when their anthem is played during their moment of triumph . With the summer Olympic Games fast-approaching , the Spanish Olympic Committee stirred the lyric-writing impulses of Spaniards by sponsoring a competition to provide words for the anthem . The contest drew 7,000 entries , and an expert panel selected a winner . The committee announced plans for renowned Spanish tenor Placido Domingo to sing the lyrics on Monday . Then , suddenly , the committee discarded the winning lyrics . `` Once Spaniards heard these lyrics , they sparked a lot of controversy , even rejection , '' Alejandro Blanco , president of the Spanish Olympic Committee , told a packed news conference this week . The now-discarded winning lyrics had begun with , ``"}
-{"answer":"'s surprise , that the proceeds of a $ 5 billion bond issue raised hours earlier would n't be used to bail the company out . Odd timing was n't it ? Dubai 's decision to release its statement just before the Eid holiday in the Middle East , and on the eve of Thanksgiving in the U.S. , provoked consternation . `` Dubai have certainly picked their moment to finally own up to a need to restructure their debt . I would imagine the news has ruined a few Thanksgiving dinners today , '' David Morrsion , a strategist at GFT told the Financial Times . Read CNN 's John Defterios ' take on the Dubai debt fears How did the markets react ? Banking stocks led equity markets lower in London and Europe as traders moved to distance themselves from a potential debt hole in the Middle East . Technical problems in London halted trade for some time , providing further frustration for traders with exposure to Dubai World 's lenders . What is Dubai World & Nakheel ? Described on its Web site as `` Dubai 's flag bearer in global investments , '' Dubai World is","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dubai sent investors reeling Thursday after asking creditors to freeze the debt repayments of one of its biggest holding companies , Dubai World . The announcement came after the market close on the eve of the Eid holiday and Thanksgiving in the U.S. , leaving traders ' hands tied over their exposure to investments in the Emirate . Shares dropped in London and Europe as bankers struggled to gauge the implications of the debt freeze without additional guidance from Wall Street . With very little information being distributed from Dubai , the market has been left to question the motives of ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the financial future of Dubai World and its huge portfolio . So what happened ? Late Wednesday , the government of Dubai issued a statement saying it had authorised the Dubai Financial Support Fund to `` spearhead the restructure of Dubai World with immediate effect . '' The first step , it said , was to ask all providers of financing to Dubai World and Nakheel to `` standstill '' its debt repayments until at least May 30 , 2010 . It added , to the market"}
-{"answer":"structure as the country suffers from tax avoidance and other structural impediments to job growth . But younger workers say they already pay high taxes , have little job security and make less money than older generations . Some of the same measures prompted large demonstrations and some violence two weeks ago , but polls at the time still showed the majority of Greeks backing the government plans . Since then , government has introduced a third round of austerity measures in Parliament amounting to $ 6.5 billion of cuts and tax increases , and that has caused support for the government to slip -- polls now show only a bare majority in favor of the government 's actions . The Greek government revealed late last year that its budget deficit was 12.7 percent of its gross domestic product , far exceeding the European Union limit of 3 percent . Countries participating in the EU must agree to that condition and other economic goals . Greece aims to reduce that deficit to 8.7 percent this year and reach the EU target by 2012 . Thursday 's strikes were rescheduled from March 16 , when European Union officials plan to go","question":"Athens , Greece -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands of people marched through Athens Thursday as part of a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest further austerity measures by the embattled government . The strike began at midnight and caused all government-run institutions -- including schools , airports , trams , subways , and most buses -- to close down . Banks and the media were also shut , meaning no broadcast news Thursday and no newspapers Friday . There were small clashes with police and protesters threw two petrol bombs at officers in Constitution Square , in front of the Parliament building . Police fired some tear gas and pepper spray in return , but otherwise the march was relatively calm . Sixteen people were arrested and two police officers were injured , police told CNN . Many people appeared to be suffering from the tear gas . The protesters are angry about further government measures aimed at cutting Greece 's massive deficit . They oppose the cutting of benefits and salaries , and the raising of taxes , and want more of the measures to be aimed at the wealthy . The government says Greece has to modernize its tax"}
-{"answer":"if they 're uncomfortable staying in downtown Morehead , to evacuate further west . And if they choose to stay home , stay away from windows and doors , '' Mayor Jerry Jones told CNN . `` Do n't get out and sightsee and meander around . It is dangerous , and we need to ensure the safety of our public . As the day goes on and we feel like we have more information , we will pass that information on . '' He said that emergency management officials `` feel that everything is contained . '' But at the early stages in the cleanup , they advised keeping people from getting closed to the port . Carteret County officials said U.S. 70 will be closed from 4th Street in Morehead City to the Morehead-Beaufort high-rise bridge for most of the day . The Coast Guard has barred traffic to and from the zone . The Coast Guard captain of the port ordered the facility closed and a 300-yard safety zone has been established to exclude any vessels operating any closer . Jones said the port called the city before 4:45 a.m. ET to say that a product spilled","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An early-morning hazardous material spill has been contained , but officials in Morehead City , North Carolina have closed its port and recommended evacuation of its downtown area after nine containers of high-explosive materials were punctured . The incident occurred when a forklift unloading a vessel punctured a large container and the drums inside it that contained the explosive compound PETN , said Morehead City Police spokeswoman Amy Thompson . PETN was allegedly one of the components of the bomb concealed by Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab , accused of trying to set off an explosion aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it approached Detroit , Michigan , on December 25 . PETN is a highly explosive organic compound belonging to the same chemical family as nitroglycerin . Thompson quoted Morehead City Fire Chief Wes Lail as saying the entire cleanup is a five-step process , and only the first step had been completed . There have been no injuries or any environmental damage , according to Carteret County officials . Some residents and business workers left the area , but Tompson said she did n't know how many . `` Right now our advice to everybody is"}
-{"answer":"for you , talking with concierges , tourist boards , and other travelers to find out the real protocol on when -LRB- and when not -RRB- to reach into your wallet and how much of a tip you should give to waiters , sky caps , maids , doormen , and cabbies all over the world . Of course , tipping is confusing enough for Americans traveling domestically . The expectation is to tip not only big but also often , from the kid handing you a Venti coffee at Starbucks to the multiple hotel hands that rush to open doors , carry bags , and offer an escort to the hotel room . Go abroad and the situation changes . The legion of skycaps , cab drivers , bellboys , and waiters may perform the same services as their U.S. counterparts , but they often have radically different expectations of a tip . You can credit different customs , as well as a service industry with a different wage scale . In the United States , tips usually abet low wages . In other parts of the world , service employees are often paid a living wage . If","question":"-LRB- Travel + Leisure -RRB- -- You 're sitting in a hip Tokyo cafe , having a fish cake and sake . Your server has been especially attentive , so when the check arrives , you think nothing of pulling out some extra yen and leaving a healthy 20 percent tip . But suddenly things go horribly wrong : the server turns wide-eyed , becomes agitated , and walks away . What happened ?! You 'll likely come across more people at a hotel that need to be tipped than anywhere else as you travel . Tipping in Japan and many other Asian countries is simply not a way of life . In fact , it 's usually regarded as a vulgar display of wealth and a disregard for the culture . The same can be true in Europe and Latin America ... though not always . And in the United States , of course , tipping is expected -LRB- and sometimes demanded -RRB- . With expectations all over the map , it 's not surprising that anxiety and confusion about whom to tip -- and how much -- are commonplace for travelers . So we 've done the legwork"}
-{"answer":"become the sport 's oldest-ever holder of a global belt . The World Boxing Council -LRB- WBC -RRB- light heavyweight champion was to defend his title against Chad Dawson late Saturday . Hopkins is significantly older than his opponent . Dawson , currently ranked by Ring Magazine as the fourth-best light heavyweight in the world , is 29 , 17 years younger than the Pennsylvania-born Hopkins . Bozella 's story resonated with Hopkins , who served a five-year stretch in Graterford Prison in Pennsylvania between 1983 and 1988 . So impressed was Hopkins with Bozella that he trained with the newcomer ahead of his much-anticipated fight . `` It inspired me , '' said Hopkins of Bozella . `` He chose to do what he did , and not only did he get freedom , but he got humanity . An opportunity to do something that was taken from him years and years ago . To be on a major , major fight card . `` And now that we became , I can say friends , and have understanding about that dark place that I put myself in , you know , I was n't innocent . But we","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 52-year-old cruiserweight who spent 26 years in prison for a murder he did not commit won his professional boxing debut Saturday night . Dewey Bozella defeated Larry Hopkins by unanimous decision in the four-round match at the Staples Center in Los Angeles . The pugilist served time in New York 's Sing Sing prison after being found guilty of murder in 1983 ; his conviction was overturned two years ago . According to a biography on his website , Bozella was offered several opportunities for an early release if he would admit guilt and show remorse . `` Anger at his imprisonment gave way to determination and instead of becoming embittered , he became a model prisoner '' and earned several degrees , the site says . President Barack Obama called Bozella this week , offering him encouragement in his fight . During his incarceration , Bozella was crowned the Sing Sing heavyweight champion . The main event Saturday night features Bernard Hopkins , 46 , who first became a world champion 16 years ago . The American boxer made history in May when he was awarded a points victory over Canadian Jean Pascal to"}
-{"answer":"spar over land , sovereignty and political power . Kings in the east African nation are limited to a ceremonial role overseeing traditional and cultural affairs . Museveni has accused the Buganda kingdom , which is made of of Bagandans , of receiving foreign funding to carry out a hate campaign against the government . Bagandans are the dominant ethnicity and one of four ancient kingdoms in the nation . Violence flared Thursday when the government said it would not allow the Buganda king to travel to an area inhabited by a renegade rival group . The president said he tried to contact the king to discuss the issue as `` mature people , '' but he could not reach him by phone . After the travel ban , young Bagandans took the streets , stealing ammunition from a police station and confronting officers , whom they accused of harassment . Police and army officers were injured , and at least four people were killed , the nation 's police chief , Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura said Friday . Rioters also burned tires and cars , set buildings on fire and looted stores , according to witnesses . The streets","question":"KAMPALA , Uganda -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gunshots rang out in Uganda 's capital Saturday in a fresh burst of unrest after loyalists of a traditional kingdom battled with government forces for a third day . Residents of the Kasubi suburb , west of Kampala , try to flee from violence as a soldier takes photos . Local media reports put the death toll at 13 since the rioting started , but attempts by CNN to confirm with local authorities were unsuccessful . An uneasy calm had swept over Kampala early in the day as police and the army patrolled the city in military convoys . By midafternoon , witnesses reported gunshots and isolated cases of riots . The unrest Saturday started after rumors circulated by text messages that the king of the Buganda kingdom had been detained , said Judith Nabakooba , a police spokeswoman . But a Buganda kingdom official refuted the rumor . `` It is not true -- the king has not been arrested , '' David Mpanga said . Tensions between the Buganda kingdom -- headed by King Ronald Mutebi II -- and President Yoweri Museveni have intensified in recent years . The two sides"}
-{"answer":"job candidates with employers . '' Oftentimes , hiring managers fall in love with a candidate on paper and then again in an interview , only to find out through a reference check that none of their previous employers would ever hire them again . By checking a candidate 's references , hiring managers save themselves the frustration of hiring a person who is not a good fit for a company . In this economy , where hiring budgets are slim , every hire must be a great fit . '' Provided references are no guarantee Though the majority of employers do check references , others skip this step . Not only is it labor-intensive to check references for people who might not be poised for a job offer , but Jack Harsh , adjunct professor at the University of Richmond Robins School of Business , said that many employers worry about the risk of liability in rejecting a candidate based on poor references . '' -LSB- Hiring -RSB- decisions can not be based on information that is discriminatory in nature , so to avoid any liability , the checks are forgone , '' Harsh said . `` Sadly ,","question":"-LRB- CareerBuilder.com -RRB- -- The importance of references seems to be a hot topic these days . Employers want to make sure they are hiring the right person for the job ; but some thwart the process because checking references can be labor-intensive . On the other hand , job seekers provide references they know will give a glowing report , but employers are getting smarter and finding references you did n't provide . So , what 's the deal ? Do references matter ? Do employers even check them anymore ? What 's the protocol for providing them to a potential employer ? Who are the best people to include as references ? And , if an employer does n't call any of your references , is it a bad sign ? While the definitive answer to any of these questions depends on the employer , overall , yes , references do still matter . The process has just changed . `` References play a huge role in the hiring process , perhaps now more than ever , '' said Heather R. Huhman , founder and president of Come Recommended , an online community that connects internship and entry-level"}
-{"answer":"a clear mandate in favor of the ruling coalition . Standing beside Gandhi , who once again endorsed the choice of Singh for her party 's top job , he thanked voters for their support . He vowed to maintain a stable government that he said would remain committed to secular values . Singh also remarked that he would like Rahul Gandhi , son of his party chief , to become a member of his new Cabinet . Deepak Sandhu , the prime minister 's spokeswoman , told CNN that Singh is expected to hold a meeting of his current Cabinet on Monday . The prime minister , whose coalition may need some extra backing to be able to reclaim power with a majority of 272 lawmakers on its side , threw up an invitation to all secular parties to come and support his government . The fifth and final phase of India 's marathon general election to choose a federal government ended Wednesday . Most of the results of the will be out by the end of the day , election officials said . India is home to about 714 million voters . About 100 million voters registered for","question":"NEW DELHI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared set for a second term as his Congress party and its allies scored a decisive lead over their opponents on Saturday in a vote count after the country 's monthlong general elections . Congress supporters in Banglaore Saturday celebrate the party 's lead in election results . The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance surged ahead in more than 255 of the 543 federal parliamentary boroughs , outpacing the main opposition composed of a grouping led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party -LRB- BJP -RRB- . BJP leader Arun Jaitley conceded defeat , stating that the ruling party will win the election . `` We respect this mandate and accept it , '' Jaitley said . India 's communists , who last year parted ways with the federal government for its civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States , also suffered a massive blow in their stronghold state of West Bengal as they trailed their rivals in more than half of its boroughs . Singh drove down to the home of Sonia Gandhi , the Italian-born head of the Congress party , after trends gave out"}
-{"answer":". `` He 's just told me he 'll do anything to keep me at that time , and he said that he was going to take them and ... kill himself and the kids , '' Agena Battle said . `` But then later on , he told me that it was just to prove to me that , you know , what he 'll do for me . '' Battle also described the moment earlier this month when she knew something was wrong . `` I got home and I realized that the kids were n't there , and Eddie was n't there either , and when I looked on the dresser and read the note , that 's when I realized that my kids are in trouble , '' she said . A week ago , a tearful Battle publicly begged her boyfriend not to harm the children . `` I am asking the public to please help me . I want my children home where they belong , with me , '' she said at an FBI news conference . `` Please , if you see Eddie , the car or the children , please call","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Investigators have found the bodies of three small children and the father who allegedly abducted them from their home in Columbus , Georgia , two weeks ago , the FBI said Wednesday . Eddie Harrington threatened to kill his children before disappearing with them , police say . `` It is my sad duty to report that deceased bodies of these children and Eddie Harrington were located this afternoon , '' said FBI Special Agent Gerald Green . A coroner would confirm the identities , he added . The remains were discovered in a wooded area of Columbus by a person walking nearby , Green said . Watch the FBI say the bodies were in a car '' Eddie Harrington , 28 , whom police described as depressed , took the children March 5 , police said . Before he left , Harrington sent a letter indicating his intent to kill his twin 23-month-old girls , Aliyah and Agana Battle , and his son , Cedric Harrington , 3 , officials said . The day before Wednesday 's grisly discovery , the children 's mother told CNN 's Nancy Grace that Harrington had threatened them before"}
-{"answer":"from the lake '' Zowin and his wife , Kathy , have owned Lake Delton Watersports for almost three decades . In addition to running a marina , the couple offers parasail rides and rents boats . Personal watercraft and ski boats are their most popular wares , he said . `` My gross income will be reduced by about 75 percent , and that 's huge , '' he said Wednesday . `` It 's a big step backwards for someone who 's been in business for 29 years . '' Zowin , 56 , says that most of the tourists hail from metropolises like Chicago , Illinois ; St. Paul\/Minneapolis , Minnesota ; and Madison and Milwaukee , Wisconsin -- all `` within a gas tank of the Dells . '' They start trickling in on Father 's Day , and tourism booms between Independence Day and mid-August , he said . Like many business owners around Lake Delton , Zowin is seeing canceled reservations from disenchanted visitors who will be spending their summers elsewhere . Asked whether visitors were canceling reservations at her lakeside resort , one owner who did n't want to give her name replied","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When the water of Lake Delton ripped through the highway and drained into the Wisconsin River this week , so did the lifeline for much of the surrounding community . Boats sit mired in mud Tuesday after Lake Delton drained into the Wisconsin River the day before . Lake Delton Village and Wisconsin Dells , the self-professed `` waterpark capital of the world , '' are home to about 5,000 residents . But the area 's motels , resorts and vacation homes can accommodate more than 10 times that , according to the visitors bureau . Innkeepers , restaurateurs and other business owners were getting ready for the typically bustling tourist season this week when torrential rains sent the 267-acre lake rushing through an embankment propping up Highway A . The manmade lake sucked a 200-foot swath of highway and a half-dozen homes into the Wisconsin with it . `` I was on the water when I realized the plug had been pulled , '' said Steve Zowin , who was towing a capsized pontoon boat when he noticed the water level quickly diminishing . `` It drained like a bathtub . '' Watch a report"}
-{"answer":"in her early 20s living in Tijuana , Mexico , who dreams of winning the Miss Baja title . The day before she is to audition for the pageant , Laura and her friend Suzu -LRB- Lakshmi Picazo -RRB- , also an aspiring beauty queen , end up in a seedy nightclub populated by dangerous men and the women who love them -LRB- which includes Suzu -RRB- . A victim of `` wrong place at wrong time '' syndrome , Laura ends up being the only living witness to a massacre perpetrated by Lino -LRB- Hernandez -RRB- the local drug kingpin and his gang , as they storm the nightclub . While searching for Jessica the next morning , Laura makes the mistake of trusting a local traffic officer with her story and things go markedly downhill from there . Lino takes an immediate shine to Laura -LRB- who would n't ? -RRB- and rather brazenly begins to use her in his criminal endeavors , including running cash across the border for weapons , all in exchange not only for the safety of her father and brother , but also so Lino will fix the beauty pageant . It 's","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gerardo Naranjo 's `` Miss Bala '' is one of these films that comes along every so often that captures the imaginations of the critics and has most of us dancing around singing `` Hallelujah . '' Every time this happens , however , there are one or two critics of otherwise sound mind who have a less than enthusiastic reaction . This time it 's my turn . Not to say that `` Miss Bala '' is n't an entertaining , well made and thought provoking film . It is . It also boasts some exceptional acting work from its lead , Stephanie Sigman , as well as a chilling turn from Noe Hernandez , as the menacing gangster who insinuates himself into her life . It 's just that I was n't blown away and while we critics do n't exactly have a hive mind , when you come across a film that is worshiped by many colleagues who you respect that you simply `` like , '' you wonder if only for a moment , whether there 's something wrong with you . Laura -LRB- Sigman -RRB- is a stunningly beautiful young woman"}
-{"answer":", hard won from Taliban fighters . The militants , Nadeem says , have fled to nearby mountains . On the ground , he shows off a cache of weapons seized in the fighting . The soldiers are keen to boast their victory . Mingora remains on high alert . A curfew has been lifted for morning hours , although soldiers keep close watch on those who venture out . The city 's pain is plainly evident on its scarred , deserted streets . Many shops are shuttered or destroyed . Watch Stan Grant tour the shattered streets of Mingora '' The United Nations estimates that 375,000 Swat Valley residents fled their homes during the fighting . In all , 2.5 million Pakistanis were displaced in what was said to be one of the largest human migrations in recent history . About 260,000 people have been living in 21 refugee camps in neighboring Mardan , Swabi , Nowshera , Peshawar and Charssada districts , but the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees say the `` vast majority '' of internally displaced Pakistanis have been staying with host families , rented houses or in schools . The government plans to return","question":"MINGORA , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gen. Nadeem Ahmad swirls the helicopter over Pakistan 's ground zero . Below is the Swat Valley of North West Frontier Province . A Pakistani soldier patrols a ruined street in Mingora . From the air , the valley in the foothills of the Hindu Kush looks undisturbed . Green fields amid clusters of drab houses . A closer look at Swat reveals how well the Pakistani Army fared in its military campaign to wipe out the militants . The cost of success : massive destruction that is sure to hamper the lives of already suffering residents just starting to trickle back to the homes they fled . A few months ago , ferocious battles between Pakistan 's Army and Taliban fighters erupted here -- in Swat , Buner and Lower Dir districts . War 's remnants serve as a constant reminder . A destroyed bridge . Pockmarked houses . Hotels that look like they 've been abandoned for years . Nadeem maneuvers the chopper to circle Mingora , the largest city in the Swat Valley . From the hilltop Army sentry posts that come into view , soldiers survey the ground below"}
-{"answer":"its ammunition and prisoners set free before rioters burned the prison , Nabakooba said . A curfew has been declared in the suburb , and in Kampala the army is providing support to police , said Kayihura . A doctor at a Kampala hospital said more than 50 people had sought care there , most with broken bones , but others had cuts and gunshot wounds . About 60 people were arrested in Kampala , but arrest totals in the surrounding areas were not available , Nabakooba said . Four radio stations were ordered shut down , Masiko said . Many of the rioters were Baganda between the ages of 18 and 35 , Nabakooba said . The Baganda are Uganda 's dominant ethnic group , making up about 16.9 percent of the population , according to The CIA World Factbook . The kingdom is one of the oldest monarchies in Africa . The people live mostly in central Uganda and along the shoreline of Lake Victoria . Tension between the Buganda Kingdom , headed by King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II , and Uganda President Yoweri Museveni had been increasing recently over land laws , sovereignty and political power ,","question":"KAMPALA , Uganda -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least four people have been killed in two days of rioting in Uganda 's capital after radio broadcasts encouraged listeners to violently take to the streets against the government , officials said Friday . Residents of the Kasubi suburb , west of Kampala , try to flee from violence as a soldier takes photos . The rioters heard `` sectarian '' broadcasts on Thursday that `` systematically incited the listeners to cause chaos and destruction wherever they could , '' said a statement issued by Minister of Information and National Guidance Kabakumba Masiko . It described those who took part in the rioting in Kampala and its suburbs as '' marauding thugs . '' The broadcasts aired in the Buganda Kingdom , said police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba . Ethnic and political tension between the kingdom and the central government had been escalating over the past few weeks . Police and army officers were injured and police-owned property also was damaged along with other vehicles and shops , said the nation 's police chief , Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura . In Natete-Ndeba , a southwest suburb , a police station was looted of"}
-{"answer":"cars . And even then , I understood that the marinas were the real lifeblood of the community . On my most recent visit to Hilton Head , my brothers and their wives joined me , while my parents stayed home with the gaggle of grandkids . The tables had turned . But I discovered a few constants remain : From fresh cobia -LRB- available only in May and June -RRB- to wild shrimp caught in local waters , ordering `` market price '' from the menu is n't a bad way to go . Water is everywhere . And each marina celebrates the spirit of the island with its own special style . Explore them , one by one . SouthernLiving.com : A coastal S.C. retreat Harbour Town : The classic Known for its candy-striped , red-and-white lighthouse , the Harbour Town marina is easily the most-touristed waterfront on Hilton Head . Large yachts moor behind the newly expanded seawall , shops stock the requisite `` I heart Hilton Head '' souvenirs , and water sport outfitters launch Jet Skis and hoist Para-Sails in Calibogue Sound . The waterside restaurants do n't shine for their innovative cuisine , but","question":"-LRB- Southern Living -RRB- -- When I was 5 , my parents went to a conference on Hilton Head Island and let me tag along , leaving my brothers landlocked in central Mississippi . Two memories stand out from my first encounter with the watery majesty of this Southern icon . Hilton Head Island 's relaxed atmosphere is ideal for families . For starters , it 's the first place I ever heard the term `` market price . '' Daddy encouraged me to eat whatever I wanted at restaurants -- no kid 's menu here -- so I tried my hand at swordfish . I figured anything so fresh they could n't put a price on it until the day it was served had to be good . And for years , I ordered based on that idea . From the right side of the menu . If it was fresh -LRB- and expensive -RRB- , it had to be the best . More boats than cars Second , water was everywhere . I 'd been to the beach before , but never an actual island . It seemed like Hilton Head had more boats than my hometown had"}
-{"answer":"for the Study and Treatment of Loss . The waiting finally came to an end for Hosty on Thursday evening when she heard through a cousin that her mother was alive . And though she has n't been able to speak with Theravil directly , she 's sleeping again . `` I know there are other problems that are coming with food and water , but I feel relief that she 's not dead , '' Hosty said . `` My cousin said my mommy is OK . '' The toll of the quake is not yet known , but government officials said deaths may exceed 100,000 . Emergency crews have already arrived in the Port-au-Prince area , but there are no indications when communication lines will be restored . Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere , with a weak infrastructure even before the earthquake . The panic , anger and sadness since the quake are similar to the responses seen after the September 11 attacks , Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami . Those unexpected disasters claimed many lives and left family members who suffered losses to grieve for years , psychology experts say","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Is she hurt ? Is she getting help ? Is she even alive ? Those were the jumbled thoughts that raced through Sereth Hosty 's mind in her Long Island , New York , home as she tirelessly scoured the news and Web for clues to the whereabouts of her elderly mother in Haiti . Since an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck Tuesday , Augusta Thervil , 83 , was among the growing number of people who had gone missing in the Port-au-Prince area . And her daughter was among those living in limbo . `` I check . I check . I check , '' Hosty said earlier this week . She had spent two days trying to reach her mother , neighbors and family friends by phone . She even placed a posting on CNN.com 's iReport with her mother 's picture . With phone lines and electricity down , people with family and friends in Haiti are struggling to live with uncertainty . `` To not know and be waiting is one of the most difficult situations to be in , '' said Therese Rando , clinical director of the Institute"}
-{"answer":"about what I feel in my heart and end all of the understandings , '' she said . `` They 're not being nice to the Dalai Lama , who is a friend of mine , '' Stone said on camera at the time , discussing the Chinese . `` And then all of this earthquake and all this happened and I thought , is that karma ? When you 're not nice , that bad things happen to you ? '' Qin Gang , spokesman for China 's Foreign Ministry , said Stone `` should do more to promote understanding and friendship between nations . '' French fashion house Christian Dior said it would drop Stone from its advertisements in China after her May 22 remarks . `` We absolutely disagree with her hasty comments , and we are also deeply sorry about them , '' Dior said in a statement from its Shanghai , China , headquarters . But Stone said she was `` deeply saddened by the pain that this whole situation has caused the victims of the devastating earthquake in China . '' As of Friday , the death toll from the May 12 magnitude-7 .9","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Actress Sharon Stone said in a statement Saturday that she `` could not be more regretful '' of her comments this month regarding the earthquake in China , in which she suggested that the quake was an act of `` karma . '' Sharon Stone made the controversial remarks before she hosted a charity auction at the Cannes Film Festival . `` Yes , I misspoke , '' said the statement released by Stone 's publicist and entitled `` In my own words by Sharon Stone . '' `` I could not be more regretful of that mistake . It was unintentional . I apologize . Those words were never meant to be hurtful to anyone , '' Stone said . `` They were an accident of my distraction and a product of news sensationalism . '' Stone said Saturday that she was issuing the statement to set the record straight about the comments she made to a reporter at the Cannes Film Festival . The statement drew fire from citizens and government officials . `` There have been numerous reports about what I said in Cannes . I would like to set the record straight"}
-{"answer":"`` I think it 's possible when people have stopped being as angry at the Bush administration as they are now ... that they will realize that some of this is just ... the luck of the draw . '' Kellerman , author of the book `` Bad Leadership : What It Is , How It Happens , Why It Matters , '' noted that Bush has not had luck on his side for the past eight years . `` He -LSB- Bush -RSB- has been a quite unlucky president . Certain things happened on his watch that most people do n't have to deal with -- a 9\/11 , a -LSB- Hurricane -RSB- Katrina , the financial crisis , being three obvious examples , '' she said . `` And yet they happened on his watch . He is being blamed , '' she said . And that fact -- coupled with approval ratings around 27 percent , according to CNN 's poll released October 21 -- is in large part why Obama and Democrats won big on November 4 . Douglas Brinkley , a presidential historian and professor at Rice University , said the country is dealing with","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With record low approval ratings and intense criticism for his handling of the Iraq war , Hurricane Katrina and the economy , the word most used to label George W. Bush 's presidency will be `` incompetent , '' historians say . President Bush makes remarks on the presidential transition November 6 . `` Right now there is not a lot of good will among historians . Most see him as a combination of many negative factors , '' said Julian Zelizer , a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University 's Woodrow Wilson School . `` He is seen as incompetent in terms of how he handled domestic and foreign policy . He is seen as pushing for an agenda to the right of the nation and doing so through executive power that ignored the popular will , '' he added . But like so many presidents before him , Bush 's reputation could change with time . Harvard University political history scholar Barbara Kellerman said when President-elect Barack Obama takes over in January , people may view Bush in a new light . Watch Bush address staff about transition of power ''"}
-{"answer":"of severe thunderstorms Sunday brought heavy rain and hail , and prompted tornado warnings from Florida to Virginia , the weather service said . A tornado touched down in Oakland Park , Florida , just north of Fort Lauderdale , between 8 and 8:30 a.m. Monday , said Tyrone Mosley , a weather service specialist . There was debris but no immediate report of injuries , he said . In North Carolina , at least eight unconfirmed tornadoes were spotted along the Interstate 85 corridor between Charlotte and Greensboro on Sunday evening . Metal roofing was ripped off an industrial building in Belmont , west of Charlotte , littering nearby trees with clumps of yellow insulation . News14 : Spencer residents survey damage after storm Multiple mobile homes were overturned in Linwood , outside of Lexington , and at least three people were reported injured . And what looked like a huge funnel cloud loomed over High Point , near Greensboro . `` It 's been a very active evening for most of central North Carolina , '' said Julia Jarema , spokeswoman for the state 's Division of Emergency Management . The storms caused power outages throughout the state","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Severe storms hammered North Carolina on Sunday evening , but no fatalities had been reported as of Monday morning , and injuries were minor , officials said . Residents reported as many as eight tornadoes touching down -- overturning mobile homes , ripping out trees and plunging neighborhoods into darkness . Survey crews were meeting with local officials throughout the state to get a clearer picture of the storm damage , said Ernie Seneca , spokesman for the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety . There were reports of damaged houses and downed trees , but injuries were limited , he said . `` It looks like people heeded the warning to seek shelter when the storm came , '' he said . `` It really did sound like a train . It was pure noise , '' said William Schlaeppi , who lives on a farm in High Point , North Carolina , where the National Weather Service reported damage to at least 20 homes . `` I literally watched my fields disappear in front of me under a wall of water -- circular , spinning water . '' A broad band"}
-{"answer":"October 15 with bilking Medicare of $ 6 million dollars by fraudulently billing the government for electric wheelchairs and other expensive medical equipment . The two , allegedly members of an organized crime ring , entered pleas of not guilty and are being held in a federal detention center . `` They deny any allegations of wrongdoing , '' said their attorney , James Kosnett . Defrauding government-run health care programs involves stealing two types of identities : those of doctors , who bill for services , and patients , whose beneficiary numbers entitle them to medical care and necessary equipment . Criminals are expert at collecting both . Watch doctor tell what happened when his identity was stolen `` That information is very , very valuable to these crooks . And the doctor may work at one clinic but he wo n't know about the second and third clinic that they 've already set up using his identification , '' said Glenn Ferry , special agent in charge of the Los Angeles region for the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General . `` They are definitely well-organized , well-schooled on how to commit Medicare fraud . ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Organized crime gangs are exploiting a new target for illegal profit : Medicare and Medicaid . Experienced in running drug , prostitution and gambling rings , crime groups of various ethnicities and nationalities are learning it 's safer and potentially more profitable to file fraudulent claims with the federal Medicare program and state-run Medicaid plans . `` They 're hitting us and hitting us hard , '' said Timothy Menke , head of investigations for the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services . `` Organized crime involvement in health care fraud is widespread . '' One hot spot for health care fraud is Los Angeles , California , where Russian , Armenian and Nigerian gangs have been caught by federal agents . Recent cases include crime boss Konstantin Grigoryan , a former Soviet army colonel who pleaded guilty to taking $ 20 million from Medicare . Karapet `` Doc '' Khacheryan , boss of a Eurasian crime gang , was recently convicted with five lieutenants of stealing doctor identities in a $ 2 million scam . Two Nigerians , Christopher Iruke and his wife , Connie Ikpoh , were charged"}
-{"answer":", magnetic strip or computer chip . It would also match the ID to the boarding pass . The system will alert screeners if either document does not pass validation . If the issue is easily rectifiable , such as misspelling of the passenger 's name , the TSA may allow the person to proceed . If not immediately resolved , the passenger will be directed to a TSA supervisor . `` This technology will help facilitate risk-based security , while making the process more effective and efficient , '' TSA Administrator John S. Pistole said . The TSA has awarded contracts of $ 79 million each to three companies : BAE Systems Information Solutions , NCR Government Systems and Trans Digital Technologies , LLC . Each company will provide 10 machines for testing at U.S. airports . The TSA has not disclosed which airports will get the machines . In August , the TSA 's chief privacy officer issued a report saying the machines have minimal privacy implications because only a limited amount of personal information is collected by the machines and because this information `` is deleted after use . '' A TSA spokeswoman said earlier versions of","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a move that could improve security and keep airport lines moving , the Transportation Security Administration early next year will begin testing machines that match a traveler 's boarding pass with his or her government-issued ID , while verifying that both documents are authentic . The machines will assist the TSA `` travel document checkers , '' who now conduct checks assisted only by ultraviolet flashlights and magnifying loupes . In 2006 , an Indiana University doctoral student created a website allowing people to create fake boarding passes to demonstrate how a known terrorist on the `` No Fly '' list could use a fake boarding pass to get past a checkpoint . Once on the other side , the terrorist could use a real boarding pass acquired under an alias to board a plane . And in June , a Nigerian man was arrested after he flew across the country allegedly with a false boarding pass . Authorities said they found several other phony boarding passes in his luggage . The new technology would authenticate government-issued IDs by comparing written information on the card with information encoded in the ID 's bar codes"}
-{"answer":"an early model has been built and Lackner is in the process of writing a proposal for consideration by the U.S. Department of Energy . He personally explained the concept in a 45-minute meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu last month at a three-day symposium on climate change in London . `` He was there and I was there and he showed interest , '' Lackner told CNN . `` That 's exciting , but I do n't particularly want to discuss this in a public forum because I think this gives me a little bit of an opportunity to tailor my proposals to the Department of Energy in a way that makes them more palatable . '' Lackner started working on the concept of an ambient carbon catcher in 1998 . `` I argued back then and I still argue that the reason this can be done , from a theoretical point of view , is that the CO2 in the air is actually surprisingly concentrated , therefore the device you need to collect CO2 is quite small . '' The `` synthetic tree '' looks more like a public convenience block than a hi-tech method of reducing","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Scientists in the United States are developing a `` synthetic tree '' capable of collecting carbon around 1,000 times faster than the real thing . A conceptual design of how the `` synthetic tree '' might look should they ever reach the stage of production . As the wind blows though plastic `` leaves , '' the carbon is trapped in a chamber , compressed and stored as liquid carbon dioxide . The technology is similar to that used to capture carbon from flue stacks at coal-fired power plants , but the difference is that the `` synthetic tree '' can catch carbon anytime , anywhere . `` Half of your emissions come from small , distributed sources where collection at the site is either impossible or impractical , '' said Professor Klaus Lackner , Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University . `` We aim for applications like gasoline in cars or jet fuel in airplanes . We are going after CO2 that otherwise is nearly impossible to collect , '' he told CNN . While the idea of carbon-catchers may sound far-fetched ,"}
-{"answer":"to give her a new lease of life . Va Bene came with an interesting pedigree . She had originally been commissioned by a Greek ship owner in 1992 to a design by Richard Hein -LRB- of Oceanco fame -RRB- and built by Kees Cornelissen in Holland . She was then purchased by F1 motor racing supremo Bernie Ecclestone before being sold to an American . A steel-hulled displacement yacht with a cruising speed of about 14 knots , Va Bene can accommodate 12 guests in six separate sleeping cabins and has a crew complement of 13 . Having lived with Va Bene for a couple of years , Eric Clapton finally felt the time was right for a refit . Clapton was particularly keen for the work to be carried out in the UK , partly because he wanted to buy British but also because he could keep a close eye on proceedings . Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth , Cornwall , was an obvious choice . Roger Taylor , the drummer with Queen has his yacht Tiger Lilly refitted regularly in Falmouth and Pete Townsend of the Who is another famous client . Pendennis Shipyard representative Alastair Heane was","question":"LONDON , England -- In his autobiography , Eric Clapton admits that he enjoys nothing more than sitting in a deck chair on a white sandy beach watching his children playing in the sea . Private getaway : Eric Clapton enjoys spending time relaxing on his superyacht Va Bene . It 's the perfect antidote to a punishing tour schedule , and with gigs in the U.S. , Canada , the UK , Scandinavia and Europe so far this year , getting away from it all is an experience he values . He found that he was particularly at ease aboard the 157 ft -LRB- 47.8 m -RRB- motor yacht Va Bene , which he chartered in 2005 and cruised with friends around the Mediterranean . The sheltered port of Bonifacio at the southern end of Corsica became one of his favorite haunts . In fact , Clapton enjoyed Va Bene so much that he bought her . It was the first time he 'd ever had to borrow money to buy something , but he had fallen for the yacht , despite her 13 years and slightly dated looks . Besides there was always the possibility of updating her"}
-{"answer":"he realized I saw him . Then he told me that he has a girlfriend on the side . The items were meant for her . He told me not to tell his wife . '' Watch footage of Fritzl on vacation at a Thai beach resort '' The pair had also ventured to Oktoberfest . Paul H said he had visited Fritzl 's house three times , the last in 2005 . `` We sat out on the terrace and had a really nice evening . ... The kids were well-behaved , however ; they had a great respect for their father . They were never allowed downstairs into the cellar , but we never thought anything of it , '' he told Bild . `` Now that I think of the dungeon down there , I feel really sick in the stomach . '' Paul H said Fritzl was a DIY `` genius , '' constantly extending and building on to the house . Meanwhile , family members at the center of the incest and imprisonment case have held an `` astonishing '' reunion , medical officials said . `` They met each other on Sunday morning ,","question":"AMSTETTEN , Austria -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Josef Fritzl , who Austrian police say has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven of her children , twice holidayed in Thailand while she remained trapped in a cellar below his house , according to German media reports . Josef Fritzl appeared in court after admitting raping his daughter and fathering her seven children . Germany 's Bild newspaper quoted a holiday companion , identified only as Paul H , who said he and 73-year-old Fritzl traveled to Thailand together twice and spent time in each other 's homes . `` He went -LSB- to Thailand -RSB- without his wife ; apparently she had to look after the children . ... Once he had a very long massage from a young Thai girl at the beach . He really loved that , '' Paul H told the newspaper , which featured video of Fritzl laughing and receiving a massage in Thailand on its Web site . `` Once I saw how Josef bought an evening dress and racy lingerie for a very slim woman in Pattaya -LSB- Thailand -RSB- on the beach . He got really angry when"}
-{"answer":", '' she said . CNN was given limited access to about a dozen boys . They had all been kidnapped by the Taliban and taken to camps where they would be trained to kill ; trained to be suicide bombers . Watch Grant 's exclusive interview with a wanted a Taliban leader '' CNN can not reveal the boys ' names ; they have handkerchiefs tied across their faces to conceal their identities . The army fears they could face retribution should they be returned to their homes and families . The boys sit in a circle as I try to get them to open up about their ordeal . What happened ? Were they brutalized ? What did the Taliban ask them to do ? So many questions . They answer hesitatingly , their voices barely a whisper . `` The first day they beat us and then made us exercise , '' one boy said . `` They made us run and told us you will wage jihad . '' They said the Taliban especially poisoned their minds against the Pakistan army . `` They just told us that they -LRB- army -RRB- are against Islam ,","question":"SWAT VALLEY , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The boys shuffle into the room in a remote army base high in the mountains of Pakistan 's Swat Valley . They are disheveled , disoriented . These boys say they were kidnapped by the Taliban and trained to be suicide bombers . There are no smiles , their eyes stare at the floor . These are the lost souls of Pakistan 's battle with the Taliban . Each has a story of terror to tell , but the trauma runs so deep they ca n't even begin to properly find the words to describe what they have been through . That task is best left to the psychiatrist who , with her team , was brought in to try to pick through the pieces of this nightmare ; to make sense of the brutality here and try to put broken lives back together . Watch Stan Grant 's report on the boys '' Dr. Fareeha Peracha describes these boys variously as '' psychotic , '' `` depressed , '' and in some cases , `` psychopathic . '' `` They have been brainwashed . Brainwashed against people like you and me"}
-{"answer":"for privacy reasons when she warned them they had issued accounts that were being used by a minor to bank illegal funds , reports said . '' He was an intelligent boy who worked out how to cheat the system and play it for all it was worth , '' she told Australia 's Sun Herald newspaper . '' As his parent and legal guardian , I begged the banks to stop giving him accounts and debit cards but each time I got nowhere because of the Privacy Act . '' She said her suspicions were aroused four years ago when her son began spending lavishly . She told the Sun-Herald she later uncovered a log book listing thousands of dollars worth of transactions with eBay . The boy , now 19 , allegedly deceived the Commonwealth Bank into opening an account after fronting up to the bank with a birth certificate and a friend over the age of 18 who claimed to be his guardian , according to reports in Australian media . '' Once he secured that , he was able to accumulate check and Visa debit accounts with many other financial institutions including Westpac , the Bank","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Australian woman is suing the nation 's top four banks for their alleged role in laundering money from her teenage son 's $ 200,000 eBay scam that afforded him a $ 6,000-a-day playboy lifestyle . Australian media reported that in 2007 , the then 14 year old boy was making so much money selling non-existent laptops , mobile phones and watches on eBay he could afford to book a $ 4300-a-night penthouses overlooking Sydney Harbour , fly friends interstate for lavish parties and hire limousines to take him to the beach . A spokesman for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia confirmed to CNN that the woman from the south coast of New South Wales , who along with her son can not be named for legal reasons , had launched an action in the Supreme Court seeking damages over the scam . Reports said she was seeking an apology from the Commonwealth Bank , ANZ , Westpac and NAB for '' unconscionable conduct '' after allegedly allowing her son to open numerous bank accounts with debit cards `` without reasonable scrutiny '' . She claims the banks ignored her or refused to discuss the matter"}
-{"answer":"`` Boy came round the corner ; he was like , ` Get down , ' and he just started shooting , '' 16-year-old victim Andrew Jackson told WSVN . Watch as resident describes scene as `` war zone '' '' Six of the nine shot were current or former Northwestern Senior High School students , Alfonso said . `` It was like a war zone , '' resident Joan Rutherford told WSVN . `` I witnessed this guy laying there with his face , looked like it was completely tore off . His eyes was all I could see , and he had a grip on some money and gasping and trying to lift his head up to say something . '' Police Chief John Timoney said that at least one man with an AK-47 `` discharged numerous rounds , then ran around the corner . There were some more rounds discharged there from an AK-47 and another weapon . '' One of those wounded was in critical condition Saturday and undergoing surgery , Timoney said . `` We are convinced that because of the amount of people out here last night that there is somebody that knows the","question":"MIAMI , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Miami police issued a plea for information Saturday after at least one person with an assault rifle opened fire on a crowd of people on a streetcorner Friday night , killing two teens and wounding seven other people . Evidence markers dot the Miami street where nine people were gunned down with an AK-47 Friday night . `` We need the community to come together , someone come forward and give us a tip , '' Miami Police Officer Kenia Alfonso told CNN . `` There are a lot of people in that area . Someone must have seen something , someone must know who could 've done this horrific crime . '' Alfonso said two teens , ages 16 and 18 , died in the attack , which broke up a game of craps in front of a grocery store about 9:50 p.m. Friday in the city 's Liberty City neighborhood . Five of the shooting victims were still in the hospital Saturday night , according to CNN affiliate WSVN . Others told WSVN that a masked man with an AK-47 burst onto the scene and ordered everyone to the ground ."}
-{"answer":"storm dropped five to 11 inches of rain in a short period of time , causing Kingfisher Creek to rise 25 feet and overflow its banks , said Capt. Chris West of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol . `` It 's the highest it 's ever been , '' West said . `` There 's about 200 to 300 people that are displaced out of their homes . '' By 6 p.m. floodwaters in Kingfisher had begun to subside , but the storm system had not yet exited the state , Ooten said . Flood warnings were issued until midnight for parts of eastern Oklahoma , she said . The helicopter rescue operation got under way Sunday morning , after authorities got a call alerting them that a pickup truck containing two passengers had been swept from a bridge over Kingfisher Creek , West said . First , a helicopter dropped life vests to the couple , whose pickup truck was nearly obscured by the water . Soon afterward , their truck was simply swept away , and the pair were left to fend for themselves in the water until the rescue helicopter approached . First , a rescuer grabbed the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The remnants of Tropical Storm Erin turned central Oklahoma into a wash basin Sunday , with rescuers on helicopters plucking people from flood waters and rooftops and ferrying them to safety . A flood victim hangs precariously during a rescue flight Sunday . Two people died and at least two others were hurt , said Michelann Ooten , a spokesman for the state 's emergency operations center in Oklahoma City . A middle-aged man who had stopped to help another person wound up drowning in his vehicle near Kingfisher , Oklahoma , and an elderly woman in Fort Cobb , Oklahoma , who had sought protection in her storm cellar drowned there , Ooten said . The injuries occurred when either straight-line winds or a tornado destroyed a house in Watonga , she said . `` I 'm certain there are many more injured , '' she said . `` This is all courtesy Erin , the new four-letter word , '' she said . Officials were searching for three other people who had been traveling together near Carnegie , Oklahoma , and were reported missing , she said . In Kingfisher , Oklahoma , the"}
-{"answer":", '' he added , `` but we are hoping that with Islamic sharia law , our lives will get better . '' Across this overwhelmingly Muslim country , there is widespread hope that adopting a strict code of law based on the Koran will transform a society where corruption is rampant and where at least a quarter of the population lives under the poverty line . Watch why the Taliban 's message would resonate Enforcement of sharia law is the platform the Taliban have been using to justify recent land-grabs , such as last week 's armed occupation of the district of Buner , some 60 miles from the Pakistani capital . In an interview with CNN , Muslim Khan , the Taliban spokesman in the militant stronghold of Swat Valley , denounced the Pakistani government , calling the prime minister and lawmakers '' un-Islamic . '' `` They 're making money like in a supermarket , '' Khan said , adding that under sharia law both the rich and the poor would be treated equally . Militants have slowly taken over territory in northwestern Pakistan by first targeting unpopular landlords and bureaucrats , according to Amnesty International ,","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In radio broadcasts and sermons , Taliban militants have been promoting themselves as Islamic Robin Hoods , defending Pakistan 's rural poor from a ruling elite that they describe as corrupt and oppressive . Mohammed Daoud , with his son Faisal , is among those who have embraced the Taliban 's message . That message has been resonating throughout the Pakistani countryside , where the culture is deeply conservative and the people are desperately poor . In farmlands just 15 miles -LRB- 24 kilometers -RRB- from the center of Islamabad , Mohammed Daoud and his 15-year-old son Faisal eke out a living by cutting grass for their four water buffalo . They feed their family of seven , earning the equivalent of around $ 50 a month by selling buffalo milk . Two months ago , Daoud said , the government bulldozed his family 's house , probably because they were illegally squatting on property they did not own . `` Justice -LSB- in Pakistan -RSB- is only for people who have money , '' Daoud said , while slicing through handfuls of grass with a small scythe . `` We are illiterate"}
-{"answer":"measures must be tailored to each country 's situation -- our financial systems are different , -LSB- the -RSB- structures of our systems are very different -- there is a common recognition of more capital and government financing to help restart credit markets , '' he said . Italy hosted the meeting in its role as G-7 president for 2009 . G-7 members includes the United States , Germany , Japan , France , Italy , Britain and Canada . The agenda drawn up by Rome calls for adopting global measures and economic policy reforms capable of stabilizing the world economy and ensuring transparency to allow markets to function correctly . Watch CNN correspondents on the impact of job losses around the world '' Geithner spoke just after the U.S. Senate gave final approval late Friday to a $ 787 billion recovery package to boost the U.S. economy . He told attendees that the package `` provides a very powerful mix of investments and tax cuts to create jobs and to strengthen our long-term growth potential . '' `` As we act together to build a strong foundation for economic growth and recovery , we need to begin the process","question":"ROME , Italy -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The world 's richest countries committed to `` any further action that may prove necessary '' to restore confidence in the global financial system , their finance ministers said as they wrapped up a two-day meeting in Rome . U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is calling on governments to help restart the flow of credit . The Group of Seven finance ministers also urged countries not to close their markets to goods and services from abroad . `` An open system of global trade and investment is indispensable for global prosperity , '' they said in a statement at the end of their meeting Saturday . `` Protectionist measures ... would only exacerbate the downturn '' in the worldwide economy . The ministers said the global banking crisis had revealed `` fundamental weaknesses in the international financial system '' and called for urgent reform . Watch workers put pressure on the ministers '' New U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner , making his international debut at the meetings , called on governments to focus on stabilizing and strengthening financial systems and help restart the flow of credit . `` Although the precise mix of"}
-{"answer":"people 's residences have been involved in violent encounters with humans . In September , an 80-year-old man was attacked by a kangaroo at an exotic-animal farm in Green Camp . In June , an escaped `` pet '' grivet monkey scratched two girls while he was on the loose in Fremont . In August 2010 , a bear fatally mauled its caretaker on the owner 's property in Columbus Station . Born Free USA tracks such cases in our Exotic Animal Incidents Database . We list 86 incidents involving exotic animals in Ohio in recent years , and probably many other such encounters have gone unreported . Nationwide , our database lists nearly 1,600 incidents . There is no excuse for wild , potentially dangerous , exotic animals to be kept in private hands . Ohio is one of a handful of states with woefully few regulations on the books to govern such questionable close contact with wildlife , and Born Free USA has been pushing for years to get a stronger law enacted in the state . In 2006 , the Ohio Legislature quickly introduced a bill to restrict private possession of exotics after an Ashtabula County woman","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Exotic animals should live in the wild , not be exploited in profit-motivated zoos -- or worse \u00e2 $ '' as `` pets '' or backyard oddities by people who have a deeply misguided sense of dominion or ownership . What happened in Ohio on Tuesday and Wednesday has drawn dramatic attention to the private possession of exotics , an issue that is a major component of Born Free USA 's mission to protect wildlife . On Wednesday , 56 exotic animals \u00e2 $ '' including lions , tigers , bears , giraffes and wolves \u00e2 $ '' were freed from their captivity at a rural residence outside Zanesville . Police report the animals ' `` owner , '' 62-year-old Terry Thompson , let the animals out of their cages before he killed himself . Forty-nine of the animals -- including 18 tigers and 17 lions -- were shot dead by law enforcement officers . Thankfully , other than Thompson 's death , no human injuries have been reported as a result of this situation . Ohio has had a recent flurry of incidents in which exotic animals being held by private individuals in or outside"}
-{"answer":", Egypt , which just won the African Cup of Nations for a second straight time , is ranked 29th , fourth best among African teams . '' Do you think FIFA 's rankings count for much ? Let us know in the Sound Off box below . For example , France , who reached the World Cup final in 2006 are down in 12th , while England , who failed to even qualify for Euro 2008 , are ninth . Furthermore , Les Bleus were at their lowest-ever standing in the rankings in April 1998 , when they were down in 25th . Three months later , they lifted the World Cup . From 2001-06 , Mexico were anchored in the top 10 , at one point as high as fourth , which left many European fans wondering how that was possible . They were ahead of many a supposed European powerhouse , such as Portugal . Not only did the Iberian country reach the final of Euro 2004 , they also made the semi-finals of the World Cup in Germany two years later . Mexico were even in the same group as Portugal at the World Cup and","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Spain remain top of the world rankings for the ninth straight month , according to newly released standings by FIFA , the world game 's governing body . European champions Spain are ranked No. 1 by FIFA in their world rankings . The European champions have not lost a game since going down 1-0 in a friendly to Romania in Cadiz in November 2006 . They top their 2010 World Cup qualifying group , with four wins from four games , and have only conceded one goal in their last 10 internationals . No team can compete with that record and Spain are placed at No. 1 for that reason . Their rankings are based on team performances over the last four years , with more recent results and more significant matches being more heavily weighted to help reflect the current competitive state of a team . Yet fans all over the world have long questioned how much can be read into the rankings . After the 2008 African Cup of Nations , US-based football columnist Ives Galarcep wrote : `` Do n't try making any sense of these rankings . After all"}
-{"answer":"special conservation treatment as a result , and sought expert medical opinion , '' she said in a statement on York University 's Web site . A sophisticated CT scanner at York Hospital was then used to produce startlingly clear images of the skull 's contents . Philip Duffey , Consultant Neurologist at the Hospital said : `` I 'm amazed and excited that scanning has shown structures which appear to be unequivocally of brain origin . I think that it will be very important to establish how these structures have survived , whether there are traces of biological material within them and , if not , what is their composition . '' Dr Sonia O'Connor , Research Fellow in Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bradford added : `` The survival of brain remains where no other soft tissues are preserved is extremely rare . This brain is particularly exciting because it is very well preserved , even though it is the oldest recorded find of this type in the UK , and one of the earliest worldwide . '' According to York University , the find is the second major discovery during archaeological investigations on the site of","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Archaeologists have discovered what they say is the oldest surviving human brain in Britain , dating back at least 2,000 years to the Iron Age . A representation of the skull generated from the CT scans taken at York Hospital . The remains of the brain were found in a skull unearthed during excavations at York University in northern England , a statement from the university said Friday . The dig site was described by investigators from York Archaeological Trust as being in an extensive prehistoric farming landscape of fields , track ways and buildings dating back to at least 300 BC . They believe the skull , which was found on its own in a muddy pit , may have been a ritual offering . Rachel Cubitt , who was taking part in the dig , described how she felt something move inside the cranium as she cleaned the soil-covered skull 's outer surface . Peering through the base of the skull , she spotted an unusual yellow substance . `` It jogged my memory of a university lecture on the rare survival of ancient brain tissue . We gave the skull"}
-{"answer":"campaigns have sought to scare children and adults away from marijuana with grossly exaggerated claims that using the drug will lead to death and mayhem . Despite all of these efforts , the public has largely dismissed the myths and hysteria around marijuana and recognized that the drug has important medicinal benefits . Moreover , public opinion is leaning in favor of a regulated and taxed market for marijuana . Researchers who have tested K2 identified synthetic chemicals that are thought to mimic the psychoactive component in marijuana . These chemicals are thought to act on the cannabinoid receptors in the brain much the way that THC -- the principal psychoactive component in marijuana -- operates . What 's notable about these synthetic chemicals is that very little is known about them , and this legal alternative designed to deliver an experience like marijuana may actually carry more risk . Thus we have a supreme irony of drug prohibition : The government continues to criminalize marijuana -- a drug with established medical value that has undergone exhaustive study -- and entrepreneurs introduce a legal alternative to marijuana with ingredients scientists know little about . Given this potential for harm ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The recent emergence in the United States of `` K2 , '' sometimes called synthetic marijuana , is testing lawmakers to see if they 've been paying attention to the failures of marijuana prohibition and will respond to K2 with enlightened policy . The first stories on K2 , or `` Spice , '' broke out with headlines labeling the mixture of herbs and spices , which are treated with a synthetic compound , as `` fake pot . '' K2 was virtually unknown until the media hyped up its presence at tobacco and novelty shops . Under U.S. law , and in all 50 states , the herbal product is legal , and also unregulated . People who have tried K2 often report psychoactive effects that are comparable to marijuana , but notably less pleasurable . When lawmakers consider regulating K2 , they should keep in mind that the government has waged a futile war against marijuana and people who use the drug for decades . For another opinion , click here Elected officials have burned through billions of taxpayer dollars chasing marijuana sellers , bagging marijuana plants and jailing marijuana users . Government-funded media"}
-{"answer":"and applies to ticket purchases made between February 1 and June 1 . The program is designed to appeal to people who have n't been downsized but worry they might be , said Alison Croyle , a spokeswoman for the airline . `` It 's something that we felt would provide an advantage to customers who otherwise might be too stressed to book future travel plans , '' she said . Then there 's the already-laid-off demographic . On some packages , Intrepid Travel is giving a 15 percent discount to people who 've recently been let go . The deal , with the tongue-in-cheek title , `` Laid off ? How about taking off ? '' has gotten a few dozen takers in the two months it 's been offered , said Leslie Cohen , spokeswoman for the travel company . Cohen said the discount is designed to give people a chance to clear their heads during a tough transition . Some of the deals start at less than $ 1,000 , she said . The company is `` not suggesting you use your life savings , '' she said . `` It 's really just a chance to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Don Shows was a computer geek until he lost his job and took a road trip . JetBlue promises to refund some tickets purchased before a traveler is laid off from a job . While the 56-year-old from Dayton , Ohio , was away on his eight-day post-layoff adventure , he decided he really wanted to be a photojournalist . `` I ran into some interesting situations when I was out touring around the backcountry '' of the Midwest , he said . `` The road map is handy , but sometimes the road you 're looking for is not there . '' Stories like Shows ' are more common these days . The unemployment rate was at 7.6 percent in January , and , strange as it may seem , at least one travel company , an airline and a travel-bag maker are now catering to the layoff crowd -- both the recently let go and the future unemployed . For those who buy a plane ticket before they get the ax , JetBlue is offering to refund fares . The JetBlue Promise promotion is good for customers laid off on or after February 17"}
-{"answer":"Just great ! ' '' recalls the director . He is talking at the Cannes Film Festival Cinema Masterclass , following in the illustrious footsteps of directors like Wong Kar Wai , Sydney Pollack and Martin Scorsese . `` It was just like , you know what , that 's gon na be my career . People are gon na either really like me or they 're really not and just get f *** ing used to it 'cause this is the deal , '' Tarantino says . A second visit to Sundance in 1992 proved more fruitful . His debut feature , `` Reservoir Dogs , '' a sassy , hyper-violent gangster movie , was the hit of the year . French film critic and regular on the European film festival circuit , Michel Ciment still remembers the effect it had on him when it showed at Cannes later that year : `` It was a big shock . I remember it was the most striking new American film since ` Mean Streets ' 30 years before . '' Despite the impact of his droll , assured debut , Tarantino recalls being convinced he was going to get fired","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Editor 's note : Watch Tarantino talking about the making of `` Pulp Fiction '' on The Screening Room podcast . To receive regular movie podcasts subscribe here . Quentin Tarantino 's first trip to Sundance was n't exactly a success . Tarantino 's hyper-violent , super cool debut feature `` Reservoir Dogs '' scorched audiences and critics alike when it came out in 1992 . `` If you do this in real life , they 're going to fire your ass , '' scolded cinematographer Stephen Goldblatt , veteran of films like `` Lethal Weapon '' and `` Charlie Wilson 's War . '' The novice filmmaker was participating in a directors ' workshop at the Sundance Institute -- the film trust founded by Robert Redford which also runs the Sundance Film Festival . Unfortunately , Tarantino 's mentors were just not feeling his experimental approach . The following week , a new group of mentors arrived , including ex-Monty Python member and filmmaker Terry Gilliam . Tarantino and his editor steeled themselves for the inevitable disapproval : `` Then Terry Gilliam comes in and goes ` Oh , your scene ."}
-{"answer":"White Jr. : Probably surprising to many is how many new discoveries have been made about Lincoln just in the last 15 to 20 years . For example , about 20 years ago , a professor in Illinois wondered if there were still Lincoln legal papers laying around in the almost 100 courthouses in Illinois . So he got together a group of students , and they began searching those courthouses , and they found -LSB- thousands -RSB- of Lincoln legal documents . ... I wanted to treat more of that part of Lincoln 's life -- he spent nearly 24 years as a lawyer . This is just an example of what we have discovered only in recent years . See iReporters don stovepipe hats like Lincoln CNN : More than 100 years after his death , why does Lincoln still fascinate us ? White : I think for many he embodies the best of America . The fact that a man of such humble origins , with less than one year of formal education , could , in his term , have the `` right to rise . '' He felt that America was a land where we","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two hundred years after his birth in a log cabin in Kentucky , Abraham Lincoln continues to fascinate . Abraham Lincoln is invoked by politicians of both parties , observes historian Ronald C. White Jr. . His moral clarity , his extraordinary gifts with language , his decisive role in preserving the Union and what some consider his ultimate martyrdom combine to make of Lincoln a mythic figure with a firm hold on our collective imagination . In conjunction with the bicentennial of his birth , a slew of new books on the 16th U.S. president have appeared . Among the best-reviewed is the biography '' A. Lincoln '' -LRB- Random House -RRB- by historian Ronald C. White Jr. , who drew on new research for his portrait . CNN talked with White about Lincoln 's impact on the country , President Obama 's affinity for him and what lessons Lincoln has to offer Americans of today . The following is an edited version of White 's comments : CNN : Thousands of books have been published about Lincoln . Why did you decide to write a new biography ? Ronald C."}
-{"answer":"Leigh : I am a filmmaker who is both a writer and director and I have this way of making films where the writing and the actors and the shooting is all combined together . I do n't make a conventional screenplay ... it 's a whole organic process . TSR : What do you think other scriptwriters can learn from you ? ML : I think screenwriters who , because of the politics and economics of the film industry , are forced to work in a much more conventional way , are always fascinated to discuss with me how I work . TSR : There is this romantic idea that screenwriting has to be a painful , solitary experience . That 's not what you experience , though . ML : No , I do n't sit in a room writing a script solo . My films are highly structured . Everything you see in my films is very precisely written , very thoroughly researched , but actually it is done through rehearsal , it 's done through improvisation and research . I work for six months with the actors before we shoot anything , then the shooting of","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- British filmmaker , screenwriter and playwright , Mike Leigh has been in the movie business for over 35 years . Leigh on screenwriting : `` I do n't make a conventional screenplay ... it 's a whole organic process . '' In that time , he has been nominated for five Oscars , as well as winning the Best Director award at Cannes Film Festival for `` Naked '' in 1993 , the Palme d'Or there for `` Secrets & Lies '' in 1996 and the Leono d'Oro at Venice Film Festival in 2004 for `` Vera Drake . '' Famous for his fierce independence -LRB- read refusal to work in Hollywood -RRB- , Leigh 's work is known for gritty realism and a focus on underprivileged sections of British society . Another of Leigh 's calling cards is an unconventional approach to screenwriting . `` The Screening Room '' caught up with the veteran director at the International Screenwriters ' Festival in the UK earlier this year to ask him more about his approach to making films . The Screening Room : Why is this festival so important to you ? Mike"}
-{"answer":"police talk about what was found on the gunman 's body '' He knocked on the door . And when the 8-year-old ran to greet him , he shot her in the face . Watch police describe the girl 's injuries '' Terrified people inside the home called 911 . `` Stay away from the window ! '' a woman can be heard pleading , `` Please come immediately ... he 's shooting ! He 's shooting ! '' See photos from the scene '' Some fled the house any way they could . Others sought shelter inside , some ducking under the dining room table , one witness said . Pardo was targeting his ex-wife 's family , police said , shooting some of them `` execution-style . '' Afterward , he prepared to set the home on fire using a homemade device designed to spread fuel . Watch investigators at the burned-out home '' After the home exploded , Pardo removed his Santa suit , put on street clothes and began to knock out lights in the area as he fled the scene , according to a witness on a recording of a 911 call . Pardo fled","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After shooting several people at the home of his former in-laws , police say Bruce Jeffrey Pardo , still dressed as Santa Claus , sprayed gasoline throughout the home intending to set it on fire . Police carry the homemade device they believe Bruce Jeffrey Pardo used to set the home on fire . But his plan went awry . The home exploded , windows were blown out , and part of Pardo 's Santa suit melted onto his skin . He suffered third-degree burns . That 's why police say he decided to kill himself rather than use the airline ticket to Canada that was in his pocket . Pardo killed nine people , police said . Three others were injured , including an 8-year-old . A 16-year-old girl was wounded by gunfire and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries , police said . A woman who jumped out a second-floor window broke her leg and was hospitalized . None of the victims has been identified . Police said Pardo showed up at the home dressed as Santa and had $ 17,000 cling-wrapped to his legs and inside a girdle . Watch"}
-{"answer":"a nun . `` This was my life , I did n't know any other . I took it and I was very happy . Being a child performer opened up opportunities . From a fairly early age I was exposed to different cultures and was traveling round the world . It was a great education , '' she told CNN . Being given the opportunity to learn more about different people and experience different places was only one part of this education . While Midori has been practicing and honing her own skills , she has also been given the opportunity to give something back . In 1992 she set up Midori & Friends , a non-profit organization that brings musical education to young people in New York City . `` I was always interested in education ; not just receiving , but also helping others and being part of the community , '' she said . From Midori & Friends came Music Sharing , a similar organization in Japan , offering programs in public schools and children 's hospitals . While continuing to perform across the world with renowned orchestras she took some time out to further her","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- She is only 37 years old , but violinist Midori Goto has already spent 25 years taking center-stage with the world 's best orchestras . Midori first hit center-stage when she was just 11-years-old . Born into a musical family in Osaka , Japan , in 1971 -- her mother and brother are both accomplished musicians -- her own prodigious talents were spotted at an early age by Zubin Mehta , the conductor and one-time musical director of the New York Philharmonic . Inviting Midori to play with the New York Philharmonic in 1982 , he helped to propel her onto the world stage which has been such a large part of her life ever since . She moved to New York to study at the Juilliard School of performing arts and has lead a life entwined with music . Unlike some prodigiously talented people there is no hint of resentment directed toward her and the life she has led . Nor is there any notion of a stolen childhood , despite her admission that she did harbor dreams of being all sorts of other things , from an archeologist or diplomat to a zookeeper or"}
-{"answer":"last few years , luxury phones had turned into an attractive new business , as designer houses rushed to get a foothold in the tech sector . Prada collaborated with LG to launch two LG Prada phones in Europe and Asia . Last September , Samsung launched the M75500 Night Effect phone , which carried the Emporio Armani insignia . A month later , Motorola offered a $ 2,000 phone , called the Aura , which was fashioned out of stainless steel and sported a 62-carat sapphire crystal lens . And then there 's Vertu , a company that makes true luxury phones , the cheapest of which costs about $ 6,000 . The recession put a spoke in those plans . And it 's not just the 401Ks of middle-class Americans that have been in peril . In Russia , many newly-minted billionaires saw their fortunes slip away with falling oil prices . By the first quarter this year , the U.S. economy had shrunk 5.5 percent . Even 50 Cent has complained about losing more than a few Benjamins on the stock market . And just like that , the crystal dominoes started to fall . Last October","question":"-LRB- WIRED -RRB- -- Got a few grand to spare for a $ 3,000 phone ? Yeah , we did n't think so . Nobody does -- and that 's a problem for the makers of luxury phones , such as Motorola , Bang & Olufson , LG and Vertu . Vertu makes phones starting at $ 6,000 and going up in price . After years of chasing the ultra-wealthy with exclusive devices that carry designer logos and promise craftsmanship from materials such as sapphire and stainless steel , luxury phone makers are now pulling back . `` The culture has shifted away from conspicuous consumption , so if you are going to have a super expensive product this may not be the time for it , '' says Avi Greengart , research director for consumer devices at Current Analysis . Motorola has already gotten the memo . Earlier this week , the company reportedly canceled the Ivory E18 , a device tentatively priced around $ 3,000 . The phone had met with lack of interest from telecom carriers . Motorola declined to comment . If that sounds like an obvious outcome , perhaps it should n't . In the"}
-{"answer":"arrested right away . `` I do n't know how a criminal like him goes free , '' said Enrico Monfrini , a Switzerland-based lawyer who has been representing the Haitian government in a long and drawn out legal battle over Duvalier 's cash . Duvalier reportedly lost a chunk of his wealth when he and Bennet divorced , but the family still has $ 5.7 million in assets in a frozen bank account in Switzerland that belongs to a family foundation . Now , a Swiss law enacted specifically to help repatriate stolen funds from failing states may help return the Duvalier money to Haiti , said Daniel Thelesklaf , executive director of the International Centre for Asset Recovery in Switzerland . `` I am optimistic there will be a decision by the end of the year , '' he said . The law , which goes into effect February 1 , was enacted to help Switzerland overcome existing hurdles with states that have no mutual legal assistance partnership with Switzerland or with troubled nations that are incapable of dealing with such issues , according to the Swiss Foreign Ministry . For a judge order restitution , a government","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The sun had not risen yet on that February day in 1986 when Jean-Claude `` Baby Doc '' Duvalier 's eight-vehicle motorcade of luxury cars and jeeps arrived at the Port-au-Prince airport , then named for his father . Surrounded by soldiers and about 100 journalists who came to witness the end of an era in Haiti , the dictator boarded a United States Air Force C-141 jet along with his glamorous wife , Michele Bennet , their two children and 20 friends and servants . Also on the plane that day were trunks of designer clothes , gold , jewels and priceless art . What could not be seen was the hundreds of millions of dollars Haitian officials accused the Duvalier clan of stealing from state coffers . The pillaging of Haiti 's national treasury now lies at the heart of legal action against Duvalier , who stunned the world by returning to Haiti this week from some 25 years of quiet exile in France . Some lawyers who have been following the Duvalier money trail for years were flabbergasted that such a man was able to enter Haiti legally , that he was not"}
-{"answer":"at almost 92 percent capacity . Outside the United Kingdom , fans also stand to benefit from lower ticket prices . In the U.S. Major League Soccer side Kansas City Wizards recently announced they would drop ticket prices for the coming season . Wizards president Robb Heinemann was quoted in the Kansas City Star saying ; `` We understand these are tough economic times . '' Other countries in Europe have maintained lower prices in recent years , with single tickets available for about 10 Euros in club games in Italy and Germany . Tickets in Australia 's A-League tended to be cheaper yet , while South America and Africa\/Middle East remained the cheapest . In England 's League One and League Two competitions crowds had dropped more significantly . Dan Johnson of the Premier League told CNN the clubs cutting ticket prices were simply responding to the financial climate . `` Given the economic situation , there will be pressure on fans ' ability to spend and the clubs have acted accordingly . `` It 's a very real way that they can help at this time , '' Johnson said . Johnson said the drop in crowds this","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Football fans are set to benefit from the recession as clubs slash season ticket prices to keep supporters coming back . Some Premier League fans will save on season tickets after five clubs cut prices . Price cuts have been announced at five English Premier League clubs . Manchester City , Sunderland , Everton , Portsmouth and Newcastle United have cut prices , while five further clubs announced price freezes on their season tickets . Bolton dropped their season ticket prices last season . Manchester City have taken an average of seven percent off their prices , while at Everton the cheapest adult season ticket will now be # 399 -LRB- $ 550 -RRB- . At Sunderland under-16 season passes will be just # 1 -LRB- $ 1.39 -RRB- per home match for the 19 matches -LRB- # 19 -LSB- $ 26 -RSB- total -RRB- when purchased with an adult pass . The move comes amid a slight decline in Premiership football crowds this season . The average attendance at Premier League matches is down about 800 per match compared to the 2007\/2008 season -- however , on average the stadiums are still"}
-{"answer":"on the right track when its next leaders emerge . Is Powell emerging as a voice of the moderates in the party ? `` A spokesman is good , '' said Bill Schneider , CNN senior political analyst . `` A candidate would be better . '' Watch what CNN 's Bill Schneider has to say about the debate '' The Republicans ' family argument started shortly after the Democrats won the White House and added to their control of Congress . Conservatives blame moderates for the losses , saying the party did n't present a contrast with Democrats and the only way for it to be successful is to lean harder to the right . Limbaugh and Cheney emerged from the leadership vacuum -- Limbaugh from his legions of listeners and Cheney in his emergent role as the sole defender of the Bush White House . Powell provoked Limbaugh when he suggested the GOP 's future was in peril if it went in the Limbaugh 's direction . Limbaugh responded that Powell is part of the `` stale , the old , the worn-out GOP that never won anything . '' Powell says the right has alienated undecided and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Colin Powell stirred up the Republican Party 's very public internal debate about the direction of the party and asserted it 's losing because it does n't appeal to moderates like him . The Republican Party is losing `` men , woman , white , blacks and Hispanics , '' says Colin Powell . Two Republican leaders questioned Powell 's GOP credentials . Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh said Powell should leave the party . Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he thought he already had . Powell says he 's still very much a Republican and said the party would be better off to include more moderates like him . `` The Republican Party is losing north , south , east , west ; men , woman , white , blacks and Hispanics , '' Powell said in an interview with CBS ' `` Face the Nation . '' `` I think the Republican Party has to take a hard look at itself and decide : What kind of party are we ? '' As it has squabbled within the family , the party has wandered . Most analysts say it will get back"}
-{"answer":"six co-chairs at this year 's WEF gathering , along with news tycoon Rupert Murdoch , HSBC Chairman Stephen Green , Werner Wenning of the German chemical group Bayer , Indian industrialist Anand G. Mahindra and Maria Ramos , Chief Executive of the South African transport group Transnet . He also urged delegates to address three interconnected challenges : the global recession , energy and security , and climate change . `` It is important leaders work on ways of finding effective , far-reaching policies -- even if they are radical -- that will allow us to create sustainable economic growth and create jobs for those who are out of jobs , '' Annan said . Newscorp . CEO Murdoch said delegates needed to be `` absolutely honest about where the world is at this point , '' warning that the consequences of $ 50 trillion being wiped off personal fortunes had left people feeling `` depressed and traumatized . '' `` We 've been living in the Western world way above our means . We 've been on a great binge and it 's come to an end and we have to live though the correction , '' Murdoch","question":"DAVOS , Switzerland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The worldwide economic recession has exposed a `` crisis of global governance '' that can only be addressed by the radical reform of the United Nations , former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday as the World Economic Forum got under way in Switzerland . Kofi Annan says the United Nations needs to be reformed . `` The current architecture of managing global affairs is broken and needs to be fixed , '' Annan said on the opening morning of the five-day annual meeting of global political and business leaders . `` We have major new players coming on the scene and they need to be integrated and given a voice . '' Referring to the U.N. Security Council , which gives permanent places and vetoing powers to the U.S. , the UK , Russia , China and France , Annan said : `` We can not continue to run the world based on countries that won a war 60 years ago . It 's either destructive competition or cooperation . We live in an interdependent world and the only way to move forward is to cooperate . '' Annan is one of"}
