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100 | ROME, Italy (CNN) -- A sixth U.S. service member died Friday from injuries sustained when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in northeastern Italy on Thursday, the U.S. military in Europe said. The helicopter, carrying 11 U.S. military personnel, crashed Thursday afternoon about 22 miles from Aviano, Italy. Four people we... | Four killed in crash; two people die later of injuries .
Copter took off from Aviano Air Base, news agency reports .
Black Hawk helicopter had 11 people aboard . | 367 | 36 |
101 | MEMPHIS, Tennessee (CNN) -- Three men have been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death last week of a University of Memphis football player, Memphis police announced Monday. Police investigating a car crash on September 30 found Taylor Bradford, 21, fatally wounded near the campus residence hall area. H... | University of Memphis athlete Taylor Bradford, 21, was shot September 30 .
Three charged with murder in perpetration of attempted aggravated robbery .
After player was shot, he got in his car, drove off and then crashed into a tree .
The killing spurred school officials to temporarily lock down the campus . | 414 | 61 |
102 | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A court has ordered pop singer Britney Spears to give up custody of her children effective Wednesday at noon. Kevin Federline and Britney Spears, here during happier times, have two children. Spears' former husband, Kevin Federline, is to retain custody of their two sons "until further ... | Kevin Federline to take custody of children effective Wednesday noon .
Federline and Britney Spears have two children, ages 2 and 1 .
Pair were divorced in July . | 486 | 37 |
103 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Air Force is returning F-15E Strike Eagle jets to service over Iraq and Afghanistan after grounding other F-15s, the Air Force said Wednesday. The Air Force grounded models of its F-15 fleet after the crash of an older model F-15C this month. The F-15s were grounded after a crash earlier this mo... | F-15s grounded after a November 1 crash in Missouri .
F-15 is used for ground support in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan .
All U.S. Air Force 224 E-model aircraft will undergo a one-time inspection . | 538 | 51 |
104 | LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- A young girl shown on video being sexually assaulted was raped while in the care of a baby sitter her mother hired, the mother's attorney said Tuesday. Chester Arthur Stiles, 37, of Nevada is being sought as a suspect in the videotaped rape of a young girl. The mother did not know her daught... | Mom thinks girl was abused while in the care of a baby sitter, attorney says .
Mother had no idea daughter had been abused, attorney says .
Girl, now 7, shown being raped on videotape made years ago .
Manhunt underway for suspect, Chester Arthur Stiles, 37 . | 833 | 61 |
105 | JENA, Louisiana (CNN) -- Charges against Bryant Purvis, one of the six black students accused of being involved in beating a white student, were reduced to second degree aggravated battery during his arraignment Wednesday morning. Bryant Purvis says he is focusing on his studies and practicing basketball. Purvis, who ... | Charges against Bryant Purvis reduced to second degree aggravated battery .
Purvis had faced attempted murder, conspiracy charges .
Charges reduced against at least five of six blacks charged in beating .
Case of "Jena 6" drew national spotlight during September protest . | 390 | 52 |
106 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Up to 1,000 human rights campaigners demonstrated Saturday in front of No. 10 Downing Street, the official residence of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, calling on the British government to demand that full democracy be restored in Pakistan. Jemima Khan, center, ex-wife for former Paki... | Human rights campaigners demonstrate in front of No. 10 Downing Street .
Protests urged UK government to demand full democracy restored in Pakistan .
Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan's ex wife Jemima among protesters . | 269 | 43 |
107 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Three Chinese nationals accused of importing thousands of counterfeit luxury handbags in the United States have been arrested in the past two days, federal authorities announced Thursday. Shoppers sort through counterfeit brand name luxury bags and wallets on a Hong Kong street. "This was a sophisti... | Authorities call it one of the largest counterfeit operations ever discovered .
Official: Scheme profited "off the backs of legitimate companies"
Counterfeit operation allegedly involved 300,000 high-end bags and wallets .
The alleged leaders are three Chinese citizens living in New York . | 313 | 56 |
108 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- National Hurricane Center director Bill Proenza left his position Monday, just days after nearly half of the NHC staff signed a petition calling for his ouster. Hurricane Center Bill Proenza left his job as director Monday. Proenza is still employed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra... | National Hurricane Center director Bill Proenza has left his position .
Nearly half of the NHC signed a petition calling for him to step down .
Proenza came under fire for comments he made about the QuikSCAT satellite .
Staff unhappy with environment of closed doors, public bickering . | 602 | 61 |
109 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A man has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly displaying hangman's nooses from the back of a pickup truck during a civil rights march last year in Jena, Louisiana. A photo taken by I-Reporter Casanova Love shows a noose hanging from a pickup in Alexandria, Louisiana. Jeremiah Munsen, 18, ... | Louisiana resident, 18, faces federal hate-crime, conspiracy charges .
Driver allegedly taunted civil rights marchers with nooses on pickup truck .
Marchers were protesting handling of several racially charged incidents . | 489 | 43 |
110 | (CNN) -- Rock group R.E.M. debuted a song from its upcoming album Wednesday on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360°" program. R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe says the band was honored to be involved with the "Planet in Peril" project. The song "Until the Day Is Done" also will appear later this month in "Planet in Peril," a four-h... | R.E.M. song "Until the Day Is Done" debuts on CNN .
Song also to be used in documentary "Planet in Peril"
Song will be on R.E.M.'s upcoming album .
Band releasing live CD/DVD next week . | 590 | 58 |
111 | EL CALABOZ, Texas (CNN) -- Eloisa Tamez said she isn't scared anymore, just determined. "I am not backing down," she said. The U.S. government wants to build a border fence like this one. About 100 landowners are fighting it. Tamez owns three acres of land along the Texas-Mexico border where the Department of Homeland... | Government wants land for border fence; landowners refuse .
Secretary Chertoff says he won't relent "for a particular individual"
Eloisa Tamez says her property has been in her family since 1767 .
Border town mayor calls the fence "a multibillion-dollar speed bump" | 784 | 62 |
112 | (CNN) -- A car bomb attack in Algeria has killed three people and wounded 23, the Algerian Press Service reported. An Algerian policeman stands in front of destroyed buildings in Thenia. The attack occurred Tuesday near an office housing judicial police in the city of Thenia, about 50 km (31 miles) east of the capital ... | Attack occurred near an office housing judicial police in the city of Thenia .
