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./cnn/stories/e16e2353107f2146a5860b66383020120ec0235a.story | ATHENS , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A University of Georgia professor apparently shot and killed his wife and two other people at a community theater group 's reunion Saturday , then dropped the couple 's two children off at a neighbor 's and fled . An alert on the UGA Web site says professor George Zinkhan is a suspec... | What is the age of the wife ? | 123:124 |
./cnn/stories/e7809716cfc362bdcc69468fcc51790b0e627e41.story | Editor 's note : We asked readers to weigh in on CNN.com Live producer Jarrett Bellini 's vacation destination , and you chose South Africa . Check back for updates on his trip . CNN.com 's Jarrett Bellini tours vineyards outside Cape Town , South Africa . CAPE TOWN , South Africa -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I 'm not a wine dri... | through whom will the updates be provided | 11:12 |
./cnn/stories/9c2d098b64e81f0e995ebce159716b65afaa8df3.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Seattle man has been charged with insurance fraud for allegedly sinking his own yacht because of `` financial pressure and frustration with the maintenance '' of the vessel , authorities said . The Jubilee sank in Puget Sound Bay last year . On March 22 , 2008 , Brian Lewis , 50 , scuttled the Jubi... | who filed claim due to unknown causes ? | 429:430 |
./cnn/stories/2d1f4554e1ed330f58ad407ff092639db803a044.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two people were killed and two were severely wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a courthouse in Landshut , Germany , police said . A police car sits outside the courthouse in the German city of Landshut . The gunman , a 60-year-old man , was among the dead , Bavarian Police said in a statement . It hap... | What happened at a courthouse ? | 4:27 |
./cnn/stories/de283c0874510efe9c5750c91649cd620d150cb4.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When 3-year-old Rowan Isaacson darted away from his father and dived into a herd of grazing horses , it easily could have been the end of the small autistic boy . He was babbling under the hooves of a boss mare . Rupert Isaacson says he noticed immediate improvement in his son 's language skills when... | What disorder does Rowan Isaacson have ? | 32:33 |
./cnn/stories/6a0f9c8a5d0c6e8949b37924163c92923fe5770d.story | LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dr. Sanjay Gupta , CNN 's chief medical correspondent , withdrew his name from consideration as surgeon general of the United States on Thursday . He spoke to CNN 's Larry King about the decision and President Obama 's health care plans . Here is an edited transcript : Dr. Sa... | What challenges are discussed ? | 181:182 |
./cnn/stories/3593798438099ec3f8aac417a79a0b2e8b07a490.story | -LRB- Travel + Leisure -RRB- -- Warm beige tones , rich graphic accents , and futuristic chairs give Le Jules Verne a contemporary elegance , while dishes from superstar chef Alain Ducasse create a joie de vivre in diners ' mouths . But the real showstopper at this restaurant -- set more than 400 feet above Paris in th... | what do they provide | 415:422 |
./cnn/stories/58b77b55639994a5a2273d8e092f3e877827a6ca.story | NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Just days before his death , the Brooklyn , New York , middle-school student who died from an antibiotic-resistant staph infection had visited a hospital with skin lesions and was treated with allergy medicine , according to the family 's lawyer , Paul Weitz . Omar Rivera , 12 , a New York s... | Who died October 14 from infection with MRSA ? | 51:53 |
./cnn/stories/86e651f4b4d9a6a0b2d2770e2ef6a69b63e1ad74.story | WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- William Jackson was a slave in the home of Confederate president Jefferson Davis during the Civil War . It turns out he was also a spy for the Union Army , providing key secrets to the North about the Confederacy . William Jackson , a slave , listened closely to Jefferson Davis ' conversat... | who learned key details inside the home of Jefferson Davis ? | 5:7 |
./cnn/stories/12a6befbe4842bd94aa91c1b4446d7a695ae9d0f.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands of mourners filled a Tracy , California , high school gym Thursday to remember slain 8-year-old Sandra Renee Cantu . Sandra Cantu , 8 , had been missing almost two weeks before her body was found . The little girl made national headlines after she went missing March 27 from a mobile home pa... | Where was the photo montage shown | 8:16 |