-{"answer":"that is discovered that we bring down here and they call down here and inform us that someone is missing , '' the investigator said . `` They give us a description and then they come down if they can be viewed and are recognizable . If not , we ask them to bring a set of dental records for comparison . '' The deaths are being treated as the work of one person or group of people , Detroit 's police chief said Tuesday . `` At this point , we are working it as one case or one suspect or set of suspects , '' Chief Ralph L. Godbee told CNN . `` There are too many common links for us not to , at this point , work this as one single investigation . '' Among those links , he said , is the fact that three of the women had placed online ads dealing with `` prearranged adult dating services '' and posted on backpage.com , Godbee told reporters Monday . `` We felt it is imperative to alert the public that deciding to meet unknown persons via the Internet can be extremely dangerous , ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities have identified three of the four women found dead this month in two incidents in Detroit , an investigator with the Wayne County Medical Examiner 's Office said Friday . Three of the women have been linked to a website that accepts ads for escort services , police have said . In the latest case , one of the two women found early Christmas Day in the trunk of a car that had been set afire was identified as Vernithea McCrary , 28 , the investigator said . The second victim remains unidentified , said the investigator , who asked not to be identified because he is not allowed to speak on the record to the news media . The bodies of two other women found December 19 have been identified as Demesha Hunt , 24 , and Renisha Landers , 23 . They were found in the trunk of Landers ' Chrysler 300 . Causes of death for the four women were pending toxicology results , which typically take six to eight weeks to be completed , the investigator said . The process of identification can be difficult . `` People hear of someone"}
-{"answer":"you know , do I regret saying it ? No . Do I regret that it was used that way ? I certainly do . But you really got to go some to try to portray me as a racist . '' After the phone interview , a stray comment of his on the issue was also recorded before he hung up : `` I do n't think I should take any s *** from anybody on that , do you ? '' Watch Bill Clinton respond to controversy '' But outside a Pittsburgh campaign event Tuesday , a reporter asked Clinton what he had meant `` when you said the Obama campaign was playing the race card on you ? '' Clinton responded : `` When did I say that and to whom did I say that ? '' Watch more of the Clintons on the trail in Pennsylvania '' `` You have mischaracterized it to get another cheap story to divert the American people from the real urgent issues before us , and I choose not to play your games today , '' Clinton added . `` I said what I said -- you can go back and","question":"PITTSBURGH , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former President Bill Clinton denied Tuesday he had accused Sen. Barack Obama 's campaign of `` playing the race card '' during an interview Monday . Bill Clinton is facing tough questions Tuesday over an interview with a Delaware radio station . A recording of the former president making the comment is posted on the WHYY Web site . It says he made the comment in a telephone interview with the Philadelphia public radio station Monday night . Clinton was asked whether his remarks comparing Obama 's strong showing in South Carolina to that of Jesse Jackson in 1988 had been a mistake given their impact on his wife Sen. Hillary Clinton 's campaign . `` No , I think that they played the race card on me , '' said Clinton , `` and we now know from memos from the campaign and everything that they planned to do it all along . '' Listen to the full interview `` We were talking about South Carolina political history and this was used out of context and twisted for political purposes by the Obama campaign to try to breed resentment elsewhere . And"}
-{"answer":"She said she gets goosebumps whenever she watches the young players come across home plate . `` The grin and smile on their faces just says it all . '' Coach Tom Estes joined the program eight years ago with his now-15-year-old son , Justin , who has cerebral palsy . Estes noted that some of the players , like his son , use a wheelchair , but others with autism , Down syndrome and multiple sclerosis are ambulatory . Health Minute : Watch more on special needs baseball '' During a game , the children are paired with young helpers from another local baseball league . No special skills are required to participate , Estes said . `` If we have to help them hit , help them run , help them catch , we are simply here to let them play baseball . '' The coaches have taken extra precautions to make sure no one gets hurt . The players wear batting helmets , and a coach feeds large , softball-sized rubber balls into a pitching machine to control the direction . There are no umpires , and no one really keeps score . `` We have a","question":"LOGANVILLE , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The crowd cheered as Morgan Lawless faced her first pitch of the fall baseball season . Morgan Lawless , who has cerebral palsy , plays baseball at Bay Creek Park near Atlanta , Georgia . The 14-year-old middle-school student clenched her teeth as she swung the bat into a single . Instead of running to first base , Lawless zoomed over in her motorized wheelchair . Lawless has cerebral palsy . She 's among nearly 300 children who play in a special-needs baseball league at Bay Creek Park in the Atlanta , Georgia , suburb of Loganville . `` It 's actually fun because we get to be kids and we can play like regular people , '' Lawless said . What 's different about this ballpark is that the field is made of a rubberized material that allows for easier movement in wheelchairs . `` We started out on a dirt field , '' said league founder Cathy Smith . `` But power wheelchairs and dirt do n't mix . '' Smith helped raise some of the half-million dollars in private and county funding needed to build the field in 2004 ."}
-{"answer":"Just great ! ' '' recalls the director . He is talking at the Cannes Film Festival Cinema Masterclass , following in the illustrious footsteps of directors like Wong Kar Wai , Sydney Pollack and Martin Scorsese . `` It was just like , you know what , that 's gon na be my career . People are gon na either really like me or they 're really not and just get f *** ing used to it 'cause this is the deal , '' Tarantino says . A second visit to Sundance in 1992 proved more fruitful . His debut feature , `` Reservoir Dogs , '' a sassy , hyper-violent gangster movie , was the hit of the year . French film critic and regular on the European film festival circuit , Michel Ciment still remembers the effect it had on him when it showed at Cannes later that year : `` It was a big shock . I remember it was the most striking new American film since ` Mean Streets ' 30 years before . '' Despite the impact of his droll , assured debut , Tarantino recalls being convinced he was going to get fired","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Editor 's note : Watch Tarantino talking about the making of '' Pulp Fiction '' on The Screening Room podcast . To receive regular movie podcasts subscribe here . Quentin Tarantino 's first trip to Sundance was n't exactly a success . Tarantino 's hyper-violent , super cool debut feature `` Reservoir Dogs '' scorched audiences and critics alike when it came out in 1992 . `` If you do this in real life , they 're going to fire your ass , '' scolded cinematographer Stephen Goldblatt , veteran of films like `` Lethal Weapon '' and `` Charlie Wilson 's War . '' The novice filmmaker was participating in a directors ' workshop at the Sundance Institute -- the film trust founded by Robert Redford which also runs the Sundance Film Festival . Unfortunately , Tarantino 's mentors were just not feeling his experimental approach . The following week , a new group of mentors arrived , including ex-Monty Python member and filmmaker Terry Gilliam . Tarantino and his editor steeled themselves for the inevitable disapproval : `` Then Terry Gilliam comes in and goes ` Oh , your scene ."}
-{"answer":"echoing a debate raging in Washington . Another round of photos allegedly showing further abuse of prisoners was to be released by the end of this month . But President Obama asked that the photos be held back . Obama said he believed the release of the pictures could put American lives in danger . That is Catch-22 situation No. 1 : on one hand transparency ; on the other , the safety of U.S. troops . Quantock agreed with his commander in chief . `` The jihadists have used those pictures . And it has spurred some of the violence , '' he said . Walking through Camp Cropper -- one of the last remaining U.S. detention centers in Iraq -- it is clear the damaging photos have forced the United States to become more transparent in its dealings with prisoners . Detainees are now checked before and after interrogations to ensure the guards have not abused them . Officers who walk the catwalk , the long metal walkway that surrounds the sprawling yard housing the detainees , have more oversight . These institutional checks reduce the possibility that abuse could reach the same scale as it did in","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The one-star general almost yells when asked to talk about the infamous Abu Ghraib photos showing U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi detainees . An Iraqi detainee grips a fence at Camp Cropper , one of the few U.S. detention centers remaining in Iraq . `` If we had had a company commander doing what he was supposed to be doing , a battalion commander doing what he was supposed to be doing ... , '' Brig. Gen. David Quantock said . He carried on -- growing more and more angry . So the next obvious question was , `` It makes you angry ? '' `` It does make me angry , '' he said . `` Because I think we lost a lot of American lives because of those photos . '' And there it is -- the issue of detainee abuse and what the U.S. military struggles with , and has struggled with , since the release of those photos in 2004 , some of which showed naked prisoners being humiliated , stacked in piles or subjected to mock torture . Quantock , the head of detainee operations in Iraq , is"}
-{"answer":"important for our growth , our domestic market is vast , which means that , unlike Greece , we can usually rely on domestic demand to drive the economy . At their best , our financial markets are dynamic , have deep pockets and provide the liquidity for our innovative economy . We issue the world 's reserve currency , which minimizes our currency market risk . And unlike Greece , because we have currency flexibility , we can adjust the value of the dollar to improve our underlying economic performance , if necessary . But we are facing very serious fiscal challenges , too -- and for many of the same reasons as Greece . Like Greece , our fiscal path is unsustainable for as far as the eye can see . Our debt has surged far above what we have normally been able to manage . And unless fiscal policy changes , it is projected to continue heading up indefinitely . Our debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to exceed 60 percent this year , well above our average for the past 40 years -LRB- around 40 percent -RRB- and close to a peacetime high . And it 's projected","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Over the past month , we 've watched from distant shores as Greece has plunged into a debt crisis . Mounting pressure from global financial markets forced Greece to begin a drastic austerity program . With a fiscal deficit of 8.1 percent of GDP and government debt of 115 percent of GDP expected this year , Greece has promised to turn itself around by 2013 . To do this , the government has adopted an ambitious fiscal consolidation program that would reduce the annual deficit by 7 percent of GDP this year , 4 percent next year , and 2 percent in 2012 and 2013 . The European Union and the International Monetary Fund have announced an extraordinary $ 1 trillion package to support the plan , and the European Central Bank has announced its own extraordinary measures . Are there lessons the United States can or should draw from the Greek situation ? First , we are not Greece . The United States is by far the world 's largest single economy . Our economy is competitive , diversified and rich in human capital and natural resources . While the rest of the world is"}
-{"answer":": Which do you think are the most memorable moments from the 2008 election ? In no particular order , here is a selection of some of the best : 1 . Crying game : Back in January 's New Hampshire primaries , Hillary Clinton welled up with emotion , almost crying into her coffee cup during a chat with voters . This unexpected exposure of her human side was credited with winning back some women supporters . Read more 2 . McCain bombs : John McCain displayed rather off-key singing and diplomacy skills when asked if there was a plan to attack Iran back in April 2007 . Changing the words to the classic Beach Boys ' song `` Barbara Ann , '' the Arizona senator responded : `` Bomb bomb bomb , bomb bomb Iran . '' Read more 3 . Pastor disaster : Proving once again that religion and politics do n't mix , Barack Obama was forced to distance himself from his former pastor and mentor Jeremiah Wright , after a series of pulpit fulminations in which he made racially-charged criticisms of Hillary Clinton and said of the 9\/11 terror attacks : `` American 's chickens","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When the stirring speeches , heavyweight debates and fevered campaigning of the U.S. elections are long forgotten , a handful of far less noble incidents are likely to be our enduring memories of the 2008 White House race . `` Hey America , I 'm Paris Hilton and I 'm a celebrity too . '' While the candidates would like us to view their bids for the top job as an honorable battle of wits , policies , values and big issues , the sad truth is that it 's more likely to boil down to a list of gaffes , embarrassments and sideshows . Both Democratic and Republican PR machines have been working hard to keep their campaigns on-script , but with a cast list of John McCain , Barack Obama , Joe Biden , Sarah Palin and the Clintons , they had their work cut out . Alaskan `` hockey mom '' Palin 's late arrival undoubtedly stirred things up , adding a dash of vigor as the race lumbered into its final straight , but even before she began stealing the show , there was no shortage of scrapbook moments . Sound off"}
-{"answer":"and heightened analytical thinking . Oprah.com : Tap into your right-brain thinking There may be a physiological explanation for these results . Feelings of romantic love can boost levels of dopamine , a neurochemical associated with creativity , while sexual desire can raise levels of testosterone , known to promote analytical skills . And these chemical links may have evolved for an important purpose : increasing the likelihood of sexual reproduction . In ancestral days , creative individuals may have used their inventiveness to attract future mates , while sex-focused individuals harnessed analytical clarity and short-term focus in order to bed a partner here and now . Thoughts of either love or sex could pay off in the form of children -- the ultimate measure of survival . While we no longer use cave drawings to attract our partners , you can still take advantage of this evolutionary link . Daydreaming about your sweetheart may boost inventiveness and help you come up with creative ideas , while sexual thoughts could help you solve an analytical puzzle . Oprah.com : How to fix whatever 's broken In addition , it may be that jilted lovers who want to get over an","question":"-LRB- OPRAH.com -RRB- -- `` My beloved . The delight of my eyes . '' So says a poem inscribed in cuneiform on a lump of clay approximately 4,000 years ago . Why does love inspire such works of art ? Recent science points to a possible answer -- and a difference between the way the brain reacts to love and lust . Last year psychologists in the Netherlands reported on a study where they asked a group of young men and women to imagine taking a long walk with their beloved -LRB- those without a partner imagined taking a walk with an `` ideal '' one -RRB- . A different set of volunteers were asked to imagine having casual sex with someone they found attractive but were not in love with . Before and after , both groups were given a battery of tests to examine their creative and analytical abilities . The results : Thinking about a romantic partner stimulated `` global processing '' mechanisms in the brain , which increased long-term focus and improved creativity . Thinking about sex , on the other hand , stimulated `` local processing , '' which increased focus on the present"}
-{"answer":"system and draws inspiration from the Arab Spring revolutions in Africa and the Middle East , has advanced issues that unions typically support . `` Their goals are our goals , '' Gannon said . `` They brought a spotlight on issues that we 've believed in for quite some time now ... . Wall Street caused the implosion in the first place and is getting away Scot-free while workers , transit workers , everybody , is forced to pay for their excesses . `` These young folks have brought a pretty bright spotlight , '' Gannon added . `` It 's kind of a natural alliance . '' Just who are these people ? President Michael Mulgrew of the United Federation of Teachers , the sole bargaining agent for most non-supervisory New York City public teachers with 200,000 members , said he was `` proud '' to support the Occupy demonstrators , who have been camping out in New York and elsewhere across the nation . `` The way our society is now headed it does not work for 99 % of people , so when Occupy Wall Street started ... they kept to it and they 've been","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Several unions endorsed the two-week-old Occupy Wall Street movement and plan to join the protesters ' street theater in New York on Wednesday , labor leaders said . `` It 's really simple . These young people on Wall Street are giving voice to many of the problems that working people in America have been confronting over the last several years , '' Larry Hanley , international president of the Amalgamated Transit Union , which has 20,000 member in the New York area , told CNN . `` These young people are speaking for the vast majority of Americans who are frustrated by the bankers and brokers who have profited on the backs of hard-working people , '' Hanley added in a statement . `` While we battle it out day after day , month after month , the millionaires and billionaires on Wall Street sit by -- untouched -- and lecture us on the level of our sacrifice . '' Contribute your images , video and words to CNN 's coverage Transport Workers Union Local 100 spokesman Jim Gannon said the Occupy Wall Street movement , which denounces social inequities in the financial"}
-{"answer":"whiteness . '' As befitting the genius behind such a site and book , Lander is a bit of a ham -LRB- actually , make that Canadian bacon since he hails from Toronto , Ontario -RRB- . Watch Lander talk about what he likes '' The origins of `` Stuff '' date from January 2008 , he said , because of an instant messenger conversation between him and his friend Miles about the HBO drama `` The Wire . '' Miles , who is Filipino , tossed off that he did n't trust any white person who did n't watch the series . That exchange started a back-and-forth between the two about what white people were doing instead of watching the show . `` We said , ` Oh , they are going to plays , they 're doing yoga , they 're getting divorced , ' '' recalled Lander , who could n't pass up the gold mine of ideas and started blogging . `` The goal was to literally make Miles and a few of my friends laugh , and it just took off . '' Within six weeks , Random House came calling , and a book","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The blog `` Stuff White People Like '' is wildly popular with fans who 've embraced the hilarious , satirical sendup of the white middle class that -- according to the list -- have an ongoing love affair with things such as coffee -LRB- No. 1 -RRB- , organic food -LRB- No. 6 -RRB- , yoga -LRB- 15 -RRB- and the Toyota Prius -LRB- 60 -RRB- . Blogger-turned-author Christian Lander is the force behind `` Stuff White People Like . '' The site also has spurred an outpouring from those who view it as offensive and racist . Now devotees and detractors alike have more to discuss with the release of the book `` Stuff White People Like : A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions '' by the blog 's creator , Christian Lander . Filled with photos and some content from the blog , the guide includes new entries exclusive to the book . Lander also worked with a designer to create things such as flow charts on `` How to Name a White Child '' and `` White Career Trajectories '' as well as a test of the reader 's ``"}
-{"answer":"time -LRB- 11 p.m. ET Friday , ugh -RRB- to then board one of several buses that would take us on a 3 1\/2 - hour journey to Normandy . That 's right , 3 1\/2 hours on a tour bus when you 're already totally exhausted from a very busy trip that took us from Saudi Arabia to Egypt and then Germany and France in just a few days . Watch President Obama 's speech at Normandy '' The upside ? WE 'RE GOING TO NORMANDY !!! Besides , do I really want to complain about a stinking bus ride when about 2,500 brave Americans lost their lives on this battlefield during the first 24 hours of vicious combat on June 6 , 1944 ? Did n't think so . So I jump off the bus , head for the cemetery and decide I should pick just one of the dozens and dozens of rows of tombstones and keep walking until I stumble upon the first grave of a soldier from New York -- my home state -- that I can find . In less than a minute , I found it . His name was Martin J. Biringer","question":"CNN 's Ed Henry followed President Obama on his trip to the Middle East and Europe , ending at a commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe . You can see his reflections from Normandy , as well as the entire Obama trip , by going to his Twitter page . Row upon row of gravestones at the American Cemetery mark those killed in the invasion . NORMANDY , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I knew my first visit to the American Cemetery at Normandy would be emotional , but I really had no idea I 'd be tearing up literally within about eight minutes of walking the rows of bone-white gravestones . Those of us in the White House press corps traveling with President Obama to France on Saturday to celebrate the 65th anniversary of D-Day were very lucky . It was truly awesome to have a front-row seat to the celebration of the climactic battle of World War II , where Allied forces finally stopped the Nazi aggression . If there was a hint of a downside , it was that all of us had to wake up Saturday somewhere around 5 a.m. Paris"}
-{"answer":", and this year 's attendance figure might be the third largest in the festival 's 10-year history . The three-day ticket price may have been steep -- roughly $ 300 , including service charges -- but when divided among the 131 acts on the bill , that breaks down to less than $ 2.50 per act . This was also the first year concert promoter Goldenvoice offered layaway , which is how 18 percent chose to pay . The strong showing is good news for Bonnaroo , All Points West , Lollapalooza and other festivals taking place this spring and summer . Coachella was also moved up one weekend , which allowed for more kids on spring break to attend . Although Coachella is one of several music festivals in the United States , it still carries a certain cachet that 's hard to match . Perhaps it 's the scenery -- listening to music on a grassy polo field surrounded by swaying palm trees and craggy desert mountains . Or maybe it 's the thrill of discovering new artists and rediscovering old ones standing shoulder-to-shoulder with friends , strangers and the random Hollywood celebrity . Or maybe it","question":"INDIO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Parents danced with their young children to the infectious hip-hop beat of Lupe Fiasco on the main stage . The Yeah Yeah Yeahs ' Karen O is immersed in the music at Coachella . Twentysomethings wearing feathers in their hair jumped up and down to Somali emcee K'naan in the Gobi tent . In the portable toilets , an impromptu discussion broke out about the `` awesomeness '' of Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O . The mercury may have hovered close to 100 degrees , and somewhere outside the desert oasis of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival there was a global recession , but you 'd never know it from the carefree crowd on Day 3 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio , California . Although exact figures have yet to be released , about 50,000 revelers turned out for the final day of the 2009 festival for an eclectic lineup that included former Jam front man Paul Weller , rap pioneers Public Enemy , a reunion of Irish indie darlings My Bloody Valentine and a nearly three-hour set from The Cure . Promoters say the turnout exceeded expectations"}
-{"answer":"the ability to adjust travel itineraries from their mobile device . Delayed Delta passengers who miss a connection now can immediately rebook a different flight and download a new boarding pass , all while in the air . The airline has some new app plans up its sleeve as well . Delta declines to give a release date for the feature , but it is close to unveiling a new tool where travelers can track checked baggage from their mobile devices , according to Delta spokesman Paul Skrbec . -LRB- They can already do so on the airline 's website . -RRB- The airline eventually could offer other services on its mobile app that are already listed on its website , such as the ability to search for hotel and car rental reservations , Skrbec said . GuestLogix , a company that creates onboard merchandising technology , is already trying to integrate these services into an airline app with the launch of its OnTouch Mobile Concierge platform , which it pitched to major airlines this week , a company official said . The mobile app does not just offer access to itinerary details , but it also functions as a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Airline passengers are already able to check in to flights , download boarding passes , select a seat on the go and keep an eye on the upgrades list thanks to recent evolutions in smartphone technology , and the options just keep growing . A global industrywide Airline IT Trends Survey shows that more than 90 % of the airlines surveyed are increasing their investment in mobile capabilities to ease the hassles of getting through the airport and improve the in-flight experience . And the airlines are likely to find a way to generate revenue , too . So what 's a flier to expect from airline apps on the horizon ? In the not-too-distant future , you 'll probably be able to rent a car , pay bag fees and use augmented reality to find the nearest airport bar through your airline 's smartphone app . Delta Air Lines is putting emphasis on improving mobile functionality . While some airline apps allow travelers to make flight reservations -LRB- a feature that Delta has not introduced but promises is coming -RRB- , the world 's largest carrier is one of the few airlines that gives customers"}
-{"answer":"or about $ 4,577 . `` He stuck with the pence concept , '' Goldstein said . The library first learned of the missing books when it discovered a yellowed ledger in its basement It listed all the people who had checked out books from the city 's oldest library between July 1789 and April 1792 . Next to the works `` Law of Nations '' and the 12th volume of `` Common Debates '' was the name of the person who checked them out : `` President . '' At the time , New York was the capital of the United States , and the library was the only one in town . Soon after , the capital was relocated to Philadelphia and then Washington D.C. . The New York library , a subscription library that was New York 's first library open to the public , has known about the missing books since the 1930s . The matter came up again recently because the library is capturing the ledgers in digital form to preserve the records . Library officials cross-checked the books mentioned in the ledger with the ones in their collection . `` Volume 12 -LRB- of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He never told a lie , as the story goes . So maybe if he were alive today , President George Washington could tell a New York City library what he did with two books he checked out 221 years ago . The two books -- weighty discourses on international relations and parliamentary debates -- were checked out on October 5 , 1789 . They were due on November 2 , 1789 , but were n't brought back . Since then , they 've been steadily collecting a fine of a few cents each day , adding up to more than $ 4,000 by the New York Society Library 's informal estimate . `` I 'm sorry , math is not my thing at all , '' said Jane Goldstein , the assistant head librarian when asked to hazard a guess . The fine at the time was 2 pence a day . Now , it 's 15 cents -- `` It 's really gone up , has n't it ? '' she quipped . One of the librarians , Matthew Haugen , guessed the fine to be in the region of 3,000 British pounds ,"}
-{"answer":"problem by slashing U.S. interest rates twice in the past eight days to three percent . Gulf States with currencies linked to the U.S. dollar were under pressure to follow suit . Qatar reduced its deposit rate to 3.5 percent , but left its lending rate at 5.5 percent . Liz Martins , Head of MENA , Business Monitor International says Qatar is facing a serious problem . `` You 've huge a amount of monetary easing and if you think that that 's not even going to feed through properly for six to nine months then , you 've got a really dangerous inflationary outlook , '' she says . `` The only policy option really that they have is to revalue the exchange rate . '' Kuwait did just that in May , ditching the dollar-peg for a basket of currencies , and speculation is growing that other GCC -LRB- Gulf Cooperation Council -RRB- countries will do the same . Tristan Cooper , Vice President and Senior Analyst at Moody 's Middle East , says the argument for revaluation is becoming more convincing . `` The economic justification for revaluation is growing stronger as inflation multiplies and the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Amid all the talk about storm clouds gathering over the U.S. economy , it 's easy to forget there are other places in the world where the sun is still shining . A shortage of housing is contributing to an inflation rate of almost 14 percent in Qatar Take Qatar , for example ; a small emirate in the Gulf whose economy is booming . When the final figures come in , Qatar 's economy is expected to have grown 17.8 percent in 2007 . Qatar National Bank predicts growth to slow in 2008 , but at 16.5 percent who could complain ? Well , consumers for one . While growth has steamed ahead , so has inflation . At the end of 2007 , Qatar 's official inflation rate was nearing 14 percent -- the highest in the region . Three major factors are contributing to Qatar 's soaring inflation rate : High levels of government spending ; growing demand for housing , which is pushing up house prices and rent , and the riyal 's peg with the dollar , which is pushing down interest rates . The U.S. Federal Reserve exacerbated the latter"}
-{"answer":"Thai military have been detaining hundreds of them an island called Koh Sai Daeng before towing them back out into open water without supplies . The survivors say hundreds of them drowned and only the lucky ones made it to the Indian Andaman Islands or Indonesia 's Aceh province . The Thai Navy denies knowledge of the incident . Rear Admiral Naris Pratumsuwan told CNN `` as a normal practice , if Navy finds illegal immigrants , we will hand them over to related authorities , e.g. police or immigration police . '' He said he had not received any information on an island where migrants are being detained . There were reports of another boatload of 46 Rohingya detained by the Thai military Friday , but there was no official confirmation . The Rohingya have been fleeing persecution of the hard-line military regime in Myanmar , formerly Burma , for years and often seek refuge in Malaysia . Boat loads of Rohingya arriving in Thailand is nothing new , but non-governmental organizations are increasingly worried about what they say is an apparent change of government policy . They say the army 's Internal Security Operations Command is forcing the","question":"BANGKOK , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thailand 's military has denied abusing refugee boat-people from Myanmar after claims some were whipped on a tourist beach and hundreds more left dead or missing after being towed at to sea without food and water . Photograph released by Thai navy showing a group of illegal immigrants captured on December 12 . Photos showing refugees being made to lie face down on a popular beach and media reports claiming refugees been deliberately lost at sea have sparked concerns for their safety . The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says it is `` concerned '' about the fate of the Muslim ethnic minority Rohingya people , who have fled from Myanmar 's border with Bangladesh . The agency says it has written a formal note to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking for clarification of what is happening . CNN spoke to one Australian tourist , who declined to be named for fear of being barred from Thailand , who says boat-people were `` whipped '' by Thai guards on popular diving resort island in the Similan Archipelago last month . Local media also report claims by Rohingya survivors that the"}
-{"answer":"station . `` And just as a gesture , I nodded my head . I gave him a slight wave and went on . '' Watch parade and explanation '' Representatives from the group did not return calls from CNN . But bandleader Mike Engle told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that Coleman was suspended because he ignored military protocol . `` We had gone over and over time and again with everyone in the band that this was a military parade , '' Engle told the newspaper . `` Protocol and proper decorum had to be followed at all times . Unfortunately , John chose to ignore that . '' Coleman had been suspended from the band for six months . In a written statement , band manager Ken Rybka said Coleman 's resignation from the group `` comes as a shock and surprise . '' The band has been inundated with phone calls , e-mails and messages on its Internet pages -- almost all of them critical -- since the story first broke on Monday , Rybka said . iReport.com : ` Pretty cool thing that he acknowledged the president ' `` It is unfortunate that an internal band","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Ohio man who was suspended as the drum major of a band for giving President Obama a nod during last week 's inaugural parade is calling it quits . John Coleman quit his band after it suspended him for nodding to President Obama last week . John Coleman resigned from the Cleveland Firefighters Memorial Pipes & Drums a week after the parade in Washington . Publicity about his suspension had gotten to be too much , he told CNN affiliate WEWS . `` It 's come to a point where I do n't want embarrassment anymore between the pipe band and myself , '' Coleman , who is a firefighter , told WEWS on Tuesday . Coleman was seen during the nationally televised January 20 parade nodding toward the new president while marching with the band . A few steps later , he appeared to wave briefly . He told WEWS that as the band was marching past the grandstand where Obama was sitting , he made eye contact with the president . `` Contact was made with our eyes both together and he smiled and waved at the band , '' he told the"}
-{"answer":"the shop . People drop by to ship out packages , make copies and pick up deliveries . There is always a crowd when I have been in , but Dallakoti tells me business is down 25 percent this month versus the same time last year . `` Finally it 's hitting in this area , and I believe that people are afraid of spending money , '' he says . `` It 's like a ripple effect , and I think I am feeling it now . '' Dallakoti says customers who once sent birthday presents across the country are now only sending cards . Also , eBay-related shipping is down , and he has seen a falloff in people sending mortgage-related documents . He has five employees and says he has n't had to let anyone go , but he has had to cut back their hours . He agrees that business is better in Denver than in other parts of the country and is confident he will weather the economic storm , but it may be a while before things get better for him . `` In my opinion it 's going to get worse for the","question":"Editor 's note : CNN has asked its journalists across the country to offer their thoughts on how the economic crisis is affecting their cities . In this installment , All Platform Journalist Jim Spellman reports from Denver , Colorado . Hari Dallakoti says business at his UPS store in Denver , Colorado , is down 25 percent . DENVER , Colorado -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The conventional wisdom here in the Mile High City is that Denver entered the recession early and is pulling out of it ahead of the rest of the country . Time and again I have heard politicians , journalists and business people tell me that it is n't so bad here , that Denver is poised to lead the nation in an economic recovery . Maybe , but the signs on the ground are a little harder to read . Down on Broadway I stop by a UPS store a couple of times a week . The owner 's name is Hari Dallakoti . Dallakoti always has a smile on his face and seems to know all his customers by name -- he was calling out to me by the second time I entered"}
-{"answer":"a tiny iPod alongside spy-worthy stuff such as a two-way tooth radio and a digital `` spy fly '' -- all of which are available now . `` It 's pushed to a level of success that perhaps it has n't achieved in the real world , but it 's real , it 's out there , so that 's fun '' added co-writer Tom J. Astle , a self-described science nut . Director Peter Segal said he originally could n't believe such devices were real . `` I said , ` That 's too silly . I do n't think people will buy it , '' ' he recalled telling the writers . `` Then they Googled it and it came up as an actual thing . '' Astle and Ember saw the tooth radio in a magazine and thought it was a perfect fit for the film . `` That 's an example of taking inspiration from the old series in spirit , '' Astle said . `` The inherent comedy of having a microphone in your mouth -- it 's really close to your voice and it 's easy to yell and be too loud . ''","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- AP -RRB- -- The shoe phone on TV 's `` Get Smart '' was n't just a sneaky spy gadget , it was a technological marvel : a wireless , portable telephone that could be used anywhere -- though it did require a dime to make a call . Today , almost everyone has a pocket-sized version that also takes photos , shoots video , sends e-mail and surfs the Internet . About the only thing it does n't do is protect your feet . `` Get Smart '' comes to the big screen next week , along with a spate of new spy gadgets to help Maxwell Smart , Agent 99 and the other spies at CONTROL . The gadgets are just as goofy as they were in the original TV series , but because technology has caught up with the writers ' imaginations , there 's a big difference : many of the movie 's doo-dads actually exist . `` Our favorite thing is to take something that does sort of exist and just exaggerate it a little bit , '' said Matt Ember , who co-wrote the script . The film shows"}
-{"answer":", other Louisiana officials also asked that the supplies be redirected to the state , which originally passed on them . John Medica , director of Louisiana 's Federal Property Assistance Agency , told CNN he was unaware Katrina victims still needed the items because no agency had contacted his office . Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana , an outspoken critic of FEMA 's response to the hurricane , told CNN the supply giveaway was `` just a shame . '' `` It 's just another example of the failings of the federal bureaucracy , '' Landrieu said last week . She wrote Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to request an explanation . FEMA Administrator David Paulison on Sunday defended the agency 's decision , telling CNN that Louisiana had been offered some of the stockpiles , but that state officials had declined the goods . Rainwater said state officials `` will move to quickly get these supplies in the hands of those who need them . '' `` Moving forward , we have made it clear that I am to be the point of contact for FEMA when supplies for Katrina and Rita victims are set aside for our","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Some of the $ 85 million in hurricane relief supplies given away as federal surplus will be sent back to Louisiana and given to nonprofit agencies for distribution , the state 's hurricane recovery office said Tuesday . Hand towels sit unused in Fort Worth , Texas . Goods ranged from cots to camp stoves to coffee makers . `` Today we can report that we have been notified that some of the surplus property has been located in Texas and will be coming to the state of Louisiana for distribution by Unity New Orleans , '' said Paul Rainwater , the executive director of the Louisiana Recovery Authority . A CNN investigation revealed last week that FEMA gave away the supplies as government surplus , even though agencies like Unity -- which works to resettle hurricane victims -- were still seeking the kind of supplies given away . After the disclosure , Rainwater 's organization asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to return some of the extensive stockpiles of household goods that had been purchased as `` starter kits '' for people living in trailers after Hurricane Katrina . After CNN reported on the giveaway"}
-{"answer":"autism treatments . The organization Autism Speaks has endorsed bills in 25 states that would require private health insurance policies to cover the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders for anyone under the age of 21 . The legislation would specifically be targeted at ABA and other structured autism therapies . Only eight states have autism insurance reform , according to Autism Speaks . While ABA encompasses a broad range of practices of studying and changing behavior , the one usually associated with autism is called discrete trial instruction . A trial consists of a cue , the opportunity to respond and a reward . Watch therapists using applied behavior analysis on Ryan '' For example , a therapist might try to teach a child who likes sweets to request candy . The trial gets repeated over and over so that the child learns that candy comes only as a result of the request . The clinicians at Marcus Autism Center carefully record how many trials the child successfully completes . Learn more about autism '' `` If suddenly they can emit some vocal response , and suddenly when they do that , candy appears -- someone delivers candy","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For 8-year-old Ryan Mohar , an elevator is n't just an elevator . He spends hours pressing the buttons and riding up and down , preferring this to the slew of alternatives that his teachers offer -- even candy . Ryan Mohar , who has autism , gets treated with ABA approaches at the Marcus Autism Center . Ryan is one of many American children with autism , a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive behaviors or limited interests , and difficulties with communication and social interactions . At the Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta , Georgia , Ryan and other children with communication and behavior difficulties get help through a rigorous empirical method called Applied Behavior Analysis . `` Decades of research has shown that that is the treatment of choice , and results in the best gains in terms of skill acquisition and behavior problem reduction for kids with autism and other developmental disabilities , '' said Alice Shillingsburg , program coordinator of the center 's Language and Learning Clinic . The effectiveness and nature of ABA is particularly relevant as many parents fight for insurance companies to cover it and other"}
-{"answer":"now is a deep , wrenching financial crisis unlike any we 've seen since the 1930s . It 's contributing to a broad slowdown of the American economy . The pain is spreading across the world . It 's ugly . But the history of capitalism is filled with credit crises , panics , financial meltdowns and recessions . It does n't mean the end of capitalism . CNN : Then why ca n't we just let the free markets resolve the current economic problems without the federal government getting involved ? Zakaria : We just ca n't accept the downswings that used to be routine for Western countries in the 19th century , when we saw much less intervention by the government . Can you imagine the political fallout from 20 percent unemployment or 5 percent growth rates ? The government must experiment with massive interventions in the market to ensure credit starts flowing smoothly again . These interventions have become part and parcel of modern capitalism . CNN : So what should the government do ? Zakaria : That is the real question : How to regulate the markets so you get the maximum innovation and growth ,","question":"Editor 's note : Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who is the host of `` Fareed Zakaria : GPS '' on CNN at 1 p.m. ET Sundays . `` America will have to fight to attract capital and investment like every other nation , '' says Fareed Zakaria . NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The crisis in global financial markets will top the agenda as finance ministers from the world 's top industrialized nations and central bank governors meet in Washington . In an effort to breathe some life into economies around the world , the Federal Reserve , in tandem with five other central banks , lowered its key lending rate to 1.5 percent from 2 percent . However , the global financial crisis has sunk its teeth in to the point that analysts say the $ 700 billion bailout plan and coordinated rate cut were merely steps in the right direction , and it will take much more to really get credit moving . CNN spoke to world affairs expert Fareed Zakaria about the most recent developments . CNN : Is the economy as bad as everyone is saying ? Zakaria : What is happening"}
-{"answer":"be the Steve Jobs show that generates headlines worldwide , '' John Jackson , an analyst at Boston-based market research firm CCS Insight who attended the keynote , said in a recent interview . `` These events are n't going to be the same as they ever were . '' Even without Jobs ' dramatic stage presence , the iPhone 4S became the fastest-selling phone over its launch weekend , selling 4 million units worldwide . Financial analysts worried that the aging glass-and-steel design would stunt sales , but the faster processor , better camera and Siri voice assistant -- plus the addition of a third major carrier , Sprint Nextel -- helped the smartphone maintain momentum . Siri , which Apple describes as beta software , has experienced occasional outages since its October launch , but iCloud has fared much better than Apple 's previous endeavors into Internet services . About 20 million people activated their free iCloud accounts in its first week , Apple said . ITunes Match , a $ 25-a-year music synchronization service , was delayed by a few weeks but has received positive reviews . Like Jobs had done , Cook began e-mailing with some","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- World leaders are often measured by what they do in their first 100 days in office . But what about business leaders ? As of Friday , it has been 100 days since Apple co-founder and longtime CEO Steve Jobs passed the company torch to Tim Cook . Since that first day , August 24 , Wall Street and legions of Apple fans have had their gazes fixed on Cook . As the man heading arguably the most influential and valuable technology company in the world , Cook wields a great deal of power . After Cook took over , Jobs held the role of executive chairman but lost his long battle with cancer some six weeks later , on October 5 . The day before Jobs died , Cook led a news conference to announce the iPhone 4S . `` I consider it the privilege of a lifetime to have worked here for 14 years , '' Cook said at that event . `` I am so incredibly proud of this company . '' Analysts described the presentation as crisp but lacking the excitement of a Jobs production . `` It 's not going to"}
-{"answer":"high ceilings , glossy concrete floors and warm , burnished wood . But instead of the requisite Buddha statue , there 's a rubber rabbit 's head for inspiration . The muse seems ironic and appropriate , especially since Boyd swears his home was a brothel back in the 1900s . CNN talked to Boyd about collaboration , the fulfillment of art and finding the perfect wave . The following is an edited version of the interview . CNN : Is n't it ironic that you had your first solo art show before your first solo album ? Brandon Boyd : I 've actually thought very little about solo work up until just very recently . Most of it is because in my band , Incubus , it is very much a collaborative effort . I do what I do in the band , and everyone plays their respective parts , but in the end , we are sort of a democratic process . We meet in the middle for a lot of the songs , and I think that 's why we sound the way we do -- because it 's sort of five minds meeting in the middle","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Brandon Boyd blends into his Venice , California , neighborhood like any other resident . Brandon Boyd , front man for Incubus , is going on the road with the band in July . He surfs . Shuns Starbucks in favor of the local smoothie shop . Walks his French bulldog , Bruce . Oh , he also paints and makes music with his multiplatinum rock band , Incubus . The quintet hits the road on a North American summer tour in July , and just released a greatest hits collection called `` Monuments and Melodies . '' The packaging features artwork by Boyd , who held his first solo art exhibit at Mr. Musichead Rock Art Gallery in Los Angeles last fall . The showroom is on the Sunset Strip , a stone 's throw from the clubs that were host to Incubus ' first gigs . The most spectacular paintings are large , fantasy-inspired pieces drenched in burgundy or aqua . Usually , the artwork springs to life in a corner of the singer 's kitchen , where an easel permanently resides . It 's a zen-like space , with"}
-{"answer":"fees for each particular service -- rather than by the particular medical service they perform . Meet new CNN contributor David Frum The changes the president has in mind wo n't kill Grandma . But they will change medicine in ways Grandma may find uncomfortable . Ten years from now , Grandma probably wo n't have a personal doctor . Her Medicare will cover less -- and cost more . Medicare was under pressure even before the election of Obama . The gap between the future revenues and future obligations of Medicare and Social Security is estimated by the Social Security trustees at some $ 45 trillion . How much is that ? Adjusting for inflation , it 's the cost of fighting World War II -- 10 times . Medicare is the single biggest spending commitment of the United States . As Obama stacks enormous new health care spending commitments atop the old , Medicare 's already bleak future grows dimmer still . Who wins as Medicare loses ? The short answer is : the uninsured . The president will use the money squeezed from Medicare to extend some form of coverage to the 35 million to 40 million","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Keep the government 's hands off my Medicare . '' Those words -- quoted by so many TV talking heads -- never seem actually to have been spoken by anyone . It 's like that poodle in the microwave story : Everybody has a neighbor who heard it from his cousin . The town hallers were angry , but they were not crazy , and they were not stupid . They knew perfectly well that Medicare is provided by the government . They also knew that their government is proposing to change Medicare in ways they do not like . The health care reform plans backed by President Obama would cut hundreds of billions out of the the growth of Medicare spending over the next 10 years . More ominous for seniors than the dollar figure is the plan behind the number . The president wants to reduce spending on Medicare Advantage , the privately run plans that offer seniors a better deal than conventional Medicare . Over the longer term , the president aspires to shift Medicare patients to teams of health care providers paid by the year , instead of individual doctors charging"}
-{"answer":"Van Vollenhoven said there had been misty weather and if it were clearer then the pilots might have noticed how far up they were . He said that if such instruments do n't function , automatic pilots should not be used for landings . Investigators said there had been faulty meter readings on two other flights but the pilots were able to land . Van Vollenhoven said that the pilots realized the problem but failed to appreciate what had been happening until it was too late . In the immediate aftermath of the crash investigators said the plane fell almost vertically to the ground indicating the aircraft did not have enough forward speed . The plane crash less than 500 yards short of the runway . Passengers described feeling the plane suddenly drop before impact , and at least one passenger said he heard the pilot trying to give more power to the engines before it went down . Four of the crew and three Boeing employees were among the nine people killed in the crash . Turkey 's flagship airline is well-rated internationally for its overall safety record and the Boeing 737-800 has a good safety record . The","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A `` faulty '' flight instrument contributed to the crash of a Turkish plane last month in the Netherlands , an accident that killed nine people and injured more than 60 others , Dutch safety authorities said on Wednesday . Turkish Airlines workers carry the coffins of four staff who died in the crash . On February 25 , Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 from Istanbul to Amsterdam dropped from the sky on approach to the landing strip at Schiphol Airport , shattering into three pieces in a muddy field . Pieter van Vollenhoven , head of the Dutch Safety Board , said the instrument was one of the plane 's two altimeters , which measure altitude . Because of the `` faulty '' left altimeter , the plane on automatic pilot reacted as if it were lower than it was and started to behave as if it was touching down . The plane was at 700 meters but the instrument indicated that it was at ground level . This caused the automatic throttles to slow the plane down , leading to a loss of speed . The plane was on automatic pilot when it crashed ."}
-{"answer":"them in a project called Heathrow East . Watch Queen Elizabeth meet airport staff . '' Residents were once told by BAA that there would be no fifth terminal , but the company is planning to forge further ahead despite the concerns of environmental groups . `` Terminal 5 stands as a monument to the binge-flying culture this Government has done so much to encourage , '' Greenpeace transport campaigner Anita Goldsmith told the UK Press Association . `` It 's part of an obsession with expansion which can only mean more flights , more emissions and more climate change . '' Richard Dyer of Friends of the Earth added : `` If the Government is serious about tackling climate change , the opening of Terminal 5 must mark the end of airport expansion in Britain . `` Further expansion of Heathrow would be environmentally irresponsible and is n't necessary for the economy of London . '' However , business groups welcomed the expansion at Heathrow . `` Thriving , growing airports are vital to help maintain Britain 's economic competitiveness , '' Neil Pakey , chairman of the Airport Operators ' Association , told PA. . `` Domestic air","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Queen Elizabeth helped launch Heathrow 's $ 8.6 billion new Terminal 5 on Friday as part of the British airport 's rejuvenation plan to maintain its status as one of the world 's most important transport hubs . A general view of the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport prior to its official opening on Friday . The British monarch , who also opened Heathrow 's first passenger terminal in 1955 , was present under strict security a day after a man carrying a backpack was arrested for running onto a runway at the airport . The first flights from the new terminal are scheduled for March 27 . Its opening has come after 15 years of planning and construction by its owners BAA -- and protests by local residents and environmental groups . It is part of a strategy which could lead to passenger numbers almost doubling to 122 million a year , with a sixth terminal and a third runway in the pipeline despite some vociferous opposition . Spanish-owned BAA , which also runs Gatwick and Stansted in Britain , also plans to eventually demolish Terminals 1 and 2 and replace"}
-{"answer":"proposal under a policy that allowed lawmakers and residents to give further thought to legislation that could exacerbate overcrowding in California 's prisons . Taber said it could be brought up again this year or next . The prison houses more than 5,300 inmates , including Scott Peterson , according to the department of corrections . However , even with the waterfront property , putting the prison on the market may be a hard sell , especially if a new prison had to be built . `` This is a really good facility , '' Bob Sleppy of the California Department of Corrections said . `` It 's existing ; it 's operating ; it 's well-operated over the years by custody staff . It serves an immediate need . '' He said that building another facility to house the inmates might be troublesome . `` Communities seldom welcome a new prison , '' he said , adding that constructing a prison to replace San Quentin could cost $ 2 billion , the very price tag Denham suggested . The idea of selling San Quentin , which opened its doors in 1852 , has been raised before , but it","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If one California lawmaker has his way , his cash-strapped state may have an arresting real estate listing on the market : San Quentin State Prison . San Quentin prison houses more than 5,300 inmates , including Scott Peterson . State Sen. Jeff Denham is proposing selling the 432-acre prison , which offers a breathtaking view of San Francisco Bay , to garner money for California . `` Our inmates just do n't need an ocean view . Let 's level it off , '' said Denham , a Republican . `` Let 's rebuild something for the community there and reap the benefit for the state by having that money come in , '' he added . Denham estimates that the property could sell for as much as $ 2 billion , even amid a down market . On Tuesday , lawmakers put the proposal to sell the prison in a `` holding pattern , '' said Jann Taber , a spokeswoman for Denham . Watch CNN 's Dan Simon report from San Quentin '' State Sen. Mark Leno , who chairs the state 's public safety committee , said the committee was holding the"}
-{"answer":"congenital disorder . `` This is extraordinary , '' Hung said . She said she had planned a simple eight-mile run , a small fraction of what the ultrarunner usually tackles in a sport that challenges competitors to run at least farther than a 26.2-mile marathon . She is among the majority of ultrarunners who like doing 100-mile races . She set out from her Oceanside home at 5:30 a.m. Sunday to meet Fidel Diaz , her running partner and brother-in-law , who is also a serious ultrarunner . They planned to run along a trail in the the Cleveland National Forest near San Diego . She brought along two water bottles and wore a Camelpak , a backpack that can be filled with water . That was plenty of water for an eight-mile outing . She did n't bring food with her , but Natero-Armento said she ate a piece of apple before she started , and that was the only food in her stomach . Natero-Armento said she did several things that were out of character that day , and she wishes she had been more prepared . `` I am very careful usually , but that particular","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The California runner who was lost in a forest for three days without water had barely a few hours to go before she would have died , her doctor said Thursday . Runner Maria `` Gina '' Natero-Armenta , 36 , survived for three days without water in a California forest . Maria `` Gina '' Natero-Armento , 36 , not only survived 72 hours with only a slice of apple in her stomach and a little bit of water for nourishment , she also has only one functioning kidney , Dr. Derrick Hong said . He spoke with CNN on Thursday afternoon , along with Natero-Armento and her husband , Armando Armento , in a conference call interview from her room at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo , California . Natero-Armento is no amateur when it comes to distance or mountain running . She 's one of the top female finishers in a San Diego 100-mile race and an experienced ultrarunner with top times in other 100-mile and 50-mile races . Her body was unusually strong to begin with , but she also has one kidney -- the other does n't function because of a"}
-{"answer":"unconstitutional . It also helped codify the idea of separation of powers as a lasting hallmark of the American system of government . The case is the subject of a new book , `` The Great Decision : Jefferson , Adams , Marshall and the Battle for the Supreme Court '' -LRB- PublicAffairs Books -RRB- , which includes Stevens ' analysis of the opinion 's impact over the years . Written by Clifford Sloan -- a former Stevens law clerk -- and David McKean , it offers an inside look at how the federal judiciary , led by Chief Justice John Marshall , muscled itself into equal footing with the other two branches of government . It is a struggle , Sloan noted , that continues to affect issues today , such as the president 's authority in the war on terror , federal bans on late-term abortion and church-state disputes . `` There is a view of an enduring role for our courts that rises above the political pressures and cross-currents of the moment , '' said Sloan . `` There are imperfections , there are problems , but it 's been the most protective regime for rights and","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Justice John Paul Stevens is approaching his 40th year on the federal bench -- the last 34 on the Supreme Court , deciding thousands of cases . But he said his love of the law was nurtured decades earlier by a professor 's dedication and the enduring power of a political dispute that blossomed into a landmark decision known as Marbury v. Madison . Justice John Paul Stevens swears in Vice President Joe Biden . Stevens has been on the court for 34 years . `` It was the beginning , well , of my whole legal career , '' Stevens told CNN in a recent exclusive interview . `` You read it today and you will find some current value in it . For me , that case inspired a lasting appreciation and respect for the rule of law . '' The 88-year-old justice , who sources said has no plans to step down anytime soon , is not alone in citing the 1803 high court ruling as a cornerstone of federal court authority . The landmark decision for the first time established the power of the Supreme Court to declare acts of Congress"}
-{"answer":"cravings , Union troops loved their coffee because it was , literally , the best thing on the menu . Before the advent of helpful -LRB- and tasty ! -RRB- artificial preservatives , a marching soldier 's rations were neither varied nor particularly appetizing . Typically , they consisted of salted meat , unleavened bread -LRB- accurately christened `` hardtack '' -RRB- , and a little sugar and salt . It did n't help that Union supply chains were riddled with corrupt food contractors who charged the government top dollar for rotten , stale , and insect-ridden foodstuffs . Coffee , however , was almost always fresh because it was delivered in whole-bean form -- making it difficult for even the most dishonest supplier to skimp on quality . Not that they did n't try , of course . In fact , officials began requesting coffee as whole beans after some crooked contractors tried to up their per-pound profits by slipping sand and dirt into packages of ground coffee . In 1861 , hoping to cut down on the time soldiers spent roasting and grinding beans , the army switched to a concentrated proto-instant coffee . The new concoction ,","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- Even in the midst of the Civil War , there was still one thing the North and South shared -- a serious addiction to caffeine . Confederate troops were less likely to get a cup of coffee . In that respect , the Union clearly had an advantage . Not only did the North have more than two-thirds of the population and control most of the heavy industry , railroads , and financial reserves in the country , it hoarded supplies of the highly addictive little bean , leaving the Confederacy to wage its own war against java deprivation . Coffee : It 's what 's for breakfast , lunch and dinner Throughout the Civil War , coffee was as prevalent on the battlefields as it is in offices today . In fact , the Union army was fueled by the stuff to the point that , if there was no time to boil water , the Boys in Blue would chew on whole beans as they marched . And at night , Union campsites were dotted with tiny fires , each boiling a pot of coffee like a million miniature Starbucks . Beyond caffeine"}
-{"answer":", is also in hot water for his angry reaction and claiming the Kazakhs had tried to fix the match . `` This is an insult to the Olympic vision , an insult to the spirit of taekwondo and , in my opinion , an insult to mankind , '' Yang added . Although the arena announcer said Matos and his coach were banned effective immediately , Yang said due process must be followed before officially banning the two . It was not the only controversial moment in the four-day taekwondo competition , which was marred by several protests against judging decisions . Earlier Saturday , China 's double gold medalist Chen Zhong crashed out in the quarterfinals after initially being declared the winner . She was fighting Britain 's Sarah Stevenson , who scored with a clear head kick -- worth two points -- in the final seconds of their bout . That would have put Stevenson ahead and into the semifinals , but the judges ruled Stevenson 's kick was n't solid enough for points , and Chen was declared the winner 1-0 . After Britain protested , the result was changed to put Stevenson in the semifinal","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former Olympic champion Angel Matos of Cuba faces a life ban after kicking a referee flush in the face during his taekwondo bronze medal match in Beijing . Matos reacted in extraordinary fashion to being disqualified by Chelbat . Matos , who took gold in Sydney in 2000 , was winning 3-2 , with just over a minute left in the second round , when he fell to the mat after being hit by his opponent , Kazakhstan 's Arman Chilmanov . Matos lay down , awaiting medical attention , but was then disqualified by referee Chakir Chelbat of Sweden for taking too much injury time . A furious Matos reacted by pushing a judge , then pushed and kicked Chelbat in the face . It left the Swede with blood pouring from his lip while Matos spat on the floor and was then escorted out of the arena . `` We did n't expect anything like what you have witnessed to occur , '' said World Taekwondo Federation secretary general Yang Jin-suk . `` I am at a loss for words , '' he told the Associated Press . Matos ' coach , Leudis Gonzalez"}
-{"answer":"at large . The question for the justices was how that testimony is presented . Some trial courts , but not all , have allowed such videotapes to be played in court , while often placing limitations on the content . One case involved Douglas Oliver Kelly , convicted in the 1993 slaying of Sarah Weir . The teenager had befriended Kelly at a Burbank gym . Her body was found stabbed 29 times , probably by a pair of scissors . During the penalty phase of the trial , the prosecution presented just one witness to provide victim impact evidence : the victim 's mother , Martha Farwell , a Los Angeles-area attorney . She had prepared the video , describing how her daughter had been adopted from Canada and was a Blackfoot Indian . In the background is the music of Enya , an Irish singer and composer . Most of the video simply describes the photos and home movies , but near the end is a shot of Weir 's grave and Farwell 's narration : `` As time goes by , I try very hard not to think of Sarah in terms of this terrible tragedy","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Taken alone , a California woman 's 20-minute video `` scrapbook '' is basically a collection of photographic memories spanning her 19-year-old daughter 's all-too-brief life . Birthday parties , picnics , graduations -- all set to evocative music and narrated matter-of-factly by the mother . John Paul Stevens was one of three justices who wanted to grant further review of the defendant 's case . What makes this video unusual is that it was presented at a California murder trial as `` victim impact evidence . '' The Supreme Court on Monday gave an indirect endorsement to such videos when it rejected an appeal from a defendant who argued that the presentation violated his right to a fair trial . The high court also rejected a similar capital case , also from California , involving a woman who narrated a video montage of her slain parents . With the court 's refusal to intervene , the death sentences imposed by the juries in the two cases were upheld . At issue was not whether any testimony can be used showing the impact a crime victim 's loss had on family , friends and society"}
-{"answer":"`` Honey , '' she said , `` you do n't know me , but when I saw you standing up here on this hill , I knew that you must be one of the girls and I could n't help myself but to drive up here and let you know how much me and my whole family loved both of your parents . They were real special people . '' I thanked her for her kind words as we stood side by side gazing down at the graves of Govs. George Wallace and Lurleen Wallace . After a few moments , the woman leaned into me and spoke almost in a conspiratorial whisper . `` I never thought I would live to see the day when a black would be running for president . I know your daddy must be rolling over in his grave . '' Not having the heart or the energy to respond , I gave her bony arm a slight squeeze , turned and walked away . As I put the remnants of the graveyard spray in the trunk of my car , I assumed that she had not bothered to notice the Barack Obama","question":"Editor 's note : Peggy Wallace Kennedy is the daughter of George C. Wallace and Lurleen Wallace , who both were governors of Alabama . She lives in Montgomery , Alabama , with her husband , Mark Kennedy , a retired state Supreme Court justice . They have two sons , Leigh , a decorated veteran of the Iraq war , and Burns , a college sophomore . Peggy Wallace Kennedy says her father sought absolution for his segregationist views . MONTGOMERY , Alabama -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I heard a car door slam behind me and turned to see an elderly but spry woman heading my way . The night before , a gang of vandals had swept through the cemetery desecrating graves , crushing headstones and stealing funereal objects . My parents ' graves , situated on a wind-swept hill overlooking the cemetery , had not been spared . A large marble urn that stood between two granite columns had been pried loose and spirited away , leaving faded silk flowers strewn on the ground . I was holding a bouquet of them in my arms when the woman walked up and gave me a crushing hug ."}
-{"answer":"an incredible way to make an impact . '' Teach For America is like a local Peace Corps serving some of the country 's poorest public schools in inner cities and in rural areas . It has grown every year since its inception in 1990 , sending 20,000 college graduates into the nation 's neediest classrooms for a two-year commitment . This year , amid a tight job market , it is more popular than ever . According to the organization 's Web site , their teachers get paid the same salary and benefits as beginning teachers in their area and are paid by the local school district . About 35,000 college seniors applied for the 2009 school year , a 42 percent jump from last year . `` We had less competition from Wall Street firms , banks and places like that . It just led a lot of students to really think about what they wanted to do and how they could make an impact , '' said Kevin Huffman , executive director of Teach For America . `` Eleven percent of the entire Ivy League senior class applied to join , 20 percent of African-American seniors at","question":"NEW YORK -- Talking excitedly and pacing the front of her classroom , Molly Greer engages her students . `` What are different paces you can go when you 're reading aloud ? Christina ? '' Molly Greer , in her New York classroom , says she now wants to make teaching her career . `` Low . '' `` Okay , low or soft , yes . '' On the first day of school , most of the kids in Greer 's eighth-grade class could not read at a sixth-grade level . With summer almost here , it 's a totally different story for these kids , who according to their school are expected to read at or near grade level . `` It is an incredible thing for these students . '' Greer graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin . She arrived at PS 212 , the multicultural magnet school in the Bronx , New York , two years ago with a degree in political science and a desire to change the world . `` When I found out about Teach For America , '' she said , `` I realized that teaching would be such"}
-{"answer":"the first window on the world for luxury goods for the Chinese , '' Guten said , adding that the purchase of `` genuine '' luxury goods -- rather than the fakes that proliferate the mainland -- is actually cheaper in Hong Kong because of lack of sales taxes or tariffs . And how are they purchasing these goods ? `` With cash , '' Guten said . `` Because they have the cash . '' The real estate boom by mainlanders is a way for China 's rich to diversify their investments close to home . `` If you look at the history of China , despite the fact that the economy is very strong on a global basis right now , there 's been a very volatile period , '' said Francis Cheung of CLSA . '' -LRB- If -RRB- you have 100-percent wealth in China , you just naturally want to diversify . '' They are not only buying property and Gucci bags , but stock -- the Hang Seng stock exchange is up 50 percent this year . Research firm CLSA expects the market to rise another 20 percent in 2010 . CNN 's Andrew Stevens","question":"Hong Kong , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The most coveted property on Hong Kong island is called `` The Peak , '' overlooking the city 's stunning Victoria Harbor . But these days , the prices are what is taking people 's breath away -- a modest apartment here now can go for $ 30 million . Recently what is claimed to be the world 's most expensive apartment -- a 6,200-square-foot duplex -- sold for a record $ 57 million . While an implosion of property prices sparked the financial crisis in the United States , property prices in Hong Kong are booming in part because of mainland cash pouring into the city . China 's superrich are purchasing homes and sweeping luxury brand items off the shelf here . `` There would be no good turnover of luxury brands in Hong Kong if it was n't for the Chinese shopper , '' said Francis Guten , a luxury brand consultant in Hong Kong . Although total retail sales have dropped 4 percent this year , luxury brands are doing brisk business thanks to mainland shoppers . `` They come to Hong Kong because Hong Kong was always"}
-{"answer":"freedom of the press . iReport.com : Share your celeb stories and photos Critics of the plan include Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton , who argues that it would be difficult to enforce . He also says existing laws can keep unruly packs of photographers in check . The chief said the city 's tabloid darlings could help by providing photographers less to work with . `` If celebrities behave themselves , that solves about 90 percent of the problem , '' Bratton said . `` Britney , the last couple of days , has started wearing clothes again . The paparazzi are leaving town because she 's not as interesting when she 's not running around without her underwear on . '' He said actress Lindsay Lohan `` evidently found a new love life , so she 's probably in New York hanging out '' and that `` God knows '' where billionaire heiress Paris Hilton had been . `` She 's thankfully disappeared from the scene , '' Bratton said . At the hearing , members of the paparazzi also said the law would be impossible to enforce . `` Unless every celebrity has a chaperone of","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The sponsor of a proposal to rein in aggressive celebrity photographers is meeting resistance from Los Angeles ' top cop , who says the law is not needed when celebrities just behave . Photographers swarm a car carrying Britney Spears after a Los Angeles court appearance in October 2007 . City Councilman Dennis Zine wants to require photographers to stay a safe distance from celebrities . His proposed ordinance is nicknamed the `` Britney Law '' for the hordes of paparazzi that swarm around pop star Britney Spears , sometimes costing the city thousands of dollars for escorts and other enforcement . `` They act like a pack of wolves stalking their prey , creating havoc in the streets , and are nuisances to innocent bystanders , '' Zine said at a task force hearing he convened Thursday . Watch how paparazzi spy on Hollywood stars '' The proposal gained exposure last month when officials from around Southern California asked former independent counsel Kenneth Starr -- whose investigation of former President Clinton spawned its own share of tabloid headlines -- to help craft a law that would protect celebrities without infringing on"}
-{"answer":"of her `` comfort zone '' by entering the political scene on behalf of a candidate , and praised Obama 's `` ear for eloquence and tongue for unvarnished truth . We need politicians to tell the truth and be the truth . '' Watch what issues are important to Iowans '' She also said Obama would bring `` a sense of statesmanship '' to the White House . Watch Winfrey endorse Obama '' After extensive thank-yous to his wife Michelle and to Winfrey -- and acknowledging that the crowd was largely there to see Winfrey , not him -- Obama launched into his stump speech . `` I am running because of what Dr. King called ` the fierce urgency of now , ' '' he said . Covering ground from the Iraq war to the economy to health care , he said , `` there is such a thing as being too late -- and that hour is almost upon us . '' His campaign worked the crowd , passing out cards to sign up supporters and verifying that those who showed up are registered to vote . They handed out cards asking fans to provide their mailing","question":"COLUMBIA , South Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Oprah Winfrey delivered her `` favorite '' candidate in the presidential race something his campaign hoped for Sunday : the largest crowd yet of any event in the race to ' 08 , according to the Obama campaign . Oprah campaigned with Obama this weekend in Iowa , New Hampshire and South Carolina . Although exact figures were not immediately available , campaign officials estimated more than 30,000 people packed into Columbia , South Carolina 's Williams-Brice stadium to hear the talk-show queen explain why she believes Obama is the man with the `` vision '' for America . `` Dr. King dreamed the dream . We get to vote that dream into reality by supporting a man who knows not just who we are but who we can be , '' she told the crowd . South Carolina is one of the first states in the nation to hold its presidential primary , making it key to the success of any presidential candidate . Winfrey gave a similar speech Saturday in the first stop of a two-day , three-state tour with her fellow Chicagoan . She discussed on Sunday stepping out"}
-{"answer":", and Gavin , 9 and `` these funds will be used to erect a lasting tribute in the city of Columbia , '' according to the complaint . `` Our goal is to extract something positive from such a horrific and senseless tragedy and to honor the lives of my sister and her two young sons , '' Weiss said . The wrongful death suit also names Coleman 's father , Ronald , and the Joyce Meyer Ministries , where Coleman worked until shortly after his family was killed , as `` respondents in discovery , '' which means they may be forced to hand over financial documents and information such as Coleman 's personnel file , his work schedule and travel itineraries and the Ministries ' employment policies . In addition , the suit tries to establish a timeline of events before and after the killings , saying the Colemans took the deed to their home in 2005 , but six months ago , ownership was transferred to Christoper Coleman alone . `` Sheri did not voluntarily sign the deed transferring title to the residence to Christopher , '' the document says . Lawyers in the civil suit","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The mother and brother of a 31-year-old woman found strangled with her two young sons in the bedrooms of their home filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the alleged killer -- the husband and father of the victims . Christopher Coleman has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bond . Christopher Coleman has pleaded not guilty in the triple homicide police say took place early in the morning on May 5 in the family home in the small southwestern Illinois city of Columbia . `` To strip the culpable party of all financial holdings -- all that he has now and all that he may ever have , '' is the aim of the suit , said a statement accompanying the suit filed in Monroe County circuit court by Angela DeCicco and Mario Weiss , the mother and brother of Sheri Coleman . `` To allow one penny of ill-gotten gain to be derived at the expense of Sheri , Garett and Gavin is not acceptable to those who dearly love them . '' The money would go to a memorial fund set up for Coleman and her sons , Garett , 11"}
-{"answer":"role in one of the most divisive legal and social controversies of our times . It faded for a time , as Tiller 's death led to the closure of Wichita 's last abortion clinic , and activists on both sides shifted their focus elsewhere . But the trial of Tiller 's admitted shooter , Scott Roeder , again stirred talk of abortion in the bars and coffee shops of a city where most have steeled themselves for years against noisy protests and graphic images of fetuses . Roeder was convicted Friday of first-degree murder . After the jury 's swift verdict -- they deliberated for just 37 minutes -- many in Wichita are hoping the abortion controversy will fade . `` After he receives his sentence on March 9 -- preferably the Hard 50 , as District Attorney Nola Foulston is requesting -- he 'll also get the consequence . And then may we never hear from him again , '' blogged an editorial writer for the local newspaper , The Wichita Eagle . `` Maybe this will get things back to normal now , seeing as there 's not much reason for abortion to be such a big","question":"Wichita , Kansas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Major King remembers a time before the abortion debate came to his hometown , a time when Wichita , Kansas , was known as the air capital of the world . Manufacturers such as Learjet , Cessna and Beechcraft were the backbone of a tight-knit community where God-fearing folks like King would canoe after school in the Arkansas River and drag the streets `` in slick cars with a nice-looking honey '' on weekends . Times have changed , says King , 70 , a retired oil refinery worker who also spent time at Cessna . `` Now , Wichita 's known as the abortion capital of the world . '' It 's a label shunned by many Wichitans , regardless of their views on abortion . They 'd rather be known for the restaurants and entertainment venues , quality schools and affordable housing that make Wichita one of the nation 's `` best-kept secrets , '' King says . But the May 31 , 2009 , slaying of Dr. George Tiller , a prominent abortion provider gunned down in church during Sunday services , focused national attention back on Wichita and its"}
-{"answer":"simply closed , '' he wrote . `` There was nothing more they could do . '' The newly released documents also carry an account by a U.S. Air Force pilot who says he was told to shoot down an unidentified flying craft over eastern England . But before he could fire , the object disappeared . The next day , a man arrived to debrief the pilot and `` he was told in no uncertain terms that what he had seen on his radar was top secret and he was n't to speak about it to anyone , '' Clarke wrote . The first set of files was made available to members of the public in May . It covered reported UFO sightings from 1978 to 1987 , and included hundreds of police reports taken from witnesses who described seeing lights or strange objects in the sky . People who reported having seen UFOs typically describe various shapes and colors of lights , moving in formation or hovering in the sky . Witnesses reported orange , red , white and green lights that were diamond-shaped , square , or cigar-shaped . They reported them to police , who have","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands of documents about reported UFO sightings -- ranging from calm accounts by professional pilots to unhinged rants about the extraterrestrial menace -- have been released by the British Ministry of Defence . Taiwan resident Lee Chun-hung took these pictures showing a ball of fire trailing across the sky . The 4,500 pages cover sightings that were reported from 1986 through 1992 . The British military released them to a curious public as part of a four-year project to transfer all such documents to the National Archives . One highlight from the batch released Monday involves the captain of an Italian airliner . He shouted `` Look out ! '' to his co-pilot in April 1991 after claiming to see a beige `` missile-shaped object '' shoot past the cockpit . In that instance , the defence ministry ruled out a missile and `` all the usual explanations , '' wrote David Clarke , a UFO expert and journalism instructor at Sheffield Hallam University , who worked with the National Archives to prepare the new materials for release . `` The end result was this was a genuine UFO and the file was"}
-{"answer":"'' Nielsen said , `` as a high honor bestowed on high-ranking fallen warriors . '' Watch Nielsen lead a riderless horse at Arlington '' The ancient riderless horse ceremony did n't include backward boots , he said , but it did include an unusual meal . `` They were shrouding their horses or putting him in battle armor or escorting the fallen to their grave , '' Nielsen said . `` When that was done , they would eat the horse , and they would have a big feast . '' Today `` the boots facing backward symbolize -LSB- that -RSB- the fallen wo n't ride again and -LSB- the rider is -RSB- looking back on his family one last time , '' he said . Nielsen serves with the ceremonial Caisson Platoon of the 3rd U.S. Infantry regiment , also known as the Old Guard , based at Fort Myer , Virginia , near the cemetery . Formed in 1784 , the Old Guard ranks as the oldest active duty unit in the Army . `` Memorial Day weekend is very busy around here , '' said Nielsen , who joins Old Guard comrades in the annual tradition","question":"ARLINGTON , Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Staff Sgt. Travis Nielsen had no idea when he joined the U.S. Army that his duty would include one of the most solemn and hallowed ceremonies in the military . John F. Kennedy 's funeral in 1963 included a riderless horse with boots facing backwards in the saddle . During funeral processions at Virginia 's Arlington National Cemetery near Washington , Nielsen walks the riderless horse , a powerful military symbol that stands among the highest honors for the fallen . Images of the so-called caparisoned horse , often referred to as the `` cap horse , '' remain emblazoned in the memories of millions of shocked Americans who watched President Kennedy 's funeral procession shortly after his 1963 assassination . According to Army tradition , a ceremonial horse is led by a `` cap walker , '' like Nielsen , in a procession with boots set backward in the saddle 's stirrups . In addition to high-ranking government officials such as the president , the cap horse honor is reserved for officers of the rank of colonel or above . The tradition dates `` to Roman times , or Genghis Khan ,"}
-{"answer":"lacking . Oh , yes , I know . Democrats have a stranglehold on the black vote , receiving upward of 90 percent in national elections . A significant part of that is a result of the party seeing blacks as the backbone of the party . But the reality is that when you have only one party that truly makes a play for those voters , of course you will see such disparities ! That 's why it 's dumb , dumb , and dumber for the leading GOP candidates to skip Thursday 's debate hosted by Tavis Smiley and airing on PBS . Mitt Romney , Rudy Giuliani , Fred Thompson and Sen. John McCain have all cited `` scheduling conflicts '' as the reason for their lack of attendance to debate at Morgan State University in Baltimore , Maryland , even though Smiley personnel tell me they began discussions with then-RNC head Mehlman in February 2006 . When the debate was announced earlier this year , along with a Democratic forum held in June at Howard University , the RNC promised their candidates would speak . But those of us who follow politics knew that was n't","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- That 's right , I said it . And I mean it . Roland Martin says the GOP is missing its chance to win black voters . The GOP as a whole is completely scared of black voters , and the actions by the front-runners for the party 's 2008 nomination show they are continuing the same silly political games the party has played for years . Oh , do n't bother tossing out the appointments of Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state by Bush . Yes , they are African-American . But I 'm speaking of the party . Ever since Richard Nixon ran for the White House , the GOP has run on a `` Southern Strategy , '' meant to alienate blacks in an effort to garner white voters . They 've worked the strategy to perfection . When he was head of the Republican National Committee , Ken Mehlman apologized for that strategy as he sought to make inroads among black voters . Republicans will tell you they are the party of Abraham Lincoln , who signed the Emancipation Proclamation , but their outreach efforts to black voters are"}
-{"answer":"are disappointed when they realize he 's not Ryan Reynolds -- are n't enough to draw crowds , what is ? Do n't ask Clooney , Gosling 's `` March '' co-star and director . The Los Angeles Times explored the likeness between the two leading men in September . Despite being adored by fans and critics , Clooney and his films do n't always garner commercial success either , as the article pointed out . Remember `` Leatherheads , '' `` The Men Who Stare at Goats '' and `` The American '' ? Each of those Clooney-starrers reportedly grossed between $ 31million and $ 35 million domestically , which is considered low these days for an A-lister . But like his `` March '' co-star , as Gosling sets hearts afire while his movies fail to do the same , the media only becomes more infatuated with the 30-year-old actor . First there was that amateur video of Gosling breaking up a New York street fight that surfaced in August . Then those heartwarming photos of the actor carrying his tired pooch around hit the Web . And what about that time he told UK paper The Times","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Oscar nomination , abs of steel and five leading roles in a 10-month span typically denotes Hollywood golden boy . Despite critical acclaim and a smoldering stare , Ryan Gosling still manages to fly under the radar with most of the moviegoing masses . The actor has already received praise for his performance as the press secretary\/spin doctor to Gov. Mike Morris -LRB- George Clooney -RRB- in `` The Ides of March , '' which hits theaters Friday . And his role as heartthrob Noah Calhoun in 2004 's `` The Notebook '' will continue to haunt mediocre boyfriends everywhere . Yet Gosling 's movies , many of which are smaller films , do n't always resonate at the box office . Consider this our public apology to you , Gosling , for not rewarding your hotness and all around good-guyness by making you a mega-star by now . We 've loved you since you started out as a Mouseketeer on Disney 's `` The Mickey Mouse Club , '' though we assure you it was in an age-appropriate way . So if his rocking bod and humble nature -- he told CNN that women"}
-{"answer":"is recovering now , but half of the children under age 18 still live below the poverty line . A quarter of the adults never make it past the ninth grade and more than half never graduate from high school . The children on this trip to South Africa are what educators and social workers call `` at-risk '' -- at risk of having babies as teenagers ; at risk of never finishing high school or achieving their dreams ; at risk of never knowing the world beyond their neighborhood . Thirty of these children , between the ages of 12 to 16 , have been paired up with college-aged mentors and brought to South Africa by Malaak Compton-Rock , the wife of comedian Chris Rock . She brought them to volunteer -- to serve the impoverished and the AIDS orphans in this country with the highest HIV-infected population in the world . Watch the kids ' video diaries from South Africa '' Compton-Rock has carved her own niche in espousing service -- giving back . She often quotes her mentor Marian Wright Edelman , founder of the Children 's Defense Fund : `` Service is the rent we pay","question":"SOWETO , South Africa -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's late Sunday morning inside a cavernous Salvation Army Church in Soweto , South Africa . Services , complete with African and traditional music , have just finished and a catchy drum beat with a distinctly American hip-hop sound is coming from the stage . Laura DiFilippi , 12 , gets ready to board the bus in Bushwick , Brooklyn , to go to the airport . The group of teenagers dancing around the drums is 8,000 miles and an 18-hour plane ride from their New York home . They are mostly from Bushwick , Brooklyn -- a community of about 109,000 people only five miles from Manhattan . For some of these kids , it 's their first time away from home . Unfamiliar with Bushwick ? It 's mostly a working class neighborhood where families have often struggled . For years it was a community with a thriving drug trade , severely under-achieving schools , extreme poverty and a staggering rate of teenage pregnancy . It was ravaged by fires and looting during the summer of 1977 and hit hard by the crack epidemic in the 1980s . Bushwick"}
-{"answer":"even know that it had been banned in orange juice in the United States in 2009 , '' Marco Antonio dos Santos , a third generation orange grower , told CNN . Dos Santos , also the president of the Citrus Department at the Agriculture Ministry , says there are alternatives , however . In fact , he and other growers already rotate the use of carbendazim with other fungicides and techniques for preventing diseases like black spot , which make the oranges fall from the trees before they are ripe . He says Brazilian growers do n't want to lose the American market , which is their second biggest after Europe . The United States currently buys 15 percent of Brazil\u00c2 \u00b9 s orange juice exports . `` If we have to , we 'll eliminate this product completely , '' he said as he walked , showing off his 60-acre grove . `` We want to supply the American market , we do n't in any way want to lose it . We can adapt to the American system with other products . '' Growers here would take a hit if this latest crop were barred from America","question":"Taquaritinga , Brazil -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Brazil 's orange harvest is nearing its end as workers in the state of Sao Paulo pluck late-blooming fruit from the trees . The yellow-green oranges will be shipped off to nearby juice factories and then shipped around the globe . Those exports rake in $ 2 billion for Brazil , the biggest orange juice exporter in the world , accounting for 85 percent of global exports . But now , it is not clear if Brazilian orange juice will be allowed into one of its key markets : the United States . Last week , the Food and Drug Administration temporarily halted all orange juice imports after low levels of the unapproved fungicide carbendazim were found in some juice shipments from Brazil . More recently , the FDA said the juice is safe for consumption . Growers in Sao Paulo say they have been using carbendazim for some 20 years and point out that it is allowed -- in low levels -- across Europe and Latin America . It is also allowed in trace amounts in other food products , like nuts , in the United States . `` We did n't"}