The blast destroyed about 20 houses; 23 also injured .
Al Qaeda also took responsibility for a January 2 bombing that killed four . | 212 | 42 |
113 | SUSSEX, Virginia (CNN) -- Suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick must adhere to tightened restrictions after he tested positive for marijuana use, a federal judge said Wednesday. Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick tested positive for marijuana in a September 13 drug test. Vick tested positive for the dr... | Vick's September 13 drug test shows marijuana use .
Pretrial release conditions tightened; must stay home from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Virginia grand jury indicts Vick and the three co-defendants on state charges .
Vick already faces up to 18 months in prison after federal plea deal . | 582 | 68 |
114 | LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- Former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr clowned around and marveled at their band's amazing impact in an interview Tuesday on CNN's "Larry King Live." Larry King, left, poses with (l-r) Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono Lennon, Olivia Harrison and Ringo Starr Tuesday in Las Vegas. "We were just ... | Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr say their music sounds better .
The former Beatles talk to CNN's Larry King .
Widows of John Lennon and George Harrison also appeared .
Harrison, Ono say their husbands still have strong presence . | 742 | 50 |
115 | (CNN) -- Three Palestinians, including two sick children, have died recently while waiting for resettlement from Iraq, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie visits the Al Waleed refugee camp in August. About 2,000 Palestinian refugees are stranded in camps along the Syrian bor... | U.N. agency appeals for medical resettlement of Palestinians in Iraq camps .
About 2,000 Palestinians in camps along Iraq-Syria border .
30 to 40 refugees arrive at border camp each week, UNHCR says . | 415 | 44 |
116 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Coast Guard planes and ships were searching Friday for a Japanese balloonist who disappeared off the Alaska coast while flying from Japan to the west coast United States. Missing Japanese balloonist Michio Kanda (R) with Naoki Ishikawa. Friends of balloonist Michio Kanda, who was on a solo flig... | Balloonist Michio Kanda missing on flight from Japan to U.S.
U.S. Coast Guard searching area around his last known position .
Kanda holds the world record for the longest-duration balloon flight . | 291 | 47 |
117 | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will duel for Super Tuesday votes Thursday night as the Democratic presidential hopefuls face off for the first time together minus former Sen. John Edwards. Thursday's debate is taking place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The deb... | Debate will be last time top Democrats face off before Super Tuesday contests .
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to go one-on-one for first time together .
Ex-Sen. John Edwards suspended presidential campaign Wednesday .
Debate will start at 8 ET on Thursday night on CNN and CNN.com . | 696 | 66 |
118 | BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- A car bomb struck a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday as it traveled along a coastal highway north of Beirut, killing at least three Lebanese civilian bystanders, according to American and Lebanese officials. Lebanese soldiers and Red Cross workers stand near charred cars at the site of the explosio... | NEW: The United States is outraged by the attack, Secretary of State Rice says .
Car bomb strikes U.S. Embassy vehicle north of Beirut .
Three Lebanese civilians dead, American and Lebanese officials confirm .
Driver of the vehicle was slightly injured, and the only passenger was not hurt . | 812 | 60 |
119 | LONDON, England -- A mother is seeking to have the womb of her severely disabled daughter removed to prevent the 15-year-old from feeling the pain and discomfort of menstruation. Doctors in Britain are now taking legal advice to see if they are permitted to carry out the hysterectomy on Katie Thorpe, who suffers from c... | Mother seeks to have womb of severely disabled daughter, 15, removed .
Briton wants to prevent cerebral palsy sufferer feeling pain of menstruation .
UK doctors seek legal advice to see if they can perform hysterectomy .
Charity for disabled says move could infringe human rights . | 445 | 62 |
120 | (CNN) -- The Chinese government is bracing itself for a rush of people wishing to marry when the summer Olympics kick off on August 8 -- because the number carries a special significance in Chinese culture, the state news agency said Sunday. A traditional Ming-style wedding is held in Nanjing, China, last December. The... | China braces for rush of weddings on opening day of Olympics .
Opening day of Beijing Olympics is August 8, 2008 .
The number "8" is considered by many Chinese to carry good fortune . | 286 | 40 |
121 | LONDON, England -- Nihat Kahveci sent Turkey into the Euro 2008 finals behind defending champions and Group C winners Greece with the only goal in a narrow 1-0 victory over battling Bosnia-Herzegovina. Goalscorer Nihat gets a kiss from team-mate Altintop after Turkey sealed their place with a 1-0 win over Bosnia. The r... | Nihat Kahveci put Turkey into Euro 2008 with 1-0 win over Bosnia/Herzegovina .
Nihat struck at the end of a first half as Turkey joined holders Greece in finals .
Portugal joined Poland in qualifying from Group A with 0-0 draw with Finland . | 348 | 63 |
122 | (CNN) -- Richard Roberts, the embattled president of Oral Roberts University and the son of its namesake evangelist founder, stepped down Friday, according to the school's Board of Regents. Richard Roberts and wife Lindsay appear on CNN's "Larry King Live" in October. "I love ORU with all my heart. I love the students,... | "I love ORU with all my heart," Richard Roberts writes in his resignation letter .
Three professors allege they were fired for revealing misspending .
Roberts and wife deny spending university funds improperly .
Roberts announced last month he was stepping aside temporarily as president . | 348 | 54 |
123 | ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Police made a string of arrests across Europe Tuesday, detaining 20 people suspected of involvement in the recruitment of suicide bombers, Italian police said. Eleven of the arrests were in Italy, in the northern cities of Milan, Reggio Emilia, Bergamo, and San Remo, said. Lt. Col. Sandro Sandulli,... | Police say 20 suspected of involvement in the recruiting suicide bombers held .
Arrests were in Italy and across other European countries, police say .
Those held are accused of recruiting bombers to go to Iraq and Afghanistan .
11 people were held in Italy and nine others across Europe . | 528 | 57 |
124 | (CNN) -- They wore feathers. They wore fancy hats. And of course, they wore fur. Never mind the human -- the dog in haute couture was the fashionistas' focus during Pet Fashion Week. But the models strutting down the runway were of the four-legged variety. The glamorous pooches were accompanied by human models -- but... | Dogs ruled in New York during Pet Fashion Week .
Dazzling couture designs trotted down the runway .
Upscale pet accessories, apparel, and lifestyle items on display .
