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london, england (reuters)harry potter star daniel radcliffe gains access to a reported £20 million ($411 million) fortune as he turns 18 on monday, but he insists the money won't cast a spell on him daniel radcliffe as harry potter in 'harry potter and the order of the phoenix' to the disappointment of gossip columnists around the world, the young actor says he has no plans to fritter his cash away on fast cars, drink and celebrity parties 'i don't plan to be one of those people who, as soon as they turn 18, suddenly buy themselves a massive sports car collection or something similar,' he told an australian interviewer earlier this month 'i don't think i'll be particularly extravagant 'the things i like buying are things that cost about 10 poundsbooks and cds and dvds' at 18, radcliffe will be able to gamble in a casino, buy a drink in a pub or see the horror film 'hostel: part ii,' currently six places below his number one movie on the uk box office chart details of how he'll mark his landmark birthday are under wraps his agent and publicist had no comment on his plans 'i'll definitely have some sort of party,' he said in an interview 'hopefully none of you will be reading about it' radcliffe's earnings from the first five potter films have been held in a trust fund which he has not been able to touch despite his growing fame and riches, the actor says he is keeping his feet firmly on the ground 'people are always looking to say 'kid star goes off the rails,'' he told reporters last month 'but i try very hard not to go that way because it would be too easy for them' his latest outing as the boy wizard in 'harry potter and the order of the phoenix' is breaking records on both sides of the atlantic and he will reprise the role in the last two films watch i reporter give her review of potter's latest » there is life beyond potter, however the londoner has filmed a tv movie called 'my boy jack,' about author rudyard kipling and his son, due for release later this year he will also appear in 'december boys,' an australian film about four boys who escape an orphanage earlier this year, he made his stage debut playing a tortured teenager in peter shaffer's 'equus' meanwhile, he is braced for even closer media scrutiny now that he's legally an adult: 'i just think i'm going to be more sort of fair game,' he told reuters e mail to a friend copyright 2007 reuters all rights reservedthis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed

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harry potter star daniel radcliffe gets £20m fortune as he turns 18 monday young actor says he has no plans to fritter his cash away radcliffe's earnings from first five potter films have been held in trust fund

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 (cnn)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 won't do what they're told when police arrive on the sceneconfrontation 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 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 bagthat'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 comforting, but the lights glare, the cells are tiny and it's loud we see two, sometimes three mensometimes in the robes, sometimes naked, lying or sitting in their cells 'i am the son of the president you need to get me out of here!' one man shouts at me he is absolutely serious, convinced that help is on the wayif only he could reach the white house leifman tells me that these prisoner patients will often circulate through the system, occasionally stabilizing in a mental hospital, only to return to jail to face their charges it's brutally unjust, in his mind, and he has become a strong advocate for changing things in miami over a meal later, we talk about how things got this way for mental patients leifman says 200 years ago people were considered 'lunatics' and they were locked up in jails even if they had no charges against them they were just considered unfit to be in society over the years, he says, there was some public outcry, and the mentally ill were moved out of jails and into hospitals but leifman says many of these mental hospitals were so horrible they were shut down where did the patients go? nowhere the streets they became, in many cases, the homeless, he says they never got treatment leifman says in 1955 there were more than half a million people in state mental hospitals, and today that number has been reduced 90 percent, and 40,000 to 50,000 people are in mental hospitals the judge says he's working to change this starting in 2008, many inmates who would otherwise have been brought to the 'forgotten floor' will instead be sent to a new mental health facilitythe first step on a journey toward long term treatment, not just punishment leifman says it's not the complete answer, but it's a start leifman says the best part is that it's a win win solution the patients win, the families are relieved, and the state saves money by simply not cycling these prisoners through again and again and, for leifman, justice is served e mail to a friend

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mentally ill inmates in miami are housed on the 'forgotten floor' judge steven leifman says most are there as a result of 'avoidable felonies' while cnn tours facility, patient shouts: 'i am the son of the president' leifman says the system is unjust and he's fighting for change

minneapolis, minnesota (cnn)drivers who were on the minneapolis bridge when it collapsed told harrowing tales of survival 'the whole bridge from one side of the mississippi to the other just completely gave way, fell all the way down,' survivor gary babineau told cnn 'i probably had a 30 , 35 foot free fall and there's cars in the water, there's cars on fire the whole bridge is down' he said his back was injured but he determined he could move around 'i realized there was a school bus right next to me, and me and a couple of other guys went over and started lifting the kids off the bridge they were yelling, screaming, bleeding i think there were some broken bones' watch a driver describe his narrow escape » at home when he heard about the disaster, dr john hink, an emergency room physician, jumped into his car and rushed to the scene in 15 minutes he arrived at the south side of the bridge, stood on the riverbank and saw dozens of people lying dazed on an expansive deck they were in the middle of the mississippi river, which was churning fast, and he had no way of getting to them he went to the north side, where there was easier access to people ambulances were also having a hard time driving down to the river to get closer to the scene working feverishly, volunteers, emts and other officials managed to get 55 people into ambulances in less than two hours occasionally, a pickup truck with a medic inside would drive to get an injured person and bring him back up even ground, hink told cnn the rescue effort was controlled and organized, he said; the opposite of the lightning quick collapse 'i could see the whole bridge as it was going down, as it was falling,' babineau said 'it just gave a rumble real quick, and it all just gave way, and it just fell completely, all the way to the ground and there was dust everywhere and it was just like everyone has been saying: it was just like out of the movies' babineau said the rear of his pickup truck was dangling over the edge of a broken off section of the bridge he said several vehicles slid past him into the water 'i stayed in my car for one or two seconds i saw a couple cars fall,' he said 'so i stayed in my car until the cars quit falling for a second, then i got out real quick, ran in front of my truckbecause behind my truck was just a holeand i helped a woman off of the bridge with me 'i just wanted off the bridge, and then i ran over to the school bus i started grabbing kids and handing them down it was just complete chaos' he said most of the children were crying or screaming he and other rescuers set them on the ground and told them to run to the river bank, but a few needed to be carried because of their injuries see rescuers clamber over rubble » babineau said he had no rescue training 'i just knew what i had to do at the moment' melissa hughes, 32, of minneapolis, told the associated press that she was driving home when the western edge of the bridge collapsed under her 'you know that free fall feeling? i felt that twice,' hughes said a pickup landed on top of her car, but she was not hurt 'i had no idea there was a vehicle on my car,' she told ap 'it's really very surreal' babineau told the minneapolis star tribune: 'on the way down, i thought i was dead i literally thought i was dead 'my truck was completely face down, pointed toward the ground, and my truck got ripped in half it was folded in half, and i can't believe i'm alive' see and hear eyewitness accounts » bernie toivonen told cnn's 'american morning' that his vehicle was on a part of the bridge that ended up tilted at a 45 degree angle 'i knew the deck was going down, there was no question about it, and i thought i was going to die,' he said after the bridge settled and his car remained upright, 'i just put in park, turned the key off and said, 'oh, i'm alive,' ' he said e mail to a friend

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new: 'i thought i was going to die,' driver says man says pickup truck was folded in half; he just has cut on face driver: 'i probably had a 30 , 35 foot free fall' minnesota bridge collapsed during rush hour wednesday

(cnn) the national football league has indefinitely suspended atlanta falcons quarterback michael vick without pay, officials with the league said friday nfl star michael vick is set to appear in court monday a judge will have the final say on a plea deal earlier, vick admitted to participating in a dogfighting ring as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in virginia 'your admitted conduct was not only illegal, but also cruel and reprehensible your team, the nfl, and nfl fans have all been hurt by your actions,' nfl commissioner roger goodell said in a letter to vick goodell said he would review the status of the suspension after the legal proceedings are over in papers filed friday with a federal court in virginia, vick also admitted that he and two co conspirators killed dogs that did not fight well falcons owner arthur blank said vick's admissions describe actions that are 'incomprehensible and unacceptable' the suspension makes 'a strong statement that conduct which tarnishes the good reputation of the nfl will not be tolerated,' he said in a statement watch what led to vick's suspension » goodell said the falcons could 'assert any claims or remedies' to recover $22 million of vick's signing bonus from the 10 year, $130 million contract he signed in 2004, according to the associated press vick said he would plead guilty to one count of 'conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture' in a plea agreement filed at us district court in richmond, virginia the charge is punishable by up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, 'full restitution, a special assessment and 3 years of supervised release,' the plea deal said federal prosecutors agreed to ask for the low end of the sentencing guidelines 'the defendant will plead guilty because the defendant is in fact guilty of the charged offense,' the plea agreement said in an additional summary of facts, signed by vick and filed with the agreement, vick admitted buying pit bulls and the property used for training and fighting the dogs, but the statement said he did not bet on the fights or receive any of the money won 'most of the 'bad newz kennels' operations and gambling monies were provided by vick,' the official summary of facts said gambling wins were generally split among co conspirators tony taylor, quanis phillips and sometimes purnell peace, it continued 'vick did not gamble by placing side bets on any of the fights vick did not receive any of the proceeds from the purses that were won by 'bad newz kennels' ' vick also agreed that 'collective efforts' by him and two others caused the deaths of at least six dogs around april, vick, peace and phillips tested some dogs in fighting sessions at vick's property in virginia, the statement said 'peace, phillips and vick agreed to the killing of approximately 6 8 dogs that did not perform well in 'testing' sessions at 1915 moonlight road and all of those dogs were killed by various methods, including hanging and drowning 'vick agrees and stipulates that these dogs all died as a result of the collective efforts of peace, phillips and vick,' the summary said peace, 35, of virginia beach, virginia; phillips, 28, of atlanta, georgia; and taylor, 34, of hampton, virginia, already have accepted agreements to plead guilty in exchange for reduced sentences vick, 27, is scheduled to appear monday in court, where he is expected to plead guilty before a judge see a timeline of the case against vick » the judge in the case will have the final say over the plea agreement the federal case against vick focused on the interstate conspiracy, but vick's admission that he was involved in the killing of dogs could lead to local charges, according to cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin 'it sometimes happensnot oftenthat the state will follow a federal prosecution by charging its own crimes for exactly the same behavior,' toobin said friday 'the risk for vick is, if he makes admissions in his federal guilty plea, the state of virginia could say, 'hey, look, you admitted violating virginia state law as well we're going to introduce that against you and charge you in our court' ' in the plea deal, vick agreed to cooperate with investigators and provide all information he may have on any criminal activity and to testify if necessary vick also agreed to turn over any documents he has and to submit to polygraph tests vick agreed to 'make restitution for the full amount of the costs associated' with the dogs that are being held by the government 'such costs may include, but are not limited to, all costs associated with the care of the dogs involved in that case, including if necessary, the long term care and/or the humane euthanasia of some or all of those animals' prosecutors, with the support of animal rights activists, have asked for permission to euthanize the dogs but the dogs could serve as important evidence in the cases against vick and his admitted co conspirators judge henry e hudson issued an order thursday telling the us marshals service to 'arrest and seize the defendant property, and use discretion and whatever means appropriate to protect and maintain said defendant property' both the judge's order and vick's filing refer to 'approximately' 53 pit bull dogs after vick's indictment last month, goodell ordered the quarterback not to report to the falcons training camp, and the league is reviewing the case blank told the nfl network on monday he could not speculate on vick's future as a falcon, at least not until he had seen 'a statement of facts' in the case e mail to a friend cnn's mike phelan contributed to this report

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new: nfl chief, atlanta falcons owner critical of michael vick's conduct nfl suspends falcons quarterback indefinitely without pay vick admits funding dogfighting operation but says he did not gamble vick due in federal court monday; future in nfl remains uncertain

(cnn)world no 2 petra kvitova continued her perfect start to 2012 by helping the czech republic win the hopman cup teams event for the second time, beating france 2 0 in saturday's final the wimbledon champion ended the week undefeated after her 7 5 6 1 win over ninth ranked marion bartoli in perth, australia the 21 year old, who won the season ending wta championships in october, also saw off the challenge of world no 1 caroline wozniacki on friday and did not drop a set against american bethanie mattek sands or bulgaria's tsvetana pironkova seventh ranked tomas berdych gave the czechs an unbeatable lead when he triumphed 7 6 (7 0) 6 4 against richard gasquet to also be undefeated in the men's singles and leave the french still seeking a first title 'it was a really good match (against wozniacki) but today i played much better against marion and it's always tough to play with someone at the top,' kvitova said 'it's really good to win at the beginning of the season, and of course i have to say thank you to tomas because without him we wouldn't win' it was a good day for czech tennis players, as andrea hlavackova and lucie hradecka won the first doubles title of the wta tour season at the asb classic in auckland, new zealand the french open champions beat germany's julia gorges and flavia pennetta of italy 6 7 (2 7) 6 2 10 7 in a match played indoors after the singles final was rained off pennetta will be back on court on sunday when she faces china's zheng jie in the rescheduled singles final estonia's kaia kanepi claimed her first wta tour title by beating slovakia's daniela hantuchova 6 2 6 1 in the final of the brisbane international on saturday the 26 year old, ranked 34th, followed up her earlier victories over italian third seed francesca schiavone and german no 2 andrea petkovic she had never beaten 24th ranked hantuchova in three previous meetings, and her opponent fell to her ninth defeat in 13 career finals 'in previous years i've been a surprise playeri was able to beat higher ranked players, but then maybe lose to lower ranked players,' kanepi said 'now i'm playing more stable, not making as many errors i'm beating top players more consistently hopefully i can get that ranking myself one day'

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petra kvitova and tomas berdych give czech republic victory in hopman cup teams event women's no 2 kvitova ends the week in australia unbeaten in four singles matches czech players andrea hlavackova and lucie hradecka win first doubles title of wta tour season estonia's kaia kanepi claims her first title by winning final of the brisbane international event

london (cnn)the british supreme court on wednesday denied julian assange's appeal against extradition to sweden over sexual abuse allegations, but the judges left open a surprise avenue for the wikileaks founder to fight on assange will take it, his legal team said, arguing that the judges made their decision based on issues that were not argued in court assange has been fighting for a year and a half against being sent to sweden for questioning about accusations of sexual abuse two women in sweden accused assange in august 2010 of sexually assaulting them during a visit to the country in connection with a wikileaks release of internal us military documents the supreme court appeared wednesday to clear the way for him to be sent to sweden for questioning, then unexpectedly gave his legal team two weeks to file an appeal assange lawyer gareth pierce said after the hearing that he would request a new hearing 'the majority of the judges decided that custom and practice of the european community in effect trumped the law,' she said that 'was not argued in court and that in itself would be a breach of the (european convention on human rights) article 6 guarantee to a fair hearing' it is very unusual for the court to grant permission to appeal its rulings, which are supposed to be final in britain wikileaks' work is not at issue in the extradition hearing or the swedish allegations against assange assange has not been charged with a crime, but swedish prosecutors want to question him in connection with allegations of 'unlawful coercion and sexual misconduct including rape,' according to a supreme court document assange, who has been under house arrest in britain since december 2010, maintains he is innocent and claims that the allegations are politically motivated he fears that if he is extradited to sweden, authorities there could hand him over to the united states, where he then could be prosecuted for his leaking of classified documents in a tweet tuesday, wikileaks connected wednesday's judgment with the arrival of us secretary of state hillary clinton in sweden, which is scheduled a few days later 'hiliary clinton and state dept team arrive stockhom june 3 4; 4 days after assange extradition decision fanciful to think no discussion,' the tweet read, misspelling both the first name of the cabinet official and of the swedish capital clinton is due to make a stop in stockholm, according to a statement on the state department website, on a swing through six countries discussions about internet freedom are included on the agenda assange's lawyers fought the extradition on appeal via a legal technicality involving the arrest warrant they argued that the 'european arrest warrant' issued for assange is invalid because it was issued by a swedish prosecutor, whom they say is not an independent and impartial judicial authority his lawyers earlier vowed to take their fight all the way to the european court of human rights if the supreme court denies the appeal two women assange had sexual relations with in sweden in august 2010 subsequently went to police, who took down their complaints, according the britain's supreme court police then interviewed assange the wikileaks founder left sweden 'in ignorance of the fact that a domestic arrest warrant had been issued for him,' according to the uk high court a swedish court granted a warrant for his 'detention for interrogation,' and swedish prosecutors issued a european arrest warrant for his detention in the uk wikileaks, which facilitates the anonymous leaking of secret information, has published some 250,000 confidential us diplomatic cables, causing embarrassment to the government and others it has also published hundreds of thousands of classified us documents relating to the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan but the organization has come under financial pressure, leading assange to announce that wikileaks was temporarily stopping publication to 'aggressively fund raise' in order to stay afloat an announcement at the top of wikileaks' home page reads: 'we are forced to put all our efforts into raising funds to ensure our economic survival' during his wait for the supreme court to rule on his extradition, assange has hosted a talk show on russian tv 'the world tomorrow' appears on the kremlin funded, pro russian network russia today he hosts it from the suffolk mansion where he is under house arrest, with an electronic bracelet monitoring his movements he has interviewed controversial figures at odds with the us government including hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, which the united states considers a terrorist organization, and ecuador's president rafael correa, who railed against the united states in his interview with assange