-{"answer":"from different reports . '' Both agreed , however , on the basic premise of `` Sicko '' : Problems abound in America 's health-care system and need to be fixed . `` I thought it was a good movie , and I wanted to say that , '' Gupta said . `` I think it strikes at the irrefutable fact -- it 's broken . We get it . '' He praised Moore for raising awareness of the issue . However , Gupta said he was concerned that the movie -- which notes that other developed nations such as France and Canada have universal health care -- suggests that health care in those countries is free . While patients may not pay for services at the doctor 's office , they do pay high taxes to fund such a system , something Gupta said he was concerned that `` Sicko '' audiences might not realize . Moore responded by saying Americans pay more in copays , deductibles and insurance premiums . `` We -LSB- America -RSB- have a system built on profit , '' the moviemaker said . He asked Gupta if the current system , which requires him","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Filmmaker Michael Moore , whose new documentary `` Sicko '' takes on America 's health care system , faced off Tuesday with CNN chief medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta . Michael Moore and CNN 's Sanjay Gupta argued Tuesday about Gupta 's report on Moore 's film `` Sicko '' Moore criticized a report Gupta did on CNN Monday on `` Sicko . '' `` He said the facts were fudged , '' Moore said , referring to Gupta , on CNN 's `` Larry King Live . '' `` That 's a lie . None of the facts are fudged . '' Moore and Gupta shouted and argued over data Gupta used and data Moore used . Moore said his staffers backed up the film 's facts to Gupta before the report aired and that Gupta aired it knowing his facts were wrong . Gupta disputed that . Watch Moore , Gupta make their points '' `` We try and look for some of the best sources we can possibly find , '' he said . `` Michael has a lot of different numbers . ... You 're sort of cherry-picking data"}
-{"answer":", '' said Rep. Bart Stupak , D-Michigan . Gregory Kutz , a GAO managing director who led the 13-month investigation , said it found `` sensitive dual-use and military technology can be easily and legally purchased from manufacturers and distributors within the United States and illegally exported without detection . '' He stressed that no laws were broken by any of the companies that sold items to the undercover GAO operation , and that the magnitude of trying to check all overseas travelers and shipments made it impossible to halt illegal export of the items under current law . Committee members said the lack of regulation or export controls made the situation particularly troubling . `` The scandal here may be what is legal , not what is illegal , '' said Rep. Greg Walden , R-Oregon . However , he warned against excessive regulations that could stifle necessary commerce in items used by law enforcement , medical and other industries . Kutz held up some of the items purchased by undercover investigators , including a small device that looked like a spark plug called a triggered spark gap . The item has medical applications and can also be","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Military hardware that can be used in nuclear devices and ground fighting can be easily purchased In the United States and shipped overseas , a government investigation revealed Thursday . This inclinometer , which can be used in homemade bombs , was easily bought and shipped overseas . The Government Accountability Office -LRB- GAO -RRB- watchdog agency set up fake companies to obtain military and dual use items -- which have both military and commercial use -- in the United States and ship them overseas , according to a report made public at a House subcommittee hearing . The domestic purchases allow buyers to avoid U.S. restrictions on sales to foreign entities , it noted . Items purchased in the bogus transactions included parts for making nuclear devices and guiding missiles that could carry nuclear warheads , as well as night-vision devices , body armor and other hardware for ground combat , said the report provided to the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee . `` There appears to be a gigantic loophole within our laws that makes it easy for our enemies to get hold of our superior military technology and use it against us"}
-{"answer":"military , and Kenya 's options are open . '' He said that the government should announce by Wednesday how it will move forward . Jean Ping , chairman of the African Union Commission , said in a communique issued Sunday that the transitional government , as Somalia 's legitimate government , `` has the right to seek support from AU Member States and the larger international community . '' Ping also said that the AU would `` continue to do its utmost to assist the Somali people and its authorities in their lasting quest for peace and reconciliation . '' Somalia 's call for help came hours after a third top politician was killed in ongoing fighting in the capital . Mohamed Hussein Adow , a powerful member of parliament who was leading the fight against the Islamists , was slain Friday in the north of the city . His death came two days after Islamists killed Internal Security Minister Omar Hashi Adan in a suicide attack in central Somalia . The nation 's former ambassador to Ethiopia , Abdikarin Farah Laqanyo , was also killed , along with at least 11 others , government officials said . Madowe","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Somalia 's transitional government has the right to request military help from its neighbors against armed militants , the African Union said Monday , but Kenya was quick to reject the idea of sending troops and suggested the AU should spearhead such a move . Islamist insurgents patrol part of Mogadishu during clashes with government forces . Somali parliament speaker Sheikh Adan Madowe on Saturday called on Djibouti , Ethiopia , Kenya and Yemen to send in their military forces to help government troops stop hardline Islamist militants from taking over . `` Militants are wrestling the power from the government and so we call for military help from neighboring countries , '' the speaker said at a news conference in Mogadishu . `` Please send your military to help in 24 hours ' time . '' But Alfred Mutua , spokesman for the Kenyan government , told CNN that `` Kenya does n't engage in military support to our neighbors . '' He said that any such support would be under the umbrella of the African Union . However , he did say that `` different types of support can be given , not just"}
-{"answer":"to coax ailing calves onto their feet , knowing that if they do n't get up , they will die . `` I am hopeless because I have seen almost all of my animals die , '' Lesagut said . `` If the rains are delayed for even another week two , then I will lose everything . '' Millions of Kenyans are facing the same stark reality . The World Food Program -LRB- WFP -RRB- says that , together with the Kenyan government , they will need to feed 3.8 million people across the country . Successive years of failed crops , drought and erratic rains caused by climate change have all had an impact . Somalia , Ethiopia and Djibouti all face similar crises . Despite this , the U.N. agency says that its emergency programs are facing massive shortfalls . `` We are facing a really difficult situation . We realize that the world economic crisis has affected the amount that countries can give to us , '' says WFP spokesperson Gabrielle Menezes , `` But at the same time we are seeing an awful situation in Kenya . If we do n't start feeding people now","question":"MOUNT KENYA , Kenya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For as long as anyone cares to remember , the pastoralists of Kenya 's Rift Valley have fled with their herds to the fertile slopes of Mount Kenya when times are tough . Hundreds of dead cattle litter the slopes of Mount Kenya , fatally weakened by long treks to the region . When the rains failed this year they set off once again in search of water and pasture -- but they found only despair . `` I could have stayed home , or I could have come here , but it is all the same . All that you find is death , '' said Peraguan Lesagut , an aging pastoralist who came five months ago with his herd . After years of persistent drought Lesagut left his two wives and 16 children and drove 200 cattle to the foothills of Mount Kenya -- Africa 's second highest summit . Now , only 40 are left ; the rest succumbing to cold , disease and exposure . Across the folds of this mountain everyone has the same story . Hundreds of dead cattle dot the forests , young herdsmen try"}
-{"answer":"to get the project off the ground through the `` Google in Your Language '' program , which was launched by the California-based company not long after it was founded in 1998 . `` The idea was to enable users worldwide to be able to access Google in the language of their choice , and if it was n't available , to enable users to help make it so , '' Google spokesman Nate Tyler said . `` Why limit users to a set of dominant languages if they were willing to help make Google their own ? '' The results of the search are still in English , although the user can select a preference for Web pages written in more than 40 other main languages . Google works with linguists like Donaghy who are interested in translating search instructions into their language . `` Volunteers sign up on their own to provide translation , '' Tyler explained . `` They simply sign themselves up , declare a language proficiency , and then start translating or reviewing the products that are available for volunteer translation . `` When the translations are completed , we make the product -LRB- s","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Many Google users probably did n't notice this month that they can now display their search tips in the Hawaiian language . Hawaiian is one of more than 125 `` interface languages '' now available on Google . Wedged between Hausa and Hebrew , Hawaiian is one of more than 125 `` interface languages '' now available on Google . The list also includes some humorous twists on English , including `` pirate , '' `` Klingon '' and `` Elmer Fudd . '' But for Hawaiian educators , the addition of Hawaiian is a small step toward legitimizing a language that is considered `` critically endangered '' by the United Nations . `` It 's the capstone of a lot of work , '' said Keola Donaghy , an assistant professor of Hawaiian studies at the University of Hawaii-Hilo . `` We 've been doing this work for 18 years , simply trying to make it easier for people who speak Hawaiian to use these kinds of technologies . '' It marks the first native American language available through the `` Google in Your Language '' program . Getting started It took Donaghy several years"}
-{"answer":"of 15 girls whom he admitted kidnapping , raping and killing . The youngest girl on the list was just 9 years old . Basra turned into a battleground between warring Shiite factions vying for control of the country 's oil-rich south after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 . Basra 's streets teemed with Shiite militias armed with weapons , mostly from Iran , according to the Iraqi forces and the U.S. military . Watch a mom describe her three sons killed '' For four years after the invasion , Basra was under the control of British forces , but they were unable to contain the violence and withdrew in September last year . Women bore the brunt of the militias ' extremist ideologies . The militants spray-painted threats on walls across Basra , warning women to wear headscarves and not to wear makeup . Women were sometimes executed for the vague charge of doing something `` un-Islamic . '' In the wasteland on the outskirts of Basra , dotted with rundown homes , the stench of death mixes with the sewage . Local residents told the Iraqi army that executions often take place in the area ,","question":"BASRA , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The man , blindfolded and handcuffed , crouches in the corner of the detention center while an Iraqi soldier grills him about rampant crimes being carried out by gangs in the southern city of Basra . Iraqi authorities say this man has confessed to killing 15 girls , including a 9-year-old . `` How many girls did you kill and rape ? '' the soldier asks . `` I raped one , sir , '' the man responds . `` What was her name ? '' `` Ahlam , '' he says . Ahlam was a university student in the predominantly Shiite city of Basra . The detainee said the gang he was in kidnapped her as she was leaving the university , heading home . `` They forced me , and I killed her with a machine gun , sir , '' he says . The suspect , who is unshaven and appears to be in his 20s or 30s , was arrested by Iraq security forces after they retook most of Basra in April . CNN was shown what authorities say was his first confession . On it are the names"}
-{"answer":"place there , but we do n't really believe anything that we do n't see for ourselves . So , stomachs firmly knotted , off we went . We arrived in Liberia with a small crew of three and quickly rendezvoused with a local journalist who would be our fixer and guide . Our first shooting location was the West Point slum , home to 80,000 people living in conditions that redefine squalor . Miles of rotting garbage surround the slum , which has no sewage system . Pretty much everyone -- even the local government officials -- defecates and urinates in the open . Drugs , prostitution and armed robbery are the main industries . We got to know some of the residents of West Point , who told us their stories as they smoked heroin and cocaine and begged us for money . Next we visited a local brothel . The women who lived there talked with us about the U.N. soldiers who have sex with the child prostitutes and beat the older women , and then leave without paying . Watch episode 2 from the Vice Guide to Liberia on VBS.TV But perhaps the most revelatory portions","question":"Editor 's note : The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE , an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn , New York . VBS.TV is Vice 's broadband television network . The reports , which are produced solely by VICE , reflect a very transparent approach to journalism , where 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 . Viewer discretion advised . London , England -LRB- VBS.TV -RRB- -- In previous episodes of The Vice Guide to Travel , we road-tripped through North Korea , shopped for dirty bombs in Bulgaria , and hunted mutant wild boars in Chernobyl . Little did we know that all of our harrowing journeys would leave us only semi-prepared for a recent trip to war-ravaged , godforsaken Liberia . Since 1989 , a series of brutal civil wars -- primarily fought by drug-addicted , prepubescent orphans -- has rendered Liberia one of the most dangerous countries in the world . Everyone has heard the stories of abject poverty , ubiquitous substance abuse and wanton violence taking"}
-{"answer":"as . While I felt more aggressive than other girls , I did n't think that anything other than male and female could exist . So I just thought of myself as a `` different kind of woman . '' Ultimately , my assessment was pretty accurate . I was raised in a strict Catholic home , where nudity and sex talk was unheard of , so having no one to compare my genitals to , I was unaware that mine were different . I 'm very lucky to have escaped the `` corrective '' surgeries and\/or hormone treatments that are the norm for intersex infants , because my father went to medical school before these practices began -LRB- in the mid-late ' 50 's -RRB- , and knew that you should n't operate on a baby unless it 's absolutely necessary . Later , when he wanted to give me estrogen pills at puberty to ensure that my body `` feminized '' -LRB- he told me that the pills were to make me grow taller -RRB- , my mother objected , saying it was experimental and that I did n't need it . Thankfully , she won out .","question":"SAN FRANCISCO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A lot of people have been outraged by the gender verification testing that South African athlete Caster Semenya has been put through , and have been trying to be supportive of her ; but in doing so , they often further prejudice against the very thing which she appears to be : intersex . Hida Viloria says she looks forward to a day when intersex conditions like hers are widely accepted . Intersex people -LRB- formerly known as hermaphrodites -RRB- are those born with bodies that are difficult to classify as either `` male '' or `` female . '' Since results of Semenya 's tests were apparently leaked , it seems that her body does n't conform to the definition of `` female '' as one who has ovaries . I 'm intersex because , while I have ovaries , menstruate and can get pregnant , my genitalia is somewhat male-looking -LRB- simply put , I have a clitoris that 's much larger than average . -RRB- Throughout my childhood , I never thought I was anything other than `` female '' because that 's what I was labeled and raised"}
-{"answer":"named Gonzalez as an informant in the arrest of the high-ranking cartel member , according to court documents . Police say Gonzales quickly became the target of his own cartel . Police said Gonzalez knew if his fellow cartel members found him , he would likely be killed , police said . On May 15 , the cartel found him . He was shot eight times outside his home in El Paso , Texas , police said . Pfc. Michael Jackson Apodaca , 18 , Ruben Rodriguez Dorado , 30 , and Christopher Andrew Duran , 17 , were each named as suspects Monday and each are facing one count of capital murder . The three men are being held on $ 1 million bond . Police said Apodaca was the shooter , Duran was the getaway car driver , and Rodriguez was the one who coordinated the murder . On Wednesday , police also arrested a 16-year-old who they said was involved in the surveillance and reconnaissance of the victim . The juvenile also faces one count of capital murder . Rodriguez and the victim were in the Juarez cartel , based across the border from El Paso ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Mexican man who was allegedly killed on orders from his own cartel believed they were hunting for him after he began working as an informant and was fearful for his life , according to court documents . Police say soldier Michael Jackson Apodaca , 18 , acted as the gunman . Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana began to worry after he began working as an informant for immigration officials in the United States . `` The victim was concerned for his own well-being and the safety of his family , '' the documents said , referencing statements the victim made to a witness . When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials gave Gonzalez a visa so he could live in El Paso , Texas , his fellow Juarez cartel members began to get suspicious , El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said at a press conference . Allen said Gonzalez 's exit from Mexico , combined with a raid on a cartel warehouse and the arrest of cartel lieutenant Pedro `` El Tigre '' Aranas Sanchez led cartel members to believe he might be working as an informant , Allen said . Then , a Mexican newspaper"}
-{"answer":"bolster the euro -- a scenario Sarkozy has no qualms about . `` If the Chinese , who have 60 % of global reserves , decide to invest in the euro instead of the dollar , why refuse ? '' he asked . China has welcomed the EU Summit consensus , whose main elements include a 50 % reduction in the value of Greek government bonds , steps recapitalize European banks and plans to attract capital for the already overburdened European Financial Stability Facility rescue fund , in order to reduce Greek debt from the current astronomical 160 % of its current economy to 120 % of total economic output over the next 10 years . China indicated that it may be in its best interest to contribute to a solution , although made no mention of specific plans to do so . `` We believe that , as the largest economy in the world , the steady , sound , and healthy growth of the EU economy and the Eurozone is vital to the world economy 's recovery , '' Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said at a regular press briefing on Thursday . `` We are also ready","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As the dust settled after the latest agreement was struck to solve the Eurozone debt crisis , French President Nicolas Sarkozy admitted it had been a `` mistake '' to admit the stricken Greeks into the monetary union . `` Let 's be clear ; it was a mistake , '' Sarkozy told French television . `` Greece came into the Euro with numbers that were false and its economy was not prepared to assume an integration into the Eurozone . It was a decision that was taken in , I believe , 2001 , for which we now are paying the consequence . '' Wednesday 's agreement , reached in Brussels , will slash Greek debt , recapitalize European banks and more than double the European Union bailout fund 's resources to handle future sovereign defaults . `` It 's great news that we 've got an agreement , '' said Deutsche Bank economist Gilles Moec . `` When Europe puts its heads together , they do actually begin to cooperate . '' However speculation is rife about China 's role in the success of the plan , with suggestions they will provide capital to"}
-{"answer":"history of throwing its weight around the music sector . Apple 's iTunes accounts for 70 percent of all digital song sales and wields huge power . Apple has often used that clout to dictate terms to suppliers -- that is , the major labels . Here are just a few examples : The major labels wanted variable pricing on songs and albums and for years Apple resisted . In 2005 , Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the top recording companies were `` getting greedy `` after music execs considered a music price hike . Last year , Apple finally gave the labels some additional control over song pricing . The big record companies wanted the ability to sell albums that were unbundled , meaning they wanted Apple to sell hot LPs as a full package and refrain from selling individual songs from these works . Again , on this issue Apple has n't given much ground . To iTunes ' fans , Apple was a freedom fighter . The perception was that Apple was standing up for consumers . Apple 's refusal to force customers to buy full albums saved them from having to shell out money for songs","question":"-LRB- CNET -RRB- -- Investigators for the Department of Justice began asking questions about Apple 's business practices involving digital music at least three weeks ago , multiple music industry sources told CNET . DOJ investigators have interviewed numerous executives at record companies and digital music stores and according to those with knowledge of the discussions , it is clear that investigators are interested in learning whether Apple has employed anticompetitive tactics . The sources said that the department 's inquiry is just in a fact-finding stage and that there is nothing to indicate investigators have found any wrongdoing or would file a complaint against Apple . Representatives from Apple and the Justice Department did not respond to interview requests . This is what we know about the investigation so far . \u2022 DOJ investigators have interviewed executives from the four major music labels and several digital music retailers about how Apple wields its iTunes influence . \u2022 Part of what investigators are interested in is whether Apple used its market dominance to discourage two of the top record companies from participating in a special Amazon music promotion called the `` MP3 Daily Deal . '' \u2022 Apple has a"}
-{"answer":"excessive fasting , he told the media . `` However , '' Sharonov told the Russian news agency Interfax , `` the Penza regional administration is of the view that these deaths must be proven legally , which is possible only if all the people leave the cave so that investigative officials can examine it . '' Sharonov said those who remain in the cave told Penza officials during negotiations that they would come out by the Russian Orthodox Easter , on April 27 . He said officials believe 11 people are left in the cave , but only nine will be alive if Nedogon 's report is true . According to Interfax , Penza Deputy Governor Oleg Melnichenko , who is leading the local effort to resolve the situation , said he was unaware of any deaths in the cave . The cave ordeal began when Kuznetsov , the group 's leader , told his followers to hide themselves to await the end of the world , which he predicted would take place in May . They had threatened to commit mass suicide if authorities tried to intervene . Thirty-five sect members are believed to have entered the cave","question":"MOSCOW , Russia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A cult member who spent several months holed up in a cave with dozens of other people anticipating the end of the world claimed Wednesday that two women died and were buried inside . An above-ground kitchen used by the doomsday cult in the Penza region during the summer . The former cave-dweller , Vitaly Nedogon , relayed his claims to Russian TV journalists , according to Anton Sharonov , a spokesman for the administration of Penza , a region southeast of Moscow . The official said Nedogon did not report the information to police or authorities . Once the rest of the apocalyptic sect leaves the cave , investigators will move in to try to confirm Nedogon 's report , Sharonov said . Nedogon and others left the cave , said to be near the village of Nikolskoye , about 700 kilometers -LRB- 435 miles -RRB- from the Russian capital , about a week ago , after part of its ceiling collapsed . He claimed two women died at different times during the cult 's seclusion , which began in November 2007 . One woman died of cancer and the other from"}
-{"answer":"that there is no longer a need for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and that we as a society are post-racial because of the election of our first black president . But we can not be post-racial until we are post-racism . The case of Troy Davis , an African American man set for execution who we believe was wrongly convicted , is an exemplar of the disparities that still rock our nation -LRB- see IAMTROY.com -RRB- . Davis was convicted of killing a police officer and has spent 18 years on death row . There is no physical evidence linking him to the crime and seven of the nine witnesses recanted or contradicted their testimony . His case has sparked an outcry from both proponents and opponents of the death penalty including former FBI director William Sessions and conservative presidential candidate Bob Barr . Yet our laws do n't allow him a new trial to reexamine the evidence that points to his innocence . African-Americans are disproportionately represented on death row . Of the 3,500 people on death row , about 42 percent are black , and virtually all are poor . Studies underscore that","question":"Editor 's note : Benjamin Todd Jealous is the new president and CEO of the NAACP . Benjamin Jealous says the 100-year-old NAACP has an ambitious agenda for civil and human rights . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thursday the U.S. Senate passed a resolution apologizing for slavery and for legalized segregation . It arrived more than a hundred years late , but better late than never . Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to pass a similar resolution , and when they do , the bipartisan resolution will acknowledge our nation 's need to take a historic leap out of the shameful past of racial discrimination and toward a future that promises all citizens full access to the legal protections laid out in the U.S. Constitution . But we must go beyond the civil rights guaranteed in the Constitution and advocate for the human rights that will assure that America 's promise is realized for all . While our Constitution mandates equality , for example , there is no constitutional guarantee for an education , let alone a good education . The fight for good schools is a struggle for our human rights . Some have opined"}
-{"answer":"conservative cultural upbringing and the frustrations of growing up a young Muslim in America . `` We are n't -LSB- just -RSB- some alternative to a stereotypical Muslim . We actually might be offering some sort of insights for people at large about religion , about the world , '' said 26-year-old bassist Basim Usmani . Blending traditional South Asian rhythms with punk rock beats , they sing in both English and Punjabi . -LRB- Kominas means `` scum-bag '' in Punjabi , according to the band . -RRB- Their songs can be at once political , serious , satirical and insinuating . Audio slide show : On tour with Muslim punk rockers '' Their risqu\u00e9 lyrics and provocative song titles such as `` Sharia Law in the USA , '' `` Suicide Bomb the GAP '' and `` Rumi was a Homo '' -- a protest song against homophobia in the American Muslim community -- have drawn the attention of Muslims , non-Muslims , fans and critics alike . `` You sort of have to throw it in peoples ' faces and be shocking in order to give people a different way to think about stuff , '' said","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The guitarist stands in front of a mirror messing with his mohawk . The drummer strikes a wild tempo . The singer rips off his T-shirt and begins to scream the lyrics . Basim Usmani is bassist for The Kominas , a group that blends traditional sounds with punk rock beats . They 're young . They 're punk . And they 're rocking both their Muslim and American worlds with their music , lyrics and style . `` A lot of times people say , ` Oh wow , look , brown people playing music ' -LSB- but -RSB- it 's more than that , '' said 25-year-old Pakistani-American Shahjehan Khan , the lead singer for a Muslim punk band , The Kominas . The Boston-based band is one of a handful of Muslim punk bands that emerged in the United States in the past few years . The members of this four-person rock group with South Asian roots hold varying views on religion . One says he 's an atheist ; three others identify as Muslims -- both practicing and non-practicing . For them , punk music is a way to rebel against their"}
-{"answer":"Foreign Office said in a travel advisory . Hotels are open , but the strike is causing daily cuts to electricity and water supplies , the Foreign Office said . French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Thursday he is ready to approve a compromise that would give nearly a $ 200 -LRB- $ 254 -RRB- monthly supplement to workers in Guadeloupe with low-paying jobs . `` This crisis is serious , and profound , but it 's not new , '' Fillon said , adding that it 's linked to `` the lifelessness of the economy in the Antilles , aggravated by the global economic crisis . '' Sending supplementary police forces is justified , Fillon said , because `` we can not accept what has happened '' in the department . He was referring to the attacks on businesses , the roadblocks in the streets and above all , the death of the civilian , who he said was a union leader . Agence France-Presse identified the victim as union representative Jacques Bino . He was shot dead Tuesday night when he drove past a roadblock manned by armed youths in the city of Pointe-a-Pitre . His car was","question":"PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- France is sending four state police units to its overseas department of Guadeloupe after a month of sometimes violent demonstrations , Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said Thursday . French gendarmes face-off against Guadeloupe protesters . `` The pillaging ... the violence against people , are not tolerable and will not be tolerated , '' Alliot-Marie told the French radio station RTL . `` It 's no longer simply a question of containing the protests . ... This mission of honor will continue to be undertaken , but we also have to fight against the violence . '' French President Nicolas Sarkozy planned to meet with elected officials from overseas departments , including Guadeloupe , Thursday afternoon , his office announced . A general strike over low wages and living conditions in the Caribbean island has included demonstrations and clashes with police . At least one civilian has been killed in the riots , officials said . Hospitals and emergency services continue to function and the main international airport is open , but petrol stations , schools , and most businesses -- including supermarkets and car rental offices -- are closed , the British"}
-{"answer":"late delivery . '' Automakers Toyota and Ford halted their China-based production this week . The transportation stoppage has had a domino effect , preventing the delivery of coal , which is vital to China 's power plants . That is amplifying China 's energy problems . `` Most of the coal is produced in the north and northeast , -LRB- while -RRB- the users are along the coast , '' said economist Nicholas Kwan . `` This time the snowstorm 's problem is not so much freezing the production but freezing the transportation line which makes transportation of coal to those power plants more difficult . '' Kwan said some of the power plants have already depleted their coal reserves . All this comes during the Lunar New Year holiday , the country 's busiest shopping season . In Guangzhou , hundreds of factory workers who had saved money all year to visit their families during China 's Lunar New Year filled the city 's train station , waiting for trains that were not expected to arrive for days . Up to half a million people have camped out in the southern city for nearly a week , hoping","question":"BEIJING , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- China 's worst winter in more than half a century showed no signs of abating Wednesday as forecasters warned of three more days of snow and sleet . Stranded passengers wait to get into the railway station at Wuhan in central China 's Hubei province The weather has paralyzed transportation , frozen the power grid and delivered a $ 4.5 billion hit to the economy , according to figures released Wednesday by the Civil Affairs Ministry . The situation is compounding economic problems for China . Destroyed crops have resulted in increased food prices , while the inability to transport goods has further inflated prices and led to shortages at stores . China 's railways and roads are the lifeblood for its manufacturing sector , one of the fastest growing in the world . `` Being a manufacturer , we are so worried , '' said marketing manager Calvina Chan , who works for a Hong Kong-based firm that relies on a factory in mainland China to produce luggage for brands such as Samsonite . `` Because of the snowstorm , the transportation is n't very good and so there might be a"}
-{"answer":"'s major lending banks called and said they would no longer work with Claxton , general manager Doug Shontz said . Watch the owner 's heart break for his employees '' `` Since the thing happened , we have n't had a soul in here for service , '' he said . `` We have n't turned one wrench . We have nothing for next week . When they brought that list out , that was the kiss of death . '' The dealership , its employees and their customers are intertwined like dashboard wires . `` There 's only 11 of us here , but we 're family , '' said Shontz , who just started there in December . `` We all know each other , we see each other every day . I spend more time with this group here than I do with my own family . '' Townsfolk tend to wander in off the street , just to shoot the breeze over a cup of coffee . Take Gary Sapp , for example . The military veteran , wounded in Vietnam , stopped in Saturday , as he does just about every day , to","question":"CLAXTON , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chrysler LLC 's decision last week to close nearly 800 dealerships may just be business , but for the people who work and trade in those showrooms and service bays , it 's personal . Claxton Chrysler Dodge Jeep is at the literal and figurative heart of Claxton , Georgia . `` They 're not terminating a building or a franchise , they 're terminating people that need jobs . And it 's not right . It 's just not right , '' said Daniel Womack , owner of Claxton Chrysler Dodge Jeep in tiny Claxton , Georgia . Womack received a hand-delivered letter from Chrysler on Thursday . `` When I got to ` We regret ... ' I stopped , '' Womack said . The bankrupt automaker was terminating its agreement with Claxton , the only Chrysler dealer within 25 miles , and a profitable one at that . `` It was like standing out in the road and having a bus run over the top of us , '' he said . The agreement ends June 9 , but the effect is already being felt . All of the dealer"}
-{"answer":"quarters of white families . Blacks are more than three times as likely to live in poverty . In addition , black-owned businesses represent a paltry 5 percent of privately owned companies , and the study says more are needed to help spur job growth in minority communities . The Obama administration , the study suggests , has taken measures to improve the gap between whites and blacks , although it says more is needed . The report says legislation needs to focus on minority job training , tax incentives and extensions for unemployment benefits . Andrew Grant-Thomas , the deputy director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity , says he believes the statistics for unemployed black Americans is far greater than what 's being reported . The figures do n't include people not actively seeking employment or people with higher education degrees forced to take jobs for which they 're overqualified . `` The disparities are definitely huge and that number understates the size of the disparity , '' he says . `` You want to take that number and double it . '' `` This recession is even bigger than Katrina hitting New","question":"Decatur , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- LaShonda Durden had just given birth to her second child . She was two weeks back from maternity leave when her supervisor called her into her office . `` You need to be trying to find other employment , '' her manager said . A bereavement coordinator and chaplain at an Atlanta , Georgia-area hospice , Durden suddenly found herself coping with the grief of being unemployed . Sixteen months later , she 's still out of work . `` It 's a vicious cycle , '' she says . Durden is not alone . She is among the 16.5 percent unemployed African-Americans -- almost twice the rate of unemployment for whites . The figure was included in a new report released Wednesday on the state of black America by the National Urban League . The report presents other sobering statistics on the nation 's racial divide on economics , education , health , civic engagement and social justice . Among them : The median household income for blacks stands at $ 34,218 ; for whites , it 's $ 55,530 . Less than half of blacks own a home compared to three"}
-{"answer":"problem by slashing U.S. interest rates twice in the past eight days to three percent . Gulf States with currencies linked to the U.S. dollar were under pressure to follow suit . Qatar reduced its deposit rate to 3.5 percent , but left its lending rate at 5.5 percent . Liz Martins , Head of MENA , Business Monitor International says Qatar is facing a serious problem . `` You 've huge a amount of monetary easing and if you think that that 's not even going to feed through properly for six to nine months then , you 've got a really dangerous inflationary outlook , '' she says . `` The only policy option really that they have is to revalue the exchange rate . '' Kuwait did just that in May , ditching the dollar-peg for a basket of currencies , and speculation is growing that other GCC -LRB- Gulf Cooperation Council -RRB- countries will do the same . Tristan Cooper , Vice President and Senior Analyst at Moody 's Middle East , says the argument for revaluation is becoming more convincing . `` The economic justification for revaluation is growing stronger as inflation multiplies and the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Amid all the talk about storm clouds gathering over the U.S. economy , it 's easy to forget there are other places in the world where the sun is still shining . A shortage of housing is contributing to an inflation rate of almost 14 percent in Qatar Take Qatar , for example ; a small emirate in the Gulf whose economy is booming . When the final figures come in , Qatar 's economy is expected to have grown 17.8 percent in 2007 . Qatar National Bank predicts growth to slow in 2008 , but at 16.5 percent who could complain ? Well , consumers for one . While growth has steamed ahead , so has inflation . At the end of 2007 , Qatar 's official inflation rate was nearing 14 percent -- the highest in the region . Three major factors are contributing to Qatar 's soaring inflation rate : High levels of government spending ; growing demand for housing , which is pushing up house prices and rent , and the riyal 's peg with the dollar , which is pushing down interest rates . The U.S. Federal Reserve exacerbated the latter"}
-{"answer":", that both kids and adults will groove on . '' The Spy Museum , Washington Frommer describes this museum as `` an intriguing , surprisingly scholarly , fun and highly interactive introduction to the shadowy world of spies . '' When you enter the Spy Museum , you will be asked to pick an alternate identity . Throughout the building , you and your kids will be tested on keeping this cover . In addition to seeing all kinds of cool spy gadgets -- umbrellas with poison tips ! -- you 'll learn about famous spies throughout history , how the government uses these undercover agents and the common ways spies practice their trade . `` I had trouble dragging my kids out of this one , '' Frommer said . `` And I 've been through it twice and enjoyed it both times . '' Adults $ 18 ; children ages 5-11 $ 15 ; children under 5 free The Grammy Museum , Los Angeles , California Only 3 months old , the Grammy Museum goes well beyond the famous music awards . `` In truth , it 's a museum that celebrates the history of recorded music","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- You 'd love to go . Just think of the history , the beautiful artwork ... the things you could learn . But upon hearing the word `` museum , '' your kids break into a chorus of `` I 'd rather die . '' Your children can pet some of the world 's insect species at the Insectarium in New Orleans , Louisiana . So you wheel , deal and promise ice cream in massive amounts . In return , they agree to whine only when it 's absolutely necessary -- or every five seconds , whichever comes first . Perhaps you can avoid a situation like this on your vacation . Pauline Frommer , creator of the Pauline Frommer Guidebooks , has two kids , ages 6 and 10 . As a travel author , she knows what makes a museum educational and interesting for adults . As a mom , she knows what will keep children from being bored to tears . `` I think it 's impossible to pick the very best five , '' Frommer said . `` But here are five really terrific museums , with very different subject matters"}
-{"answer":"to get the project off the ground through the `` Google in Your Language '' program , which was launched by the California-based company not long after it was founded in 1998 . `` The idea was to enable users worldwide to be able to access Google in the language of their choice , and if it was n't available , to enable users to help make it so , '' Google spokesman Nate Tyler said . `` Why limit users to a set of dominant languages if they were willing to help make Google their own ? '' The results of the search are still in English , although the user can select a preference for Web pages written in more than 40 other main languages . Google works with linguists like Donaghy who are interested in translating search instructions into their language . `` Volunteers sign up on their own to provide translation , '' Tyler explained . `` They simply sign themselves up , declare a language proficiency , and then start translating or reviewing the products that are available for volunteer translation . `` When the translations are completed , we make the product -LRB- s","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Many Google users probably did n't notice this month that they can now display their search tips in the Hawaiian language . Hawaiian is one of more than 125 `` interface languages '' now available on Google . Wedged between Hausa and Hebrew , Hawaiian is one of more than 125 `` interface languages '' now available on Google . The list also includes some humorous twists on English , including `` pirate , '' `` Klingon '' and `` Elmer Fudd . '' But for Hawaiian educators , the addition of Hawaiian is a small step toward legitimizing a language that is considered '' critically endangered '' by the United Nations . `` It 's the capstone of a lot of work , '' said Keola Donaghy , an assistant professor of Hawaiian studies at the University of Hawaii-Hilo . `` We 've been doing this work for 18 years , simply trying to make it easier for people who speak Hawaiian to use these kinds of technologies . '' It marks the first native American language available through the `` Google in Your Language '' program . Getting started It took Donaghy several years"}
-{"answer":"`` Sex and the City . '' They just want to go out and spend money and pretend they 're rich and successful and live this dream . I recently had a conversation with the club editor of Timeout Moscow and I asked her if she thought the clubs were suffering right now with the economy . She said that in the modern `` New Russian '' culture people would rather sell their Mercedes than not go out and spend anywhere between $ 4,000 and $ 6,000 on a table in a club and admit that they 're not rich anymore . Moscow is dominated by posh parties , but it 's no different at a subculture place like a techno club -- you 're always judged by the labels you wear , the car you drive and the music you identify yourself with . CNN : Where do you like to go in the city ? CH : Novodevichy Monastery is a really beautiful old monastery . Stalin demolished a lot of churches and monasteries but this one was spared . There 's a pond below it that you can walk around , and all the Russian Orthodox popes","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chris Helmbrecht is a 37-year-old German who lived in New York and Spain before moving to Moscow nearly six years ago . He runs an advertising agency and also writes Moscow Blog , a lifestyle blog about the city . Chris Helmbrecht : `` Not many places have as much energy as Moscow . '' CNN : You 've traveled around a lot -- what makes Moscow unique ? Chris Helmbrecht : Not many places have so much energy and so many things going on . It can be very nerve wracking and exhausting , but on the other hand it 's very exciting . New York is one of those places , Tokyo too , but there are only a handful of cities in the world that have that kind of energy . CNN : You used to be a DJ -- what 's your opinion of Moscow 's nightlife ? CH : For some people the nightlife is the best in the world , but for me it 's very commercial and posh . You can sum it up in one sentence , which is a general thing about Moscow : people here live"}
-{"answer":"Luckily , right about that time is when he met Betsy . '' Isaacson began riding Betsy , a neighbor 's horse , with Rowan . He says he noticed immediate improvement in his son 's language skills . Watch Rowan and Betsy '' `` He would start to answer . He would start to talk . We would do song games up there on the saddle . I would take books up there in the saddle , '' Isaacson said . Autism specialists say that horse riding can be effective in gaining access to autistic children . Experts make a distinction between the kind of recreational therapeutic riding Isaacson was using with Rowan and hippotherapy , which is a medical treatment that uses horses and is supervised by a licensed speech-language pathologist . `` People perceive it 's the interaction with the horse that 's making the change . However , the movement of the horse is extremely powerful , and it 's that movement that 's having neurological impact on the autistic child , '' said Ruth Dismuke-Blakely , a speech-language pathologist and hippotherapy clinical specialist in Edgewood , New Mexico . According to preliminary analysis of an","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When 3-year-old Rowan Isaacson darted away from his father and dived into a herd of grazing horses , it easily could have been the end of the small autistic boy . He was babbling under the hooves of a boss mare . Rupert Isaacson says he noticed immediate improvement in his son 's language skills when he started riding . `` I thought he was going to get trampled , '' recalled Rupert Isaacson , Rowan 's father . But the horse , Betsy , dipped her head and chewed with her mouth in submission . Isaacson , who had trained horses for a living , had never seen it happen so spontaneously . Rowan had seemingly made a connection . The Austin , Texas , family had been struggling with Rowan . His wild tantrums were nearly driving Isaacson and his wife , Kristin Neff , to divorce . All the while , little Rowan was becoming unreachable . `` He would just stare off into space , '' Isaacson said . `` I was worried it was going to get progressively worse and that eventually , he might float away from us entirely ."}
-{"answer":"for `` rowlocks . '' These are the spaces cut into the vessel or small clasps raised up from the side of smaller boats that are used to rest oars when the boat is under paddle . Are there any other nautical words you 'd like to add ? Tell us in the Sound Off box below . Poop deck A poop deck is a deck at the rear of a ship , generally formed by the roof of a cabin . If a wave washes over this deck from behind the vessel , it is said to be `` pooped . '' Widow-maker This is a colloquial term for a boat 's bowsprit -- the long pole , or `` spar , '' extending from the bow used by sailors to tend to sails . The treacherous bowsprit earned its name and reputation from of the number of sailors who have lost their lives falling from the it . Baggywrinkle This strange-sounding gem is simply a soft covering for ropes aboard yachts that prevent chafing of the sails . Where ropes and lines come into contact with sails there is serious potential for damage to the sail due to","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Do you know your `` futtock '' from your `` baggywrinkle ? '' A sailor stands on the `` widow-maker '' -- or bowsprit of his yacht . Do n't be concerned if you do n't , as they are both relatively obscure terms used in sailing . It is a sport littered with odd words and phrases and MainSail has put together a list of 10 of the weirdest below . They are bound to raise a smile and will certainly make you more knowledgeable on the water -- who knows , you could even impress friends and colleagues with your mastery of obscure nautical terminology . Scuttlebutt The scuttlebutt is a cask on a ship containing the vessel 's drinking water . It was named this as the container was traditionally a small barrel , the so-called `` butt , '' which had been `` scuttled '' -- had a hole made in it -- so water could be accessed . As sailors would often gather around the scuttlebutt to chat , the word has also taken on a slang meaning of rumor or gossip . Rollocks A commonly used spelling"}
-{"answer":"bomb and a gun was in the area of the university 's library . Authorities later received a report of a subject on a bus in the area of the university 's Parking and Transportation Services , Ross said . `` We checked the area at the library , did not locate him , but then received a subsequent report of a subject on a bus , '' she said . The campus stayed on lockdown after police received a report almost immediately after taking the first man into custody of a man wearing a black tank top and a cowboy hat , carrying a knife and a black puppy . `` We 're questioning him , '' Ross said . `` We do not believe he is related to the first incident with the backpack . '' Text messages were sent out to 13,000 employees and 45,000 students to warn them after the first incident , and emergency sirens on campus also were activated , officials said . But Ross said that the campus had been given the all-clear , except for the shuttle-bus area -- where the first subject was taken into custody -- while Tampa Police examined","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Campus police at the University of South Florida were questioning two men in connection with back-to-back incidents on the school campus Monday . Police take a man into custody at the University of South Florida after receiving reports of a person with a bomb . Investigators were questioning one man following a report of an armed intruder , USF police Lt. Meg Ross said . And a second man was also being questioned following a report of a man carrying a large hunting knife and a puppy , she said . USF police asked the Tampa police 's bomb team to respond to the campus regarding a backpack belonging to man in the first incident , said Ross . No one was hurt , she said , and no shots were fired . `` We have someone we think may have been involved , '' Ross told CNN , `` but we have to investigate fully . '' `` We have not looked in his backpack , '' she added . `` We have the bomb squad on their way to look at that . '' Police received a report that a person armed with a"}
-{"answer":"moments during his four years in the service , nothing compared to that October night during the Battle of Formosa in 1944 . Up until now , the World War II veteran has shared the experience of that frightening night with only one other person , his son . `` Plainly , I saw the pilot and the gunner in there , '' Snetro explains as his voice gets louder . `` The plane was afire . Good thing we were swinging . It just missed us and went along and crashed in the ocean and exploded . '' Two other cruisers , the Canberra and the Houston , had already been aerial torpedoed the previous two nights . `` I know one thing , I was really scared there , '' Snetro recalls , slowly shaking his head as his eyes grow wider . `` I could n't do anything . I was stupefied . I was frozen . '' iReport and Facebook team up to honor veterans The four years that Snetro served were extremely stressful , he says . The heavy cruiser would be at sea for months at a time before finally pulling into port for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It has been more than 65 years , but for 93-year-old Anthony Snetro , the image of a Japanese torpedo bomber closing in on him will never go away . Snetro still has vivid memories of the day his life flashed before his eyes . `` Our ship was starting to swing around , '' Snetro softly recalls . `` All of a sudden , here comes a Jap torpedo bomber all aflame right at my eye level . I could have reached out and touched the wing . '' Snetro joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and was immediately assigned to serve aboard the USS Boston in the South Pacific . He hoped enlisting in the Navy would prevent his younger brother from being drafted . `` Let him stay home to help the family , '' Snetro recalls . `` That 's why I joined the Navy , I was 25 years old . But finally near the end , they drafted him . He was wounded in Germany but made it home OK . '' Snetro was a machinist in the Navy during World War II . Although he had experienced many terrifying"}
-{"answer":"Dee Dee '' Jackson , is believed to be buried there . Forest Lawn Memorial is the first stop tourists make in search of the crypts of Hollywood greats . Numerous books and Web sites such as findagrave.com and seeing-stars . com claim to have insider knowledge about celebrity grave locations on the properties , but Forest Lawn is unrelentingly secretive about who , exactly , is entombed in its parks . `` We hold the privacy of our client families in very high regard , '' said Bill Martin , spokesman for the Glendale location , which is considered the `` mother lode '' for celebrity grave hunters . `` There are certain areas and property types that have limited access . '' The tombs of Sammy Davis Jr. , Humphrey Bogart and Jean Harlow are in locked areas not accessible to the general public , according to findagrave.com . With that kind of commitment to privacy , it 's understandable why Jackson , known for being reclusive , might be buried there . Avid grave hunter Lisa Burks , who frequents both the Glendale and Hollywood Hills parks , said she would n't be surprised if Jackson were","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As Michael Jackson fans and the media pour into Los Angeles , California , for what could be the most widely watched memorial of all time , an obvious question remains : Where will he be laid to rest ? Bette Davis is among the notables buried at the Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn park . Although the Jackson family has n't made an official statement , all signs seem to point toward Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries , the not-for-profit organization that has buried a vast number of Hollywood 's notables . Forest Lawn officials were working with the Jackson family on their plans , which were part of `` a package '' of events Tuesday , said Jim McDonnell , assistant chief of staff of the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday . His comments , however , did not answer questions about where or when Jackson would be buried . There is speculation that the burial will be at Forest Lawn 's Glendale location , but the media are swarming around the Hollywood Hills memorial park , located right off the freeway behind Disney Studios . Tito Jackson 's ex-wife , Delores ``"}
-{"answer":"sound of rockets and artillery pierced the air ; smoke billowed over the skyline . Time and time again , the revolutionaries have come to the brink of victory . But they have not been able to claim it yet . Until they do , the National Transitional Council will not declare liberation in Libya . Taking control of Gadhafi 's hometown is key to moving forward in building a new nation . Medicins Sans Frontieres -LRB- MSF or in English , Doctors Without Borders -RRB- said some of Sirte 's residents remain trapped in the fighting . The medical charity said it has been able to work at the Ibn Sina hospital . from where the International Committee of the Red Cross is evacuating patients to Tripoli . The 50 remaining patients are mostly people who have suffered violent trauma , severe burns and fractures , according to MSF . Almost all patients need daily dressing and immediate medical care . There are also some pregnant women in the hospital . There is no water supply in the hospital and one of four operating theaters has been shelled , MSF said . The medical staff has been working around","question":"Sirte , Libya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On the outskirts of Sirte , a mansion with a columned facade lies in ruins , though its opulence is still evident under shattered glass and chunks of concrete . This was Moammar Gadhafi 's home in the city of his birth . The house had its own salon with barber chairs and massage tables . Ornate four-poster beds furnished the bedrooms and there were lavish decorations all around . In the basement is a large conference room . Is this where Gadhafi planned his last stand or arranged for his escape ? The deposed leader has not been seen in public for months . His whereabouts are unknown but some believe he may still be hiding in Sirte . People wandering through the house are stunned . They thought Gadhafi lived in a tent . Most residents have abandoned Sirte after a month of fierce battles . Revolutionary forces have fought Gadhafi loyalists street by street , cornering the last vestiges of the old regime to one district . With their backs to the Mediterranean , the loyalists used machine gun nests and snipers atop buildings to fight back Friday . The"}
-{"answer":"blistering report on what he called the 100 worst projects in the stimulus bill . `` They are wasteful projects , and most of us do n't want to steal money from our grandkids to do something that 's really stupid right now , '' he said . Members of the turtle contingent in Florida were less than thrilled to be singled out . `` You 've got 30 - to 40-pound box turtles as big as a manhole cover , and 12-foot alligators , '' said Leon County Commissioner Cliff Thaell . `` Now if Sen. Coburn was to drive his SUV speeding down Highway 27 -LSB- at -RSB- 60 miles per hour tonight and met one of those fellows , he would have an unpleasant encounter . '' But according to the White House , the stimulus money is all about jobs , not turtles . Thaell said he expected `` dozens '' of jobs to be created in the construction of the tunnels , but he could not be precise . The jobs that will last only as long as it takes to build the tunnels , and Aresco says he 'd rather get the money to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Biologist Matt Aresco has been carrying a big burden for years . A biologist says that wherever he can get it , he 'll take money to protect turtles from a killer stretch of road . He 's made it his mission to save thousands of turtles from near-certain death on one of the worst turtle-killing highways in America , U.S. Route 27 just north of Tallahassee , Florida . The road skirts Lake Jackson , but that did n't stop the turtles from wanting to get to the other side . In three years , Aresco counted nearly 9,000 dead turtles . `` There were days when I would find 200 turtles attempting to cross , '' he told CNN . `` It was unreal . '' But what sounds unreal to some in Washington is the solution to the turtle trouble : $ 3.4 million in federal stimulus money to build a series of walls and tunnels under the highway so the turtles and other creatures do n't have to take on the cars and trucks roaring overhead . U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn , an Oklahoma Republican , highlighted the turtle crossing in a"}
-{"answer":"reclaimed wood doubled as shelter from the heat , as well as mini-stages for dancers and performance artists . There was good buzz for thenewno2 , an indie-pop band fronted by Oli Hecks and Dhani Harrison , whose vocals are reminiscent of his late father , George , but warmer , and less haunting . `` It 's the first festival we 've ever played , and our 12th gig overall , '' said Harrison . `` Normally with festivals , people come to check you out , stand in the back , and then move on pretty quickly , even if they like you -- but people stayed ! It 's the best performance we 've ever had . '' Unfortunately Fleet Foxes was not so lucky . The Seattle , Washington , group 's delicate baroque harmonies were drowned out by the world music beats of Thievery Corporation 's percussion section bleeding over from the neighboring main stage , as one of their female vocalists crowd-surfed . As usual , the day 's line-up was a mix of up-and-coming indie artists sprinkled with tried-and-true veteran acts . The Killers have played Coachella in both capacities . The Las","question":"INDIO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For some concertgoers , the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival really kicked into action on Day Two . Festival attendees enjoy the music Saturday , Day Two of the Coachella music festival in Indio , California . Day One was leisurely and pleasant -- the weather was mild , the acts were fairly mellow and the big headliner was Paul McCartney . On Day Two , someone took the dial and turned it up a notch , as the desert sun beat down a little harder , the music pumped a little louder and the crowds who packed the VIP tent threw a little more attitude . There were the usual celebrity sightings . Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon snuck in the back just as rapper M.I.A. hit the stage , Paris Hilton took in Travis Barker and DJ AM 's set in the Sahara tent and David Hasselhoff was spotted making out with a mystery lady near the restrooms . Forty-six acts performed on five stages scattered about the grassy field of the Empire Polo Club near Palm Springs , California . Massive eco-friendly art installations fashioned from scrap metal and"}
-{"answer":"popular pitch-correction software -- and the role of technology in music and society . The following is an edited transcript of our conversation : Why do you think your videos have taken off like they have ? I think with any sort of viral video there 's a little bit of luck involved . So we 're counting our lucky stars that we 've been lucky enough to have it take off like that . At the same time I think the novelty of seeing people like Katie Couric and Newt Gingrich sing has really captured peoples ' attention . How do you make the videos ? What actually goes into it ? Michael likes to joke that there 's a huge Auto-Tune lever that he hooks up to his computer and whenever he sees video footage he just pulls the lever , and anything that strikes his fancy is automatically Auto-Tuned . But there 's a lot of technical stuff that goes into it . ... We scour a lot of footage to see what 's going to work and what 's not going to work . We try to find what people are going to tune well and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This is the summer of Auto-Tune . The Gregory Brothers have become a viral hit with their `` Auto-Tune the News '' videos . No matter how hard some people -- notably Jay-Z -- have tried to kill the trend of musicians using computers to make their voices sound like whiny robots , Auto-Tune technology continues to ride a cultural high . Now the voice-altering effects are migrating from recording studios to YouTube and mobile phones . An iPhone app called `` I Am T-Pain '' lets people manipulate their voices to sound like the popular rapper and Auto-Tune advocate . The Gregory Brothers , a sibling band out of Brooklyn , New York , has become a hit on YouTube with a series of videos that Auto-Tune cable newscasts and political speeches . The group , which also tours as a low-fi soul band , started its series of videos called `` Auto-Tune the News '' during the 2008 presidential debates and has gained millions of fans in recent months . CNN spoke with Andrew Gregory , a 27-year-old member of the band , about the popularity of Auto-Tune -- the trademarked name for the"}
-{"answer":"the time when you allow yourself to hope that love will come around again , '' said Peggy Sue Gerron . You may not recognize her full name , but you sure do recognize the first part of it . Yep -- she 's that Peggy Sue . The Peggy Sue of Buddy Holly 's unforgettable 1957 hit , a song of longing and heartbreak that is instantly familiar today even to people who were n't born until decades after it came out . `` If you knew Peggy Sue , then you 'd know why I feel blue ... '' Juliet , that other symbol of the glory of love , may have been a fictional creation of William Shakespeare 's imagination , but Peggy Sue was , and is , real . She lives in West Texas , just as she did when Buddy Holly recorded the song . She was actually not even his girlfriend , although she sensed a certain yearning on his part . She was the girlfriend of Jerry Allison , the drummer for the Crickets , Holly 's band . `` I think the reason people think about finding love in the spring","question":"Editor 's note : CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a bestselling author whose current book is `` When We Get to Surf City : A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll , Friendship , and Dreams . '' Peggy Sue Gerron , left , and Jerry Allison , right , at Buddy Holly 's wedding to Maria Elena Holly . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After days on end of grim and dreary news , the first weekend of spring is with us , and with its arrival comes , to many people , the yearly promise of new romance and a chance for lasting love . But if figuring out the secrets of how to revive a battered economy is something that is complicated and elusive , that quandary is simple in comparison to matters of the heart . The legendary experts on romance , star-crossed and otherwise , are generally not available for comment . Romeo and Juliet have left the building . However , there is one person I know who has a better feel for the vagaries of love than most , and I sought her out the other day . `` Spring is"}
-{"answer":"about any other place in the world . A recent study of 90-year-old siblings , conducted by the National Hellenic Research Foundation , discovered 10 times more 90-year-old brothers and sisters here than the European average . Why is this important ? Most scientists agree that the average human should live to age 90 . -LRB- You have to have won the genetic lottery to live to 100 . -RRB- But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says life expectancy in America is 78 . Somewhere along the line , we 're losing about a dozen years -- most of them to costly and potentially preventable chronic diseases such as heart attacks , diabetes and cancer . These diseases are dragging down our health care system and account for much of the reason why the National Institute on Aging says the average American suffers about three disabled end-of-life years during which they incur 90 percent of our lifelong health care costs . Ikarians are avoiding these diseases and reaching age 90 at a rate of about four times the rate that Americans do . They are getting the good years we 're missing , dying quickly and less expensively","question":"Editor 's note : Dan Buettner is the best-selling author of `` The Blue Zones : Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who 've Lived the Longest . '' Watch Buettner 's reports from Greece all week on `` AC360 \u00b0 '' Greek-American Yiannis Karimalis , 73 , lives in Ikaria nearly 40 years after a diagnosis of stomach cancer . Ikaria , GREECE -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In 1970 , when doctors diagnosed Greek-American Yiannis Karimalis with stomach cancer and only gave him a few months to live , he decided to move back to Ikaria , his birth island . There , he reasoned , he could be buried more inexpensively among his fellow Greeks . But when he moved back to the island he did n't die . He has lived nearly 40 years more . And when he returned to America on a recent visit , he discovered that his doctors were all dead . The people on this 99-square-mile Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea smugly tell this story as yet another example of what they 've always known and scientists are now discovering : People in Ikaria live longer than in just"}
-{"answer":"10 or 20 years ago . '' So where are the top places that harmonize amazing vistas with delectable victuals ? At Asiate , in New York 's Mandarin Oriental Hotel , eyefuls of Midtown Manhattan 's cloud-grazing buildings and the lush refuge of Central Park draw locals , tourists and special occasion diners , and executive chef Toni Robertson is up to the task of keeping the Asian-influenced cuisine at the same high level as the 35th-floor restaurant . `` The challenge I have is I have to compete with the view , but as a chef , I always win , '' she says . The Big Apple is hardly alone in providing winning skyscraper meals . At Felix , on the 28th floor of Hong Kong 's Peninsula Hotel , guests soak in the city 's striking setting from a slick dining room designed by Philippe Starck while feasting on dishes like Tasmanian salmon with parsnip gratin and seared duck breast with blood oranges and duck confit . Travel + Leisure : World 's best hotels 2008 Of course , some of the world 's most spectacular restaurant views are born , not made . At Ambrosia","question":"-LRB- Travel + Leisure -RRB- -- Warm beige tones , rich graphic accents , and futuristic chairs give Le Jules Verne a contemporary elegance , while dishes from superstar chef Alain Ducasse create a joie de vivre in diners ' mouths . But the real showstopper at this restaurant -- set more than 400 feet above Paris in the Eiffel Tower -- is its panoramic view . From the tower 's south pillar , diners look out on barges navigating the Seine and clusters of steely gray rooftops stretching for miles . Sierra Mar , in Big Sur , California , is perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific . Restaurants have long been setting tables in locales with dramatic views , but often the food has paled in comparison . With the dramatic evolution of the global culinary scene , however , it 's more than safe to look past the cocktail menu at many of the world 's most beautifully situated restaurants . `` They actually have a view and good food at the same time , '' says Tim Zagat , co-founder of the Zagat Survey restaurant guides . `` It 's a combination that was rare"}
-{"answer":", decided to donate 100 percent of the Christmas Jam proceeds to Habitat for Humanity years ago because they could see exactly where the money was going . They go back each year and meet the families they helped build homes for . Singer Joan Osborne echoed Haynes ' thoughts . `` It 's a scary time . A lot of people are losing their homes so it 's good to be able to do something that helps with that specific problem , '' she said . Going into 2008 's shows , which were held December 12 and 13 , the Christmas Jam had raised more than $ 665,000 for Asheville 's Habitat For Humanity . The money has gone into building 12 houses in Enka Hills , a wooded community surrounded by mountains on a street the organization appropriately named Warren Haynes Drive . -LRB- In 2005 Habitat also built a house in the New Orleans Musicians Village . -RRB- The Thursday before the show , Haynes presented the key to a new home to single mother Suzie Cromer and her 8-year-old daughter . `` Meeting the families and seeing the work that Habitat 's doing with our","question":"ASHEVILLE , North Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In 1988 , a relatively unknown rock and blues guitarist named Warren Haynes got some of his friends together to play music in Asheville , North Carolina . It was just an opportunity for local musicians to jam during the holidays , the one time of year they were all in town together . Warren Haynes ' good work has been noted by the street named after him . The artists also wanted to give back to the community , so they gave the money raised by their show to various charities . The tradition has continued . Now celebrating its 20th anniversary , Haynes ' Christmas Jam has evolved into an epic annual event for the musicians , fans , and particularly Habitat for Humanity . `` We need Habitat For Humanity more now than ever , with the whole mortgage crisis that put us where we are now , and the fact that Habitat is about building homes for people that ca n't afford homes as opposed to lending money to people who ca n't afford homes , '' Haynes told CNN . Haynes and his wife , Stefani Scamardo"}
-{"answer":"opium is going '' `` So if the world only needs around 4,000 tons of opium and a further 1,000 is seized , where is the rest of it going ? '' According to Kemp , world demand for opium remains stable yet prices are not crashing , which suggests a large amount of opium is being withheld from the market . `` Our guess is that around 12,000 tons of opium has been stockpiled somewhere -- not all in one place but in and around Afghanistan , '' he added . `` So while production might be coming down -- mostly because of market reasons -- there 's still a lot of product around to satisfy demand for about two years . '' It is unclear exactly who is responsible for this but there 's growing evidence , according to the U.N. , that the Taliban are becoming increasingly involved in the industry and could be sitting on huge stockpiles of opium to use as credit for financing their activities . `` Farmers will be keeping small amounts back as credit for things such as a dowry or buying livestock , '' said Kemp . `` But they wo","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Enough Afghan opium to supply world demand for two years has effectively gone missing , with the Taliban suspected of stockpiling supplies in a bid to corner the market , the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime -LRB- UNODC -RRB- has revealed . Pakistani customs officials destroy contraband narcotics on the border with Afghanistan . Afghanistan is the world 's leading narcotics supplier . Earlier this month , a U.N. study revealed Afghanistan 's opium production had dropped dramatically this year partly because of new aggressive drug-fighting tactics in the country . According to the UNODC report , production dipped by 10 percent this year while cultivation fell by 22 percent . However , a senior U.N. spokesman warned that this positive news should be treated with caution . `` We figure the world needs around 4,000 tons of opium a year for licit and illicit purposes , '' Walter Kemp of the UNODC told CNN . Has enough empasis been placed on drug trafficking ? `` But this year around 6,900 tons was produced , with 7,700 tons delivered last year and more than 8,500 the year before that . Map showing where Afghan"}
-{"answer":"the leftovers , roll that into fajitas , soups , stews , make your own stock . You 've got to start thinking in bigger increments . ... Stock up on lean meats and proteins , on veggies that you know your family likes and turn yourself into your own frozen food factory . Every time that chicken breast goes on sale , stock up . Go home , put it in individual storage bags , pound it out nice and thin . It 's a quick defrost . Watch Rachael Ray 's appearance on `` Larry King Live '' '' Velshi : All right . So you freeze ; I like that . You make yourself into your own frozen food factory . Ray : Even with vegetables . ... You know , if broccoli is on a great price this week , buy a ton of it , go home , blanch it a little bit of salted water , cold shock it , put it in a plastic food storage bag , done . Velshi : What 's the better deal : Buying your vegetables canned , buying them fresh ? Ray : Buying them at a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On Monday 's night edition of `` Larry King Live , '' guest host Ali Velshi talked with TV cooking host Rachael Ray . Rachael Ray visits `` Larry King Live '' on Monday night to give tips on stretching a family 's food dollar to the max . CNN 's chief business correspondent asked Ray how you can make your meal-time dollars stretch in these tough economic times without sacrificing nutrition or taste . The following transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity : Ali Velshi : How do we keep from packing on the recession pounds ? Tonight , help is on the way . Joining me in New York is Rachael Ray , host of `` The Rachael Ray Show . '' ... We 're all kind of stressed right now . We 're trying to sort of do more with less and certainly eating in a hurry . You 've got some great advice on that . Ray : We need to go back to the way our grandparents prepared food . Instead of buying pieces of chicken , buy a whole chicken . You make that on Sunday , take"}
-{"answer":"and racism '' And despite the unexpected passing of saxophonist LeRoi Moore due to complications from an ATV accident last summer , the band members seem to be recharged . In June , DMB notched its fifth consecutive No. 1 album on the Billboard chart with `` Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King . '' We caught up with Matthews just as news hit the Web that former President Jimmy Carter believed racism was the root of some of the negativity directed toward President Obama in recent weeks . The 42-year-old singer-songwriter offered a unique perspective , as a man who split his childhood between the United States and South Africa during apartheid . The following is an edited version of the interview . CNN : President Carter said he thinks that a lot of the animosity directed toward President Obama is race related . Dave Matthews : Of course it is ! I found there 's a fairly blatant racism in America that 's already there , and I do n't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid . But when I went back to South Africa , and then it 's sort of thrust","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Watching the Dave Matthews Band moments before they take the stage is like watching a football team bursting out of the locker room before a big game . Dave Matthews says he bellieves strongly in the power of community . They slap hands . Bump fists . Jump up and down , exclaiming `` Feel the love , feel the love ! '' The energy in the air is electric . And when they walk out on stage , the energy explodes into thousands of shining faces . People dance in the aisles . Others sing every word to every song . A few share funny cigarettes . For more than three hours , the jubilant atmosphere creates a sense of community between an amphitheater filled with strangers and the ethnically diverse musicians leading the charge on stage . But then DMB is all about community -- creating its own and giving back . BAMA Works Fund -- the group 's charitable foundation -- has handed out $ 5 million in grants to worthy causes , including schools and victims of Hurricane Katrina . Watch Matthews sound off on the album --"}
-{"answer":"last few years , luxury phones had turned into an attractive new business , as designer houses rushed to get a foothold in the tech sector . Prada collaborated with LG to launch two LG Prada phones in Europe and Asia . Last September , Samsung launched the M75500 Night Effect phone , which carried the Emporio Armani insignia . A month later , Motorola offered a $ 2,000 phone , called the Aura , which was fashioned out of stainless steel and sported a 62-carat sapphire crystal lens . And then there 's Vertu , a company that makes true luxury phones , the cheapest of which costs about $ 6,000 . The recession put a spoke in those plans . And it 's not just the 401Ks of middle-class Americans that have been in peril . In Russia , many newly-minted billionaires saw their fortunes slip away with falling oil prices . By the first quarter this year , the U.S. economy had shrunk 5.5 percent . Even 50 Cent has complained about losing more than a few Benjamins on the stock market . And just like that , the crystal dominoes started to fall . Last October","question":"-LRB- WIRED -RRB- -- Got a few grand to spare for a $ 3,000 phone ? Yeah , we did n't think so . Nobody does -- and that 's a problem for the makers of luxury phones , such as Motorola , Bang & Olufson , LG and Vertu . Vertu makes phones starting at $ 6,000 and going up in price . After years of chasing the ultra-wealthy with exclusive devices that carry designer logos and promise craftsmanship from materials such as sapphire and stainless steel , luxury phone makers are now pulling back . '' The culture has shifted away from conspicuous consumption , so if you are going to have a super expensive product this may not be the time for it , '' says Avi Greengart , research director for consumer devices at Current Analysis . Motorola has already gotten the memo . Earlier this week , the company reportedly canceled the Ivory E18 , a device tentatively priced around $ 3,000 . The phone had met with lack of interest from telecom carriers . Motorola declined to comment . If that sounds like an obvious outcome , perhaps it should n't . In the"}
-{"answer":"symbol of hope and promise in America 's post - Civil War period . `` The arrival on Ellis Island is the fulfillment that you know something good is going to happen to you , '' said Belarksy , now a 91-year-old widow living in a Russian enclave of Brooklyn , New York . Her family became part of the more than 12 million immigrants processed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954 , according to the U.S. National Park Service . Adjacent to Ellis towers Lady Liberty , measuring more than 305 feet from base to torch . Originally , the statue was supposed to be an Egyptian peasant girl that would have stood at the entrance of Egypt 's then-new Suez Canal , but plans would evolve into the Roman goddess who would instead adorn New York Harbor . `` The sculptor , -LRB- Frederic -RRB- Bartholdi , was very clever , '' said Edward Berenson , professor of history and director of the Institute of French Studies at New York University . `` He put -LRB- the statue -RRB- where he did because it 's right at the narrows of New York Harbor , so he knew","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As snow fell across New York Harbor , Isabel Belarsky clutched her mother , Clara , aboard a passenger ship that puttered toward Ellis Island and wondered what their new lives would bring . The year was 1930 . About a week earlier , the 10-year-old girl from what is now called St. Petersburg , Russia , had embarked on a transatlantic journey with her Ukrainian parents from the French port city of Cherbourg , escaping what she described as Jewish persecution at the start of Joseph Stalin 's Soviet Union . On an island near Manhattan stood the copper colossus that would etch her first memories of the new world . `` It was a wonderful sight , '' she said of the Statue of Liberty , which marked its 125th anniversary Friday . The idea for the monument is thought to have been conceived at a 19th-century dinner party among French aristocrats , historians say , who sought to pay tribute to American liberty . And while the French gift is also widely believed to have at least in part catered to domestic politics , for many , it quickly became a"}
-{"answer":"of the lavish cocktails or sample from the impressive wine list . You can also find the trendy set partying the evening away at Hipp -LRB- Kalendegatan 12 -RRB- . You can hang out in the restaurant or two bars or head straight to the pulsating nightclub . Satisfy your thirst for beer at Tva Krogare -LRB- Storgatan 35 -RRB- . The pub dishes up traditional Swedish fare and you 'll likely find locals playing a game of darts . For a taste of British in Malmo , try The Bishop 's Arms -LRB- Norra Vallgatan 62 -RRB- . Located inside the Hotel Savoy , it serves staples like fish and chips and has a wide assortment of beers available . If parties begin in Lilla Torg , they tend to end in Mollevangen . The bohemian neighborhood is dotted with bars that stay open well into the night . Prices in this area are n't as cheap as they once were but are still lower than compared to what you 'll find in the city center . Local musicians hang out at hip Tempo Bar and Kok -LRB- Sodra Skolgatan 30 -RRB- . For something a little different ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Whether you 're looking for a laid-back evening or want to party the night away , there are plenty of bars and clubs in Malmo to keep you entertained . Slagthuset is Scandinavia 's biggest nightclub . Many nights start out in Lilla Torg , which boasts a wide array of restaurants and lounges . Sip cocktails at Victors -- if the weather 's good , grab your drinks and head to the outdoor terrace . An equally popular hangout is nearby Moosehead , which has a more casual-woodsy vibe . Be sure to order the moose meat burger . A vibrant club scene exists in Malmo , which is home to Slagthuset -LRB- Jorgen Kocksgatan 7A -RRB- -- the largest nightclub in Scandinavia . Young dancers spread out over three dance floors at the club located behind Central Station . As its name suggests , Club Prive -LRB- Malmborgsgatan 7 -RRB- draws an exclusive crowd . To chill in style , head to Torso Twisted -LRB- Vastra Varvsgatan 44 -RRB- in the hip Western Harbor district . The restaurant serves gastronomic delights , and at night the lounge is decidedly cool . Indulge in one"}
-{"answer":"be born alive and healthy go down as the number in the lifeboat goes up . Her physicians offered to reduce the number of fetuses she was carrying ; citing her moral convictions , she declined . As of the last reports , all eight survived . Still , knowing what we do about the many risks that come with being born too soon and too small , their medical course is likely to be complex and unsteady . What this case really does is split wide open a fault line running through infertility treatment in American medicine . People who show up at fertility clinics are adults . In the typical case , they 've been trying to get pregnant for a year or more without success . When all goes well , a cycle of IVF -LRB- in-vitro fertilization -RRB- results in a pregnancy and the birth of one , perhaps two , healthy babies . As a son , a father , and now a grandfather , I can attest that there is no more important or enduring relationship in our lives than the one between parents and children . Whether that relationship is forged through infertility","question":"Editor 's note : Dr. Thomas H. Murray is chief executive of The Hastings Center , a nonprofit research institute on bioethics in Garrison , New York . Murray was formerly director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Case Western Reserve University and president of the Society for Health and Human Values . Thomas Murray says doctors have responsibility for welfare of children conceived through IVF procedure . GARRISON , New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The birth of octuplets to a California woman last week raised a boatload of issues that can distract us from the central ethical question posed by the case : How do we take children 's well-being into account in reproductive medicine ? Yes , it 's puzzling why an unemployed single woman who already had six children wanted a passel more . And it is not crazy to wonder who will pay for these children 's needs over the years , beginning with what is sure to be a gobsmacking bill for neonatal intensive care . For now , we can put aside the lifeboat problem : A human uterus is not built for eight passengers ; the odds for each child to"}
-{"answer":"Randy -LRB- Jeremy Jordan -RRB- is the new songbird on the block , is out to shake things up . Parton now looks like a `` Spitting Image '' puppet -LRB- the film makes plastic-surgery jokes about her so that we do n't have to -RRB- , but she still has a way with lines like '' I 'd call you stubborn , but that 'd be an insult to mules ! '' `` Joyful Noise '' also finds room for a teenager with Asperger 's syndrome -LRB- Dexter Darden -RRB- who loves one-hit-wonder songs -LRB- but can he learn to love himself ? -RRB- , as well as a romance between Randy and Vi Rose 's daughter Olivia -LRB- Keke Palmer -RRB- . These two are pretty -- and as bland as balsa wood . But each time the innocuousness starts to get to you , you 're woken up by Randy and Olivia 's swooning '' Maybe I 'm Amazed '' duet , or a kid-choir rendition of Billy Preston 's '' That 's the Way God Planned It , '' or the final '' I Want to Take You Higher '' blowout . These numbers create a","question":"-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- `` Joyful Noise , '' a squeaky-clean pop-gospel fairy tale featuring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah in canned catfights , reflects the inspiration of `` Glee '' and God , in that order . The `` Glee '' side , at least in my book , does n't exactly amount to a recommendation , but it does mean that the movie 's musical numbers are catchy and rollicking and , in their bright sunshiny way , rather soulful . In the small town of Pacashau , Georgia , times are hard -- every other storefront is empty -- but the Divinity Church choir has lifted local spirits by rising to become a semifinalist in the National Joyful Noise Competition . Can these spunky vocalists go the distance ? Not until they learn to work together in harmony . Which means that Vi Rose Hill -LRB- Latifah -RRB- , the choir 's new director , has to stop feuding with G.G. Sparrow -LRB- Parton -RRB- , widow of the former choir leader , over the direction of the group 's music . Vi Rose , feisty and smart-mouthed , favors tradition , while G.G. , whose grandson"}
-{"answer":"eclipse will occur over the Pacific Ocean at six minutes , 39 seconds , people in some areas of China and Japan will experience up to more than six minutes of darkness , according to predictions by Fred Espenak of NASA 's Goddard Space Flight Center and J. Anderson of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada . Watch as eclipse-watchers head to China '' The 15,150-kilometer -LRB- 9,415-mile -RRB- journey of the moon 's shadow across the Earth will last nearly three-and-a-half hours and be `` one of the longest eclipses , if not the longest eclipse , in this century , '' Binzel said . Forecasters predict stormy weather for Wednesday morning in Shanghai , but this prognosis has not deterred astronomers and tourists from flooding the city . Send us your photos of the eclipse Professor Zhao Junliang of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory said the weather could be unpredictable but staying away from such an historic event would be a mistake . `` In 1987 , I chased a total solar eclipse in -LRB- the western region of -RRB- Xinjiang . At the time , the sun was entirely blocked by stormy clouds . Two minutes before the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Skywatchers are gathering from parking lots in western India to music festivals on remote Japanese islands to witness what NASA describes as an `` exceptionally long '' total solar eclipse that will cross half the planet on Wednesday . People try out '' solar view goggles '' ahead of the eclipse on the outskirts of Ahmedabad , India . `` This eclipse has the potential to be observed by more people than any eclipse in all of history , '' said MIT astronomer Richard Binzel , who will be in Shanghai leading an expedition of observers and a group of eclipse chasers . `` Essentially , every inhabitant of all of India and China will be able to see at least part of the sun covered throughout the day , '' he said . The path of the total eclipse will stretch across the heart of Asia -- from India 's Bay of Cambay , over the Himalayas and across China and the southern islands of Japan . The eclipse is expected to reach its peak over India at around 12:40 a.m. GMT Wednesday -LRB- 8:40 p.m. ET Tuesday -RRB- . Though the duration of greatest"}
-{"answer":", a podiatrist in New York , made it clear . `` I definitely see patients that have had problems as a result of getting a pedicure , '' she said . `` I guess the most common is fungal nails . '' Fungal nails !!! I really do n't want to pay for that . The National Institutes of Health , unfortunately , describes fungal nail in less-than-clear terms : Fungal nail infection is an infection of the nails by a fungus . Prescription treatments are only about 50 percent effective , and most of these infections usually require the loss of the infected nail itself , the NIH Web site says . Cuts , scrapes and some other infections are also common results of seemingly soothing foot romps . Tsentserensky thinks it 's nothing new . `` I think it 's a chronic problem that has been going on for a while , '' she said . `` People just maybe chose to ignore it or do n't pay attention as much as they should . '' Anyone who did pay attention could have known about some of those risks eight years ago . That 's when the","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Shoes tell a lot about a person . If you stumbled into my closet , you would probably think I was a security guard , a construction worker or a Nurse Ratched wannabe . My taste in shoes tends to be boxy , low-heeled and sturdy . If the equipment is n't cleaned properly , you could be at risk for infection when you get a pedicure . So it probably does n't surprise you to learn that when it comes to pedicures , I am hardly a nail salon enabler . Unfortunately , in some sort of twisted cosmic comedy , both my teen and my tween daughters are pedicure addicts . To pedicure addicts , there is nothing better than being seated in those massive padded massage chairs , chin deep in fashion magazines , while some woman bathes , chisels , files and paints their toes . And up until now , the only thing I worried about was how much the extra flower motif on her big toe was going to cost me . Now , I have plenty of other stuff to worry about . Dr. Dina Tsentserensky"}