Design awards encourage pushing the envelope in style . | 188 | 49 |
125 | MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A grand jury Tuesday indicted four suspects on charges of first degree felony murder and armed burglary in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. A grand jury identified Eric Rivera Jr. as the shooter in the death of NFL star Sean Taylor. Court documents say the youngest is alleged... | NEW: The 17-year-old suspect allegedly fired the fatal shot .
NEW: Eric Rivera Jr. will be moved to a Miami-Dade facility Wednesday, attorney says .
Three adult suspects in Sean Taylor slaying on suicide watch .
Taylor died after being shot in home invasion last week . | 593 | 61 |
126 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Josephs and Marys in search of a room at the inn this Christmas are being made an offer they can't refuse. Mary and Joseph ride a donkey to Bethlehem in a performance of the Nativity story near Guildford, England. A British hotel chain is promising free accommodation to couples who share their ... | Couples who share names with the couple from the Nativity story get free room .
Almost 30 Josephs and Marys have signed up for the free night's stay .
Couples have to bring proof of identity .
They also have to prove that they are in a long-term relationship . | 369 | 63 |
127 | NAPLES, Italy -- Udinese remained in fifth place in Italy's Serie A after suffering a 3-1 defeat away to Napoli on Saturday, with both teams having a player sent off. Ezequiel Lavezzi inspired Napoli to victory against Udinese, netting twice and setting up the first goal. Ezequiel Lavezzi scored twice in two minutes to... | Udinese stay fifth in Italy's Serie A after suffering a 3-1 defeat away to Napoli .
Ezequiel Lavezzi scored twice in two second-half minutes to end goal drought .
Both teams were reduced to 10 men, with one player sent off in each half .
Fabrizio Miccoli scores only goal to give Palermo a 1-0 victory over Livorno . | 445 | 85 |
128 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A six-month trial was launched this week that promises to transform the way luggage is tracked and monitored at London's Heathrow airport. As many as 28 in every 1,000 passengers do not arrive at their destination at the same time as their luggage. The trial -- run by BAA and airline Emirates -... | New trial at Heathrow airport will use RFID to accurately track and monitor luggage .
Compared to exsiting bar codes, RFID tags offer 15 percent more reading accuracy .
A proposed service will send SMS to passengers informing when bags arrive . | 705 | 50 |
129 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Jordan's King Hussein sent a secret message to President Richard Nixon in 1970 pleading with him to attack Syria, according to declassified documents released Wednesday by the former president's library. President Nixon works at his desk in the Oval Office in a June 1972 photograph. The papers are a... | Telegram: King Hussein wanted U.S. strike on invading Syrian troops in 1970 .
Nixon White House urged Saudis to distance from PLO's Fatah organization .
Papers also discuss Israeli acquisition of nuclear weapon .
Documents among 10,000 papers released Wednesday by Nixon Library . | 765 | 59 |
130 | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The Rev. James Orange, a civil rights activist whose 1965 jailing sparked a fatal protest that ultimately led to the famed Selma-to-Montgomery march and the Voting Rights Act, died Saturday at Atlanta's Crawford Long Hospital, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said in a statement. H... | Orange jailed in Alabama in 1965 for getting students to help voting rights drives .
In march to support him, a man was killed, leading to 'Bloody Sunday,' famed march .
After successful Selma-to-Montgomery march, Voting Rights Act signed into law . | 672 | 56 |
131 | BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Supporters and opponents of Lebanon's pro-Western government appeared to split seats on Sunday as Lebanese voters went to the polls to replace two ruling-party lawmakers assassinated in recent months. Lebanese women wait in line to cast their votes in Beirut. Voters in Beirut sent pro-governmen... | Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel loses by a few hundred votes .
Candidates will replace legislator Pierre Gemayel and lawmaker Walid Eido .
Both were allies of U.S.-backed Lebanese government and opponents of Syria . | 429 | 48 |
132 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The CIA asked the Justice Department to investigate whether former operative John Kiriakou illegally disclosed classified information when he talked about the waterboarding of a terrorism suspect, government officials say. Ex-CIA agent John Kiriakou says he underwent waterboarding in training and cr... | Justice Department must decide whether to pursue investigation .
Former agent John Kiriakou talked about interrogation technique on TV .
Kiriakou attorney says probe could cause CIA more problems .
Administration summoned for court hearing on destroyed tapes . | 632 | 48 |
133 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorneys for a "high-value" terror suspect who says he was tortured while being held at secret CIA prisons have requested that a judge bar the agency from destroying evidence of the alleged torture. One of 14 "high-value" detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alleges he was tortured. The motion, ... | Majid Khan's attorneys say he endured an "aggressive" interrogation program .
Khan's allegations of torture redacted in court documents .
Bush administration: Khan worked for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed .
CIA: The United States does not conduct or condone torture . | 802 | 56 |
134 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- City officials in New York have denied Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's request to visit the site of the destroyed World Trade Center next week, a police spokesman said Wednesday. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked to visit ground zero, but New York city officials said no. The controve... | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wanted to visit ground zero .
New York City officials said no because site is under construction .
The United States considers Iran a state sponsor of terrorism .
Leaders call request "audacious," "unacceptable" | 665 | 51 |
135 | (CNN) -- German zookeepers in Nuremberg will bottle-feed a four-week-old polar bear and rear it away from its mother after concerns the mother would eat her cub, officials said Thursday. Zookeepers fear the unnamed polar bear cub could be at risk of being eaten. The cub, which doesn't yet have a name, was being cared f... | Four-week-old polar bear separated from mother amid fears she would eat it .
Nuremberg City Zoo's other polar bear ate its own two offspring earlier this week .
Mother was showing signs of being upset and confused, zookeepers said . | 591 | 53 |
136 | (CNN) -- Pastor Brady Boyd calls it the "highlight of my ministry" -- seeing the parents of the man who shot up his church be embraced by the parents of two teenage sisters who were killed in the attack. A former roommate took this photo of Matthew Murray performing in a 2002 Christmas program. "The four of them met an... | Parents of church shooter meet with victims' family .
They "met and hugged and cried," pastor says .
Matthew Murray, 24, killed four people in two shootings, before killing himself .