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(cnn)us defense secretary leon panetta departed thursday for a trip to asia aimed at updating friends and allies about washington's new pacific oriented defense strategy it is the secretary's second trip to the region since taking office he is expected to return late next week before boarding the 12 hour flight across the pacific, panetta spoke to about 250 civilian and military personnel at hawaii's camp hm smith, home of the us pacific command panetta told those gathered that hawaii is a 'key point' in the us military strategy in the asia pacific region the secretary also met with the head of the us pacific command, adm sam locklear, who plans to join panetta for much of the trip the first stop is singapore, where panetta is expected to deliver a major policy speech focusing on the role of the united states and its defense strategy in the asia pacific region, according to a senior defense official who briefed reporters about the trip 'basically the core of what we are trying to do with the swing through asia is to give a comprehensive account to partners and everyone in the region about what the rebalance to the asia pacific will mean in practice,' the official said wednesday the scheduled speech is at the international institute for strategic studies' annual shangri la dialogue, which covers regional defense and security issues as well as global threats like terrorism and piracy panetta also is scheduled to meet with military leaders from singapore, japan, south korea, australia and perhaps china 'it's a good opportunity for the secretary to meet his counterparts, we'll have to see who the chinese send,' said a second senior defense official who also briefed the media 'if the opportunity is there and the schedules can support, we welcome that opportunity, as we have in the past' much of the secretary's schedule at the shangri la dialogue is still unclear because there will be so many officials from various asian nations, and nailing down specific meetings is still being worked out after singapore, panetta flies to vietnam to meet with senior leaders there 'we're going to be able to thank the vietnamese for their continual great assistance on remains recovery and other importation issues,' the first official said, referring to vietnam's cooperation in finding the remains of american servicemen missing since the war there nearly 50 years ago the united states and vietnam have been working for 17 years on normalization of their relations, and the official says those relations are 'really healthy' from vietnam, the secretary plans to go to india for his last stop he plans to spend two days there meeting with top officials in new dehli and 'he'll be giving one major speech in india as well,' the official said 'india is the only country we mention in the defense strategic guidance as a partner and we are really shifting to a point at which our defense interactions with india are becoming routine' cnn pentagon producer larry shaughnessy contributed to this report

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panetta plans to brief friends and allies on new defense strategy his first stop is singapore, where he plans to deliver a major policy speech he also plans to meet with military leaders from the region

baghdad, iraq (cnn)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 boyand 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 didn't know what to do with myself,' his mother, zainab, told cnn, a broad smile across her face 'i didn'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 was kindness out there' like his wife, he couldn'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 storythat 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 foundationa nonprofit organization based in sherman oaks, california, that provides support for burn victims locally, nationally and internationallyagreed to pay for the transportation for youssif and his family to come to the united states and to set up a fund for donations you can make a donation at the foundation's site by clicking here there's a drop down menu under the 'general donation' area that is marked 'youssif's fund' the foundation says it will cover all medical costsfrom surgeries for youssif to housing costs to any social rehabilitation that might be needed for him surgeries will be performed by dr peter grossman, a plastic surgeon with the affiliated grossman burn center who is donating his services for youssif's cause officials are still trying to get the appropriate visas for the family's travels 'we are prepared to have them come here, set them up in a housing situation, provide support for them and begin treatment,' said barbara friedman, executive director of the children's burn foundation 'we expect that the treatment will be from between six months to a year with many surgeries' she added, 'he will be getting the absolute best care that's available' youssif's parents said they know it's going to be a lengthy and difficult process and that adjusting to their stay in america may not be easy but none of that mattersgetting help for their boy is first and foremost 'i will do anything for youssif,' his father said, pulling his son closer to him 'our child is everything' his mother tried to coax youssif to talk to us on this day but he didn't want to; his mother says he's shy outside of their home the biggest obstacle now is getting the visas to leave, and the serious security risks they face every day and hour they remain in iraq but this familywhich saw the very worst in humanity on that january dayhas new hope in the world that is partly due to the tens of thousands of cnncom users who were so moved by the story and wanted to act cnn iraqi staff central to bringing this story together were also overwhelmed with the generosity coming from people outside of their border in a nation that largely feels abandoned by the rest of the world, it was a refreshing realization e mail to a friend cnncom senior producer wayne drash contributed to this report in atlanta

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(cnn)by the early 2020s, we will have the means to program our biology away from disease and aging up until recently, health and medicine was basically a hit or miss affair we would discover interventions such as drugs that had benefits, but also many side effects until recently, we did not have the means to actually design interventions on computers all of that has now changed, and will dramatically change clinical practice by the early 2020s we now have the information code of the genome and are making exponential gains in modeling and simulating the information processes they give rise to read more: le web, the next ten years we also have new tools that allow us to actually reprogram our biology in the same way that we reprogram our computers rna interference, for example, can turn genes off that promote disease and aging new forms of gene therapy, especially in vitro models that do not trigger the immune system, have the ability to add new genes stem cell therapies, including the recently developed method to create 'induced pluripotent cells' (ipcs) by adding four genes to your own skin cells to create the equivalent of an embryonic stem cell but without use of an embryo, are being developed to rejuvenate organs and even grow then from scratch there are now hundreds of drugs and processes in the pipeline using these methods to modify the course of obesity, heart disease, cancer, and other diseases and aging processes as one of many examples, we can now fix a broken heartnot (yet) from romancebut from a heart attack, by rejuvenating the heart with reprogrammed stem cells read more: could siri say dump him? health and medicine is now an information technology and is therefore subject to what i call the 'law of accelerating returns,' which is a doubling of capability (for the same cost) about each year that applies to any information technology as a result, technologies to reprogram the 'software' that underlie human biology are already a thousand times more powerful than they were when the genome project was completed in 2003, and will again be a thousand times more powerful than they are today in a decade, and a million times more powerful in two decades clinical applications are now at the cutting edge and will be routine in the early 2020s by 2030 solar energy will have the capacity to meet all of our energy needs the production of food and clean water will also be revolutionized if we could capture one part in ten thousand of the sunlight that falls on the earth we could meet 100% of our energy needs, using this renewable and environmentally friendly source as we apply new molecular scale technologies to solar panels, the cost per watt is coming down rapidly already deutsche bank, in a recent report, wrote 'the cost of unsubsidized solar power is about the same as the cost of electricity from the grid in india and italy by 2014 even more countries will achieve solar 'grid parity'' the total number of watts of electricity produced by solar energy is growing exponentially, doubling every two years it is now less than seven doublings from 100% read more: can african unlock its solar potential? similar approaches will address other resource needs once we have inexpensive energy we can readily and inexpensively convert the vast amount of dirty and salinated water we have on the planet to usable water we are also headed towards another agriculture revolution, from horizontal agriculture to vertical agriculture, where we grow very high quality food in ai controlled buildings these will recycle all nutrients and end the ecological disaster that constitutes contemporary factory farming this will include hydroponic plants for fruits and vegetables and in vitro cloning of muscle tissue for meat, that is meat without animals, thereby ending animal suffering by the early 2020s we will print out a significant fraction of the products we use including clothing as well as replacement organs 3d printing is getting a lot of attention there are niche applications such as printing our replacement parts for machinery, but the opportunity to begin replacing significant portions of manufacturing is still about five years away if we look at the life cycle of technologies we see an early period of over enthusiasm, then a 'bust' when disillusionment sets in, followed by the real revolution remember the internet boom of the 1990s followed by the internet bust around the year 2000? that was around the time google was getting started, and now we have multi hundred billion dollar internet companies we're in the early boom phase of 3d printing enthusiasm and hopefully we've learned enough to avoid a period of undue disillusionment, but i do see the early 2020s as the golden era of 3d printing for example, in the early 2020s, you'll have a choice of many thousands of cool clothing designs that are open source and that can be printed out for pennies a pound explore: is 3d printing the dawn of a revolution? but that will not mean the end of the fashion industry look at other industries that have already been transformed from physical products to digital ones, such as books, movies and music despite enormous changes in business models (and the availability of many free open source products) the overall revenues for proprietary forms of these products remains strong we can already experimentally print out organs by printing a biodegradable scaffolding and then populating it with a patient's own stem cells, all with a 3d printer by the early 2020s, this will reach clinical practice within five years, search engines will be based on an understanding of natural language consider that ibm's watson got a higher score on the american television game of jeopardy than the best two human players combined jeopardy is a broad task involving complicated natural language queries which include puns, riddles, jokes and metaphors for example, watson got this query correct in the rhyme category: 'a long tiresome speech delivered by a frothy pie topping' it correctly responded 'what is a meringue harangue' read more: i'm the voice of siri what is not widely appreciated is that watson got its knowledge by reading wikipedia and several other encyclopedias, a total of 200 million pages of natural language documents i does not read each page as well as you or i it might read one page and conclude that there is a 56% chance that barack obama is president of the united states you could read that page, and if you didn't happen to know that ahead of time, conclude that there is a 98% chance so you did a better job than watson at reading that page but watson makes up for this relatively weak reading by reading more pages, a lot more, and it can combine its inferences across everything it has read and conclude that there is a 999% chance that obama is president at google, we are creating a system that will read every document on the web and every book for meaning and provide a rich search and question answering experience based on the true meaning of natural language for example, it will engage you in dialogue to clarify questions and discuss answers that are ambiguous or complex by the early 2020s we will be routinely working and playing with each other in full immersion visual auditory virtual environments by the 2030s, we will add the tactile sense to full immersion virtual reality the telephone is virtual reality in that you can meet with someone as if you are together, at least for the auditory sense we've now added the visual sense with video conferencingalthough not yet 3d and full immersion the visual sense will become full immersion over the next decade we'll also be able to augment real reality so that i could see you sitting on the coach in my living room and you could see me sitting on your back porch, even though we're hundreds of miles apart your augmented reality glasses will also be able to make suggestions to you for an interesting joke or anecdote that you could slip into a conversation you're having there will be limited ways of adding the tactile sense to virtual and augmented reality by the early 2020s, but full immersion virtual tactile experiences will require tapping directly into the nervous system we'll be able to do that in the 2030s with nanobots traveling noninvasively into the brain through the capillaries and augmenting the signals coming from our real senses the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of ray kurzweil

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(cnn)fashion luminaries domenico dolce and stefano gabbana were sentenced to prison in italy wednesday for failing to pay 404 million euros in taxes to the italian government, their lawyer and a prosecutor said 'this time it was not the case like the invoice for car repair,' prosecutor laura pedio said of the crime for which the fashion duo was convicted 'this time it's serious, complicated, sophisticated tax fraud crime' both men were sentenced to one year and eight months in prison and, in addition to what they owe in taxes, told to pay a fine of 500,000 euros their lawyer, massimo dinoia, vowed that the defense plans to appeal the convictions as well as the related fines and sentences 'dolce and gabbana will not go to jail now or ever,' dinoia said dolce & gabbana, fashion's golden duo four others associated with the upscale dolce & gabbana brandincluding domenico's brother alfonso dolce and company tax consultant luciano patellialso face prison time, though dinoia and pedio did not know the length of all their sentences while the decision was announced wednesday morning in a milan court, authorities did not immediately release details to the media or public according to pedio, investigators found that between 2004 and 2007 dolce and gabbana failed to tell italian authorities about an offshoot company they'd set up in luxembourg, costing italy millions of euros in taxes 'i'm very satisfied with the sentence,' the prosecutor said 'it was a very elaborate (use of an offshore company) that appeared legal, but was illegal' the fashion magnates' defense team said this wasn't a sweeping verdict in a statement, the lawyers said the court found dolce and gabbana innocent 'of the accusation of having unfaithfully declared their earnings,' even as the two men were convicted on a 'taxes declaration omission' it's not clear how the court ruling will impact the storied dolce & gabbana company, if at all the two stylists debuted their brand in an october 1985 show in milan since then, they have exploded to become one of the world's most recognizable and desired fashion companies, with an array of products and stores from azerbaijan to qatar to singapore to the united states and many places in between fashion's galliano found guilty of making anti semitic comments journalist livia borghese reported from rome and cnn's greg botelho wrote this story from atlanta

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new: defense lawyers: they were convicted on one accusation, not all domenico dolce and stefano gabbana are sentenced in a milan court so, too, are four others associated with their upscale fashion company the fashion luminaries' lawyer says their convictions will be appealed

baghdad, iraq (cnn)the women are too afraid and ashamed to show their faces or have their real names used they have been driven to sell their bodies to put food on the table for their childrenfor as little as $8 a day suha, 37, is a mother of three she says her husband thinks she is cleaning houses when she leaves home 'people shouldn't criticize women, or talk badly about them,' says 37 year old suha as she adjusts the light colored scarf she wears these days to avoid extremists who insist women cover themselves 'they all say we have lost our way, but they never ask why we had to take this path' a mother of three, she wears light makeup, a gold pendant of iraq around her neck, and an unexpected air of elegance about her 'i don't have money to take my kid to the doctor i have to do anything that i can to preserve my child, because i am a mother,' she says, explaining why she prostitutes herself anger and frustration rise in her voice as she speaks 'no matter what else i may be, no matter how off the path i may be, i am a mother!' watch a woman describe turning to prostitution to 'save my child' » her clasped hands clench and unclench nervously suha's husband thinks that she is cleaning houses when she goes away so does karima's family 'at the start i was cleaning homes, but i wasn't making much no matter how hard i worked it just wasn't enough,' she says karima, clad in all black, adds, 'my husband died of lung cancer nine months ago and left me with nothing' she has five children, ages 8 to 17 her eldest son could work, but she's too afraid for his life to let him go into the streets, preferring to sacrifice herself than risk her child she was solicited the first time when she was cleaning an office 'they took advantage of me,' she says softly 'at first i rejected it, but then i realized i have to do it' both suha and karima have clients that call them a couple times a week other women resort to trips to the market to find potential clients or they flag down vehicles prostitution is a choice more and more iraqi women are making just to survive 'it's increasing,' suha says 'i found this 'thing' through my friend, and i have another friend in the same predicament as mine because of the circumstance, she is forced to do such things' violence, increased cost of living, and lack of any sort of government aid leave women like these with few other options, according to humanitarian workers 'at this point there is a population of women who have to sell their bodies in order to keep their children alive,' says yanar mohammed, head and founder of the organization for women's freedom in iraq 'it's a taboo that no one is speaking about' she adds, 'there is a huge population of women who were the victims of war who had to sell their bodies, their souls and they lost it all it crushes us to see them, but we have to work on it and that's why we started our team of women activists' her team pounds the streets of baghdad looking for these victims often too humiliated to come forward 'most of the women that we find at hospitals [who] have tried to commit suicide' have been involved in prostitution, said basma rahim, a member of mohammed's team the team's aim is to compile information on specific cases and present it to iraq's political partiesto have them, as mohammed puts it, 'come tell us what [they] are going to do about this' rahim tells the heartbreaking story of one woman they found who lives in a room with three of her children: 'she has sex while her three children are in the room, but she makes them stand in separate corners' according to rahim and mohammed, most of the women they encounter say they are driven to prostitution by a desperate desire for survival in the dangerously violent and unforgiving circumstances in iraq 'they took this path but they are not pleased,' rahim says karima says when she sees her children with food on the table, she is able to convince herself that it's worth it 'everything is for the children they are the beauty in life and, without them, we cannot live' but she says, 'i would never allow my daughter to do this i would rather marry her off at 13 than have her go through this' karima's last happy memory is of her late husband, when they were a family and able to shoulder the hardships of life in today's iraq together suha says as a young girl she dreamed of being a doctor, with her mom boasting about her potential in that career life couldn't have taken her further from that dream 'it's not like we were born into this, nor was it ever in my blood,' she says what she does for her family to survive now eats away at her 'i lay on my pillow and my brain is spinning, and it all comes back to me as if i am watching a movie' e mail to a friend

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bogota, colombia (cnn)a key rebel commander and fugitive from a us drug trafficking indictment was killed over the weekend in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment, the colombian military said monday alleged cocaine trafficker and farc rebel tomas medina caracas in an interpol photo tomas medina caracas, known popularly as 'el negro acacio,' was a member of the high command of the fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de colombia and, according to colombian and us officials, helped manage the group's extensive cocaine trafficking network he had been in the cross hairs of the us justice department since 2002 he was charged with conspiracy to import cocaine into the united states and manufacturing and distributing cocaine within colombia to fund the farc's 42 year insurgency against the government us officials alleged medina caracas managed the rebel group's sales of cocaine to international drug traffickers, who in turn smuggled it into the united states he was also indicted in the united states along with two other farc commanders in november 2002 on charges of conspiring to kidnap two us oil workers from neighboring venezuela in 1997 and holding one of them for nine months until a $1 million ransom was paid officials said the army's rapid response force, backed by elements of the colombian air force, tracked medina caracas down at a farc camp in the jungle in the south of the country 'after a bombardment, the troops occupied the camp, and they've found 14 dead rebels so far, along with rifles, pistols, communications equipment and four gps systems,' defense minister juan manuel santos said at a news conference 'the death of 'el negro acacio' was confirmed by various sources, including members of farc itself' medina caracas commanded farc's 16th front in the southern departments of vichada and guainia established in 1964 as the military wing of the colombian communist party, farc is colombia's oldest, largest, most capable and best equipped marxist rebel group, according to the us department of state e mail to a friend journalist fernando ramos contributed to this report