-{"answer":"signal a renewed commitment to the cause of universal human rights long championed by the United States . As this year marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , the reassertion of these fundamental rights is necessary . While the U.S. government has much work to do in this regard , there will have to be a concerted international effort to achieve meaningful protection of human rights , even as the issue of security continues to demand our attention . The American people and our courts have rejected the proposition that some people 's rights can be suspended arbitrarily ; to do so violates the very core of our democracy . Hopefully , those working to establish democratic practices and institutions worldwide will seize upon this development and convince their own fellow citizens that democracy and human rights are worth the struggle . The international community , including a newly energized United States , should move swiftly and decisively to support the local heroes who risk much to advance this cause . Human rights defenders from throughout the world are participating in our annual conference at The Carter Center this week to share the challenges they","question":"Editor 's Note : Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is founder of The Carter Center , a not-for-profit organization that seeks to `` prevent and resolve conflicts , enhance freedom and democracy , and improve health . '' Read more on human rights defenders : http:\/\/www.cartercenter.org\/homepage.html Jimmy Carter says closing Guantanamo Bay and ending torture would send a strong message . ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It has been heartening to witness the outpouring of worldwide enthusiasm over the election of Barack Obama as the next president of the United States , a transformational moment for our country . Our incoming president has huge challenges ahead of him , and he will undoubtedly reach out to other world leaders to help address the most difficult problems . A high priority will be the restoration of human rights , which have been badly eroded in recent years . President-elect Obama has reiterated his decision to close Guant\u00c3 \u00a1 namo Bay detention center and end U.S.-sponsored torture . Also under discussion is the establishment by the U.S. government of an independent commission to examine the actions that led to these shameful policies and practices . Together , these steps would"}
-{"answer":"Luckily , right about that time is when he met Betsy . '' Isaacson began riding Betsy , a neighbor 's horse , with Rowan . He says he noticed immediate improvement in his son 's language skills . Watch Rowan and Betsy '' `` He would start to answer . He would start to talk . We would do song games up there on the saddle . I would take books up there in the saddle , '' Isaacson said . Autism specialists say that horse riding can be effective in gaining access to autistic children . Experts make a distinction between the kind of recreational therapeutic riding Isaacson was using with Rowan and hippotherapy , which is a medical treatment that uses horses and is supervised by a licensed speech-language pathologist . '' People perceive it 's the interaction with the horse that 's making the change . However , the movement of the horse is extremely powerful , and it 's that movement that 's having neurological impact on the autistic child , '' said Ruth Dismuke-Blakely , a speech-language pathologist and hippotherapy clinical specialist in Edgewood , New Mexico . According to preliminary analysis of an","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When 3-year-old Rowan Isaacson darted away from his father and dived into a herd of grazing horses , it easily could have been the end of the small autistic boy . He was babbling under the hooves of a boss mare . Rupert Isaacson says he noticed immediate improvement in his son 's language skills when he started riding . `` I thought he was going to get trampled , '' recalled Rupert Isaacson , Rowan 's father . But the horse , Betsy , dipped her head and chewed with her mouth in submission . Isaacson , who had trained horses for a living , had never seen it happen so spontaneously . Rowan had seemingly made a connection . The Austin , Texas , family had been struggling with Rowan . His wild tantrums were nearly driving Isaacson and his wife , Kristin Neff , to divorce . All the while , little Rowan was becoming unreachable . `` He would just stare off into space , '' Isaacson said . `` I was worried it was going to get progressively worse and that eventually , he might float away from us entirely ."}
-{"answer":"of the whole valley being turned into a battlefield as citizens flee on foot , many of them with no shoes . Some fall ill from sun and heat exposure , particularly infants and those already weak and sick . According to the most recent United Nations numbers , about 2.4 million Pakistanis registered as displaced persons since May 2 . Currently , the clashes are concentrated near Mingora , the valley 's largest city . `` People have been blocked for weeks , '' said Daniel O'Malley , who led the ICRC team . `` There is no running water , no electricity , and food is scarce . There is no fuel left for generators and most medical facilities in the district are no longer functioning . Phone lines are down , so people have been cut off from the outside world and are anxious for contact with relatives who fled the area . '' The Red Cross team visited Khwazakhela hospital , one of the few medical facilities left in Swat Valley , to deliver supplies and found a small group of hospital staff members struggling to work without water , electricity or supplies , O'Malley said","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- No running water , no electricity , no fuel and little food . Pakistanis displaced by fighting demand government assistance during a protest Sunday in Karachi . International Red Cross officials are `` gravely concerned '' about the stark situation in Pakistan 's Swat Valley , where a monthlong offensive against the Taliban has displaced more than 2 million civilians . Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross arrived in the Swat Valley this weekend for the first time since the onset of violence there . The organization evacuated more than a dozen people in need of urgent medical care and called for an immediate humanitarian response . `` The people of Swat need greater humanitarian protection and assistance immediately , '' Pascal Cuttat , head of the organization 's delegation in Pakistan , said Sunday . `` The ICRC will do its utmost to meet those needs without delay . Given what we have already seen on the ground , we are mobilizing additional resources , but safe and unimpeded access to the area remains essential for our teams to deliver . '' Those who have left their homes tell"}
-{"answer":"cars . Durant kept the name for one of his company divisions and for the car , even though he worried that people might pronounce it `` Boo-ick , '' according to one author . Strangely enough , the man who practically created General Motors single-handedly never really liked the idea of a ` Durant ' car . In another example , Robert Hupp invented the Hupmobile , ' a two-seat runabout , in 1908 . But he sold his stock in his Hupp Motor Car Company in 1911 . He turned around and founded the Hupp Corp. that same year . Investors in his first firm took him to court to make him drop the `` Hupp '' from his new company 's name and they won . His own automotive glory quickly faded , although the Hupmobile survived until the 1940s . Swiss-born Louis Chevrolet 's experience was similar . Durant brought him into a new car-building venture in 1911 , hoping to trade on his fame as an absolutely fearless race car driver . Chevrolet left the company in 1913 , apparently unable to make the adjustment from racing to building production vehicles . But its name","question":"-LRB- AOL Autos -RRB- -- With car companies going in into bankruptcy and shedding famous names left and right , it 's important to remember that today 's automotive titans started out as tiny startups , not unlike Silicon Valley entrepreneurs . General Motors was almost called International Motors Co. . Names like Ford , General Motors , Chrysler , Toyota and Porsche call to mind the huge corporate successes of the past and the great automotive families that survive today . But behind every brand name , there is a flesh-and-blood inventor , entrepreneur or industrialist . Most of the time , they gave their name to the companies . And that fame was often about all they ended up with . David Buick , who invented the overhead valve engine , founded the Buick Motor Car Co. in 1903 . William C. Durant , the industrialist who would eventually found GM , took over the company in 1904 , when it ran into financial trouble . Buick stayed on as a director , but left in 1908 , never making much money from the enterprise . He reportedly died in 1929 , unable to afford one of his"}
-{"answer":"? James , who played rugby for England under-16s , was a university student at the time of his injury last year . He is believed to be the youngest person from the UK to have traveled to Switzerland to commit suicide . In a statement Friday , reported by PA , James ' parents said that he had attempted to kill himself several times already . Watch why James opted for suicide '' `` His death was an extremely sad loss for his family , friends and all those that care for him but no doubt a welcome relief from the ` prison ' he felt his body had become and the day-to-day fear and loathing of his living existence , as a result of which he took his own life . `` This is the last way that the family wanted Dan 's life to end but he was , as those who know him are aware , an intelligent , strong-willed and some say determined young man , '' PA reported James ' parents as saying . `` The family suffered considerably over the last few months and do wish to be left in peace to allow","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police have launched an investigation after a young disabled sportsman traveled to Switzerland to commit suicide , UK media report . Daniel James , who played rugby for England under-16s , was paralyzed during match practice last year . Daniel James , 23 , from Sinton Green in western England was paralyzed from the chest down in March 2007 when a rugby scrum collapsed on top of him during match practice , dislocating his spine , the UK 's Press Association has reported . Worcestershire Coroner 's Service , which is conducing an inquest into the circumstances of his death , states on its Web site that James died on September 12 after he `` traveled to Switzerland with a view to ending his own life . He was admitted to a clinic where he died . '' The inquest was adjourned on September 19 for reports . West Mercia police say that a man and a woman are helping the force with their enquiries . Assisting someone to commit suicide is illegal in the UK , as it is in most other European countries . What do you think of assisted suicide"}
-{"answer":"Yes , that I will own . ' '' He took down all of the pictures on his Facebook and MySpace pages before the `` Idol '' season , but he forgot about another Web site profile that included the drag photo , he said . Watch Lambert pose with a snake for the cover '' With the competition over , Lambert 's public confirmation of his homosexuality is in preparation for the `` American Idol '' national tour , which starts next month . He said he wanted to avoid `` the Clay Aiken thing and the celebrity-magazine bulls -- t. '' `` I find it very important to be in control of this situation , '' he said . `` I feel like everyone has an opinion of me , and I want a chance to say , ` Well , do you want to hear how I really feel about all this ? ' '' Aiken , the runner-up on `` Idol 's '' second season , dodged questions about his sexuality until coming out in People magazine last year . Lambert said his coming out is not a political statement . `` I 'm trying to","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` American Idol '' runner-up Adam Lambert confirmed publicly what he assumed everyone already knew : He is gay . Adam Lambert talks about his sexuality and his `` Idol '' experience in the new Rolling Stone . `` I do n't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I am gay , '' Lambert told Rolling Stone magazine . He said he is `` proud of my sexuality '' and never sought to hide it during the `` Idol '' competition . `` I embrace it , '' he said . `` It 's just another part of me . '' Still , he stayed silent when , in March , a picture of him , dressed in drag and kissing an ex-boyfriend , emerged online . Lambert told Rolling Stone he was worried coming out would `` be so sensationalized that it would overshadow what I was there to do , which was sing . '' The photo was taken on one of the three or four times he 's dressed in drag , Lambert said , `` but ` sucking my boy 's face ?"}
-{"answer":"whose parent is a computer . '' Scientists did it by designing a digital code on a computer , building a chromosome `` from four bottles of chemicals , '' assembling the chromosome in yeast cells and transplanting it into the cell of a bacterium , creating a new species . For more about Venter , click here Venter said before the work was done , a team of experts conducted a two-year study of the ethics of creating life in a laboratory . He said the White House and other government officials have been briefed about the work -- and that White House officials favored open publication of the research , rather than deciding to classify it . The work of Venter 's team has been widely hailed . The Economist said it creates the possibility of demonstrating `` mankind 's mastery over nature in a way more profound than even the detonation of the first atomic bomb . '' Yet it warned , `` No one now knows how easy it would be to turbo-charge an existing human pathogen , or take one that infects another type of animal and assist its passage over the species barrier .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Vaccines that can be quickly produced to fight evolving diseases such as AIDS , flu and the common cold . Algae that can be engineered to turn carbon dioxide into gasoline and diesel fuel . These are among the innovations that could result from the research of J. Craig Venter 's team , which announced last week that it had created `` the first cell that is totally controlled by a synthetic chromosome . '' Venter , a leader in the sequencing of the human genome , also hinted at another , more basic and less immediately practical , reason for creating synthetic life . He explained that scientists had embedded in the genetic code of the new cell three quotations , including this one from physicist Richard Feynman : `` What I can not build , I can not understand . '' To understand life really , the quotation suggests , it 's necessary to know how to create it . In a video announcing the breakthrough that was posted at TED.com , Venter describes a 15-year-long quest that ended with creation of `` the first self-replicating species that we 've had on the planet"}
-{"answer":", who , frustrated with his mundane life , ties the thousands of balloons to his house and sets off for adventures in South America . A small boy ends up marooned on board , and hilarity ensues . The cluster of balloons is so central to the film 's branding -- it 's called `` Up , '' after all -- that to promote the film , Pixar teamed up with two of the world 's cluster ballooning experts for a nationwide tour involving a real-life flying armchair and dozens of huge , colorful balloons . `` You have a movie that 's about a house that flies , which is a pretty far-fetched idea , '' said Steve May , the supervising technical director on `` Up . '' `` We all know , from kids ' parties , how a bunch of balloons behave , so if we could animate balloons in a realistic way , the believability that the house could fly would sell . '' For May , `` Up '' producer Jonas Rivera , director Pete Docter , and the many others involved in making the film , believability was key , even within","question":"-LRB- CNET -RRB- -- If you want to consider a difficult computational problem , try thinking of the algorithms required to animate more than 10,000 helium balloons , each with its own string , but each also interdependent on the rest , which are collectively hoisting aloft a small house . The production team at Pixar faced many new technological challenges on `` Up , '' its tenth feature film . That was the challenge the production team at Pixar faced when it set out to begin work on `` Up , '' its tenth feature film , five years in the works , which hits theaters on Friday . There was absolutely no way the team was going to hand-animate the balloons . Not with their numbers in five-figures , and especially not when you consider that within the cluster , every interaction between two balloons has a ripple effect : If one bumped another , the second would move , likely bumping a third , and so on . And every bit of this would need to be seen on screen . In `` Up , '' the story revolves around the main character , 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen"}
-{"answer":". '' Billington now lives in a public housing apartment outside Manchester , England . He has lost the use of his legs . A pin sticks out from one of his toes . Billington blames his wrestling life for doing this to him -- wrestling and the fact that he ignored doctors who told him to stop the punishment to his body . And from the steroids , he said . Billington told CNN that the steroids came from doctors , from friends , even from steroids meant for horses . He took them all , took a terrible pounding in the ring , and like his partner -LRB- who died at age 39 in 2002 -RRB- , began taking extensive amounts of painkillers . Benoit 's death has refocused a media spotlight on the organization for which he wrestled , now known as World Wrestling Entertainment , and the man who has ruled wrestling for years , Chairman of the Board Vince McMahon . McMahon , appearing with Linda McMahon , his wife and WWE CEO , told CNN : `` Nothing from the WWE , under any set of circumstances had anything to do with Chris Benoit","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The late Chris Benoit idolized the Dynamite Kid , who was half of a professional wrestling team famous in the 1980s for spectacular high-flying , acrobatic moves . Chris Benoit strangled his wife and suffocated his son before hanging himself in June . The Dynamite Kid and his partner , Davey Boy Smith , were known as the British Bulldogs . They were quick , agile and muscular , and in 1986 they won the World Wrestling Federation tag team championship . Young Benoit dreamed of wrestling like the Dynamite Kid , whose real name is Tom Billington . At the beginning of his career , Benoit adopted the Dynamite nickname and copied his idol 's signature moves . In June , Benoit murdered his wife and young son before hanging himself . Investigators found testosterone , painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs in Chris Benoit 's body , Georgia 's chief medical examiner said a month later . When asked about Benoit 's double murder-suicide , Billington told CNN , `` It can make you aggressive , the steroids . But personally I would n't , you know , kill no bleeding kid , or wife either"}
-{"answer":"I started poking in the soft stuff and this wallet turned up . Having been that low in the tree ... the location indicated it had been there for quite some time , '' Galiley told CNN . The old wallet was a unique find , he said . `` When you 're cutting a tree and it 's hollow , you expect stuff inside , shreds of material , old marbles , really just knickknacks compared to this , '' he said , `` Nothing with a story . ... We peeked in and there were dates from the early '80s . We figured this was different . '' After the wallet was recovered , Galiley said , officials were careful to inform Bendik properly . `` We thought she may not want to relive it , '' he said . Bendik sang praises for the individuals who returned her wallet , including detective Frank Irizarry , who helped track her down . `` The lengths they went to find me , the extent that they went through and the fact that they were concerned about my feelings really impressed me , '' she said . The wallet still","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nearly 27 years ago , amid a crowd of people in Central Park , Ruth Bendik 's wallet was stolen . The culprit is still at large , but the wallet has been found -- in the hollow trunk of a cherry tree . Nearly 27 years ago , amid a crowd of people in Central Park , Ruth Bendik 's wallet was stolen . The wallet was snatched on October 24 , 1982 , while Bendik , now 69 , was in Central Park watching the New York marathon . She went to greet runners at the end of the race and , `` when I got out of the crush of people , I realized my purse was much lighter , '' Bendik told CNN . `` I was just so grateful not to have been harmed . '' Last week , Josh Galiley , tree-care supervisor for the Central Park Conservancy , was chopping down a hazardous black cherry tree near Rumsey Playfield when he discovered her blue leather wallet in the trunk of the tree , which he estimates is around 65 years old and 50 feet high . ``"}
-{"answer":"veiled woman 's side . `` I was just trying to help her up after they exposed her body , '' she said . Suleiman is one of three people in the video interviewed by CNN , with one of them saying he was shot . A CNN crew also witnessed the security force beatings and shootings and saw other women stripped of some of their clothing . The beatings took place last Saturday in Cairo 's Tahrir Square , amid a five-day stretch of assaults by police and defiant protests by demonstrators demanding that Egypt 's ruling military cede power to a civilian government . A Health Ministry spokesman said 16 people died , including 14 by gunshots , according to Dr. Hisham Sheeha . The military has denied the use of live ammunition . Photos of the unidentified veiled woman were plastered on the front pages of global and local newspapers and appeared on Facebook . Twitter hashtags #TahrirWoman and #Bluebra emerged . The images stirred worldwide outrage because of the beating and because she was partially stripped in a Muslim society where women cover themselves for modesty . The woman has not been identified . An activist","question":"Cairo -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Azza Hilal Suleiman saw Egyptian military pummel the veiled woman , she stepped in to help and got kicked and clubbed by security forces , a beating that was captured in a video that went viral around the world and also showed live gunfire and the violent removal of a Muslim woman 's clothing . `` A veiled woman was injured and the army stripped her , '' she told CNN in an exclusive interview from her hospital bed in Cairo , suffering from painful skull fractures and facial cuts . She could n't stand to see the repeated blows to the woman , who was dragged , kicked , partially stripped and then stomped . `` So I ran and tried to cover her body and pull her out , '' Suleiman said . `` We tried to cover her and pull her away but they beat us . I did n't feel anything after this . '' Suleiman was seen in a red coat in the same video that showed the veiled woman 's beating . Security forces rushed toward Suleiman and pushed her to the ground as she ran to the"}
-{"answer":"violation carry any weight ? View details on other cases awaiting the Supreme Court '' `` Religion is always very hard fought in the Supreme Court , and this is no exception , '' said Thomas Goldstein , a Washington appellate attorney and co-founder of scotusblog.com . `` A single cross on a single plot of land has given rise to this huge constitutional controversy . The court will look at whether Congress , with a kind of wink and a nod , -LRB- can -RRB- say that this governmental cross is now on private land or are we -LRB- going to -RRB- say , no this is a governmental war monument and it has a religious symbol on it . '' Riley Bembry , who served as a medic in World War I , helped erect the cross in 1934 . It sits on a 4,000-foot plateau and was a place of reflection for many vets who retreated to the desert in part to recover from severe lung diseases caused by mustard gas attacks during the Great War . An annual Easter service is held there , but until recently only locals knew about it . The site is","question":"CIMA , California -- Driving along a pockmarked road amid rocks and Joshua trees in a lonely southern California desert , religious controversy might be the last thing you 'd expect to encounter . A judge ruled the Mojave Cross must be covered until a First Amendment issue can be resolved . And if you do n't look too closely , you 're likely to zip right past the focus of a hotly contested Supreme Court battle . A federal judge has ordered the Mojave Cross , a war memorial erected by a veterans group 75 years ago , to be covered . It 's boxed in plywood . The issue is less about what the cross symbolizes and more about where it sits : In the middle of the Mojave National Preserve , which is government land . The high court on Wednesday will consider whether the display violates the First Amendment 's provision for a separation of church and state . Watch details of the cross case '' More specifically , does an individual who protests the cross have legal standing to take the case to court ? Do congressional efforts to minimize the appearance of a constitutional"}
-{"answer":"the office of the Dalai Lama had been hacked . His staff sent a foreign diplomat an e-mail invitation to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader , but before the Dalai Lama 's people could follow up with a phone call , `` the diplomat 's office was contacted by the Chinese government and warned not to go ahead with the meeting , '' according to the Cambridge report . Watch CNN 's John Vause report on the network '' An investigation resulted in both reports . Both found links to computers in China , but the researchers did not conclude who they thought was behind the `` malware , '' or malicious software . `` Chinese cyber espionage is a major global concern ... -LSB- b -RSB- ut attributing all Chinese malware to deliberate or targeted intelligence gathering operations by the Chinese state is wrong and misleading , '' according to the Canadian report titled , `` Tracking GhostNet : Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network . '' `` The sheer number of young digital natives online can more than account for the increase in Chinese malware , '' it adds . But the report also points out that China is","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nearly 1,300 computers in more than 100 countries have been attacked and have become part of a computer espionage network apparently based in China , security experts alleged in two reports Sunday . The network was discovered after computers at the Dalai Lama 's office were hacked , researchers say . Computers -- including machines at NATO , governments and embassies -- are infected with software that lets attackers gain complete control of them , according to the reports . One was issued by the University of Toronto 's Munk Centre for International Studies in conjunction with the Ottawa , Canada-based think tank The SecDev Group ; the second came from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory . Researchers have dubbed the network GhostNet . The network can not only search a computer but see and hear the people using it , according to the Canadian report . `` GhostNet is capable of taking full control of infected computers , including searching and downloading specific files , and covertly operating attached devices , including microphones and web cameras , '' the report says . The discovery of GhostNet grew out of suspicions that"}
-{"answer":"As the leaders of the world 's largest economies , we have a responsibility to work together on behalf of sustained growth , while putting in place the rules of the road that can prevent this kind of crisis from happening again , '' the president said in a statement ahead of the gathering . The tightening of global financial regulations is expected to top the summit 's agenda and comes as some major economies are beginning to recover . Germany , France and Japan have announced that they have emerged from recession , prompting hopes that the worst of the financial crisis may have passed . Watch city 's preparations for protesters '' G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors agreed at a meeting this month not to start cutting back just yet on stimulus efforts . They fear it would put economies at risk for plunging back into recession . However , the economic outlook has improved enough that countries are being encouraged to start working on exit strategies , which will vary by nation . The ministers also have proposed a change in how bankers ' bonuses are awarded . They said financial rewards should be based","question":"PITTSBURGH , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Leaders representing 90 percent of the world 's economic output were gathering Thursday in a U.S. city that has reinvented itself , hoping to bolster the global economy . Police boats pass under Greenpeace activists as they hang from a bridge near the G-20 summit . The Group of 20 will meet for two days to focus on the worldwide financial crisis , and plot how to avoid a repeat in the future . The White House is using the economic summit to showcase Pittsburgh -- a city that President Obama says has exhibited an innovative 21st-century recovery after a well-publicized downfall following the shuttering of much of the city 's steel industry . Pittsburgh `` has transformed itself from the city of steel to a center for high-tech innovation -- including green technology , education and training , and research and development , '' the president said . Watch what summit means for Pittsburgh '' Most of the world leaders have come from New York , where they attended the start of the U.N. General Assembly . The G-20 gathering is Obama 's first time hosting a major international summit . ``"}
-{"answer":"her up at 3:30 p.m. , '' Russell said . `` She visited her father every other weekend . '' On Sunday , Sarah joined her father -- who owned a moving company -- and his employee Lorenzo Chivers as they went to a moving job . Watch a report about the case '' `` We know they had two moving jobs that day , one in the morning and one in the afternoon , '' said Thornton Police Department Sgt. Pat Long , the original investigator on the case . The second job was for a man who lived in Morrison , Colorado . The girl , her father and Chivers left Morrison between 5 and 5:30 p.m. to return the moving truck to the Westminster parking lot where Skiba stored his vehicles , Long says . On the way , a 12-year-old relative of Paul Skiba 's girlfriend , Theresa Donovan , received a call from Sarah . The girl said they were on their way to return the truck and would then come home . But Sarah and her father never made it back to the house he and Donovan shared . Michelle Russell later called police","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Late last month , Michelle Russell somberly walked on a Maui beach in Hawaii to mark her daughter Sarah Skiba 's 20th birthday . Sarah Skiba visited her father , Paul Skiba , every other weekend . For Russell , who last saw Sarah more than a decade ago , when she was just 9 years old , some images will never fade with the passage of time . Russell especially recalls the cold Friday morning in February 1999 when she dropped Sarah off at a bus stop in Westminster , Colorado , for her ride to school . `` She loved to go to school , '' Russell said , remembering that Sarah ran for the bus and slipped on ice . `` She skinned her wrist at the bottom of her hand , and she was crying , '' Russell said . `` I had a first aid kit and gave her a Band-Aid . '' After school that day , Sarah 's father , Paul Skiba , met Sarah to spend the weekend together , a visitation arrangement in place since Russell and Skiba divorced several years earlier . `` Her father picked"}
-{"answer":"financial system . Part of the collapse was the disappearance of Roman coinage . Nowhere was this more evident than in England , where , according to archeological evidence , money basically disappeared , driving the British isles straight back to a barter economy . Coinage only came back centuries later when the English were forced to pay protection money -LRB- Danegeld -RRB- to the Vikings to stop the constant pillaging . 99.9 percent pure In 15th century Germany , grain shortages -- acceptable -- frequently led to beer shortages -- unacceptable . In response , brewers in towns like Munich and Regensburg used seeds , spices , and rushes to flavor their beers . Showing an uncomfortable foreshadowing of future events , German authorities instituted purity laws stating that only water , barley , and hops could be used in the brewing of beer . The rule , or Reinheitsgebot , is still on the books today . Nothing but the best for France While the Sun King , Louis XIV , and his building of Versailles typically get all the credit for bankrupting France in the seventeenth century , his Minister of Finance , Jean-Baptiste Colbert deserves some","question":"-LRB- MENTAL FLOSS -RRB- -- In the last 2,000 years , commodity shortages , financial speculation , wars , famines , and outright manias have created some pretty strange economic behavior throughout the world . Once worthless Roman coins found in the British town of Snodland are considered quite a treasure . Cake or death ? In order to stop rising inflation and devaluation of the currency in third century Rome , Emperor Diocletian instituted fixed prices on most consumer goods . Anyone selling goods at prices higher than those of the emperor was put to death ; this led to hoarding of goods . A law was then passed that forbade the hoarding of goods . Penalty ? Death . So people just closed their businesses , then another law was passed . You guessed it : shut down your business or fail to follow in your father 's business ? Death . It 's amazing the Roman Empire lasted as long as it did . Mental Floss : Strange things we did n't know were illegal Gon na barter like it 's B.C. 99 When the Roman Empire collapsed in the 5th century , so did the Roman"}
-{"answer":"'s passion for athletic competition and camaraderie has n't faded . Now an orthopedic surgeon , he treats and helps train the 2010 men 's speed skating team , including Ohno . `` Apolo is very dedicated and focused in his pursuit of the sport , '' said Heiden . `` But he needs to understand that when an event is coming up he needs to really start backing off some of those outside interests so he can put in the time and effort to be a world-class skater . '' With a smile in his voice , Heiden offers an example of Ohno 's recent appearance on ABC 's `` Dancing with the Stars . '' `` He 's more of a celebrity personality than most of the skaters , '' said Heiden . Heiden 's fairly familiar with celebrity . Those five medals in Lake Placid got his boyish Wisconsin face plastered on newspapers and TVs worldwide . Although Heiden said he is n't recognized much anymore , once in a while his name `` will fire a synapse in many people 's minds . '' Living a quiet life in Park City , Utah , with his","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Five-time gold medal speed skater Eric Heiden was hanging out in a Team USA locker room Saturday , watching TV as a much younger phenom named Apolo Ohno broke his 30-year Olympic record . That record , for the most decorated American man in Winter Olympics history , stood since 1980 , when Heiden shot to fame at the Winter Games in Lake Placid , New York . To hear Heiden tell it , watching the 27-year-old Ohno eclipse his record did n't matter much . `` Apolo and I could n't have cared less , '' said Heiden , now 51 . `` All of us at this level do n't really look at medal records as very important . We 're very proud of what we are doing and what we 've done as athletes -- and if you happen to win a medal all of us consider that to be a great thing . '' The difference between Ohno 's medals and Heiden 's is that Heiden won his all during the same Winter Olympics , an unprecedented feat that astonished Olympic fans around the world . Fast forward 30 years and Heiden"}
-{"answer":"in more northerly regions , including red foxes that have been displacing native Arctic foxes . View the gallery of Arctic life affected by climate change '' The report found that some native Arctic species have also benefited from climate change , including wild reindeer on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard . With less snow cover and a longer growing season , these non-migratory reindeer have taken advantage of the increased plant abundance , with the result that reindeer populations and their ability to reproduce are up , while mortality is down . But other animals are not adapting well to rising temperatures and the effect on delicate ecosystems . Migratory caribou in low Arctic Greenland and elsewhere are declining in number as they have not been able to keep their calving season in synch with changes in plant growth . With the decline in caribou comes a knock-on effect to native Inuit hunters , according to the report 's authors . Hotter summers could result in more insects and parasites that prey on the caribou , which could then also reduce the annual caribou harvest by local indigenous peoples . `` Inuit hunters at my study site in Greenland","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Arctic as we know it may soon be a thing of the past . Musk ox in the Arctic check the spread of shrubs to the High Arctic , but promote grass growth . That 's the message from Eric Post , lead scientist of a new report into the effects of climate change on life in the Arctic . Published in `` Science '' magazine , Post and his team of international scientist conducted the study during the fourth International Polar Year that ended in 2008 . `` It seems no matter where you look -- on the ground , in the air , or in the water -- we 're seeing signs of rapid change , '' said Post in a press statement . The report found that flora and fauna of the Arctic are responding in various ways to the region 's changes in climate over the last 150 years , and more recently the 20 to 30 years where seasonal minimal sea ice coverage has declined by 45,000 square kilometers per year . With the decline in sea ice and snow , animals usually seen at lower latitudes are being found"}
-{"answer":"Martina McBride : You know , sometimes it 's just time to shake things up a little bit . When you 've been at a certain place and management for 18 years , I just felt like I really need someone around me with some fresh ideas , some new passion and energy . CNN : As female country musicians age these days , are there pressures to stay youthful ? How does one age gracefully in Nashville ? McBride : Oh , I think the same way you age gracefully anywhere else . Females have always had more of a focus on the way they look . No matter what business your in , if you 're in the public eye -- whether you 're an actor or a rock musician or even head of a corporation , it 's always been that way . You just try ... I do n't know , I try not to focus on it . I 'm still the same voice I had before , and I still have a lot to say . CNN : `` Eleven '' was largely written by you -- something you 've taken on recently .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For a good part of her career , Martina McBride 's success has largely been due to relying on Nashville songwriters and approaching arrangements in a pop-country fashion . While hits like `` Wild Angels , '' `` A Broken Wing '' and `` Wrong Again '' solidified her position as country radio royalty , McBride 's shaking things up these days . She 's ditched both of those early crutches and now is exploring writing on her own and injecting a more roots-oriented sound into her instrumentation . Such is the case with `` Eleven , '' McBride 's 11th studio album , which drops today . These days , she 's working with new management , has a new label in Republic Nashville and wrote six of the 11 songs that appear on her latest project As the 45-year-old singer soldiers on , what about this moment inspired change , and how 's her own songwriting coming along ? CNN spoke with McBride recently as she was prepping for a concert in Minot , North Dakota . CNN : `` Eleven '' comes with a lot of professional changes . Why is this ?"}
-{"answer":"of kids , but I 've never seen any of those kids come out and play . '' Savage recalls speaking to Thurmond once , after someone stole one of her son 's bike tires . Thurmond kindly told Savage he had n't seen anything suspicious . `` He was nice , polite , seemed like a normal guy , '' she said . Watch a walk-through of the filth '' Alma Medina , the property manager for the 100-unit Beaver Creek mobile home park , lives three doors from what is now a crime scene . She remembers Thurmond was a polite fellow . He always called her `` Miss Alma '' when he dropped by the office to explain that his rent was late , a routine occurrence that eventually led Medina 's maintenance man to a foul discovery . She occasionally saw Thurmond mingling with other tenants , but she never saw his family . The only indication that one existed , Medina said , was that he and his wife both signed a lease August 22 , 2005 , and noted on their application that they had three sons and a daughter . `` I never","question":"LAVONIA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sonya Savage 's back door opens to a cozy wooden porch that serves as a shelter for her 9-year-old son 's bicycles and spare parts . Residents of Beaver Creek in Lavonia , Georgia , say they had no idea a neighbor was holding his family captive . A 30-foot tract of red clay and splotchy crab grass separates her mobile home from the home of Raymond Daniel Thurmond , a residence so rank and squalid that it forced a seasoned police investigator to vomit upon entering . Another officer donned a gas mask just to walk inside . Savage and her neighbors say they had no clue that Thurmond , 36 , had a wife , let alone four kids ; they were also oblivious that Thurmond may have held the five hostage in the three-bedroom mobile home for three years . `` My son , he 's a little bicycle mechanic . He 's always in the backyard , and he do n't recall ever seeing nobody over here , '' said Savage , 29 , who also has a 4-year-old daughter . `` Usually I 've got a yard full"}
-{"answer":"say it 's not that simple . Although it 's rare for anyone older than 55 to get the go-ahead for IVF , that guideline is peer-enforced rather than mandated , and decisions typically are made on a case-by-case basis . Georgia Dardick , an advertising executive in Boynton Beach , Florida , was one of those cases . Dardick tried to conceive via IVF six times and seriously considered adoption , but at 51 , she was n't ready to let go of her desire to have a baby . `` Fifty was the cutoff for my doctor , but they agreed to give us one more try , '' she said . She had her daughter in January . Dardick said she never planned to have a baby at 51 , but feels that she made the right decision , despite the judgments others may have . `` The word selfish has come into my mind . But for any parent , having a child is selfish . No matter what your age is , once you have that child , you owe that child everything . I live the best , healthiest life I can . ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The average American woman can live long enough to celebrate her 80th birthday , so if a woman is able to become pregnant using in vitro fertilization with a donor egg at 56 , she could still watch her child grow into an adult . But just because it 's possible , does that mean she should ? Some feel that having children after 45 is unfair because the parents might not live to see the kids become adults . The death of 69-year-old Maria del Carmen Bousada of Spain , who used in vitro fertilization with a donor egg to have twin boys at 66 , has the fertility treatment community bracing for a backlash . It could rival the fallout from octuplet mom Nadya Suleman -- and it seems to have already started . In a national online survey about fertility conducted in May by Johnson & Johnson 's Babycenter.com , 7 out of 10 moms who responded wanted tougher regulation laws for IVF treatments , and half of the 1,095 respondents thought it was bad for the children if a parent conceived past 45 . Fertility specialists understand those concerns , but they"}
-{"answer":"was no immediate government response to the letter . The 88 professors -- all of whom are considered employees of the Islamic republic -- who signed the letter are `` risking their jobs and God knows what else , '' said Ali Alfoneh , a research fellow at the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute who has researched the relationship between Iranian civilians and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard . `` Some of them may end up arrested , '' he added . The letter , posted on a reformist Web site Monday , is a rare and significant showing of discontent among Tehran University 's academics . Student unrest has only increased since thousands of protesters turned out on the streets of Iran to oppose the country 's disputed presidential election , in which hardline incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the overwhelming winner . `` Unfortunately and sadly ; all of this takes place under the veil of safeguarding Islam and the representation of the supreme leadership and , even more sadly , no institution or organization accepts responsibility for this savagery ! '' The anti-government demonstrations began following the disputed June 12 presidential vote , which re-elected hardline President Mahmoud","question":"Tehran , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nearly 90 professors at Iran 's oldest and largest university signed a letter to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , criticizing the government 's violent handling of student protesters . `` The issue that has left a bitter taste in the mouths of the devout Muslim and patriots of this land is the violent and above the law -LSB- illegal -RSB- encounters , particularly with University students and faculty members of this land , '' says the letter , which was posted on the reformist Web site `` Rahesabz , '' or `` Green Path . '' `` In fact , the nightly attacks on the dormitories and living quarters of innocent students and daily assaults on them ... are not testaments to the power of the system , just as the violent beatings and imprisonments are not testament to its faith and piety . '' The professors ask Khamenei to order revolutionary guards , government-sanctioned militiamen and others who have engaged in campus violence to vacate the university . The letter also calls for official apologies for beatings of university members and the unconditional release of detained students and faculty . There"}
-{"answer":"a wreck , '' he wrote later in a Sports Illustrated piece . He had brought his own translator , an SI China reporter whom Deitsch credited with negotiating through the red tape and eventually saving his entire assignment . Fortunately for Deitsch , he had prepared well for such an emergency . The best thing Deitsch did , said travel experts , was to make several copies of his passport and work visa before departing for China . As a result , he had a replacement passport in his hands within a few days after he reported it missing . Experts seem to come from two schools of thought on how to protect a passport . Some prefer to lock the document away once they arrive in a destination , while others say keeping the passport with you is the best way to safeguard it . Whatever option you choose , the bottom line is , if you lose your passport you must be able to prove your identity and citizenship to the U.S. government . The best way to do it is to have a copy of your passport handy . Deitsch 's experience has prompted him to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Richard Deitsch struggled through several days of denial before facing the fact that he was thousands of miles from home and he had no idea where his passport was . It 's most important to make copies of your passport , say experts . Web sites offer easy-access digital storage . The Sports Illustrated reporter was covering the 2008 Olympics in Beijing , China , where he should have been having the time of his life . But his emotions were all over the place -- and none of them were good . His passport , he assumed , had fallen out of his backpack . `` When I realized it was missing , I went through a number of stages -- panic , fear , anger , and finally , acceptance , '' he wrote while enjoying a recent vacation in Russia . `` I looked for three days in every possible spot before I finally admitted to myself it was gone . '' Deitsch 's bureaucratic nightmare reached a low point when he found himself inside a police station telling his story to five police officials who spoke no English . `` I was"}
-{"answer":"Rep. John Murtha , D-Pennsylvania , told the Army he had a number of complaints from soldiers in Afghanistan who said the current camouflage pattern was not effective in the mountainous regions . Two yet-to-be-identified battalions -- a battalion has about 500 troops -- will test the two patterns , with initial results being turned into Army researchers by the end of October . While deployed , all 1,000 soldiers will have their regularly issued ACUs . In addition , one battalion will also get one of the new camouflage uniforms with a test pattern known as `` MultiCam . '' The pattern is made up of numerous blobs of white , brown , tan , black and greens for a more woodland look , and is already being worn by snipers and special operations forces . The other brigade will test a similar pattern to the ACU , called the Universal Cammo Pattern-Delta or `` UCP-Delta . '' While the pattern is the same , a series of `` digitized '' blocks of green and tan , the test uniform adds what he Army calls `` coyote brown '' and a slight color darkening all around to the greens","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. Army ground commanders in Afghanistan say they need help , fast . That 's not a request for more troops , but a request from commanders who say the current camouflage uniform is not blending well in the diverse countryside . U.S. Army commanders in Afghanistan say the current uniform does not blend well in the countryside . In response , the Army later this month will field-test two new camouflage color schemes and patterns on about 1,000 soldiers in Afghanistan , where the terrain is extremely varied . Commanders have had problems there because of the numerous changes in environments a soldier can move in and out of in a short period of time -- from woodland to desert to alpine , and to rocky and snowy mountain tops . The current uniform , known as the Army Combat Uniform or ACU , has lighter shades of green and tan , which some commanders have complained does not blend well if soldiers need to stay motionless on a mission , as snipers or reconnaissance troops must . The effort by the Army was recently accelerated , according to Army officials , after U.S."}
-{"answer":"a development director for 343 Industries , the division Microsoft created to specifically handle the `` Halo '' franchise , stressed that `` Halo Anniversary '' was created to appease fans . The $ 40 price tag , versus the standard $ 60 price for new games , fits with that model . `` This is a celebration of the past . '' O'Connor leads a team of a few people within 343 Industries that 's tasked with making the final say about whether a storyline for new games , books and other media fits with `` the Halo canon , '' he said . With several bestselling books and more products in the works , this is a fragile process . Sometimes O'Connor has to temper his own instincts in order to stay true to precedents set by earlier games . For example , he wanted to hide a rocket launcher behind a waterfall in the second level of `` Halo Anniversary '' as an Easter egg for explorers . His team challenged him on it , and so he conceded : no rockets , he lamented as he motioned to the waterfall while demonstrating the game . Designing","question":"San Francisco -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Executing a successful remake of a video game can be like shooting blindfolded , and that 's especially true when you 're dealing with the fervent following behind Microsoft 's `` Halo '' series . Longtime fans look for any reason to balk at attempts to repackage their beloved games , and for `` Halo : Combat Evolved Anniversary , '' people who follow its development closely have reasons to be skeptical . It 's the first game wholly developed without intervention from Bungie , the company that created `` Halo '' but which has since severed ties with Microsoft . `` Halo Anniversary '' is available only for the Xbox 360 starting Tuesday , the 10th anniversary of the original `` Halo , '' which launched alongside Microsoft 's first home gaming console . The game adds high-definition graphics and a big-production musical score to the original , without changing much else . Producers often look at remakes as a way to add their signature to a well-regarded work , but the team shepherding `` Halo '' went to extraordinary lengths to preserve the feel of its decade-old model . Frank O'Connor ,"}
-{"answer":", I did . King : Is that a tough song to sing ? Franklin : No , not at all , but -LRB- Tuesday -RRB- it was . Mainly because of the temperature outside . I do n't have to tell you , it was freezing , if you were there . Some singers it does n't bother , and others it does . I do n't care for it . It affected my voice . Watch Franklin sing at inauguration '' King : You sang at Martin Luther King 's funeral . What do you remember about that ? Franklin : There were very , very long lines , of course . I recall walking in the street behind the bier , somewhere maybe about 200 , 300 feet from the bier , I think . I recall Leontyne Price being there , as well as Eartha Kitt . They shuttled us from one point to the other . The passing of a great man was at hand . King : How did you feel yesterday about seeing a young black man elected president ? Franklin : Oh boy , how do you put it into words ?","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Legendary singer\/songwriter Aretha Franklin sang `` My Country 'T is of Thee '' at the inauguration Tuesday . Aretha Franklin says cold weather affected her voice during her performance at the inauguration on Tuesday . CNN 's Larry King talks with `` The Queen of Soul '' about the reality of the nation 's first black president , singing at the inauguration and the much-talked-about hat she wore . Larry King : Where 'd you get that hat ? Aretha Franklin : Well , I bought it at a little millinery that I frequent out in Detroit . King : What was that like for you -LRB- Tuesday -RRB- ? Franklin : Oh . What a tremendous , mammoth morning , evening , the ball , everything , from one event to the other , was just too much . King : How did you find out you were singing ? Franklin : My agent called me and he told me that he had received an invitation and a telephone call , asking for my presence and performance at the swearing-in and the inauguration . King : Did you choose the song ? Franklin : Yes"}
-{"answer":"devastation -- covered heavily by the local media -- have triggered a surge of patriotism and charity . `` When one is in trouble , '' the Chinese say , `` help comes from all directions . '' In Beijing , Chinese officials , entertainers , athletes and artists attended a marathon concert , giving donations and calling on the public to give more . The benefit concert raised more than 1.51 billion yuan , or $ 216 million . More donations are pouring in through other channels . Watch report on how quake has united Chinese '' As of Sunday , Chinese nationals had donated more than 4.9 billion yuan -LRB- $ 700 million -RRB- in cash and goods for earthquake relief , according to China 's Ministry of Civil Affairs . Live on Chinese TV , local businesses pledged to give money and build free housing for victims -- an unusual display of civic charity . As of last Saturday , Chinese enterprises had donated more than 3.5 billion yuan -LRB- $ 501 million -RRB- in cash and relief goods . `` Traditionally the Chinese people do n't share as much with strangers . They share a great","question":"BEIJING , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One of the most destructive moments in Chinese history is bringing together -- at least temporarily -- this vast nation of more than a billion people , made up of disparate ethnic groups stretching across five time zones . Thousands chant `` China , keep moving '' during a rally in Chengdu 's Tianfu Square . When millions of Chinese paused for three minutes of silence Monday , they personified the surge in patriotism and charity that has swept this country since a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake leveled large sections of Sichuan province in southwestern China . Moments after the observance ended , chants of `` Go , China , Go ! '' broke out in Tiananmen Square , where a Chinese military crackdown in 1989 left hundreds dead . Sentiments have changed since the days of the anti-government protests . `` As Chinese we must be united , '' said a student . `` We Chinese can do it ! '' Some of Monday 's demonstrators waved Chinese flags while others hoisted banners with slogans like `` Rebuild Sichuan ! '' iReport.com : Thousands rally in Chengdu Horrific scenes of death and"}
-{"answer":"on areas too difficult or delicate to access . That night , Ellis contacted the neurosurgeon quoted in the story who put him in touch with Omni Guide , the Boston , Massachusetts-based company that manufactures the handheld device . It was originally devised for the U.S. military , and rolled out for surgeries three months before Ellis read about it . The tool allows surgeons to easily manipulate a CO2 laser and bend it to reach almost any tissue in the body , particularly in cases where scalpels may pose a danger . `` Seventy-two hours later I held the device in my hands , '' Ellis explained . `` Omni Guide sent someone to do a demo . I was extremely impressed and excited and very quickly I pretty much got the hang of it . '' Ellis added : `` I think it 's an amazing story because it 's yet another demonstration of how interconnected we 've become in this world . `` You have a CNN reporter in London , who writes a story about a neurosurgeon in Chicago , who 's using a device that was invented in Massachusetts . That story is read","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A brain surgeon performed what he called a `` life-saving '' surgery on a teenager by removing a large brain tumor using a method he read about on CNN.com just three days earlier . Dr. Thomas Ellis is a senior neurosurgeon at Wake Forest University in North Carolina . Dr. Thomas Ellis , a senior neurosurgeon at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina , the United States , said he had become `` very demoralized '' after an unsuccessful six-hour operation to remove a tumor from a 19-year-old named Brandon . `` I had had to give the boy 's mother the bad news and that is not something I am used to . She was crying and it was very hard . Your story truly came at the perfect time , '' Ellis said . `` I am inclined to believe that it is the work of God that I came across your article that very night , '' the surgeon told CNN . The article was about the `` Omni directional dielectric mirror , '' a pen-shaped fiber-optic tool that allows surgeons to carry out minimally invasive surgery"}
-{"answer":"was kindness out there . '' Like his wife , he could n't stop smiling . He talked about how he tried in vain to get help for his son in Baghdad , leaving `` no stone unturned '' on a mission to help his boy . There were many trips to the Ministry of Health . He says he even put in a request to Iraq 's parliament for help . The family eventually told CNN their story -- that Youssif was grabbed by masked men outside their home on January 15 , doused in gasoline and set on fire . Simply by coming forward , his parents put themselves in incredible danger . No one has been arrested or held accountable in Youssif 's case . Watch CNN 's Arwa Damon describe ` truly phenomenal ' outpouring '' Shortly after Youssif 's story aired Wednesday , the Children 's Burn Foundation -- a nonprofit organization based in Sherman Oaks , California , that provides support for burn victims locally , nationally and internationally -- agreed to pay for the transportation for Youssif and his family to come to the United States and to set up a fund for","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dressed in a Superman shirt , 5-year-old Youssif held his sister 's hand Friday , seemingly unaware that millions of people across the world have been touched by his story . Nearby , his parents talked about the new future and hope they have for their boy -- and the potential for recovery from his severe burns . Youssif holds his sister 's hand Friday . He 's wearing a facial mask often used to help burn victims . It 's the best birthday present the Iraqi family could ever have imagined for their boy : Youssif turns 6 next Friday . `` I was so happy I did n't know what to do with myself , '' his mother , Zainab , told CNN , a broad smile across her face . `` I did n't think the reaction would be this big . '' His father said he was on the roof of his house when CNN called him with the news about the outpouring of support for his son . `` We just want to thank everyone who has come forward , '' he said . `` We knew there"}
-{"answer":"disarmed two years ago , helping to restore the province 's government in Belfast . Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said the most recent moves of groups to disarm was `` significant and hopefully signals a further step toward the ending of all paramilitarism in Northern Ireland . '' For those that have lived through the turmoil in Northern Ireland , peace achieved though diplomacy must have seemed like an unrealistic goal . After all , each attack by loyalists usually resulted in retaliation by nationalists -- making the dispute bitter and intractable . But diplomacy has worked in bringing peace to Northern Ireland . Credit for developing a framework for the peace process stretches back to former British Prime Minster John Major 's rule in the 1990s and efforts by Ireland 's Ahern . But it was Major 's successor , Tony Blair , who was unrelenting in his quest for peace by making it a major priority of his government . Blair came to Northern Ireland 37 times as Prime Minister , traveling there more often than any of his predecessors as well as hosting many meetings at 10 Downing Street and discussing the peace process while at","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Commentators who have watched the conflict in Northern Ireland play out for decades call the peace process a miracle . Various leaders negotiated for years to bring an end to Northern Ireland 's `` troubles . '' Culminating in a power sharing deal between Ulster 's unionists , led by Ian Paisley , and Sinn Fein , the political arm of the IRA -LRB- nationalists -RRB- , led by Gerry Adams , the road to peace has been a torturous one characterized by violence , set-backs and numerous false starts . Only recently the Ulster Defence Association , Northern Ireland 's largest loyalist group , said it will cease to be an armed paramilitary group , starting at midnight on November 11 , saying the `` war is over . '' `` All weaponry will be put beyond use , '' Colin Halliday of the Ulster Political Research Group , which is linked to the group , said in a speech in Belfast aired by RTE , Ireland 's state-owned broadcaster . `` The struggle to maintain the union is on a new and more complex battlefield . '' The Irish Republican Army -LRB- IRA -RRB-"}
-{"answer":"is the smell . `` Like sewage , '' he said . Shannon Woerner was at home in nearby Essex , Maryland , when he heard the news about the water main break -- and the call for boats . He loaded his kayak in his truck and headed to the scene . `` I just wanted to see if I could help , '' he said . Woerner said he assisted by ferrying car keys and other items across flooded streets to people who were cut off from their homes by the water . Standing at the corner of Court and McShane streets , Mike Pell , 34 , watched the water slowly recede after the main was shut . Water covered the wheels of his pickup truck . `` My basement 's done , '' he said , pointing to his shoulder to show the height of the water inside , where he and his fianc\u00e9e had their bedroom . `` All of our clothes are ruined , '' he said . He managed to get his two children , ages 2 and 3 , to a dry area on the first floor of the house . ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A huge water main burst under a road in the suburban Baltimore community of Dundalk , Maryland , Friday , sending muddy water erupting over neighborhood streets and down highway ramps , officials said . Muddy water envelops the community of Dundalk , Maryland , on Friday . Many were left without power . The 72-inch main was shut about two hours after it ruptured , Baltimore County Chief Executive Jim Smith told CNN . No injuries were reported , Smith said , but he urged residents to `` shelter in place '' and not to go into the knee - to chest-high water under any circumstances . `` This is not a game , '' Smith warned . Authorities set up a command center near the site of the break and swift-water boat rescue teams were standing by , he added . See water main break damage '' Resident David Johnson said he felt helpless as he stood outside his house and watched the dirty brown water creep up his lawn and approach his front door . It stopped inches away and his basement stayed dry . The worst part now , Johnson said ,"}
-{"answer":"truck , then brought out here and dumped in the pits , '' he said . The fear of disease is frequently the reason for rapidly burying bodies in mass graves . But contrary to popular belief , bodies do not cause epidemics after natural disasters , experts said . `` The reality is that most of the disease that live in us -- once our body is dead they ca n't survive very long , '' said Oliver Morgan , an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Fecal matter from the deceased could contaminate the water supply , posing a risk , but `` it 's nowhere near the risk of all the survivors living in the streets with no sanitation , '' said Morgan , who contributed to the World Health Organization 's guidelines on managing bodies after a natural disaster . There has never been an epidemic after a natural disaster that was traced to exposure to bodies , according to the WHO . The chief priority must lie with the living , experts said . `` Body collection is not the most urgent task after a natural disaster , '' according to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Four days after Haiti 's massive earthquake , efforts are under way to bury the dead as thousands of bodies crumpled in the streets of Port-au-Prince lay exposed to the sun or draped in sheets and cardboard . Throughout the city , people covered their noses from the stench and some resorted to face masks . CNN correspondents in Haiti reported efforts to remove the bodies , including the creation of a mass grave . It 's still unclear how many people have been killed in Tuesday 's earthquake ; the prime minister suggested there could be several hundreds of thousands . CNN 's Anderson Cooper , reporting Friday from a mass grave on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince , described seeing hundreds of bodies mixed with garbage in open pits . Some bodies were bulldozed into the half-filled pits . `` These people will vanish , '' Cooper said in a phone report . `` No one will know what happened to them . That 's one of the many horrors . `` There 's no system in place here . Literally these people here are being collected off the streets , dumped into a dump"}
-{"answer":". The 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy `` had the nation locked in a trance for two or three days , '' recalled TV critic Ed Bark of UncleBarky.com . The world audience for the Apollo 11 moon landing has been estimated in the hundreds of millions . The BBC estimated 2.5 billion people watched the 1997 funeral of Princess Diana . Watch Jermaine Jackson talk about his brother 's legacy '' The numbers are easily exaggerated -- nobody knows how many people are watching in groups or in public places -- and the Web has complicated matters further . But in a multichannel , satellite TV , computer-and-cell phone world , the Jackson memorial could have an audience in the hundreds of millions . It was first believed the event would take place at Jackson 's Neverland Ranch . But the family announced Thursday that it will hold a private ceremony Tuesday , and then a massive public memorial service at the Staples Center . Fans had until 6 p.m. Saturday to register for free tickets to the memorial service . Organizers used a computer to choose 8,750 names from 1.6 million who registered since Friday . Watch","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Will Michael Jackson stop the world ? Fans have set up impromptu shrines to Michael Jackson , including this one at his family 's house . Thousands are expected to swamp Los Angeles , California , to mourn him Tuesday at the Staples Center , and the accompanying media crush will be enormous . The tribute to the King of Pop at Harlem 's Apollo Theater earlier this week drew coverage from all over the world , along with a public turnout in the thousands . Given the feverish interest in all things Jackson , the Los Angeles memorial could be one of the most-viewed events of all time . `` This will obviously be a huge media event , and with Web streams of the funeral , it may be impossible to say for sure how many people watched once all is said and done , because there 's still no comprehensive way to measure Web viewing , '' said Toni Fitzgerald , of Media Life , in an e-mail interview . A handful of events have earned the kind of worldwide coverage to put the world on pause , if only for a moment"}
-{"answer":". '' It 's no surprise that Alexander disagrees and argues that arts spending can give a vital boost to the economy . The actress , who will appear later this month in a new comedy at the New York theater company Primary Stages called `` Chasing Manet , '' won a Tony Award for her role in the `` The Great White Hope . '' She has been nominated eight times for an Emmy and four times for an Oscar for films including , `` All the President 's Men '' and `` Kramer vs. Kramer . '' Alexander spoke to CNN.com last week . CNN : What do you think of the controversy over the $ 50 million in increased government spending for the arts ? Alexander : I think it 's long overdue and I was very , very happy to see it . Since 1995-96 we had an incredibly decreased budget for the NEA . Finally we 're getting back to where it was when I came in -LSB- as chairman -RSB- . It 's all vitally needed . In fact , the endowment has not kept pace with inflation as other agencies have . ...","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For actress Jane Alexander , the criticism of a $ 50 million boost in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts is a sequel . Tony-award winning actress Jane Alexander says giving money to the arts will save and create jobs . She was chairman of the agency from 1993 through 1997 when arts funding was cut sharply by the Republican-led Congress , which questioned whether it was an appropriate way to use government money . Now the issue is whether giving money to the arts should have been part of the economic stimulus program . Among those who have criticized the new spending this year is Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal , who delivered the Republican response to President Barack Obama 's message to Congress Tuesday . On Monday 's `` Larry King Live , '' Jindal said , `` Fundamentally , I do n't think $ 30 million for the federal government to buy new cars , $ 1 billion for the Census , $ 50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts is going to get the economy moving again as quickly as allowing the private sector to create jobs"}
-{"answer":"deadly car first , alerted the police and prevented a disaster . The Big Apple has a big heart , and the magnificent city of New York has room for plenty of heroes . But we are also very fair people . So we would be grateful if you could kindly call Mr. Niass and thank him for us . There is another reason besides fairness . Mr. Niass is a Muslim from Somalia , and some of us Muslim-Americans have a suspicion that your staff might not have brought him to your attention because the idea of a Muslim hero in New York does not quite dovetail with the stereotype . If there is an American of Muslim descent who commits , or tries to commit , a criminal act , as Faisal Shahzad apparently did , we Muslims feel we are all suddenly suspects . We feel we need to explain ourselves . Yet if there is a hero among us whose love for our city does not fit the stereotype , he is ignored . This is not fair , and we believe you , as our president , can do much to alleviate this burden on","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dear Mr. President : How good of you , sir , to have personally telephoned two New York heroes whose timely diligence prevented a lunatic from causing a catastrophe in Times Square . We New Yorkers are happy to hear you called Mr. Lance L. Orton Sr. and Mr. Duane Jackson to thank them for their vigilance . But there is a third vendor , Mr. President , whom you forgot to call . His name is Alioune B. Niass , and he is an immigrant from Somalia who said he was the first person to notice the smoking Nissan Pathfinder . `` I thought I should call 911 , '' Niass later told a reporter , `` but my English is not very good and I had no credit left on my phone , so I walked over to Lance , who has the T-shirt stall next to mine , and told him . He said we should n't call 911 . Immediately he alerted a police officer nearby . '' Here in New York , Mr. President , we are not particular about which one of these great New Yorkers saw that"}
-{"answer":"a century ago . Watch Middleton kneel by the crosses '' On the orders of Gov. Charlie Crist , the Florida Department of Law Enforcement last week opened an investigation to determine if anyone is buried here , whether crimes were committed , and if so , who was responsible . A group of men in their 60s , who once attended the school , have told investigators they believe the bodies are classmates who disappeared after being savagely beaten by administrators and workers . The FDLE is just beginning its investigation , so there is no way to know if there is any truth to the allegations . The investigation will be challenging . Finding records and witnesses from nearly half a century ago will be difficult if not impossible . Many of the administrators and employees of the reform school are dead . Read more about the investigation Middleton is 64 now , a former Army Ranger . He was 14 then , a wayward boy . He was sent to the Florida School for Boys for breaking and entering . He recently accompanied CNN to the school grounds . `` This is a travesty against mankind and","question":"MARIANNA , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Leaning against his cane , Bryant Middleton shuffled toward the makeshift cemetery . Tears welled in his eyes as he leaned down to touch one of the crosses . Bryant Middleton kneels by a row of white crosses on the grounds of a former reform school he attended . `` This should n't be , '' he said . `` This should n't be . '' Thirty-one crosses made of tubular steel and painted white line up unevenly in the grass and weeds of what used to be the grounds of a reform school in Marianna , Florida . The anonymous crosses are rusting away but their secrets may soon be exposed . When boys disappeared from the school , administrators explained it away , said former student Roger Kiser . They 'd say , `` Well , he ran away and the swamp got him , '' Kiser recalled . Or , `` The gators got him . '' Or , ` Water moccasins got him . '' Kiser and other former students believe authorities will soon find the remains of children and teens sent to the Florida School for Boys half"}
-{"answer":". `` They really stopped my momentum because now I 'm not going to play for two weeks and because they waited for the last minute I could n't go to another tournament either , '' Peer said from Tel Aviv . `` So it 's very disappointing , and I think it 's not fair . '' Watch Peer describe her disappointment '' Scott , meanwhile , confirmed : `` Following various consultations , the Tour has decided to allow the tournament to continue to be played this week , pending further review by the Tour 's Board of Directors . `` Ms. Peer and her family are obviously extremely upset and disappointed by the decision of the UAE and its impact on her personally and professionally , and the Tour is reviewing appropriate remedies for Ms. Peer . '' Scott said Peer 's visa refusal has precedence : Last year an Israeli men 's doubles team was denied entry to Dubai . He said the Emirate cited security reasons following recent unrest in the region . `` At that time I was in Dubai . I made it clear to the authorities , the representatives of the government","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dubai could lose its place on the Women 's Tennis Association Tour calendar after Israeli Shahar Peer was denied entry to compete at this week 's event , the WTA supremo warned Monday . Shahar Peer told CNN she learned of her visa ban Saturday , just before her scheduled flight to Dubai . Peer was scheduled to fly into the United Arab Emirates on Sunday , but was informed Saturday night by telephone that she would not be granted a visa . WTA Chairman and CEO Larry Scott said the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour `` will review appropriate future actions with regard to the future of the Dubai tournament . '' Scott added : `` The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour believes very strongly , and has a clear rule and policy , that no host country should deny a player the right to compete at a tournament for which she has qualified by ranking . '' Peer , who had just finished playing in the Pattaya Open in Thailand , where she reached the semifinal , said she is `` very , very disappointed '' to have been denied the opportunity to play in Dubai"}
-{"answer":"He formed a group called the Colorado Veterans Alliance . The whole thing was a lie , he admitted to CNN 's Anderson Cooper earlier this year . Watch Strandlof discuss case in June . '' He was n't at the Pentagon . He was never a Marine . He never served his country . He never graduated from the Naval Academy . He claimed his real name was Rick Duncan . Where was he on 9\/11 , the day he said he witnessed heroism firsthand ? `` I was in San Jose , California , watching it in horror on TV with a few other people , '' Strandlof told CNN . He was at a homeless shelter at the time . Strandlof denies being a pathological liar . He says he suffered from `` some severely underdiagnosed mental illness '' and he got caught up in the moment around `` people who are passionate and loved what they did . '' He told CNN he had put on a `` production , which I 'm sorry for . '' `` Hopefully the people that I hurt can in some way gain closure from that , and I myself","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Richard Strandlof said he survived the 9\/11 attacks on the Pentagon . He said he survived again when a roadside bomb went off in Iraq , killing four fellow Marines . He 'd point to his head and tell people he had a metal plate , collateral damage from the explosion . Richard Strandlof says he did n't mean to cause harm when he lied about being a military veteran . None of it was true . On Friday , the FBI arrested him on the rare charge of `` stolen valor . '' Strandlof , 32 , was held `` for false claims about receipt of military decorations or medals , '' an FBI news release said . Charges had been filed in Denver , Colorado , the week before , the bureau said . `` The penalty for his crime is up to one year incarceration and a $ 100,000 fine , '' it said . Before his deception was revealed , crowds ate up his story . He canvassed Colorado appearing at the sides of politicians . Inspiring and seemingly authentic , he spoke on behalf of veterans at the state Capitol ."}
-{"answer":"Jackson 's birth date -LRB- August 29 , 1958 , or 8\/29\/1958 -RRB- she could chart his personality . His was `` six life path , '' she said , meaning he was magnetic and drew people to him . That , coupled with the fact that he was born on a two day made him irresistible , she said . `` If you are born on a two day and are a six life path then America and the world seem to fall in love with you , '' McCants said . `` It 's almost as if you always get a shot with that energy if you shoot for stardom , and then you can sabotage it , '' McCants said . `` Britney Spears was born on a two day , and she 's a six life path ; Lindsay Lohan was born on a two day , and she 's a six life path ; and Sarah Palin was born on a two day , and is a six life path . '' Such people , McCants said , thrive on the attention . Psychic Eddie Conner said Jackson could n't help but attract such attention","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Glynis McCants looks at Michael Jackson 's life , she sees the number five . Numerologist Glynis McCants says that with his numbers , Jackson was a draw to fans . Jackson 's talent was discovered when he was 5 years old , he came to fame as a member of the Jackson 5 and he planned a series of 50 concert dates in London , England , as part of a comeback tour before he died on June 25 at the age of 50 . For McCants , a noted numerologist and author , those facts are very telling : `` Five is the number for drama , and it was in his life his whole life . '' For many fans , the lure of Michael Jackson as a performer and pop icon was magical . Those who deal in the paranormal are tuned in to that magic . Numerology deals with the influence of numbers on personal characteristics and human affairs . McCants -- who has appeared on nationally syndicated television and radio shows and is known as the `` Numbers Lady '' -- said that by taking"}
-{"answer":"they 're older , I think it can appeal . We do n't need vampires or werewolves or the forbidden love between her and Angel . You already love her . The drama is there . '' The anticipation helps , too . Gellar went off the air on a high note after `` Buffy '' -- and stayed off . Despite a TV movie , a couple of voiceovers on popular animated series and roles in two film franchises -- `` The Grudge '' and `` Scooby-Doo '' -- the actress chose to lay low while beginning a family with husband Freddie Prinze Jr. . The pair welcomed their daughter Charlotte in September 2009 . `` The hiatus actually worked wonders for her , '' Stahler added . `` A lot of ` Buffy ' fans were teens when ` Buffy ' was first on . They grew up with her -- through ` Cruel Intentions , ' ` The Grudge . ' And when she went off the grid to do her family thing , people started to miss her as opposed to tossing her aside as a has-been . '' Like TV bloggers and industry insiders predicted","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After an eight-year hiatus , Buffy is back ! Not really , but for some fans of Sarah Michelle Gellar it 's the closest they can get at this point . The actress made her highly anticipated return to TV on Tuesday night in The CW 's `` Ringer . '' Playing ex-stripper Bridget and her wealthy twin sister Siobhan , Gellar 's characters are a far cry from her days as the now-iconic vampire slayer on `` Buffy . '' But fans of the late supernatural series agree , they 'd follow the actress just about anywhere : And that includes her new film noir-type soap . Though The CW 's programming tends to skew a bit younger , `` Ringer , '' which was originally created with CBS in mind , maintains a more adult quality . Potentially perfect for fans of Joss Whedon 's cult hit , many of whom have likely matured with Gellar , now 34 . `` This is a good way for fans who loved ` Buffy ' to sort of continue on with -LSB- Gellar -RSB- , '' Hollywood.com 's TV editor Kelsea Stahler said . `` Because"}
-{"answer":"'s the tropical location of the Eden Resort , which is offering a great package deal for married couples looking for relationship counseling . Jason and Cynthia -LRB- Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell -RRB- want to give it a shot , and persuade their supposedly happily married friends Dave and Ronnie -LRB- Vaughn and Malin Akerman -RRB- , Joey and Lucy -LRB- Favreau and Kristin Davis -RRB- , and Shane and his 20-year-old girlfriend Trudy -LRB- Faizon Love and Kali Hawk -RRB- to join in the fun . Apparently , nobody has trouble raising the fare , even in these recessionary times . Once there , however , they are dismayed to find Eden is run with iron discipline , and the mandatory therapy sessions soon expose serious cracks in each of the relationships . Directed by Peter `` A Christmas Story '' Billingsley -- another old friend of Vaughn 's -- `` Couples Retreat '' ca n't decide if it 's satirizing New Age-y therapies or exploring marital breakdown . So it gives us a little of both , with some sub-Apatow sex humor on the side . As a commercial recipe , that 's fine . America 's","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Remember `` You 're money , baby '' ? Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau making the L.A. bar scene in `` Swingers '' back in 1996 ? In the film , couples go to the Eden Resort , which is offering a great package deal on relationship counseling . They were young and hungry then , and there was insolence in their hustle , but at least they pressed their case : They knew they were sharp enough to be players . Since then , Favreau has gone on to direct blockbusters like `` Elf '' and `` Iron Man , '' and his buddy Vaughn has stacked up a string of hits in the company of Frat Packers Will Ferrell , Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson . Well , they 're not hungry anymore , and not so young either . Between them -LRB- and with an assist from Dana `` What Happens in Vegas '' Fox -RRB- , they have cooked up `` Couples Retreat , '' a marriage comedy that coincidentally doubles as an enviable excuse for an extended shoot in Bora Bora . Watch the stars talk about the shoot '' That"}
-{"answer":"follow . The match action lasted less than six minutes . I ca n't remember a single kick . What I do recall quite vividly are the scenes of distress , desperation and death at the Liverpool end that destroyed so many families and shocked the world . Looking to my left and behind Liverpool keeper Bruce Grobbelaar 's goal , I was drawn to a huge mushroom-like effect among the crowd in the central standing enclosures around kick-off time . See Liverpool players and fans paying tribute to victims of Hillsborough disaster '' The match had not long started when the first signs of a major problem surfaced . Fans began frantically attempting to climb over the perimeter fence to escape the crush at the Leppings Lane end of the ground . I did n't know it at the time , but the swell was the exit point of a tunnel that ran under the stand . Through it hundreds of Liverpool fans had attempted to make their way without realizing the two caged pens it led to were already overcrowded . Many had the life squeezed out of them in that tunnel . Others were trampled or crushed","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They left home with hope in their hearts , thousands of fans true to the Liverpool anthem , dreaming of reaching another Wembley FA Cup Final . The disaster at Hillsborough football stadium in 1989 resulted in the deaths of 96 football supporters . But what began as a day out in the spring sunshine 20 years ago ended as the darkest hour in the history of British football . I had settled into Row B Seat 2 of the press box in the south stand at Hillsborough , home to Sheffield Wednesday and neutral venue for the game . From there I would have had an uninterrupted view of the semifinal showdown between Liverpool and Brian Clough 's Nottingham Forest . Clough , one of the legends of the British game , had been denied an FA Cup Final with Forest a year earlier , when his side lost to Liverpool at the same stage of the competition and at the same venue . The atmosphere in the ground for the 1989 semifinal exploded as the teams emerged onto the pitch . But none of us was prepared for what was to"}
-{"answer":"liberty , free enterprise , self-determination , government by the consent of the governed -- all of these really core principles are being tested right now , '' Ryan told CNN . `` You ca n't have fear if you try to fix these problems . '' The 41-year-old Ryan has been on a fast track . First elected to Congress in 1998 after a stint as a congressional staffer and adviser at the conservative think tank Empower America , the Janesville , Wisconsin , native ran for the House at the ripe old age of 28 . It was a long shot , but he won , convincingly . Always a fiscal conservative , Ryan made his mark delving into the nuance of federal budgets . Now he 's become famous as the face of a new brand of Republican economics -- one that includes the most sweeping plan to cut government spending in decades and enact major entitlement reforms . As evidence of his growing influence in the party , the Republican National Committee on Friday tapped Ryan to be its Presidential Trust Chairman to lead its fundraising effort against President Barack Obama . Ryan had the deficit","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- To hear Paul Ryan explain it , there 's just one way to cope with becoming the Democrats ' favorite man to hate : `` I gave fear up for Lent this year , '' Ryan told CNN during an extensive interview . And he 's not kidding . It 's probably a good idea , given the fact that Ryan 's budget -- passed nearly unanimously by House Republicans -- has become the GOP Holy Grail . It includes entitlement cuts , most notably the gradual shifting of Medicare into a program dominated by private insurers . It 's no surprise , then , that Democrats call it dangerous , mean and reckless -- and that 's not all . `` The Ryan road map is the way to the cliff and then over the cliff , '' said Rep. John Yarmuth . D-Kentucky . `` The Ryan proposal would destroy our government , '' economist and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs declared at a Democratic Progressive Caucus event . Ryan remains undeterred . `` There 's a big test to this country and whether we apply our country 's principles -- you know"}
-{"answer":"I 'm damning with faint praise , but I 'm stupider than this here stupid president . Maybe I 'm less stupider than Bush than I 'm stupider than Jefferson . But I 'm stupider than all the stupid in both of them put together . The idea , especially from the Democrats that I know , is , we just get a smarter guy in the White House , and all the problems will go away . We 'll have smart speeches , smart high gas prices , smart bad economy , smart war on terrorism , smart war on drugs , smart hurricanes , smart global warming , smart war in Georgia -- smart , smart , smart . Barack Obama is way smarter than Bush -- so way , way smarter than me . Obama is way more charismatic than me . He did his big speech for about 80,000 people ; I 'll do my show tonight in Vegas for about 1,000 people . He 's more ambitious than I ; he 's going to be the next president of the United States , and I could n't even get to week three of `` Dancing","question":"Editor 's note : Penn Jillette -- the larger , louder half of Penn & Teller -- is a magician , comedian , actor , author and producer . Obama and McCain both promise a government that will watch over us ... `` I do n't like that , '' says Penn Jillette . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Everyone I talk to seems to think the president of the United States right now is stupid . The Bush presidency is stupid speeches , stupid high gas prices , stupid bad economy , stupid war on terrorism , stupid war on drugs , stupid hurricane fixing , stupid global warming , stupid war -- stupid , stupid , stupid . They all seem to think we need to get a smarter guy in the White House fast , and Bush is so stupid , that task should n't be too hard . Not me . I 'd like to say that I believe every president in United States history , including the stupid one we have now , is smarter than me . My alma mater is Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth Clown College , so"}
-{"answer":"to safety , but with a Red Line train bearing down on the station , they did n't have the time . iReport.com : See photos of the rescue operation `` The train was coming down the tunnel there , '' Swainson said . `` It was coming in closer . I pushed her down and got her tucked down under the platform . '' Swainson cited training from Metro staff for giving him the information he used to get the woman out of danger . The woman , who was not identified , huddled beneath the lip of the granite platform as the train passed . An emergency response crew brought her back up onto the platform and took her to Washington Hospital Center , where hospital staff said she was treated and released . No further details were provided . Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority spokeswoman Taryn McNeil said Tuesday that the woman had sustained cuts and bruises from the fall . The agency said transit officers from 18 locations across the country were in Washington to assist with the inauguration crowds . Ridership records were shattered Tuesday : There were more than 1.5 million trips across all","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's a frightening scenario , almost a staple of action movies : Someone has fallen onto subway tracks , and a train is rumbling into the station . iReporter Stuart Gordon spotted rescuers after a woman fell onto subway tracks in Washington . For a heart-stopping moment , the train is certain to strike the fallen person , until rescue comes at the last possible second . But at a Washington Metro station near the National Mall on Tuesday , it was an all-too-real scenario , and all the more frightening . A 68-year-old woman from Nashville , Tennessee , in Washington for the inauguration of Barack Obama , fell off the platform at the Gallery Place-Chinatown stop . Houston Metro Officer Eliot Swainson , deputized to assist with the huge crowds for the inauguration , was aiding another rider when he heard shouts that someone was on the track . Watch Swainson describe what happened '' `` I turned around and saw a lady standing in the track area , '' Swainson said . The former Houston police officer rushed into action . He and another Metro rider tried to pull the woman"}
-{"answer":"the government crackdown . At Shiraz University , riot police clubbed women dressed in black robes . `` Do n't beat them , you bastards , '' one man yells . When security forces come to attack , the 19-year-old woman protester says she looks them in the eye and asks : `` Why do you kill your brother ? Why do you hit your mother , your sisters ? '' `` We all tell them , if you 're Iranian , you should n't do that to your people , to your own country 's people , '' she told CNN by phone . Watch woman stand up in defiance to power '' But it 's the woman known as Neda who has become the symbol of women on the front line that has galvanized opponents of the Iranian regime . In a widely circulated video , Neda is seen in the middle of protests over the weekend . She is shot and drops to the ground . Blood runs from the side of her mouth as a few people , including her music professor traveling with her , press on her chest and shout her name . One","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A young Iranian woman named Neda is gunned down in one of the most iconic images of the last week . Another walks down the street , defiantly showing off her hair and body in a revealing dress . And still another woman says she 's not scared of paramilitary forces -- no matter how many times she gets beaten . Women have taken to the streets of Tehran . `` This shows the new face of Iran , '' one expert says . `` When they want to hit me , I say hit . I have been hit so many times and this time it does n't matter . I just want to help my brothers and sisters , '' says the 19-year-old woman whose identity is being withheld by CNN for her safety . Amid the clashes and chaos , there has been a recurring scene on the streets of Tehran : Women , in their scarves and traditional clothing , at the heart of the struggle . Some are seen collecting rocks for ammunition against security forces , while video showed one woman trying to protect a fallen pro-government militiaman wounded in"}