His parents also thanked guard who shot their son . | 770 | 50 |
137 | GLASGOW, Scotland -- Wednesday's Glasgow derby between Celtic and Rangers has been postponed as a mark of respect following the death of Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell, the Scottish Premier League announced. O'Donnell, left, celebrates Motherwell's Scottish Cup final win against Dundee in May 1991. "These are never ... | Glasgow derby between Celtic and Rangers on Wednesday is postponed .
Decision made as a mark of respect after death of ex-player Phil O'Donnell .
Motherwell's home game against Celtic next Sunday was already called off . | 347 | 48 |
138 | HARYANA, India (CNN) -- In a nation of more than a billion people and millions of unresolved court cases, how do you take care of the backlog? Long distances over questionable roads stop many Indians from making it into courtrooms. Solution: You take the courts to the people. A bell rings. A bailiff yells out the name ... | Indian judges bus mobile courts to rural villages to ease backlog .
Judges say the mobile courts make justice more convenient .
India has an estimated 300 million unresolved court cases . | 365 | 35 |
139 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush's top adviser on homeland security is stepping down after 4½ years on the job, the White House said Monday. Fran Townsend served more than four years as homeland security adviser. Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend turned in her letter of resignation to President Bush on November... | Fran Townsend says she'll look for opportunities in the private sector .
Townsend has worked in government and law enforcement for 25 years .
Townsend will be on a panel searching for a replacement . | 430 | 40 |
140 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Chiquita Brands International faces a $7.86 billion lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of nearly 400 Colombian families who say the company should be held responsible for the "torture and murder" of their loved ones. With a map of alleged victims, Jonathan Reiter makes his case Wednesday at a New York ... | Attorney: Clients allege terrorism, war crimes, wrongful death, seek $7.86 billion .
Plaintiffs want $20 million in damages for each of 393 victims named in suit .
Chiquita admits paying a group that the U.S. labeled a terrorist organization .
Company "categorically denies" attorneys' allegations, says it will fight th... | 597 | 77 |
141 | 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 Haym... | 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 . | 787 | 44 |
142 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded a recall of ground beef from about 300,000 pounds to 21.7 million pounds, one of the largest meat recalls in U.S. history. The recalled products are all ground beef patties with various brand names. In a statement, the Elizabeth, New Jersey, company said the hambur... | Topps Meat Co. hamburger patties may contain E. coli bacteria .
New Jersey plant's grinding operation shut down .
As many as 25 cases of illness recorded in eight states . | 614 | 40 |
143 | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A boy playing with matches started a Southern California wildfire that scorched more than 38,000 acres, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday. A firefighter talks on a radio while battling the Buckweed blaze on October 22. The Buckweed Fire, which destroyed 21 homes o... | "He admitted playing with matches and starting the fire," says police report .
Boy, whose name and age were not given, is home with his parents .
Buckweed Fire burned 38,000 acres, destroyed 63 structures, 21 of them homes . | 487 | 52 |
144 | (CNN) -- At least 200 people were evacuated from their homes, including 84 residents of an apartment building for the elderly, after a tanker truck carrying 9,000 gallons of gasoline erupted early Wednesday in a northern Boston suburb. Firefighters battle a blaze Wednesday north of Boston after a tanker overturned carr... | Fire chief: "I think it's a miracle that we haven't seen some serious injuries"
Officials are investigating whether truck's speed a factor in the accident, chief says .
Evacuees taken to an armory converted into a shelter, Red Cross says .
Man tells WCVB-TV his car caught fire, exploded as he fled; "I got out just in t... | 552 | 80 |
145 | (CNN) -- Despite the obvious claims of younger rivals Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, few can really argue with the 96 football journalists who voted Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite as the 2007 World Footballer of the Year. Brazilian genius Kaka fully deserves winning the 2007 World Footballer of the Year award. T... | Kaka deservedly named World Player of the Year for the first time in his career .
The Brazilian beats Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the journalists' vote .
The 25-year-old averages one goal in three games for both AC Milan and Brazil . | 719 | 54 |
146 | PARIS, France (CNN) -- Interpol on Monday took the unprecendented step of making a global appeal for help to identify a man from digitally reconstructed photos taken from the Internet that it said showed him sexually abusing underage boys. This moving image shows how police used software to unscramble the image. (Sourc... | Man posted photos on the Internet of himself sexually abusing underage boys .
Computer experts managed to undo digital masking to reveal the man .
Man abused 12 boys in Vietnam and Cambodia . | 295 | 37 |
147 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Up to 80,000 items at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library are unaccounted for, probably because of haphazard record-keeping and inventory procedures, officials said Thursday. An audit found "significant breakdown in internal controls" at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. An audit completed ... | Of 100,000 items, library systems are able to locate about 20,000 .
Inspector general: This does not mean the remaining items are missing .
Inspector general: Items may "be safely located within the library's storage"
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation expresses "serious concerns" | 564 | 62 |
148 | (CNN) -- Dozens of Defense Department personnel are actively engaged in fighting the wildfires raging in Southern California, Pentagon officials said Tuesday, and thousands more National Guard and active-duty military personnel are available to help. The Rice fire, east of Camp Pendleton, caused the evacuation of the F... | NEW: Fires at Camp Pendleton cause evacuation of 3,000 marines .
Military lending direct and indirect assistance to firefighting efforts .
As firefighting efforts go on, base officials poised to evacuate .
Navy and Marine Corps have more than 20 facilities in San Diego area . | 613 | 57 |
149 | (CNN) -- Tom Cruise expounds on his beliefs in Scientology in a 2004 video that made its way onto the Internet this week. Tom Cruise appears with his wife, Katie Holmes, at a movie premiere earlier this month. "I think it's a privilege to call yourself a Scientologist, and it's something you have to earn," Cruise says ... | Scientology membership a privilege that's earned, Cruise says .
2004 video part of ceremony honoring Cruise for humanitarian work .
Scientology defined as "study of the truth" | 722 | 35 |
150 | KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Australia's new prime minister assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday that his country's troops intend to be in Afghanistan "for the long haul." French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. Kevin Rudd and French President Nicola... | French and Australian leaders arrive in Afghanistan .
Both leaders expected to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai .
Both will visit with their respective country's troops . | 643 | 33 |
151 | (CNN) -- Michael Vick turned himself in to authorities on Monday to get a head start on serving his sentence for running a dogfighting ring, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Michael Vick leaves court in Richmond, Virginia, in August after pleading guilty to dogfighting charges. The Atlanta Falcons quarterback is schedul... | NEW: Vick's attorney says early surrender shows Vick accepts responsibility .