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tomas medina caracas was a fugitive from a us drug trafficking indictment 'el negro acacio' allegedly helped manage extensive cocaine network us justice department indicted him in 2002 colombian military: he was killed in an attack on a guerrilla encampment

(cnn)indonesia's response to a massive earthquake and a tsunami scare wednesday highlights a critical reality: warning systems and emergency responses have come a long way since the catastrophe of eight years ago but there's still work to be donenot just in indonesia, but in some other countries throughout the region as well fears that wednesday's 86 magnitude quake and resulting tsunami alert could bring a repeat of the 2004 disaster dissipated quickly as seismologists determined that wednesday's events were very different and much less dangerous in the intervening hours, indonesia put in place many of the procedures it has worked on for years, including some practiced at a drill witnessed by cnn in 2009 'the lesson of 2004 is something that we're not going to repeat at this stage,' vowed teuku faizasyah, a spokesman for the indonesian president's office speaking to cnn while evacuations were under way in parts of his country, he said the government was working 'to bring confidence among the people that the government is with them' residents were being evacuated from some areas and encouraged to head to higher ground quickly, and authorities were trying to get information from remote areas, he said later, the pacific tsunami warning center lifted a tsunami watch for the entire indian ocean, indicating the threat had passed 'the tsunami warning system worked well,' said sutopo purwo nugroho, spokesman for the national disaster management agency 'people reacted quickly and evacuated to higher ground mosques, churches helped spread the information to the public there was panic but that's expected' no serious casualties or major damage was reported wednesday from the quake and the 82 magnitude aftershock off the coast of sumatra four people were slightly injured on simeulue island, off the coast of aceh, the disaster management agency spokesman said in 2004, a 91 magnitude quake triggered a tsunami that ultimately killed nearly 230,000 people in the region 'in 2004, the quake was closer to the coast, stronger and was a different kind of earthquake,' cnn meteorologist dave hennen said 'in 2004, the sea floor moved vertically, and this thrust displaced a lot of water, which produced the large tsunami in this case, the plates moved more horizontally, and therefore a large tsunami was not generated' 'even though the epicenters were only about 200 miles (about 320 kilometers) apart, they occurred on different tectonic plates,' cnn meteorologist brandon miller added 'there are several plates that come together in this area, which is why it is so tectonically active today's quake occurred on the indian plate, while the 2004 quake occurred on the burma plate' a 91 magnitude quake is 32 times larger, and more than 5 times stronger, than an 86 magnitude quake, cnn meteorologist sean morris said tsunami warning sirens blared wednesday in parts of indonesia, and the other steps taken show that 'governments are more prepared,' said cnn weather anchor mari ramos 'there are sirens in place along coastal communities there are buoys in the ocean to measure water level changes there is better communication among government agencies, countries and the media the word gets out much more quickly, and that helps saves lives,' ramos said however, 'the number of measuring devices in the indian ocean is tiny compared to the pacific it's a start, but more are needed' in october 2009, cnn's dan rivers visited the devastated aceh region he watched a well organized tsunami drill, complete with droning alarms and people covered in fake blood fleeing from an imaginary wave authorities have built tsunami shelters that are raised high and can hold several hundred people, he said escape routes are marked while it was not immediately clear how many people headed to higher ground wednesday, some videos from the region showed people apparently leaving low lying areas that speaks to another important change from 2004: people are more aware of the danger back then, 'there was nothing,' rivers said 'no one really knew what to do, no one even knew what a tsunami was' now, ramos adds, 'overall, the general population is much more aware' the need for that awareness applies to citizens of other countries as well, said walter braunohler, a spokesman for the us embassy in thailand 'sadly, we did learn a lot of lessons from that (2004) natural disaster,' he said wednesday 'and one of the biggest ones is that people should really keep in touch with their embassy' other countries in the region also reacted quickly to wednesday's tsunami threat thailand issued an evacuation order for everyone along the andaman coast wednesday, according to state run news agency mcot in the maldives, some resorts were evacuated as a precaution, according to cnn's erin burnett, who was on vacation in the islands but, she said, 'what strikes me most is essentially the lack of a warning system' in the maldives officials rely primarily on information from the us geological survey, she said that speaks to the problem the region still faces, ramos said 'the fact that the maldives were included in the (warning center) bulletin is an improvement from 2004 but there's still a long way to go'

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washington (cnn)white house press secretary tony snow, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, will step down from his post september 14 and be replaced by deputy press secretary dana perino, the white house announced friday white house press secretary tony snow will step down from his post on september 14 president bush told reporters friday that he will 'sadly accept' snow's resignation flanked by snow and perino in the white house press room, the president spoke warmly of his departing press secretary 'it's been a joy to watch him spar with you,' bush told reporters watch the announcement about snow leaving » bush said he was certain of two things in regard to snow 'he'll battle cancer and win,' bush said, 'and he'll be a solid contributor to society' turning to snow, the president then said: 'i love you, and i wish you all the best' snow, speaking after bush at the start of the daily white house news conference, said he was leaving to earn more money he took a big pay cut, he said, when he left his previous jobs as anchor and political analyst for fox news according to the washington post, snow makes $168,000 as the white house spokesman his family took out a loan when he started the job, 'and that loan is now gone' 'this job has really been a dream for me, a blast i've had an enormous amount of fun and satisfaction,' snow said he said he would continue to speak out on issues, and would do 'some radio, some tv, but i don't anticipate full time anchor duties' snow said he's received great satisfaction from talking to people about his illness snow's cancer was diagnosed for the first time in february 2005 his colon was removed, and after six months of treatment, doctors said the cancer was in remission perino announced march 27 that snow's cancer had recurred, and that doctors had removed a growth from his abdomen the day before sources told cnn two weeks ago that snow was planning to leave his job, possibly as early as september bush tapped snow to replace scott mcclellan in april 2006 snow had been an anchor for 'fox news sunday' and a political analyst for the fox news channel, which he joined in 1996 he also hosted 'the tony snow show' on fox news radio on thursday, snow told cnn his health is improving, citing two medical tests this month that found the cancer has not spread 'the tumors are stablethey are not growing,' snow said of the results from an mri and a cat scan 'and there are no new growths the health is good' the press secretary, whose hair has turned gray during chemotherapy treatment, said his black hair is expected to grow back in about a month 'i'm also putting on weight again,' he said after returning from a 10 day vacation 'i actually feel very good about' the health situation snow said on friday he was to see his oncologist, and they will decide on some minor forms of chemotherapy to start as maintenance treatment e mail to a friend

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(cnn)wisconsin state sen glenn grothman, who supports gov scott walker's repeal of a law that protected workers from pay discrimination, recently said, 'you could argue that money is more important for men i think a guy in their first job, maybe because they expect to be a breadwinner someday, may be a little more money conscious' as a graduating student surrounded by classmates about to assume their first jobs, i assure the senator that none of my female classmates is thinking, 'salary isn't that important to me i don't plan to work hard and don't need to be paid fairly, because i won't be a breadwinner a man will come along to take care of that for me' instead, many young women about to enter the workforce are focused on paying off their student loan debt those who are also mothers are worried about how to financially provide for, and simultaneously care for, their young children the single moms among us face even larger challenges and we are worried about our sisters who don't have college degrees and so don't have the same earning power what female students might not remember is that the men with whom we stand shoulder to shoulder at graduation don't face the same financial challenges many young women of my generation believe they live in a post feminist world, without unfair sex discriminationa world in which career paths are designed with fathers and mothers in mind unfortunately, that world doesn't exist quite yet a significant gender pay gap still persists that's why we cannot be passive as we acknowledge equal pay day, which marks the day when a woman's earnings catch up to what her male peers earned in the previous year to millennials, it's startling to see that women still earn just 77 cents to the dollar of what men earn women of color are hit especially hard: african american and hispanic women earn 70% and 61%, respectively, of what white men earn without any male income in their household, single women and lesbians may feel the pay gap effect all the more this wage gap costs working women and their families more than $10,000 annually and jeopardizes women's retirement security this gap isn't just about women making different choices in their careers even after accounting for occupation, hours worked, education, age, race, ethnicity, marital status, number of children and more, a difference of 5% still persists in the earnings of male and female college graduates one year after graduation after 10 years in the workplace, that gap more than doubles to 12% today we are fortunate to have critical laws like the lilly ledbetter fair pay restoration act, which overturned a 2007 supreme court decision that made it harder for womenand all employeesto pursue federal claims of pay discrimination although this important law restored fairness for workers who want to use federal law to challenge cases of discriminatory pay, it only addresses one piece of the larger puzzle more needs to be done paycheck discrimination is not the only obstacle preventing women from having the same economic opportunities as men as our country continues to focus on our economic recovery, leveling the financial playing field for women must be a priority according to recent predictions, within a generation, more families will be supported by women than men if these primary breadwinners earn lower incomes, it won't just affect their families, but also consumer spending and our larger financial growth for starters, we need to further close the pay gap by fulfilling the promise of equal pay for work of equal value entire employment sectors shouldn't be paid less because they're considered 'women's work' because so much of 'women's work' is paid at minimum wage, one way to begin to address this is to pass the rebuild america act, which would gradually raise the federal minimum wage and index the tipped minimum wage to keep pace with inflation women and families also need paid sick days and paid leave the united states remains the only country in the developed world that does not mandate paid sick leave, despite the cost benefits to businesses, workers and our larger economy according to the national partnership for women and families, employers lose hundreds of billions of dollars in productivity when sick workers stay on the job, while workers who are forced to stay home without pay because of illness lose critical income these costs of unpaid leave take a disproportionate toll on women, who are more likely to have care giving responsibilities and be unable to take time off to care for family members when they fall ill our generation can change this we know what the problems are and we know what the solutions are, but we have to demand that our elected officials and business leaders take action at the federal and state level, we have to fight efforts to repeal equal pay laws we have to support increases in the minimum wage and we have to demand that the united states join our global competitors in giving workers paid leave all these issues affect our individual financial health and the strength of our collective economy on this equal pay day, i hope all young womenand menjoin this fight and prove that none of this is about 'money being more important for men' or for women it's about the kind of country we want to live in, work in and pursue our dreams in the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of sandra fluke

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sandra fluke: women care about wages as much as men do; they want to be paid fairly on equal pay day, women still make 77 cents for every dollar that men make, she says fluke: more families will be supported by women than men, making issue more crucial fluke pushes equal pay for equal work, higher minimum wage, guaranteed sick days

(mental floss)memorial day is more than just a three day weekend and a chance to get the year's first sunburn here's a handy 10 pack of facts to give the holiday some perspective the gravesite of capt jesse milton is seen in arlington national cemetery 1 it started with the civil war memorial day was a response to the unprecedented carnage of the civil war, in which some 620,000 soldiers on both sides died the loss of life and its effect on communities throughout the north and south led to spontaneous commemorations of the dead: • in 1864, women from boalsburg, pennsylvania, put flowers on the graves of their dead from the just fought battle of gettysburg the next year, a group of women decorated the graves of soldiers buried in a vicksburg, mississippi, cemetery • in april 1866, women from columbus, mississippi, laid flowers on the graves of both union and confederate soldiers it was recognized at the time as an act of healing regional wounds in the same month, up in carbondale, illinois, 219 civil war veterans marched through town in memory of the fallen to woodlawn cemetery, where union hero maj gen john a logan delivered the principal address the ceremony gave carbondale its claim to the first organized, community wide memorial day observance watch the meaning of the holiday • waterloo, new york, began holding an annual community service on may 5, 1866 although many towns claimed the title, it was waterloo that won congressional recognition as the 'birthplace of memorial day' 2 general logan made it official gen logan, the speaker at the carbondale gathering, also was commander of the grand army of the republic, an organization of union veterans on may 5, 1868, he issued general orders no 11, which set aside may 30, 1868, 'for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion' watch the history of the holiday » the orders expressed hope that the observance would be 'kept up from year to year while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of his departed comrades' watch military kids learn to grieve » 3 it was first known as decoration day from the practice of decorating graves with flowers, wreaths and flags, the holiday was long known as decoration day the name memorial day goes back to 1882, but the older name didn't disappear until after world war ii federal law declared 'memorial day' the official name in 1967 4 the holiday is a franchise calling memorial day a 'national holiday' is a bit of a misnomer while there are 11 'federal holidays' created by congressincluding memorial daythey apply only to federal employees and the district of columbia federal memorial day, established in 1888, allowed civil war veterans, many of whom were drawing a government paycheck, to honor their fallen comrades with out being docked a day's pay for the rest of us, our holidays were enacted state by state new york was the first state to designate memorial day a legal holiday, in 1873 most northern states had followed suit by the 1890s the states of the former confederacy were unenthusiastic about a holiday memorializing those who, in gen logan's words, 'united to suppress the late rebellion' the south didn't adopt the may 30 memorial day until after world war i, by which time its purpose had been broadened to include those who died in all the country's wars in 1971, the monday holiday law shifted memorial day from may 30, to the last monday of the month mental floss: 10 holidays not yet exploited by hallmark 5 it was james garfield's finest houror maybe hour and a half on may 30, 1868, president ulysses s grant presided over the first memorial day ceremony at arlington national cemeterywhich, until 1864, was confederate gen robert e lee's plantation some 5,000 people attended on a spring day which, the new york times reported, was 'somewhat too warm for comfort' the principal speaker was james a garfield, a civil war general, republican congressman from ohio and future president 'i am oppressed with a sense of the impropriety of uttering words on this occasion,' garfield began, and then continued to utter them 'if silence is ever golden, it must be beside the graves of fifteen thousand men, whose lives were more significant than speech, and whose death was a poem the music of which can never be sung' it went on like that for pages and pages as the songs, speeches and sermons ended, the participants helped to decorate the graves of the union and confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery 6 not even the unknown soldier can avoid media scrutiny these days 'here rests in honored glory an american soldier known but to god' that is the inscription on the tomb of the unknowns, established at arlington national cemetery to inter the remains of the first unknown soldier, a world war i fighter, on november 11, 1921 unknown soldiers from world war ii and the korean war subsequently were interred in the tomb on memorial day 1958 an emotional president ronald reagan presided over the interment of six bones, the remains of an unidentified vietnam war soldier, on november 28, 1984 fourteen years later, those remains were disinterred, no longer unknown spurred by an investigation by cbs news, the defense department removed the remains from the tomb of the unknowns for dna testing the once unknown fighter was air force pilot lt michael joseph blassie, whose jet crashed in south vietnam in 1972 'the cbs investigation suggested that the military review board that had changed the designation on lt blassie's remains to 'unknown' did so under pressure from veterans' groups to honor a casualty from the vietnam war,' the new york times reported in 1998 lt blassie was reburied near his hometown of st louis, missouri his crypt at arlington remains permanently empty watch digital memorial to troops of afghanistan and iraq » 7 vietnam vets go whole hog on memorial day weekend in 1988, 2,500 motorcyclists rode into washington, dc, for the first rolling thunder rally to draw attention to vietnam war soldiers still missing in action or prisoners of war by 2002, the numbers had swelled to 300,000 bikers, many of them veterans there may have been a half million participants in 2005 in what organizers bluntly call 'a demonstrationnot a parade' a national veterans rights group, rolling thunder takes its name from the b 52 carpet bombing runs during the war in vietnam rolling thunder xxii (and you thought only super bowls and rocky movies used roman numerals) is sunday, may 24 8 memorial day has its customs general orders no 11 stated that 'in this observance no form of ceremony is prescribed,' but over time several customs and symbols became associated with the holiday it is customary on memorial day to fly the flag at half staff until noon, and then raise it to the top of the staff until sunset taps, the 24 note bugle call, is played at all military funerals and memorial services it originated in 1862 when union gen dan butterfield 'grew tired of the 'lights out' call sounded at the end of each day,' according to the washington post together with the brigade bugler, butterfield made some changes to the tune not long after, the melody was used at a burial for the first time, when a battery commander ordered it played in lieu of the customary three rifle volleys over the grave the battery was so close to enemy lines, the commander was worried the shots would spark renewed fighting the world war i poem 'in flanders fields,' by john mccrea, inspired the memorial day custom of wearing red artificial poppies in 1915, a georgia teacher and volunteer war worker named moina michael began a campaign to make the poppy a symbol of tribute to veterans and for 'keeping the faith with all who died' the sale of poppies has supported the work of the veterans of foreign wars 9 there is still a grey memorial day several southern states continue to set aside a day for honoring the confederate dead, which is usually called confederate memorial day: alabama: fourth monday in april; georgia: april 26; louisiana: june 3; mississippi: last monday in april; north carolina: may 10; south carolina: may 10; tennessee (confederate decoration day): june 3; texas (confederate heroes day): january 19; virginia: last monday in may mental floss: the confederacy's plan to conquer latin america 10 each memorial day is a little different no question that memorial day is a solemn event still, don't feel too guilty about doing something frivolous, like having barbecue, over the weekend after all, you weren't the one who instituted the indianapolis 500 on may 30, 1911 that credit goes to indianapolis businessman carl fisher the winning driver that day was ray harroun, who averaged 746 mph and completed the race in 6 hours and 42 minutes gravitas returned on may 30, 1922, when the lincoln memorial was dedicated supreme court chief justice (and former president) william howard taft dedicated the monument before a crowd of 50,000 people, segregated by race, and which included a row of union and confederate veterans also attending was lincoln's surviving son, robert todd lincoln and in 2000, congress established a national moment of remembrance, which asks americans to pause for one minute at 3 pm in an act of national unity the time was chosen because 3 pm 'is the time when most americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday' for more mental floss articles, visit mentalflosscom entire contents of this article copyright, mental floss llc all rights reserved