-{"answer":"fighting on all the world war fronts it turns out that after the war Poland was 77 sq km smaller ! This was a great loss for us . '' Eugeniusz Cydzik , another Polish veteran , added : `` We have to talk about what happened ... to make sure it does n't happen again . `` The young generations , like the boy scouts for example , are continuing the memory of those who perished . We take them to the sites of the battles . We even found munitions from the 1914 -LSB- war -RSB- . '' WWII lasted until September 2 , 1945 when Germany 's ally Japan signed an unconditional surrender . Leaders from many of the warring nations were in Gdansk on Tuesday for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Cemetery of Defenders at Westerplatte , with commemoration speeches to take place in front of the Westerplatte memorial . Among those attending were German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin -- leaders of the two nations that once held power over Poland . Merkel said on Tuesday that her country unleashed `` endless suffering '' by starting the war , but also","question":"GDANSK , Poland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 20 world leaders gathered Tuesday in Poland to commemorate the start of World War II 70 years ago -- a conflict in which 6 million Poles died . Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin -LRB- right -RRB- chats with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk in Poland on Tuesday . Germany 's pre-dawn invasion began when the battleship Schleswig-Holstein fired on the Westerplatte military base in Gdansk harbor on September 1 , 1939 . The attack set off a chain of events that eventually embroiled all of the world 's major powers in the war . Polish World War II veteran Romuald Bardzynski , said : `` I was a soldier on the front , a corporal in the cavalry . On September 16 I was injured . We were fighting against the Germans but I was shot by the Soviets . I was wounded three times . `` But the worst thing for me is the land in eastern Poland which was occupied by the Soviets ... and to this day we can not come to terms with it . `` The Russians took half of Poland , and after the Polish"}
-{"answer":", so God will provide and show me how to fulfill my dream . '' Joseph plans to return to Haiti at the end of the month to start rebuilding the New Victorian School , where he is the director . He hopes to have a makeshift structure up within two weeks so children can begin attending the dual purpose music and academic school by mid-April . The temporary structure is estimated to cost $ 35,000 . It will take another two to three years to build a permanent school , one that Joseph said will be earthquake-proof . During Joseph 's last physical therapy session , the Juilliard-trained violinist played classical numbers and hymns as part of his treatment . To the delight of patients around him , Joseph stuck chord after chord on the violin stretching and strengthening his hand that was badly fractured . `` I could n't put my fingers on the strings at first and gradually I was able to play little one or two notes and now I can play , not great but it 's a blessing , '' Joseph said modestly . Doctors had initially feared that he might never play violin","question":"Miami , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Romel Joseph calls it his second life . `` When I came here , I said I was 99.9 percent dead , and I am leaving here 85 percent alive , '' he said . The blind violinist who was trapped for 18 hours after Haiti 's earthquake in January was released from a Miami , Florida , hospital over the weekend after what doctors say is an amazing recovery . The powerful January 12 quake leveled his five-story music school in Port-au-Prince , and he was pinned beneath the debris . His friends were able to remove him from the rubble of the New Victorian School , and he was airlifted out of Port-au-Prince by the American Embassy to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami . Joseph suffered severe injuries , including a fractured hand and two crushed legs . To get through the painful ordeal , Joseph prayed and let his mind drift to thoughts of every concerto he had ever played . `` I did n't think I would be alive ... I thought my time was up , '' Joseph said . `` But my time is not up yet"}
-{"answer":"Garnett : Estimates vary . For the UK it 's around 19 percent , but one EU report puts European emissions at 31 percent . The thing to understand is this is a relative statistic , so if you 're talking about a society where people do n't have many cars and TVs , then the proportion will be quite high . It may actually be lower in countries with a high material standard of living . Also , the estimates differ depending upon the boundaries they use , what 's included and what 's not included in the calculations . CNN : Do you think food-miles are a useful measure of the environmental impact of food ? Garnett : They have been useful in raising awareness of where food comes from and how it is transported , but in real environmental terms it 's more useful to look at total greenhouse emissions . When we do that then there are often quite counterintuitive results . For example , it might be more environmentally friendly to truck tomatoes from Italy to northern Europe rather than grow them in heated greenhouses closer by . Also , different modes of transport have","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Many leading brands , including Cadbury-Schweppes , Tropicana and Tesco , have begun introducing `` carbon labeling '' on products to give customers an idea of the environmental impact of the food that they are buying . How much carbon has that created ? Food with CO2 emissions labels can be confusing . CNN spoke to Tara Garnett , director of the UK-based Food Climate Research Network , an initiative committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the food chain , about the pros and cons of the system . CNN : How do carbon emissions arise in food production ? Garnett : Only talking about carbon emissions is actually a bit of a misnomer . We should be looking at the full spectrum of greenhouse gases produced during food production . Once food has left the farm gate , then we are mainly dealing with carbon dioxide from transport and packaging . But while on the farm it 's nitrogen oxide and methane . They are present in smaller quantities but are much more potent in terms of the effect they have . CNN : What proportion of our carbon emissions come from food ?"}
-{"answer":". It firmed a desire to preserve the fragile natural world and to educate and inspire others , particularly the next generation of decision-makers to do the same . `` As the last unspoiled wilderness on Earth , Antarctica is currently protected by the treaty prohibiting drilling and mining until 2041 . Decisions made by today 's youth will impact our entire planet 's ecosystem and the future of life on earth , '' he says on 2041 . com . His polar icewalks gained international attention and in 1992 he was asked to speak at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , later gaining an OBE and being appointed Special Envoy to the Director General of UNESCO in recognition of his work . At the Earth Summit in Rio he committed to a `` global mission '' to remove 1,500 tons of waste from Antarctica . Swan and a team of young people from across the world were successful in cleaning up the Russian Antarctic base of Bellinghausen by 2000 , making it inhabitable for wildlife again . Foresight , planning and determination then are not alien to a man who spent five years sourcing the funding","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Robert Swan 's life reads like a boy 's own adventure tale with a modern eco-twist . Robert Swan was the first man to walk to both the North and South Poles . Inspired by the daring age of Antarctic exploration , Swan followed in the footsteps of his heroes ; the men who risked , and lost , their lives to reach the South Pole . At the age of 29 he embarked on an expedition to the South Pole that was unsupported -- a trek that required him to pull his own sleigh and that lacked medical support crews . By the time he was 33 he had become the first man to walk to both the North and South poles unsupported . But for Swan , the epic journeys to the Poles , and the sailing and overland adventures that have followed , unearthed more than just a spirit for adventure . He experienced firsthand the impact of humanity on the environment when under the hole in the ozone layer at the South Pole , the harsh ultraviolet rays from the sun burned his skin and permanently changed the color of his eyes"}
-{"answer":"and cause it to sink . If the oil moved horizontally , the shoreline would be polluted , she said . If it moved vertically , the marine life under the surface would suffer . The oil could slow the storm 's growth , Feltgen said . Evaporated ocean water fuels hurricanes , and the oil forming a film across the Gulf could buffer the water from the air , preventing the ocean water from feeding the hurricane , he said . But other scientists say the storms could be stronger than usual because the black oil would heat the water faster and accelerate formation of hurricanes , which rely on warm waters for their development , Evans said . CNN meteorologist Chad Meyers said there was another threat from the volatile mix of hurricanes and oil : storm surge . `` All the winds would be coming here , '' he said , indicating the coast on a map , `` and there would be storm surge here . All the winds would be going this way , and there would be scouring and cleaning of the beaches on this side . But the storm surge that could make","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A predicted busy hurricane season this summer is on a collision course with an unprecedented oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico , and the results are anyone 's guess , weather experts say . `` The problem is that this is a man-made experiment we wish we had n't made , '' said Jenni Evans , a professor of meteorology at Penn State University . Scientists on Thursday said as much as 19,000 barrels of oil have been spewing every day from the BP well in the Gulf , making it the largest oil spill in U.S. history . Most of the oily water lies off the coast of Louisiana , where marshes and wildlife have been coated and the state 's fishing and tourism industries have taken direct hits . Not only is it hard to track how contaminants would be redistributed by a hurricane , but it 's also hard to predict how the slick would affect the storm , NOAA Public Affairs Officer Dennis Feltgen and Evans agreed . Evans said the storm could either move the oil along the water 's surface or it could mix the oil with the water"}
-{"answer":"the Palestine Liberation Organization , because U.S. officials believed the PLO was supporting the terrorist-linked , anti-Israel group Black September , referred to as BSO . The document , a U.S. State Department telegram from the embassy in Jeddah to Washington reads , `` BSO and Fatah -LSB- are -RSB- now linked together in vicious effort to create chaos and uncertainty . One might wonder whether central objective BSO conspiracy was not to erase any slight progress toward Middle East peace . '' The document release was intended to coincide with Mideast peace summit among Palestinian , Israeli and other Mideast leaders in Maryland , Naftali said . The Nixon White House also was adjusting to Israel 's acquisition of a nuclear weapon . `` We are declassifying the records today that laid the basis for Richard Nixon 's decision in 1969 to accept the fact , a fact of life , that Israel had a bomb , a nuclear device , '' said Naftali . `` That , of course , is very important with what 's going on in Annapolis . '' `` Even though it is clear from the documents that the United States government did not","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jordan 's King Hussein sent a secret message to President Richard Nixon in 1970 pleading with him to attack Syria , according to declassified documents released Wednesday by the former president 's library . President Nixon works at his desk in the Oval Office in a June 1972 photograph . The papers are among about 10,000 documents released by the Nixon Presidential Library , some of which offer harbingers of present-day events , such as concerns about terrorism and Saudi Arabia . Library director Timothy Naftali said the documents describe challenges such as how to get the Saudis more involved in solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict , how to get them more engaged against terrorism , how to address the Arab view that the United States always sides with Israel and how to build up moderate Palestinians to counter extremists . A 1973 diplomatic cable cites this objective : `` isolate and undermine terrorisms -LSB- sic -RSB- and commandos -LSB- sic -RSB- by establishing another , more stable and respectable Palestinian political entity and political personality . '' Documents detail U.S. efforts to persuade Saudi Arabia to move away from Fatah , the military wing of"}
-{"answer":"`` It 's really funny , but it helps me kind of keep a clear mind , '' she explains . She also unpacks a little as soon as she arrives in her hotel room . `` You realize when you get on the road , and that 's your life , your hotel becomes your home , '' Stam says . `` And so you really need to feel that you 're coming home to your room , to your place where all of your things are . '' Stam also stresses the importance of a good night 's sleep . `` It 's absolutely essential to get a full night 's rest or at least quality rest , '' she says . However she also acknowledges the difficulties of sleeping a full eight hours while traveling . But the ever chipper Miss America has a trick for getting around the wonky work hours : `` If you know you only have 10 minutes , you take a quick 10 minute nap . '' With airplanes being her primary mode of transportation , the beauty queen also has advice for the frequent flyer on how to stay fresh while","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After her crowning in January , Katie Stam , Miss America 2009 , went from beauty queen to traveling machine -- within minutes . `` The moment they put that crown on my head I started work ... literally , '' she told CNN . Miss America Katie Stam is constantly on the road . The Indiana native will spend a year crisscrossing the country promoting her platform of community service . `` I change locations every two or three days , and that 's exactly how it 's going to be all year , '' Stam says . From visiting children in hospitals in Pennsylvania to flipping pancakes for charity in California , Miss America lives a life on the road . And with such a hectic schedule , she has picked up a few tips on how to stay sane while traveling . `` The most important tip I could offer anybody who does a lot of traveling is to stay as organized as possible , '' Stam says . To keep from losing items on the road , Stam keeps everything in the same place in her suitcase , including her crown ."}
-{"answer":"the anarchy ashore which allows the pirates to operate . Somalia is a failed state , where lawlessness is a license for every kind of criminal enterprise . James Christodoulou of Industrial Shipping Enterprises Corporation told CNN that if the US wants to do something about piracy , it has to `` go to Somalia and deal with the cause there . Whether it 's with bullets or butter , the solution lies on land not at sea . '' The U.S. tried once before to impose order in Somalia , with disastrous results . It led a humanitarian mission to oversee the delivery of food aid that turned into an armed operation against local warlords . More than 40 U.S. personnel were killed before U.S. forces withdrew . That 's the challenge facing the leader of every nation whose ships have fallen prey to the pirates . An international effort has been underway to patrol the troubled waters . The French navy has been particularly active . But no one has rushed onto Somali soil . The Obama administration is already managing wars in two countries . Wait and see whether it 's really willing to risk a third","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. President Barack Obama won a battle against Somali pirates . But does he really want to go to war ? The USS Bainbridge tows a lifeboat in which the captain of the Maersk Alabama was held hostage . You may have seen the headlines in the last few days : a Somali pirate attack and hostage-taking ended with a precision operation by U.S. snipers and a successful rescue . Somali pirates have been the scourge of the Horn of Africa for years . They 've attacked dozens of ships and taken hundreds of hostages from several countries . The attack on the Maersk Alabama was the first on an American ship . But when it was over , Obama made a particularly broad pledge . `` We are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region , '' Obama said . `` We 're going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks . We have to continue to be prepared to confront them when they arise . '' See an interactive map of 2009 pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa '' Experts say that means addressing"}
-{"answer":"someone with a fear of flying , also known as aviophobia or aviatophobia . For five years , Gomez avoided flying altogether . `` I missed out on some really cool things in my life back then because I would n't get on an airplane , '' she said . An estimated 10 percent to 25 percent of the U.S. population experiences the phobia of flying , according to the American Psychological Association . View a timeline of recent notable crashes '' In contrast , the risk of dying in a domestic jet crash has been estimated to be one in 70 million , according to MIT statistician Arnold Barnett , who has performed statistical analyses for the Federal Aviation Administration . Among the causes for aviatophobia is what many will experience as a result of seeing reports about the crash near Buffalo : vicarious trauma . This is trauma that one observes and subsequently develops within based on that observation . `` They see it , and they imagine what would that be like if it happened to me , '' said anxiety disorder psychologist R. Reid Wilson . By focusing on the possibility instead of the actual probability","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When she heard news of the Continental Airlines plane that plunged into a house in suburban Buffalo , New York , on Thursday night , killing 50 people , Jenny Gomez experienced a familiar feeling creep deep within her psyche . `` It definitely sparked those old feelings of anxiety , '' she said . The risk of dying in a jet crash has been estimated to be one in 70 million , according to an MIT analysis . Gomez , 31 and a mother of two , was never afraid to fly during her childhood and early adolescence . `` I had flown all my life since I was very small , getting on a plane to visit my grandparents at least a couple of times a year , and I was fine , '' she remembered . Then , in her late adolescence , the panicky feelings began , slowly at first , but then the anxiety and nervousness started to snowball . `` Every bump , every shake of the plane would set me off . '' Finally , during a college psychology class , she realized she fit the classic criteria for"}
-{"answer":"put up with possums scampering across their roof every night since they moved in three weeks ago . Moments later , the window was smashed and a black figure landed on their bed . Ettlin , after gathering his wits about him , exclaimed , `` It 's OK . It 's only a kangaroo , '' Beman recalled . `` I was cowered under the quilt , thinking , ` No , it 's not OK , ' '' she said . The kangaroo jumped on top of the blanket that Beman and her 9-year-old daughter were hiding under . It then leaped onto the nightstand , punched holes in the furniture and left blood stains on the wall as it bounced into their son 's room . `` That 's when his male instinct kicked in , '' Beman said of her husband . After putting the 90-pound creature in a choke hold , Ettlin kept it low to the ground and pulled it toward the front door . He knew that kangaroos carry their strength on their hind legs , Beman said . `` He held it by one arm . He opened the front door with","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What do you do when your 10-year-old son wakes up in the middle of the night screaming , `` There 's a ` roo in my room ! '' Beat Ettlin wrestled a kangaroo out of his house near Canberra after it crashed through a window . If you 're Beat Ettlin , you wrest the marsupial into a headlock , drag it down your hallway and toss it out your front door . Ettlin and his family were woken early Sunday when a 6-foot-tall kangaroo crashed through a window , landed on their bed and thrashed around their house in the suburb of Garran , south of the capital of Canberra , Australia . `` At first , he -LRB- my husband -RRB- thought it was a lunatic ninja , '' said Ettlin 's wife , Verity Beman . `` It leaped through the window , this martial-arts kind of figure . It was very Jackie Chan . '' The family 's one-story house is in a suburb that butts against a kangaroo reserve . About 2 a.m. Sunday , their dog began barking furiously . Possibly possums , they thought . The family had"}
-{"answer":"now . `` We are going to apprehend them , '' said Aguilar . `` These are people that should not have come into this country and applied for a program that they do not benefit from . '' That message was likely lost in translation , said David Watts , a court-appointed attorney for three Haitians charged with illegal entry and jailed . `` I think there 's no doubt that there was some confusion , '' Watts said . `` None of them have immigration lawyers , they 're relying on the word on the street and the word in the community . '' One of the men Watts represents is Arry Seguin , whose story is not uncommon . Seguin was living in the Haitian community in Montreal after going to Canada in 2008 to seek asylum . Until then , he had been living in Florida with his wife and two children , now ages 6 and 2 . Seguin left the United States after losing appeals to stay . His wife , Louizette , a naturalized citizen , lives in a cramped apartment in Lantana , Florida , and does n't understand why her husband","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nearly 2,000 miles from Haiti , there 's a ripple effect from the earthquake that devastated the country on January 12 . U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have arrested 140 Haitian men and women who have crossed the border from Canada into Vermont since late January . Many had gone to Canada well before the earthquake to seek asylum , and thought they could take advantage of a relaxed U.S. policy on deporting Haitians . `` One of the things that 's happening is that some of these individuals that have previously been either deported or ordered deported and are looking for refuge in Canada , have entered Canada illegally , are now looking to come back into the U.S. and possibly take advantage of the temporary protected status that our government has given , '' said David Aguilar , acting deputy commissioner at U.S. Customs and Border Protection . That temporary protected status allows Haitians who were in the United States at the time of the earthquake to stay longer , regardless of whether they were in the country legally or not . But the policy does not protect Haitians illegally entering the country"}
-{"answer":"here is between poor and rich . The government of Evo Morales took power by a majority and now these opposition governors do n't want to let him govern , '' Torrico said . Anyelo Cespedes , president of the Santa Cruz Youth Union , which opposes Morales , said they do n't want a dictatorship or a communist regime . `` We have our way of life and we do n't want that changed , '' he said . The central government and eastern governors are discussing topics that include the distribution of natural-gas revenues , autonomy for several eastern provinces and the president 's plan for a new constitution . Those negotiations may offer one of the final chances to reverse Bolivia 's slide toward violent instability , according to Gonzalo Chavez , an analyst . `` This is probably one of the few opportunities that we 're going to have to solve the problems of the country , '' he said . Four of nine provinces in Bolivia have declared autonomy from the central government in referendums this year . Morales , an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and former Cuban President Fidel Castro , said","question":"LA PAZ , Bolivia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An air of anxiety clutches Bolivia this weekend amid high-stakes talks designed to end bloodshed and keep the country whole . Bolivian President Evo Morales says opposition leaders are trying to overthrow the government . The central government of leftist President Evo Morales , Bolivia 's first leader from an Indian majority centered in the western highlands , is conducting talks with governors of largely white provinces in the east who want autonomy . Tension between the two sides erupted into violence that killed at least 30 people in September . In addition , differences about the country 's future have threatened to split the country . Julian Torrico , a peasant leader , said he and other Morales supporters will storm the eastern city of Santa Cruz if the talks , which started Thursday , do not yield progress . `` We will go into Santa Cruz and respond with force because they have -LRB- marginalized -RRB- us and massacred us , so we will massacre them and we will take their land away from them , '' he said . Watch protesters march in Santa Cruz '' `` The fight"}
-{"answer":"fair condition , the hospital said in a statement . Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board announced Sunday that the World War II-era plane was equipped with data and video recording devices that they hope to use to help determine what happened and why . NTSB member Mark Rosekind described the devices , as well as the discovery of information and pieces that may have come from the devices , as `` significant new information . '' It was also not entirely expected , given the relatively small size and nature of the P-51 aircraft . `` I 'm not aware of a lot of aircraft having it ; this is the first one I came across , '' said Howard Plagens , the NTSB official heading the investigation . Plagens was referring to a `` box '' that recorded key variables such as altitude , latitude and oil pressure . In addition , there was an outward-facing video camera on the plane , according to Rosekind . Several memory cards have been found at the wreckage site that may have come from either device and will be sent to the NTSB laboratory in Washington for a full analysis","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An 11th person has died because of injuries sustained in the crash Friday at an air race at Reno , Nevada , an official with the Washoe County Medical Examiner 's Office said Tuesday . No details about this latest victim were released . The official , Michelle Anderson , said there would be a news conference revealing more information late Tuesday . Authorities have so far identified seven people who died from the crash . The list includes the pilot , 74-year-old Jimmy Leeward , who lost control of his vintage plane before it plummeted into a crowd of spectators . He and six others were killed on the tarmac , while four have now died at hospitals . The six others identified are Joseph Wogan , 22 , of Arizona ; George and Wendy Hewitt of Washington state ; Regina Bynum , 53 , of Texas ; Sharon Stewart , 47 , of Nevada ; and Gregory Morcom , 47 , from Washington state . Almost 70 people were injured in the crash . Five patients remained hospitalized Tuesday at Saint Mary 's Regional Medical Center , four in serious condition and one in"}
-{"answer":". '' The patient files in the cabinets behind her now number more than 1,300 , and 95 percent of those who walk through the door have no health insurance . The clinic asks for a $ 25 `` co-payment '' but no one is turned away if they can not afford it . A half dozen patients are waiting as executive director Alice Craft-Kerney takes a visitor on a tour . In the reception area , there are health awareness brochures , hurricane preparedness brochures , and a bookshelf about half-filled with children 's books . Craft-Kerney tries every day to give some away . Watch John King preview this Sunday 's show '' `` Because we have such a low literacy rate here in Louisiana , '' she says . `` So they come by , browse , and take whatever books they want free of charge . '' The staff is cheery ; the clinic neat and clean . A sign in the window making clear there are no narcotic drugs inside is a sign of the clinic 's rough surroundings . And within a few steps of the door is a reminder that 43 months after","question":"On CNN 's `` State of the Union , '' host and chief national correspondent John King goes outside the Beltway to report on the issues affecting communities across the country . This week , King traveled to New Orleans , Louisiana , to look at recovery from Hurricane Katrina in the Lower Ninth Ward compared to the rest of the city . The Lower Ninth Ward Health Clinic was clinic director Patricia Berryhill 's home before Hurricane Katrina . NEW ORLEANS , Louisiana -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Patricia Berryhill sits behind a desk in what not too long ago was her living room , cheerfully greeting those who walk in and reaching for the phone as it rings yet again . `` Lower Ninth Ward Health Clinic , Patricia Berryhill , may I help you ? '' Sometimes the questions are routine -- this time more anxious . `` As for the HIV testing , if you come in on Tuesdays from 11 to 1 , there is no charge , '' Berryhill tells the caller . `` As for the Herpes virus , you are going to have to see a physician and make an appointment for that"}
-{"answer":"the media elite were perched on the same wire , Bob would land on the opposite wire and gleefully squawk at them . Bob was an ideologue more than a partisan . One of the many sources of tension between us was the fact that I am a partisan Democrat who believes that , from time to time , my personal ideological agenda must take a backseat to advancing a broader progressive agenda carried by my party . Not Bob . He was a conservative first , last and always , and when he felt the Republican Party had strayed from his hard-core anti-tax , anti-government ideology he would hammer the GOP with the same withering ridicule he usually dispensed to Democrats . Bob was deeply skeptical of authority . He was a lowly lieutenant in the United States Army , and he instinctively distrusted big shots -- a rarity in a town that is often dazzled by rank . For a guy who said he preferred business to government , he was not afraid to show his contempt for network executives with whom he disagreed . Bob had a remarkable work ethic . In the predawn hours after the","question":"Editor 's note : Paul Begala , a Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor , was a political consultant for Bill Clinton 's presidential campaign in 1992 and was counselor to Clinton in the White House . He was a co-host of `` Crossfire '' on CNN with Robert Novak from 2002 to 2005 . Paul Begala says he admired Robert Novak for his skepticism about authority , work ethic and faith in his beliefs . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In our innumerable debates , I delighted in calling Bob Novak `` the finest mind of the 12th century . '' One time , though , he scowled and growled , `` I prefer the 15th century . Spanish Inquisition . Those were the days . '' Novak left this world on Tuesday , but he also left his mark . Needless to say I disagreed with Bob about virtually every political issue , and sometimes our on-air debates continued as profanity-laced shouting matches after the show ended . Despite our profound differences , though , we were friends . Here 's why : Bob was an iconoclast . He loved poking conventional wisdom in the eye . If all"}
-{"answer":"a number that feels good , '' she said . Visit CNNhealth , your connection for better living She does n't feel physically different , but she does notice a change from previous pictures of herself , she said . Her original goal for the year was to get closer to her pre-pregnancy weight of 120 pounds . Kim has had a hard time exercising recently because her uncle , 90 , passed away , and the grieving process has been difficult . But she plans to resume working out soon and wants to take classes at her gym . She also eats one vegan meal every day . Kim felt frustrated earlier this month because her progress felt slow , losing a pound a week . Read about her weight loss journey Often , the initial weight loss will seem the easiest , and then the loss slows somewhat over time , said Tara Gidus , dietician for the Orlando Magic NBA team and owner of Tara Gidus Nutrition Consulting in Orlando , Florida . Exercise is key in speeding things up when you 've reached a plateau , she said . It 's important to find a physical","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This week , Giyen Kim , 34 , reached a personal milestone : She has lost 10 pounds since the beginning of the year . Giyen Kim , 34 , has lost 10 pounds since January 1 . She said she feels like it will be easier to lose more weight . This progress feels slow , she said , in comparison with her previous weight loss attempts , which consisted of crash dieting . But she found that those diets were n't sustainable . This time , she 's looking to find a lifestyle she can keep . CNN asked viewers to talk about their New Year 's resolutions on iReport.com and upload photos and videos during their journeys of change . Kim , who lives in Seattle , Washington , is one participant who frequently updates the iReport community with video updates on her progress . iReport.com : Watch Giyen talk about losing weight Reaching this 10-pound milestone , from 190 to 180 pounds , makes her feel as if it will be easier to lose more weight , she said . `` You feel definitely more motivated when you actually quantify it in"}
-{"answer":"said recently that the United States must share responsibility because the demand for drugs and most of the weapons used by drug cartels comes from north of the border . The drug war and security will be a major topic when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Mexico on Wednesday and Thursday . Andrew Selee , director of the Woodrow Wilson Center 's Mexico Institute , called Obama 's pledge on Tuesday to give $ 700 million in aid to Mexico and assign an additional 360 staff along the border a `` substantive commitment '' that shows the United States is serious about attacking the problem . `` It 's an attempt to really put some substance behind the idea of shared responsibility , '' Selee said . `` They finally committed some of the resources they said they would to this . '' Success will depend on the follow-through , he said . `` Now is the hard part , '' he said . `` It 's not easy to follow the money trail or stop the weapons or the criminal networks . '' Others say the Obama plan falls short . Larry Birns , director of the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The power of the Mexican military was on full display Tuesday in Ciudad Juarez , where police reported the third consecutive day without a drug slaying . A federal police officer guards a checkpoint earlier this month in Ciudad Juarez , Mexico Ten drug-related killings in a single day were common before 9,500 army troops poured into the blood-soaked border town in the past few weeks , said Mauricio Mauricio , a spokesman for the Juarez municipal police . `` It 's a much more secure city at this moment , '' he said . `` We have n't had murders with the same regularity and frequency as before . '' But as President Obama 's administration announced plans Tuesday to beef up U.S. security along its border with Mexico , there are questions about whether increased military and police efforts in both nations can yield long-term results . Mexico has been spiraling into a deepening pit of violence , with 6,500 people killed in 2008 and the body count continuing apace this year . Most of that violence is occurring along the border , which worries Washington . Mexican President Felipe Calderon and others have"}
-{"answer":"The fact that people might be concerned that I was not appropriately doing what I was supposed to do and following orders bothered me , and my sense was that the right thing to do was to offer my resignation . Watch Fallon break his silence '' Phillips : Do you feel you were pushed out ? Fallon : What was important was not me . It was n't some discussion about where I was with issues . It was the fact that we have a war in progress . We had a couple of hundred thousand people whose lives were at stake out in Iraq and Afghanistan and we needed to be focused on that and not a discussion on me or what I might have said or thought or someone perceived I said . That 's the motivation . Phillips : -LSB- Esquire magazine writer -RSB- Tom Barnett made it appear that you were the only man standing between the president and a war with Iran . Is that true ? Fallon : I do n't believe for a second President Bush wants a war with Iran . The situation with Iran is very complex . People sometimes","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Retired Adm. William Fallon resigned in March as leader of the U.S. military 's Central Command after reportedly clashing with President Bush . Retired Adm. William Fallon told CNN he resigned to maintain confidence in the military chain of command . During an interview Tuesday on CNN 's American Morning , '' Fallon denied a magazine article 's assertion that he had been forced to resign over his opposition to a possible war with Iran . CNN 's Kyra Phillips asked Fallon about his resignation and about U.S. policy regarding Iraq and Iran . Kyra Phillips : How were you informed that this was it ? Who called you ? Fallon : The story is -- the facts are that the situation was one that was very uncomfortable for me and , I 'm sure , for the president . One of the most important things in the military is confidence in the chain of command . And the situation that developed was one of uncertainty and a feeling that maybe that I was disloyal to the president and that I might be trying to countermand his orders , the policies of the country . ..."}
-{"answer":"daughters , who were both tied to their beds , died of smoke inhalation . William Petit managed to escape . Entering the New Haven court Monday , Petit succinctly told reporters , `` I just hope justice was served . '' He was one of several of the victims ' family members packing the courtroom , many of them wearing pins that Judge Jon C. Blue allowed over defense lawyers ' objections they might sway the jury . While he did n't present a comprehensive statement , New Haven State 's Attorney Michael Dearington briefly spoke to jurors , explaining that prosecutors believe the jury will be able to listen to the evidence and render a decision . Under the law , Dearington said , Komisarjevsky is charged both as a principal and an accessory . Komisarjevsky 's defense attorney , Walter Bansley , told jurors that his client never intended to kill anyone , that his sole purpose in breaking into the Petit home was to steal . Bansley said Komisarjevsky did not have a weapon . He told jurors that in order to convict Komisarjevsky of capital murder , they must determine he intended to kill someone","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Witnesses began describing the final moments of and futile attempts to save a Connecticut mother and her two daughters inside their burning home , opening the trial Monday for one of the men who authorities claim is responsible for their murders . Prosecutors declined to give an opening statement to start the trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky , 31 , who faces 17 charges in a brutal home invasion in Cheshire . But they did introduce tapes from two 911 calls , a bank teller who claimed the mother tried to withdraw $ 15,000 as ransom and a police officer who found Dr. William Petit -- the lone survivor -- fighting for life outside his family 's burning home . The first defendant to stand trial in the case , Steven Hayes , was sentenced to the death penalty in December after being convicted on 16 of 17 charges filed against him . Prosecutors allege that Hayes and Komisarjevsky went into the Petit home , beat and tied up Dr. William Petit , raped and strangled his wife , molested one of their daughters and set the house on fire before attempting to flee . The two"}
-{"answer":"between jobs , or looking for a fun way to make extra -LRB- pun intended -RRB- cash . The recession definitely pushed some people into extra work , said Linda Burns , a commercial and independent film producer who leads a workshop called `` How To Be an Extra and On Set Protocol . '' Burns said half the class is usually made up of recent graduates with a passion for acting , while the other 50 % are `` people who lost their jobs and love movies and TV . '' `` If you 're not working at all , '' she said , `` and if you do n't qualify for unemployment ... you 're going to make more money on set than you are in your house filling out job applications . There 's so much downtime on set . It allows you time to read or look for those jobs online with your smartphone . '' And while extra work makes a great supplemental income , Burns said treating it like a full time job -- as Barlow has for the past year -- might be financially challenging . Movie extras in Georgia typically make between","question":"Atlanta , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's 6:30 a.m. , and Paul Barlow is chatting with his friends over a breakfast buffet of eggs , bacon and fresh fruit . Dressed in a dark gray blazer , Barlow waits to take his seat in the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center 's auditorium for a special concert by the Dekalb Symphony Orchestra . But the musicians are n't playing for Barlow and his friends . They 're playing for Billy Crystal , Bette Midler and the rest of the `` Parental Guidance '' cast . Once the violins sound and the cameras start rolling , Barlow will merely fade into the background , along with the other 300 movie extras on set . The 55-year-old first started working as an extra in November 2010 to provide for his family amid the downturn of his ad sales career . Since losing his job in April , he 's become a staple on movie and TV sets around Georgia -- and he 's not the only one . Many of the `` concertgoers '' present at the shoot for `` Parental Guidance , '' due out in November 2012 , were"}
-{"answer":"the `` Princes in the Tower . '' Their disappearances , and presumed deaths , have long been an enduring mystery . That intrigue , and Woodville 's fascinating life , appealed to the historian in Gregory . The British author talked to CNN about her new direction , why Americans ca n't get enough of historic kings and queens and why she loves living in the past . CNN : Your Tudor series has been so successful . What took you in this direction ? Philippa Gregory : I think I felt like I had written a lot on the Tudors and although they are such fascinating characters and -LSB- there are -RSB- still some I would like to write about , I just got so interested in the back-story , the family that was there before the Tudors , and I thought I 'd see if I could take the audience with me . I knew I wanted to do it so I thought I would take the chance . CNN : What drew you to Elizabeth Woodville ? Gregory : She is , herself , such an extraordinary character and a spectator of extraordinary times . And","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Although Elizabeth Woodville lived centuries ago , author Philippa Gregory believes women today will find they have a commonality with her . Philippa Gregory took years to research and write `` The White Queen . '' Gregory 's new novel `` The White Queen '' focuses on the life of Woodville , who was Queen consort to England 's Edward IV , and the events that came to be known as the Wars of the Roses . Gregory is herself often referred to in majestic terms as the `` queen of historical fiction . '' She has enjoyed international success after a series of best-selling novels , including `` The Other Boleyn Girl , '' which was made into a feature film starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson . The new book , which was years in the making , has Gregory departing from the exploits of the Tudor family and delving into the lives of their predecessors , the Plantagenets . Woodville , a commoner , captured the heart of England 's King Edward IV . She was also the mother of Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury , who came to be known as"}
-{"answer":", the pace of events was so frenetic that the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach , Hawaii -- which tracks earthquakes and tsunamis for countries throughout the Pacific Ocean , Indian Ocean and Caribbean Sea -- had already been alerted to the looming disaster by the time the seismometer evidence came in . `` The National Weather Service director in American Samoa called the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center a few seconds before the alarms went off here , so we had an advanced warning and we were already sitting at the computer , looking at the data in real time , '' said Brian Shiro , a Pacific warning center geophysicist . It can take 30 seconds to five minutes for information from earthquake sensors placed strategically around the globe to roll into the two U.S. tsunami warning centers . When there 's a clear tsunami threat , the center 's operation room -- built to accommodate the two workers on duty -- becomes flooded with people all jostling to offer assistance . The phone lines consistently ring and `` people are yelling at each other so everyone will be on the same page , and you do","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When an earthquake threatens to turn part of an ocean into fast-moving walls of water , tsunami warning scientists can do nothing for the first five minutes except wait for information . But within the next five minutes , they have to decide whether to issue a warning of danger . Brian Shiro has been a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center for four years . And you thought your job was high pressure . `` If we see a set of circumstances and it fits into our criteria for -LSB- the -RSB- event , we just follow that criteria because we do n't have much time to think . There is n't a lot of time for decision-making , '' said Paul Whitmore , director of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center . `` Weighing back there -LSB- in your mind -RSB- also is the effect of your decision . If the effect of your decision is going to evacuate the entire West Coast waterfront , you do n't want to take that lightly , '' he said . With Tuesday 's tragic tsunami that engulfed villages in Samoa and American Samoa"}
-{"answer":"`` severest of punishments '' for the action . `` What truly concerns us is the repetition of these crimes that have happened in the past when mosques were destroyed and pages of the Holy Quran were torn and used for disgraceful acts by U.S. soldiers , '' al-Hashimi said . `` I have asked that first this apology be officially documented ; second a guarantee from the U.S. military to inflict the maximum possible punishment on this soldier so it would be a deterrent for the rest of the soldiers in the future . '' A tribal leader said `` the criminal act by U.S. forces '' took place at a shooting range at the Radhwaniya police station on Baghdad 's western outskirts . After the shooters left , an Iraqi policeman found a target marked in the middle of the bullet-riddled Quran . Read how the soldier could have provoked a crisis Copies of the pictures of the Quran obtained by CNN show multiple bullet holes and an expletive scrawled on one of its pages . On Saturday , Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond , commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad , appeared at an apology ceremony flanked by","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iraq 's most powerful Sunni Arab political party on Monday said a U.S. soldier 's desecration of the Quran , the Muslim holy book , requires the `` severest of punishments , '' not just an apology and a military reassignment . Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond apologizes after a U.S. soldier admitted using the Quran for target practice . The Iraqi Islamic Party , the movement of Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi , condemned what it said was a `` blatant assault on the sanctities of Muslims all over the world . '' An American staff sergeant who was a sniper section leader used a Quran for target practice on May 9 . The U.S. commander in Baghdad on Saturday issued a formal apology and read a letter of apology from the shooter . The sergeant has been relieved of duty as a section leader `` with prejudice , '' officially reprimanded by his commanding general , dismissed from his regiment and redeployed -- reassigned to the United States . But the Iraqi Islamic Party -- which said it reacted to the news `` with deep resentment and indignation '' -- wants the"}
-{"answer":"`` Levi Johnston 's Blues . '' Meanwhile , Hornby is also the force behind the screenplay of the critically acclaimed film-festival darling , `` An Education , '' which will be released in New York and Los Angeles on October 9 . CNN spoke with Hornby about how he develops the characters for his books , the challenges of writing in a woman 's voice and his own prowess in relationships . CNN : Your newest novel , `` Juliet , Naked , '' seems to revisit the kind of character that anchored `` High Fidelity , '' the obsessive , somewhat dysfunctional music fan . What is it about this type that had you coming back , and how have the years changed this character ? Hornby : Well , I conceived them as being different . Rob in `` High Fidelity , '' he was n't the obsessive . It was the people around him . This one -LSB- Duncan -RSB- is one of three characters ; he 's the nerdy obsessive . ... The Internet 's changed everything . There are no record stores to hang out in anymore . Ten or 15 years ago ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The modern and dysfunctional man , who struggles to find his footing in relationships , career and , in fact , the world , has in many ways been the bread and butter of best-selling British author Nick Hornby 's career . Best-selling British author Nick Hornby releases his latest novel , `` Juliet , Naked . '' Best known for his novels `` High Fidelity '' and `` About a Boy , '' both of which were turned into movies -LRB- as was his memoir , `` Fever Pitch '' -RRB- , Hornby 's latest novel , `` Juliet , Naked , '' released in the United Kingdom on September 1 , has just been released in the United States . It focuses on an American singer-songwriter , Tucker Crowe , who still rests on the success he saw with one album in the 1980s , an obsessed English fan , Duncan , and his exasperated girlfriend , Annie . Hornby 's love for music has inspired more than plotlines . It has fueled a partnership with the rock band Marah and other projects , which recently included penning the lyrics for Ben Folds '"}
-{"answer":"tight quarters Living on a 25-foot boat was only supposed to be temporary , but Jim Smith loved it so much he stayed there for a year . `` I have lived in a 25-foot sailboat , a 28-foot motor home , a 32-foot sailboat and now an 800 square-foot apartment , '' Smith said in his iReport . `` I was happiest with the 25-foot sailboat . '' While docked in Panama City , Florida , Smith kept his expenses to a minimum . The marina slip rent was only $ 200 and electricity was included in the rent , he said . The boat did not have refrigeration so Smith kept his food inside an insulated ice box . For 79 cents at the discount grocery store , he could buy a 10-pound bag of ice that would last him several days , even during the summer . Air conditioning was n't a luxury Smith had either , but fans and sea breezes kept him cool . `` Sometimes the less you have , the more you like it , '' he said . The portable lifestyle also charmed a father-son duo who set out on a yearlong","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kate Meinhardt felt like a clown jammed into a Volkswagen bug when she lived in a 21-square-foot room aboard a circus train . Kate Meinhardt crammed her life into a 21-square-foot room while she lived aboard a circus train . Bungee cords crisscrossed her walls once a week to prevent an avalanche of items from raining down . A microwave , mini refrigerator , her laptop and baskets of personal items lined the dorm-like room . Showering , going to the bathroom and even doing laundry became racing contests on the train , Meinhardt said . The 13 people on board shared one shower , two toilets and one washer and dryer . `` It 's a pretty tough life living in such a small space , '' she said . The 23-year-old spent almost a year as an animal handler for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus . While most iReporters have n't run off to join the circus , some have traded in their homes for smaller digs . One iReporter even opted for a floating lifestyle , where he could sail away at a moment 's notice . iReport.com : Living in"}
-{"answer":"to reporters and even the hog farmers themselves . `` They will shower to go and see their own pigs , '' Baidoo says . This university 's swine research barn is typical of most large-production hog facilities , Baidoo says , stressing that it 's so secure `` flies can not even come in here . '' `` Flu can be transferred by flies , by birds . There 's no way a bird can get into this building . So these pigs are very , very safe , '' he explains . `` We are more a risk to them than they to us . '' So let 's say a pig does happen to come down with a disease , specifically with H1N1 . Then what happens ? Baidoo says the first sign that something is wrong is usually lack of appetite . `` They go off feed , so we know there 's something not right . '' If it does turn out to be a flu virus , Baidoo says , the treatment is very similar to what humans undergo . `` We put them on medication and within three days it 's over .","question":"WASECA , Minnesota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When you think of protection from the H1N1 flu virus , you may not think the hog population is what needs protecting . But that 's precisely the concern among pork producers and those who use swine in research studies . Professor Samuel Baidoo wears specially issued gear as he checks on the hogs at the research facility . Forget any worries you may have had about catching the often-called `` swine flu '' from a pig . University of Minnesota Professor Samuel Baidoo , a swine nutrition and management expert at one of the school 's swine research facilities , says it 's actually the other way around . `` If we are sick and we come in here , we can easily transfer -LSB- diseases -RSB- , especially flu , to these pigs , '' Baidoo says . Baidoo took CNN on a tour of the university 's research facility to demonstrate the precautions in place year-round to make sure its pig population remains safe . For starters , anyone who wants to visit the facility has to shower and put on specially issued overalls and boots and that rule applies"}
-{"answer":"blend together in muted tones , hinting only at their origin rather than screaming out superhero . The collection was launched in London last night , a day after Barack Obama stormed home as the next President of the United States . Diane von Furstenberg watched the election results from a London hotel room , having lodged an absentee vote from Asia . `` I think it 's amazing -- I think we need him desperately , '' she said . In what could only be a gift from the marketing gods , images of the President-elect dressed as Superman started appearing on street corners in the U.S. in the lead-up to the election . Obama has insisted he 's no superman , but do the images demonstrate that America is hoping and searching for a superhero ? If not Superman , maybe Wonder Woman ? `` It 's not about a superhero , '' says Diane von Furstenberg . It 's just because he 's bright and he 's willing to do the work . And he 's young and he has energy , and that 's it . '' Of all of America 's superheroes -- and there","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On the surface , the similarities are striking ; they were both princesses born in the 1940s in a foreign land . Young and beautiful , the long-haired brunettes soon fell in love and followed their men to the United States where they built a reputation for steely determination and strength . Diane von Furstenberg 's comic book image appears in the window at the London launch of her Wonder Woman collection . Thirty years later , in the 1970s , one was rewarded with her own fashion empire , the other , her own TV show . The only thing really separating them was the magic lasso . Oh , and the invisible plane , and maybe the bracelets that deflect bullets ... Belgian-born New York designer Diane von Furstenberg has used Diana Prince , aka Wonder Woman , as inspiration for her latest collection , a brightly-colored clothing range that proves dressing like a cartoon character need n't involve teaming knee-high boots with hot pants . The influence of the American stars and stripes are evident in the collection , but in the star piece , a full-length dress , they"}
-{"answer":"to a dictatorship to a country like China ? '' said consumer advocate Ralph Nader . `` Where 's our self-respect as a nation ? '' Adds U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown , a Democrat from Ohio : `` That can not be a part of their restructuring of this company . Their business plan can not include more outsourcing of jobs while taking taxpayer money . '' Industry analysts say the decision is a simple matter of dollars and cents : GM is now the third-biggest car manufacturer in China , which has recently overtaken the U.S. as the world 's largest car market . `` Our business is run as separate joint-ventures here in China in partnership with SAIC ... so we 're profitable , we fund our own investment and we would be largely independent of any action that took place in the US , '' said Kevin Wale , president and managing director of GM China . `` It seems as though they have enough going on out here that they will remain insulated from the bankruptcy back home , '' adds Dunne . `` I see GM weathering the storm in Asia and holding on to","question":"HONG KONG , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As General Motors heads toward insolvency , the company that was once the biggest on the planet is still riding high in the world 's most populous country . China is one bright spot in GM 's dismal fortunes , but U.S. consumer activists have raised concerns . As the storied American company prepares to financially dismantle its operations between good and poor performing assets , GM China is becoming the crown jewel in the company 's operations . `` If there 's a good GM and a bad GM , China is definitely going to be in the good GM side , '' said Michael Dunne , an auto analyst and managing director of J.D. Power and Associates China . But the company 's build-up in China is raising concern for U.S. consumer advocates and members of the U.S. Congress . Of particular concern are plans to build cars for the U.S. market in China after thousands of GM workers were laid off at U.S. plants . `` Do we really want the United States of America to export its auto industry paid for by the taxpayer , and un-employ workers"}
-{"answer":"Turner Broadcasting -RRB- . It was a defining year for the medium : aside from `` Watchmen , '' '86 also saw Pulitzer-prize winning holocaust drama `` Maus , '' from The New Yorker contributor Art Spielgeman ; and Frank Miller 's hyperviolent Batman reworking `` The Dark Knight Returns . '' `` Watchmen , '' set in 1985 , sets up a parallel world in which America never lost Vietnam , Russia is about to invade Afghanistan and Nixon still holds power -LRB- Bernstein and Woodward were murdered -RRB- . Meanwhile a superhero team -- only one of whom has special powers -- reforms after a fellow operative is mysteriously slain . So far , so what . But what lifts `` Watchmen '' is a complex , multi-layered narrative and depth of characterization that ensured it was the only comic-book to make Time 's 100 best novels since 1923 . A dark , downbeat work with a heady 11th-hour twist , it puts as much store on subsidiary characters like a newspaper seller as its does blue-skinned man-god Dr Manhattan . Watch `` Watchmen '' trailer . '' Perfect fodder , one might think , for the multiplex","question":"LONDON , England -- A yellow smiley-face badge , smeared with blood , has become the trademark for `` Watchmen , '' the most critically revered of all comic-books -- but it could also represent its troubled journey from page to big screen . `` Watchmen '' opens with the unexplained murder of The Comedian -LRB- Jeffrey Dean Morgan -RRB- . Note smiley badge . The subject of fervent debate in the geekosphere for more than two decades , `` Watchmen , '' finally rolls out in the U.S. and other territories from the first week of March onward . But it 's not as well known to wider audiences , who may puzzle at all this heat about a superhero movie with no A-list star attached . Instead , they may simply ask : `` Watch-what ? '' Are you looking forward to `` Watchmen ? '' Or think it 's just hype ? Tell us your views `` Watchmen , '' created by the UK comic-book team of writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons , surfaced in 1986 as a monthly 12-issue series published by DC Comics -LRB- part of Time-Warner , which owns CNN parent company"}
-{"answer":"we . But we miss her . She kissed us last thing at night . Her beaming smile greeted us from school . She laughed hysterically and uncontrollably when sharing something silly she might have said or done that day . She encouraged us when we were nervous or unsure . She -- like our father -- was determined to provide us with a stable and secure childhood . To lose a parent so suddenly at such a young age , as others have experienced , is indescribably shocking and sad . It was an event which changed our lives forever , as it must have done for everyone who lost someone that night . But what is far more important to us now , and into the future , is that we remember our mother as she would have wished to be remembered as she was : fun-loving , generous , down-to-earth , entirely genuine . We both think of her every day . We speak about her and laugh together at all the memories . Put simply , she made us , and so many other people , happy . May this be the way that she is","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Prince Harry led tributes to Diana , Princess of Wales on the 10th anniversary of her death , describing her as `` the best mother in the world '' in a speech at a memorial service . Here is his speech in full : William and I can separate life into two parts . There were those years when we were blessed with the physical presence beside us of both our mother and father . Princes Harry and William greet guests at a thanksgiving service in memory of their mother . And then there are the 10 years since our mother 's death . When she was alive , we completely took for granted her unrivaled love of life , laughter , fun and folly . She was our guardian , friend and protector . She never once allowed her unfaltering love for us to go unspoken or undemonstrated . She will always be remembered for her amazing public work . But behind the media glare , to us , just two loving children , she was quite simply the best mother in the world . We would say that , would n't"}
-{"answer":"granddaughters of Mandela and all raised in Boston -- set up Leed with two South African companies , New Vision Pictures and Out of Africa Entertainment . They discussed crafting a reality show following the trio 's personal and professional lives . `` The pieces of the puzzle just fitted , the decision was fast , one Skype call and the rest , as they say , is history , '' said Leed . Dlamini-Manaway , described as the `` mother figure , '' is the child of Mandela 's daughter , Zenani , who was born to Mandela 's second wife , Winnie . Dlamini-Manaway is married to David Manaway , an American businessman she met while studying psychology at Clark Atlanta University , and has a 10-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter . Her third child is due in January . Her 32-year-old sister Swati Dlamini is a single mother with a 3-year-old daughter . She works in the communications field , as well as in setting up a charitable foundation focused on housing , education and health , according to show producers . The youngest granddaughter to be showcased on the show is Dorothy Adjoa Amuah ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The spotlight will soon shine on three granddaughters of South African and global icon Nelson Mandela , as the women become focal points of a new reality TV show . The program possibly will air in the United States starting in January , said David Manaway , who is married to one of Mandela 's granddaughters involved in the production . It has n't been announced on what channel it will appear , with Manaway saying only `` negotiations '' are ongoing . The show came about after Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway -- 34 and the oldest granddaughter being featured -- managed to arrange a meeting with Dr. Robert Rey , a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon who is the subject on an E! reality show , when he came to South Africa . Dlamini-Manaway , her sister and a cousin met Rey 's executive producer , Rick Leed , according to information provided Thursday by Cutting Edge Communications , which is working with two South Africa-based production companies on the program . Leed also is known for feature films including `` Where the Heart Is '' and `` Company Man . '' The sisters and cousin -- all"}
-{"answer":"Clint : the suspicious squint , granite composure and bad-ass attitude . Is Eastwood important ? If you have grown up with this enduring American icon , there 's no question about it . Apparently Nick Schenk 's screenplay was n't written specifically for him , but after seeing the film it 's impossible to imagine it with anyone else . Eastwood 's Walt Kowalski is a Korean War veteran and retired auto worker , a grumpy old man and the last white guy holding on to his property in an inner-city neighborhood that 's been taken over by Asian-Americans . The movie opens at his wife 's funeral . -LRB- How many times have we seen Eastwood with a wife on screen ? Not too often . -RRB- Walt 's not happy , of course , but more than anything , he seems pissed off . His kids are a sore disappointment . The grandkids merit nothing more than a growl . At the wake , even the priest , Father Janovich -LRB- freckle-faced Christopher Carley -RRB- , is quickly shown the door . Walt is alone now , and he means to keep it that way . He","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- You may have noticed : Clint Eastwood has become respectable in his old age . `` Gran Torino , '' says Tom Charity , is all about Clint Eastwood . And that 's a great thing . To judge by the release pattern and some of the more reverent reviews , you would think the 78-year-old director 's second movie of the season -LRB- after `` Changeling '' -RRB- was another prestige picture with Oscar firmly in its sights , along the lines of `` Million Dollar Baby '' or `` Letters from Iwo Jima . '' Nominations may be forthcoming , or they may not -LRB- we 'll find out January 22 -RRB- , but trust me , `` Gran Torino '' is not that kind of animal . It 's a crude but pungent stab at popular filmmaking , blue-collar and bare-knuckle . Which is not to say it 's disappointing . On the contrary , it 's an entertaining star vehicle that does its job well . Other films around right now tackle `` important '' themes -- the Holocaust , justice , alienation -- but `` Gran Torino '' is all about"}
-{"answer":"could have been activated by the push of a single button . `` You 're saying that the systems should have been in place ? '' CNN correspondent Drew Griffin asked him . `` Absolutely , '' Alailima said . `` And people died as a result ? '' `` Yes . '' He 's not the only one who thinks so . Federal sources told CNN they believe that had the warning system been built , the death toll would likely have been lower . In American Samoa , however , territorial Gov. Togiola Tulafono , told CNN that he knew of no viable plan for the siren system . `` There was a study , I believe , but never a plan for a system , '' the governor said . `` I was trying to get verification of what happened to that system , but I could not get the definite information . '' Alailima said he was fired by the governor when the federal funding was frozen , and that the governor was aware of the preparations . `` I 'm not going to fault them for freezing the funds , '' Tulafono said . ``","question":"Pago Pago , American Samoa -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When an earthquake-triggered tsunami cascaded into this tiny island in late September , the result was 34 lives lost and untold millions in property damage . But a CNN investigation to air on tonight 's `` AC 360 '' has uncovered an array of unsettling facts that point to a single conclusion : this natural disaster was in many ways a man-made tragedy . Public records show that the Department of Homeland Security had awarded millions of federal dollars in grants for disaster preparedness here , including the construction of an island-wide siren warning system . But all the federal funding was frozen in early 2007 after DHS inspectors found that the local American Samoan government had been diverting millions of those dollars for its own uses . Birdsall Alailima , director of American Samoa 's territorial office of Homeland Security from 2003 through 2007 , now lives in southern Illinois , not far from St. Louis , Missouri . He showed CNN on a map exactly where on the island the sirens were to have been placed . Thirty towers in all , he said , with 30 sirens that"}
-{"answer":"of America . We 're going to look at a section on world view -- all of the minefield questions that no matter how you answer them , somebody 's not going to like it . Then we 're going to look at America 's role internationally . How we 've been a blessed nation and how should we bless others . Roberts : Are you going to ask them about issues like abortion and same-sex marriage ? Pro-life advocates are hoping you do . There has been some criticism in some corners you have been soft-pedaling political issues that are central to evangelicals . Warren : I think everybody will be surprised . I 'm going to ask all of the tough questions . I just intend to ask them in a civil way . This is called a civil forum , which means you can disagree without demonizing the opposition . I think everybody wants to hear questions not just about those `` moral issues , '' but also about a lot of other things , too . I 'm trying to stake out a common ground for the common good . Roberts : When you take a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Rev. Rick Warren , often called America 's most influential pastor , will be hosting Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain for what 's being called the civil forum on the presidency . Rick Warren will be hosting the civil forum on the presidency Warren , who heads up the country 's fourth largest church , is also an author whose books have sold more than 30 million copies . The candidates will appear together at Warren 's 20,000-member Saddleback mega-church in southern California where they each will be interviewed for an hour . Warren spoke with John Roberts on CNN 's American Morning about what he hopes to accomplish at the forum . John Roberts : What do you want to hear from candidates Saturday night ? Rick Warren : You know , John , we 're going to look at four different segments . One is a segment on leadership . What is the personal character , competence , and experience of each of these guys . One section will be on what I call stewardship -- the role and responsibility of presidency , what they believe about the constitution , the role"}
-{"answer":"solo album instead ? -- I almost tripped over in my haste to get out of the way so our cameraman could capture the moment . O'Riordan 's nostalgia , it turns out , has a purpose . Watch O'Riordan talk about the chills she had making her album '' During our interview , which took place the same day O'Riordan 's second solo disc '' The Baggage '' was released in the U.S. , she officially shared the news that the Cranberries are to regroup . Technically , she says , they never split up and have merely been on hiatus since 2003 . But there 's no need to let that linger . Here 's what you need to know , berry by berry -LRB- sorry -RRB- : The weight of `` No Baggage '' Some might argue that solo Dolores sounds no different from front woman Dolores , but being in control of all her material allows O'Riordan to get personal as she does on `` No Baggage '' -LRB- Rounder Records -RRB- . The song `` Skeleton '' deals with not being able to outrun the skeletons in your closet . `` Lunatic '' addresses the","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dolores O'Riordan is singing `` Linger '' while playing a gleaming white guitar that 's almost half her size . Dolores O'Riordan says the Cranberries are planning a tour , scheduled to begin in November . As the diminutive musician hums her way through the song 's familiar intro , she smiles and nods her head a little as though she 's just remembered an important kiss or something sweet one of her children told her . We were n't expecting her to play `` Linger , '' arguably the Cranberries ' most beautiful hit and the one that gave the Irish rock band its leg up to global stardom in the early '90s . In truth , we were n't expecting O'Riordan to perform anything at all , but when somebody shows up for an interview handling a guitar , you 've got to ask for a tune . Come on ! So when O'Riordan , 37 , started to pluck away at that spine-tingling song that harks back to her days as the moody-cum-boisterous ` Berries lead singer -- wait , she did n't want to play something from her brand new"}
-{"answer":"programs will be supplemented more often by entrepreneurial space ventures . He thinks eSpace can help these companies work toward making space exploration more affordable and accessible to private citizens . `` Our goal is to help small aerospace companies to get off the ground , '' said eSpace director Diane Dimeff . eSpace will help entrepreneurs `` to commercialize their technology and to help develop the work force that will fuel their growth . '' The center 's Incubator doubles as the headquarters of SpaceDev , which Tibbitts founded almost by accident more than a dozen years ago . He developed a paraffin actuator , a mechanism filled with a waxlike substance that melts when it reaches a certain temperature , flipping a switch . The device worked on hot-water heaters , but Tibbitts thought it might have high-tech applications elsewhere . `` I ended up contacting NASA and they said yeah , '' Tibbitts said . `` So we started building them for spacecraft instead of water heaters , and the business was built around that . '' But it was n't quite that simple . The first actuator for NASA cost $ 32,000 to make , and","question":"LOUISVILLE , Colorado -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While the economy sputters here on Earth , space entrepreneurs in Colorado are looking to the heavens . Diane Dimeff and Scott Tibbitts of eSpace , a not-for-profit that helps aerospace companies test space technology . In a cavernous testing facility called the `` Incubator , '' specialized equipment recreates the unique conditions of a journey into space -- from platforms that mimic the violent shaking at liftoff to chambers that replicate space 's bitter cold and complete vacuum . This is home to eSpace : The Center for Space Entrepreneurship , a not-for-profit partnership between SpaceDev , Inc. , a private aerospace company , and the University of Colorado . Launched last month , eSpace helps fledgling aerospace companies try out new gadgetry and meet NASA specifications . `` One of the most important things in making space hardware is that it 's going to -LSB- have to -RSB- work in space , because you ca n't repair it , '' said Scott Tibbitts , executive director of eSpace . `` It 's up there , it has to work . '' Tibbitts believes that in the near future , NASA 's"}
-{"answer":"and that was inspiring . If you had to put it down to one thing that encouraged me to do this that would be a good one , '' Watson said . Since deciding she wanted to take on what she describes as the `` Everest of the ocean '' about four years ago , Watson has been doing all she can to gain the best preparation for the adventure . She has already sailed `` mock solo '' across the Tasman Sea , which flows between Australia and New Zealand , at 15 and has been sailing since she was 8 years-old . `` I 've been talking to people -LSB- who have done it -RSB- about it all , and I 'll get in some good solo miles before I go , '' she said . Despite the experience she has gained , Watson admits there are some aspects of the journey that remain unknown . `` There are definitely things I 'm nervous about -- like the big waves and gear failure . But , it 's amazing the detail of preparation we can get and what you can do with technology . `` Though , there","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 16 year-old Australian schoolgirl is hoping to achieve a sailing feat that is so tough it has brought many experienced men and women to the brink of death . Sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson of Australia plans to sail solo around the world Jessica Watson , of Mooloolaba , Queensland , plans to set out on a solo round-the-world sailing mission in November -- and hopes to become the youngest person to ever sail non-stop around the world alone . But with the impending weeks of solitary confinement , freeze-dried foods , changing conditions and threat of injury , illness or death -- why would she want to do it ? Watson told CNN her inspiration had come from fellow Australian Kay Cottee , who became the first woman to sail the globe alone , without stopping ; and German-born Australian Jesse Martin , who still holds the record as the youngest person to do it . Martin achieved his feat in 1999 aged 18 -LRB- at the finish -RRB- , and subsequently wrote a book titled `` Lionheart : A Journey of the Human Spirit . '' `` I read Jesse 's book"}
-{"answer":". `` They really stopped my momentum because now I 'm not going to play for two weeks and because they waited for the last minute I could n't go to another tournament either , '' Peer said from Tel Aviv . `` So it 's very disappointing , and I think it 's not fair . '' Watch Peer describe her disappointment '' Scott , meanwhile , confirmed : `` Following various consultations , the Tour has decided to allow the tournament to continue to be played this week , pending further review by the Tour 's Board of Directors . `` Ms. Peer and her family are obviously extremely upset and disappointed by the decision of the UAE and its impact on her personally and professionally , and the Tour is reviewing appropriate remedies for Ms. Peer . '' Scott said Peer 's visa refusal has precedence : Last year an Israeli men 's doubles team was denied entry to Dubai . He said the Emirate cited security reasons following recent unrest in the region . `` At that time I was in Dubai . I made it clear to the authorities , the representatives of the government","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dubai could lose its place on the Women 's Tennis Association Tour calendar after Israeli Shahar Peer was denied entry to compete at this week 's event , the WTA supremo warned Monday . Shahar Peer told CNN she learned of her visa ban Saturday , just before her scheduled flight to Dubai . Peer was scheduled to fly into the United Arab Emirates on Sunday , but was informed Saturday night by telephone that she would not be granted a visa . WTA Chairman and CEO Larry Scott said the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour `` will review appropriate future actions with regard to the future of the Dubai tournament . '' Scott added : `` The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour believes very strongly , and has a clear rule and policy , that no host country should deny a player the right to compete at a tournament for which she has qualified by ranking . '' Peer , who had just finished playing in the Pattaya Open in Thailand , where she reached the semifinal , said she is '' very , very disappointed '' to have been denied the opportunity to play in Dubai"}
-{"answer":"We wanted to try and help those kids out there that need more attention , '' Weiss said , sitting in his office after just returning with the students from a twice weekly hockey trip to the local ice rink . Since opening in 2006 , the school has seen its enrollment double from its inaugural class of 18 students . Dubov , now in 11th grade , feels more at home here than he did at his previous Yeshiva in his hometown of Montreal , Canada . `` They told me I was a weak learner , '' he said . But he says at MyYeshiva he excels because of the different pace of teaching . Tzemi Zimmerman , a ninth-grader from Chicago , Illinois , says he struggles with attention deficit disorder -LRB- ADD -RRB- and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -LRB- ADHD -RRB- . `` In another school , if you ca n't keep up with the learning , they 'll tell you ... ` We 're going to have to suspend you , ' '' Zimmerman said . He says the school 's dedicated time for physical education -- another unique quality of this Yeshiva -- makes","question":"Cottage Grove , Minnesota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Unlike many other boys his age , 17-year-old Levi Dubov wakes up excited to go to class each day . `` There is no other place like this , '' he says , as he finishes up breakfast in his school 's basement cafeteria . Dubov is talking about his Yeshiva school outside Minnesota 's Twin Cities , known simply as MyYeshiva . The boys ' school not only focuses on the study of Judaism . It 's one of a few Yeshivas nationwide that combines religious teaching with a focus on students with special learning needs . The school aims to help kids who are `` stuck in the middle '' -- who ca n't keep up with the pace of regular schools , but have n't completely given up either . '' -LSB- It 's -RSB- a place for kids that are struggling everywhere else , '' the school 's director , Rabbi Moshe Weiss , said . `` There was n't ever a place for those kids . '' Students come from all over the country to attend this boarding school , including many from low-income households . ``"}
-{"answer":"records show Cheryl Perich went on medical leave for narcolepsy in 2004 . When she tried to return several months later to the Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School , officials refused to accept her , saying a substitute had been hired to complete the school year . After weeks of often acrimonious discussions between her and the school , Perich was fired for insubordination and `` regrettable '' conduct toward church leaders . She then complained to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , which sued the church on her behalf . Federal courts have upheld an exception in the Americans with Disabilities Act blocking government intrusion in the employment decisions between religious institutions and ministerial workers . The church said Perich was just such an employee and therefore the institution could not be sued . Perich had been hired five years earlier , and eventually became a `` called '' teacher , meaning she could not be fired without cause . Assigned to third and fourth grades , she led instruction in math , language arts , social studies , gym and music , with much of the curriculum identical to that of the local public schools .","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Few issues divide the Supreme Court -- and the country at large -- more than church-state matters , and arguments before the Supreme Court on Wednesday involving a workplace discrimination lawsuit against a Lutheran church proved especially touchy . At issue is whether the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to hiring and firing decisions involving `` ministerial employees '' like teachers who may have primarily secular job duties . The justices appeared at odds over whether this is substantive discrimination or simple retaliation against a Michigan teacher , after she complained to government authorities over her treatment on the job . `` You 're asking for an exemption -LRB- to lawsuits -RRB- so these issues ca n't even be tried '' in a government hearing on the merits , said Justice Anthony Kennedy . `` She was fired simply for asking for a hearing . '' `` It 's none of the business of the government to decide what the substantial interest of the church is , '' countered Justice Antonin Scalia . `` There , in black and white in the text of the Constitution , are special protections for religion . '' Court"}
-{"answer":"to work , not sleep . Watch video of Jason Chaffetz ' life in Congress '' So I bought a cot at Smiths grocery store and carried it on a plane to Washington . I sleep in the closet by the door to the outside hall . The cot itself is fairly comfy . Best thing is there is no bar in the middle , so my back is doing quite well . The only downside is what is happening outside . The cleaning crew obviously works throughout the night . They do a great job , but they have a Zamboni-like machine -LRB- the kind you see on ice rinks -RRB- that cleans the hallways . It has a horn and they use it ! It makes an obnoxious beeping sound that you hear on trucks that are backing up , and it definitely keeps me up at night . At 12:52 a.m. during the first week , the `` Capitol Early Warning System '' was tested . It works ! Even though I sleep in my office , I do shower . The House has a gym . I pay $ 240 to use the facilities . Typically","question":"Editor 's Note : Rep. Jason Chaffetz , a Republican , represents the Third District of Utah in Congress and is writing a regular series of reports for CNN.com on his freshman year . For his bio , read here . For a Democratic freshman 's view , read here . Jason Chaffetz says he 's saving money by sleeping on a cot in his office , but there are downsides . WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I do something a bit different than most members of Congress . I sleep in my office on a cot . A few months ago , I was speaking with a current member of Congress and he said he slept in his office . Awesome ! We are paid well , but the cost of caring for two households and supporting a family of five is high . I thought this would be a great way to save $ 1,500 per month . Besides , I work late into the night and usually arise about 5:30 a.m. No need to waste time commuting and spending money on a place where I do n't intend to be spending much time . I came here"}
-{"answer":"Weather Service in Fort Worth . As much as 6.3 inches of rain had fallen in the past day , nearly all of it during the previous 12 hours , Oram said late Monday afternoon . At Houston Hobby Airport , 4.05 inches of rain fell , which douses the previous January 9 record of 2.54 inches set in 1955 , according to Oram . Though flash flood warnings were still in effect for Chambers County and Galveston County , the worst was over , he said . `` It 's moved off to the northeast ; things should be improving here , '' he told CNN . Video from Fort Bend County showed wind damage , including debris from building roofs and broken glass , and people trapped by the storm described terrifying moments . One resident said he felt the wind pushing into his home just before the garage door fell in and the front door of his home was blown open . `` It just kept getting louder and louder and louder , '' Umair Sayyed told CNN affiliate KPRC . Sayyed said he and his mother and sister sheltered inside a closet moments before the roof","question":"Dallas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Severe weather hit the Houston area Monday , flooding streets and homes and leaving thousands of people without power , emergency officials said . Torrential rain fell across the area , causing flash flooding that left streets and highways impassable and submerged some vehicles . `` We have a lot of roadways closed , and some evacuations are going on , '' said Alan Spears of the Fort Bend County office of emergency management . In the city of Richmond , rescues were conducted by boat and on foot . Spears said he believes a tornado touched down in the area . `` We had 7,000 people without power in the county , '' he said . iReport : Are you there ? Send in your stories , videos , photos Sixty miles southeast , in Texas City , a law enforcement officer witnessed what appeared to be a tornado strike near the Mall of Midland , the National Weather Service reported . The Houston\/Galveston weather forecast office will examine the area and two other reported areas on Tuesday to confirm reported strikes , said Timothy Oram , an emergency response meteorologist for the National"}
-{"answer":"Richard Sharp told the Houston Chronicle . Watch what happens when a plane drops '' `` The second one was the devastating one . That 's when the plane really fell , '' Fabio Ottolini of Houston , who with his wife and daughter was returning from a visit with family in Brazil , told affiliate KTRK-TV in Houston . `` While it was doing that , I saw people being thrown to the roof as if they were dolls . '' Aloiso Dias thought the plane dropped more than twice . `` I felt like I was on a roller coaster , '' he told WSVN-TV . `` I could n't even see what happened with my wife . I was just holding onto the front of the seat and going with the flow . '' He could n't see because the cabin lights had gone out and `` it was pitch black outside , '' Frederick Bright told the Houston Chronicle . `` I went up , and it was like I was in the air for a minute . Then I came down and I hit my back on the armrest , then I fell into the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- People were `` thrown to the roof as if they were dolls '' and some feared for their lives when a Continental Airlines flight ran into turbulence , shaken passengers said . Oxygen masks hang from a damaged part of the plane Monday , in a photo by passenger Camila Machado . The turbulence struck without warning several hours into Monday 's Continental Flight 128 from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , to Houston , Texas . The pilot diverted the Boeing 767-200 to Miami , Florida , to get treatment for the injured . Continental said seven passengers were transported to hospitals , and about 28 other passengers were treated at the scene . Lt. Elkin Sierra of the Miami-Dade Fire Department said 26 passengers were injured , including four seriously . `` The airplane came down very sharply , and all of us bumped our heads against the ceiling -- twice , '' Brazilian passenger Celi Dfaria told CNN affiliate WSVN-TV at Miami-Dade International Airport . `` It dropped so hard that everything in the seat-back pockets just flew up in the air . I caught my phone in my lap , '' passenger"}
-{"answer":"short of the runway , split the plane into three parts . Watch crash survivors return home '' Weather conditions at the time were favorable . Passengers described feeling the plane suddenly drop before impact , and at least one passenger said he heard the pilot trying to give more power to the engines before the plane went down . Safety Board specialists are analyzing the flight data and voice recorders and expect to finish their work at the crash site this weekend , Sanders said . Pieces relevant to the probe will be brought to a hangar at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport for further analysis . Watch how survivors described crash '' The Safety Board may release preliminary findings next week , Sanders said . The nine dead included five Turks and four Americans , said Theo Weterings , the mayor of Haarlemmermeer municipality , where the airport is located . See where 737-800 has been involved in previous incidents '' There were four Boeing employees on the flight , and three were killed , the company said Friday in a posting on its Web site , citing the U.S. Embassy in Amsterdam as its source . The fourth employee","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Turkish Airlines plane that crashed this week in Amsterdam fell almost vertically to the ground , making only a short track in the muddy farmer 's field where it went down , Dutch investigators said Friday . Dutch investigators continue to probe the crash site for more clues . That sudden drop indicates the aircraft did not have enough forward speed when it crashed , a spokesman for the Dutch Safety Board said , but the reasons for that are still unclear . It is too early to speculate on the cause of the crash , spokesman Fred Sanders told CNN . Reports that it was caused by engine failure are premature , he said . `` There must have been ... reasons why the plane did not get enough speed , '' Sanders said . `` We do n't know yet why this came about , and that 's the main thing that will have to be investigated . '' Wednesday 's crash of Flight 1951 from Istanbul , Turkey , to Amsterdam killed nine and injured more than 60 of the 135 people on board . The crash , less than 500 yards"}
-{"answer":"carried out by Michael McLendon , who killed 10 people before turning one of his guns on himself . A family friend found the couple 's 4-year-old son hiding in the Myers ' home after the shooting . Watch Josh Myers tell his story : `` I need help '' '' `` He was present when it happened , '' Myers said . `` He knows something 's wrong . He asked where mama was , and I had to tell him she was with Jesus . This is going to take a long time to work through it . '' Andrea Myers , 31 , was holding Ella Kay and talking with her neighbors on their porch across the street when the gunman -- identified by police as Michael McLendon -- opened fire . The neighbors turned out to be McLendon 's relatives , although it was unclear why he targeted them . He said his neighbor Alina Knowles saved his wounded daughter 's life . iReport.com : Officials investigate `` She ran up on the porch and got my baby girl and took her to safety , '' Myers said . Knowles said she scooped up Myers '","question":"SAMSON , Alabama -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Get home now . '' Sheriff 's Deputy Josh Myers ' wife and toddler daughter were killed ; his son and baby daughter survived . Geneva County Sheriff 's Deputy Josh Myers quickly hung up the phone after he got his friend 's message on Tuesday and started for the town of Samson , having no idea what had happened to his wife or his three children . Then , another urgent message : `` We got notified on the radio that a trooper was chasing a suspect that had fired shots , '' Myers told reporters on Wednesday . Instead of heading home , the deputy drove to Reliable Metal Products plant in the nearby town of Geneva , where he engaged in a shoot-out with the suspect , who then entered the building and shot and killed himself . Myers had no idea that 30 minutes earlier , the suspect had shot and killed his wife and 1 1\/2 - year-old daughter , Corinne Gracy , and shot and wounded his 3-month-old baby girl , Ella Kay . They were victims of the bloodiest rampage in Alabama 's history ,"}