Sentencing set for December 10 on dogfighting charges against Michael Vick .
Atlanta Falcons quarterback pleaded guilty in August .
Monday, he surrendered to begin whatever sentence he gets on December 10 . | 649 | 52 |
152 | (CNN) -- Football should be used to teach young people moral lessons, Pope Benedict XVI said during an audience with representatives from the Italian football league and lower division clubs. Pope Benedict XVI is presented with a football by Ancona club officials. Italian football has been tarnished in recent seasons b... | Pope says football can teach values of "honesty, solidarity and fraternity"
Sport should be used as a vehicle of education for young people, he says .
Vatican has endorsed lower league club Ancona's adoption of ethical code .
German-born pope is reputed to be a Bayern Munich fan . | 315 | 64 |
153 | (CNN) -- Two tractor-trailer trucks crashed and burst into flames Thursday on a bridge between the United States and Mexico, shutting a key border crossing and killing four people, police said. Police look at the aftermath of a fiery crash on a bridge linking Reynosa, Mexico, and Pharr, Texas. The collision on the Phar... | NEW: Bridge reopens Friday morning after highway engineers give OK .
Four killed in chain reaction crash that started when two tractor-trailers collided .
Three killed in pickup truck that fell off bridge; 4th victim in car that hit one 18-wheeler .
Crash happened on bridge linking Pharr, Texas, and Reynosa, Mexico . | 370 | 71 |
154 | BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- The wife of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in Thailand Tuesday morning to face corruption charges, promising to fight the accusations, her attorney said. Pojamarn Shinawatra with her husband Thaksin Shinawatra. According to Pichit Chuenban, Pojamarn Shinawatra was presented ... | Thaksin Shinawatra's wife handed arrest warrant after she returns to Thailand .
Pojamarn Shinawatra faces corruption charges that could imprison her for 20 years .
The case involves Pojamarn's 2003 purchase of some prime Bangkok real estate . | 438 | 53 |
155 | PARIS, France (CNN) -- The Paris suburbs were again rocked by riots after a second night of lawlessness Monday caused widespread destruction and left scores of police injured, according to French authorities and media reports. Firefighters in a Paris suburb battle to control a blaze started after youths rioted Sunday n... | Riots in French suburb for second night after two teens killed in police crash .
Violence spreads from Villiers-le-Bel, north of Paris, to two nearby towns .
More than 60 police injured, bombarded with Molotov cocktails and bottles of acid .
Parallels drawn with unrest in 2005, when President Sarkozy was interior minis... | 712 | 74 |
156 | Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi walks Anjali Rao through the streets of Tokyo. She stunned global cinema audiences with her controversial and Oscar-nominated performance as a lonely deaf girl in the film "Babel." Rinko Kikuchi is one of Japan's hottest young actresses and models, recently working with Karl Lagerfeld as ... | Rinko Kikuchi was Oscar-nominated for her performance in the film "Babel"
She has recently worked with Karl Lagerfeld as the new face of Channel .
She challenges the traditional demure image of the Japanese woman . | 150 | 50 |
157 | (CNN) -- The orgy of violence that has greeted Kenya's disputed election result has led to hundreds of deaths and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. But away from the tragic human cost, the unrest has also provoked concerns about the stability of the east African country's economy, until now seen as a model ... | Kenya's once-stable economy faltering due to violence following disputed election .
Equity market on Nairobi Stock Exchange lost $591 million on first day of 2008 .
Business leaders say the government losing $29.5 million a day in revenues .
Thriving tourist industry also hit, with British tour operators calling off fl... | 613 | 70 |
158 | (CNN) -- This month on Art of Life we feel the need for speed. From the world's first road-legal grand prix bike to a rock legend with a passion for aviation. Monita Rajpal samples the finest in Italian motorbikes . Monita Rajpal meets the boys behind Ducati's motorbikes, Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson explains why fly... | This month Art of Life looks at motorbike, planes, DJs and Rock idols .
Monita visits the Ducati factory in Bologna, meets Moto champ Casey Stoner .
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson talks about his passion for flying .
DJ Paul Van Dyk takes us on a tour of his favorite parts of Berlin . | 454 | 68 |
159 | (CNN) -- The most compelling action during Michigan's primary Tuesday will be on the Republican side. The Democratic Party has stripped the state of its delegates for moving up its primary date so early, and top-tier Democratic candidates have taken their names off the ballot, except for Sen. Hillary Clinton. The strug... | Independents, Democrats can vote in Michigan's open Republican primary .
No Democratic delegates at stake, and most top-tier candidates aren't on ballot .
Economic woes top concern for Michigan primary voters . | 712 | 42 |
160 | (CNN) -- A search is under way for a pregnant 20-year-old Marine who has been missing from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, since December 14. Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach was eight months pregnant when she went missing on December 14. Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach could give birth at any time, Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown... | Lance corporal due to give birth at any time, sheriff says .
Marine's car found Monday at bus station .
Mother reported Marine missing on December 19 .
Sheriff: Marine was to testify about incident at base, according to mother . | 471 | 52 |
161 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Coalition forces found 26 bodies buried in mass graves and a bloodstained "torture complex," with chains hanging from walls and ceilings and a bed connected to an electrical system, the military said Wednesday. Twenty-six bodies were found in mass graves near a "torture complex" discovered by co... | NEW: Military says some of the 26 bodies may belong to Iraqi police .
Complex believed to be an al Qaeda in Iraq haven .
Coalition forces say they made the discovery during operations in northern Iraq .
Military: Evidence of torture and murder against local villagers found . | 537 | 57 |
162 | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's foreign ministry Wednesday rejected concerns raised by the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief that the country's nuclear weapons "could fall into the hands of an extremist group in Pakistan or in Afghanistan." Mohamed ElBaradei, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief. fears for Pakistan's nucl... | Pakistan rejects fears its nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of extremists .
Mohamed ElBaradei, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief, voiced his worries Tuesday .
ElBaradei: I fear chaos in this state, which has 30 or 40 nuclear weapons .
Pakistan: Our nuclear weapons as secure as those held by other nuclear states . | 563 | 72 |
163 | ROME, Italy -- Seven Manchester United supporters were taken to hospital after violence flared before the 1-1 Champions' League draw against Roma in Italy. Manchester United supporters were segregated inside the Olympic Stadium for the Champions tie. British Embassy officials in Rome said five fans received stab wounds... | Seven Manchester United supporters taken to hospital before game in Rome .