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memorial day was a response to unprecedented carnage of the civil war on may 5, 1868, gen logan issued general orders no 11, for grave decoration president grant presided over first memorial day ceremony at arlington in 2000, congress established a national moment of remembrance at 3 pm

(cnn)south africa wicketkeeper mark boucher has announced his retirement from international cricket after a freak accident during a tour match forced him to undergo surgery on a lacerated eye boucher was taken to hospital for an operation after spinner imran tahir's dismissal of somerset's gemaal hussain caused a bail to flick up into his eye when he was standing up to the wicket the 35 year old, who has played in 147 test matches for his country, will return to south africa for further treatment as soon as he is able to travel boucher spoke of an 'uncertain recovery' with the wicketkeeper understood to be battling to save the sight in his left eye south african captain graeme smith confirmed boucher's retirement from the international team and read out a statement made by the wicketkeeper to reporters at somerset's ground in taunton 'it is with sadness, and in some pain, that i make this announcement,' it read 'due to the severity of my eye injury, i will not be able to play international cricket again 'i had prepared for this uk tour as well, if not better than i have prepared for any tour in my career i had never anticipated announcing my retirement now, but circumstances have dictated differently 'i have a number of thank you's to make to people who have made significant contributions during my international career, which i will do in due course 'for now i would like to thank the huge number of people, many of whom are strangers, for their heartfelt support during the past 24 hours 'i am deeply touched by all the well wishes i wish the team well in the uk, as i head home and onto a road of uncertain recovery' boucher has been a mainstay of the south african over the past ten years and will remain locked on 999 international dismissals, including a record 555 in test matches he made a total of 467 appearances for his country during his 14 year international career smith also read out a statement from the team paying tribute to their departing colleague 'bouch, we have walked a long road together, and we are saddened to part under these circumstances 'for the 14 years of your international career, you have been a true proteas warrior, a patriotic south african, a fighter who asks nothing and gives everything you have been a 100 percenter for this team 'you have been more than a performer, you have been a motivator, an inspirer, an energizer and a good friend to many 'you leave us today with sad hearts, but also with a deep gratitude for your contributions to our team, and to us as people the fighting spirit you brought to team remains with us we wish you a good as possible recovery from your injury 'as we bid you a farewell as an international cricketer and wish you well for your future, we keep you as a friend and respected proteas warrior' boucher's role as wicketkeeper will now be fulfilled by ab de villiers, the team announced the first test between england and south africa starts at the oval in london on july 19

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south africa wicketkeeper mark boucher retires from international cricket boucher's left eye lacerated by a bail during a tour match against somerset the 35 year old underwent emergency surgery after the incident at taunton boucher played 147 test matches for south africa during a 14 year career

(cnn)three quarters of the world's poor are living without a bank account, impeded by physical distance from banks and by bureaucratic roadblocks, according to a world bank report in a 2011 survey of 150,000 adults in 148 countries, it found that more than 75% of adults earning less than $2 per day are 'unbanked' or do not use a formal financial institution of 70,000 respondents without a bank account, 65% cited not having enough money to use one as the most important reason other top reasons included the cost of opening a bank account being too expensive and a lack of trust in banks 'i hope policy makers will use this research to help make sure everyone, everywhere, has access to financial services,' her royal highness princess mã¡xima of the netherlands and the un secretary general's special advocate for inclusive finance for development said in a news release among regions surveyed, people in the middle east and north africa have most difficulties, with only 18% reporting an account in high income economies, nine out of 10 adults have an account at a formal financial institution being 'unbanked' is linked to inequalities, according to the world bank the richest 20% of adults in developing countries are more than twice as likely to have an account as the poorest 20% also, in developing economies only 37% of women have a bank account compared with 46% of men keeping their savings in financial institutions a bank account could enhance economic opportunities among the poor, as saving and borrowing enables them to start a business or invest in education instead, they often rely on money lenders charging high fees, the world bank says 'providing financial services to the 25 billion people who are 'unbanked' could boost economic growth and opportunity for the world's poor,' says world bank group president robert b zoellick mobile banking is becoming a popular alternative to money lenders among the poor, especially in sub saharan africa these money transfers through mobile phones enable them to pay bills or make deposits through a text message without traveling or setting up a formal bank account mobile banking is especially popular in kenya, where about 7 in 10 adults have access to mobile money services, according to safaricom, a leading mobile network provider that offers money transfers via text messaging through its m pesa service the world's poorest live in the sub saharan africa region, with almost 70% of adults living on less than $2 a day in south asia, almost 60%of people and just over 50% in middle east and north africa live on less than $2 a day, according to the world bank report

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75% of the world's poor do not have a bank account, a world bank report says among the reasons are a lack of money and required documentation to open one and travel distance financial services could boost economic growth and opportunity for the world's poor, says zoellick

(cnn)samsung's new flagship android smartphone, the galaxy s3, today becomes available in 28 countries, including several european markets such as germany and the uk the galaxy s3 is the cream of the crop of android smartphones, with a 48 inch touchscreen, a 8 megapixel rear facing and 19 megapixel forward facing camera, and the latest version of android — ice cream sandwich it also sports some neat innovations, such as a sensor that tracks eye movement, preventing the screen from going dark when you're looking at the device timecom: samsung galaxy s iii 'pebble blue' model delayed for weeks read more: http://techlandtimecom/2012/05/29/samsung galaxy s iii blue model delayed for weeks/#ixzz1whq38xmk samsung galaxy s3 is not yet available with us carriers, but rumors say it's just a matter of weeks in july, the device should be available in 145 countries and 296 carriers if you're willing to dish out $799 for the lte less version of the device, though, you can do so right now at amazon read the original story on mashable © 2011 mashablecom all rights reserved

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samsung's galaxy s3 phone goes on sale today in 28 countries in europe and the middle east the galaxy s3 is not yet available from us carriers, but rumors say it's just a matter of weeks

dhaka, bangladesh (cnn)a dhaka court on tuesday ordered the arrest of six people, including the owner of tazreen fashions ltd, after a fire in the apparel factory left 112 people dead last year, officials said 'a senior judicial magistrate, wasim sheikh, today (tuesday) accepted the charges against 13 accused and issued warrants for the arrest of six people, including the owner,' mohammad asaduzzaman, inspector of the dhaka judicial magistrate court, told cnn the criminal investigation department launched a probe after the fire on the outskirts of bangladesh's capital and found 13 people guilty of gross negligence of safety measures in the apparel factory, which manufactured clothes for western retailers they were charged with 'culpable homicide' because of gross negligence that led to 112 deaths, a court official said if proved guilty, the accused could be sentenced up to life in jail or be fined under the bangladesh penal code of the 13 accused, seven have been arrested, and the court will now send arrest warrants to police stations in the localities where the other six reside the court also asked police to report by february 25 if the six accused were arrested the six include delwar hossain, the owner and managing director of the company, and his wife, mahmuda akther, the chairwoman of tazreen fashions the other accused are officials for the factory, which burned down in november of last year a government committee has said the fire was an 'act of sabotage' the panel also said the owner of the factory should be held responsible for gross negligence and should face trial for the lack of safety measures that led to the 112 deaths most of the dead in the fire at the tazreen fashions factory in ashulia were women almost half of the dead were burned beyond recognition and were buried under government supervision after dna samples were taken more than 200 people also were injured in the blaze 'the owner of the factory should be brought to justice, as we find that proper safety measures could have lessened the fatalities,' said main uddin khandaker, head of the government committee and an additional secretary at the ministry of home affairs he submitted a report on the tragedy to the home secretary this year hossain, the factory owner, has not yet been detained was not available for comment tuesday he has admitted to local media that his factory lacked proper safety measures however, he said he had not been aware of that ready made garments make up 80% of bangladesh's $24 billion in annual exports

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a fire at tazreen fashions ltd in ashulia killed 112 people in november 2012 a court orders the arrest of the factory owner and his wife, plus four others seven others already have been arrested a government panel has called fire an 'act of sabotage,' said factory should've been safer

(cnn)when most americans think about heroic efforts that save lives and keep communities safe from gun violence, i suspect they picture someone with a badge, gun or bullet proof vest who, with similarly equipped colleagues, busts down doors in pursuit of criminal thugs i salute the fine officers who arrest violent criminals, but there is another kind of hero dedicated to preventing homicides and shootings cnn heroes called attention to him, and others like him, in a recent article in part, it recounted the story of tard carter, 34, of baltimore, who is a convicted felon turned outreach worker carter goes into the most violent neighborhoods in baltimore to keep people with histories of gang involvement, criminality and violence from shooting at each other carter and his street outreach colleagues have no weapons or means of protection other than their reputation, authenticity and skills as 'violence interrupters' they help settle disputes peacefully, but they also are much needed role models and mentors who steer youth away from gangs and toward opportunities to live productive, crime free lives it sounds admirable, what these brave and committed people do but can potential killers really be talked out of their initial violent impulses and intentions? my experience evaluating baltimore's safe streets program, which aims to reduce shootings among people ages 14 25, has convinced me that the answer is definitely yes with the support of funding from the centers for disease control and prevention, my colleagues from the johns hopkins center for the prevention of youth violence and i spent the past five years studying the work of outreach workers and violence interrupters like carter, working in four baltimore neighborhoods that have historically been among the city's most violent areas each of the intervention sites was in the top 10% of police posts in baltimore for homicides and nonfatal shootings from 2003 to 2006 three of four neighborhoods in the program experienced reductions in gun violence significantly greater than those in other high crime neighborhoods that were not involved in the program after outreach staff mediated numerous gang conflicts during the initial five months safe streets was implemented in carter's neighborhood, the community did not have a single homicide for nearly two years this was a feat that had not been accomplished in recent memory (the neighborhoods had had at least three homicides a year before the program sometimes more) safe streets replicates chicago's ceasefire program, in which an evaluation showed impressive reductions in gun violence in seven chicago neighborhoods the program saved taxpayers the costs of incarceration a common wisdom in police enforcement has long been that cities could curb gun violence through law enforcement crackdowns on drug dealers, since so much violent crime is related to drugs but research has shown that these efforts are actually much more likely to increase than decrease violence government officials have begun to realize that billions of dollars spent fighting a war on drugs has not been responsible for curbing addiction or reducing violence law enforcement efforts targeted at violent gun offenders are often effective and vital to keeping communities safe but public health initiatives such as ceasefire and safe streets are necessary complements to law enforcement these programs prevent violence before it occurs in the first place homicide is the second leading cause of death for young people in the united states, and the leading cause of death among young black males the social cost of gun violence in the united states has been estimated to be $100 billion annually to save lives and reduce these costs, we must invest in effective violence prevention programs regrettably, some communities that have been implementing ceasefire have seen their funding cut and programs eliminated the cdc is an important source of funding for such programs and for the research that determines which strategies are most effective in light of this, it is disappointing that last week the us senate appropriations committee voted to eliminate the cdc's entire budget for youth violence prevention this is short sighted thinking that will keep heroes like tard carterwhose job still survivesfrom interrupting the cycle of violence in communities across the country and will stall progress toward an array of other efforts to prevent youth violence congress allocates billions of dollars to federal law enforcement against drug traffickers each year by reallocating only a tiny fraction of those funds to continue cdc's implementation and evaluation of prevention programs, congress could really have a positive impact on youth violence the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of daniel webster

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tard carter is baltimore outreach worker who helps settle street disputes daniel webster says programs like 'safe streets' are effective in cutting gun violence such initiatives, including chicago's 'ceasefire,' complement policing, he says webster: recent federal cuts will hurt programs' ability to curb street violence

(cnn)if the one great book of american popular music is ever written, doc watson might not even need his own chapter he has a soloor a harmony part, or a lead vocal, or a single perfect guitar lickin all the important chapters of the past 50 years watson, who died on tuesday at age 89, is most closely associated with the melodic style of flatpicking that cemented the guitar's role as a solo voice in bluegrass and acoustic country music but unlike the three finger 'scruggs style' named after banjo pioneer earl scruggs, who crossed musical paths with watson a number of times across the decades, there isn't a single 'watson style' the flatpicking turned heads, but the tune that followed it might be a fingerstyle blues, a travis flavored country bounce or a parlor song from the carter repertoire watson was a master tailor, not a designer; he fitted techniques to the needs of the song or the generations of players who sat next to him, as if they had been designed that way from the start watson, blind from childhood, took an understated pride in being able to support his family independently he was already a seasoned local and regional performer, playing both old time music and what he called 'rockabilly and pop standards,' when the folk boom of the 1960s put him in front of a new set of audiences with his voice, banjo and acoustic guitar for some performers, the welcome influx of new audiences also brought calls for a change in repertoire watson merely changed gears; he was comfortable with the ballads and tunes he'd grown up with, and he was equally deft at re creating the brother duets he had heard on the radio when he played them with their author, bill monroe, the prickly creator of bluegrass music by the late 1960s, watson was well known to urban folk audiences and increasingly in the country stronghold of nashville as well; he had even joined scruggs and lester flatt, the former monroe sidemen who had become the best known names in bluegrass, for an instrumental album his neutrality in personal and stylistic feuds reflected his own musical open mindedness and served him well when the nitty gritty dirt band was recruiting traditional performers for a three album tribute to its own country roots, 'will the circle be unbroken' the 'circle' helped define the sound of dorm rooms and hallways and the song lists of bar bands audiences that had never listened to the grand ole opry itself would applaud the 'grand ole opry song,' and they expected the watson touches that knitted the album together: the instrumental styles, the vocals, the playful treatment of tunes like 'tennessee stud' that milestone album could have capped a career for watson, it wasn't even a halfway point; he had nearly four decades still to go (indeed, he was scheduled to perform next in june with a number of longtime collaborators at a celebration of his work at the north carolina museum of art) the newly world famous watson was strikingly consistent with the original he continued to tour primarily with his son, merle he recorded music he liked with performers he liked, and he kept an ear out for the generation that was coming up behind him the doc watson you saw on the national stage or heard on public radio was the same one you saw at small festivals in out of the way parts of north carolina: intimate, genial, as distinctive playing rhythm as he was in the spotlight there was never a public watershed where watson formally broke with his roots or humbly returned to them his roots were always part of what he did; he just kept adding new roots that's not to say there were no changes; merle's death in a farming accident in 1985 was an unimaginable loss, personally and professionally watson adapted, with the help of players who could tour and play in the way merle had the genre blending merlefest, held each year since 1988 as a fundraiser for wilkes community college, is a lasting tribute watson continued to record: with country giants like chet atkins, newgrass superstars like david grisman and tony rice, and by the end of the century with merle's son richard he was onstage with scruggs again in 2003as 'the three pickers,' with ricky skaggs and such next generation guests as alison kraussin a concert that variety called 'one highlight after another' the british folk rebels of the early 1970s explained their rocked out child ballads as a way of taking folk music out of museums and giving it back to folks doc watson made his share of music for museums and dignitaries and international audiences, but it was the same music he would have made in your living room: extraordinary music for ordinary occasions

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doc watson switched gears to adapt to changing musical scene 1960s put him in front of a new set of audiences nitty gritty dirt band brought him to an even broader audience

(cnn)edgar m bronfman sr, a former seagram executive and president of the world jewish congress for nearly 30 years, died in new york saturday, according to a spokesman for his family's foundation he was 84 bronfman died of natural causes, according to jonathan cohen, a spokesman for the family's samuel bronfman foundation, named after his father, a wealthy liquor mogul edgar bronfman was surrounded by family when he died, cohen said bronfman devoted much of his life to advocating for judaism and jewish causes he traveled to the soviet union in 1970 to lobby for greater freedom for jews living there and helped to win restitution for holocaust victims from swiss banks in 1997 president bill clinton awarded bronfman the presidential medal of freedom in 1999 bronfman also exposed the nazi past of former austrian president kurt waldheim 'he was the first of his kind, a titan of industry that dedicated himself fully to advocating, advancing and encouraging the jewish people,' said dana raucher, executive director of the family's foundation 'edgar showed how vision and long term thinking can impact the entire landscape of jewish life ' bronfman, the son of canadian liquor mogul samuel bronfman, became chairman and ceo of the seagram company in 1971 while at the helm, bronfman worked to expand seagram's presence abroad and to develop the company's holdings beyond alcohol, including acquiring tropicana and investing in oil and dupont, the chemical company bronfman retired from the seagram company in 1994 and passed the reins to his son edgar jr he was president of the world jewish congress from 1981 until 2007 bronfman is survived by his wife, jan aronson; his brother, charles bronfman; his sister phyllis lambert, four sons; three daughters; 24 grandchildren; and two great grandchildren he was previously married to ann loeb, with whom he had five children, and georgiana webb, with whom he had two