-{"answer":"au courant ; he was among the first group of figures to receive a MacArthur `` Genius Award '' Fellowship ; he wrote the finest work of literary criticism in a generation with `` Signifying Monkey '' ; he was named by Time magazine as one of the `` 25 Most Influential Americans '' ; he has a boatload of honorary degrees ; and he has been a ubiquitous media presence and thoughtful interpreter of race and culture for a quarter-century . But none of that made a bit of difference when Gates returned from a research trip to China to find the front door to his Harvard-owned house jammed and enlisted the assistance of his driver to muscle the door loose . By the time Gates was on the phone with his leasing company , a white policeman had arrived , summoned by a neighbor who spotted two black men looking as if they were unlawfully breaking into the house . Their stories diverge from here ; the policeman says he asked Gates to step outside , Gates refused , the officer entered the home and requested Gates ' ID , which he did n't initially produce , and","question":"Editor 's note : Michael Eric Dyson is a professor of sociology at Georgetown University and the author of 16 books , including the New York Times bestseller , `` April 4 , 1968 : Martin Luther King , Jr. 's Death and How it Changed America '' . Michael Eric Dyson says the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows that the U.S. is not `` a post-racial paradise . '' -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Last Thursday , President Obama , in his fiery speech before the NAACP Convention , admitted that `` an African-American child is roughly five times as likely as a white child to see the inside of a prison . '' But he surely could n't have imagined that only a couple of hours before his oration , one of America 's most prominent scholars -- and a distinguished professor at Obama 's alma mater , Harvard University -- would breathe cruel and ironic life into that sad statistic . Henry Louis `` Skip '' Gates Jr. is simply the most powerful and influential black scholar in our nation 's history . He received a doctorate at Cambridge University long before the culture wars became"}
-{"answer":"bridge some of the world 's most intractable divides , '' Knell said . `` Muppets give children , and the parents who watch the show with them , a chance to explore other cultures from the safety of their living room , where no one will criticize them for being curious . '' Daoud Kuttab , executive producer of `` Shara'a Simsim , '' knows that the Muppets are highly effective communicators . `` Anything the Muppets do , anything they say , any idea they transmit , the children accept . '' Watch a clip from the Palestinian version of `` Sesame Street '' '' An internationally respected Palestinian journalist , Kuttab began working with the show more than a decade ago . After covering the war-torn region for years , he realized that Sesame was a great way to reach Palestinian children who desperately needed an alternative to the harsh lessons they were absorbing . `` I would say 3 - , 4 - , 5-year olds -- if we do n't catch them at that early age , we do risk losing them to all kinds of propaganda , whether it 's conservative , religious or","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Saddam Hussein 's elite Republican Guard invaded Kuwait in 1990 , they brought back some unusual war booty to Baghdad : tapes of the region 's `` Sesame Street '' show . Troops also took a Muppet camel . Haneen and Karim are two of the Muppet stars in `` Shara'a Simsim , '' the Palestinian version of `` Sesame Street . '' The camel , Cookie Monster and the other Sesame friends immediately became permanent POWs in Iraq . `` To this day , they 've never been recovered , '' Sesame Workshop President and CEO Gary Knell said . `` That 's how much the show is loved there . '' That `` kidnapping '' is just one example of Sesame Street 's devoted global following . And Sesame is trying to use that following to foster a culture of understanding worldwide , beginning with children . In the Palestinian territories , Muppets teach nonviolence on a local version of Sesame Street called `` Shara'a Simsim . '' Sesame Workshop calls this effort `` Muppet diplomacy . '' `` This means using our characters -- characters children love and parents trust -- to"}
-{"answer":"a statement on their official Web site which read : `` FIFA 's Organizing Committee for the FIFA World Cup have asked the Egyptian Football Association and the highest national authorities ... to confirm the implementation of the necessary additional safety and security measures at any time for the Algerian delegation . `` Last week , FIFA had officially written to the Football Associations of Algeria and Egypt to express its firm wish that the preliminary competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa ends as it began , in the spirit of fair play with the necessary cooperation of all the parties . '' The two north African neighbors have a history of intense competition -- the two sides locked horns in 1989 in a final qualifier for the World Cup hosted by Italy , a match that was followed by riots . Egypt , despite winning the last two Africa Cup of Nations , are on the brink of failing to qualify for the World Cup that will be held on African soil for the first time in 2010 . The Pharaohs need to win by three-goals to book their place in South Africa , a two-nil","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Football 's world governing body FIFA has called for greater security to be provided after three players from Algeria 's national football team were injured when Egyptian fans threw stones at the team bus as it arrived in Cairo on Thursday . The north African arch-rivals meet on Saturday in a crucial World Cup qualifying game in the Egyptian capital , as the group-leading Desert Foxes aim to qualify for the tournament for the first time since since 1986 at the expense of the reigning African champions . FIFA delegate , Walter Gagg , witnessed the incident and told reporters : `` We saw that three players had been injured -- Khaled Lemmouchia on the head , Rafik Halliche above the eye and Rafik Saifi on the arm . `` These were n't superficial injuries . With the stitches needed , we will have to see if these players can play . The team doctor has still to make a decision on that . '' Gagg confirmed Algeria 's goalkeeping coach had been concussed after the windows of the coach were smashed by stones thrown by fans . FIFA announced their concerns following the incident in"}
-{"answer":"Barack Obama have coincided to increase both the need and the opportunity to address the plight of uninsured America . Obama 's ambition is to provide insurance for the estimated 50 million Americans without coverage . Watch why many in rural U.S. have concerns '' The insurance is expected to cover doctors , hospital care and prescription drugs . But just about every detail is still being negotiated so it 's not certain who would be covered , what they would be covered for or whether people who do n't want insurance would be forced to have it and pay for it . The plans that emerge could become the Obama administration 's most ambitious domestic program and potentially a big , early test of his presidency . American medical care needs attention Even though nearly 50 million of its roughly 300 million people have no routine health care , the United States spends more going to the doctor than any other industrialized nation in the world . Fully one-sixth of the economy is devoted to it . Under the current hybrid system , the U.S. Government pays for health care for ex-military , the extremely poor and the elderly","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Doctor James Braude leads a group medical practice in an elegant Atlanta , Georgia , office decorated with designer furnishings . It does n't look like a charity asking for handouts . But it is asking . Obama , pictured July 1 in Virginia , has been touring the states to promote his plan to voters . `` On some days we 've counted up to 30 patients a day who 've lost their jobs and their health insurance , '' Braude said . So Braude and his colleagues offer as much free care as they can afford . The doctors have also begun discreetly inviting paying patients to contribute to a fund , helping more people get care they have n't got the money for . `` We 're doctors . We 're addicted to helping people . And when we ca n't , we go through withdrawal . '' Millions of Americans have always gone without the kind of routine medical care that is seen as a basic right in many countries . The U.S. economic downturn -- meaning people lose health insurance when they lose their job -- and the election of President"}
-{"answer":"show . '' That triggered an investigation that revealed the frightful incident was a hoax , police said . Richard and Mayumi Heene are now facing a number of local charges , and the Federal Aviation Administration has begun its own balloon boy investigation , officials said . As a result , Lifetime has decided to erase the family 's `` Wife Swap '' past from the network . `` Once we found out '' -LSB- it was allegedly a hoax -RSB- , the spokesperson said , `` we decided to pull it off the air . At this time , we do n't have any plans to air it in the near future . '' The episode depicted Karen Martel , whose husband runs a child-proofing business , as being shocked `` as the Heene kids jump off banisters and run wild , and appalled by Richard 's attitude to women , '' according to the description on ABC 's Web site . `` Wife Swap '' asks its participants to switch places for two weeks . `` Meanwhile , at the Martels ' , '' the description continued , `` Mayumi Heene sees safety gates everywhere and wonders","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's just one thing after another for Richard and Mayumi Heene . They 've caused such an uproar after last week 's alleged balloon boy hoax that Lifetime wo n't air a re-run of their `` Wife Swap '' episode . The Heene family 's `` Wife Swap '' episode has been pulled from Lifetime 's programming schedule . Those who pay close attention to TV Guide would have noticed that the Heene family 's first episode for the ABC reality show was scheduled to air on Lifetime on Thursday , October 29 , at 2 p.m. ET . `` It was on the schedule long before the incident , '' a Lifetime spokesperson said . The incident refers to the giant , homemade balloon that sailed over Colorado on Thursday , purportedly carrying 6-year-old Falcon Heene . The bubble burst when authorities discovered Falcon had been hiding in a box in the attic . During an interview with CNN 's Wolf Blitzer , the Heene 's asked Falcon why he did n't come out as they searched for him , and the boy replied , `` You guys said we did it for a"}
-{"answer":"But those numbers are n't an accurate reflection of the total number of contractors because they do n't include those working for other government agencies such as the Department of State . Many of those tens of thousands are third-country nationals , meaning they were hired from a third country to go to Iraq . Many earn between $ 400 and $ 700 a month ; while Americans , particularly those performing dangerous security duties , can earn as much in a day . Despite being kicked out of Iraq , Xe still does a healthy business in Afghanistan , flying military personnel from one location to another and helping train Afghan border police charged with making the country 's massive , porous borders more secure . It 's one of the many jobs that the U.S. military just is n't staffed to tackle on its own . In fact , the U.S. military today is beefed up by a force of nearly a quarter million private contractors . There are even cases where contractors oversee the contractors . And that 's the problem . The U.S. has come to rely on them so heavily , in such a short","question":"Editor 's note : CNN executive producer Suzanne Simons is the author of '' Master of War : Blackwater 's Erik Prince and the Global Business of War . '' Private contractor Xe flies military personnel in Afghanistan and helps train Afghan border police . The company formerly known as Blackwater , now called Xe much to its chagrin , has been at the center of the contractor debate for years . From the time four of its men were ambushed and murdered in Fallujah , Iraq , in 2004 , to a shooting involving a team of its men in a Baghdad neighborhood in which at least 14 Iraqi civilians were killed in 2007 , the company has drawn unwanted headlines . Blackwater owner Erik Prince downsized the company earlier this year when business failed to keep pace with investment . He changed the company 's name after the Iraqi government banned it from doing business there . But those who thought contractors were going away under President Obama 's administration could n't be more wrong . According to the Department of Defense , there are some 68,000 contractors in Afghanistan today and more than 132,000 in Iraq ."}
-{"answer":"priests should n't be married This approach to the question is , in my judgment , not just stupid but dangerous , for it rests on presumptions that are repugnant to solid Christian doctrine . The biblical teaching on creation implies the essential integrity of the world and everything in it . Genesis tells us that God found each thing he had made good and that he found the ensemble of creatures very good . Catholic theology , at its best , has always been resolutely , anti-dualist -- and this means that matter , the body , marriage and sexual activity are never , in themselves , to be despised . But there is more to the doctrine of creation than an affirmation of the goodness of the world . To say that the finite realm in its entirety is created is to imply that nothing in the universe is God . All aspects of created reality reflect God and bear traces of the divine goodness -- just as every detail of a building gives evidence of the mind of the architect -- but no creature and no collectivity of creatures is divine , just as no part of","question":"Editor 's note : The Rev. Robert Barron is Francis Cardinal George Professor of Faith and Culture at Mundelein Seminary and author of several books , including `` Eucharist , '' `` Word on Fire : Proclaiming the Power of Christ '' and `` The Priority of Christ : Toward a Post-Liberal Catholicism . '' Barron is the director of WordOnFire.org , a global media ministry based in Chicago , Illinois . For another view on this topic , read here . The Rev. Robert Barron says celibacy sets the priest apart as a symbol of the world to come . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The scandal surrounding the Rev. Alberto Cutie has raised questions in the minds of many concerning the Catholic Church 's discipline of priestly celibacy . Why does the church continue to defend a practice that seems so unnatural and so unnecessary ? There is a very bad argument for celibacy , which has appeared throughout the tradition and which is , even today , defended by some . It goes something like this : Married life is spiritually suspect ; priests , as religious leaders , should be spiritual athletes above reproach ; therefore ,"}
-{"answer":"people few Westerners know . See how images have inspired change '' `` Every revolution needs icons and symbols -- an image that embodies a sense of universality of blight and at the same time innocence , '' said Roya Hakakian of Connecticut , a writer , poet and journalist who was born and raised in Iran . `` The image of Neda does both . '' The graphic video of Neda 's death , caused by a gunshot fired during a protest in Tehran , Iran , records her final moments : Her eyes turn toward the camera , people scream and struggle to revive her while blood streams across her face . Watch how Neda 's proven to be a tipping point '' Having gone viral with the help of social networking sites such as Twitter , the video of Neda 's death has earned her the highly revered status of martyr . The woman who by all counts was an innocent bystander is now known as the `` Angel of Iran '' and is inspiring poetry . She is mourned publicly despite Revolutionary Guard threats , and her likeness graces posters . For Hakakian , who left","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 14-year-old girl stoops and screams above the body of a Kent State University student killed in 1970 by an Ohio National Guardsman . John Filo 's 1970 photo at Kent State University became a symbol of the anti-war movement at the time . A police chief aims his gun at a Vietcong prisoner 's head in 1968 , while executing him on a Saigon , Vietnam , street . And in 1989 , an unarmed man in Beijing , China , stands defiantly in front of a column of tanks as they rolled into Tiananmen Square . These are iconic images , the kinds of shots that changed the way people viewed history as it unfolded . They put human faces on conflicts and became rallying cries for movements , inspiring those who demanded change . But while these photographs -- chronicling a single , silent moment -- were taken by seasoned photographers , two of whom won Pulitzer Prizes , this time amateur cell phone video is grabbing worldwide attention . It captures the death of a young woman named Neda Agha-Soltan , galvanizing protesters in Iran and shaping perceptions of a land and"}
-{"answer":"being callous , uncaring or egotistical . It is true that cultural differences exist in many aspects of human behavior , and many of these differences are not trivial . But in the Chinese incident , in which the small child was gravely injured before someone finally carried her away , it would be too facile to think that apathy in the face of others ' suffering is a signature of the local culture . First , the public outcry and outrage within China was quite the same as what one would see in other countries . Second , there have been , of course , similar cases in other countries . Indeed , there was the torture and murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens , New York , in a 1964 street attack . Early reports , which may not have been entirely accurate , indicated that many people listened to or watched the attack and did nothing to stop it , and so a media blitz followed . Commentators asked : What is wrong with New York City , what is wrong with these times , and what is wrong with the particular neighborhood ? Outrage in China","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A security camera video of a toddler being run over twice on a street in China has swept across the Web in recent days and has drawn a chorus of horrified denunciations . How , we wonder , could so many passers-by have so callously ignored the girl 's plight ? As humans , we are horrified when we learn that a person in distress is not helped , even when , as in this case , many potential helpers are present . Our horror increases if the person is victimized in a particularly vicious or careless way by fellow human beings . Our horror is further heightened when we learn that the victim is helpless and the kind of person who normally stimulates our instinct to aid and protect . Our spontaneous reaction is to say : `` Had I been there , I would have helped ; what is wrong with these people ? '' If an incident occurs in a foreign country or culture , it is easy -- maybe tempting , as we grapple with something so baffling -- to conclude that the particular culture is to blame , that it is"}
-{"answer":"would involve the construction of a kilometer-wide exclusion zone next to the floodway to prevent properties from being inundated , and a raised highway on both side of the canal . The super-express floodway would then drain upstream run-off directly into the sea . The university team is also looking at other flood-prevention measures such as a better early-warning system , improved water resource management , a flood tax , the use of a flood-risk map for urban development and groundwater-use controls . `` Now , the government must stop -LSB- trying to -RSB- solve flood problems with political methods , '' Thanawat told the Bangkok Post . He said poor water management rather than excess rain had caused this year 's severe flooding , adding that natural swamps in the west of Thailand 's Central Plains , which once absorbed water flow , had been developed into industrial and residential areas , blocking the natural floodway . While giant flood tunnels in the Bangkok metropolitan area could drain floodwater from the city , they could not cope with a massive inundation from the north . `` If there is no step forward , foreign investors will eventually disappear from","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thai authorities are considering the construction of a super-express waterway through Bangkok to prevent future floods similar to the one that has crippled the Thai capital and brought manufacturing in other parts of the country to a standstill . A team of disaster experts from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok is now investigating permanent solutions to the disaster that has left hundreds dead . `` One of the urgent solutions is a super-express floodway , '' Thanawat Jarupongsakul , from the university 's Unit for Disaster and Land Information Studies , told the Bangkok Post . Under the plan , existing natural canals -- some of them more than 100 kilometers -LRB- 62 miles -RRB- long -- would be linked in a 200-km `` super-highway '' that would divert the course of floodwaters from the north . The super-canal would hold 1.6 billion cubic meters of water and drain run-off at a rate of 6,000 cubic meters per second -- the equivalent of two and a half Olympic-sized swimming pools a second . `` This idea is much cheaper than digging a new river as a floodway , '' Thanawat said . He said the proposed scheme"}
-{"answer":"was cooking with his wife , Jessi Colter . They were watching the show I was on because Kris Kristofferson was on . They saw me and called me the next morning and said , `` Waylon cut his finger . He wants you to come down here . '' So it was a total fluke . Waylon was like my Elvis , especially growing up . My earliest memories were my mom 's 8-track in the parlor listening to Willie -LSB- Nelson -RSB- and Waylon . CNN : You are not really part of the Nashville music scene . Why ? Dayton : I 'm not intentionally staying away from what 's going on in Nashville . I 'm just being myself . Texas is like a whole other planet . Bob Wills got kicked off the Grand Ole Opry . Willie Nelson did n't get on the radio until he left Nashville . There 's a long history of that . I do n't put down Nashville . They 're just doing what they 're supposed to do , which is sell as many records as they can . But we 've just learned that there 's a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- You ca n't get through a conversation with Jesse Dayton without hearing a reference to Texas at least once . Musician Jesse Dayton has branched out to a new fanbase by collaborating with Rob Zombie . He wears the name Beaumont , his birthplace , like a badge of honor and he rolls through a set list of stories about his musical collaborations in the Lone Star state with humble pride . Dayton has earned a hard core following in Texas . But his recent collaborations with rocker-turned-director Rob Zombie have earned him an unexpected fan base -- among horror movie fans . Most recently , Dayton joined Zombie to record a soundtrack for the movie `` Halloween II '' as Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures -- a gig that also earned him some time on screen . Watch Dayton discuss his new project '' Dayton spoke to CNN recently about his career and newfound fan base . The following is a portion of that interview : CNN : You have a lot of appreciation for Waylon Jennings . Dayton : I was actually on a talk show in Nashville -LSB- Tennessee -RSB- and Waylon"}
-{"answer":"of Aspect . A study conducted in the United Kingdom found that autistic children were far more fascinated by the television series , `` Thomas and Friends , '' than they were with other fictional characters . The study , by the National Autistic Society , summarized that the show held such appeal because of the clear facial expressions of the characters , the pacing of the program and the easy-to-follow story lines . `` We got those results down here , and we thought , how could we leverage that strength and give a little back to the community ? '' said Tom Punch with Haven Licensing , the company that handles licensing for the characters in Australia . Warren said one of the reasons Thomas is particularly stimulating and motivating for children with autism is that it 's very predictable . `` Children can understand the clear visual messages -- the big smile on the front of the engine , '' he said . `` The messages it communicates are very concrete , not abstract . And the emotions are primary emotions . It 's uncomplicated . '' Autism is a developmental disorder that affects physical , social","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thomas the Tank Engine , whose television adventures on the fictional island of Sodor have delighted children around the world for years , is now on a real-life mission to help kids with autism . Thomas the Tank Engine is part of a new online game to help autistic children recognize different emotions . The steam locomotive and his friends are the stars of a new game in Australia , designed to help autistic children recognize emotions . Autism Spectrum Australia -LRB- Aspect -RRB- , a nonprofit that provides services to people diagnosed with the developmental disorder , unveiled the game on its Web site Tuesday . The game asks players to recognize which engine has a sad face , or which is happy or angry . Children with autism often have a difficult time distinguishing different facial expressions . Each time a child plays the game , he\/she is presented with a different sequence of emotions . In doing so , the game takes advantage of the single-mindedness of autistic children to assist in their development . `` It 's a great way to help develop social and communication skills , '' said Anthony Warren"}
-{"answer":"his daughter about $ 200 per week . But last week he sent nothing . `` He told me he has no more work because of the situation there , '' Pena said . `` Temporary workers are always the first to lose their jobs in crises like this one , '' said Luis Pena , an economist . `` Since many Mexicans in the United States are there illegally , they are most vulnerable to unemployment . '' Some economists predict the drop will increase by year 's end to 20 percent . After oil exports , remittances are Mexico 's second-largest source of foreign currency . In Atlanta , Georgia , which has one of the greatest concentrations of Mexican residents in the southeastern United States , Yasmin Gutierrez runs a company that Mexican immigrants use to send dollars abroad . `` Before , they used to come every week and they used to send big amounts and lately , well , nothing , or almost nothing . Some clients are no longer coming , and those that are coming are sending small amounts . '' Rosina Gonzalez , who ran a Western Union office in Atlanta several","question":"MEXICO CITY , Mexico -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mexicans in the United States sent home 12.2 percent less money this past August than the same month last year , the Banco de Mexico said Wednesday . Mexicans in the U.S. are sending fewer dollars home and are suffering from a tough economy . That translates into remittances of $ 1.9 billion , versus $ 2.2 billion last year , said the bank , which blamed tough economic times in the United States for the decline . `` The prolonged deceleration of economic activity in the United States has adversely affected the opportunities for employment in that country and , consequently , those of the Mexican migrants , '' the bank said in a statement posted on its Web site . August 's tally quickens a trend -- during the first eight months of the year , remittances fell 4 percent to $ 15.6 billion , the statement said . The numbers translate easily into stories of hardship . Marilyn Pena lives outside Mexico City and depends on remittances to get by . Her father migrated to Chicago 12 years ago to find work and , in good months , sends"}
-{"answer":"here 's the tricky part : how to convince the public that you -- and government -- will do the right thing , or are even capable of it . Sure , distrust of government is as old as government itself . And there 's an inherent conflict in current public thinking , as scholars William Galston and Elaine Kamarck point out : While people want government to solve big problems like health care , they do n't trust the government to do it . `` There is nothing new about this ambivalence , '' they write in an essay aptly titled `` Change you can believe in requires a government you can trust . '' They write , `` But how ... the president deals with it may make the difference between success and failure . '' So what 's a president with a big agenda to do ? He could have narrowed it , but instead decided to play `` all-in . '' Because he was so popular , and because voters were so ready for a change , there was some thought the country might buy into the notion that good leadership could actually change the ethos","question":"Editor 's note : Gloria Borger is a senior political analyst for CNN , appearing regularly on CNN 's `` The Situation Room , '' `` Campbell Brown , '' `` AC360 \u00b0 '' and `` State of the Union With John King '' as well as other programs during special event coverage . Gloria Borger says President Obama 's plans are running into Americans ' widespread mistrust of government . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- So now comes the hard part . Now that a key Senate committee has finally moved a health care bill , President Obama can get to work to try and figure out a final version of reform . Now that Gen. Stanley McChrystal has recommended a large troop buildup in Afghanistan -- setting off an internal debate about recalibrating strategy -- the president can decide what he wants to do about the war . And now that the stock market is on the rebound -- while unemployment remains high -- Obama can figure out how to come up with a `` son of stimulus '' package that targets jobs . Tough decisions are part of the president 's job description , after all . But"}
-{"answer":"many brave rescuers and the local community , and our thoughts and prayers are with them all , '' Chao said in a statement . After drilling seven holes into mine tunnels from the mountaintop above , there has been no sign of the miners -- and microphones have picked up no sound from the men . See a timeline of rescue efforts '' Tests showed underground oxygen levels were too low to sustain human life . `` We basically told the families that at this point in time we 've run out of options , '' Stickler said at a news conference late Friday . `` We 've consulted with the people that we have here , we 've consulted with the technical support in Pittsburgh and we 've consulted with private consultants in terms of where we can go , '' he said . `` And basically , through all the information we 've gleaned over the past nearly four weeks in terms of the conditions we found , in terms of the air readings we found down there and ... everything else , we just do n't know where else we can put a hole to get","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There is `` no remaining hope '' of finding six men trapped for almost a month in a Utah coal mine alive , a federal official said Saturday . Isaac Arellano holds a candle and sings during a fundraiser for miners Tuesday in Price , Utah . `` Over the past 25 days , the Mine Safety and Health Administration has exhausted all known options in our attempt to reach the six miners , '' Richard Stickler , head of the agency , said in a statement . `` The thoughts and prayers of the dedicated professionals at MSHA are with the families . '' Sympathy for the failed efforts also came Saturday from the White House . `` Last night , a difficult decision was made to end the search , '' President Bush said in a statement . `` Laura and I are deeply saddened by this tragedy and continue to pray for the families of these men . '' Labor Secretary Elaine Chao called the ordeal `` heartbreaking . '' `` The grueling around-the-clock rescue operation that claimed three lives and injured six others has also taken a tremendous toll on the"}
-{"answer":"corporate subsidized boondoggle that has cost taxpayers $ 1.2 billion in earmarks since 2004 . It is estimated to cost at least $ 2.9 billion more until its completion . Defenders argue that paying GE and Rolls Royce to develop a second engine for Air Force fighters will stimulate competition in the defense industry and bring down costs in the long run while protecting jobs in the short run . Critics point out that crony capitalism ca n't create a true free market in the defense industry -- it 's the equivalent of diet hucksters who claim you can eat yourself fitter . This is about money : pork barrel politics hiding under the noble banner of national defense . Here 's how the sordid story unfolded : An anonymous earmark was added to the defense authorization bill , requesting $ 485 million in new funds for the alternate engine program , despite a much-ballyhooed moratorium on earmarks going to for-profit entities -LRB- agreed to by Democrats -RRB- , and a total ban on earmark requests agreed to by Republicans for fiscal year 2011 . In reaction , a small bipartisan group of members of Congress -- led by Democrat","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a time of voter anger at unsustainable government spending and Washington hypocrisy , here 's a story that should get your blood up . Last week , the House of Representatives considered eliminating a nearly half-billion dollar earmark that was snuck into a defense authorization bill . But members of both parties voted to keep the corporate pork in the bill -- despite a supposed moratorium on earmarks and despite that the Pentagon has repeatedly said it does n't want the money . Only in Washington would bureaucracy be force-fed a project it does n't want or need . But so far , we have n't seen this contempt for taxpayer dollars make its way to protest signs or talk radio driven talking points . That 's because President Obama opposes the earmark and the Republican congressional leadership voted for it . This does n't fit neatly into the hyperpartisan narrative of screaming about socialism -- in which Republicans bewail overspending by Democrats -- but it 's a perfect illustration of how deep the dysfunction is in Washington . At issue is the alternate engine for the Joint Strike Fighter platform , a"}
-{"answer":"from view from all but the ocean . An hour beyond Lagos is Europe 's southwesternmost point : Cabo S\u00e3o Vicente , a cape whose plunging cliffs are dotted with crumbling medieval churches and castles . More than 500 years ago , Portuguese sailing ships left to explore the world from these shores . There 's great hiking in the fragrant pine woods and peach orchards less than 20 miles inland , around the spa town of Monchique -- a cluster of tiny houses and 18th-century mansions tumbling down a steep , wooded valley . The trail up to the Picota peak has magnificent views out over the coast all the way to the cape . Families from Lisbon take weekends on the beaches of Cascais , less than 20 miles from the capital . There they jostle for space on three broad , short beaches and wander , ice cream in hand , along the ocean esplanade or the clusters of narrow streets crowded around the town 's imposing fort . For wilder , lonelier sand , head to Guincho , four miles west . This sweeping , gently curved shoreline is pounded by some of the best surf","question":"-LRB- Budget Travel -RRB- -- Here 's a snapshot of Portugal 's defining experiences : beaches , cities , and food and wine . Get a sense of which ones fit your travel style and your budget . Sandy beaches dot Portugal 's rugged coastline . Find a secluded beach The Algarve , southern Portugal 's balmy riviera , sees nothing but blue sky 300 days of the year . Admire the ocean views from the roof terrace at Dianamar , in the whitewashed old center of Albufeira , just a block from the beach . Rooms are simple , but all have private terraces , and the price includes a generous breakfast buffet and afternoon cake -LRB- doubles from $ 65 -RRB- . The most dramatic coastline is along the drive to the medieval fortress town of Lagos . -LRB- Cars can be rented for around $ 30 a day in Albufeira ; book online with companies like Europcar . -RRB- Between Praia de Dona Ana and Porto do M\u00f3s , the cliffs have been broken by the wind and sea into jagged rock formations pierced by blowholes and grottoes . Secret half-moon bays of golden sand lie hidden"}
-{"answer":"`` things like forced relocation , forced conscription , forced labor -- these things are exacerbated for the Rohginyas , '' said Benjamin Zawacki of Amnesty International . `` In addition to that , they suffer from what is really systemic discrimination , systemic persecution . Things , for example , like not being able to marry outside their ethnicity , very strict restrictions on movement , the inability to work for the government , to hold jobs as civil servants . They are summarily disenfranchised . They are not able to vote . They are not even held to be citizens . '' The latest group of 78 Rohingya boat people , who arrived Thailand a month ago , has been detained there . Some of the 78 have required medical treatment , after being abused by the Myanmese navy , they say . `` They will have to be sent back , according to our law , '' Thailand 's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told CNN . `` They are entering the country illegally . '' Watch CNN 's `` The Forgotten People '' on Rohingyas ' escape to Thailand \u00c2 '' Myanmar says it will take refugees","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Myanmar will allow Rohingya refugees back into the country if they can prove that they are Bengali , Thailand 's foreign ministry said . A photograph released by the Thai navy shows a group of men captured on December 12 . The agreement was reached in side talks between the Thai and Myanmese foreign ministers during the 14th ASEAN summit , a meeting of Southeast Asian nations held in Thailand over the weekend , said Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Thairit Charungwat on Monday . Thousands of Rohingya refugees -- a Muslim minority group from Myanmar -- have fled to Thailand over the years , saying they are persecuted by Myanmar 's hard-line military government . In recent months , controversy has erupted as the Thai military has been accused of intercepting boatloads of Rohingya , sabotaging their vessels and abandoning them at sea . Thailand eventually acknowledged such actions , after initial denials . About 20,000 Rohingya migrants already live in Thailand , according to its foreign ministry , which says Thailand is being inundated . The refugees -- who lack documentation -- live on the fringes in Thailand and Myanmar . But in Myanmar ,"}
-{"answer":"the way of terrifying results . After the botnet relaunched April 1 , it gained further access to an army of computers that the program 's author or authors could control . The only thing the author or authors have done with that power , though , is to try to sell fake computer-security software to a relatively small segment of Conficker-stricken computers , Porras said . The lack of a major attack has led some people in the security community to assume that the worm is basically dead . Mikko Hypponen , chief research officer with F-Secure , an Internet security company , says the people who created Conficker would have launched a major offensive by now if they were going to . Hypponen , who is scheduled to speak about the Conficker botnet next week at Black Hat , a major computer security conference , said he thinks whoever made Conficker did n't mean for the worm to get so large , as the size of the botnet drew widespread attention from the security community and the media . `` This gang , they knew their stuff . They used cutting-edge technology that we had never before .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Remember Conficker ? About 5 million computers still are believed to be infected with the Conficker worm . The hugely talked-about computer worm seemed poised to wreak havoc on the world 's machines on April Fool 's Day . And then ... nothing much happened . But while the doom and gloom forecast for the massive botnet -- a remotely controlled network that security experts say infected about 5 million computers -- never came to pass , Conficker is still making some worm hunters nervous . Phillip Porras , program director at SRI International , a nonprofit research group , said Conficker infects millions of machines around the world . And the malware 's author or authors could use that infected network to steal information or make money off of the compromised computer users . `` Conficker does stand out as one of those bots that is very large and has been able to sustain itself on the Web , '' which is rare , said Porras , who also is a member of the international group tracking Conficker . Still , computer users , even those infected with Conficker , have n't seen much in"}
-{"answer":". Unlike a bathroom scale that 's usually squirreled away in a closet or shoved into the corner of a bathroom , looking at it does n't make you feel guilty . Designed to fit in with Japanese living rooms , where space is usually at a premium , the balance board is sleek and elegantly designed . iReport.com : Send us your Wii Fit review It conveys cool Asian style with a streamlined appearance . It 's something you would n't mind having in your living room at all . One thing about Nintendo : They know how to make hardware that 's rugged but easy on the eyes . Getting started with Wii Fit is a snap , but you might have to get some bad news out of the way first . The balance board connects to the Wii through a Wi-Fi connection . You stand on it and use the Wii remote to record your height and age . The balance board then registers your weight . From those figures , Wii Fit calculates your body mass index -LRB- BMI -RRB- , a standard metric many doctors use to determine a person 's overall fitness ,","question":"-LRB- GameTap.com -RRB- -- Everyone wants to be more physically fit , but the toughest thing is finding motivation -- the motivation to get started , the motivation to keep going , the motivation to push yourself to the next level . A man tries out the Wii Fit at a Nintendo launch party in Central Park , New York City . Wii Fit does n't try to motivate you with before and after photos . It does n't try to motivate you with testimonials from fitness gurus . It does n't even offer you three easy payments . But it does entice you to get into shape by making working out look like fun . And that it does very well . In fact , Wii Fit might be some of the most fun you can have by just more or less standing still , which must make it about as mass market friendly as any video game product ever was . Wii Fit requires a Wii , of course , and it comes bundled with a balance board . But the entire setup does n't take up much space , and the board is no eyesore , either"}
-{"answer":"get angry at myself , even though I 'm aware that I am in good shape . But what do feelings have to do with numbers ? Most women know that it is possible to immediately gain 15 pounds by eating one pint of Ben & Jerry 's . And when it comes to your butt -LRB- which can enlarge six sizes in the wrong pair of jeans -RRB- , the rules of physics no longer apply . Oprah.com : Start loving the way you look We need a better way to quantify these fluctuations -- a formula that goes beyond your BMI and calculates the feel of overweight . So I propose the personal body image index -LRB- PBII -RRB- . The general idea is as follows : \u2022 Start with your weight . \u2022 Subtract seven pounds if you have just worked out . \u2022 Add five if you 've single-handedly finished a plate of guacamole and chips ; four for macaroni and cheese ; six for death-by-chocolate cake . \u2022 Subtract 10 pounds if people nearby are fatter than you . \u2022 If you 're wearing black pants , subtract two ; if in a bathing suit","question":"-LRB- OPRAH.com -RRB- -- One portion of macaroni and cheese . One slice of chocolate cake . One pair of svelte black pants . Do some very simple , if highly emotional , addition and subtraction , and you arrive at a whole new way to see yourself . The first documented instance of my distorted body image is an entry in my fourth-grade journal . `` I just ate three cookies , '' it says . `` I feel fat . '' There is no way that I actually was ; my jeans , although dorky , fit just fine . Nevertheless , the disconnect grew worse as puberty approached -- especially in eighth grade , when the body mass index -LRB- BMI -RRB- entered my life . This is a formula that tells you whether you need to drop pounds -- and while it 's generally reliable , it does n't take body composition into account . At 5 ' 4 '' and 140 pounds , I 'm close to the overweight category , but that 's only because I 've got heavy bones and a sprinter 's thighs . Every time I calculate my BMI , I"}
-{"answer":"'' local fisherman Agustin Diaz said . Full coverage of Chile 's earthquake United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday pledged up to $ 10 million to support relief and recovery efforts during a two-day visit , where he met with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet . `` I am visiting this city with a deep sadness , '' Ban told reporters Saturday while in Concepcion . `` Standing before this destruction , I can feel for your loss , your struggle . `` At the same time I am very grateful , very moved by such a strong determination , '' he added . `` The leaders , the people on the ground , they are all united . '' Ban also announced Friday a team effort between U.N. agencies and the Chilean government to determine the priority areas for funds , with emphasis on health , shelters , education and water . The secretary-general plans to bring the matter in front of the United Nations on his return . Chileans proud to help out their own The Chilean government has asked the United Nations for items such as field hospitals with surgical facilities , dialysis centers , generators ,","question":"Santiago , Chile -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Aid poured in for Chile from home and overseas , with a local television station hoping to raise $ 27 million by Saturday and the United Nations pledging funds toward recovery efforts after a massive earthquake . `` Chile Helps Chile , '' a telethon that started Friday , runs until Saturday night , according to TV Chile 's Web site . The site includes phone numbers and and e-mails for making donations in nearly 20 countries outside the South American nation . Hundreds of people died when the 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile last Saturday . The world 's fifth-strongest earthquake since 1900 resulted in a tsunami that toppled buildings , particularly in the Maule region along the coast . It 's still unclear exactly how many people died . Army divers have been searching the waters near the city of Constitucion for the bodies of as many as 400 tourists who were camping on an island during a summer festival . `` There were horrible screams . People calling out for us to go and rescue them . They were crying for help . But there was nothing we could do ,"}
-{"answer":"that 's incorrect . '' Hunters might need to kill only the most aggressive bears , he said . Generally , bears are timid animals and need only to be scared off . Exterminating wild bears that are not afraid of humans is relatively common in Canada and the United States . Trouble in northeastern Kamchatka began when the two unarmed geological station guards were found dead July 17 . More than 93 miles -LRB- 150 kilometers -RRB- away , about 20 bears came into another station several days later . Then , dozens more wild bears were seen 25 to 50 miles -LRB- 40 to 80 kilometers -RRB- away , around various stations and villages in the area . `` Bears came out to where they used to live before , '' Rudeyev said . `` It constantly happens on the Kamchatka Peninsula , on various rivers , places where people work . '' Humans are to blame because they attract the animals by leaving out trash or they frighten bear cubs , turning them into aggressive grown-ups , he said . Laura Williams , senior adviser for the World Wildlife Fund in Russia , also said it 's","question":"MOSCOW , Russia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A team of experts gathered Friday on Russia 's Kamchatka Peninsula to decide how to deal with marauding bears that reportedly have killed two people recently . As many as 12,000 bears live on Russia 's Kamchatka Peninsula . The bears are blamed for the deaths of two guards at a geological station near a platinum mine on the peninsula in far eastern Russia . Russian media reports cite local law enforcement officials as saying the remains of the two men had been `` gnawed on . '' Groups of bears have been reported in the region since the deaths , and many people have refused to work at the mine , saying they are afraid . Three hunters and a representative of Koryakgeoldobycha , employer of around 400 people at the mine , will evaluate the danger and decide whether killing a few animals is necessary , said Vladimir Rudeyev of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry in Kamchatka . `` All decisions are made locally , '' he told CNN . `` No licenses -LSB- for shooting bears -RSB- have been issued yet . Reports came out that they were , but"}
-{"answer":"to move on . `` When classes started again in the spring I did n't come back , '' Sheehan said . `` It was just too hard to do then , but now I 'm ready . '' The campus was buzzing over the weekend . Parents and students crowded the sidewalks , toting boxes and furniture into the dorms , including West Ambler Johnston , where the first two victims were killed . Norris Hall , meanwhile , has been refurbished and will no longer host classes . Virginia Tech has discreetly beefed up security since the tragedy . Locks that operate from the inside have been placed on classroom doors . Dormitory entrances are secured 24 hours a day . Students can sign up for emergency text messages from the university . Despite the precautions , not everything has gone as smoothly as planned . On the eve of the students ' return to classes , 23 people fell ill from a carbon monoxide leak in an apartment building near campus . Five Virginia Tech students were hospitalized , police and hospital officials said . Blacksburg Police said a valve on a water heater that was malfunctioning","question":"BLACKSBURG , Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Erin Sheehan is one of the almost 28,000 students making the bittersweet return to the Virginia Tech campus for fall classes , a journey she was afforded only because of some quick thinking in April . Students return to the Virginia Tech campus Monday for the first day of fall classes . When Seung-Hui Cho stormed into Sheehan 's German class that horrifying Monday morning -- firing off indiscriminate rounds of gunfire that killed the German teacher and four of Sheehan 's classmates -- Sheehan hit the deck and played dead . `` He went around the room shooting everyone , '' she said . Cho 's April 16 rampage through Norris Hall left 29 students and faculty dead . The mentally disturbed Cho also killed two others and himself in the mass shooting , the worst in modern U.S. history . Though she is heading back to class , Sheehan is admittedly still shaken . Four months after the tragedy , Sheehan is haunted by memories of the massacre , and she still jumps when she hears a loud noise in her Virginia Tech dorm room . Regardless , she is prepared"}
-{"answer":"one here was over 50 years ago , and not this bad . '' The snow and sleet have paralyzed roads , railways and airports , leaving tens of millions of travelers marooned , officials say . Many of them are bound for home ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year , also known as the Spring Festival , which falls on February 7 . Watch how the snowstorms have resulted in transit chaos '' For several days before and after that day , an estimated 178 million Chinese will travel by train , and 22 million more by plane , officials say . Millions more will take long-haul vans and buses . The Lunar New Year travel is China 's busiest travel period of the year . But the cold snap is hampering travel plans . Railway and highway routes have been brought to a standstill , several regional airports have been closed and many provinces have imposed power `` brownouts '' to conserve energy . On Hunan 's major highways , more than 60,000 bus riders were stranded because of icy roads . In the southern city of Guangzhou , as many as 500,000 train passengers were stranded","question":"BEIJING , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chinese workers and army soldiers were racing to sweep snow-covered highways and unclog railway routes for millions of travelers trapped by cold weather . Souzhou , China , is blanketed by the most snow the city has had in 25 years , according to I-Reporter Susan Arthur . More than 67 million people have been affected by the weather and economic losses are expected to reach as much as $ 3 billion , Chinese officials say . Blizzards have snapped power lines and destroyed houses and farmland , prompting fears of food and energy shortages . Twenty-four people have died and some 827,000 people have been evacuated in 14 different provinces , the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Monday . In the past week , the snowstorms have hit the provinces in central , eastern and southern China -- places that are used to mild winters , not extreme wintry blasts . `` We 've never seen such a cold weather lasting for such long a time , '' said Tang Shan , a man in his 70s in Changsha , the capital of Hunan province . `` The last time we had"}
-{"answer":"the night watching the truck with a camper top where Harper , 63 , has been sleeping for the past few weeks . Michael Rankin , assistant special agent in charge at the FBI 's Denver , Colorado , field office and leader of the operation to capture Harper , said he wanted to use a ruse to get close to Harper . `` We do n't want to alert him or anybody who might be a supporter of his , and we want to get as close to him without somehow raising his antenna that we may be law enforcement and we may be wanting to take him into custody , '' Rankin said . `` It 's an individual that has been a fugitive for almost 15 years , so he certainly does n't want to go to jail or be put into the system after being on the lam for this length of time . '' The locals are used to seeing officers from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department , and it 's one of their men who will make the first contact and perhaps lead Harper to think the accompanying agents are also wildlife officials","question":"WASHAKIE COUNTY , Wyoming -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the predawn darkness the agents switch the federal plates on their vehicles to local Wyoming tags and check they have no other signs showing they are from the Federal Bureau of Investigation . Edward Eugene Harper is believed to have lived a nomadic lifestyle since fleeing Mississippi . They want to give the impression that they are fish and wildlife officers , certainly not what they really are -- an elite squad in search of one of the FBI 's 10 most-wanted fugitives . Their target lives eight miles up a dirt road in the Big Horn mountains of Washakie County -- and he is also not what he seems . For the past few years Edward Eugene Harper has been tending a flock of sheep in the semi-wilderness of the region . But 15 years ago he failed to turn up for a court appearance in Mississippi on charges he had molested two girls , aged 3 and 8 . He 'd been on the lam ever since . Recently the FBI had received a tip on his whereabouts . Watch how FBI planned hunt for fugitive '' Snipers spent"}
-{"answer":"`` Corruption had gone to an extreme , '' McDonough said , saying it all began at the top . `` They seemed to be drunk half the time and had orgies the other half , when they were n't taking money and beating each other up . '' Watch a corrupted prison system '' He added , `` Women were treated like chattel in this department . '' McDonough described a bizarre prison culture among those that ran the system -- one that he says seemed obsessed with inter-department softball games and the orgies after games . `` I can not explain how big an obsession softball had become , '' he said . `` People were promoted on the spot after a softball game at the drunken party to high positions in the department because they were able to hit a softball out of the park a couple times . '' `` The connection between the softball and the parties and the corruption and the beatings was greatly intertwined . '' The parties and orgies were often carried out at a waterfront ranch house built on prison grounds for a former warden with taxpayer dollars , McDonough said","question":"TALLAHASSEE , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Softball , drunken orgies and a prison system run like the mafia . That 's what Florida 's former prison secretary says he inherited when he took over one of the nation 's largest prison systems two years ago . This house , on prison grounds in Florida , is described as a party house where prison officials held orgies . In fact , on his first day on the job , James McDonough says he walked into his office -- the same one his predecessor used -- and there was crime scene tape preventing anyone from entering . `` That was an indication we had a problem in the department , '' McDonough told CNN in an exclusive interview before he stepped down last Thursday . McDonough revealed a startling list of alleged abuses and crimes going on inside Florida 's prisons : \u2022 Top prison officials admitting to kickbacks ; \u2022 Guards importing and selling steroids in an effort to give them an edge on the softball field ; \u2022 Taxpayer funds to pay for booze and women ; \u2022 Guards who punished other guards who threatened to report them ."}
-{"answer":"'s another example of why user control needs to be the default in Facebook . '' In the last few months , scrutiny of the privacy practices of the Internet 's second most popular Web site has reached an all-time high , with politicians threatening probes and privacy activists calling for formal investigations . In response to the outcry , Zuckerberg convened a press conference last week at Facebook 's Palo Alto , California , headquarters , where he pledged to make privacy `` simpler . '' For its part , Facebook told CNET on Tuesday that the information about who viewed what pages with a Like button is anonymized after three months and is not shared with or sold to third parties . A representative acknowledged , however , that the current privacy description of Facebook 's social plugins `` is not as clear as it could be , and we 'll fix that . '' Facebook 's FAQ says : `` No data is shared about you when you see a social plugin on an external website . '' No mention of this data-sharing appears under the `` Information from other websites '' section of the company 's","question":"-LRB- CNET -RRB- -- When Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg recently announced a `` Like '' button that publishers could place on their Web pages , he predicted it would make the Web smarter and `` more social . '' What Zuckerberg did n't point out is that widespread use of the Like button allows Facebook to track people as they switch from CNN.com to Yelp.com to ESPN.com , all of which are sites that have said they will implement the feature . Even if someone is not a Facebook user or is not logged in , Facebook 's social plugins collect the address of the Web page being visited and the Internet address of the visitor as soon as the page is loaded -- clicking on the Like button is not required . If enough sites participate , that permits Facebook to assemble a vast amount of data about Internet users ' browsing habits . `` If you put a Like button on your site , you 're potentially selling out your users ' privacy even if they never press that button , '' says Nicole Ozer , an attorney with the ACLU of Northern California . `` It"}
-{"answer":"he drank a cup of water he said was straight from the tap in his home . View a map of where the spill occured '' `` I 'm gon na be fine , '' he quipped . However , samples of the fly ash scooped up along roadsides and river banks show elevated levels of arsenic that normally would trigger an EPA response , Sims said . `` These are levels that we consider harmful to humans , '' he said . But the EPA is not responding because the TVA is taking action to fix the problem , he added . Arsenic is a natural element found in soil and minerals , but exposure to it can cause sickness , the National Institutes of Health says . Learn more about arsenic '' The arsenic is in the sludge but not in the air in significant amounts , said Alan Nye , a scientist with the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health , a private scientific consulting company based in Arkansas . `` The bottom line is that the air quality is very good and continues to be so , '' Nye said . That 's not good enough","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The drinking water in the area of last month 's coal-sludge spill in eastern Tennessee is safe , but elevated levels of arsenic have been found in the sludge , authorities said . Properties near ground zero of the December 22 Tennessee spill are covered in sludge . A billion gallons of the sludge , made up of water and fly ash from a coal-burning Tennessee Valley Authority steam plant in Kingston , Tennessee , swamped 300 acres of mostly private property when a dike on a retention pond collapsed December 22 . All residents in the area were evacuated , and three homes were deemed uninhabitable , according to the TVA . About a dozen other homes were damaged . Preliminary results from water samples taken in the spill area show no unsafe levels of toxins , said Leslie Sims , on-scene coordinator for the Environmental Protection Agency . The testing includes municipal supplies and private wells , he said . Kingston Mayor Troy Beets said he let his grandchildren drink and bathe in city water at his house over the holidays and did n't worry about it . At a Friday news conference ,"}
-{"answer":". The temporary jail cells in the Border Patrol station in Nogales are often overflowing . The Border Patrol boss in this sector says his agents were assaulted 260 times within the past year . One night this week , we saw the danger and variety of lawbreaking activity experienced here quite vividly . At the immigration checkpoint set up a half-hour north of Nogales on Interstate 19 , a semi truck is pulled over when the drug-sniffing dog detects something . The back of the truck is opened , and inside are thousands of tomatoes , but the dog is still not happy . The truck is taken back to the Border Patrol station , and agents climb over the tomatoes . And that 's where they find the stash . Bales and bales of dope . Forty bales of marijuana . Nine hundred eight pounds , to be exact . At a street value of $ 800 a pound , the authorities estimate they kept $ 720,000 worth of marijuana off the streets . I interview the man arrested for driving the shipment . The operating theory : that he is doing dirty work for one of the","question":"In our Behind the Scenes series , CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events . CNN 's Gary Tuchman accompanied a Border Patrol unit in Nogales , Arizona , and experienced the variety and the danger of law enforcement life firsthand . CNN 's Gary Tuchman pulls his weight on ride-along with 64 lbs . of marijuana seized by law enforcement . NOGALES , Arizona -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nogales , Arizona , is a small city . Just more than 20,000 people live here , according to the 2005 census . But spend a couple of days here with law enforcement , and your head will spin . Almost half of all illegal drugs seized from Mexico last year were seized in the eastern Arizona region , and Nogales is the largest border city in this U.S. border patrol sector . In the past six months , the Border Patrol has seized about 500,000 pounds of illegal drugs here , which is 15 percent higher than the previous six months . Each day , hundreds of people are arrested , mostly for immigration violations but many for drug and weapons crimes"}
-{"answer":", the independent observer for the International Swim Federation who is accompanying the expedition , says that swimmers have a much better chance of success if they can make it through the second night . '' There was a bit of excitement early Saturday afternoon . An oceanic whitetip shark swam near Nyad , but a diver on her team faced it off and it meandered away . The swimmer improved her performance late Saturday morning after struggling to maintain her usual stroke rate , her support team said . Fortified by chicken soup , Nyad was making good progress until the Saturday evening incident . `` This afternoon -- it is stunning to actually witness -- Diana is swimming stronger and stronger , '' one post said . `` Her strokes are up to 50 per minute , she is eating pasta , gobbling bananas , bits of peanut butter sandwiches , along with high-carb & high calorie liquid concoctions . '' The going was rough before dawn Saturday , when Nyad had stopped her freestyle stroke and complained that she could n't breathe properly after getting stung . Doctors from the University of Miami gave the swimmer a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad was stung by a sea creature for a second time Saturday night and was being treated by doctors , her team said in a blog post , leaving the continuation of her swim in question . The 62-year-old , in transit from Havana to Florida , was stung by some kind of presumed jellyfish , the blog said . `` Her face and eyes and the area around her eyes are affected . She is out of the water and aboard the transom of the Voyager where she is being treated by doctors . It will be up to Diana to decide whether or not to continue to the swim . '' The incident was another setback for the athlete , who was stung by Portuguese man o ' war earlier in the day . At 6:30 p.m. , Nyad was 49 miles from Havana . Having passed the 24-hour mark , she was entering a critical time in her quest to cover the 103 miles . `` Tonight , her second night in the open water , may be the most critical , '' the team wrote . `` Steve Munatones"}
-{"answer":"mashies , niblicks and cleeks -- the evocative names given to the clubs used by Bobby Jones , Walter Hagen and Henry Cotton -- has endured . The format has a huge following in the U.S. where devotees gather at historic courses to play an `` authentic '' round of golf . Hampton Munsey , who organizes the U.S. Hickory Open in Morganton , North Carolina , says the size of the field has almost doubled since the event was first held in 2008 . This year 's tournament already has entrants from Sweden and Germany , with players ' ages ranging from 20 to 70 . `` The camaraderie is almost as important as the game itself , '' says Munsey , a member of the Society of Hickory Golfers . `` People feel a certain level of pride at being able to play with the old clubs and do well with them . '' Bottrell , a university researcher , has been buying and selling hickory clubs since 1995 . He now has 60 full sets , which he rents out to companies as a package for $ 934 . Recently , he has noticed an increase in","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It may run contrary to the conventional image of a sport obsessed with the latest technological improvement but , from Stockholm to Shanghai , players are turning back the clock to take part in the latest craze -- hickory golf . The game , which involves using 19th century wooden-shafted clubs , has proved a hit as national championships in the United States , Australia , Canada , England , France , Germany , Sweden and Finland have blossomed . Companies too have been attracted to the format as a way of motivating staff . `` Golfers love a challenge , '' says Gavin Bottrell , who runs hickory golf days in Britain . `` There 's a saying about modern golf clubs that you can buy any shot out of the shop . Playing with hickory makes people think more about their swing and be clever about their shots . '' Hickory clubs were used widely until the 1930s , when manufacturers turned to more modern materials for construction . However , despite their lesser performance , the attraction of dressing up in old-fashioned golfing garb and hacking around 18 holes with"}
-{"answer":"southern Europe , the biggest bank run perhaps in the history of the world , bigger even than the run triggered by the failure of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 . As I said : scary . But now think like a politician . It 's been obvious for some time now what has to be done to avert the bank run : a European Super TARP , a version of the Troubled Asset Relief Program that was used to bail out Wall Street in 2008 The European Union will have to assume responsibility for the debt of southern European countries . In return , the EU will have to take control of the finances of those countries -- cutting their spending and raising their taxes . The debt assumed by the EU will have to be serviced somehow . That means the EU will need its own revenue stream sufficient to pay for and ultimately retire the southern European debt . In other words , what we 're looking at is : -- A transfer of Greek and other southern European debt to all the people of Europe . -- Big government spending cuts especially in southern Europe ,","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Which is scarier ? Letting Greece go bankrupt ? Or saving Greece from bankruptcy ? If you 're a European businessman or banker , the answer is obvious : Bankruptcy is scarier . If Greece can not pay its debts , Greece will likely quit the euro . By quitting the euro , Greece would regain the power to print its own money and inflate its way out of its debt . Now think what that would mean for your business . If Greece quit the euro , people would begin to worry : Who 's next ? Will Portugal quit ? Spain ? Italy ? France ? Do you own a 1000 euro deposit in a Spanish bank ? Tomorrow that account could be denominated in new pesetas , at who knows what exchange rate . Better cash out today . Likewise : Better sell your Portuguese and Italian bonds -- not only government bonds , but bonds issued by any agency sponsored by government : water , electricity , transit authorities , and so on . A Greek default would trigger , in effect , a bank run on every governmental institution in"}
-{"answer":". `` Michael transcended race before Michael Jordan , before Oprah , before Tiger Woods , before Barack Obama . `` You ca n't underestimate what his did for black artists -- and artists as a whole -- as a business man , '' Walker added . His 1982 album `` Thriller '' has sold more than 50 million records worldwide -- a record that , considering the decline of record sales in the wake of new media , is likely to stand for some years to come . `` Records just do n't sell that much anymore . The industry has changed . ... Now it 's in shambles because of technology , '' said Gideon Yago , head of the IFC Media Project and a former correspondent for MTV News . Videos that accompanied the album became landmarks that set the industry standard , as MTV and cable television began to proliferate , creating ready outlets for a growing marketing tool . At the time , Jackson 's label had to fight to get onto MTV , which then featured only rock artists . `` Walter Yetnikoff -LRB- former president of CBS records -RRB- drew a line in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson 's impact on pop culture is indelible . But perhaps his biggest legacy will be how he changed the music industry . Jackson 's impact on the music business still reverberates today . `` As a performer he changed history ... his singing , his songwriting , his choreography , his dancing , his business acumen , '' said Howard Bragman , a public relations expert who worked with Jackson to launch the singer 's shoe line with L.A. Gear . `` He rewrote the history of the entertainment industry in his time , '' Bragman said . Jackson crossed color lines and broke down barriers between musical genres . He followed in the footsteps of Elvis and the Beatles to create a transnational fan base that prefigured the era of globalization . And Jackson became a canny power broker who helped lead artists from stage performers into major boardroom players . `` That gets lost in the last five and 10 years , with all the litigation battles -- what he did the first 30 years to set the landscape for these other artists , '' said James Walker , an entertainment attorney"}
-{"answer":"also not entirely expected , given the size and nature of the P-51 aircraft . `` I 'm not aware of a lot of aircraft having it , this is the first one I came across , '' said Howard Plagens , the NTSB official heading the investigation . Plagens was referring to a `` box '' that recorded key variables such as altitude , latitude and oil pressure . In addition , there was an outward-facing video camera on the plane , according to Rosekind . Several memory cards have been found at the wreckage site that may have come from either device and will be sent to the NTSB laboratory in Washington for a full analysis , Rosekind said . They may belong to some of the 200,000 spectators who were at the annual National Championship Air Races and Air Show . Investigators do have a copy of the `` box '' data , since it was sent in real time by telemetry to sources outside the aircraft . Besides the cards , Rosekind said , parts of a plane 's tail , an `` elevator trim tab '' and video camera fragments have been found . ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities have identified seven of the 10 people who died following a crash at an air show in Reno , Nevada , on Friday . The list includes the pilot , 74-year-old Jimmy Leeward , who lost control of his vintage plane before it plummeted into a crowd of spectators . Seven people , including the pilot , were killed on the tarmac , while three others died at area hospitals . Almost 70 people were injured . The six others identified are Joseph Wogan , 22 , of Arizona ; George and Wendy Hewitt of Washington state ; Regina Bynum , 53 , of Texas ; Sharon Stewart , 47 , of Nevada ; and Gregory Morcom , 47 , from Washington state . Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board announced Sunday that the small World War II-era plane was equipped with data and video recording devices that they hope to use to help determined what happened and why . NTSB member Mark Rosekind described the devices , as well as the discovery of information and pieces that may have come from the devices , as `` significant new information . '' It was"}
-{"answer":"and dance are then used to drive the action . He always surrounds himself with the same creative team for all of his projects . His wife , production and costume designer Catherine Martin , who is known as CM , is intrinsic to his striking visual style . In his directorial debut `` Strictly Ballroom , '' Luhrmann injected dazzling colors and energetic dance moves into the stuffy world of ballroom dancing and was credited with making the genre hip again . Luhrmann himself was a ballroom dancer from the age of six , and the film reflects his affection for and intimate knowledge of that world . An intensely personal director who always draws on his own experiences , Luhrmann told CNN 's The Screening Room : `` Art and life can not be separated , they feed each other and creative decisions are based on what will make life rich and what will enrich the story telling . What I make comes from a personal level . '' It paid off for `` Strictly Ballroom , '' which became a global hit , winning eight Australian Film Institute Awards , three BAFTAs , and the Cannes Film","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Baz Luhrmann is the type of director for whom the word innovative was invented . Luhrmann and his costume designer wife Catherine Martin , who is a long time collaborator . With a filmography comprising of just three full-length feature films , -LRB- and one currently in post-production -RRB- Luhrmann has produced a stunning and highly visual body of work that is loved and loathed in equal measures . His films have a tendency to suck the viewer up into a swirling vortex of lush imagery and a lavish production style , often with a frenetic pace that one critic described as being like `` a madman on Benzedrine '' . But there is a method to Luhrmann 's madness . The trio of films , `` Strictly Ballroom , '' an adaptation of William Shakespeare 's `` Romeo and Juliet '' and `` Moulin Rouge ! '' all form part of a specific filmmaking technique described by Luhrmann as `` The Red Curtain '' cinema . Luhrmann incorporates traditional theatrical conventions into his films and morphs them to create visual treats in stories set in heightened otherworlds . Simple devices like song"}
-{"answer":"borders by force . What do you think of Russian recognition ? U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , currently in the Middle East , points out that it is in contravention of U.N. Security Council resolutions that the Russians have accepted . Sarkozy has called a meeting of EU leaders for Monday to look at Georgia and at future relations with Russia . But before we start talking about a new Cold War -- and Western leaders from Bush down are being careful not to do so -- we should examine the context . After the military action initiated by Georgia early in August , there never was a chance that South Ossetia and Abkhazia , which have in effect been independent since the early 1990s , would return to control by Tblisi . Applying a blowtorch is n't necessarily the best way of settling what had become known as `` frozen conflicts '' . Russia has long been in a position to bully and has now been given the excuse to do so . For years the two disputed territories have survived on Russian military and economic assistance . Although Abkhazia seeks fuller independence , a large number","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was against the terms of the Russia\/Georgia cease-fire , brokered by France 's President Nicolas Sarkozy . It was directly in contravention of the request not to do it from President George W. Bush of the United States . But Russia 's President Dimitri Medvedev has gone and done it anyway . He has made Russia the first country to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia . Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says it has recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia . So does that , as some of the more fevered commentators are suggesting , amount to a new Cold War ? It certainly ratchets up the East-West tension still further . It breaks the terms of a cease-fire which insisted Georgia 's territorial integrity should be respected . Russia 's announcement that it will station troops in the two territories to ensure their `` security '' , a word others might spell as `` subservience '' , is a direct provocation . It is , says Georgia , an illegal `` annexation '' . Other European nations have hastened to condemn it as an unacceptable rewriting of"}
-{"answer":"years , the report said . The program dedicates $ 39.8 billion for public elementary , secondary and higher education and other services . Another $ 8.8 billion will go for other activities such as public safety or government services . `` To date , $ 35.5 billion of the SFSF allotment has been obligated and $ 13.2 -LSB- billion -RSB- is forthcoming , '' the report added . In a recent memo , the Department of Education 's inspector general 's office warned Connecticut , Massachusetts and Pennsylvania about not following the rules . At issue is the government 's `` maintenance of effort '' provision , which makes states receiving stimulus funds promise to maintain funding at fiscal year 2006 levels . The provision also requires states to pledge to use these funds to advance certain education reforms : increasing teacher effectiveness , implementing statewide data systems , and providing support for struggling schools . The September 30 memo pointed out states are using K-12 stimulus funds to fill gaps in their education budgets due to decreasing revenues and resources . Pennsylvania 's actions led to a terse letter on June 18 from Education Secretary Arne Duncan to","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Creating and saving jobs while boosting investment in the future are among the top goals of the Obama administration 's $ 787 billion economic stimulus plan . President Obama chats with students at a Silver Spring , Maryland , elementary school this week . And according to a preliminary report on stimulus funding for schools by the Department of Education and the Domestic Policy Council , the stimulus plan has created jobs . State governments have created and saved at least 250,000 education jobs -- and restored nearly all their projected education budget shortfalls for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 -- according to preliminary findings released Monday by the White House . But some states that used the funds to fill existing budget gaps could face a crisis when the money runs out after 2010 . And the Department of Education has chastised certain states for their stimulus funding programs and warned them that they risk their chances at getting other DOE grants down the road . The stimulus funds appropriated $ 48.6 billion for the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund to help keep and create jobs and advance education reforms over a period of two"}
-{"answer":", '' said 18-year-old Yati , giggling in her white flower-adorned veil . They will plant the other saplings -- eucalyptus , avocado and mahogany -- at the sleepy village about an hour outside Garut where they plan to settle , for now . Indonesia 's landscape has been devastated by massive deforestation . Though not a heavily industrialized nation , Indonesia is behind China and the United States as the world 's third largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions . That is largely the result of the removal of its trees , which cut down the absorption of carbon dioxide . While Garut province is not the country 's worst offender , a Garut forestry official said he can no longer ignore the damage . `` Most people here work in agriculture which is of course highly dependent on the fertility of the soil , '' said Eddy Muharam of Garut 's forestry department . `` The fertility is decreasing now because of deforestation and intensive use of soil . '' Forestry officials have identified `` critical land '' in Garut , which has been overfarmed and needs to be reforested . The overfarming leads to erosion , which","question":"GARUT , Indonesia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The people of Indonesia 's Java Island still follow wedding traditions passed down centuries ago by their ancestors . Cucu and his bride , Yati Supriyatna , plant two saplings during their wedding ceremony . Family members gather for an all-day ceremony that begins with the groom bringing a gift to the bride 's house . On a hot and sticky morning in a village near Garut , 26-year-old Cucu carries a sapling to give to his bride . The young tree is not exactly a unique gift ; it 's part of a government initiative to bring back the Garut province 's devastated forests . Newly married couples must plant 10 trees under the program . If they divorce , they must plant 50 others . Cucu and his bride , Yati Supriyatna -- both dressed in all white -- headed to a mosque in the foothills of West Java 's mountains , where they carefully planted two saplings , a symbolic gesture . The young couple met in school three years ago and began dating last year . Watch as Indonesia tackles deforestation '' `` We 're just meant to be"}
-{"answer":"'s working ; sometimes it 's not , even with those changes , '' NTSB member Deborah Hersman told a House committee . `` We 've walked back the cable to see if there might be some cabling issues . There 's a lot of challenges here and we 're changing out some components and trying to identify what the problem is , '' she said . Metro has said it will operate the subway trains on manual control until officials have identified and fixed the problem with the automatic train system . Nine people were killed and scores were injured during the June 22 crash just north of the Red Line 's Fort Totten station . At Tuesday 's hearing , a passenger on one of the trains gave a dramatic description of the accident . Patrick Tuite of Kensington , Maryland , said he had just put down his newspaper and closed his eyes to relax when he heard a screeching sound , someone yelling and `` one of the loudest bangs I 've ever heard in my life . '' Tuite said in the impact , he hit the seat in front of him . When Tuite","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The cause of a deadly Washington Metro subway crash last month remains a mystery , with one problem identified by investigators persisting even after engineers replaced a key part that was believed to be faulty , a top Metro official said Tuesday Investigators are shown at the crash scene in Washington . Nine people were killed in the June 22 accident . At a congressional hearing , Jim Graham said Metro replaced a device that was `` fluttering , '' signaling the presence of a train one moment and not the next . `` You 'd think that that would remedy the issue , that ... we would have solved the problem , '' said Graham , chairman of Metro 's board of directors . `` In fact , the new device ... continued the same fluttering as the former device . '' `` We 're left with a very compelling mystery as to what is going on here , '' he said . The National Transportation Safety Board , which is leading the investigation , acknowledged that Metro 's system of detecting trains continues to have unexplained , intermittent failures . `` Sometimes it"}
-{"answer":"child from Bulgaria . The following is an edited transcript of that conversation : CNN : What 's your initial reaction to the news that Madonna 's adoption of a Malawian child has been rejected ? Greene : Surprise . ... It was awfully tricky with Madonna 's first adoption , when the child turned out to have devoted family members nearby . -LSB- The singer 's adoption of a Malawian boy was finalized last year . -RSB- And if that 's true with this child also , it seems a similar sticky situation . That 's not the situation for the majority of orphanage children around the world , who do n't have caring grandparents or aunts and uncles a short walk or bike ride away . I think it gives people an odd perspective on what international adoption can mean for children who do n't have any support network outside the walls of an orphanage . You often hear attacks on international adoption as robbing a child of his or her culture , and that 's both true and false . It 's true that an internationally adopted child loses the rich background of history and religion and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Malawi 's decision to reject pop star Madonna 's adoption of a local child has reignited global debate about the ethics of international adoption . Author Melissa Fay Greene poses with her family , which includes biological and adopted children . Some international aid groups have praised the decision as best for the child , a 4-year-old girl named Chifundo James . `` I think it really highlights the bigger picture that there are so many children living in poverty in Malawi , and while Madonna has good intentions ... children would be better off staying in their own communities whenever possible , '' said Karen Hansen-Kuhn , policy director for ActionAid USA , a development group that also works in Malawi . `` We really need to stay focused on the needs of Malawi and of all the children there , '' she added . To get another perspective on the situation , CNN also talked with Melissa Fay Greene , an author and mother of five adopted children . Greene , who lives in Atlanta , Georgia , is the mother of four biological children , four children adopted from Ethiopia and one adopted"}
-{"answer":", the other the Passion of Christ . -LRB- If you look closely , you 'll see Gaudi 's face . -RRB- It 's amazing that the project continued after anarchists burned Gaudi 's studio , along with the plans for the church , during the Spanish Civil War . Luckily , Gaudi had made plaster models of the church -LRB- we see them in the museum at the site -RRB- and though they were also smashed , his supporters were able to painstakingly put them back together so the work could continue . Gaudi , so obsessed at the end of his life with completing the church , slept on a bed in his workshop . He is buried in the church 's crypt . I want to go to the top -LRB- you take an elevator , but walk down the stairs -RRB- , but I think Erica has had enough . Sometimes , you have to know when to call it quits , even at incredible sites like this one . I tell myself Erica will come back some day and remember how she could n't decide whether she was bored or fascinated . Park Guell garden","question":"-LRB- Tribune Media Services -RRB- -- We do n't know where to look first . The massive pillars , looking like tree trunks , stone chameleons , tortoises and turtles , help support the columns . The sheer size of the place is amazing . Some of the towers soar more than 500 feet . Even jaded teens , like my 13-year-old niece , Erica Fieldman , ca n't help but be impressed . Antoni Gaudi 's Sagrada Familia is Barcelona 's most famous site and Spain 's most visited . Welcome to Antoni Gaudi 's unfinished masterpiece , the Sagrada Familia , Barcelona 's most famous site and Spain 's most visited . More than 40 years after the eccentric and revered architect 's death -- he was struck by a tram -- work still continues on the huge church first begun in 1882 . Some 2.5 million people visited last year . This is a great place to engage the kids in a scavenger hunt . -LRB- Find the fruit carved on top of the towers , the young stone musicians , the birds . -RRB- There are two completed facades -- one represents the birth of Jesus"}
-{"answer":", 1945 , and found camp inmates starved to the bone , many too weak to stand . `` We could n't even show our joy at this moment , which we had been waiting for so long , '' said former inmate Zeev Factor , recalling the day American troops came to liberate the camp . Now the camp is getting ready to host President Obama , who has a special relationship with Buchenwald . His great-uncle Charlie Payne , 84 , helped liberate a sub-camp here when he was an infantryman fighting in World War II . `` The survivors see President Obama almost like a grandson of theirs , '' said the director of the Buchenwald memorial , Volker Knigge , speaking just outside the front gate . `` The president is related to one of the brave men who came here and saw the Nazi horror first hand . The soldiers only had vague knowledge of what concentration camps actually were , but here they saw people too weak to survive , even after having been liberated . '' Historians estimate that of the 20,000 inmates who were liberated by U.S. troops , 1,000 died shortly","question":"WEIMAR , Germany -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A long narrow road winds through a thick forest up a hill called the `` Ettesberg , '' on the outskirts of Weimar in central Germany . The ovens where tens of thousands of bodies were cremated are restored and working . The road goes on for miles through the forest , but every once in a while you see an old railway station , a tower , or an old structure withering in the German rain . This road was named `` the trail of blood , '' by inmates of the infamous concentration camp Buchenwald , because of the death marches they were forced to undertake as they were deported to work as slave laborers for Nazi Germany 's defense industry from 1937 to 1945 . `` The trail of blood '' leads straight to the entrance gate of the former concentration camp -- a structure with a huge iron gate in the middle , a tower with a clock above , and arrest cells in the building 's wings . U.S. troops saw the horror of the Nazi regime first hand when they came through this gate on April 11"}
-{"answer":", or the right connections to even land an interview . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , nearly 39 million Americans over the age of 18 have a bachelor 's degree . Considering that 281 million people live in the country , college graduates are still a small percentage of the population . Still , with a number in the millions , you are competing with a lot of job seekers who also have the same educational background as you . Relying only on your bachelor 's to land a job is not the safest route to employment . As with most things , it 's all in the presentation . Degree or not , presentation matters Sue Chehrenegar studied biology as an undergraduate and biomedical research as a graduate student . During her job search , she found herself losing out on job opportunities because she lacked the proper experience , despite her education . Or so she thought . `` At the end of the 1980s , I spent more than one year looking for a job , '' she remembers . `` I kept getting this question : ` Have you done anything in the area","question":"Editor 's note : CNN.com has a business partnership with CareerBuilder.com , which serves as the exclusive provider of job listings and services to CNN.com . If you 've rolled up your sleeves and gotten experience , tell potential employers when applying for a job . Talk to a dozen students on any college campus and you 're likely to hear a dozen different perspectives on what they hope to get out of college . Some want high GPAs ; some want to get into the work force and earn a lot of money . Ask their parents and you 'll get just as many different answers . Some parents hope that their children earn their degree and have an easy time finding a job . Others want them to be at the top of the class so they can get into the best graduate school possible . And some just want their children to stop partying long enough to attend class once in a while . Ask employers what they want from graduates and the answers are equally diverse . Depending on the job , you might need a degree and an internship , a degree and work experience"}
-{"answer":", '' he said . So along with industrial units which meet BREEAM standards , there are swales and trees to help with water and air pollution , he says . A heat network is also being installed allowing some of the energy produced to be shared by businesses on site . The goal , says Bradbury , is industrial symbiosis . This sharing of material by-products , water and energy by local industries rather than importing resources from outside is an idea which has gained momentum over the past two decades , says Marian Chertow , associate professor of industrial environmental management at Yale University . `` Many urban areas with industrial concentrations find that symbiotic activities arise spontaneously as they are economically efficient for firms even before counting environmental benefits , '' Chertow said . `` Over time , and with some coordination , these can become extensive networks for resource sharing and community building , '' she added . A leading early adopter of this philosophy was the city of Kalundborg , Denmark . Established in 1972 , their eco-industrial park has evolved `` from a single power station into a cluster of companies that rely on","question":"London -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On a brownfield site in east London , not far from the site of the 2012 Olympic Park , a new green vision is emerging from the ashes of the UK capital 's dirty industrial past . Once the home of a coal-fired power station , the London Sustainable Industries Park -LRB- SIP -RRB- at Dagenham Dock is creating the largest concentration of environmental businesses in the UK . The concept to transform the area into a clean-tech hub was originally devised by the local government authority -LRB- Barking and Dagenham -RRB- who were keen to promote jobs and prosperity in the wake of cutbacks at automaker Ford 's Dagenham car plant . Since 2007 , the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation -LRB- LTGDC -RRB- -- a UK government agency tasked with overseeing regeneration of areas all over east London -- has been securing planning consent for the site 's infrastructure . But that 's not all they 're doing says Mark Bradbury , LTGDC 's deputy director of development . `` We 're also putting in a lot more landscape infrastructure ... creating an environment which is much more business park than industrial estate"}