British Embassy officials in Rome said five of the fans received stab wounds .
Embassy spokeswoman said that the injuries were not thought to be serious . | 437 | 42 |
164 | (CNN) -- On a videotape released Sunday, American al Qaeda member Adam Yahiye Gadahn renounces his U.S. citizenship, destroys his passport and cites U.S. President Bush's upcoming trip to the Middle East. "American jihadist" Adam Gadahn, originally from California, in a video released in September 2006. The 50-minute t... | Adam Gadahn in videotape tears up U.S. passport, speaks in Arabic and English .
Tape was released by As Sahab, al Qaeda's video production wing .
Originally from California, Gadahn talks about Bush's upcoming trip to Middle East .
Gadahn is on the FBI's Most Wanted List with $1 million reward for information . | 549 | 74 |
165 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- During the 1960 presidential election, Theodore Sorensen helped then-Sen. John F. Kennedy draft a speech addressing Kennedy's Catholicism and the separation between church and state. At the time, many questioned whether Kennedy, who would go on to become the nation's first Roman Catholic president, ... | Ted Sorensen helped draft Kennedy's 1960 speech on Roman Catholicism .
GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney delivers speech on faith in politics .
Kennedy, Romney views on religion differ greatly, Sorensen says .
Sorensen says Kennedy viewed religion as more of a private matter . | 816 | 61 |
166 | (CNN) -- The Boeing 777 is the mainstay of many airlines' long-haul fleets and has never been involved in a fatal accident during its service history. British Airways aircrew fly the Royal Standard from the flight deck of the Boeing 777 aircraft. The aircraft first entered service on June 7, 1995, with more than 900 su... | The Boeing 777 aircraft first entered service on June 7, 1995 .
First airplane U.S. (FAA) approved for extended-range twin-engine operations .
Engineers designed, electronically pre-assembled the 777 using computers .
In 2005, a Boeing 777 set a new world record for distance traveled non-stop . | 426 | 66 |
167 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep. Tom Lantos, the Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, died Monday due to complications from cancer, his office said. Lantos was 80. Rep. Tom Lantos represented his Northern California district for 14 terms. He died at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryl... | NEW: Secretary of state calls Rep. Tom Lantos "a true American hero"
Lantos was only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress .
California congressman disclosed last month he was suffering from cancer .
Lantos had said he would not seek re-election to 15th term in House . | 677 | 63 |
168 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- All vehicles were banned from the largely Shiite city of Amara Wednesday after three car bombs ripped through a market district, killing at least 27 people and wounded 151, officials said. Iraqis gather at the site of a car bomb in the city of Amara on Wednesday. The blasts detonated in close suc... | NEW: All vehicles banned in city of Amara through Thursday, provincial governor says .
Death toll continues to rise as Interior Ministry reports 151 wounded .
State television reports that many of the casualties are women, children .
Amara has been scene of fighting between rival Shiite factions vying for power . | 714 | 60 |
169 | (CNN) -- Kenya has enjoyed a reputation as one of East Africa's most stable nations since achieving independence from the UK in 1963. Residents of the Mathare slum in Nairobi shout at demonstrators during violent clashes. But a booming tourism industry, impressive economic growth -- currently six percent a year accordi... | Kenya's 36 million population made up of around 40 tribal groups .
President Mwai Kibaki belongs to the influential and powerful Kikuyu tribe .
Challenger Raila Odinga's Luo tribe forms sizeable group in west, Nairobi slums .
Kenya dogged by poverty, violent crime, corruption, simmering ethnic tensions . | 504 | 73 |
170 | (CNN) -- Saudi King Abdullah has pardoned a rape victim who had been sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison in a case that sparked international attention, a Saudi newspaper has reported. The case cast light on the treatment of women under Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic law. Al-Jazirah newspaper quoted a Saudi... | NEW: Sources say pardon unrelated to Hajj nor subsequent Eid al-Adha .
NEW: Justice minister says king felt pardon in best interests of Saudi people .
Report: King Abdullah pardons rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes .
A Saudi court had ruled the 19-year-old had an "illegitimate relationship" | 793 | 67 |
171 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Claims by Diana's former butler that he knew a mysterious "secret" about the late princess have been trashed by the coroner in her inquest. Diana's former butler has given conflicting information at the enquiry into her death. The coroner said the information was already in the public domain an... | Claims by Diana's butler that he knew "secret" about her trashed by coroner .
Paul Burrell asked to testify about the last letter the late princess gave him .
Coroner revealed Burrell's "secret" was Diana planned to buy property abroad .
But coroner said the revelation is "fairly and squarely in the public domain" | 802 | 72 |
172 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S., Turkish and Iraqi leaders all held talks Monday about Kurdish rebels using northern Iraq as a launchpad for cross-border attacks into Turkey. Turkish troops patrol near the border with Iraq on Monday. President Bush chatted by phone with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while separ... | Bush: U.S., Turkey and Iraq must unite against PKK Kurdish separatists .
Iraqi Kurds are critical of both PKK and air attacks against them .
Turkey bombed alleged PKK sites in northern Iraq over the weekend .
PKK has spent 20 years fighting for autonomy in Turkey; uses Iraq as a base . | 523 | 63 |
173 | SAN JOSE, California -- Top-seed Andy Roddick easily defeated Delray Beach winner Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-2 6-4 in the headline match at the ATP tournament in San Jose on Thursday night. A pumped up Roddick needed little over an hour to dispatch teenager Nishikori. Roddick needed just 63 minutes to defeat the 18-year... | Top seed Andy Roddick reaches last eight of ATP tournament in San Jose .
The American defeats Delray Beach winner Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-2 6-4 .
Second seed James Blake also advances but third seed Tommy Haas is out . | 752 | 53 |
174 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Several Marines who were involved in the November 2004 offensive in Falluja, Iraq, are now the focus of an investigation into allegations that civilians were intentionally killed during the operation, several Pentagon officials have confirmed. Members of the 1st U.S. Marines Expeditionary Force ope... | Several Marines are the focus of 2004 Falluja civilian death investigation .