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edgar m bronfman sr, who championed jewish causes, dies at age 84 he led the seagram company, started by his father, for 23 years he visited the soviet union in 1970 to advocate for jews there president bill clinton awarded him the presidential medal of freedom

london (cnn)with its early colonial portraits, depictions of grand historical battles, transcendentalist landscapes and intimate, turn of the century paintings of the elite classes, the collection of american art at the metropolitan museum of art in new york ranks as one of the finest in the world it also functions as a visual timeline for the events in the nation's history 'it's american history through the eyes of american artists,' said morrison heckscher, chairman of the american wing at the metropolitan museum of art 'most of the major trends, the events of importance in the nation's history, were addressed by artists in one way or anotherwar, civil war, the environment, all of these things,' he said now, the american wing at the museum has been re configured for the 21st century and has re opened to the public following a decade long renovation program 'the display of the art is broadly chronological,' said heckscher, explaining that the re designed galleries move from early colonial paintings, onto the post revolutionary period, the hudson river school, the civil war era and finally to the late nineteenth century paintings of john singer sargent and james mcneill whistler hermitage sets up 'mini museum' in madrid's prado also on display are collections of american decorative arts, including furniture, silverware and ceramics 'we want to treat these different media as works of art on their ownit's an effort to have a broader a view of what constitutes art,' said heckscher but the jewel in the collection, according to heckscher, is emanuel leutze's monumental painting washington crossing the delaware, which depicts george washington crossing an iceberg strewn river with his troops at a pivotal moment in the revolution 'it was a major history painting, leutze had done a series of history paintings that documented and touched on the evolution of the united states as a democratic society,' said curator at the american wing elizabeth mankin kornhauser leutze grew up in america but subsequently moved back to his native germany, where he painted washington crossing the delaware in 1851 'the intention was really to fuel the quest for freedom in europe and germany by looking back in time to this great hero of the american revolution, creating this kind of mythic historical scene, an event that was a turning point in the revolution,' said kornhauser it was later taken to america and served as a focal point during the civil war, kornhauser said, and has fallen in and out of public favor ever since now it takes pride of place in the new galleries also on display following a recent acquisitionobtained just three days before the new wing opened in januaryis a sculpture of abraham lincoln by augustus saint gaudens, a reduction of the one that stands in lincoln park in chicago 'this is particularly exciting for us because it was originally in the collection of john hay and john hay was lincoln's private secretary during the civil war,' said curator thayer tolles khubiliai khan's riches travel to new york's metropolitan museum of art the sculpture portrays lincoln deep in thought and looking, according to thayer, 'as if the weight of the world is on his shoulders' though the works in the collection are arranged chronologically, themes emerge throughoutnotably the importance of the environment kornhauser describes a painting by thomas cole, founder of the landscape oriented, mid 19th century hudson river school, depicting a tourist attraction on the connecticut river 'he's portrayed settled land on the right and wilderness on the left and it's essentially his manifesto to preserve the wilderness, to not lose sight of the beauty and spiritual importance of the wilderness as we rush to settle the land,' said kornhauser 'it's almost like the beginning of the environmental movement, portrayed in this painting,' she continued this also comes through in the 1918 bronze sculpture 'end of the trail,' by james earle fraser, which portrays a native american sat slumped on his exhausted horse and which functions as a metaphor, according to thayer, 'for the effect of euro american settlement on the american west' what also emerges throughout the collection is the enduring influence of european styles in american art through the works, said tholles, you can see 'an interesting blend of european sophistication and aesthetics with american subjects' this carries through from the early colonial portraits by british artists, which influenced american painters such as john singleton copley, all the way through to europhile john singer sargent 'what is american art?' said heckscher 'well, it's somewhat in the eye of the beholder'

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newly reopened american wing at metropolitan museum of art in new york shows american history through art collection includes iconic paintings of american revolution and american civil war until beginning of 20th century preoccupation with protecting natural environment and use of european styles reflected in the collection collection now houses new acquisition, a bronze sculpture of abraham lincoln

(cnn)two murder suspects who escaped from an arkansas jail have been captured in a vacant house just a couple of miles away, miller county sheriff's chief deputy duke schoefield said friday quincy vernard stewart, 36, and cortez rashod hooper, 23, escaped from jail monday and were captured by law officers thursday night in texarkana, arkansas, schoefield said when officers entered the house, both men ran hooper was tackled by two officers and stewart dove out a window right into the arms of two other officers, schoefield said 'they were mouthy once handcuffed, and on camera one of them said, 'it was easy getting out i'll do it again,'' schoefield told cnn 'when we arrested them, they were in possession of a loaded firearm' earlier this week, authorities arrested stewart's mother on accusations of helping the two murder suspects escape jail by sneaking in hacksaw blades charlene stewart, 55, of texarkana, passed up to four hacksaw blades to her son, authorities said schoefield said charlene stewart was arrested late tuesday and was in a texarkana jail facing felony charges of furnishing prohibited articles and implements of escape schoefield said an investigation revealed how the hacksaws were brought into the jail stewart had a court date on may 20 in the courthouse in downtown texarkana, and stewart's mother was in the gallery, schoefield said 'when about 22 prisoners were taken out of the courtroom with stewart being one of them, his mother was able to pass to him a bag containing hacksaw blades, small amount of marijuana and a cell phone,' schoefield said 'he placed the articles in his legal papers,' contained in a large legal size envelope, schoefield said 'by federal law authorities are not allowed to search a prisoner's legal papers, so when he was searched at the jail upon return, he was able to sneak the hacksaws in' authorities' search of the jail cell showed that the two suspects apparently used a hacksaw to cut through metal bars covering a 1 by 35 foot window and then broke the glass to gain access to an outside courtyard, authorities said two mattresses were pushed through the broken window in an effort to soften the detainees' landing the two suspects then managed to get outside a 10 foot fence topped with razor wire a police k 9 unit was brought in but failed to track the men hooper is charged with first degree murder and aggravated assault, said county dispatcher vanessa schaeffer stewart was being held on a capital murder charge from bowie county, texas, and also is charged with possession of a controlled substance

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(cnn)five million dollars in five years that's what cnn hero razia jan's foundation is setting out to raise for its girls' school in afghanistan the group will begin rolling out its first ever large scale fundraising campaign in january 'it will create a fund so that the girls in deh'subz can go to school for free as long as the school exists,' said patti quigley, executive director of razia's ray of hope foundation 'this will have a huge impact on their future it would be like investing in a girl for 13 years with one donation' the funds will also help the group create a two year program for the school's graduates to get certified in teaching, midwifery, computer training or tailoring a year ago, building a campaign of this magnitude would not have been possible for the group with only quigley and jan handling the bulk of the work, they had little time to focus on the foundation's long term plan this year, however, they were able to make significant changes thanks to a special training program created by the annenberg foundation, a leading supporter of nonprofits worldwide last december, jan and other top 10 heroes from previous years, along with members from their organizations, attended the three day intensive training designed to help the heroes' nonprofits build a strong, sustainable foundation for long term success annenberg provided the trainingknown as alchemyfor free 'we're here as a foundation to invest in visionary leaders so they can improve the quality of life for everyone, and these heroes embody that perfectly,' said sylia obagi, director of operations for the annenberg foundation the heroes underwent a condensed version of the foundation's multiple alchemy trainings, which typically take place over 13 months annenberg, which has trained more than 700 organizations, tailored the program for the heroes, who often start small and lack background in running a nonprofit 'getting the (cnn) attention internationally, they're given a gift that cannot be allowed to go by the wayside,' obagi said 'alchemy helps the heroes leverage the affirmation and public attention of their work to benefit their organizations and put them on a path towards greater sustainability' david puckett, who travels to mexico to provide prosthetic and orthotic care to people in need, translated what he learned at alchemy into more consistent financial support for his group '(it) has broadened my view on how to cultivate and sustain relationships with donors,' said puckett, whose group in the first quarter of 2013 raised almost as much as its 2012 annual budget 'i have learned that sharing our mission's vision is not just about telling the story, but that it needs to go more in depth by telling the story with passion in order to involve the potential donor' on the last day of the program, the trainers had one on one sessions with each organization and helped them develop a customized plan, prioritize their goals and commit to taking necessary actions toward achieving them after the training, participants worked for 90 days to implement specific goals each hero then had a follow up phone call with a trainer to review their progress obagi said the trainers specifically commented about the 'exceptional motivation' they experienced with the heroes and that they worked very hard achieving many of the goals 'when we compare them with the regular alchemy group, they're completing their goals at higher rates,' she said 'the steps they're taking, and the partnership they've developed with their board, are moving their organizations in the right direction' taryn davis said alchemy played a strong role in her group's growth this year she and her american widow project nearly tripled the number of workshops and retreats they held for military widows in previous years 'the training gave us the confidence to know that we can take big leaps,' davis said 'they made us be open in our strong suits and our weaknesses hearing from other heroes that their struggles were similar to ours really helped me and our team realize they're not just an issue in our organization' carolyn lecroy expanded her organization internationally this year, which she attributes to a lot of what she learned at alchemy her messages project, which helps children stay connected to their incarcerated parents through video messages, recently filmed messages with mothers in a malawi prison and delivered them to their children 'the trainers, speakers and interaction, with the feedback we received, made this one of the best trainings i know i have been to,' lecroy said 'we walked away with stuff that was usable and practical it not only showed us what we could improve on, but how to do it' for scott strode's group, which provides free athletic activities and a supportive community for ex addicts in colorado, the training helped them bring on new board members with the experience and background needed to scale the program into new communities 'in the spring and early summer, we'll be opening in orange county, and we've tried to do it very thoughtfully,' he said 'without the training, we may have run at a lot of different opportunities and spread ourselves thin' in addition to the invaluable guidance, many participants were able to build friendships and network with fellow heroes 'just being in a room with present and past heroes who are making a difference was an honor,' said marie da silva, whose school in malawi provides free education for aids orphans 'apart from working nonstop, we had many laughs and an opportunity to meet each other on a personal level, knowing more about each other's work from their hearts' this year, annenberg is again providing its free alchemy training as part of the award package for the top 10 heroes along with a group of past heroes, they will attend the seminar next month at the california science center in los angeles the group will be treated to a special evening event under the space shuttle endeavour, which is on display at the science center, and an astronaut will address the heroes 'the kind of vision, aspiration and dreams the individuals who built the shuttle have to have embodies what the heroes represent as well,' obagi said 'it will be a fabulous night of inspiration that makes us rethink the importance of community service and how to give back, and how rewarding it is when we do'

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(cnn)manchester city thumped arsenal and then downed liverpool at home this month in the english premier league so not many expected relegation threatened crystal palace to put up a fight at the etihad stadium on saturday but the eagles, rejuvenated under tony pulis, did just that and it took edin dzeko's goal midway in the second half to finally put the visitors away city won 1 0 to improve to a perfect 10 0 0 in the league at home this season and, without its closest rivals playing until sunday, overtook arsenal by two points atop the division defending champion manchester united also struggledthough not as much as cityas it played without the injured wayne rooney but edged norwich city 1 0 to collect a sixth successive victory in all competitions city manager manuel pellegrini made six changes to the side that doubled liverpool 2 1 on boxing day, naming the likes of alvaro negredo, yaya toure and samir nasri to the substitutes' bench even though city bossed possessionat 77 percentcrystal palace matched the host in shots on target and it was the first time city hadn't scored at least twice at home in the top flight this term 'we didn't have a fresh team,' pellegrini told sky sports 'and it's very difficult when you have one team that wants to play and the other wants to defend 'that was the game we saw today that's not what we're used to doing at the etihad' although pellegrini essentially said that palace parked the bus, recently reinstated city goalkeeper joe hart made a string of good savesafter sustaining a cut under his eye in a collision with cameron jeromebefore and after dzeko broke through in the 66th minute welbeck winner rooney, in fine form, missed united's trip to norwich due to a lingering groin strain but manchester united said he should be available for wednesday's clash against tottenham united manager david moyes didn't start danny welbeck, eitherhe has enjoyed recent successbut the striker came off the bench to net the winner in the 57th minute the red devils, who rallied to beat hull 3 2 on the road thursday, remained seven points behind manchester city but climbed to sixth 'to win back to back games in the premier league in three days away from home is really difficult,' moyes told sky 'some teams don't play until tomorrow 'we had two games in three days, and i have to say the squad coped really well 'i was delighted to get the result i thought norwich played really well' elsewhere, cardiff city conceded deep in injury time and had to settle for a 2 2 draw against last place sunderland; hull rebounded from the loss to manchester united, routing poor traveler fulham 6 0; and west ham and west bromwich albion produced six goals in a 3 3 draw in london aston villa snapped a four match losing streak although didn't beat swansea at home, drawing 1 1 cardiff looked set to claim all three points in its first game since manager malky mackay was fired, taking a 2 0 lead but steven fletcher pulled a goal back for sunderland in the 83rd minute and jack colbeck equalized on a deflected effort in the fifth minute of added time arsenal travels to surging newcastle on sunday and chelsea hosts liverpool in a battle of third versus fourth

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washington (cnn)as he awaits a crucial progress report on iraq, president bush will try to put a twist on comparisons of the war to vietnam by invoking the historical lessons of that conflict to argue against pulling out president bush pauses tuesday during a news conference at the north american leaders summit in canada on wednesday in kansas city, missouri, bush will tell members of the veterans of foreign wars that 'then, as now, people argued that the real problem was america's presence and that if we would just withdraw, the killing would end,' according to speech excerpts released tuesday by the white house 'three decades later, there is a legitimate debate about how we got into the vietnam war and how we left,' bush will say 'whatever your position in that debate, one unmistakable legacy of vietnam is that the price of america's withdrawal was paid by millions of innocent citizens, whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like 'boat people,' 're education camps' and 'killing fields,' ' the president will say the president will also make the argument that withdrawing from vietnam emboldened today's terrorists by compromising us credibility, citing a quote from al qaeda leader osama bin laden that the american people would rise against the iraq war the same way they rose against the war in vietnam, according to the excerpts 'here at home, some can argue our withdrawal from vietnam carried no price to american credibility, but the terrorists see things differently,' bush will say on tuesday, democratic senate majority leader harry reid said, 'president bush's attempt to compare the war in iraq to past military conflicts in east asia ignores the fundamental difference between the two our nation was misled by the bush administration in an effort to gain support for the invasion of iraq under false pretenses, leading to one of the worst foreign policy blunders in our history 'while the president continues to stay the course with his failed strategy in iraq, paid for by the taxpayers, american lives are being lost and there is still no political solution within the iraqi government it is time to change direction in iraq, and congress will again work to do so in the fall' the white house is billing the speech, along with another address next week to the american legion, as an effort to 'provide broader context' for the debate over the upcoming iraq progress report by gen david petraeus, the top us military commander, and ryan crocker, the us ambassador in baghdad president bush has frequently asked lawmakersand the american peopleto withhold judgment on his troop 'surge' in iraq until the report comes out in september watch bush criticize the iraqi government » it is being closely watched on capitol hill, particularly by republicans nervous about the political fallout from an increasingly unpopular war earlier this month, defense secretary robert gates said he would wait for the report before deciding when a drawdown of the 160,000 us troops in iraq might begin bush's speeches wednesday and next week are the latest in a series of attempts by the white house to try to reframe the debate over iraq, as public support for the war continues to sag a recent cnn/opinion research corporation poll found that almost two thirds of americans64 percentnow oppose the iraq war, and 72 percent say that even if petraeus reports progress, it won't change their opinion the poll also found a great deal of skepticism about the report; 53 percent said they do not trust petraeus to give an accurate assessment of the situation in iraq in addition to his analogy to vietnam, bush in wednesday's speech will invoke other historical comparisons from asia, including the us defeat and occupation of japan after world war ii and the korean war in the 1950s, according to the excerpts 'in the aftermath of japan's surrender, many thought it naive to help the japanese transform themselves into a democracy then, as now, the critics argued that some people were simply not fit for freedom,' bush will say 'today, in defiance of the critics, japan stands as one of the world's great free societies' speaking about the korean war, bush will note that at the time 'critics argued that the war was futile, that we never should have sent our troops in, or that america's intervention was divisive here at home' 'while it is true that the korean war had its share of challenges, america never broke its word,' bush will say 'without america's intervention during the war, and our willingness to stick with the south koreans after the war, millions of south koreans would now be living under a brutal and repressive regime' e mail to a friend