-{"answer":"the orangutans undergo enrichment exercises to keep their minds occupied and prolong their feeding time . Success here is critical . Scientists say the Sumatran orangutan will be the first great ape to go extinct . `` The orangutan is an extremely vulnerable species because they have a very slow breeding cycle . Usually an orangutan stays for around 7 to 9 years with its mother , '' Pratje says . `` Besides natural mortality , if there is only a little increase in mortality over a longer time already it drives an orangutan population to extinction . '' The numbers of Sumatran orangutans have already dwindled to around 6,000 . The main reason for that is habitat destruction . Sumatra has lost 85 percent of its natural forest , mainly due to palm oil and pulp and paper companies , scientists say . The sanctuary , a Frankfurt Zoological Project , is just outside the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park . The lowlands surrounding it are an ideal habitat for orangutans , and it 's where those that have been released are choosing to build their habitats . According to the environmental group WWF , it 's also home to","question":"Sumatra , Indonesia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A loud crack echoes throughout the canopy as two young orangutans come tumbling down , grasping at branches along the way to break their fall . They recover and sheepishly scamper back up . This is lesson one of jungle school here in the forests of central Sumatra , one of the few places where orangutans are being successfully rehabilitated into the wild . `` They have to learn that their whole environment is completely different from the cage , '' says Peter Pratje of the Frankfurt Zoological Society . `` They have to learn that branches and small trees -- the size of bars in the cage -- do n't carry them any longer . They bend and break . '' `` During the first phase of this jungle training , they are very often falling out of the trees because they use rotten branches . '' The two youngsters swing awkwardly between the trees . On the ground below , their trainers keep a watchful eye and try to coax them toward fruit trees . Learning to forage is another crucial lesson in survival . Back in the massive enclosure ,"}
-{"answer":"will range from to $ 1,200 to $ 2,000 for Panasonic 's set . Samsung and LG have not yet announced how much they will charge . The Skype on TV application should work similarly on all three models , which in turn should closely mimic the version of the application that many people use to make free PC to PC calls , or for a fee , PC to landline . Skype accounts are free to set up and can be activated using the TV 's remote control right on the screen . The video calls will also be free , as will voice calls between Skype users . Using Skype to call traditional landline and mobile phones is a few cents per minute . Calls can be answered while watching a program , but it 's not yet possible to both talk and continue to watch uninterrupted . By the time these models actually hit stores in late spring there should be three TV makers offering Skype on their TVs . And not just any three TV makers , but the world 's largest overall -LRB- Samsung sells practically one of every five TVs sold -RRB- , the","question":"-LRB- CNET -RRB- -- The imagined inventions of Victorian-era French novelist Albert Robida may be coming closer to reality . Who , you ask ? Robida was an illustrator and writer for popular science-fiction magazines , and is sometimes compared to Jules Verne . In his 1890 novel `` Le Vingtieme siecle . La vie electrique , '' he described something called a `` telephonoscope . '' Since then , we 've seen telephonoscopes -- basically videophones -- in everything from `` The Jetsons '' to `` Blade Runner . '' What we have n't seen is the videophone in our living rooms . That may finally be changing . The common use of videophones could happen through three technologies that separately are n't exactly considered bleeding edge today : high-speed Internet , a television , and Skype . Samsung says it will put the VoIP calling service Skype as an application on its televisions , allowing phone calls to be made on camera right from a couch , just like Jane Jetson talking into her TV set . The Samsung Skype-enabled TV follows similar announcements from Panasonic and LG at the Consumer Electronics Show in January . The models"}
-{"answer":"Niederbrock 's estranged wife , Debra Kelley , 53 , a professor at Longwood University . McCroskey has been charged only in the killing of Mark Niederbrock . Police and the prosecutor 's office did not return repeated phone calls from CNN . But in late September , authorities said more charges are pending . Emma was described as a fan of Horrorcore and had met McCroskey through their mutual affection for the little-known music genre . Police said she invited McCroskey to fly from his northern California home , stay with her in Virginia and then attend the Strictly for the Wicked Festival , a Horrorcore fest in Michigan featuring bands with names like Dismembered Fetus and Phrozen Body Boy . Nobody saw what would come next . The slayings have been the talk of Farmville , a town of 7,000 that is home to Longwood University and nearby Hampden-Sydney College . Senseless is the word you hear most . It 's not just the macabre nature of the killings that has people talking . It 's the grotesque lyrics of the Horrorcore singer ; it 's that it happened under their noses . McCroskey is a young man","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Elizabeth McCutchen and a friend were walking to book club two weeks ago in quaint Farmville , Virginia , when they strolled by a home on First Avenue . `` Something smells dead , '' her friend said . Richard Samuel McCroskey has been arrested in connection with the killings of four people in Virginia . They were thinking animal . A dog , a cat , something like that . They never imagined they were smelling the remains of massacred humans . It was Thursday , September 17 . But another 24 hours would pass before police made the gruesome discovery . Richard Samuel McCroskey III -- a 20-year-old rapper in the underground genre of `` Horrorcore '' who sang of chopping people into pieces -- has been arrested in connection with the slayings . The crime scene was so horrifying police would not even describe it , saying only that the victims died of blunt force trauma . The victims were Mark Niederbrock , 50 , the beloved pastor at Walker 's Presbyterian Church ; his 16-year-old daughter , Emma Niederbrock ; Melanie Wells , Emma 's 18-year-old friend from West Virginia ; and"}
-{"answer":"so harshly . I think women in their 20s do . You 're hard on your body , you 're hard on yourself . But you start to realize that none of it is really all that important . As long as you 're comfortable , the best parts of yourself come through no matter what . Your mother can tell you that a million times , but you do n't understand it until you live it ! On if she likes to cook ... I do . And Jake is a great cook , he does a lot . We spend the weekends outside L.A , in Ojai , where I have a farmhouse . We have chickens and we grow cucumbers and tomatoes . I love it . It reminds me of where I grew up in Tennessee . On working out ... I try to exercise every day . I like to run for about an hour , and I 'm big into working out with girlfriends . It 's an acquired skill , being able to discuss your love life , children and friends , all while you 're running ! But we have mastered it","question":"-LRB- InStyle.com -RRB- -- She refuses to dwell on the past and accepts that she ca n't control the future . Reese Witherspoon juggles her career , family and love life , yet still is able find time for herself For Reese Witherspoon , it 's all about living in the moment . And with a thriving career , two children , and a handsome boyfriend -- Jake Gyllenhaal -- who can blame her ? On her divorce from Ryan Phillippe ... You have to keep it together for your kids and for yourself too . I 'm trying to learn from the things that have happened in my life , live more in the moment , and have more fun . Someone told me recently to live in the present but make plans and take pictures . And I am . I 'm writing more , I 'm reading more . Going to more concerts . Jake and I went to Coachella this year . On being confident ... As you get older , you know what you like and what you do n't like , and you 're not apologetic about it ... I used to judge myself"}
-{"answer":"-RSB- was unveiling his new government at the May 13th Plaza , which was peaceful , '' she said , citing a friend who was there . Madagascar 's government is in flux . President Marc Ravalomanana fired Rajoelina as mayor of Antananarivo and put someone else in the job , but Rajoelina is still technically mayor and claims to head a transitional national government . Martin said she heard gunshots starting about 2 p.m. , after the protesters marched from the plaza to the palace . She said it was unclear where the shots were coming from . Some media reports blamed foreign mercenaries for the shootings ; others said army guards were responsible or that the army was firing at the mercenaries to protect the crowd . Violence in Madagascar began January 26 , when protesters stormed state-run television and radio stations in Antananarivo . Hours earlier , the government had shut down a radio station owned by Rajoelina and , weeks before , had similarly shut down Rajoelina 's television station after it aired an interview with ex-President Didier Ratsiraka . Ravalomanana took power in 2001 after ousting Ratsiraka in a tense , hotly contested election .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 23 people died Saturday when a protest rally turned violent outside Madagascar 's Presidential Palace , a fire official at the main hospital said . People duck to avoid gunfire Saturday in Antananarivo , the capital of Madagascar . The official said 83 people were injured during the demonstration in the capital city of Antananarivo , according to journalist Dregoire Pourtier , who passed the information to CNN . The International Committee of the Red Cross helped at least 18 injured people , press officer Mbola Ramamanana said . Brittany Martin , an American who is a Harvard Fellow and lives near the palace , said she could hear the crowd cheering amid intermittent gunshots and noises that may have been tear gas canisters . iReport.com : Are you there ? `` From the window I can see military cars and ambulances driving by , '' Martin said . `` Nothing is up in smoke . We know there have been people killed from French and Malagasy news reports . `` We can see the back of the president 's palace . This morning was totally peaceful . We knew that Andry -LSB- Rajoelina"}
-{"answer":"playing with her friend , '' he says . `` I remember -LSB- the car -RSB- was green . It detonated . '' Watch Mohammed tell his story '' His mother , Jinan Khalifa , remembers that day all too well . She was in the kitchen when she heard a deafening explosion . `` There was shattered glass from the windows falling all over us . I went outside and saw my son covered in blood from head to toe , '' she says . Her son endured 11 operations before doctors amputated his leg below the knee . Khalifa says her son put forward a tough face , but when he finally went back home the shock hit him . `` That 's where his personality started to change . He stopped laughing , '' she says . `` It was tearing me up , '' Mohammed says `` It was hard for me to watch others play . And I could n't , I could n't walk , it agitated me . '' CNN first broadcast his story in May where it caught the attention of an American charity , the Global Medical Relief Fund , which","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Twelve-year-old Mohammed Rasoul , his right leg severed below the knee , maneuvers on crutches over the dirt and loose stones through the Falluja graveyard . Mohammed Rasoul sitting with his mother , Jinan Khalifa , eagerly awaits his trip to the United States . Row after row of headstones stand as the deadly reminder of the tragedy the city went through as insurgents battled for control of the city . Mohammed stops at his cousin 's grave . `` I feel an ache when I think of her . Every time I remember her , I cry , '' he told CNN at a visit to the grave a few months ago . As he spoke , he poured water on a tree he planted next to it . The headstone reads : `` Martyr 643 , the child Hajer Ismael Khalil , 13 October 2006 . '' Clutching her photograph , Mohammed says , `` My cousin died on the scene . I still remember her screams . '' The same explosion cost him his leg and his childhood . `` A car came out of nowhere . My cousin was"}
-{"answer":"and `` The Bad News Bears . '' There 's the catcher who is drafted in to play first base -LRB- Chris Pratt as Scott Hatteberg -RRB- , the pitcher with the wacky arm -LRB- Casey Bond as Chad Bradford -RRB- and the star who spends too much time partying in Vegas -LRB- Nick Porrazzo as Jeremy Giambi -RRB- . Mostly , though , `` Moneyball '' ignores the clich\u00c3 \u00a9 s by keeping the focus off the field and on Beane and his new statistics guru Pete Brand -LRB- Jonah Hill -RRB- . They make a great odd couple , and because the roles have been cast so well , Miller does n't need to labor the point . Pitt is the ex-golden boy grown restive with a game he feels he ca n't win . Hill 's an overweight computer geek straight out of Yale , the only guy wearing a suit to work . Naturally authoritative and at ease with himself -- except when a game 's on -LRB- he ca n't bring himself to watch but ca n't resist checking in every other minute -RRB- -- Beane takes this awkward , earnest kid under his arm","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- You ca n't get much more `` inside baseball '' than this : the story of how statisticians trump scouts when it comes to putting together a winning team . But thanks to a great script by Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin , a quietly compelling performance from Brad Pitt and shrewd direction by Bennett Miller -LRB- `` Capote '' -RRB- , `` Moneyball '' should appeal to audiences well beyond sports fans . It 's one of the classiest movies of the year and a strong bet for a ribbon of Oscar nominations . Michael Lewis ' book chronicled the 2002 season of the Oakland As , when general manager Billy Beane infuriated conventional wisdom by applying `` sabermetrics '' to squad selection . Because the Athletics could n't compete with wealthier teams for the big hitters , he looked to a different set of criteria , and especially at on-base percentages . It did n't have to be pretty . If the As walked their way to the World Series , that would be just fine . There 's a conventional revenge-of-the-underdogs scenario lurking beneath the surface : something like `` Major League ''"}
-{"answer":"-RSB- , but 22 knots , 300 miles , it takes a while to get there . '' View a timeline of the attack and its aftermath '' He added , `` There 's about a 10-minute window from when the pirates are able to get onboard that we have time to act . '' Things are different on the north side of Somalia , in the Gulf of Aden , where many piracy incidents have taken place . That area is `` a little bit more concentrated , '' Gortney said , speaking from Bahrain . `` We 've had more successful attempts '' at breaking up piracy efforts in that region , he said . `` But out on the east coast of Somalia , such a vast area , we simply do not have enough resources in order to cover all those areas . '' Gortney spoke to reporters by telephone Sunday after Navy snipers shot and killed three pirates who had held Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips hostage since Wednesday . Phillips was freed by the U.S. Navy uninjured . Watch how U.S. forces believed Phillips was in danger '' Phillips graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime","question":"MANAMA , Bahrain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Efforts to protect ships from pirates in the waters off Somalia 's east coast face a tremendous challenge : The vastness of the area makes it difficult to get to ships that are in danger . The crew of the Maersk Alabama talked with media after the ship docked in Mombasa , Kenya . `` To put it in perspective , draw a box from Houston to Chicago to New York City down to Jacksonville , Florida . It 's an immense body of water , '' U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Bill Gortney told reporters Sunday . When the Maersk Alabama , a U.S.-flagged cargo ship , reported an attempted attack by pirates the day before the pirates successful attempt on Wednesday , `` our closest vessel from all the navies that were out there -- we have 16 navies that are patrolling those waters -- and the closest one was the USS Bainbridge , and it was over 300 nautical miles , '' Gortney said . The next day , when the Maersk company reported pirates had boarded its ship , `` we were closing Bainbridge as quickly as we -LSB- could"}
-{"answer":"rivaling the Olympics as the premier sporting event in the central Asian nation . `` For us Mongolians , the Naadam Festival is what we look forward to all year , '' said Dashtsogtsol Erdenetuya , who has competed in the Naadam Festival for the past 22 years . `` It is our tradition and a reminder of an ancient way of life . Getting gold in this festival brings as much honor as any Olympic medal . '' Held every July , the Naadam Festival was possibly founded as long ago as 800 years ago by Genghis Khan . The festival is believed to have started as a way for Mongols to train for military and hunting expeditions . Today , it formally commemorates the 1921 revolution when Mongolia declared itself a free country . Many of Naadam 's customs , which include wearing traditional clothes and singing hymns once sung in battle , are still followed , a sign of the importance of the festival . `` In the Naadam Festival , everyone knows who you are ; many companies will sponsor you , and if you win , you can become the face of the country ,","question":"ULAANBAATAR , Mongolia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Standing slightly more than 4 feet tall , 9-year-old Tuguldur proudly stated the greatest challenge he faced in a horse race across the Mongolian plains in the country 's annual Naadam Festival was serenading his horse . Young wrestlers cheer on teammates during the opening round at the Naadam Festival . `` The hardest part of the race was singing to my horse while riding , '' said Tuguldur , wiping perspiration from the July sun off his face . The long-distance horse race is exclusively for children , ranging in ages from 6 to 12 . Riding up to 30 kilometers -LRB- 19 miles -RRB- , these children maneuver their galloping steeds on a thin saddle pad that often does not have stirrups . `` Mongolians believe they can communicate with their horses through singing , and their horse will go faster , '' said Tamir , a senior at Mongolian University . `` This is why the kids must keep singing during the race . '' Singing to racing horses is just one part of Mongolia 's Naadam Festival , an annual event believed to have existed for centuries , and"}
-{"answer":"n't go there any longer , she told the Philadelphia online news source . `` It could have led to violence , '' Arter told Philly.com . `` It could have triggered someone who was having a bad day . I do n't want to be an innocent bystander to something because of someone 's not-so-funny joke . '' `` I ca n't go back in , '' said Patricia Covington , who was also in the store and spoke to Philly.com . `` I went to Target instead . I ca n't bring myself to go back in there . '' She and her friend Sheila Ellington were checking out when they heard the announcement . An attorney , Ellington is also a member of the Gloucester County Minority Coalition . Both were frightened , unsure of whether the person on the microphone was going to do something violent . `` This voice was controlled and confident , '' Ellington told Philly.com . `` It did n't appear to be a prank . '' The discount chain is `` just as appalled by this as anyone , '' Wal-Mart corporate spokesman Lorenzo Lopez said . `` Whoever did this","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Victoria Arter was outraged when she heard the announcement over the Wal-Mart loudspeaker . `` Attention , Wal-Mart shoppers , '' she said a male voice announced . `` All blacks need to leave the store . '' `` We waited and waited . Some people just left their carts in disgust and said they could n't believe it , '' Arter told Philly.com , a CNN affiliate . It was busy shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday at the Turnersville , New Jersey , Wal-Mart Supercenter . Arter , a 29-year-old assistant bank manager who is black , did n't know what was going on , but she was not happy . Neither were other customers , who began dialing their cell phones and demanding answers from managers . Some were just quiet , still in shock at what they 'd heard . A few moments later , a store manager got on the public address system and began apologizing and contacted the local police . This week , authorities have said they 're investigating the episode as `` a suspected bias intimidation crime . '' Arter frequently shopped at the Wal-Mart , but she wo"}
-{"answer":"piled onto the beach wearing green and yellow , many with the Brazilian flag painted on their faces . Exuberant Rio de Janeiro is first South American city to host Olympics '' `` I thought that more than to the people , we owe this victory to our President Lula , '' said a woman wearing little more than a bikini . Rio also won points with an ambitious budget and new venues like the Joao Havelange Stadium , which opened for the 2007 Pan American Games . Rio 's jaw-dropping natural beauty helped the city pull ahead of the competition . `` Rio is full of all things quintessentially Brazilian : sun , sand , soccer , samba , sensuality , '' the editorial director of Fodor 's Travel , Laura Kidder , wrote in an e-mail . `` In Rio , it 's about taking each day as it comes and living life to the fullest . '' Erik Torkells , editor for TripAdvisor , the world 's largest online travel community , also praised the city for its social scene before the selection was made . `` If the Olympic Committee wanted to be sure everyone had","question":"RIO DE JANEIRO , Brazil -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands of people celebrated Friday on crowded Copacabana beach as the announcement that Brazil had been chosen as the 2016 Olympics host played live over huge screens erected above the sand . Thousands packed Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro after the city learned it will host the Olympics . `` It was a fantastic victory . We beat the big cities . Passion talked louder , '' said one man as he danced to live samba music in front of the stage . Rio de Janeiro beat out Chicago , Tokyo and Madrid to become the first South American city to host the Games , something President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva made clear during his pitch to the International Olympic Committee . `` It is a time to address this imbalance , '' he told committee members making the selection in Copenhagen , Denmark . `` It is time to light the Olympic cauldron in a tropical country . '' Happiness was a big part of Rio 's pitch after it was voted the happiest city in the world by Forbes magazine . On Friday , thousands of people"}
-{"answer":"best known for his signature hit `` Achy Breaky Heart . '' Inside , the superstars focus simply on relaxing with Miley 's mom and manager , Tish , 41 , grandmother Loretta Finley -LRB- who runs Miley 's fan club -RRB- , 72 , brothers Trace , 19 , and Braison , 14 , and sisters Brandi , 21 , and Noah , 8 . `` Our house is fun , '' says Miley . `` Parts of it are really modern , but it 's mostly old Italian country . '' She opted for a `` more chill '' vibe in her two-room bedroom one for sleeping , one for hanging out and playing music with friends such as dancer Mandy Jiroux and High School Musical 's Ashley Tisdale . Inspired by the ultra-cool Viceroy Hotel in nearby Santa Monica , the suite has sea blue walls , coral-filled lamps and a delicate shell chandelier that hangs over her bed . `` It feels beachy and Old Hollywood , '' says Miley . `` I love the way the room is laid out . '' Billy Ray felt the same way about the entire house the first time","question":"-LRB- InStyle.com -RRB- -- The Cyrus family is ready to rock and always on a roll at its new L.A. home . Kick back and chill out with Billy Ray , Miley and the entire guitar-crazy clan . Billy Ray , Tish and Miley join Braison and Noah for chips and salsa in the kitchen before a rare barbecue . After months on the road , playing concerts one city at a time , Hannah Montana deserves a little R&R when she gets home . `` I just Superman onto my bed , '' says Miley Cyrus , 15 , whose Disney Channel alter ego has made her a pop sensation , with two multiplatinum sound-track albums and more than 70 sold-out concerts in the past year . `` I love to sleep . I 'd sleep all day if I could . '' Her father and Hannah co-star , country music icon Billy Ray Cyrus , prefers to think of the family 's Mediterranean-style villa in North Hollywood as more than a crash pad . `` I like for the house to be an escape from the insanity that is outside , '' says the 46-year-old singer and actor"}
-{"answer":"the ways psychologists and business people describe the personality of an entrepreneur . Surprisingly , another word is ignorant . Quiz : Do you have the right stuff for entrepreneurship ? '' `` You need to be in denial or in ignorance about the huge challenges you face , '' laughs Guy Kawasaki , a former Apple executive and entrepreneur who 's starting the self-described `` magazine rack '' alltop.com . `` You have to believe that it would n't be hard for you to succeed . '' Research by Harvard Business School psychology professor emeritus Abraham Zaleznik has unveiled a darker side to the entrepreneur 's psyche . `` Entrepreneurs tend to have a singular weakness that allows them to do things without checking their conscience , '' Zaleznik said . `` Juvenile delinquents act and then try to sort things out afterward . I think entrepreneurs have this tendency . '' Another academic researcher on the topic , professor Kelly Shaver of the College of William & Mary , told Forbes magazine in 2002 that successful entrepreneurs `` really do n't care as much '' about what other people think . `` They 're just happy to go","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Segway scooter inventor Dean Kamen freely admits it : He often suffers sleepless nights wrestling over whether to quit a project that 's not panning out . Knowing when to quit a fruitless project is difficult , says the father of the Segway , Dean Kamen , left . `` You end up lying there saying , ` I 'm not stopping . It would be an act of shallow cowardice . Or you decide to quit and you say , ` This is one of those ideas that just is n't going to work , ' '' said Kamen , speaking by phone from his home office in Manchester , New Hampshire . When to quit -- said Kamen , also the inventor of health care technologies and the Slingshot water purifier -- is `` the toughest question there is '' for any entrepreneur who survives on creativity and instinct . `` It 's not nearly as glamorous as people think to keep working on something and to keep hitting roadblocks and to keep going , '' he said . Stubborn , delusionally optimistic , creative , fearless , flexible and focused are some of"}
-{"answer":"opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics heralded China 's debut . They are also the perfect symbol , in this case , of India 's unique strengths -- which are defined not by government power but people power with all the messiness and chaos that implies . With 420 million people voting , India 's recent polling was the biggest exercise of democracy ever . CNN : But the exercise of democracy in India is n't new . What makes this one special ? Zakaria : You are right . It was the result of these elections . Over the last two decades , India has been consumed with its internal divisions -- of caste , ethnicity and religion . This has made if difficult for a government in New Delhi to mobilize national power to any purposeful and responsible end internationally . A decentralized , divided , and diffuse polity has punched well below its weight internationally or adopted policies abroad for purely domestic reasons . That 's bad for India and bad for the world . This could all change , starting with this election result . For the first time in three decades , a single party","question":"Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts '' Fareed Zakaria GPS '' on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m. ET Sundays . Zakaria says India 's elections could mark its debut as a great power . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the oath of office Friday for a second consecutive term after winning a mandate for his Congress party . President Pratibha Devisingh Patil administered the oath to Singh , seen as the architect of India 's economic reforms in the 1990s . Nineteen other lawmakers also were sworn in as members of the new federal Cabinet . The Indian National Congress , headed by Italian-born Sonia Gandhi , won 206 of 543 boroughs in the April and May general elections . That is the party 's best performance in almost two decades that saw mostly coalition governments running the country . CNN spoke to author and foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria about the results . CNN : What do you think of the outcome of the Indian elections ? Fareed Zakaria : These elections I think may be looked upon as India 's debut as a great power -- the way the"}
-{"answer":"Niederbrock 's estranged wife , Debra Kelley , 53 , a professor at Longwood University . McCroskey has been charged only in the killing of Mark Niederbrock . Police and the prosecutor 's office did not return repeated phone calls from CNN . But in late September , authorities said more charges are pending . Emma was described as a fan of Horrorcore and had met McCroskey through their mutual affection for the little-known music genre . Police said she invited McCroskey to fly from his northern California home , stay with her in Virginia and then attend the Strictly for the Wicked Festival , a Horrorcore fest in Michigan featuring bands with names like Dismembered Fetus and Phrozen Body Boy . Nobody saw what would come next . The slayings have been the talk of Farmville , a town of 7,000 that is home to Longwood University and nearby Hampden-Sydney College . Senseless is the word you hear most . It 's not just the macabre nature of the killings that has people talking . It 's the grotesque lyrics of the Horrorcore singer ; it 's that it happened under their noses . McCroskey is a young man","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Elizabeth McCutchen and a friend were walking to book club two weeks ago in quaint Farmville , Virginia , when they strolled by a home on First Avenue . `` Something smells dead , '' her friend said . Richard Samuel McCroskey has been arrested in connection with the killings of four people in Virginia . They were thinking animal . A dog , a cat , something like that . They never imagined they were smelling the remains of massacred humans . It was Thursday , September 17 . But another 24 hours would pass before police made the gruesome discovery . Richard Samuel McCroskey III -- a 20-year-old rapper in the underground genre of `` Horrorcore '' who sang of chopping people into pieces -- has been arrested in connection with the slayings . The crime scene was so horrifying police would not even describe it , saying only that the victims died of blunt force trauma . The victims were Mark Niederbrock , 50 , the beloved pastor at Walker 's Presbyterian Church ; his 16-year-old daughter , Emma Niederbrock ; Melanie Wells , Emma 's 18-year-old friend from West Virginia ; and"}
-{"answer":", some chanted `` Justice for Michael , '' and many of them carried signs , transforming a wall outside the courthouse into an international billboard . `` Bulgaria Loves MJ , '' one sign said . So do the Netherlands , Romania and Malaysia , according to the signed posters taped to the wall . A doctor in a while coat preached about safe ways to administer anesthesia . A Michael Jackson impersonator preened for the cameras . `` Even in death , Michael Jackson can draw a crowd , '' said Najee Ali , a Los Angeles civil rights activist who grew up in Jackson 's hometown , Gary , Indiana . Ali was the force behind the `` Caravan of Love '' to support Jackson when he was acquitted in Santa Barbara of child molestation charges in 2005 . Julie Jenkins , 31 , came from Australia and was rewarded by winning the lottery for one of the courtroom seats available to the public . She has been a Michael Jackson fan since she was 7 and wore black jeans , a red shirt , a black armband and aviator sunglasses in honor of her idol .","question":"Los Angeles -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They came seeking justice as the sun rose Tuesday over a courthouse in the heart of downtown Los Angeles made famous by its celebrity trials -- O.J. Simpson , Snoop Dogg , Phil Spector . But there were almost as many definitions of justice as there were justice seekers . Some shouted `` Murderer ! '' as the defendant , Conrad Murray , arrived at the Clara Foltz Justice Center for the start of his involuntary manslaughter trial in the death of pop superstar Michael Jackson . `` Dr. Murray , '' corrected Beatrice Fakhrian , a supporter of the defendant . `` He has earned that title . '' So began the long-anticipated trial of the personal physician accused of causing the death of one of the most famous people in the world . More than 100 people from France , Spain and Australia , as well as the far-flung suburbs of Los Angeles , crowded into the dingy courthouse plaza , jockeying for a chance at one of just six courtroom seats , or to say their piece in front of television cameras . Some read psalms , some handed out sunflowers"}
-{"answer":"into a dry riverbed . His co-driver , Frenchman Michel Perin , suffered a shoulder injury and both had to be evacuated by helicopter for medical attention . Perin told PA Sport : `` We had made a small mistake in the first part . We took the wrong direction at a Y crossing but it was not too bad because we did end up on the right trail . We were tailing Giniel De Villiers , who had started about 10 minutes after us , so it was still sort of okay . There was a hidden way-point indicated as ` danger ' -- but it should have been indicated as ` extremely dangerous ' . `` The car behind us , Nani Roma 's car , would have fallen in the same hole as we did if we had not been there already . I 'm okay , I just have something broken in my arm , but I 'm all right . '' De Villiers said : `` It was really a tough stage . In places we would go around in circles for 15 minutes to find the right trail . It was very dangerous and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- South African Giniel De Villiers is the new leader of the Dakar Rally after he won Thursday 's 12th special stage and Spaniard Carlos Sainz was forced to pull out following a dramatic crash . The stricken Volkswagen of Carlos Sainz after he careered down a ravine on stage 12 of the Dakar Rally . De Villiers , who was claiming his third stage triumph , brought his Volkswagen across the line in four hours , six minutes and 43 seconds -- over 16 minutes ahead of team-mate Mark Miller , who lies second overall . American Robert Gordon -LRB- Hummer -RRB- was third on the stage , the same as his overall position . The route from Fiambala to La Rioja was reduced by 30 kilometers , leaving the special stage at 223km , as organizers accepted the Argentinian authorities ' request to shorten it because of the archaeological discoveries made a month ago in the Fiambala region of Catamarca province . Two-time world rally champion Sainz , who was leading after six stage victories , had his dream of winning his first Dakar ended when , 79km into the stage , his Volkswagen crashed"}
-{"answer":"take up a ton of space , and both currently cost $ 99 -LRB- though the Navigon had an early buy-in price of $ 69 -RRB- . Navigon also has the TomTom beat on features : An early update added text-to-speech , which means Navigon 's app says the street you should turn on and not just `` turn left . '' Navigon also just released a $ 24.99 -LRB- intro priced at $ 19.99 -RRB- upgrade option that will give you live traffic information . I 've asked TomTom about possible updates , and they say they 're considering what features to add . My early call for the best interface goes to the Navigon app . And this held up the more I used both of them . I find it much more intuitive ; things are where I expect them to be . When I want to change something on the TomTom , I often find myself repeatedly clicking through the categories , trying to find a particular setting . The Navigon 's interface is better for me . An example of the interface conundrum : When I got the software , I hit the `` home","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- We 're reviewing two $ 99 turn-by-turn navigation applications for the iPhone , TomTom and Navigon . Yes , that 's right , a $ 99 application for your phone to take the place of a stand-alone device that does n't cost much more than that . First off , if you plan to use your iPhone as a turn-by-turn navigator , you 'll need some sort of mount that keeps it in constant view of the sky -LRB- and to keep you from wrecking your car while trying to look at the screen -RRB- . As I was driving around downtown Atlanta , Georgia , both applications spent a good amount of time telling me they could n't get a good GPS lock , even after I dug out a window mount from my box of bits and pieces . Both of these applications have most of the features you would expect ; basically , put in a destination , and they tell you how to get there . Both can save favorites ; both even have a walking mode -LRB- though I have n't played with this enough to recommend it -RRB- . Both"}
-{"answer":"the top off the mountain behind my house . The company plans to level 6,600 acres of Coal River Mountain and turn it into a moonscape where no living , breathing thing can survive . I believe a higher and better use for this mountain is the Coal River Wind Project . On Monday , April 5 , an enormous explosion went off at the Upper Big Branch mine at Performance Coal Co. , a subsidiary of Massey Energy . Thirty-one men in our community did n't come home that day . We do n't yet know the names of all of the deceased and I dread the day when the list is read and we , at last , know our connection to those who did n't make it . I felt extremely blessed when I knew that my family members who worked at this mine were home and safe . I know many friends and neighbors will be among those we lost and I grieve for all of the families involved . On April 6 , many heartbroken and terrified families kissed their loved ones at the door and sent them off back to work underground . These","question":"Montcoal , West Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I am West Virginia born and raised , and I come from a long line of coal miners . My father , grandfather , brothers , husband and son-in-law either are or were coal miners . My husband spent 35 years as an underground union coal miner and he died of black lung . I live near Coal River Mountain and my community is experiencing a tragedy . The situation here , before this disaster , had already compelled me to become an environmental activist , committed to doing everything I can to stop the destructive practice of coal extraction known as mountaintop removal . I am not trying to stop all coal mining . I believe coal mining will be with us for a very long time , considering our enormous thirst for energy and our slow transition to renewable energy . Throughout Appalachia , 2,000 miles of headwater streams have been destroyed and over 500 mountains have been decapitated by mountaintop removal . I stood by and did nothing until Massey Energy brought this fight to my door . Three years ago , Massey applied for a permit to blow"}
-{"answer":"net for patients , and yet obviously the safety net has holes in it , '' says Kathleen Silver , the CEO of University Medical Center . Oncologist Nick Spirtos found a solution . He persuaded his partners to take on the patients pro bono , converted a storage area in his office into a chemotherapy room and got Clark County to pay for the expensive chemo drugs . One treatment can cost upwards of $ 10,000 . He 's also sought more primitive ways to cover costs . He holds up a clear plastic box bearing the label `` Cash for Chemotherapy . '' Dollar bills and loose change jingle . There are 380 boxes placed throughout the county . `` It helps , '' says Spirtos , the director of the Women 's Cancer Center of Nevada . `` If these boxes pay for one more patient 's chemo , that 's one lady who in the overall context would n't be able to have her treatment . '' With the nation debating health care reform , Spirtos says he does favor universal health care , but not without trepidation . Learn more about America 's health care","question":"LAS VEGAS , Nevada -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Christina Aguilar sits in a converted storage room of a Las Vegas medical center , the best hope for underinsured cancer patients to get the treatment they need . Christina Aguilar , 28 , is being treated for advanced-stage ovarian cancer in Nevada . Drip by drip , Aguilar , 28 , watches as chemo enters her body to fight advanced-stage ovarian cancer . She is here because her insurance company would n't pay for her chemotherapy or her surgeries . `` I thought , ` Why am I getting insurance if it 's not going to pay for the most important thing ? ' '' she says , recalling the day she learned her insurance would n't cover treatment . Getting chemo in an old storage space is n't the most ideal situation , but it 's her only choice . Watch chemo in a closet '' Earlier this year , state budget cuts in Nevada resulted in the slashing of the outpatient cancer center at the University Medical Center 's oncology clinic , forcing patients to find treatment on their own . `` We 're supposed to be the safety"}
-{"answer":", ludicrous TSA-type of security , '' he told CNN . The pilot said he did n't think much about posting his videos online in late November , but that within a matter of days his chief pilot called him to ask him to remove them because they were `` stirring a commotion . '' In its statement Saturday , the airport defended its practices , stressing that there are variances in the security system based on various factors and that many layers of protection can not easily be seen . `` Proper and effective security requires multiple layers of systems , procedures and policies that are interlaced and constantly monitored , '' the airport said . `` The vast majority of the widespread layers of this security program are behind the scenes and transparent to casual observers . '' A few days after the pilot posted the videos , he said , the Transportation Security Administration told him he was being suspended from the Federal Flight Deck Officer program . As an officer in that program , the federal agency had deputized him , among others , to carry a handgun in the cockpit . The pilot said four","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The leadership of San Francisco 's airport fired back Saturday at critics who had rallied around a commercial pilot who had posted videos online showing what he described as shortcomings in security . The series of videos featured scenes from inside the San Francisco International Airport -LRB- SFO -RRB- and were narrated by the pilot , who pointed out the contrast between the passengers , who were heavily scrutinized , and airport employees who just passed through a single door . The footage was posted , and later removed , from the popular video-sharing website YouTube . `` A recent YouTube video , posted by a U.S. airline pilot , presents false and misleading information on SFO 's security program , '' the airport said in a statement . `` The video shows a door with a card swipe and suggests that access is gained to the airfield area through this door . In fact , the door shown in the video provides access only to an employee lunchroom . '' The pilot who posted the videos requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue . `` I was trying to bring up the obvious"}
-{"answer":". Since the mid-1990s in developed countries , antiretroviral drugs have largely prevented mothers from transmitting HIV\/AIDS to their babies . A new kind of family On a warm Florida Friday , boys in high-tops and loose jeans hanging from their thighs greet one another with a nod and then a slap on the hand . They tease relentlessly . Others pay little attention , listening to music blasting through their earbuds or texting so quickly that their thumbs appear a blur on pink , sparkly phones . See more photos . '' Nearly 30 young adults and teenagers who were born with HIV\/AIDS meet every week at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami , Florida . `` The teens are teenagers , '' said Ana Garcia , an adjunct assistant professor in pediatric infectious disease and immunology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine who helped form the group . `` They just happen to have HIV . It 's about fitting in , being normal , and having goals and living long enough to meet them . '' The group of HIV-positive teens , which calls itself the Kool Kids , formed in 1995 . The","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- No one expected them to live long . A glass tree at the University of Miami commemorates those who died from complications of HIV\/AIDS . Many of their peers succumbed to unusual infections by their first or second birthdays . They were living on borrowed time , it seemed . While their friends ' parents visited schools , these kids visited their parents ' graves . When their classmates planned for the future , they often thought about death . But those babies who were born with HIV\/AIDS in the 1980s have defied initial expectations . With advances in medicine , the babies born with what was once thought of as a sure-fatal virus have danced at their high school proms , walked on stage to receive their diplomas and even experienced the birth of their children . `` It 's a battle -- not because the HIV is going to defeat us , '' said Quintara Lane , a 22-year-old student with long braids . `` It 's more of what we have to go through to take care of ourselves . '' Lane is part of a generation that was born with the virus"}
-{"answer":"Cup , Michelle Wie has once again captivated fans and gone some way to reassure doubters that she still has the potential to become a major force in women 's golf . With the 2010 LPGA season due to tee off next month , Living Golf caught up with Wie to discuss her plans for the year ahead in work and play : `` I love what I do . Once my college work is done , I get to go out and focus on my golf . Academically right now , I 'm a sophomore , but I 'm in my third year , so hopefully I 'll finish in five years or so , '' she told CNN . Like many students her age , friends play an important role : `` They bring me down to earth you know . They always make fun of me and they do n't know what I do , they do n't know what a par is . Basically I tell them , if my scores look red , you can call me , if my scores look black , then I might not be in such a good mood so","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The downfall of Tiger Woods has left the golf world eager for an uplifting story , and arguably there are few better placed to provide this tale than 20-year-old Michelle Wie . The women 's game may struggle to compete with the men 's in terms of profile , but if there is any player who could help to bridge this gap it is the Stanford University student from Hawaii . The expectation on Wie has always been great after she amazed the sport by qualifying for the USGA amateur championship aged just 10 . She went onto become the youngest player ever to qualify for the LPGA Tour and became a millionaire 10 times over by signing sponsorship deals with both Sony and Nike after turning professional aged 16 . The similarities with Tiger Woods were clear for all to see . Her fame grew as she persisted to compete in men 's competitions while suffering inconsistent form at women 's events , but she had to wait until 2009 to capture her first LPGA title . With her victory at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational and starring role in the 2009 Solheim"}
-{"answer":"the pirates arrived , adding that he did n't know why they stayed . The rest of the crew , Fisher said , headed below and took positions in the engine and steering areas . One sailor kept watch in the engine control room , he said , while another `` was out on deck tracking the pirates ' movement . '' `` We kept swinging the rudder side to side , '' Fisher wrote . `` The pirates ' boat capsized , though I 'm not sure exactly when or what caused it . After about 20 minutes , the engine was killed , I do n't know by whom . '' After the engine was killed , the sailors shut off the power to the ship as well as the fuel line to the ship 's emergency diesel generator . `` I think this was critical , '' Fisher wrote . `` The pirates were very reluctant to go into the dark . '' Fisher said the sailors were safe where they were , since the pirates had no grenades and would never have been able break through with only firearms . The only problem , he said","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An e-mail from one of the crewmen aboard the Maersk Alabama tells a gripping tale of sailors fighting back against pirates who had taken over their ship . Crewman Matt Fisher hopes other ships can learn lessons from the Maersk Alabama takeover and recapture . It also contains some of the lessons they learned and hope to pass on to others who could face the same danger . Crewman Matt Fisher sent the e-mail to a fellow sailor aboard another Maersk ship . The U.S.-flagged Alabama was already heading to Kenya when he sent it , but it was before the U.S. Navy rescued the cargo ship 's captain , who was held hostage on a lifeboat by the four pirates . `` The pirates got up to the bridge very quickly once they were onboard , '' Fisher wrote . `` We had a locked cage door over the ladder well from main deck , but it only took a second for them to shoot it off . They then got to the bridge up the outside ladders . '' Fisher said that Capt. Richard Phillips and three other sailors were on the bridge when"}
-{"answer":"the s-word , the f-word . They are not going to see nudity , '' Chief Justice John Roberts said . The court 's ruling , which will come in a few months , could establish important First Amendment guidelines over explicit content on the airwaves . The Justice Department had filed an appeal , and helpfully provided the justices with a DVD of a 2003 episode of the now-canceled `` NYPD Blue '' on ABC in which a naked woman was shown . The content of that program is central to the ongoing legal dispute . Lawyer Seth Waxman representing ABC said the FCC 's tough action against the network was `` a shot out of the blue . '' A federal appeals court last year for a second time struck down the government policies , concluding they were vague and inconsistently applied . Pending fines against the broadcasters were dismissed . ABC , CBS , NBC and Fox are all parties in the case . Controversial words and images have been aired in scripted and unscripted instances on all the major over-the-air networks in the past eight years , dating back to when the FCC began considering a","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Supreme Court appeared ready to give government regulators the continuing authority to regulate profanity and sexual content on broadcast television after a lively hour of arguments Tuesday . The justices and lawyers all stayed polite , not actually using any obscene words , preferring the legally acceptable `` f-bomb '' or `` s-word '' to describe the controversial content at issue in the high-stakes free speech dispute . The court will decide whether the Federal Communications Commission may constitutionally enforce its policies on `` fleeting expletives '' and scenes of nudity on television programs , both live and scripted . The agency had imposed hefty fines on broadcasters . In many televised instances , `` one can not tell what is indecent and what is n't '' said Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg . `` It 's the appearance of arbitrariness about how the FCC is defining indecency in concrete situations , '' she added . But with so many programming choices on broadcast , cable and satellite TV , `` All the government is asking for is a few -LRB- broadcast -RRB- channels where you can say -- they are not going to hear"}
-{"answer":"follow . The match action lasted less than six minutes . I ca n't remember a single kick . What I do recall quite vividly are the scenes of distress , desperation and death at the Liverpool end that destroyed so many families and shocked the world . Looking to my left and behind Liverpool keeper Bruce Grobbelaar 's goal , I was drawn to a huge mushroom-like effect among the crowd in the central standing enclosures around kick-off time . See Liverpool players and fans paying tribute to victims of Hillsborough disaster '' The match had not long started when the first signs of a major problem surfaced . Fans began frantically attempting to climb over the perimeter fence to escape the crush at the Leppings Lane end of the ground . I did n't know it at the time , but the swell was the exit point of a tunnel that ran under the stand . Through it hundreds of Liverpool fans had attempted to make their way without realizing the two caged pens it led to were already overcrowded . Many had the life squeezed out of them in that tunnel . Others were trampled or crushed","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They left home with hope in their hearts , thousands of fans true to the Liverpool anthem , dreaming of reaching another Wembley FA Cup Final . The disaster at Hillsborough football stadium in 1989 resulted in the deaths of 96 football supporters . But what began as a day out in the spring sunshine 20 years ago ended as the darkest hour in the history of British football . I had settled into Row B Seat 2 of the press box in the south stand at Hillsborough , home to Sheffield Wednesday and neutral venue for the game . From there I would have had an uninterrupted view of the semifinal showdown between Liverpool and Brian Clough 's Nottingham Forest . Clough , one of the legends of the British game , had been denied an FA Cup Final with Forest a year earlier , when his side lost to Liverpool at the same stage of the competition and at the same venue . The atmosphere in the ground for the 1989 semifinal exploded as the teams emerged onto the pitch . But none of us was prepared for what was to"}
-{"answer":"and melodica . Watch Moore talk candidly about her new direction '' Unlike such early contemporaries as Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson , Moore has gone for cred over commercial success in both her music and movie careers , and it suits her well . There 's an authenticity there , as well as a genuine warmth and charm . Moore spoke about her artistic growth , a musical funk , and working with her new husband . The following is an edited version of the interview . CNN : A friend of mine made an interesting analogy , saying these last two albums of yours -LRB- including 2007 's folk-leaning `` Wild Hope '' -RRB- are to your music career what `` Saved ! '' was to your movie career , in terms of establishing yourself critically . Mandy Moore : I take that as a compliment . I mean , I sort of feel lucky to have the opportunity to do film stuff and music at the same time , because I love doing both . But ... if you make a move one way with one side of your career , you sort of have to balance","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mandy Moore stepped onto the small stage at Amoeba Records in Hollywood with a quick wave . Mandy Moore , now 25 , is following her bliss with her new album , `` Amanda Leigh . '' `` Hi , shoppers , '' she giggled somewhat self-consciously . The audience of several hundred , stuffed between the music racks at the landmark store , giggled back . `` This is so weird to be playing here . I live in the neighborhood , and this is where I get my CDs and my DVDs ! '' she said . Then she launched into selections from her sixth studio album , `` Amanda Leigh . '' Somewhere out of sight was her new husband , Ryan Adams -- the alt-country hero she married in March , after a one-month engagement . It 's been 10 years since Moore burst onto the pop scene as a lanky , blonde 15-year-old singing and dancing her way through a sweetly suggestive tune called `` Candy . '' Her musical fare now is more eclectic and stripped down -- even featuring vintage instruments such as the clavinet"}
-{"answer":"where , according to a recent article in USA Today , towns facing tough economic times are nonetheless resisting a cultural transfusion that could save them . In Cooperstown , the locals opposed efforts to bring in a hog plant and a dairy , because those kind of dirty and hard jobs are likely to attract ... guess who ? American kids who work at Starbucks ? Nope . The article quotes Orville Tranby , a local community leader in Cooperstown , who says that some residents have told him `` face to face '' that such facilities might attract Hispanic immigrants who could change the local culture . You 'll find the same fear in Lewisburg , Tennessee . Not long ago , an employee at a local library came up with the radical idea of a bilingual story time where children could hear tales read to them in Spanish . Townspeople wanted no part of that . They demanded that all books purchased by the library , or even donated , be in English-only . These stories are ridiculous , but they 're also helpful . They illustrate what some people are really concerned about with immigration ,","question":"SAN DIEGO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- You must know what 's really driving the immigration debate . It 's the culture , stupid . Ruben Navarrette Jr. : Some opponents of immigration , even the legal kind , fear changes in local culture . Immigration restrictionists -- and by that , I mean those who want to limit all immigration , even the legal kind -- like to pretend they 're so high-minded . Yet they ca n't help themselves . They always take the low road and harken back to the nativism that greeted earlier waves of immigrants . The restrictionists insist that what bothers them are merely practical concerns : that our borders are n't secure , that so many immigrants are coming into the country illegally , and that the new arrivals are burdening schools and draining social services once they get here . Really ? If that 's the extent of it , then why does the conversation quickly turn to the impact -- both real and perceived -- that immigrants have on American culture through everything from taco trucks to Spanish-language billboards . That seems to be the issue in North Dakota ,"}
-{"answer":"dog . She says these pups appreciate having loving owners and a place to call home . iReport.com : What do you think the Obamas should pick ? `` Mr. Obama , I say give your girls both a puppy of their own to care for , and give those dogs a second chance , like this country is going to get now that you 've been elected to lead us back on track , '' Hurson said in her iReport . Although there was a mix of monikers for the First Dog , many iReporters believe that Hope would be a good name . `` I really believe that with a new president in the White House , there will be hope , '' Teri Satterlund said . The Troutdale , Oregon , resident wants the dog 's name to reflect Obama 's message of change . Barbara Martinez remembered that Malia is allergic to dogs , so she suggested that Obama get a Goldendoodle or a Labradoodle . Both breeds are hypoallergenic and have a sweet temperament , perfect for a family with children , she said . See some of the more popular hypoallergenic breeds '' America","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Goldendoodle ? Bernese Mountain Dog ? Irish wolfhound ? Chihuahua ? Gina Goodman says a Pomeranian would be a good pet because they 're like a stuffed animal come to life . After selecting a chief of staff , President-elect Barack Obama quickly turned to the more pressing issue of finding the perfect puppy for his girls , Sasha and Malia . `` We have two criteria that have to be reconciled . One is that Malia is allergic , so it has to be hypoallergenic , '' Obama said Friday in Chicago , Illinois . `` On the other hand , our preference would be to get a shelter dog . But , obviously , a lot of shelter dogs are mutts , like me . '' CNN asked iReporters to weigh in on what kind of dog he should get and what to name it . The response was tremendous . After all , everyone 's got an opinion about which pooch will be the Obamas ' best friend . Gail Hurson , who lives outside Allentown , Pennsylvania , shared the opinion of many iReporters who want the Obamas to get a shelter"}
-{"answer":"the High Plains and wintered in hidden canyons . When you look at these mighty creatures in the state herd , you 're seeing the direct descendants of wild bison once `` as numerous as grains on the seashore , '' according to one traveler 's report . SouthernLiving.com : Wide open in West Texas You can see the bison from viewing platforms and through telescopes at an overlook near the new visitors center , but Hawkins keeps them separated from people for safety . `` You do n't push bison , '' he says . `` You work them on their own terms . I still consider them wild animals . '' SouthernLiving.com : Climbing in West Texas Hit the trail There are many ways to explore the scenic canyon -- hiking , mountain biking , on horseback , or by car on a 5-mile loop . Even on the drive , you get a close-up look at multicolored sandstone cliffs and rugged arroyos carved by tributaries of the Red River . The long narrow Caprock Escarpment stands as high as 1,000 feet in places . Coronado passed this way . So did roving Comanche bands and prehistoric canyon","question":"-LRB- Southern Living -RRB- -- Just a minute ago I was sailing down a Texas Panhandle highway , level as a tabletop . Then I dropped off the face of the High Plains into the heart of a wild place called Caprock Canyons . It 's the rough-and-tumble centerpiece of a 15,000-acre state park , 100 miles southeast of Amarillo . Caprock Canyons is about 100 miles southeast of Amarillo . If you hanker to break away from the herd , you ought to see it in the quiet of an early morning when shades of red and yellow streak canyon walls like melted sunshine and you can hear the haunting bellow of bison bulls grazing in the grass . Off the beaten path Hidden in the midst of sprawling ranches , Caprock Canyons does n't lure as many visitors as its famous neighbor , Palo Duro Canyon -LRB- 93 miles northwest -RRB- . That 's the way C.L. Hawkins , caretaker for the official Texas bison herd , likes it . It means you can still find quiet times to catch a vision of the land not greatly changed from the way it was when millions of bison roamed"}
-{"answer":"than the decades-long policy of simply giving humanitarian aid and food to countries . Watch Clinton pay tribute to his wife '' `` It was a wrong-headed policy . It persisted through Democratic and Republican policies alike , including mine . We were all wrong , and she is determined to reverse it , '' Bill Clinton said . Watch portion of Anderson Cooper 's interview with former President Clinton '' `` Most of what I know about what I do today , I learned from her and she has become the best public servant our family has produced , '' he added . `` I am very proud of her and honored that she came here . '' Hillary Clinton , who received a standing ovation , had equally kind words for her husband . `` It wo n't surprise you to hear that I am very proud of my husband , and I think what he has invented and brought to life here is extraordinary , '' she said , adding that the new State Department food initiative , in part , was an idea she developed by seeing the kinds of partnerships the Clinton Global Initiative produced","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One of America 's pre-eminent political power couples made a rare joint appearance Friday , when Bill and Hillary Clinton took the stage at the former president 's Clinton Global Initiative conference . Bill Clinton says his wife Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the `` best public service our family has ever produced . '' `` I want to begin by expressing my extreme indebtedness to the Clinton Global Initiative , to all of you who participated , for giving me the first chance I have had in a week to see Hillary , '' Bill Clinton told the audience of social activists and business leaders at the closing session of CGI , a week-long conference designed to find solutions to global problems through public and private partnerships . Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was at the session to unveil a new State Department initiative on food security . As he introduced her , the former president was effusive in his praise for his wife , saying that her approach to food security -- helping farmers around the world grow their own food to earn income and alleviate poverty -- was much smarter"}
-{"answer":"old-school way again . The idea behind these dinners is to let talented chefs work their whisks in an affordable , relaxed setting . And since they 're often operating out of their own kitchens , without a license to serve the public , these cooks have to keep the locales , and their own identities , under wraps . Budget Travel : The utterly random dinner party `` The trend started in food-centric cities like San Francisco , but in the last year , groups have been popping up across the country , '' says Jenn Garbee , author of `` Secret Suppers , '' which spotlights some of the more than 80 clubs now up and running in the U.S. . One such is Guerrilla Cuisine , founded by an incognito cook in Charleston , South Carolina , who uses the alias Jimihatt and wears a ninja mask at his gatherings . As at many clubs , diners must submit their reservations weeks in advance on Jimihatt 's Web site and then wait for an e-mail with directions to the hush-hush locale . Based on his track record , you wo n't be disappointed : The bearded Jimihatt","question":"-LRB- Budget Travel -RRB- -- Last October , more than 40 people followed signs depicting a skull and crossbones , with a knife and fork in place of the bones , to a secluded Bavarian-style hunting lodge 30 minutes north of St. Louis . An Entre dinner party was hosted in a Missouri hunting lodge . The attendees did n't have any idea where they were headed or what to expect . All they knew was that they were in for a five-course meal courtesy of John-Jack , an undercover chef who 'd invited each of them via a top-secret e-mail to the latest of what he calls his Entre dinner parties . Guests arrived to a bluegrass band jamming in a room decorated with deer antlers . As a fire crackled in the massive stone fireplace , they dined on wild-elk medallions , home-cured bacon , grapefruit confit , and butternut squash ice cream -- and toasted their good fortune with pumpkin ale from nearby microbrewery Schlafly . Welcome to the world of underground supper clubs . Getting a reservation requires a little detective work , but once in , you may never go back to eating out the"}
-{"answer":"now led to her demise . '' For example , during Bhutto 's time in office , Pakistan did n't defy the anti-female rape and adultery laws . Those notorious ordinances , known as Hudood , took their inspiration from tribal politics masquerading as Islam . Watch Manji argue on CNN why Bhutto 's legacy is mixed '' Imagine the opportunity : Bhutto could have championed a purer faith by tackling corrupt cultural practices . In so doing , she might have created allies among conservatives , who can be persuaded that although Islam is God-given , culture is man-made . Last year , a media campaign to strike down the Hudood Ordinances achieved this fine balance . But not because of her . And that , say many progressive Pakistanis , amputates Bhutto 's legacy . The fact that cruel laws against women can be publicly debated at all should suggest that Pakistan has hope anyway . An exceptional leader can tap into it . History tells us so . There was a time when Pakistan 's democratic politicians stuck it to the feudal fanatics . Bhutto 's father , Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , was once heckled by a","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the days after Benazir Bhutto 's assassination , it will be tempting to reach two hasty conclusions : that she was Pakistan 's last great hope and that her geo-politically crucial country has revealed itself to be inherently hopeless . Irshad Manji is a controversial Muslim feminist and activist from Toronto , Canada . On each front , I take a different view . While far more liberal and democratic than Gen. Musharraf , Bhutto disappointed moderate , modern Pakistanis with her adherence to feudal politics . Writing to me through my Web site , American feminists say they are `` aching '' over the loss of `` our dear , sweet , brave Benazir . '' I understand the sentiment . But `` brave '' is not the word used by Pakistani women from whom I 've also heard . They 're hurting more over Bhutto 's `` self-imposed '' conformity . `` She never realized her potential , '' a woman from Karachi tells me . `` And not because she was killed but because when she had the chance , she did not effectively challenge the backward mindset that has"}
-{"answer":"of silver rising from below . The fish were attracted to plankton , and the plankton were attracted to the light . They would begin to circle , a chain linked loosely , and over the next hour their numbers would grow . The black gaps between silver links would close until the fishermen could see , below , a solid mass of silver spinning . Abdulrahman Zeitoun was only thirteen when he began fishing for sardines this way , a method called lampara , borrowed from the Italians . He had waited years to join the men and teenagers on the night boats , and he 'd spent those years asking questions . Why only on moonless nights ? Because , his brother Ahmad said , on moon-filled nights the plankton would be visible everywhere , spread out all over the sea , and the sardines could see and eat the glowing organisms with ease . But without a moon the men could make their own , and could bring the sardines to the surface in stunning concentrations . You have to see it , Ahmad told his little brother . You 've never seen anything like this .","question":"Editor 's note : This is an excerpt from `` Zeitoun '' by Dave Eggers , a nonfiction account of a Syrian-American immigrant and his extraordinary experience during Hurricane Katrina . Eggers is the author of five other books , including `` What Is the What , '' a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award . Eggers is the founder and editor of McSweeney 's , an independent publishing house based in San Francisco . Dave Eggers writes that Abdulrahman Zeitoun dreamed of fishing on the Syrian coast as Katrina approached . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- FRIDAY , AUGUST 26 , 2005 On moonless nights the men and boys of Jableh , a dusty fishing town on the coast of Syria , would gather their lanterns and set out in their quietest boats . Five or six small craft , two or three fishermen in each . A mile out , they would arrange the boats in a circle on the black sea , drop their nets , and , holding their lanterns over the water , they would approximate the moon . The fish , sardines , would begin gathering soon after , a slow mass"}
-{"answer":", I did . King : Is that a tough song to sing ? Franklin : No , not at all , but -LRB- Tuesday -RRB- it was . Mainly because of the temperature outside . I do n't have to tell you , it was freezing , if you were there . Some singers it does n't bother , and others it does . I do n't care for it . It affected my voice . Watch Franklin sing at inauguration \u00c2 '' King : You sang at Martin Luther King 's funeral . What do you remember about that ? Franklin : There were very , very long lines , of course . I recall walking in the street behind the bier , somewhere maybe about 200 , 300 feet from the bier , I think . I recall Leontyne Price being there , as well as Eartha Kitt . They shuttled us from one point to the other . The passing of a great man was at hand . King : How did you feel yesterday about seeing a young black man elected president ? Franklin : Oh boy , how do you put it into words","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Legendary singer\/songwriter Aretha Franklin sang `` My Country 'T is of Thee '' at the inauguration Tuesday . Aretha Franklin says cold weather affected her voice during her performance at the inauguration on Tuesday . CNN 's Larry King talks with `` The Queen of Soul '' about the reality of the nation 's first black president , singing at the inauguration and the much-talked-about hat she wore . Larry King : Where 'd you get that hat ? Aretha Franklin : Well , I bought it at a little millinery that I frequent out in Detroit . King : What was that like for you -LRB- Tuesday -RRB- ? Franklin : Oh . What a tremendous , mammoth morning , evening , the ball , everything , from one event to the other , was just too much . King : How did you find out you were singing ? Franklin : My agent called me and he told me that he had received an invitation and a telephone call , asking for my presence and performance at the swearing-in and the inauguration . King : Did you choose the song ? Franklin : Yes"}
-{"answer":"her ability to walk , talk , eat or even breathe on her own . An oxygen machine pumps air into her lungs around the clock . Anthony Leoni knew they needed help . `` If you told us 10 years ago this is how your life is going to be , I would have said we 're not capable . We do n't have the training , ability , we do n't have the energy , we do n't have the stamina . '' They found Bill Feeman of Westside Regional Center . `` When you walk into this home and you see Jessica , -LSB- you -RSB- just fall in love with her , '' Feeman says . `` She is a sweet soul -- you see her , she 's physically helpless , yet there 's a light that shines out of her eyes , it takes you in . `` When you meet this family and you see how hard-working and involved they are , you just wan na do everything you can to help . '' Watch the family 's heartbreaking struggle '' Feeman worked to find in-home support in the form of nurse caregivers","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Anthony and Lisa Leoni have little time to worry about whether California 's budget crisis will affect their daughter 's life-sustaining care . Anthony and Lisa Leoni are afraid of budget cuts that pose a threat to daughter Jessica 's care . A steady stream of nurses , caregivers and therapists visit 12-year-old Jessica at home around the clock . Jessica suffers from a rare and fatal disease called Niemann Pick Type C . A cholesterol imbalance destroys healthy cells in the liver , spleen and brain . Although Jessica led a relatively normal life before the illness worsened , her mother always knew the disease would eventually take over . `` Jessica was playful , happy and loves people . My heart was always a flutter because you never knew how many moments you 'd get , '' Lisa Leoni says . In Jessica 's case , a grand mal seizure suffered Memorial Day weekend 2005 brought a world of hurt to the Leonis . At the height of her symptoms , Jessica suffered up to 60 seizures a day . The disease , also known as NPC , has stolen"}
-{"answer":"'' his father says . `` Now they hold me responsible and threatened me . '' With no laws for bankruptcy protection in China , those threats can be real . `` If you can not pay it back you either have to go to parents or friends to pay back for you , or you got to jail , '' said Yeongwen Chiang , a consumer expert . Credit card issuance is up 32 percent in China in the past year , according to China Market Research and the National Bureau of Statistics . Credit card debt is up more than 130 percent to $ 838 million . That still pales compared to U.S. credit card debt , but the quick rise have some observers alarmed . With the decrease in exports during financial crisis , China has been working to build domestic consumption , offering subsidies on cars , home appliances and other big ticket items . That has helped China to continue to grow through the recession . During the October holiday week celebrating the 60th anniversary of the People 's Republic of China , Chinese poured $ 83 billion into the economy - a 20 percent","question":"Beijing , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The world economy is placing a bet on its future with China , but some Chinese are placing bets on their future with plastic . In rebalancing the world economy , analysts have said U.S. citizens should take cues from the Chinese , where 40 cents of every dollar of disposable income is saved , compared to 3 cents of every dollar in the U.S. . But there are worrying signs in China that some young consumers are starting to emulate the worst habits of U.S. consumers -- like 27-year-old Yuan Shuai in Beijing , whose credit card bets on his future have turned into overwhelming debts . In the last two years , he got seven cards from seven banks and wracked up $ 29,000 in debts . `` I spent money on eating and having fun , '' he said . `` That 's all . '' Unemployed and studying to be a taxi driver , Yuan now has debt collectors from banks turning to his father , Yuan Yizhong , for bill payment . `` The banks told me they could lend to him because he 's an adult ,"}
-{"answer":"they said . Not quite . Now the two Georgia men admit that the hairy , icy blob was an Internet-purchased Sasquatch costume stuffed with possum roadkill and slaughterhouse leftovers . Whitton and Dyer say that when they came up with the hoax , they had no idea it would become a media circus . `` It got legs and ran . It 's crazy now , '' Dyer told WSB . Co-hoaxer Whitton agrees : `` It started off as some YouTube videos and a Web site . We 're all about having fun . '' `` Fun '' is n't exactly how Clayton County Police Chief Jeff Turner sees it . He has kicked Whitton off the police force . `` He lied on national TV , '' Turner says of Whitton , `` so a defense attorney now could say , ` How do we know you 're not lying now ? ' '' Whitton and Dyer had announced that they had found the body of a 7-foot-7-inch , 500-pound half-ape , half-human creature while hiking in the north Georgia mountains in June . They also said they had spotted about three similar living creatures . Still","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The two men who claimed to have found the carcass of Bigfoot have surfaced to say : Hey , it was just a joke . Matt Whitton has been fired from his job as a police officer because of his role in the hoax . Not everyone is laughing . In an exclusive interview with CNN affiliate WSB , the two hoaxers -- car salesman Rick Dyer and now-fired police officer Matt Whitton -- said the whole situation began as a joke and then got out of hand . `` It 's just a big hoax , a big joke , '' Dyer said . `` It 's Bigfoot , '' Dyer explained . `` Bigfoot does n't exist . '' Whitton chimed in : `` All this was a big joke . It got into something way bigger than it was supposed to be . '' Watch the two men explain their `` joke '' '' At a news conference in California last week , the two men had stood by their claims that they had discovered Bigfoot 's corpse and had it on ice . Scientific analysis would prove it ,"}
-{"answer":"Mines and Justice ; and the Serena Hotel , said spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid . NATO-led forces said `` several small explosions '' and gunfire were reported near the Feroshgah e Afghan Shopping Center and the Serena Hotel , and later added that `` numerous '' suicide bombers had attacked government buildings close to the presidential palace and the Ministry of Justice . Atmar said that the coordinated attacks struck the city over a span of two hours and 45 minutes and that they targeted civilians . And the threat continued at 1 p.m. , when three attackers took over Bayman Hotel , Atmar said . More than two hours later , Afghan security forces killed the men , he said . At least two insurgents were killed at the shopping center , NATO-led forces said in a news release , which also said that Afghan national police had secured all roads in the area . A separate news release condemned the attack , which NATO-led forces said took place amid many civilians . Atmar , the Minister of Defense and chief of the National Security Department also condemned the violence . The Taliban claimed that they killed 31 officials and","question":"Kabul , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An attack in which the Taliban claimed to have infiltrated key government sites in downtown Kabul killed at least five people Monday morning , hospital and government officials said . Among the five were two policemen and one national security staff member , Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar said at a news conference . Seventy-one others were injured , 36 of whom were police or security officers , he said . His report of the death toll conflicts with those of Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi , who said 13 died , and the Taliban , which claimed even more were slain . Seven attackers ' bodies were recovered , with two or three of them burned beyond recognition , Azimi said . The Taliban said only five were killed . Four explosions and gunfire shook downtown Kabul about 9:15 a.m. Monday , with the Taliban saying it was conducting a militant operation . The attack started as 14 members of Afghan President Hamid Karzai 's Cabinet were to be sworn in , said Parliament member Fawzia Koofi . About 20 Taliban insurgents entered the presidential palace ; the ministries of Finance ,"}
-{"answer":"fill that void created in your digital life after death . Jeremy Toeman , founder of the site Legacy Locker , recognized that when he was on a plane and wondered what would happen to his online life if it crashed . While his will leaves everything to his wife , including all of his digital assets , Toeman realized how difficult it would be for her to access his accounts . `` My GoDaddy account would belong to her , but it does n't solve the practical reality of how she would get access to it , '' he said . He experienced a similar scenario after his grandmother died , and he tried to get the password for her e-mail account -- only to give up because of the hassle . So Toeman built his company to change all that . Legacy Locker allows users to set up a kind of online will , with beneficiaries that would receive the customer 's account information and passwords after they die . `` We know it 's a hard thing to think about -- to get people to face mortality . We know it 's kind of morbid , but","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Your husband , an avid gamer and techie , dies of a heart attack , leaving his vast online life - -- one you do n't know much about - -- in limbo . Eternal Space lets loved ones create customized online gravesites and memorial pages . His accounts , to which you do n't know the passwords , go idle . His e-mails go unanswered , his online multiplayer games go on without him and bidders on his eBay items do n't know why they ca n't get an answer from the seller . Web site domains that he has purchased , some of which are now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars , - will expire , and you may never know . It 's a scenario that 's becoming more likely as we spend more of our lives online . And it 's raising more questions about what happens to our online lives after we log off for the final time . The answer , until recently , was nothing . But now , as online usage increases and social-media sites soar in popularity , more companies are popping up to try and"}
-{"answer":"come from cane sugar have been raised $ 1.79 -LRB- 3,838 bolivares -RRB- per liter , the government-run Bolivarian News Agency said . `` It 's unfair because , in the end , the consumer is the one who pays , '' said Fernando Fernandez , a liquor exporter . Chavez has described whiskey as a drink for rich people , not for revolutionaries . `` We can not be spending the international reserves of this country on whiskey , '' he said . The moves represent the first steps toward transforming each Venezuelan into what Chavez calls `` the new man . '' Chavez has cited the life of revolutionary socialist icon Ernesto `` Che '' Guevara as an example of how to lead a more pure life . In April , Chavez told a graduating class of medical students in Caracas , Venezuela , that the level of consumption of alcohol in the country represents a threat to public health and ought to make residents feel ashamed , according to an ABN report . `` The vice causes much harm , not only to individuals , but to the collective health of the nation , '' said Chavez","question":"CARACAS , Venezuela -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The price of sin rose Monday in Venezuela where President Hugo Chavez is on a campaign to make Venezuelans cut back on drinking and smoking . `` Everyone 's shocked , '' said Leonora Marino , owner of Bodegon Marino in Valencia , Venezuela , west of Caracas . On Monday evening , she was still changing the prices in her store as her customers looked on and complained , she told a reporter . Alcohol is now 10 percent more expensive ; cigarettes are 20 percent pricier . `` Really , it 's difficult to buy at these prices , '' she said , then joked , `` They say they 're going to stop eating so that they can continue drinking . '' The Venezuelan government is placing a higher tax on alcohol and cigarettes in an effort to cut consumption and prevent what it views as the social , economic and moral consequences of drinking and smoking , said Jose Vielma Mora , superintendent of Seniat , the government body that oversees the collection of taxes . Taxes on whiskey , brandy , cognac and other drinks that do n't"}
-{"answer":". She was so caring , they said , that she would make her friends stop a car to let a spider out rather than kill it . Knox was an easy child to raise in Seattle , Washington , along with her younger sisters Deanna and Ashley , her parents said . She took to soccer early on but hit the books as hard as she played . It was on the field that she earned the nickname Foxy Knoxy , though they say it was rarely used and taken out of context when Kercher was found killed to portray their daughter as a sex-hungry party animal . `` It was totally associated to soccer and how she prepared herself as a defender , waiting to take on a striker going down , '' Curt Knox said . `` So how people read this nickname is totally wrong . '' Eventually , though a star player at college , Knox gave up the sport to focus on her education . She knew she wanted to study in Italy and would n't be able to leave the team to go abroad . Her mother said she threw herself into jobs","question":"Seattle , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Amanda Knox 's parents head to Italy for closing arguments in their daughter 's murder trial they 'll be carrying a present they hope desperately she can use soon : a plane ticket home . In that purchase lies one family 's entire hope . Curt Knox and Edda Mellas say their daughter is nothing like the person they 've seen depicted before and during her trial . They grimace at the description prosecutors have used in court : that Amanda Knox was a resentful American so angry with her British roommate Meredith Kercher that she exacted revenge during a twisted sex misadventure at their home two years ago . Prosecutors say Knox directed then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and another man infatuated with her , Rudy Guede , to hold Kercher down as Knox played with a knife before slashing Kercher 's throat . `` She is totally nonviolent , almost a passive person , '' Mellas told CNN in a joint interview with her former husband . So passive was Knox , the parents said , that she could n't even continue a kickboxing class because she felt it was too violent"}
-{"answer":"the years , `` Saturday Night Live 's '' political satires have become a mainstay of the show , sometimes to startling effect . Watch Chase talk about `` SNL 's '' impact \u00c2 '' Al Franken -- now the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota -- and his then writing partner , Tom Davis , wrote a wicked takeoff of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein 's book , `` The Final Days , '' which included Dan Aykroyd as a bitter Richard Nixon and John Belushi as a toadying Henry Kissinger . In the mid - '80s , a sketch starring Phil Hartman as Ronald Reagan showed the president , often lampooned as forgetful , with a razor-sharp command of the Iran-Contra situation , cutting deals in Arabic and barking orders at his staff . More recently , Dana Carvey 's malaprop-laden impression of George H.W. Bush , Hartman 's puppy-dog Bill Clinton , Will Ferrell 's George W. Bush and Tina Fey 's Sarah Palin have embedded themselves in the culture . Though Chase believes the show leans left , and Fey 's Palin is an attempt to hurt the Republicans , Marc Liepis , NBC","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chevy Chase did n't look like Gerald Ford and did n't sound like Gerald Ford . But in the mid-1970s , when `` Saturday Night Live '' first went on the air , Chase -- then a writer and cast member of the show -- made his impression of the president , rife with pratfalls and slapstick , the talk of the country . He also made the president a butt of jokes , which was intentional , Chase told CNN in an interview . '' -LSB- Ford -RSB- was a sweet man , a terrific man -- -LSB- we -RSB- became good friends after , but ... he just tripped over things a lot , '' he said . `` It 's not that I can imitate him so much that I can do a lot of physical comedy and I just made it , I just went after him . And ... obviously my leanings were Democratic and I wanted -LSB- Jimmy -RSB- Carter in and I wanted -LSB- Ford -RSB- out , and I figured look , we 're reaching millions of people every weekend , why not do it . '' Over"}
-{"answer":"account of the economic downturn . What is one to make of this critique ? First , it should not be at all surprising . Black America is ideologically diverse , just like other communities . Moreover , as I document in `` Sellout : The Politics of Racial Betrayal , '' there exists in black America a special anxiety about the loyalties of high achievers , especially when their success is largely dependent on whites and others who are not black . Every prominent black in a predominantly white setting faces , at one time or another , claims from fellow blacks that he or she is `` selling out . '' Second , Obama 's black detractors receive a degree of attention in the news media that is far greater than their representativeness of black America or their influence within it . The great bulk of black American voters -- upward of 90 % -- supported Obama in 2008 and do so today . They do so because of his party affiliation , his liberal policy preferences , his identification with the African-American community -LRB- the offspring of an interracial couple , he calls himself black and married","question":"Cambridge , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Throughout President Barack Obama 's political career , he has been dogged by insinuations or , indeed , accusations that he is not `` black enough '' to warrant strong support from African-Americans . Rep. Bobby Rush made that assertion when he successfully fended off Obama 's effort to wrest from him his seat in the House of Representatives in the Democratic primary in 2000 . Alan Keyes voiced that sentiment in his losing campaign against Obama for the U.S. Senate . When Obama accepted the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party , the celebrity scholar Cornel West groused that the first African-American standard-bearer for a major party had `` run from history '' by failing to mention explicitly the `` black freedom movement . '' Skepticism regarding Obama 's racial bona fides has continued to surface since he moved into the White House . Rep. Maxine Waters , for instance , has recently chided him for failing to craft policies that would explicitly target black unemployment and for otherwise neglecting , in her view , to evince a proper acknowledgment of the baleful and disproportionate pain being experienced in black communities on"}
-{"answer":"'' Was the French government right to demolish the illegal migrant camp ? Aided by smugglers , many of the migrants in coastal northern France attempt to make it into Britain , hiding in trucks that cross the English Channel . France and Britain signed an agreement in July to crack down on illegal immigration , including dispersing the migrants at the Jungle . British Home Secretary Alan Johnson said he was `` delighted '' to hear that France was honoring the agreement . `` The measures that we have put in place are not only there to prevent illegal immigration but also to stop people trafficking , '' he said . `` We are working with the French not only to strengthen our shared border but that of Europe as a whole . '' Johnson said both nations were committed `` to helping individuals who are genuine refugees . '' Others who do n't need protection were expected to return home , he said . The Jungle -- shanties cobbled from cardboard , plastic tarpaulins and scraps of wood -- housed as many as 1,000 men from nations such as Afghanistan , Iraq , Iran and Somalia . Camp","question":"CALAIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- French authorities on Tuesday dismantled a makeshift camp dubbed `` the Jungle , '' which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe . After being forced from their makeshift home , occupants of `` the Jungle '' were driven away in buses for processing . French police broke up protests by refugee rights advocates and began clearing the squalid camp . The French government said it was targeting human smuggling and did not say where the migrants would be relocated . Police arrested 276 migrants , 125 of whom were minors , said Calais prefecture official Catherine Mande . See photos of police clearing the camp '' A statement from the French immigration minister 's office said the `` illegal encampments '' would be destroyed and then three bulldozers , a dozen trucks and a logging company would return the land to its natural state . Watch a report on the camp 's closure '' The statement said the goal was to destroy the Jungle and other migrant shanties , `` which have become the main launch pad for clandestine immigration into the United Kingdom ."}
-{"answer":"5,000 . Officials at eBay said that compared with the daily average of the week prior , Thursday 's gross merchandise volume for Jackson memorabilia increased by 275 percent and sold items increased by 210 percent . New listings were up 61 percent , while the average selling price of items had increased by 31 percent . Online merchant CafePress also offered a variety of items , including mugs , `` R.I.P. Michael Jackson '' magnets and dozens of T-shirt designs , including one screened with a drawing of tennis legend Billie Jean King and the words `` not my lover . '' Some of the hottest items may turn out to be the ones bearing Jackson 's signature . On eBay , bids for what the buyer claimed was a signed Michael Jackson guitar had reached almost $ 1,300 by Friday afternoon . Jerry Ohlinger , owner of Jerry Ohlinger 's Movie Material Store in New York , predicted that although Jackson was generous in giving autographs , the price for a legitimate autograph probably will at least double from the $ 150 to $ 300 range it was prior to his death . `` He would sign autographs","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If you sell it , they will come . Prices are expected to grow for Michael Jackson autographs like the one he gave this young fan in 2002 . That 's the hope at least for many offering Michael Jackson related merchandise and memorabilia , including autographed items and domain names , in the wake of his surprising death . Almost 20,000 items were up for sale after his death on the popular auction site eBay , where collectors could snap up everything from the rare to the ridiculous . Among the many T-shirts , record albums , DVDs and posters , there were also magazines about Jackson , dolls and copies of newspapers announcing his death . There were Michael Jackson gloves -LRB- sparkly , of course -RRB- , masks , wigs , sunglasses and fedora hats . Anyone in the mood for some senior soda could try and win an auction for an unopened six-pack of Pepsi from the 1984 Jacksons world tour . For those seeking to establish Web sites , domain names were available including `` ILoveYouMichael.com , '' which was selling for the `` buy it now '' price of $"}