Allegations from former Marine called "credible"
Sources: Naval Criminal Investigative Services conducting the probe . | 398 | 37 |
175 | BABAHOYO, Ecuador (CNN) -- At least 10 people have died and thousands have been left homeless after torrential rains inundated large parts of Ecuador, officials said Thursday. A man grabs on to a piece of wood as a boat passes him on a flooded street this week in Puerto Inca, Ecuador. Authorities said the rains, which... | At least 10 people have died in torrential rains in Ecuador, officials say .
Authorities say the rains are the worst in a quarter century .
Civil defense officials say more than 10,000 families have been affected .
Ecuador's president declares state of emergency, orders army, police to help . | 341 | 61 |
176 | ROME, Italy -- Italian tennis players Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali have been banned by the ATP for betting on matches. Top Italian player Potito Starace has been suspended for six weeks for betting on matches. The country's top player Starace -- 31st in the ATP rankings -- has been suspended for six weeks from ... | Italian tennis players Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali banned by the ATP .
The pair have been suspended for betting on matches, although not their own .
Starace suspended for six weeks while Bracciali is banned for three months . | 506 | 54 |
177 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Wednesday signed a sweeping energy bill that he said would help the country become "stronger, cleaner and more secure." President Bush on Wednesday signs a bill raising auto fuel economy standards for the first time in decades. The bill -- approved overwhelmingly Tuesday by the Ho... | New law raises auto fuel efficiency standards .
Increase to fleet average of 35 miles per gallon is first in 32 years .
Senate majority leader calls bill a "great, wonderful first step" | 398 | 38 |
178 | MOUNT AIRY, Maryland (CNN) -- U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday stressed the role of faith-based groups in the fight against AIDS, calling the struggle one of conscience and morals on the eve of World AIDS Day. Activists call for more AIDS funding in front of the White House, draped with a giant red AIDS ribbon. ... | Bush: Faith-based groups are "helping to defeat this epidemic one soul at a time"
World AIDS Day is Saturday .
More than 2 million people have died of AIDS this year .
Bush wants to expand the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief . | 542 | 54 |
179 | (CNN) -- A 12-year-old boy should get a say in whether he gets circumcised, the Oregon Supreme Court has ruled. The court sent the parental custody dispute back to the trial court "to resolve the factual issue whether M agrees or objects to the circumcision." "M" is the child at the center of a long-running custody dis... | Case part of parental custody dispute .
Father converted to Judaism after splitting with wife .
Father wanted son to convert after getting custody .
Russian Orthodox mother says son doesn't want procedure . | 451 | 38 |
180 | (CNN) -- A man who rescued a co-worker from the jaws of a crocodile in northern Australia also accidentally shot him in the process, police said. A mature saltwater crocodile in the the murky waters of the Adelaide River, near Darwin in the Northern Territory. The two men were collecting crocodile eggs by a river bank... | Man rescues co-worker from jaws of crocodile in northern Australia .
He shot crocodile, causing it to let go of man's arm, second shot hit man's arm .
The two were collecting crocodile eggs by a river bank in the Northern Territory .
Wounded man's injuries were not life-threatening . | 232 | 67 |
181 | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Four active-duty U.S. soldiers -- three of them elite Army Rangers -- have been arrested and charged with planning to rob drug traffickers. A courtroom sketch shows David White, left, Stefan Champagne, center, and Carlos Lopez. Wearing street clothes, Rangers Carlos Lopez, 30, and David Ray Wh... | Arrests made after ATF agents set up a sting operation .
Affidavit: ATF "became aware" some soldiers wanted to rob dealers of their cocaine .
The investigation began in November .
The Army Rangers are an elite light infantry fighting force . | 641 | 53 |
182 | SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Nearly 3 million gallons of sewage spilled into San Francisco Bay when a pump failed at a waste treatment facility, the Marin County Sheriff's Department told CNN on Friday. Attempts are being made to contain Thursday night's 2.7 million-gallon sewage spill. The 2.7 million-gallon spi... | NEW: Sewage was partially treated, Office of Emergency Services says .
The 2.7 million-gallon spill occurred Thursday night, Sheriff's Department says .
Pump and alarm failed at Marin County waste treatment facility .
Area being tested; boaters advised to avoid Richardson Bay area . | 391 | 60 |
183 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- A massive anti-Mafia sweep that stretched from New York to Sicily has not only cut off the head of the Gambino crime family but lopped off "the shoulders and chest" too, prosecutors said Thursday. John "Jackie the Nose" D'Amico, shown in 1992, is one of 62 people indicted. Sixty-two members of the Gam... | Dozens of people face charges, ranging from money laundering to murder .
Gambino family accused of profiting from extortion .
Several companies allegedly paid a "mob tax," Department of Labor official says .
Police in Italy also make 77 arrests in connection with organized crime . | 796 | 56 |
184 | (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein let the world think he had weapons of mass destruction to intimidate Iran and prevent the country from attacking Iraq, according to an FBI agent who interviewed the dictator after his 2003 capture. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in an unknown location in Iraq after his capture in 2003. According to... | CBS: Hussein claimed he didn't think the U.S. would invade Iraq over WMD .
FBI agent says Hussein lied about having WMD to intimidate Iran .
But the Iraqi dictator said he wanted to start the WMD program again, agent said .
Hussein was captured in 2003 and hanged in 2006 . | 502 | 66 |
185 | • The twins get a check-up (2/26/08) • VIDEO: Nancy Grace introduces on set 2-14-08 • The twins go out for a stroll (2/11/08) • The twins at 3 months (2/4/08) • The twins in January (1/21/08) • VIDEO: First video of Nancy Grace's twins E-mail to a friend . | Pictures of Nancy Grace's twins .
John David and Lucy Elizabeth were born November 4, 2007 .
Come back to this site for regularly updated pictures! | 87 | 32 |
186 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy has moved the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole and other ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon, Pentagon officials said Thursday. A file image of the USS Cole, which the U.S. Navy moved to the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon. The deployment comes amid a political standoff o... | U.S. Navy makes move amid a political standoff over Lebanon's presidency .
The presence is important," says chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff .
Lebanon's pro-Western majority in parliament struggles with pro-Syrian opposition . | 611 | 48 |
187 | (CNN) -- A Texas couple charged with killing the little girl known as "Baby Grace" now face capital murder charges, after a Texas grand jury upgraded the charges on Wednesday. Riley Ann Sawyers was moved from Ohio to Texas by her mother. Prosecutors said they have not decided whether to seek the death penalty against t... | Grand jury upgrades charges against girl's mother and mother's husband .