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london, england (cnn)a chronology of bombings and attempted bomb attacks in the mainland uk since the 1970s: police close off streets around haymarket, in london's busy theater district june 29, 2007: police defuse a bomb consisting of 200 liters of fuel, gas cylinders and nails found in an abandoned car in haymarket, central london a second car packed with gas and nails was later found to have been parked just a few hundred yards from the first, before it was towed away by traffic wardens in the early hours of friday for violating parking restrictions police say two vehicles clearly linked july 21, 2005: two weeks after the deadly 7/7 bombings, four men are alleged to have attempted to carry out a second wave of attacks against london's transport network at three london underground stations and aboard a bus but their alleged rucksack bombs fail to explode july 7, 2005: four suicide bombers detonate themselves aboard three underground trains and a bus in a morning rush hour attack against london's transport network, killing 52 people and injuring around 700 more al qaeda claims responsibility in a video statement august 2004: anti terrorist police disrupt a plot by islamic militants to blow up targets including the ministry of sound nightclub and the bluewater shopping center in southeast england using explosives packed into limousines and large vehicles seven men are convicted in may 2007 and sentenced to up to 26 years in prison march 2001: a car bomb explodes outside the bbc's london headquarters, wounding one man police blame the real ira, a republican splinter group opposed to the ira's cease fire april 1999: three people die when a nail bomb explodes in the admiral duncan pub in london's gay districtthe third in a spate of series of nail bomb attacks also targeting immigrant areas of the city that left dozens injured a 23 year old self declared 'nazi', david copeland, is sentenced to six life terms june 1996: a massive ira bomb explodes in a shopping center in central manchester, injuring more than 200 people february 1996: two people die as ira terrorists detonate a bomb in london's docklands area, causing damage estimated at around $170m and ending the group's 17 month cease fire april 1993: an ira truck bomb devastates part of london's financial district, killing one and wounding 44 march 1993: two boys aged three and 12 are killed and dozens are injured by two bombs left in litter bins in warrington, northern england the ira admits planting the bombs april 1992: a huge ira car bomb in london's financial district kills three people and wounds 91 february 1991: ira terrorists launch a mortar attack at prime minister john major's downing street offices no one is injured september 1989: eleven people die and 22 are wounded when an ira bomb explodes at a royal marine music school in deal, southern england december 1988: a pan am airliner explodes over the scottish town of lockerbie, killing 259 aboard and 11 people on the ground libyan agent abdel basset al megrahi, convicted of the attack in 2001, was this week granted the right to mount a fresh appeal (read about lockerbie bomber) october 1984: five people die in an ira bomb attack on a hotel in brighton, southern england, where prime minister margaret thatcher and her cabinet are staying for the conservative party's annual conference december 1983: an ira bomb at london's harrods department store kills six people july 1982: two ira bomb attacks on soldiers in london's parks kill 11 people and wound 50 october november 1974: a wave of ira bombs in british pubs in birmingham and guildford kill 28 people and wound more than 200 february 1974: a coach carrying soldiers and families in northern england is bombed by the ira, killing 12 and wounding 14 e mail to a friend

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two cars loaded with gasoline and nails found abandoned in london friday 52 people killed on july 7, 2005 after bombs exploded on london bus, trains british capital wracked by violence by the ira for years

bremen, germanycarlos alberto, who scored in fc porto's champions league final victory against monaco in 2004, has joined bundesliga club werder bremen for a club record fee of 78 million euros ($107 million) carlos alberto enjoyed success at fc porto under jose mourinho 'i'm here to win titles with werder,' the 22 year old said after his first training session with his new club 'i like bremen and would only have wanted to come here' carlos alberto started his career with fluminense, and helped them to lift the campeonato carioca in 2002 in january 2004 he moved on to fc porto, who were coached by josé mourinho, and the club won the portuguese title as well as the champions league early in 2005, he moved to corinthians, where he impressed as they won the brasileirão,but in 2006 corinthians had a poor season and carlos alberto found himself at odds with manager, emerson leão their poor relationship came to a climax at a copa sul americana game against club atlético lanús, and carlos alberto declared that he would not play for corinthians again while leão remained as manager since january this year he has been on loan with his first club fluminense bundesliga champions vfb stuttgart said on sunday that they would sign a loan agreement with real zaragoza on monday for ewerthon, the third top brazilian player to join the german league in three days a vfb spokesman said ewerthon, who played in the bundesliga for borussia dortmund from 2001 to 2005, was expected to join the club for their pre season training in austria on monday on friday, ailton returned to germany where he was the league's top scorer in 2004, signing a one year deal with duisburg on a transfer from red star belgrade e mail to a friend

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werder bremen pay a club record $107 million for carlos alberto the brazilian midfielder won the champions league with fc porto in 2004 since january he has been on loan with his first club, fluminense

washington (cnn)vice president dick cheney will serve as acting president briefly saturday while president bush is anesthetized for a routine colonoscopy, white house spokesman tony snow said friday bush is scheduled to have the medical procedure, expected to take about 2 1/2 hours, at the presidential retreat at camp david, maryland, snow said bush's last colonoscopy was in june 2002, and no abnormalities were found, snow said the president's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years the procedure will be supervised by dr richard tubb and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda, maryland, snow said a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer, rectal cancer and polyps, small clumps of cells that can become cancerous, according to the mayo clinic small polyps may be removed during the procedure snow said that was the case when bush had colonoscopies before becoming president snow himself is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer that began in his colon and spread to his liver snow told reporters he had a chemo session scheduled later friday watch snow talk about bush's procedure and his own colon cancer » 'the president wants to encourage everybody to use surveillance,' snow said the american cancer society recommends that people without high risk factors or symptoms begin getting screened for signs of colorectal cancer at age 50 e mail to a friend

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san francisco, california (cnn) a magnitude 42 earthquake shook the san francisco area friday at 4:42 am pt (7:42 am et), the us geological survey reported the quake left about 2,000 customers without power, said david eisenhower, a spokesman for pacific gas and light under the usgs classification, a magnitude 42 earthquake is considered 'light,' which it says usually causes minimal damage 'we had quite a spike in calls, mostly calls of inquiry, none of any injury, none of any damage that was reported,' said capt al casciato of the san francisco police 'it was fairly mild' watch police describe concerned calls immediately after the quake » the quake was centered about two miles east northeast of oakland, at a depth of 36 miles, the usgs said oakland is just east of san francisco, across san francisco bay an oakland police dispatcher told cnn the quake set off alarms at people's homes the shaking lasted about 50 seconds, said cnn meteorologist chad myers according to the usgs, magnitude 42 quakes are felt indoors and may break dishes and windows and overturn unstable objects pendulum clocks may stop e mail to a friend

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2,000 customers without electricity, power company says magnitude 42 quake set off home alarms, says oakland police dispatcher 'it was fairly mild,' police say, no immediate reports of injuries, damage it was centered two miles east northeast of oakland, about 36 miles deep

washington (cnn)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 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 minersand 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 don't know where else we can put a hole to get any other information' see photos of the rescue mission » there were no public statements saturday from bob murray, president and ceo of murray mining, co owner of the crandall canyon mine, who was the outspoken face of the rescue operation for the first three weeks, then largely disappeared from public view federal officials became the spokesmen no one from murray mining was present at friday's news conference 'they are done it's finished,' the attorney for the families said, according to the saturday edition of the salt lake tribune 'it's a hard and bitter pill for our families, and there were quite a few tears shed,' the newspaper quotes colin king as saying the men were trapped during a collapse on august 6, and it is not known whether they survived the cave in efforts to reach them were suspended 10 days later when two rescuers and a federal mining official were killed, and six people were injured in a second collapse as they tried to tunnel horizontally toward the area where the men had been working murray said last week that the search effort would stop if no signs of life were found at the sixth hole under pressure from the families, however, he agreed to try one more time families wanted officials to drill a hole large enough to send down a rescue capsule the effort to lower the robotic device down a seventh hole had been called 'a long shot' by an official msha's stickler said that hole was drilled into the crandall canyon mine on thursday, but there were problems with a robotic camera that teams were trying to lower into it work resumed friday, this time at the fourth hole, but the camera could only descend about 7 feet, he said 'basically, what it saw was really not that much there was quite a bit of mud in there, water coming down the hole it really couldn't go any farther than seven feet,' he said of the latest try in addition, the roof was sagging 'the families asked many, many questions and we answered them all the best we could, basically coming to the conclusion that we had run out of options' murray said last saturday he has already filed paperwork with federal regulators to permanently close and seal the crandall canyon mine 'i will never come back to that evil mountain,' he said friends and family have identified the six missing miners as luis hernandez, manuel sanchez, kerry allred, carlos payan, brandon phillips and don erickson e mail to a friend

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new: president bush says he and first lady are deeply saddened by the tragedy mine safety and health administration chief: we've run out of options the six men have been trapped underground since august 6 seven bore holes drilled into the mountain have found no signs of life

(cnn)at least 14 people were killed and 60 others wounded thursday when a bomb ripped through a crowd waiting to see algeria's president in batna, east of the capital of algiers, the algerie presse service reported a wounded person gets first aid shortly after thursday's attack in batna, algeria the explosion occurred at 5 pm about 20 meters (65 feet) from a mosque in batna, a town about 450 kilometers (280 miles) east of algiers, security officials in batna told the state run news agency the bomb went off 15 minutes before the expected arrival of president abdel aziz bouteflika it wasn't clear if the bomb was caused by a suicide bomber or if it was planted, the officials said later thursday, algeria's interior minister noureddine yazid zerhouni said 'a suspect person who was among the crowd attempted to go beyond the security cordon,' but the person escaped 'immediately after the bomb exploded,' the press service reported bouteflika made his visit to batna as planned, adding a stop at a hospital to visit the wounded before he returned to the capital there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing algeria faces a continuing islamic insurgency, according to the cia in july, 33 people were killed in apparent suicide bombings in algiers that were claimed by an al qaeda affiliated group bouteflika said terrorist acts have nothing in common with the noble values of islam, the press service reported e mail to a friend cnn's mohammed tawfeeq contributed to this report

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bomb victims waiting for presidential visit blast went off 15 minutes before president's arrival algeria faces islamic insurgency al qaeda affiliated group claimed july attacks

(cnn)football superstar, celebrity, fashion icon, multimillion dollar heartthrob now, david beckham is headed for the hollywood hills as he takes his game to us major league soccer cnn looks at how bekham fulfilled his dream of playing for manchester united, and his time playing for england the world's famous footballer has begun a five year contract with the los angeles galaxy team, and on friday beckham will meet the press and reveal his new shirt number this week, we take an in depth look at the life and times of beckham, as cnn's very own 'becks,' becky anderson, sets out to examine what makes the man tickas footballer, fashion icon and global phenomenon it's a long way from the streets of east london to the hollywood hills and becky charts beckham's incredible rise to football stardom, a journey that has seen his skills grace the greatest stages in world soccer she goes in pursuit of the current hottest property on the sports/celebrity circuit in the us and along the way explores exactly what's behind the man with the golden boot cnn will look back at the life of beckham, the wonderfully talented youngster who fulfilled his dream of playing for manchester united, his marriage to pop star victoria, and the trials and tribulations of playing for england we'll look at the highs (scoring against greece), the lows (being sent off during the world cup), the man u departure for the galacticos of madridand now the home depot stadium in la we'll ask how beckham and his family will adapt to life in los angelesthe people, the places to see and be seen and the celebrity endorsement beckham is no stranger to exposure he has teamed with reggie bush in an adidas commercial, is the face of motorola, is the face on a playstation game and doesn't need fashion tips as he has his own international clothing line but what does the star couple need to do to become an accepted part of tinseltown's glitterati? the road to major league football in the usa is a well worn route for some of the world's greatest players we talk to some of the former greats who came before him and examine what impact these overseas stars had on us soccer and look at what is different now we also get a rare glimpse inside the david beckham academy in la, find out what drives the kids and who are their heroes the perception that in the usa soccer is a 'game for girls' after the teenage years is changing more and more young kids are choosing the european game over the traditional us sports e mail to a friend

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beckham has agreed to a five year contract with los angeles galaxy new contract took effect july 1, 2007 former english captain to meet press, unveil new shirt number friday cnn to look at beckham as footballer, fashion icon and global phenomenon

(cnn)a virus found in healthy australian honey bees may be playing a role in the collapse of honey bee colonies across the united states, researchers reported thursday honey bees walk on a moveable comb hive at the bee research laboratory, in beltsville, maryland colony collapse disorder has killed millions of beesup to 90 percent of colonies in some us beekeeping operationsimperiling the crops largely dependent upon bees for pollination, such as oranges, blueberries, apples and almonds the us department of agriculture says honey bees are responsible for pollinating $15 billion worth of crops each year in the united states more than 90 fruits and vegetables worldwide depend on them for pollination signs of colony collapse disorder were first reported in the united states in 2004, the same year american beekeepers started importing bees from australia the disorder is marked by hives left with a queen, a few newly hatched adults and plenty of food, but the worker bees responsible for pollination gone the virus identified in the healthy australian bees is israeli acute paralysis virus (iapv)named that because it was discovered by hebrew university researchers although worker bees in colony collapse disorder vanish, bees infected with iapv die close to the hive, after developing shivering wings and paralysis for some reason, the australian bees seem to be resistant to iapv and do not come down with symptoms scientists used genetic analyses of bees collected over the past three years and found that iapv was present in bees that had come from colony collapse disorder hives 96 percent of the time but the study released thursday on the science express web site, operated by the journal science, cautioned that collapse disorder is likely caused by several factors 'this research give us a very good lead to follow, but we do not believe iapv is acting alone,' said jeffery s pettis of the us department of agriculture's bee research laboratory and a co author of the study 'other stressors on the colony are likely involved' this could explain why bees in australia may be resistant to colony collapse 'there are no cases in australia at all,' entomologist dave britton of the australian museum told the sydney morning herald last month 'it is a northern hemisphere phenomenon' bee ecology expert and university of florida professor jamie ellis said earlier this year that genetic weakness bred into bees over time, pathogens spread by parasites and the effects of pesticides and pollutants might be other factors researchers also say varroa mites affect all hives on the us mainland but are not found in australia university of georgia bee researcher keith s delaplane said thursday the study offers a warningand hope 'one nagging problem has been a general inability to treat or vaccinate bees against viruses of any kind,' said delaplane, who has been trying to breed bees resistant to the varroa mite 'but in the case of iapv, there is evidence that some bees carry genetic resistance to the disorder this is yet one more argument for beekeepers to use honey bee stocks that are genetically disease and pest resistant' bee researchers will now look for stresses that may combine to kill bees 'the next step is to ascertain whether iapv, alone or in concert with other factors, can induce ccd [colony collapse disorder] in healthy bees,' said ian lipkin, director of the center for infection and immunity at columbia university mailman school of public health besides the columbia and usda researchers, others involved in the study released thursday include researchers from pennsylvania state university, the pennsylvania department of agriculture, the university of arizona and 454 life sciences e mail to a friend

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colony collapse disorder has killed millions of bees scientists suspect a virus may combine with other factors to collapse colonies disorder first cropped up in 2004, as bees were imported from australia $15 billion in us crops each year dependent on bees for pollination

london, englandsavers at a leading uk mortgage bank lined up for a second day to empty their accounts saturday, a day after the lender was bailed out by the bank of england after heavily slashing profit forecasts fearful customers line up to withdraw cash from a northern rock branch in southeast london on friday long lines formed before counters opened at the northern rock building society, one of the uk's top five lenders, as worried customers ignored reassurances from the bank and the government customers are believed to have already withdrawn about £1 billion ($2 billion) since the bank's woes were revealed, prompting speculation that the global credit crunch made raising funds through commercial borrowing difficult shares in northern rock dropped up to 30 percent in friday trading, with problems spilling over the european banking sector the british bankers' association has urged customers to 'calm down,' according to the uk press association it said: 'northern rock is a sound and safe bank and there is absolutely no reason for either mortgage customers or savers to worry' meanwhile, finance minister alistair darling said the bank of england had stepped in 'to create a stable banking system' he said: 'people can use their accounts in the usual way, they can carry on making their mortgage payments in the usual way northern rock will be able to carry on its business' northern rock chief executive adam applegarth said yesterday that the bank had yet to draw on the emergency cash, which he called 'a backdrop in case we need to use it', according to pa e mail to a friend

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savers at leading uk mortgage bank lined up to empty their accounts northern rock was bailed out by the bank of england a day earlier reassurances that banks was safe have gone unheeded by many

las vegas, nevada (cnn) former football star oj simpson will be held without bail after his arrest on robbery and assault charges, police announced late sunday police released this mug shot of oj simpson after his arrest simpson is accused of having directed several other men in an alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia in a room at a las vegas hotel room las vegas authorities said they have no information leading them to believe simpson was carrying a firearm during the alleged incident at the palace station hotel and casino police said simpson and other men burst into the room and walked out with the memorabilia, including some that was unrelated to simpson, police said 'we don't believe that anyone was roughed up, but there were firearms involved,' lt clint nichols told reporters nichols said the firearms were pointed at the victims a reporter asked nichols: was 'oj was the boss in that room?' nichols responded, 'that is what we believe, yes' watch simpson transferred sunday in handcuffs » the alleged victims were identified as bruce fromong, a sports memorabilia collector who described the incident as 'a home invasion type robbery,' and alfred beardsley, who has been quoted by celebrity web site tmzcom as saying that simpson later apologized to him and told him he regretted the incident acting on a tip, police met over the weekend at mccarran international airport with 46 year old walter alexander, of mesa, arizona, who told them about the alleged robbery and validated the tipster's information, capt james dillon told reporters alexander was arrested saturday night on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and burglary with a deadly weapon he was released on his own recognizance and returned to mesa either saturday night or early sunday morning, dillon said in addition, investigators are seeking four other men they believe accompanied simpson into the hotel room, nichols said nichols said, 'there is a social relationship between the individuals that we identified and oj simpson' though simpson is not accused of having brandished a gun himself, two firearms that police said were used were recovered early sunday in one of three searches investigators would would not divulge where the weapons were found nichols dismissed an initial report that the men may have been off duty police 'there is no truth to that whatsoever,' he said 'that came as a result of some language that was used when the individuals burst into the room that led our victims to believe that they may have been police' simpson, 60, has acknowledged taking some items that belonged to him, but he has denied that any weapons were involved 'whether the property belonged to mr simpson or not is still in debate,' nichols said 'we are still in the process of sorting that out' nichols also said that some of the property taken had simpson's signature but 'there was some other property taken as well,' he said 'i believe there were some joe montana cleats and some signed baseballs and other stuff' the latest charges against simpson mean he faces the prospect of another prosecution, more than a decade after the june 1994 stabbing deaths of his ex wife, nicole brown simpson, and ron goldman simpson was acquitted of murder the following year the trial riveted much of the united states but in 1997, a jury found him liable for the deaths in a civil case brought by the goldman family simpson was ordered to pay the families a total of $335 million for the deaths goldman had gone to nicole simpson's los angeles home to return a pair of glasses the day of the slayings goldman's sister, kim goldman, said she wasn't surprised by the robbery allegations, since simpson 'thinks he can do no wrong' 'he's capable of stabbing people to death, so i think robbery is nothing surprising,' she said 'normal, logical, civil minded, law abiding people don't storm a room with guns demanding stuff back' fromong had testified on simpson's behalf in the civil case, telling the court that prices for simpson memorabilia had dropped substantially since the 1995 verdict his testimony was part of the defense's contention that simpson could not afford to pay the goldmans simpson recently wrote a book originally titled 'if i did it' and had planned to publish it himself, but a public outcry led to the cancellation of his book deal a bankruptcy judge subsequently awarded the goldmans the rights to the book in light of their inability to collect the wrongful death award the goldmans retitled the book, 'if i did it: confessions of the killer' that book just hit bookstores e mail to a friend cnn's ted rowlands contributed to this report