-{"answer":"the continent . So really , that 's what many of the people are doing now , '' he said . Myers believes urban farming is a way for many African-Americans to reconnect with their past . iReport.com : Show us your urban farm `` They are going through a process of Sankofa and going to what they traditionally did , which is connect to the Earth so they can move forward and grow , '' he says . But HABESHA Gardens is n't unique . Former pro basketball player Will Allen , who is considered to be one of the nation 's leading urban farmers and founder of Growing Power Inc. , estimates that there are hundreds of thousands of urban gardens in inner cities across America . Urban farms help feed people , sustain neighorhoods '' `` It 's beyond a movement at this point . Its more like a revolution , '' says Allen . Both Allen and Myers agree that the boom in urban farming for African-Americans is born out of necessity and not just echoing traditions . `` Minority people are affected by poor food , more than any other groups , '' and many","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On a plot of soil , nestled against the backdrop of skyscrapers in downtown Atlanta , Georgia , a group of residents are turning a lack of access to fresh produce into a revival of old traditions and self-empowerment . Urban farming is a way for African-Americans to connect with the earth , says Cashawn Myers of HABESHA . HABESHA Gardens is one of many urban gardens sprouting up around the country . Fruits and vegetables are thriving in this community garden located in an economically depressed area of the city known as Mechanicsville . But the garden serves an even greater purpose . The harvest helps feed some of the neediest members of the neighborhood . `` It 's a reawakening going on . It 's almost like it 's a renaissance , '' says Cashawn Myers , director of HABESHA Inc. . `` There 's a Ghanaian proverb that says Sankofa . Sankofa means return to your past so you can move forward . Even if you look at coming over here during our enslavement , we were brought here to cultivate the land because that 's something we did on"}
-{"answer":"many as 40 people in Myanmar sending him photos or calling him with information . They often take the photos from windows from their homes , he said . Myanmar 's military junta has forbidden such images , and anyone who sends them is risking their lives . `` If they get caught , you will never know their future . Maybe just disappear or maybe life in prison or maybe dead , '' he told CNN . Why would they take such risks ? `` They thought that this is their duty for the country , '' he said . `` That 's why they are doing it . It 's like a mission . '' Even with Friday 's action by the government , he said he will continue to do all he can to get images of what 's happening out for the world to see . `` I will also try my best to feed in their demonic appetite of fear and paranoia by posting any pictures that I receive through other means , '' he said on his blog . `` I will continue to live with the motto that ` if there is a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Internet connection in Myanmar was cut Friday , limiting the free flow of information the nation 's citizens were sharing with the world depicting the violent crackdown on monks and other peaceful demonstrators . Ko Htike runs his Myanmar blog out of his London apartment and says he 's trying to stop the violence . Myanmar-based blogs went dark suddenly . But London-based blogger Ko Htike -- who has been one of the most prominent bloggers posting information about the violence -- has vowed to keep up the fight , saying where `` there is a will , there is a way . '' `` I sadly announce that the Burmese military junta has cut off the Internet connection throughout the country , '' he said on his blog Friday . `` I , therefore , would not be able to feed in pictures of the brutality by the brutal Burmese military junta . '' Ko Htike is a 28-year-old who left Myanmar , once known as Burma , seven years ago to study in England . Watch a blogger 's fight for Myanmar '' He told CNN.com a day earlier that he has as"}
-{"answer":"be sitting there trying to figure out what else is in there . And it 's bottomless . '' The opening scene of `` Inglourious Basterds '' is itself a short film in the style of a spaghetti western , starring Waltz as `` The Jew Hunter . '' Watch the stars of the movie discuss the film '' `` It was pure Tarantino to me in that it blended so many different elements perfectly , of tension and comedy , dialogue and excitement , '' actor B.J. Novak said of the scene . Waltz 's character uses three languages in his encounter with a French dairy farmer who was hiding a Jewish family under his farmhouse floor . `` The feature that makes me such an effective hunter of the Jews is , as opposed to most German soldiers , I can think like a Jew , where they can only think like a German or , more precisely , a German soldier , '' Landa tells the farmer . Landa 's motivation is more complex than the typical Nazi depicted in a past movies . A literature scholar could build a career around studying the character , Waltz","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Brad Pitt gets top billing in Quentin Tarantino 's `` Inglourious Basterds , '' but Austrian actor Christoph Waltz may have turned in the most memorable performance as a Nazi `` Jew Hunter . '' Christoph Waltz attends a special screening of `` Inglourious Basterds '' in New York . Waltz , a 52-year-old veteran of German television , was hardly known outside of Europe , until now . Tarantino , insisting on actors with geographic origins similar to their characters , chose Waltz to play a complex and unforgettable villain : Nazi Col. Hans Landa . Landa mixes charm , humor and intelligence with great cruelty and opportunism as he travels through Tarantino 's unpredictable screenplay . Waltz calls Landa `` one of the great villains in dramatic literature . '' His performance earned Waltz the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival , but the actor credits the writer for creating a `` multifaceted and layered '' character . `` It 's what Quentin -LSB- Tarantino -RSB- has written , and let me tell you , that 's plenty , '' Waltz said . `` Because I could still"}
-{"answer":"project is the brainchild of Dave Mahler , whose r\u00e9sum\u00e9 includes an engineering degree , 13 years at Hewlett-Packard designing servers and software , co-founding a start-up and serving on nonprofit boards -- but no military background . Mahler also happens to live four miles from a Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto , which he had driven past for 25 years but never visited , he said . It was on his mind a year and a half ago when he was looking for a new community service project and decided to focus his energy on helping U.S. troops hurt in the line of duty . Hatching a plan over coffee Mahler described what he did next as a `` very startup-oriented thing . '' He called a senior person at the hospital out of the blue and invited her out for coffee to learn how he could help . Mahler said he was ready to sweep the halls or read to a veteran but envisioned something with more leverage . `` I had a bias towards wanting to use the things that we 've learned in Silicon Valley and across the country in building Internet properties to apply","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Almost three years after losing her right leg in a bomb explosion in Iraq , Tara Hutchinson decided to post her photo and profile online to ask for help . Dave Mahler spent his entire career in technology and decided to apply his know-how to help veterans . The soldier was having financial problems last fall and needed $ 1,000 for one month 's mortgage on her house in San Antonio , Texas , where she is being treated for her injuries . Her husband , who is also in the Army , is still deployed in Iraq . Hutchinson , 32 , is among dozens of active-duty U.S. troops and veterans who have asked for help through USAtogether.org , which listed their stories and specific needs online . The charity is one of many set up to help U.S. troops beyond the compensation and benefits the government offers , but it 's not run by a church group , a veterans association or even a military family . Watch how some veterans are having tough times back home '' Instead , it was founded by a group of Silicon Valley professionals in California . The"}
-{"answer":"domestic health capacity , '' Vietor said . But officials have increased the ability to care for patients through a network of nonprofits and U.S. hospitals , he said . Earlier reports also cited questions over who would pay for patients ' care . The flights stopped Wednesday when some states refused to allow entry to Haitians needing care , according to Navy Capt. Kevin Aandahl , a spokesman for the U.S. Transportation Command . He would not say which states objected . In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius obtained by CNN , Florida Gov. Charlie Crist asked that the federal government activate the National Disaster Medical System to provide reimbursement to Florida and other states for taking in the patients , who have no insurance . Share your stories from Haiti Florida 's health facilities were already strained by winter tourism and seasonal residence migration , Crist said in the letter . But Florida officials said Saturday that the state was committed to assisting Haitian quake victims and had not asked the airlifts be halted . Full coverage Florida will play a role in caregiving once flights resume . The state has identified medical","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Flights transporting critically injured Haitians to the United States are set to resume Monday morning , according to a spokeswoman for a University of Miami team of volunteers in Port-au-Prince . The flights are scheduled to resume at 11 a.m. Monday , said Nery Ynclan , a spokeswoman for the university 's R. Barth Green , who is leading the team . The flights were temporarily suspended because of logistical issues including space to care for the injured , White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said Saturday . `` Having received assurances that additional capacity exists both here and among our international partners , we determined that we can resume these critical flights , '' he said in a statement Sunday . The statement , released Sunday afternoon , said flights would resume `` in the next 12 hours . '' The evacuated patients are those whose medical needs could not be met by doctors working in Haiti . Nearly 23,000 people have been seen by U.S. personnel since the January 12 earthquake , Vietor said . The missing , the found , the victims Airlifts stopped after there were `` concerns about the strain on"}
-{"answer":"`` a media star ... but popular long before any of this high-profile activity -- simply because the people love his stuff . '' While he set out to lampoon the establishment , he has now been wholeheartedly embraced by it . Fans include Hollywood A-listers , including Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and Christina Aguilera who bought three of his prints in 2006 , including one of Queen Victoria sitting on a woman 's face . The recent sales of his work put him on a par with Jean-Michel Basquiat as the best-selling street artist . He is feted by art dealers and artists , including Damien Hirst , but he regularly mocks the art world that is so enthralled by him with ingenious stunts such as hanging his own work in the Tate gallery in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York . It took the British Museum eight days to discover the `` prehistoric '' rock painting of a man with a shopping trolley in the British Museum Banksy has hung on a wall . There is often a political message with this work , too . He left an inflatable doll dressed as","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Banksy is Britain 's most wanted artist -- his art sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars , but he continues to use public spaces as his main canvas , while all the time keeping his identity a secret . Banksy 's latest piece in East London where a passer-by claims to have taken a photo of the artist . The guerilla artist has been spray painting his stencils around Britain and further afield for over ten years . Last week ten of his original pieces were sold at Bonham 's auction house in London for over $ 1 million , while on the other side of the city Tower Hamlets council authority pledged to remove his graffiti from its streets . From his beginnings as a graffiti artist in Bristol , England , Banksy has become the darling of the art world for his subversive and satirical public art . Depicting things such as riot police with smiley acid-house faces and camera-wielding rats , his work is now sold now by major art galleries . Lazarides Gallery in London is one of the main dealers of his work and describes him as"}
-{"answer":"old-school way again . The idea behind these dinners is to let talented chefs work their whisks in an affordable , relaxed setting . And since they 're often operating out of their own kitchens , without a license to serve the public , these cooks have to keep the locales , and their own identities , under wraps . Budget Travel : The utterly random dinner party '' The trend started in food-centric cities like San Francisco , but in the last year , groups have been popping up across the country , '' says Jenn Garbee , author of `` Secret Suppers , '' which spotlights some of the more than 80 clubs now up and running in the U.S. . One such is Guerrilla Cuisine , founded by an incognito cook in Charleston , South Carolina , who uses the alias Jimihatt and wears a ninja mask at his gatherings . As at many clubs , diners must submit their reservations weeks in advance on Jimihatt 's Web site and then wait for an e-mail with directions to the hush-hush locale . Based on his track record , you wo n't be disappointed : The bearded Jimihatt","question":"-LRB- Budget Travel -RRB- -- Last October , more than 40 people followed signs depicting a skull and crossbones , with a knife and fork in place of the bones , to a secluded Bavarian-style hunting lodge 30 minutes north of St. Louis . An Entre dinner party was hosted in a Missouri hunting lodge . The attendees did n't have any idea where they were headed or what to expect . All they knew was that they were in for a five-course meal courtesy of John-Jack , an undercover chef who 'd invited each of them via a top-secret e-mail to the latest of what he calls his Entre dinner parties . Guests arrived to a bluegrass band jamming in a room decorated with deer antlers . As a fire crackled in the massive stone fireplace , they dined on wild-elk medallions , home-cured bacon , grapefruit confit , and butternut squash ice cream -- and toasted their good fortune with pumpkin ale from nearby microbrewery Schlafly . Welcome to the world of underground supper clubs . Getting a reservation requires a little detective work , but once in , you may never go back to eating out the"}
-{"answer":"Program , according to WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach . So far 200 people have landed jobs through the program , an initiative of the Workforce Alliance of Palm Beach County , WPBF reported . The organization is using $ 3 million of stimulus money to fund the positions the young adults find , the station said . iReport.com : Share your job hunt story The group also prepares the job seekers for interviews and provides seminars in how to deal with work-life situations . `` I got fired like five times . It was bad , '' John Hill told WPBF . He chose a seminar on working better with a supervisor . `` Because I usually do n't , '' he told the station . Read the full report on WPBF The state of Arkansas is using federal money to fund jobs for at-risk students in Springdale , according to KHBS-TV in Fort Smith , Arkansas . The town 's youth center hired five teens to work in clerical and maintenance positions , KHBS reported . David Cook told the station he has had trouble motivating himself to go to school . The summer job was helping him","question":"Editor 's note : CNN affiliates report on where job seekers are finding work across the country and how those looking for employment are coping with the situation . Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon , shown in April , once worked in a city jobs program as a youth . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Some of the stimulus money from the U.S. government is going to programs that help young adults find jobs . In Baltimore , Maryland , the city wants to put more than 7,000 to work , mostly in local government jobs . It will use more than $ 6 million from the federal government and sponsorship money , according to WBAL-TV in Baltimore . Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon recalled her days as a young worker . `` I worked at a camp , and then in high school , I was able to continue to work in the program , '' she said . Read the full report on WBAL In Palm Beach Gardens , Florida , Kahtoya Wesley , 20 , has had difficulty finding a job , but she has a better chance of finding work now because she has joined the Summer Youth Employment"}
-{"answer":"Luckily , there are feeds like @PolitiFact to help . This Pulitzer-Prize-winning news group , which is part of the St. Petersburg Times , sorts fact from fiction on the health care debate and other topics . That `` You lie ! '' comment , for instance ? A lie , Politifact says . Followers : More than 4,800 Sample tweet : We fact-check whether the Baucus #healthcare bill would tax medical devices such as X-ray tests and surgical needles http:\/\/bit.ly\/dzZdu 2 . SusannahFox : Fox is a researcher at the Pew Internet and American Life Project . Does n't sound very health-care-relevant , huh ? But Fox 's Twitter feed is packed with anecdotes and statistics about how social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook are changing doctor-patient relationships and the state of health care at large . Followers : More than 2,150 Sample tweet : Pew Internet : 38 % of internet users look online for information about hospitals or other medical facilities http:\/\/bit.ly\/oS9mq 3 . kevinmd : Blogger and doctor Kevin Pho offers up commentary on his life as a physician and the health care system . His random tidbits of medical information can be a riot","question":"In this new weekly feature , CNN.com highlights five recommended Twitter feeds about a hot topic in the news . Despite her importance in the health care debate , Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine is not on Twitter . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. Senate Finance Committee this week passed a 10-year , $ 829 billion health care reform bill -- partly because of a `` yes '' vote from a lone Republican , Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine . Snowe does n't appear to be on Twitter . Too bad . But plenty of other people are posting about health care reform and the U.S. health care system on the micro-blogging site . This list of health care twitterers is by no means comprehensive , so feel free to tell us about your favorites in the comments section below . 1 . PolitiFact : The health care reform debate has been nothing if not confusing . `` Death panels , '' `` tea parties , '' Rep. Joe Wilson shouting `` You lie ! '' at the president . It 's a mess to sort through , especially on a vat of commentary and opinion like Twitter ."}
-{"answer":"the kidnappers were police , also . In July , Fernando 's decomposed and bullet-ridden body was found stuffed in the trunk of a car . At least one police officer and one civilian have been taken into custody , accused of involvement in the kidnapping and killing , police and Alejandro Marti said . Marti told the group of leaders to do a better job to protect other children like his son . `` There are university students who could do their jobs better than you can , '' Marti scolded the group . To address the crime increase , Mexican leaders called Thursday for building special prisons exclusively for kidnappers , bolstering the justice system , cleaning up corrupt police forces , clamping down on kidnapping tools such as prepaid cell phones and money laundering . Calderon noted at the meeting that kidnappings had reached an alarming level . `` The truth is we are all responsible , '' Calderon told the group . `` We must recognize the traditional way of combating crime has not been sufficient . We must act in a more coordinated and vigorous manner . '' According to official figures , there have","question":"MEXICO CITY , Mexico -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with the country 's 32 governors Thursday to create a plan to combat the nation 's staggering rise in crime and kidnappings . Mexican President Felipe Calderon has noted that kidnappings have reached an alarming level . In a heavily guarded meeting at Mexico 's National Palace , the leaders devised a plan that detailed 65 specific actions to could be taken in the next several months . Those actions are aimed at helping families like that of prominent businessman Alejandro Marti . He told the group that the new focus on kidnapping has come too late for his 14-year-old son , Fernando . Fernando was grabbed from a car on a busy street at a fake police checkpoint this year . The next day , his chauffeur and bodyguard were found bound and strangled in the trunk of a car . Next to their bodies , police found a yellow chrysanthemum , a calling card from a gang that calls itself the Band of Flowers . Some investigators believed the flower was a coded message to police telling them not to investigate too closely , that"}
-{"answer":"in the military feel pressure to step up . `` These teens are expected to take on the responsibility the deployed parent used to take care of , '' said Mary Carolyn Voght , director of programs for Our Military Kids , a nonprofit organization that provides support to children with a deployed parent in the National Guard . `` There 's usually the expectation that they will pitch in and help out more . '' More than 30,000 teens between 12 and 18 have at least one parent in the National Guard deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan , according to the Department of Defense . When all military branches are taken into consideration , the American Psychological Association estimates about 700,000 children under the age of 18 have a parent deployed overseas for military duty . Playing mom and dad `` This is nothing , '' said Tyler Dix modestly , describing his daily task of taking his 9-year-old sister Tayana to ballet and violin lessons and being a crying shoulder for his 13-year-old brother , Tevin , when he misses dad . `` It 's a lot of responsibility , but I do n't really have a choice","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In Pennsylvania , Tyler Dix , a 16-year-old movie buff , is wide awake by 7 a.m. to cook breakfast for his younger siblings . Moranda Hern and Kaylei Deakin started Sisterhood of the Traveling BDUs , or battle dress uniforms . In Georgia , Tucker Simmons , a 14-year old novice guitarist , prepares ice packs for his mother whenever her chronic lower back pain kicks in . In California , Kaylei Deakin , an avid 17-year old rock climber , disciplines her little sisters when they act out . Tyler , Tucker and Kaylei are three teenagers from across the country who have very different interests , but one experience that bonds them : They grew up fast -- sometimes too quickly -- to fill the shoes of mom or dad when their parent was shipped off to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan . As the death toll from the two wars has risen over the last eight years , the fight has also affected a growing number of children left at home to cope without a parent . Whether it 's raising their siblings or getting an after-school job , teens with parents"}
-{"answer":"group 's founder , Dr. Neal Goldberg , a Woodmere , New York-based clinical psychologist . For the last two and half years , the clowns have been bringing cheer to the patients at the South Nassau Communities Hospital . `` The patients get satisfaction from having some sunshine coming to them in the hospital , '' said Phyllis Citera , director of volunteer services at the hospital . `` Sundays at the hospital are typically quiet , especially for those patients who do n't have visitors stopping by . The clowns especially cheer them up . '' A positive approach empowers people who are ill , said Goldberg , who works with children , teenagers and young adults . Six years ago , while working on a bereavement project , he realized he was making a clown of himself and others in an effort to help people cope with pain . He wondered what would distract the patients from their pain and bring joy . Inspired by the work of Dr. Patch Adams , who was portrayed by Robin Williams in the 1998 film `` Patch Adams , '' Goldberg thought of running a similar program in which he","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Oooooooshie the clown knows the instant effect he has on patients . The Lev Leytzan clowns perform for children and patients in hospitals to spread laughter and joy . `` When you walk out of a room hearing people laugh and smile , you hear them talking about it , '' said the clown , whose real name is Asher Mechanic . He entertains children and patients as part of a clown troupe in New York called Compassionate Clown Alley , bringing laughter to those in hospitals . `` It 's the spreading of giving from one person to another , like a chain reaction , '' Mechanic said . The clown organization is also known as Lev Leytzan , a name derived from the program 's roots working with Jewish youth . In Hebrew , lev means heart , and leytzan is a clown , so the translation is `` The Heart of the Clown . '' Watch the clowns talk about their work . '' `` Lev Leytzan allows me to take -LSB- something -RSB- scary and mundane for the patient and into something exciting beautiful and playful , '' said the"}
-{"answer":"reunion . It 's a time to catch up and share stories , eat barbecue and have a good time . The 2007 Rand family reunion , held in Atlanta , Georgia , was featured in `` Black in America . '' After the program aired , dozens of viewers across the country had the same revelation -- they , too , were related to the Rands . `` I was sitting there , that Saturday night , just up reading the week 's papers and watching the program , '' says Rand with a hearty Southern accent . The Rand family 's missing link '' `` Then I hear , ` We are the Rands . The mighty , mighty Rands , '' he recalls , referring to the words sung by family members as they embarked on their bi-annual pilgrimage . `` And then I said to myself , ` What ? ' '' Tony Rand listened as the family historian , Martha Rand Hix , described the family 's patriarch . `` When they were talking about William Harrison Rand , I knew that was the William Harrison Rand in our family , '' he said .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's often said that a real Southerner can `` claim kin '' with anyone . Tony Rand and his son Ripley learned last year that some of their relatives were African-American . Tony Rand realized the same could be true for him . Rand , whose family can trace its roots back to the 1700s , is a Democratic state senator in North Carolina . Until he watched the 2008 CNN documentary `` Black in America , '' he had no idea that some of his relatives were black . Although firmly anchored in the South , the Rands are spread across the country . What connects them is their link to a common ancestor -- the family patriarch William Harrison Rand . `` Hal '' Rand , as he was known to most , was a white farmer and slave owner . In 1842 , Hal married Sarah Ann Mullens and they had seven children . Hal also fathered seven children with his mistress , Ann Albrooks Rand , a black woman . Every other year , hundreds of African-American descendants of Hal Rand get together at a different location for a massive family"}
-{"answer":"and raging rivers have hampered relief efforts . Washed-out roads and collapsed bridges have made some rescue operations impossible Touring disaster areas , Ma has been confronted by angry survivors , and even provoked a scuffle when he opened a weekend baseball game as protesters demanded he step down . Ma has offered apologies and promises to do better . `` We will find out not only to correct the mistakes but -LRB- also -RRB- to punish the people responsible , '' he said . Rescue efforts were ongoing Sunday with military helicopters bringing stranded villagers to their waiting relatives . Watch rescue efforts in Taiwan '' Others , waiting days in anguish for word on their loved ones , lashed out in anger . `` Local officials do n't care , '' one man said . `` There are still people there and they do n't do anything . '' On Saturday , weeping relatives of typhoon victims set up shrines near devastated villages to calm the spirits of the dead and honor the belief that their souls will return home after seven days . Watch mourners call home souls of the dead '' Morakot hit the island last","question":"CISHAN , Taiwan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Taiwan 's leader Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday he accepts responsibility for the government 's slow response after Typhoon Morakot slammed into the island killing at more than 120 people and unleashing floods , mudslides and misery . Mourners kneel and pray to the dead as they face the devastated valley of Shiao Lin . Ma , who has faced heavy criticism from victims of the disaster , ruled out resignation , insisting his government did its best in the face of difficulties , however he pledged an investigation into any irregularities . `` Certainly , I will take full responsibility whatever the blame is because , after all , I am the president of this country , '' Ma told CNN , saying heavy rains grounded rescue helicopters in the first few days after the storm hit , delaying relief . `` Once the weather was good -- that is the 14th of August -- we were able to evacuate 2,518 people . It 's a record , '' he said . Hundreds of people still await rescue in remote areas of Taiwan , where torrential downpours , dense fog , rugged terrain"}
-{"answer":"during the conflict . But Livni , who is no longer in the Israeli government , defended the former government 's decision to go to war , saying that the campaign was needed to confront rocket attacks by Palestinian movement Hamas on Israeli civilians , particularly those living in southern Israel . `` I know that the decisions that we made were crucial to give an answer to Israeli civilians that could n't live in the south part of Israel and later or even also in different parts of Israel , '' she said . `` It was part of my responsibility , and this was the right answer . And I 'm willing to stand for these reasons and to explain this to -- to the world and to any court . '' She said that the Israeli military had already conducted its own investigation into the actions of its soldiers , but that she did not necessarily support a public inquiry in Israel , unless it helped Israeli soldiers when they traveled outside Israel . `` Part of our responsibility is also to defend the Israeli soldiers and officials that worked according to our decision in the government","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tzipi Livni , leader of a key Israeli opposition party , said Monday she would be willing to face arrest to challenge the validity of war crimes charges reportedly filed against her in a British court . `` For me , this is not a question , '' Livni told CNN 's Christiane Amanpour , when asked whether she was willing to face arrest . `` I mean , yes , the answer is yes . I am . '' A British court last year issued an arrest warrant for Livni , leader of Israel 's Kadima Party . Details of the warrant were never made public ; the warrant was reportedly later dropped . `` I would like this to be , in a way , maybe even a test case , because I 'm willing to speak up and to speak about the military operation in Gaza Strip , '' Livni said . Livni had served as Israel 's foreign minister during an Israeli three-week military offensive against Hamas in Gaza that ended exactly one year ago . The United Nations and some human-rights groups have blamed Israel and Hamas for human rights abuses"}
-{"answer":"for me was a moment when President Obama looked down at his 7-year-old daughter , Sasha , and she said something to him , and then let out this huge laugh . I do n't know whether it was her statement or his response , but the bubbly child was having the time of her life . The sheer joy that was on her face as she grinned from ear to ear caused me to just start laughing as I watched her reaction . I was shooting photos from the CNN platform just across from where he spoke , and one of the many images was of a beaming Sasha alongside her mom and 10-year-old sister , Malia . Can you imagine what was going through this young girl 's mind , to see her father stand there and take the oath of office ? As I saw her that day , and later bouncing along a sidewalk as she walked with her father , my niece Anastacia came to mind . Their smiles and bouncy walk are so much alike , and both are the same age . These young girls , and countless other black children , among","question":"Editor 's note : A nationally syndicated columnist , Roland S. Martin is the author of `` Listening to the Spirit Within : 50 Perspectives on Faith '' and `` Speak , Brother ! A Black Man 's View of America . '' Visit his Web site for more information . Roland S. Martin says Sasha Obama is from a generation raised in a diverse world and open to possibility . WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There are so many things that we could take away and remember forever regarding the inauguration of the first African-American president in the history of the United States , but I 'll always remember the laughter of a little girl . Shortly after President-elect Barack Obama finished the oath and became President Barack Obama , he joined hands with his family and waved to the cheering voices of 1.8 million people packed from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial . People cried , others hugged , celebrities and everyday folks snapped photos to capture the moment . There really was an amazing energy that permeated the crowd as we all witnessed a barrier come tumbling down before our eyes . But what stood out"}
-{"answer":"the Ryder Cup are particularly collectable and ones from the 1930s and 1940s can fetch upwards of $ 800 . `` In terms of the more modern stuff -- anything Tiger Woods-related tends to sell well and items which are n't necessarily available to the general public tend to be very collectable . `` For example a signed menu from a Ryder Cup dinner would fetch a good price . `` Sometimes the most valuable items can be found tucked away in an uncle 's attic or shed and not discovered for years . Check out the golfing memorabilia gallery for some of the items up for auction . '' `` And as for the most valuable piece of memorabilia it is probably a spur iron club which was used in the 1600s . The last time one of these came up for auction it went for $ 350,000 -- although it would probably be nearer to $ 500,000 today , '' McGimpsey added . The record price for a club sold in Britain was $ 170,000 paid in 1998 at Christie 's for a metal-headed , blade putter . A figure that eclipsed the amount an early 18th-century Scottish","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Watching and playing golf is par for the course for most fans of the game -- but how about owning a piece of the sport 's history ? Golf memorabilia is very collectable and clubs in mint condition can go for a lot of money at auction . A Chinese businessman recently splashed out almost $ 200,000 on the largest collection of hickory golf clubs ever made . But golf memorabilia is not just the preserve of the very wealthy . Bonhams Auctioneers in Chester , England will auction off golf items which appeal to fans with large and small budgets at an auction in the city on July 25 . Do you collect golf memorabilia ? What kind of items are interested in ? Add your comments in the Sound Off box below . Kevin McGimpsey , who is an expert in golfing memorabilia at Bonhams , admitted a number of fans remain keen to invest in items despite the current economic climate . `` There is still a healthy appetite for golf memorabilia at auction , the most popular items tend to be programs -- those from the majors and also"}
-{"answer":"Alison Stewart , who devised the study said she came up with the idea while working in the Osteoporosis department at the University of Aberdeen , after seeing a large number of fractures in old people who had fallen . Stewart , a commercial research manager with the NHS , said she then decided to research how to improve older people 's balance . She told CNN : `` There exists a medical fitness device that improves balance , but it is expensive and I could not get the funding . `` That 's when I looked up the Wii and discovered it is very similar to the other equipment , but less expensive . `` What is great about the Wii is it also has an entertainment value . The fact that it is enjoyable also makes the compliance rate higher . '' The latest study comes as another pilot study at Southern Cross University , Australia looked at the benefits of using the Wii to help Parkinson 's sufferers . A group of seven older people with and without the degenerative condition took part in the pilot project , and were put through an almost daily regime of","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Playing the Nintendo Wii Fit could improve balance and help avoid falls in seniors , researchers taking part in a new study suggest . Researchers in Aberdeen think playing Wii Fit may improve the elderly 's balance and lower risks of falling . The University of Aberdeen , Scotland and the UK 's National Health Service -LRB- NHS -RRB- have embarked on a four month study on people over 70 to observe any changes in balance after regular use of the Wii Fit . The video game has different activities including yoga poses , push ups , strength , balance and aerobic exercises . The Wii Fit includes a balance board that records movements and gives feedback on performance . Dr Marie Fraser , a specialist registrar at Woodend Hospital in Scotland , UK , is carrying out the research . She told CNN : `` Falls are the most common cause of accidental injury in older people and the most common cause of accidental deaths in 75-year-olds and over . '' It is hoped that using the Wii Fit 's balance board can improve elderly people 's balance and confidence . Dr"}
-{"answer":"The fact that we have a positive exchange rate also helps us a lot as a destination , '' he said . But South Africa 's government is so focused on ensuring the success of the upcoming games that it recently denied a visa to The Dalai Lama . Critics contend that South Africa bowed to pressure from the Chinese government in refusing Tibet 's spiritual leader entry to attend a peace conference that was partially intended to help promote the World Cup . As the focus strengthens on these international events , the Cape Town region looks set to benefit more than many from the expected surge in tourism . Gilfellan says this is largely due to the city 's location . `` We are lucky to be in such a wonderful spot . A lot of these events revolve around the marine industry and revolve around the harbor . '' This weekend harbor will play host to the Cape Town International Jazz Festival -- one of many upcoming festivals in the area . Cape Town 's picturesque Victoria & Alfred Waterfront , set against the backdrop of Table Mountain , has become South Africa 's most visited tourist","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A series of major international sporting events , a weak currency and its perennially sunny perch on the tip of South Africa are making Cape Town one of the hottest sailing destinations of 2009 . Lucky strike : The port city of Cape Town is set to benefit from several major sporting events The Indian Premier League cricket tournament was recently relocated to South Africa because of security concerns , and now Cape Town is slated to host the opening match on April 18 . Both the Lions Tour rugby and the FIFA Confederations Cup football will follow the cricket tournament , heading down to South Africa later this year . Combined with the arrival of the World Cup in 2010 , South Africa has suddenly become the ultimate holiday spot for sports fans . Calvyn Gilfellan , chief executive of Cape Town Routes Unlimited -- the region 's tourism board -- told CNN the boost to the region had arrived at a crucial time . `` When the financial crisis started people went into gloom and doom but these events are helping a lot to restore confidence in the industry . ``"}
-{"answer":", an electric cycle and one bike fashioned from spare parts that he calls `` Frankenbike . '' Vanderwyden carefully drives the strange-looking contraption , powered by a treadmill motor , since it can easily exceed the top legal speed of 18 mph allowed for electric bikes , he said . He also has in his arsenal of alternative vehicles a Chevrolet pickup truck with an electric motor . Vanderwyden stumbled upon the truck for sale on the internet auction site eBay . It already had been converted by a New Jersey electric company . He says he reduced his energy use by nearly 30 percent last year compared with the year before . That 's in contrast to worldwide energy consumption , which has continued to rise for decades . `` What was started in the '70s was turned off in the '80s as far as the conservation and the use of renewable energy , '' said Vanderwyden . The U.S. Department of Energy reports that demand for oil has almost doubled since 1970 and the demand will continue to increase for decades to come . Oil accounts for more than one-third of U.S. energy use . The Energy","question":"Orlando , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has triggered heated debate about where the United States gets its energy supplies . Some say domestic drilling is necessary to avoid U.S. dependence on foreign oil . Others say the country needs to look to other fuel sources . But one man has found his own solution . Patrick Vanderwyden uses solar power to run his water heater , hot tub , air conditioner , fans , and his refrigerator at his home of 24 years . Three years ago , the self-described New Age hippie began a personal mission to cut his energy usage by switching to alternative energy . `` What I do now has an effect on future generations , '' said Vanderwyden , 49 . `` I do n't want to leave future generations with a real problem if I can help it . And I think I can . '' The sun also powers most of Vanderwyden 's transportation . On any given day the conservationist can be seen throughout town quietly driving something with pedals or an electric motor . He has a collection of recycled bikes"}
-{"answer":"introduce the teammates to Persian food . Grizzlies ' forward Rudy Gay turned the tables when he took Haddadi for a taste of American ribs at a Memphis restaurant . It was n't as easy getting permission to play in the United States . Current U.S. sanctions on Iran prohibit `` a person or organization in the United States from engaging in business dealings with Iranian nationals , '' stated the NBA legal counsel . The NBA had to apply to the U.S. government for a license that granted Haddadi permission to play for the NBA . The reception has been positive courtside . But problems arose from game announcers once . Ralph Lawler and Mike Smith , L.A. Clippers announcers on local Fox Sports , were suspended for a game for insensitive comments about Haddadi . When the Grizzlies faced the Clippers , the two joked about the Iranian center . `` You 're sure it 's not Borat 's older brother ? '' said Smith . `` If they ever make a movie about Haddadi , I 'm going to get Sacha Baron Cohen to play the part . '' Mayar Zokaei , Haddadi 's Iranian-American manager ,","question":"East Rutherford , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From nuclear weapons to human rights , the image of Iran is quite negative in America . But with little fanfare , one Iranian man has won hearts and cheers battling Americans on the court in basketball arenas around the country . Hamed Haddadi is the NBA 's first Iranian basketball player . At 7-foot-2 , Haddadi began playing for Tennessee 's Memphis Grizzlies in August 2008 . His final game of this season was set for Wednesday night in Oklahoma City . Despite U.S.-Iran tensions in the political arena , any strains appear absent with teammates and fans alike . `` It seems like he 's the most popular Grizzly . When we go on the road ... he has a lot of support from a lot of people , a lot of people come out to watch him and watch us play , '' said teammate Mike Conley , who accompanied Haddadi to a `` kebab fest . '' The kebab fest was held in Las Vegas in 2009 . Haddadi was accompanied by Conley and fellow Grizzly Hakim Warrick to a Persian restaurant . The event served to"}
-{"answer":"that old car of mine in second gear and wound it up getting down to the hangar where I could be where my guns and ammunition were , '' Finn said . One of the first things he did was take control of a machine gun from his squadron 's painter . `` I said , ` Alex , let me take that gun , ' '' Finn explained . `` I knew that I had more experience firing a machine gun than a painter . '' `` I got that gun and I started shooting at Jap planes , '' Finn said in the salty language not uncommon among veterans of that long-ago war . But Finn 's machine gun was right out in the open , nothing protecting him from the attacking pilots . `` I was out there shooting the Jap planes and just every so often I was a target for some , '' Finn said . `` They were Japanese fighter plane pilots . I can remember seeing , in some cases , I could see their faces . '' Watch John Finn 's give his account of his actions on December 7 , 1941","question":"PINE VALLEY , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dozens of America 's greatest military heroes are gathered in Chicago , Illinois , possibly the last large gathering of living Medal of Honor recipients . John Finn , 100 , at his California ranch , said he was just a dutiful soldier . That `` hero stuff is a bunch crap , '' he said . Among the men with light blue ribbons holding a star around their necks signifying uncommon bravery , will be John Finn . Finn , who received the nation 's highest medal for valor for his actions during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , turned 100 this summer , the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient . Finn was stationed at Kanoehe Bay Naval Air Station , where the Japanese struck five minutes before attacking Pearl Harbor , across southeast Oahu Island from Kanoehe Bay . Finn recalled how a neighbor was the first to alert him , when she knocked on his door saying , `` They want you down at the squadron right away ! '' Finn saw the first Japanese plane before his car even reached his hangar . `` I put"}
-{"answer":"nature-carved basin . Spend the day exploring extensive tide pools , then amble back over to the bowl to witness the wildly churning waves that accompany high tide . The area also promises whale watching and birding . Seaside accommodations are within walking distance at The Inn at Otter Crest . Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area and environs , near North Bend Wind-sculpted dunes , a sparkling blue freshwater lake , and a historic lighthouse all await visitors here . Set aside a day for roaming the path at William M. Tugman State Park , which circles Eel Lake and its many inlets , and expect a few wildlife encounters along the way . The nearby Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area contains the largest coastal sand piles in North America and offers an array of arduous hiking opportunities . Travelers looking for a more laid-back excursion , however , can make their way to Umpqua Lighthouse State Park for relaxing walks and a glimpse of the 65-foot tower known for its distinctive red-and-white flash . CoastalLiving.com : Oregon 's Perpetual Appeal Columbia River Bar and Fort Stevens State Park , near Astoria The Columbia River Bar has always been a","question":"-LRB- Coastal Living -RRB- -- Visitors love driving Oregon 's coast , but it 's a shame not to get out and hike the stunning landscape , too . Here are several trails to get you started . Explore forested headlands , tour tide pools or stroll the beach barefoot on some of the Pacific Northwest 's best coastal trails . Ecola State Park area , near Cannon Beach Novice explorers can trek along the Pacific on Clatsop Loop Trail , a two-mile historical interpretive route in Ecola State Park that leads travelers in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark . More seasoned hikers might want to drive the extra miles to Tillamook State Forest for the Kings Mountain Trail , known for panoramic views and wildflower meadows . But be warned : Hikers must endure a 2,546-foot elevation gain in two and a half miles to enjoy the stunning mountain scenes . Devil 's Punch Bowl , near Depoe Bay Formed by the collapsed roof of two sea caves , this `` punch bowl '' features dramatic water displays that are definitely worth the hike . An easy walk down Beverly Beach and a cliff-climbing staircase leads to the"}
-{"answer":"One of the most concerned about the plight of the Haitian people was Thierry Henry . The Barcelona forward , who made headlines for the wrong reasons after his controversial handball which helped prevent Ireland from attending the World Cup , had already personally pledged $ 90,000 to the French aid agency Medecins sans Frontieres . `` I am very touched by this tragedy and it is very good that everybody should mobilize in order to help Haiti , '' Henry told his club side Barcelona 's official Web site . `` This touches me because almost 20 years ago something similar happened in -LRB- the French Caribbean island of -RRB- Guadeloupe and I know what the Haitians must be going through . I have many friends over there . Haiti is a former French colony and it 's as if we are cousins . '' Henry showed true concern for a nation that needs all the help it can get to rebuild its infrastructure and its hope . Zidane , Kaka and Figo were others who told me they were shocked by some of the footage they saw coming out of Haiti . As the death toll rose ,","question":"Lisbon , Portugal -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Let 's face it , footballers have a bad rep. They are labelled by many as overpaid selfish prima donnas who could not care less about the world around them . This may in reality apply to some players , but definitely not all of them . In Lisbon I recently met many who truly enjoy being role models and were honored to take part in the 7th edition of the United Nations -LRB- UN -RRB- Match Against Poverty . This year , in light of the tragic earthquake in Haiti , all of the proceeds went to the devastated country as 55 thousand people filled the Stadium of Light to greet some of the best footballers on the planet , both past and present . The likes of Kaka , Thierry Henry , Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane lent a hand to this cause . Organizers were hoping to raise over $ 750 000 and in ticket sales alone , that target was reached . Having the privilege to be behind the scenes at this match in my home country , I spoke with various players about their involvement in it ."}
-{"answer":"the astronauts can receive a brief medical checkup before they step onto the tarmac , NASA said . The crew 's mission included three space walks and installation of two platforms to the station 's backbone . The platforms will hold spare parts that will sustain station operations after the shuttles are discontinued . NASA said the parts the crew delivered will add years to the station 's life after the space shuttle fleet is retired next year . Some of the parts are for systems that keep the station from overheating or tumbling through space , NASA said . During the mission , the crew celebrated Thanksgiving while they prepared for landing . They dined on smoked turkey , green beans , mushrooms , cornbread dressing and candied yams , according to NASA . Russia will take over supplying the international space station . On this mission , Atlantis also marked a 6 pound , 13 ounce development . Astronaut Randy Bresnik welcomed a daughter from space , the second time a baby has been born to a U.S. astronaut on a mission . Mike Fincke 's daughter was born in June 2004 while he was aboard the international","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The space shuttle Atlantis glided to a picture-perfect landing Friday morning under bright , sunny skies at Kennedy Space Center in Florida . The seven-person crew returned after an 11-day mission to deliver key spare parts to prolong the life of the international space station . The original six-member crew , with flight engineer Nicole Stott -- who launched in August -- returned amid sunny , clear Florida weather . `` Could n't have picked a clearer day , '' Cndr . Charles Hobaugh said as the shuttle approached the runway . Mission Control told Hobaugh that the landing was a `` picture-perfect end '' to the mission . `` Everybody , welcome back to Earth , especially you , Nicole , '' Mission Control said . Stott had spent 87 days on the international space station , according to NASA . About an hour after the shuttle landed , the crew transport vehicle moved alongside the orbiter access hatch on Atlantis ' port side , NASA said on its Web site . With the crew hatch opened , the astronauts left the orbiter to enter the vehicle . It contains beds and comfortable seats so"}
-{"answer":"native language . Noriko , like many Tokyo girls her age , loves hip-hop and hopes to be a dancer or a teacher at a dance school someday . But her future in the only country she 's ever known went into limbo when Japanese immigration authorities arrested her mother in 2006 . Her parents decided to fight Japan 's notoriously rigid immigration laws and for three years under a harsh media spotlight , they argued their case all the way to the country 's High Court , saying Arlan is gainfully employed and their daughter only speaks Japanese . The family lost their case in the High Court , and Japan ordered Arlan and Sarah Calderon be deported back to the Philippines . Watch CNN interview with family '' Activists claim Japan 's notoriously rigid immigration laws violate human rights . An estimated 500 families are in the same situation according to lawyers , who accuse Japan of not respecting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child . Japan 's Immigration Bureau in a statement to CNN said the couple 's illegal presence in the country as an `` extremely malicious '' violation that `` shakes the","question":"TOKYO , Japan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The clicking of dozens of news cameras drowned out the sobs of the 13-year-old girl , but her face explained what was happening in the departure hall of Japan 's Narita International Airport . Arlan and Sarah Calderon hug their daughter Noriko farewell . Noriko Calderon , wearing her school uniform , was being forced to make one of the most wrenching choices of her young life : To stay in the country of her birth rather than join her parents being deported to the Philippines . The scene was the emotional climax to a story a decade and a half in the making -- one that has tugged at heartstrings in Japan , but ultimately failed to sway to an unyielding bureaucracy that activists say violates human rights . Sound off : Do you think Japanese authorities are doing the right thing ? Filipinos Arlan and Sarah Calderon illegally entered Japan in the early 1990s on fake passports . They married and had a daughter , Noriko . Arlan found a stable job working for a construction company . Noriko grew up Japanese , attending school and never learning her parents '"}
-{"answer":"`` I had one guy from Mexico , and he wanted to surprise his girlfriend by proposing marriage with a ring under the northern lights , '' said Eder from his office in Whitehorse . `` We got lucky and the lights were visible ... so our guest went down on his knee and proposed to his girlfriend and she was totally blown away . The funny thing was -- she would n't wear gloves for the first three days -- so she could show the ring off . '' The otherworldly lights also have provided inspiration for almost sacred pilgrimages , Eder said . Guests who said they were going blind or battling cancer told him they wanted to view the auroras at least once in their lives . `` It puts enormous pressure on us , '' said Eder . `` You ca n't guarantee that the lights will be visible because it 's a natural phenomenon . '' The display is generally visible at least every three days , he said . Scientists say the northern lights are created by the sun 's super hot atmosphere , which blasts particles into the protective magnetic field surrounding the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Winter travelers trek thousands of miles to the frozen north each year seeking the sky 's `` dancing lights , '' which provoke awe , excitement and , some say , sex . CNN iReporter Bruce Barrett shot this rare red aurora in Canada 's Whitehorse , Yukon . Scientists call the natural phenomenon aurora borealis : cascading beams of greens , yellows , blues , purples or reds -- which paint a breathtaking backdrop across the wilderness and attract thousands of tourists annually . `` Usually it starts slowly as kind of a hazy greenish color -- like a mist -- building up in frequency dancing across the sky ... and to me that 's religion , '' said photographer Dave Brosha of Yellowknife , Northwest Territories , who 's seen more than 100 Canadian auroras . `` It 's just one of the most incredible feelings a person can have -- sitting there watching that . '' To the west in Canada 's Yukon province , tour operator Torsten Eder likes to tell a story about a marriage that was forged under the glowing curtains of light . See spectacular photos of auroras ''"}
-{"answer":"than 58,000 people whose names are engraved there . No one is sure who started the custom of leaving items at the wall , curator Duery Felton said . The first items began showing up even before construction on the memorial was complete . A park ranger started collecting the items , thinking people might come back for them someday . By 1986 , as the objects continued to pile up , the National Park Service decided to establish an official collection . Thus was born the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection . The items are catalogued 12 miles away at the Museum and Archaeological Regional Storage facility in Maryland . Though it 's not open to the public , traveling collections are often on display at museums both in the United States and abroad , Felton said . `` You had , for the first time that we 've been able to ascertain , people coming to a public site for a protracted period and leaving unsolicited objects , '' Felton said . There is seemingly no limit to the types of artifacts that are part of the collection , from G.I. Joe action figures to crutches , dog tags","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Long before people posted their thoughts and feelings on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook , millions of people were doing just that on a different sort of wall . It might have been something as simple as a baseball , a playing card or a walking stick . Or perhaps a more personal item , like a poem , photograph or diploma . And then there 's the occasional letter , like the one dated November 18 , 1989 , that began : Dear Sir , For twenty two years , I have carried your picture in my wallet . I was only eighteen years old that day that we faced each other on that trail in Chu Lai , Vietnam . Why you did not take my life , I will never know . ... These are among the more than 100,000 objects that have been left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall . Since its dedication in 1982 , nearly 4 million people a year have visited the memorial 's polished black granite wall , many to leave a personal item or note in memory of the more"}
-{"answer":"knowledge is concerning in a world beset by environmental problems , where species are disappearing at an alarming rate . We need people to understand the changes taking place in our natural systems and appreciate that each of our actions has an impact . More interest and knowledge , not less , is essential . Zoos and aquariums provide access and a vital connection to the world of wildlife and our environment , helping to foster an understanding of nature and how it works , and an appreciation for why it matters . Most professionally operated zoos and aquariums , such as those accredited by the Canadian or American Associations of Zoos and Aquariums , are dedicated to increasing engagement and raising awareness and participation in conservation issues . They conduct active programs that aid species survival , research and conservation , both at their public display facilities and in the field . The Vancouver Aquarium has operated our Marine Mammal Rescue -LRB- MMR -RRB- program since the mid 1960s . Each year , hundreds of marine mammals are rescued from situations of distress and rehabilitated by our dedicated team of staff and volunteers , led by our veterinarian .","question":"Vancouver , British Columbia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The tragic death of a trainer at Sea World last week revived a number of long simmering questions . While we still grapple with `` how did this happen ? '' the central question for many revolves around the role of large mammals -- like Tilikum the killer whale -- in zoos and aquariums : Should they be there or not ? Animals in zoos , aquariums and museums play an important and powerful part in our cultural and formal educational processes . Humans are inherently interested in nature . We are not very far removed from a time when being knowledgeable about nature was vital to life ; you either knew how to find your dinner or you were dinner . Today , with well over 50 percent of our populations living in cities , we are rapidly becoming divorced from the realities of the animal world . The dialogue we see in the media , read on blogs and hear in conversation makes it clear that many people have lots of ideas about what 's happening in our natural world , much of it not correct . This lack of"}
-{"answer":"avoid more casualties . `` It is better that equipment be destroyed rather than human lives , '' he said in the statement , adding that looters would not be prosecuted because he `` understands the Malagasy people are poor and hungry . '' A spokesman for Joseph Ravohanjy Hospital said 48 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in the violence since Monday . By Wednesday , a relative calm had fallen over the area and Rajoelina 's rally at the square was peaceful , a Western observer told CNN . The violence began when protesters stormed the government 's radio and television station in Antananarivo , Monday morning in response to Ravalomanana shutting down Rajoelina 's radio station hours earlier . Ravalomanana 's move came just weeks after closing Rajoelina 's television station last month after the airing of an interview with ousted ex-President Didier Ratsiraka . Viva Radio was back on the air Tuesday as the protesters broadened their focus from restoring freedom of speech to targeting businesses owned by Ravalomanana , including food distribution centers , according to an American community worker in Antananarivo . By Tuesday afternoon , some of the protesters had broken","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After two days of violence and looting that claimed the lives of at least 48 people , relative calm settled over Madagascar Wednesday . But the possibility of further violence loomed as anti-government protesters gathered in a central square , vowing future demonstrations . At least 48 people were killed during the riots that broke out in Madagascar . President Marc Ravalomanana and other senior government officials surveyed some of the damage Wednesday and vowed to restore order `` whatever the cost , '' a government statement said . Ravalomanana ordered a member of his joint chiefs of staff to work with the protesters and opposition leader Andry Rajoelina to keep the calm . Meanwhile , Rajoelina -- mayor of the capital , Antananarivo -- addressed the protesters at a downtown rally Wednesday afternoon , calling for two days of general strikes and another mass demonstration Saturday . The strikes would prevent stores and schools from opening . On Tuesday the authorities tried to control protesters who set fire to the state-run media complex the day before . Ravalomanana said he initially held off on ordering troops to fight off looters , saying he wanted to"}
-{"answer":"July and September . What : A local auctioneer , Gordon Reid , started this outdoor market , now the country 's largest , on a somewhat humbler stage back in 1959 : his own backyard . Now , more than 1 million visitors flood in every year to shop the peerless selection of affordable New England collectibles -LRB- weather vanes , decoys and Nantucket baskets -RRB- and maritime accoutrements -LRB- brass lamps and ships ' wheels -RRB- spread across more than 20 `` fields '' on either side of the town 's main road , each containing hundreds of vendors . Budget Travel : 20 great flea markets around the world Three of the best fields are Dealer 's Choice , known for its quality rustic furniture ; Heart-O-The Mart , favored for hobnail glassware and intact grain sacks ; and J&J Auction Acres , flush with high-end items like colonial cherrywood chests and convex mirrors . Even the food has a regional bent : Try the generously sized $ 10 lobster rolls , the fresh-popped kettle corn , and the Pilgrim Sandwich , a supersoft roll layered with roasted turkey , stuffing , cranberry sauce , and mayo","question":"-LRB- Budget Travel -RRB- -- Some of my greatest travel memories are about exploring the local markets -- digging through the goods , chatting with vendors , feeling my way through the nuances of a spirited negotiation . Each time , I walk away with an earful of native lore and insider info -- on top of armfuls of awesome finds . The Springfield Antique Show and Flea Market in Ohio takes place one weekend each month , excluding February and July . Once , I picked up a pair of swingy silver earrings at a market in Uruguay and simultaneously bagged a tip for the best spot to dance to candombe music , something the seller insisted I do while wearing my new purchase . It was just the kind of authentic encounter I 'd never have found in a shop on the main drag . Each of these American markets will leave you with that same richness of experience -- as well as heaps of quality souvenirs . Who needs another plastic snow globe , anyway ? BRIMFIELD ANTIQUE & FLEA MARKET SHOWS Where & when : Brimfield , Massachusetts ; six consecutive days each in mid-May ,"}
-{"answer":"House folks just forgot ? But then there is Congress and the Stimulus Bill . How fast could you get through it ? According to the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation , lawmakers had just 13 hours to read 1,100 pages of material that would cost the American taxpayer $ 787 billion . That 's less than a minute and a half per page , with no time for bathroom breaks . No wonder so many of our lawmakers did n't seem to notice that last-minute exemption clearing the way for bailed-out companies like AIG to pay out big bonuses . So , the House tried to clean up the mess last week by rushing through another bill -- a tax on AIG bonuses . That bill was just 11 hours old before it went on the floor to be argued and then quickly approved . And the list goes on well before the president took office . The bank bailout got all of 29 hours , the rescue of Fannie and Freddie was only available for 19 hours . This is how bills could literally become , to borrow a phrase , too big to fail -- and too fast to","question":"Editor 's note : Campbell Brown anchors CNN 's `` Campbell Brown : No Bias , No Bull '' at 8 p.m. ET Mondays through Fridays . She delivered this commentary during the `` Cutting through the Bull '' segment of Monday night 's broadcast . CNN 's Campbell Brown says nonemergency legislation needs time to be read by the public and Congress . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Whether by omission or commission , both the White House and Congress get a dose of blame for not living up to the new era of transparency promised by President Obama . The president 's old campaign Web site still has this commitment there for all to see : `` As president , Obama will not sign any nonemergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House Web site for five days . '' Well , the president broke that promise barely a week after taking office when he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Bill dealing with equal pay for men and women . A good bill , and certainly one that could have survived a five-day comment period . So , maybe the White"}
-{"answer":"to press their demands , starting with insisting on dismissing the government that Mubarak had appointed before he was ousted , purging the security forces and cleaning the Ministry of Interior , trying Mubarak and those responsible for the death of more than 800 peaceful protesters and the injury of thousands , and setting a clear and specific timetable for handing over power to civilians . The military council has been reluctant to respond , and when it has , it has completely emptied these demands of any meaningful effect . Indeed , it appointed a new Cabinet in March but deprived it of any effective authority . It changed the name of the state security force while maintaining its old structure and savage practices , and it reluctantly put Mubarak and some of his aides before trial , but none has been indicted , and the process has been incredibly slow . With parliamentary elections set to begin on November 28 , the military council wanted to secure its position in the transitional process and threw a wrench in the form of a draft of supra-constitutional principles that , if it were to be agreed upon by the major","question":"Cairo -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In Cairo , where huge protests are now in their fourth day , the angry protesters in Tahrir Square are reclaiming the pro-democracy revolution they started January 25 . Since it took control of the management of the transitional process , the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces -- appointed by the former president , Hosni Mubarak -- has been following a three-sided strategy to contain and even frustrate the persistent demands for handing over power to a civilian authority and establishing an effective democratic system . The military council is breaking the revolutionary will of the protesters by arresting many and putting them in military courts -LRB- 12,000 civilians so far -RRB- ; deliberately humiliating them -LRB- torturing many and exposing female protesters to virginity tests -RRB- ; making ordinary people feel disillusioned and even hate the revolution by failing to take tough measures against anarchy and restore law and order ; and finally , encouraging fragmentation and discord among the country 's political actors . Like Mubarak , the military council has adopted the policy of `` me or anarchy . '' Over the past few months , Egyptians have used enormous demonstrations"}
-{"answer":". '' The parents do n't do it out of convenience , they do it out of desperation . Watch the plight of Iraq 's children '' `` When you become so desperate , you tend to just throw everything up and go , '' Hakki said . `` Every time I look at those children , I ask myself first , ` What crime have those children committed ? ' '' Hakki says Red Crescent has the monumental task of treating and feeding more than 1.6 million children under the age of 12 who have become homeless in their own country . That 's roughly 70 percent of the estimated 2.3 million Iraqis who are homeless inside Iraq . How to help the Iraqi Red Crescent With 95,000 volunteers and 5,000 employees , the Iraqi Red Crescent is the last line of defense for the country 's poor , sick and displaced . They try to blend in as best they can , with Shiites , Sunnis and Kurds working in the neighborhoods distinct to their ethnicities . Six employees of the Iraqi Red Crescent have been killed over the last four years . Eight have been wounded ,","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The head of Iraq 's main humanitarian group said an 18-year-old approached him with a baby suffering from leukemia . The desperate mother said she 'd do `` anything '' for treatment for her child -- and then offered herself up for sex . Baha , 12 , waits for treatment in an Iraqi Red Crescent center after shrapnel pierced his left eye . Said Ismail Hakki breaks down in tears as he recalls that story . Leukemia can be treatable to a degree in much of the world , but not in Iraq . The baby died two months later . `` It shook me like hell , '' said Hakki , the president of the Iraqi Red Crescent . `` All my life I 've been a surgeon . I 've seen blood ; I 've seen death . That never shook me -- none whatsoever . But when I see the suffering of those people , that really shook me . '' The plight of Iraq 's children is nearing epidemic proportions , he said , with mothers and fathers abandoning their children `` because they 're becoming a liability"}
-{"answer":"Palestinian-Israeli conflict . The recent arrests of Palestinian human rights activists Jamal Juma ' , Abdallah Abu Rahma , Ibrahim Amirah and Mohammed Othman are prime examples . Juma ' and Othman were imprisoned without charge , Amirah faces charges of incitement , organizing illegal demonstrations , and stone-throwing , and Abu Rahma is confronted with a charge of `` illegal weapons possession , '' apparently because a protest sign he created included a spent tear gas canister In fact , they were imprisoned -LRB- Juma ' was released on January 12 and Othman on January 13 after he was held nearly four months -RRB- not for firing missiles or ambushing Israeli troops , but for protesting what the International Court of Justice has called the illegal Israeli separation wall that carves up the West Bank and places Palestinian communities in an existence that recalls South African apartheid . The systematic detention of such leaders has been condemned by Amnesty International , but the U.S. public is unlikely to get even a hint that the Israeli government is furthering its efforts to smash dissent in the occupied territories . These recent crackdowns make even more ironic the hope expressed by","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Every year , beginning with the January birthday celebrations for the Rev. Martin Luther King and moving through Black History Month in February , Americans and others revisit the history , role and significance of the black freedom movement in the United States . But there is a frequent tendency to misrepresent the lessons of that movement and apply them to other social movements overseas in a way that misses the mark . This has been happening increasingly with the historical lessons that are being misapplied to the Palestinian freedom movement . It has become almost a clich\u00e9 , yet people , including Irish rocker Bono , continue to wield King 's name when they bemoan the alleged absence of his like among the Palestinians . It seems no matter what Palestinian activists do , they are condemned as terrorists . Whether they are engaged in armed struggle or nonviolent direct action , it does not matter : Palestinian activists are often portrayed as extremists who threaten life and property . The obvious exceptions are those Palestinians who are prepared to accept whatever terms the United States insists upon for the resolution of the"}
-{"answer":"ball of flame go up when I was at the red light , just went up in flame , '' said witness Mary Greib . `` I took off running . '' Said another witness , who did not want to be identified : `` We had a woman in a light-colored , midsized vehicle of some sort that was hesitant to pass the tanker . A number of vehicles were attempting to go around her in different directions . '' He said he was one of them , and passed her on the right , after which the explosion occurred . `` We are not sure what happened , '' he said . Vince Brennan said he was on the eighth floor of a nearby building when he heard the explosion coming from where `` a vicious curve '' exists on the highway . `` I heard a whole bunch of boom , boom , boom , '' he said . He ran to the window and looked down on a McDonald 's restaurant . `` You could n't even see it , it was so black with smoke , '' he said . `` The flames had to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A collision involving two big-rigs and a car Wednesday caused an explosion that sent flames and clouds of smoke billowing and collapsed a highway overpass just north of Detroit , Michigan . Fire rages at the site of a tanker crash and overpass collapse on I-75 north of Detroit , Michigan , Wednesday . One of the tankers was traveling on the Interstate 75 about 8:30 p.m. in Hazel Park , near the Nine-Mile overpass , when the collision caused an explosion , said Lt. Shannon Simms of the Michigan State Police . It was headed northbound , said Bill Shreck of the Department of Transportation . Hazel Park is about 10 miles north of downtown Detroit . The explosion erupted upward , causing the overpass , carrying two lanes in each direction , to collapse , Simms said . Watch footage of fire '' Firefighters put out the blaze late Wednesday and were able to locate all three drivers of the vehicles involved in the crash . The three suffered minor injuries . One of the tankers was filled with thousands of gallons of fuel , Simms said . `` I just saw a huge"}
-{"answer":"tethered to the international space station . \u2022 The space shuttle program is ending , causing 4,600 workers to lose their jobs . -LRB- This was also in the Bush plan , but that proposal included funding the Ares rocket . -RRB- \u2022 Without a space shuttle , the U.S. will rely temporarily on Russian rockets to send our astronauts into space . \u2022 Eventually , private enterprise will take over launching our astronauts . Some critics say that this is all too much , too soon . Private companies may not be ready to pick up the slack for years to transport astronauts . Conceivably , any political crisis with the Russians in far-away places , such as the Balkans , might affect our access to outer space . And we will just have to swallow our pride when the Chinese plant their flag on the moon sometime after 2020 , as they say they will . Proponents of the plan Obama is expected to describe , however , say that it is long overdue and inevitable . In these trying financial times , the U.S. can not sustain an ambitious space program . Get real , they say","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a long-awaited speech Thursday in Florida , President Obama will boldly go where no president has gone before , laying out an entirely new vision for the U.S. space program . The firestorm of controversy has already begun For more than 50 years , presidents have pushed for government rockets to send astronauts to space , the moon and possibly Mars . But now a new paradigm is being proposed . The moon program is off the table , and Mars is only a distant possibility . NASA is essentially getting out of the astronaut business , letting the Russians and private enterprise take over . The glory days of NASA , some say , are over . The Obama plan is truly breathtaking , ending an era that lasted from Presidents Kennedy to Bush . Some specifics : \u2022 The moon program , called Constellation , is being suspended , and its components and $ 9 billion of research are going down the drain . The Ares rocket , which recently underwent a successful preliminary test , will be canceled . The Orion lunar module will be repurposed as an astronaut `` lifeboat ''"}
-{"answer":"making a total of five trips to the troubled region . Kashi told CNN : `` It was truly one of the most graphic examples of economic inequity that I have ever seen . Especially with the backdrop of hundreds of billions of oil wealth that has been generated over the previous 50 years . '' As a result of his work , Kashi says that his photos are now being used by universities and NGOs to raise awareness to try and effect change . To him , this has been one of the most gratifying and exciting by-products of his work . One of this year 's most intriguing entries is by Sammy Baloji , who superimposes colonial black and white archive photos of Belgian-run mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo and places them over his color images of the decaying mines as seen today . Nadav Kander 's images of China 's Yangtze River depict communities adjusting to the changes caused by the re-routing of the country 's largest river . And , Andreas Gursky has captured an extraordinary image of an ocean of rubbish at a landfill site in Mexico City . Darren Almond 's ethereal","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Last year 's inaugural Prix Pictet photography award for environmental sustainability produced a stunning shortlist of photos . Ed Kashi has documented the impact oil has made on the Niger Delta in Africa . This year is no different with 12 photographers in the running for the first prize of 100,000 CHF -LRB- $ 97,500 -RRB- . The theme in 2009 is described simply as `` Earth . '' The aim is to highlight how man exploits the planet 's resources and how this impacts the landscapes and communities surrounding them . In an extraordinary series of photos Canadian Christopher Anderson captures how the quest for raw materials affects Venezuela . In `` The Diminishing Present , '' Portuguese-born Edgar Martins records forest landscapes in the moments before they are engulfed by flames . In `` Curse of the Black Gold : 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta , '' Ed Kashi captures the impact of the oil industry on Nigeria 's environment and people since it was first discovered five decades ago . Kashi , an American photojournalist , spent three years compiling his photos of the Niger Delta ,"}
-{"answer":"plans . `` It 's my first and last time at eating at Tavern on the Green , '' Brown said . `` At least I can now say I ate there . '' Rodney Shephard recently was making preparations for his last party , for 1,500 guests . It 's nothing the restaurant 's maitre d' for the past 23 years could n't handle , but he was n't looking forward to his last party on his last day of employment at the restaurant . `` I never thought this day would come '' said Shephard , 52 . `` Not like this . Not like the money-making machine that this place is . '' The restaurant served its first meal in 1936 , when Mayor Fiorello La Guardia presided over its opening as the city and the country were trying to dig out from the Great Depression . The restaurant almost died in 1974 when the operator shuttered the `` rustic little money-losing pub , '' as New York Times food writer Eric Asimov later described it . But Warner LeRoy immediately took over the Tavern 's lease and invested $ 10 million . He added two rooms","question":"New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The legendary New York restaurant Tavern on the Green will close its doors after serving a last supper and hosting a New Year 's party . The iconic spot on the western edge of Central Park will undergo major renovations under a new operator and may even retain its famous name , but to many patrons , this is indisputably the end of an era . Claudia Myers and Wayne Knowles , a semi-retired couple visiting from Norfolk , Virginia , were saddened by the news and decided to treat themselves to one last Tavern dinner . `` I came here years ago and had good memories , '' Knowles said . `` It 's the atmosphere and ambience '' Myers added . `` Everyone knows what Tavern on the Green is and where is it '' -- here , Myers paused -- `` except one cab driver . It 's just a neat place . It has history and it 's in the park . '' Ed Brown and his wife , Judy , also were in town for the holidays from Plantation , Florida , and were aware of the restaurant 's"}
-{"answer":"originalism : the notion that the Constitution should be read as originally understood by its framers . Justice Clarence Thomas is the most militant originalist on the Supreme Court . A President Cain would seek to fill the federal judiciary with more Clarence Thomases -- a prospect that most blacks rightly view with dread . Asked about his impressions of the Occupy Wall Street dissidents , Cain declared : `` Do n't blame the big banks . If you do n't have a job and you 're not rich , blame yourself '' -- a statement that overlooks the desperation with which millions , a disproportionate number of whom are black , strive to stave off impoverishment and unemployment . Later , when Cain perceived the impolitic character of his comment , he tried to minimize it , asserting that he was only referring to the protesters and not to the impoverished or unemployed in general . That attempt at damage control rings false , however , especially in light of his further comment : `` It is not a person 's fault if they succeeded , it is a person 's fault if they failed . '' Largely located","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Herman Cain claims that brainwashing explains why so few blacks support conservative Republicans such as himself . He is wrong . The thinking , sentiments , and policy preferences he supports give good cause for rejecting him . In his new campaign manifesto , `` This is Herman Cain : My Journey to the White House , '' the candidate states repeatedly and without qualification that `` Our Founding Fathers did their job ... a great job . '' He makes no mention of the blacks who fled George Washington , James Madison and Thomas Jefferson during the Revolutionary War in search of their freedom , or the Constitution 's protection of slavery , or that the initial Constitution forbade Congress from prohibiting American participation in the international slave trade for 20 years and indeed made that provision unamendable . Cain evinces no recognition of the Founding Fathers ' role in erecting a cruel pigmentocracy that continues to poison virtually every aspect of American political , social and cultural life . This is not an abstruse or academic matter . The president nominates federal judges . An important theory of constitutional interpretation vying for ascendancy is"}
-{"answer":"workers , craftsmen and artisans , Timberline has dug out its own place in American culture . But it also bills itself as America 's only year-round ski area . ` Heeeeere 's Johnny ! ' And , if the photos strike you as familiar , it may be because Timberline has built a respectable resume as a location for films such as `` Bend of the River , '' starring Jimmy Stewart , `` All the Young Men , '' starring Sydney Poitier and the horror classic `` The Shining '' with Jack Nicholson . In a way , you could say the Timberline played the starring role in that 1980 film . The lodge stood as the haunted Overlook Hotel , but only in exterior shots . All interior scenes were shot elsewhere , said Kohnstamm , who helped the film crew during the shoot . `` I did some work outside for the crew 's helicopter shots , '' he said . `` We 'd have to make sure that the place looked desolate and that no one was around . I remember hiding in the trees so they could get the shots . '' Growing up","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jeff Kohnstamm had a bit of an unusual childhood . He grew up in a virtual museum . Even now when he wanders around the lobby at Oregon 's iconic Timberline Lodge , Kohnstamm , 47 , sometimes flashes back to being a kid on a tricycle , winding his way around original furniture designed by Depression-era artisans . For Kohnstamm , whose family has operated the federally owned property for a half century , the Mount Hood ski lodge has become a living scrapbook of his life . From birth until college he divided his days between school in neighboring Portland and Timberline -- with its rustic stone masonry , massive wooden beams , paintings , wood marquetry , custom wrought iron accoutrements and linoleum murals . `` There are museum aspects of this place , and I suppose the government could say , ` let 's make it into a museum and have ropes and glass and charge admission , ' but we 'd rather it be a ski lodge than a museum . '' Since its birth in the late 1930s as a New Deal project to create hundreds of jobs for Portland"}
-{"answer":"for me . '' To create Miller 's ideal look , Abergel flatirons her roots and combats bulkiness with Fr\u00c3 \u00a9 d\u00c3 \u00a9 ric Fekkai Coiff Finishing cream . `` Sienna feels most like herself when her hair is soft and airy versus set and stylized , '' he says . Still , it takes effort to appear this artfully undone . It may seem like she rolls out of bed looking glamorous , but Miller says it is not that easy : `` I 'm very much involved in how I want to look . '' Eve and makeup artist JJ Jacobucci She dyed her hair platinum as a Philadelphia teenager , rose to fame as a hip-hop biker chick , and cavorted with a tiger -- and later Gwen Stefani -- on MTV . It seems like Eve was born edgy . But until recently the rapper-singer-actress clung religiously to her signature look of cat eyes , dewy skin and pale pink lips , aided by the habitual application of MAC Lipglass in Malibu Barbie -LRB- she 's also a company spokeswoman -RRB- . It was on the L.A. set of Eve 's candy-colored video for `` Tambourine","question":"-LRB- InStyle.com -RRB- -- Ever wonder how actresses like Sienna Miller look stunning 24\/7 ? Good genes , sure . But they also get a little help from their friends Sienna Miller and favorite hairstylist Adir Abergel : `` If I worried what people thought about my look , I 'd get it all wrong . '' Sienna Miller and hairstylist Adir Abergel Try to talk coifs with Sienna Miller and she 'll cut you off at the pass . `` I do n't even own a hairbrush ! '' she insists . `` I 'm really not too attached to my hair . '' No kidding . She gamely lopped off about 10 inches to play Edie Sedgwick in Factory Girl . But the actress is much less keen to part with her hairstylist Adir Abergel , for whom she has been known to cook dinner at her London home . `` Adir gets me , '' says Miller . `` He knows I never like to look too done or polished . '' Her biggest challenge ? `` I 've got quite a lot of hair , but I like it flat , so Adir squashes it down"}
-{"answer":"solo album he 's in town to promote . For the 37-year-old singer-songwriter , it 's all interconnected . One has fed into the other since he gained household name status a decade ago , after scoring a massive , Grammy-winning hit with Carlos Santana on `` Smooth . '' Watch Thomas describe the difference between being a celebrity and a musician '' The following is an edited version of the interview . CNN : Who has given you the best piece of advice ? Rob Thomas : Carlos -LSB- Santana -RSB- will constantly send you messages out of nowhere . Carlos will call me at 10 at night and be like , `` Listen , I had a dream about you , and so much good is happening , but there 's dark forces at work , and when you get out of here , I have this woman who wants to cleanse you . '' I think Carlos ' most important piece of advice ever was that he taught me the difference between being a celebrity and being a famous musician . CNN : But some artists do n't have that kind of success , and they try","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rob Thomas is a busy guy -- so busy , he apparently has n't had much time to check in with his Matchbox Twenty bandmates . Rob Thomas prefers to focus on the `` musician '' side of his career , rather than `` celebrity . '' We only know this because we ran into guitarist Paul Doucette at the BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills several weeks ago , where he was picking up a plaque for songwriter of the year . `` We 're interviewing Rob about his solo album , '' I told him . `` Hey , '' Doucette exclaimed . `` Tell that guy to call me , would you ? I did n't even know he was in L.A. ! '' By the time we met up with Thomas the next day , he and Doucette had already connected over drinks somewhere between midnight and the morning -- musician 's hours . Thomas recently released `` Cradlesong , '' his second solo CD . Even though he 's clearly excited about it , he spends as much time talking about Matchbox Twenty as he does the"}
-{"answer":". It 's having the willingness to put yourself in that uncomfortable position -- and belief that you have the strength to get through it . `` It 's a perceived risk and you go out there knowing that you have done all you can to deal with all scenarios . You do n't just go out there on a whim -- we are well trained , '' she said . Coping day-to-day during the journey is a whole new challenge : solo sailors must battle perilous conditions , changes to sleep patterns and , inevitably , loneliness . Would you survive a round the world voyage ? Take our personality test and find out ! Caffari says she found being separated from family and friends was the hardest aspect of sailing round-the-world the first time . `` The toughest thing about my first journey was not seeing people for six months . You can communicate very well now , perhaps too well , but it still does n't allow you to have face-to-face contact with people . '' Modern-day communications allow sailors to keep in touch via satellite phones and also keep in Internet contact . Sailors are tracked","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- British solo round-the-world sailor Dee Caffari happily admits that you need to be a little bit ` mad ' to take on long-distance sailing . Dee Caffari celebrates completing the solo Vendee Globe race earlier this year . And she should know : Caffari became the first woman to sail single-handedly around the world in both directions after completing the solo round-the-world race , Vendee Globe , earlier this year . `` People say you must be mad -- and there probably is an element of truth in that , '' the 36 year-old told CNN . Growing up on the south coast of England , Caffari was bitten by the sailing bug early and her passion for the sport led her to enter the Vendee Globe , considered by some to be the most punishing sporting event on the planet . Caffari spent 99 days at sea completely alone and says preparation is the key to success in long-distance voyages at sea . That , and the desire and self-belief to make it to the finish . `` You have to have this desire to see how far you can push yourself"}
-{"answer":"deserve , '' Boehner said . `` If you meant what you said last night , we welcome you and your Democratic colleagues to join us in our historic call to action on American energy . '' On Monday night , Pelosi said the vote would need to be part of a larger discussion that would include investing in renewable energy resources and releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve . Those options would help bring both immediate and long-lasting solutions to the energy crisis , she said . In her interview with King , Pelosi talked about what the government and country needs to do to avert the energy crisis and quickly bring down gas prices . The following is an edited version of the interview : Larry King : OK , Madam Speaker , author of `` Know Your Power , '' why do n't you bring -LSB- Congress -RSB- back ? Speaker Nancy Pelosi : Well , it 's interesting to hear Sen. -LSB- John -RSB- McCain talk about bringing Congress back . He was n't even in Congress this last session when we really had two very important bills on energy -- one to give tax","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reversed her opposition to a vote on offshore drilling on `` Larry King Live '' on Monday night , saying she would consider a vote if it were part of a larger energy package . U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urges the release of oil from strategic reserves as a way to bring down gas prices . Pelosi and fellow House Democrats have staunchly opposed Republicans ' request for a vote on the drilling . Some Republicans stayed in chambers after Congress adjourned for the session , making speeches on energy policies , in an attempt to get Democrats to come back for a vote . Reacting to Pelosi 's remarks , House Minority Leader John Boehner , R-Ohio , said the speaker should call the House of Representatives back from its summer recess immediately if she is sincere about a vote on off-shore drilling . `` Our message to Speaker Pelosi is very simple : We are ready to vote on more energy production and lower gas prices right now , and we should not wait one more day to begin giving the American people the relief they expect and"}