Presented new evidence, jury took just 3 minutes to vote for tougher charges .
Riley Ann Sawyers, initially known as Baby Grace, was beaten to death .
Prosecutors haven't decided whether to seek death penalty for couple . | 490 | 61 |
188 | (CNN) -- The Saudi lawyer who represented a woman kidnapped and raped by seven men said his license to practice has been reinstated. A protest appeared in India in November against the Saudi sentence. Lawyer and human rights activist Abdul Rahman al-Lahem told CNN's Nic Robertson that the Justice Ministry has reinstate... | Saudi lawyer Abdul Rahman al-Lahem says his license to practice is reinstated .
Al-Lahem says license revoked because he publicized rape victim's conviction .
Saudi minister last month denied license was ever revoked .
Rape victim was convicted of being alone with an unrelated man . | 386 | 57 |
189 | (CNN) -- CNN is taking an in-depth look at contemporary Russia as part of the "Eye on Russia" series. We asked you to share your photos of Russia and tell us about your experiences in the country, and photos and stories poured in of beautiful places and ordinary places, and of hopes for Russia's future in the 21st cent... | Eye on Russia is part of a CNN series looking at contemporary Russia .
CNN.com asked readers to share their photos, views of Russia . | 694 | 29 |
190 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin Thursday citing an alleged claim of responsibility by al Qaeda for former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, a DHS official told CNN. An Italian news agency says al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri began planning Bh... | FBI, Department of Homeland Security issue bulletin Thursday .
Bulletin says two al Qaeda associates made claim to news agency .
"We terminated the most precious American asset," associate says .
DHS official says the claim has not been confirmed . | 447 | 50 |
191 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Senate was called to order for 11 seconds on Wednesday as the last political scuffle of the year between the White House and the Democratic-led Congress played out. Democratic senators will hold short "pro forma" sessions over the holiday break to prevent recess appointments. Nearly all the... | Democratic senators will hold short "pro forma" sessions over the holiday break .
Sessions usually under one minute long .
Move prevents President Bush from making recess appointments .
Bush refused to withdraw one controversial nominee after Democratic offer . | 381 | 47 |
192 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- More than 150 people have abandoned a sinking cruise liner that collided with an iceberg in Antarctic waters, a Chilean navy captain told CNN. The ship sent out a distress call at around 10 p.m. ET Thursday. Passenger ship Explorer reported problems near the South Shetland Islands, south of Arg... | 150 passengers evacuated from a ship after it struck object in Antarctic waters .
Ship, named Explorer, was expected to sink, British coastguards said .
Passengers in lifeboats, captain and first officer remain on board . | 532 | 45 |
193 | TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- After witnessing the rapid devastation of a Cayman Island coral reef where he had been diving since childhood, Todd Barber was moved from horror to action. He gave up a six-figure salary as a marketing consultant and dedicated his life to restoring the world's ocean reef ecosystems. "I had been ... | Most coral reefs are in danger, according to estimates from the Nature Conservancy .
The group says 500 million people rely on coral reefs for food .
Reef Balls are concrete spheres upon which a natural reef can grow .
The objects also help control beach erosion and stabilize shorelines . | 670 | 58 |
194 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Valerie Gooding is in the top five most powerful businesswomen in Europe as named by the Financial Times. She runs global health and care organization BUPA and under her leadership it has grown to over 8 million customers in over 190 countries and record revenues. CNN's Todd Benjamin spoke to h... | Valerie Gooding, CEO of BUPA, speaks to CNN's Todd Benjamin .
BUPA has over 8 million customers in 190 countries .
Valerie is one of FT's top five most powerful businesswomen in Europe . | 778 | 46 |
195 | LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- A fire charred the top of two of three wings of the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino on Friday, causing no major injuries but forcing visitors and employees to evacuate, authorities said. The recently remodeled Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, is shown after and before the fir... | Fire doused on the top floors and roof of Monte Carlo resort .
Fire chief: Firefighters had to hang out the windows to try to cut the fire off .
The 32-floor building was completely evacuated .
No major injuries have been reported, and no one was trapped . | 621 | 58 |
196 | (CNN) -- A Vietnamese woman caught cooking a tiger carcass was sentenced to two and a half years in jail, state media reported Thursday. There are reportedly only about 100 tigers, prized by so-called medicine men, left living in Vietnam. A Hanoi court convicted Nguyen Thi Thanh, 41, for "violating regulations protecti... | Vietnamese woman caught cooking a tiger carcass jailed for two and a half years .
Nguyen Thi Thanh, 41, convicted for violating regulations protecting rare wild animals .
Police found dead tigers, bear arms, monkey bones and elephant tusks in her flat . | 277 | 57 |
197 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The head of Blackwater USA on Sunday rejected a mounting series of reports suggesting the private contractor's security guards opened fire on innocent Iraqi civilians last month. Blackwater CEO Erik Prince said Sunday that guards "definitely" faced insurgent fire September 16. "There was definitely ... | Erik Prince: "There was definitely incoming small arms fire from insurgents"
There was "no deliberate violence," he said, during September 16 shooting .
Iraqi government says Blackwater guards killed 17, fired without provocation .
AP: Blackwater may be expelled from Iraq within six months . | 773 | 60 |
198 | (CNN) -- A mine exploded Monday on a road in southern Somalia, killing four people -- three members of the medical humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres and a journalist. Ongoing violence in Somalia has devastated the capital Mogadishu. The incident occurred Monday along a road in Kismayo, the group said. Victor... | Journalist and two doctors were among those killed .
Remote-controlled mine went off in southern Somalia .
Somali driver also died in the attack .
Journalist is the second to die in conflict situation this year . | 417 | 46 |
199 | LONDON, England -- Cocaine-abusing celebrities are glamorizing the use of narcotics and encouraging more young people to use illegal substances, the United Nations drug control agency has warned. Model Kate Moss faced allegations of cocaine use in 2005 but was never charged for over the claims. The annual report from t... | U.N. says celebrity drug use encourages adolescent substance abuse .
Report says leniency towards celebrities hurts criminal justice system .
Report finds Britain, Italy, Spain have among highest rates of cocaine use . | 496 | 41 |
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