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no bail for ex nfl star accused of directing men in alleged armed robbery simpson faces charges of robbery, assault, burglary and conspiracy alleged robbery involved sports related items, police say simpson arrested sunday in las vegas, but he says items were his

lagos, nigeria (reuters)nigeria's television survival show has been suspended after a contestant drowned in preparation for the program, said dutch brewer heineken's local unit which is sponsoring the show anthony ogadje, 25, and nine other contestants had gone to shere hills lake in nigeria's hilly plateau state to prepare for the 'gulder ultimate search,' which sets a variety of physical challenges for participants a statement from nigerian breweries on monday said ogadje died suddenly and he was thought to have drowned 'all attempts to revive him by the attendant medical team and the lifeguards, including his fellow contestants, failed,' said nigerian breweries, which is majority owned by the dutch giant broadcasting had been due to start on thursday in the show, the weakest contestants are evicted one by one until a winner emerges the prize money is a big attraction in a country where most people live in extreme poverty and benefit little from nigeria's oil wealth the winner was to get 5 million naira (about $39,000) in cash, a four wheel drive jeep and another 500,000 naira (about $3,900) to buy clothes the winner could also have expected to become an instant celebrity, attracting sponsorship deals the ultimate search, which started in 2004, gets high ratings e mail to a friend copyright 2007 reuters all rights reservedthis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed

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anthony ogadje, 25, reportedly drowned in shere hills lake he was preparing for the show, 'gulder ultimate search' dutch brewer heineken's local unit sponsors the program

(cnn)a former government contract employee was indicted on charges of stealing restricted nuclear energy related materials and putting the united states at risk, the department of justice announced thursday sources say the classified materials were taken from the east tennessee technology park roy lynn oakley, 67, of roane county, tennessee, appeared in federal court in knoxville on thursday oakley was briefly detained for questioning in the case in january, when authorities first learned of the alleged plot to divulge the materials, government sources told cnn he voluntarily surrendered thursday at an fbi field office in knoxville, the sources said oakley is a former employee of bechtel jacobs, the department of energy's prime environmental management contractor at the east tennessee technology park, prosecutors said the indictment states that oakley, 'having possession of, access to and having been entrusted with sections of 'barriers' and associated hardware used for uranium enrichment through the process of gaseous diffusion having reason to believe that such data would be utilized to injure the united states and secure an advantage to a foreign nation, did communicate, transmit and disclose such data to another person' the transfer took place january 26, the indictment alleges oakley is also charged with converting the material and 'restricted data' to his own use he began doing so on about october 17, 2006, and continued through january, prosecutors said prosecutors said the materials involved have been examined by scientists and posed no threat to people who may have come into contact with them oakley's attorney, herb moncier, said outside court thursday that oakley's job was to break rods 'into little pieces' and throw them away moncier said oakley had a security clearance, but moncier did not believe it was a high level clearance the government alleges that in january, oakley attempted to sell the 'pieces of scrap' to someone he thought was a french agentbut in reality was an undercover fbi agent, moncier said he said he questions whether those broken pieces would be considered an 'appliance' under the law 'mr oakley has cooperated fully for the last six months,' said moncier, who added that he had traveled to washington for work on the case each count carries a possible sentence upon conviction of up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine 'while none of the stolen equipment was ever transmitted to a foreign government or terrorist organization, the facts of this case demonstrate the importance of safeguarding our nuclear technology and pursuing aggressive prosecution against those who attempt to breach the safeguards and put that technology in the wrong hands,' kenneth wainstein, assistant attorney general for national security, said in the justice department statement one government source said the materials involved are not the 'crown jewels,' but they should not have been taken from the facility a 'barrier' is used to filter uranium during the enrichment process, according to nuclear energy officials, but a significant number of barriers are needed to do that job sources told cnn that federal authorities have been following oakley and investigating the case for at least six months, after he allegedly tried to sell the classified material oakley, described as a low level employee, apparently did not make contact with any foreign government and is not a foreign agent of any kind, an official familiar with the case said a government official with with knowledge of the case said that when authorities learned of oakley's alleged intentions six months ago, the fbi and department of energy launched a joint investigation the fbi then developed a sting operation, government officials familiar with the case said, and authorities intervened before there could be any involvement of a foreign country east tennessee technology park is an area of the doe's oak ridge reservation 'where we are currently decontaminating and decommissioning buildings that were last used in 1985,' gerald boyd, manager of the doe's oak ridge site office, said thursday 'when they were in use, now over 20 years ago, some of the buildings at ettp housed facilities used for the enrichment of uranium' boyd said the technology park and the reservation 'are protected by multiple layers of security systems and detection programs, both visible and unseen, meant to identify rogue employees attempting to abuse their access and position' in this case, a review of security procedures showed that the system worked and 'successfully identified the individual in question,' he said e mail to a friend cnn's terry frieden and kelli arena contributed to this report

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(ewcom)when the report broke that taylor kitsch in the running to play the dashing, love sick, oft nearly naked finnick odair in 'the hunger games: catching fire,' i was dubious while starring in the sure to be a hit 'catching fire' would help brighten kitsch's tarnished star power thanks to the one two punch of 'john carter' and 'battleship,' kitsch is already committed to director peter berg's navy seal drama 'lone survivor' that film will likely be shooting at the same time that director francis lawrence is in production on 'catching fire' if there was any doubt as to whether kitsch would abandon his close buddy berg for finnick's golden trident, kitsch himself laid that idea to rest today when reached by the los angeles times about playing the hunger games champion, kitsch had a typically terse response: 'not going to happen' so there you have it armie hammer, garrett hedlund, generic unknown dreamboat, the competition just got more intense! see the full story at ewcom click here to try 2 risk free issues of entertainment weekly © 2011 entertainment weekly and time inc all rights reserved

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london, englandchelsea are waiting on the fitness of john terry ahead of wednesday's champions league match with valencia, but frank lampard has been ruled out john terry tries out his protective mask during training for chelsea on tuesday center back terry suffered a broken cheekbone during saturday's 0 0 draw with fulham, and chelsea manager avram grant will see how he fares during training on tuesday before making a decision on his availability terry trained at valencia's mestalla stadium with a face mask on after surgery on sunday 'john terry wants to play which is very good now we need to wait for training and then we will speak with the medical department and decide,' said grant grant has confirmed that lampard will definitely sit the game out though as the midfielder continues to recover from his thigh injury midfielder michael essien, who scored a last minute winner for chelsea to knock valencia out of last season's champions league, has also been battling a leg injury but he took part in training on tuesday and is expected to play e mail to a friend

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chelsea are still waiting on the fitness of england captain john terry terry trained in a face mask ahead of the champions league tie in valencia the central defender underwent surgery on a broken cheekbone on sunday

(cnn)bloody clashes erupted saturday between pro and anti syrian regime fighters in the lebanese city of tripoli, the deadliest outburst of violence in recent weeks and further indication that syria's turmoil is spilling across borders twelve people were killed and approximately 50 were wounded in the latest fighting, according to the state run national news agency of those hurt, 12 were transported to a hospital in the coastal city, including one in critical condition at one point, a continuous stream of 'rocket bombs' hindered national security forces' attempts to secure the area, the news agency said one rocket exploded over a well known castle in the city, while another landed some distance away prime minister najib mikati went to tripoli to assess the security situation, state news reported after meeting with leaders from the different factions involved in the clashes, interior minister marwan charbel announced that national security forces will enter the area to enforce a cease fire set to begin at 5 am sunday anyone who does not abide by the cease fire 'will bear responsibility,' said charbel, according to the official news agency the sectarian violence in tripoliwhich is on the mediterranean coast, about 50 miles from homs in syriamirrors the tensions in its neighboring nation clashes in both nations pit sunnis, who make up the majority of the syrian opposition and population, against alawites and other shiites, who are dominant in president bashar al assad's government sunnis are the majority in northern lebanon, where tripoli is located and where anti assad factions are relatively strong the syrian president, meanwhile, has more support in southern lebanon and among members of the powerful shiite militant and political group hezbollah, which is considered a terrorist organization by us authorities saturday's fighting is not the first time tensions have simmered over, including in tripoli last month, violence flared after lebanese authorities arrested chadi mawlawi, an islamist activist who was helping syrian refugees by providing food and shelter, his cousin said lebanon had accused mawlawi of being an operative in an al qaeda inspired groupsomething his relatives deny the activist was eventually released, but not before his arrest sparked fighting that killed seven people and left dozens wounded elsewhere in lebanon, the kidnapping of a group of shiite muslim pilgrims in syria prompted angry protests last month in beirut, the capital also last month, gun battles in beirut between rival political partiesone supporting syria's al assad and one opposing himleft two dead and 18 wounded that was the worst outbreak of violence in a city where the powerful hezbollah militia engaged government troops in street battles in 2008 that bloodshed came hours after lebanese troops killed two sunni muslim clericsboth opposed to the embattled syrian regimeat a checkpoint in northern lebanon syria has long been a major influence in lebanon, and not just because of the extensive border the two nations share lebanon was considered part of 'greater syria' until the end of world war i syrian troops were deployed in lebanon between 1976 and 2005, primarily in the northostensibly at first as peacekeepers to help stop lebanon's long civil war, though they stayed long after the fighting stopped in 1990 the syrian forces' 2005 withdrawal followed the car bomb killing of former prime minister rafik hariri in beirut, which some blamed on elements of al assad's regime since then, lebanon's most prominent political blocs have been sharply dividedthe ruling pro syria alliance led by prime minister najib mikati on one side and anti syrian factions led by saad hariri, the son of the assassinated former prime minister, on the other the unrest in syria that began 15 months ago with peaceful anti government protests, followed by a government crackdown, has meant further complications for lebanon thousands of refugees have poured across the border and in april the lebanese army announced it had intercepted a cargo ship bound for tripoli that was filled with weapons it believes were meant to be delivered to rebel forces in syria cnn's hamdi alkhshali and nick thompson contributed to this report

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12 dead, 50 are wounded in fighting in the coastal city of tripoli, state news reports lebanon's government says it will enforce an agreed upon cease fire in the area the clash was the latest pitting factions opposed to and supporting syria's leaders

hong kong, china (reuters)paul lee got his liver from an executed chinese prisoner; karam in egypt bought a kidney for his sister for $5,300; in istanbul hakan is holding out for $30,700 for one of his kidneys doctors in pakistan have been arrested for abducting people, drugging them and stealing their kidneys they are not so unusual: a dire shortage of donated organs in rich countries is sending foreigners with end stage illnesses to poorer places like china, pakistan, turkey, egypt, colombia and the philippines to buy a new lease of life lee, a 53 year old chief subway technician in hong kong, was diagnosed with liver cancer in january 2005 but doctors denied him a transplant because they feared the tumor would spread a friend told him about a transplant hospital in china's north eastern tianjin city and he signed up for a place that april, he paid 260,000 yuan ($34,380) for a transplantsurgery that saved his life 'the hospital has connections with a lot of prisons,' lee told reuters 'mine came from an executed prisoner from heilongjiang i thank the donor deeply' the world health organization estimates that 21,000 liver transplants are carried out annually, but medical experts put annual worldwide demand at at least 90,000 demand for kidneys also exceeds supply, and that has given rise to organ trafficking and a black market for rich people and 'transplant tourists' who travel to poor countries to buy body parts from people with few other routes to a better living a donor in south africa receives $700 for a kidney compared with $30,000 in the united states a lack of transparency and little protection for donors has spurred calls by international bodies to crack down on, or at least regulate, the trade but even where the trade is banned, laws are often muddled or laced with loopholes, which are sometimes defended by vested interests and the unregulated route is much less complicated for the recipient any transplant procedure involving a living donor carries risks for the donorespecially for liver transplants which involve removing part of the donor's liver the complications can include bleeding, infection, even death in the transplant trade, the recipient need not worry about, for example, exposing a living relative to that risk 'it is cheaper and your next of kin is not taking the risk and you don't have to care for someone you don't know once you pay, it is discarded in a way, it is dispensable,' said luc noel, a geneva based coordinator for clinical procedures at the world health organization china recently banned the sale of human organs and restricted transplants for foreigners, saying it must first meet demand at home for 2 million organs a year only 20,000 transplants are carried out in china each year of these, 3,000 are liver transplants and 95 percent of them use livers from dead donors china defended its use of organs from executed prisoners, saying consent was obtained from convicts or their families a transplant operation using the liver of a dead donor costs around $33,000 in china 'what is important is the transparency, it has to be open to scrutiny if china makes its current system open to scrutiny and very transparent, that would do good,' said the who's noel in asia, a cultural obsession with keeping the body of the deceased intact has stymied public organ donation programs excluding china, asia has fewer than 200 livers donated by people ahead of their death each year, said lo chung man, professor of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery at the university of hong kong pakistan, where trade in human organs is not illegal, is turning into a 'kidney bazaar', said the chief executive of pakistan's kidney foundation, jaffar naqvi there are no confirmed figures for the number of foreigners coming to the country for new kidneys but naqvi said there were 13 centers in lahore alone which reported more than 2,000 transplants last year from bought kidneys patients, mostly from europe, saudi arabia and india, pay about 500,000 rupees ($8,500) for a new kidney, he said donors are paid $300 to $1,000 and often get no medical care after the surgery there is no consent in some cases in may police arrested nine people, four of them doctors, for abducting people, drugging them and stealing their kidneys for transplant operations in the pipeline is a draft law aimed at banning the trade, but a powerful lobby bent on preserving it is trying to ensure it allows kidney donations for a non relative, with no payment such a clause allowing 'altruistic' organ donations will ensure the trade continues with secret payment to donors, naqvi said stories of people selling their organs, especially kidneys, are not uncommon in egypt, where more than 30 percent of a population of more than 73 million people live below the poverty line karam, who asked to be identified only by his first name because organ trading is illegal, said it took him only 15 days to secure a kidney for his sister who was suffering from kidney failure he said a doctor found him a man willing to sell his kidney for 30,000 egyptian pounds ($5,300) 'the fees of the doctor were 5,000 pounds both his money and the fees of the hospital were deducted from the money the 'donor' received,' said karam he said doctors usually help in finding people willing to sell their organs from their patients' lists abdel kader hegazy, head of the disciplinary committee at the doctors' union, said egyptian law lacks clear punishment for those involved in illegal transplants, making it easy for doctors to repeat the offence 'the law says it is illegal to trade in organs but does not specify the punishment we at the union suspended many doctors and closed their practices, but they have appealed before courts and won their licenses back,' he told reuters 'it is an annoying and a regrettable situation well known doctors and professors are doing this they are rich people but they do it because they have no moral values' the union has been pushing for legislation to regulate organ transplants, with a draft bill including heavy fines and a prison sentence for those involved and a ban on transplants between people of different nationalities but the draft law has been languishing in parliament for several years because of differences between doctors and senior muslim religious leaders on whether islam allows organ transplants in the case of clinical deaths in turkey, students, unemployed young men and struggling fathers post adverts on the internet selling their kidneys, listing their drinking and smoking habits and blood type these would be donors say they have had enquiries from germany, israel and turkey with asking prices going up to 50,000 lira ($38,760) hakan, a 27 year old security guard in istanbul with two young children who also requested only his first name be published, told reuters he received five or six offers from turkey and germany, offering 10,000 15,000 lira ($11,600), but he's holding out for 40,000 lira 'of course it's frightening but there's nothing else to be done,' he said, adding he hadn't told his wife as he knew she would object 'i'm doing it because of my family, if i was alone it wouldn't matter i've got two children there's nothing else i can do for them' e mail to a friend copyright 2007 reuters all rights reservedthis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed

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organ shortage in rich states has created a trade from poorer countries 'transplant tourists' travel to poor countries to buy organs from the desperate pakistan, where trade in human organs is legal, is turning into a 'kidney bazaar' patients pay $8,500 for a new kidney, while donors are paid just $300 to $1,000

(cnn)a texas judge sentenced a mexican drug gang leader to life in prison thursday after he pleaded guilty to murder and weapons charges related to the killing of a us consulate employee and her husband, officials said jose antonio acosta hernandez, 34, also pleaded guilty to racketeering, drug trafficking and money laundering charges at his trial in el paso, texas, the us department of justice said in a statement the authorities said acosta, who is also known as 'el diego,' admitted that he had directed or participated in more than 1,500 murders since 2008, when he became the leader of la lineathe enforcement arm of the juarez carteland a local boss for the cartel in the mexican cities of juarez and chihuahua among the killings that occurred under his watch was the shooting on march 13, 2010, of us consulate employee lesley enriquez , who was gunned down with her husband, arthur redelfs, in ciudad juarez as they left a birthday party in their white suv jorge salcido ceniceros, the husband of another consulate employee, was killed in a separate vehicle 'we are determined to hold accountable those individuals who committed the consulate murders, and to dismantle the dangerous criminal enterprise that fueled these and many other tragic and senseless acts of violence,' assistant attorney general lanny a breuer said in the justice department statement thursday, accusing acosta of directing a 'reign of terror' the mexican authorities had listed him among their most wanted criminals and offered a 15 million peso reward for information leading to his arrest they announced his capture last july he was extradited to the united states from mexico last month, the justice department said officials said thursday that law enforcement agents in mexico and the united states played a key role in the investigation 'gangs and other criminal organizations that threaten public safety on both sides of the border are on notice that we are working more closely than ever with our mexican counterparts to shut them down,' breuer said the mexican authorities have arrested several other people who they accuse of being connected to the consulate killings acosta pleaded guilty thursday to four counts of racketeering, narcotics trafficking and money laundering he also pleaded guilty to seven counts of murder and weapons charges 'specifically related' to the consulate killings, the justice department said olga bashbush, spokeswoman for the us consulate in ciudad juarez, declined to comment on acosta's guilty plea cnn's nick valencia contributed to this report

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the authorities say jose antonio acosta hernandez is connected to 1,500 killings among them is the murder of us consulate employee lesley enriquez enriquez and her husband were shot to death after leaving a birthday party in 2010 a judge in texas sentences acosta, a leader of la linea, to life in prison

(cnn)he is the philippines' most famous sportsman who was moved to tears by the devastation wreaked on his homeland by super typhoon haiyan the typhoon hit the country earlier this month and has so far claimed over 5,000 lives, with boxing star manny pacquiao ensconced in his philippines training camp for this weekend's fight with brandon rios 'i was crying,' the 35 year old told cnn when asked about his first reaction to the typhoon 'i feel so bad what happened i want to visit them personally but i can't because i'm in training i sent my people there to help them, what i did is focus on my training and pray to god' boxing's first and only eight division world champion left his training camp in genereal santos city earlier this week to head to macau, china, where his wbo international welterweight title bout with rios will take place pacquiao is attempting to help his compatriots by sending aid to those affected by the typhoon 'right now we've sent them food, food is the most important thing,' said pacquiao, who is an elected official in the philippine house of representatives, serving sarangani's lone district 'after that i have to help give them a fresh start in their lives' saturday's fight with rios is pacquiao's first since he was knocked out for just the third time in his career by juan manuel marquez in december 2012, only his fifth loss in 61 professional fights pacquiao dismissed suggestions that defeat to rios, the american who has lost just one of his 33 professional bouts, could see him call time on his 18 year career 'i learned a lot,' pacquiao said of his loss to marquez 'it's part of boxing, sometimes you lose sometimes you win sometimes you lose and you have to accept it 'i decided to continue my boxing career because i think i can still fight i'm not thinking negative, i'm always thinking positive'

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(cnn)johnny cash was, at heart, a storyteller in that dramatic, old testament voice, he sang songsabout prisons, about trains, about loneliness and hurt and truthand made them his own, sounding as if he'd lived them himself 'folsom prison blues,' 'one piece at a time,' 'the beast in me'whether cash wrote them or not, he made you believe 'that was his chief strength,' says robert hilburn, the author of a new cash biography, 'johnny cash: the life' 'he was always best when he tried to tell his own story, or something he cared about' the thing about being a storyteller, of course, is that stories are often embellished cash was no different despite being the subject of scores of articlesand having written two autobiographies himselfthe tales of his life often varied, depending on the time, the setting and the tale teller this is not to diminish cash's faith and character, but it proved a challenge in writing a biography, says hilburn, a longtime music reporter who interviewed cash several times and witnessed the famed 1968 folsom prison concert 'the surprising thing to me was how much you had to check what john said he would often exaggerate or dramatize what happened,' he says 'it would be a germ of truth, but he would make it into something more interesting to convey that truth' moreover, cash's complete story was mostly hidden when hilburn asked cash manager lou robin how much of the cash story had been told, robin replied, 'about 20%' 'johnny cash: a life' attempts to clear the air herewith, a few of the fascinating stories from johnny cash's colorful life: 1 his name was actually jr cash his mother wanted to name him john, after her father his father wanted to name him ray, after himself so the two settled on 'jr' cash didn't adopt the name 'john' until he was in his teens 2 he, ah, borrowed a lot of what became 'folsom prison blues' cash was fascinated by prison songs, and more to the point, by loneliness (he never served hard time himself, though he did a few nights in local jails) for his signature hit, he was inspired by a prison documentary he saw in the air force and a gordon jenkins song called 'crescent city blues' the jenkins song has a similar structure, a similar melody and many of the same lines, but what cash added was his distinctive directness'i shot a man in reno just to watch him die' is all cashand that uptempo chicka chicka rhythm he never denied using jenkins' song 'he will tell you in a minute that he stole the song,' his longtime bassist, marshall grant, told hilburn 'but he made it a more interesting song' (cash did, though, end up paying jenkins $75,000) 3 the chicka chicka sound was an accident cash's songs are noted for their distinctive rhythmic clicking sound, one that echoes the trains he liked to write about so much you can thank the amateurishness of early cash practices with grant and luther perkins, the tennessee two 'they were literally going from one note to the next like someone typing in a halting hunt and peck style,' writes hilburn 'they just couldn't get beyond that simple, primitive sound it was just about the only way they could play' 4 he and elvis presley had the same manager no, not tom parker try bob neal, originally a dj at a memphis radio station neal was a friend of sun records' sam phillipsthe two later founded a management firmand handled elvis for about 18 months until parker came into the picture in 1955 neal let parker take over presley's management and took on cash and other sun records musicians but lightning struck him twice: cash struck up a friendship with stu carnall, a california booking agent, who became neal's management partnerand then cash's sole manager 'all of a sudden stu carnall comes in and (neal's) thinking, 'this can't happen twice,' and he takes him away,' says hilburn cash later left carnall for saul holiff, who guided his career until the 1970s 5 he didn't start wearing black for 'the poor and beaten down' that may have become true, as he sings in 'man in black'cash always had sympathy for the downtroddenbut the original reason was simply because he liked it 'i'm comfortable in it,' he told larry king in 2002 and why not? fashionistas will tell you: black is stylish and hides a host of sins 6 he was a champion hotel room destroyer wrecking hotel rooms is now associated with the excesses of rock starskeith moon was a particularly bad boybut cash was so adept at it that he knew exactly what the furnishings cost hilburn quotes george jonesadmittedly a pretty good tale spinner himselfwho once got in an argument with cash and went on a spree with each item jones broke, cash named the price jones was then sent a bill by management 'all of cash's predicted costs were accurate right down to the penny,' hilburn writes 7 the nickajack cave suicide attempt? probably didn't happen this story has become part of cash lore hooked on drugs, miserable over his divorce, cash crawled into tennessee's nickajack cave in 1967 and waited to die instead, he found god and decided to quit drugs but, hilburn discovered, 'nickajack cave was underwater in the fall of 1967' and cash didn't get clean immediately; he was still taking pills at the 1968 folsom prison concert months later the tale had a point, though 'the story dramatized the feelings of helplessness and recovery,' writes hilburn 8 there are more cash bob dylan duets out there the two sang together on dylan's 'girl from the north country,' which appeared on dylan's 'nashville skyline' but producer bob johnston recorded several songs at the february 1969 session, including cash's 'i still miss someone' and 'understand your man,' as well as some jimmie rodgers tunes though it has popped up on bootlegs, the music has never been officially released 'i don't understand why columbia doesn't release that album,' hilburn says 'it might have confused fans at that time, but today, as a historical document, it's just amazing' 9 he shouldn't be filed under 'country' no offense to the denizens of music row, but johnny cash was bigger than country music 'he never wanted to go to nashville he wanted to separate himself,' says hilburn 'he wasn't aiming for that hit on the jukebox he was as interested in gospel music and folk music and blues as he was probably in country music, and when rock 'n' roll comes along he incorporates part of that' cash, he continues, 'had a very wide vision i never realized until i started writing the book and researching how strong an artist he was he wanted to record the music he wanted to record, and that was pretty amazing'

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johnny cash is the subject of a new biography cash had truth in his voice, but he was master storyteller challenge for biographer to separate facts from fiction cash known for 'folsom prison blues,' 'man in black'

los angeles, california (reuters) 'to insure or not to insure?' it isn't shakespeare, but it is the dramatic question hollywood filmmakers are asking about lindsay lohan following her legal troubles this week lindsay lohan may still get work after her legal problems are settled, but the cost will be high it is an important question, too, because whether companies insure lohan's future movies may determine whether she will quickly fall off hollywood's a list but lohan fans have little to fear because no actor is uninsurable, say underwriting experts while some producers may balk at conditions for hiring problematic stars, experts say that unless an actor is serving time in prison, even the most volatile can be coveredalbeit at a high cost 'for a price, anything can be done, although an insurance carrier can make things so unpalatable that at times the makers of the film just won't be interested,' said ross miller, partner with insurance brokerage dr reiff & associates inc lohan's arrest this week in los angeles on suspicion of drunken driving and cocaine possession has left hollywood wondering if the actress, who shot to fame as a child in disney films like 'the parent trap,' is too risky to cast in a film timeline: lindsay lohan's troubles » it remains to be seen whether her latest relapse and brush with the law will cost her a role in 'poor things,' a film produced by and starring oscar winner shirley maclaine see a gallery of lohan's films » a statement was expected early next week on whether the movie, already delayed this spring due to an earlier rehab stint by lohan, will proceed with or without her insurance experts say the industry has long dealt with similar situations, although they may seem more frequent with the recent heavy media scrutiny of lohan and fellow troubled party girls paris hilton and britney spears 'i don't think it (a problematic artist) is any more of an issue,' said wendy diaz, entertainment underwriting director at fireman's fund insurance co, the leading film underwriter 'it's pretty standard year to year' but diaz did say the terms for covering lohan would likely be 'serious at this point' she said fireman's fund, in such a case, would likely put in higher deductibles, or ask the star to put their salary into escrow to pay for any losses if production was disrupted last july, a producer on lohan's last film, 'georgia rule,' scolded her publicly for repeatedly showing up late on the set, costing the movie's makers hundreds of thousands of dollars brian kingman, a managing director with entertainment insurance broker aon/albert g ruben said covering situations like lohan's required a lot of calculation and risk management insurance rates for errant actors can range anywhere from 1 percent to 3 percent of a movie's production budget, which can range from $5 million to $100 million or more, he said 'filmmakers fall in love with certain actors for certain roles and my job is to find risk takers to take on the risk,' kingman said he said actors were always required to undergo a medical exam before getting insurance in certain circumstances, drug screening is conducted and actors are required to provide blood and urine samples in cases of known drug abuse, 'minders' are sometimes required on set to keep an eye on the actor kingman said he had even helped craft policies for actors in the event they risked the possibility of incarceration 'i have been successful in finding and creating incarceration coverage for certain actors on probation which can be revoked if they break certain rules,' he said, citing the case of robert downey jr, another high profile star with a history of legal, drug and alcohol problems e mail to a friend copyright 2007 reuters all rights reservedthis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed

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(cnn)last week, apple released its sixth annual supplier responsibility report, which detailed violations made by its suppliers in the same week, news surfaced that about 150 chinese workers at a giant manufacturing plant that produces microsoft's xbox 360 had threatened mass suicide by throwing themselves off their factory rooftop amid a labor dispute the incident involving one of apple's chief competitors took place at a foxconn factory complex in wuhan, roughly 600 miles from the better known port city of shenzhen american media outlets carried a haunting photo showing dozens of workers assembled on a rooftop, with several standing at its edge we pluck our favorite phone or game controller off racks at our local electronics store, or they arrive at our doorstep, but in fact, they originate in chinese cities like shenzhen and wuhan as a result, labor disputes and injustices on the other side of the world feel far away and difficult to judge journalistic exposã©s, along with mike daisey's highly scrutinized one man play 'the agony and the ecstasy of steve jobs,' have sought to raise awareness of conditions at foxconn factories in china in recent months they describe long hours, low wages and overcrowded worker housing units, even if businessweek reported last may that foxconn had started making strides under pressure from apple still, as we hear stories like the one out of wuhan last weekalbeit not of apple, but one of its competitorsthere seems to be a collective sense of confusion, helplessness and resignation on the part of consumers the fact that we are overwhelmed is understandable foxconn is the unimaginably huge, yet virtually unknown producer of the most popular, best selling gadgets of our time, with an estimated 800,000 employees it manufactures products like amazon's kindle, nintendo's wii, microsoft's xbox and sony's playstation, among many other consumer electronics but chief among them are apple's iphone and ipad, which dwarf most others in sales and stature as the unrivaled global technology leader, apple needs to step up its pressure on foxconn and raise its supply chain standards to remedy labor injustices we consumers need to stand with them; we've done it before just look at the sweatshop movement in the 1990s the national labor committee created a media frenzy over the child labor that was used to create kathie lee gifford's walmart label, effectively ending it on a larger scale, the united students against sweatshops all but eradicated products that were created by exploitative labor for sale on campuses, simply by raising awareness among students and demanding more from manufacturing standards in recent days, students at duke university, apple ceo tim cook's alma mater, published an open letter calling on cook and apple to guarantee 'conflict free' products in releasing apple's supplier responsibility report, cook is acknowledging apple's role, and in an internal memo to apple staff, he said, 'no one in our industry is driving improvements for workers the way apple is today' we, as consumers, have to embrace our own responsibility to the workers who labor over our coveted gadgets by keeping pressure on apple and its competitors to ensure that they will change their ways with injuries and suicides at foxconn's manufacturing facilities already documented, lives are literally on the line we can start by demanding that apple and other companies that use suppliers like foxconn provide a safe and healthy work environment for their employees if foxconn can deliver on apple's extraordinary product and packaging demands, it certainly has the ability to make this happen scores of chinese workers have stood up under desperate, if not oppressive, circumstances by one of apple's foremost competitors, probably just trying to keep up while daisey and others remain intent on associating apple's late founder with the company's poor labor practices, this can and should be cook's defining moment after all, before being anointed ceo, cook was the supply chain guru behind apple's remarkable rebirth and success but this isn't just on cook or apple; it's on all of us join cnn opinion on facebook and follow updates on twitter the opinions in this commentary are solely those of john cary

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(cnn)snigdha nandipati, 14, won the scripps national spelling bee on thursday night by spelling 'guetapens,' which means an ambush, snare or trap 'i was just taking it one word at a time,' the eighth grader from san diego told cnn on friday morning 'i just wanted to get each word right i didn't really think about winning, really' she said that properly spelling the winning word, which is derived from french, was not difficult she had seen the word before and knew it, she said nandipati didn't truly register her victory until the confetti started falling, she said 'i didn't expect to win there were some very good competitors this year,' she said in last year's spelling bee, she tied for 27th place the agony and ecstasy of the national spelling bee nandipati's victory in the 13th round came moments after her final challenger, stuti mishra of orlando, also 14, stumbled over the spelling of 'schwarmerei,' which means excessive, unbridled enthusiasm or attachment arvind mahankali, a 12 year old seventh grader from new york city, came in third when he misspelled 'schwannoma,' a tumor of the sheath of a peripheral nerve according to a tweet from @scrippsbee, nandipati studied six hours per day she was cheered on by her brother, her parents (her father coached her) and her grandparents, who had traveled from india to watch the contest was held in the gaylord national resort and convention center in national harbor, maryland, outside washington nandipati wins $30,000 and an engraved trophy from scripps, a $2,500 us savings bond and reference library from merriam webster, a $5,000 scholarship from the sigma phil epsilon educational foundation and more than $2,600 in reference works from encyclopaedia britannica this year's spelling bee saw the youngest contestant, 6 year old lori anne madison of lake ridge, virginia she spelled 'dirigible' with aplomb, but was eliminated wednesday night when she misspelled 'ingluvies,' which is a pouch used by birds as a receptacle for food nicholas rushlow, a 14 year old eighth grader from lancaster, ohio, was eliminated when he misspelled 'vetiver,' an aeromatic grass whose especially fragrant root yields an oil used in perfumery and mats in india asked what was going through his mind when he heard the word, he said, 'oh, crap' it was his fifth and final performance in the contest asked what he was going to do with all the time he had previously devoted to spelling, he said, 'i'm going to have to find a new hobby'

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'i was just taking it one word at a time,' snigdha nandipati says the 14 year old tied for 27th place in last year's spelling bee her victory came moments after her final challenger stumbled over 'schwarmerei'