./cnn/stories/0b35b8df4fb055e27f21c3fc102f56202e779341.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A fast-moving brush fire burning just south of Reno , Nevada , on Thursday prompted evacuations , closed a major highway and led the governor of Nevada to declare a state of emergency . The more than 3,000-acre fire began burning around 1 p.m. Thursday in North Washoe Valley , according to a press re... | Who says there has been no containment of the fire ? | 80:82 |
./cnn/stories/b13d876c1a07291ff62be8a4eb5d619a4e4ba87c.story | LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A warning of more attacks on UK bankers was made on Wednesday after the home of former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin was vandalized . A recovery vehicle removes a Mercedes from the Edinburgh home of Fred Goodwin . Windows were smashed in Goodwin 's house in the Scottish ca... | What are British police officers preparing for ? | 465:474 |
./cnn/stories/aecf429fffc229c986755ced9da6933abc2a7e4a.story | Four alleged Venezuelan agents have been arrested in the U.S. and charged with trying to persuade a U.S. citizen to keep quiet about a growing international election scandal . Miami businessman Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson The U.S. Justice Department said the four wanted to prevent Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson , ... | Who attempted to enter Argentina with a large sum of money ? | 66:68 |
./cnn/stories/6570180535f4a5a28e6f5d43f46c8f635a509cda.story | WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The beautifully ornate Catholic church in the nation 's capital has seen its share of history and controversy . Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and Chief Justice John Roberts attend Red Mass in 2005 . In 1963 , the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle was the site of John F. Kennedy 's funeral... | what several Supreme Court justices regularly attend ? | 114:116 |
./cnn/stories/36171b3054885df4cf9ed97c5e7879bc3ed48a76.story | Vero Beach , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Louis Schacht 's family has been growing citrus in Vero Beach , Florida , for 60 years , contributing to a multibillion-dollar industry . But this year , he 's worried . The winter weather blasting much of the country has made it to Florida , and the cold front now moving through... | What fruits are at risk of being ruined ? | 95:96 |
./cnn/stories/25e6c5901ffbaed729fb8a40f1511d9770b38691.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A jury Thursday acquitted a former Louisville , Kentucky , high school football coach of all charges connected to the heat-related death of a player last year . David Stinson leaves the courtroom Thursday after being found not guilty in the death of a high school player . The jury found former Pleasu... | Whoa collapes during practice in August 2008 ? | 77:79 |
./cnn/stories/181a854c809120f9bce6be4714d6fbbd80770542.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sri Lankan officials rejected a proposed cease-fire from the Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday , warning instead that government troops intended to continue a new offensive until the group surrenders , a senior government official said . Tamil demonstrators call for a cease-fire in Sri Lanka during a rally S... | who controls the strip | 180:182 |
./cnn/stories/3223e6fc46ebdc5b7da39c9a4c561e2db17c0834.story | Joint Base Lewis-McChord , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Army Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs has been sentenced to life in military prison with eligibility for parole in 10 years . A military court-martial Thursday found Gibbs guilty of murdering three Afghan civilians , illegally cutting off pieces of their corpses to keep a... | What was the sentence for GIbbs ? | 192:195 |
./cnn/stories/b079b80cdc6c9a50bb0478c130e26305ffcddb29.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mike and Missy Wilson sat in a meeting late Tuesday afternoon , planning a ministry trip to Haiti when they were interrupted by a text message . A co-worker read the news : a powerful earthquake had just struck the Caribbean country . In their Nashville , Tennessee , office , Mike Wilson said , `` My... | Who is Wilson 's daughter ? | 95:96 |
./cnn/stories/bee3a3c07d8b499437bf16f94361eedac9149780.story | LONDON , England -- Evander Holyfield has raised the prospect of a rematch of his infamous world heavyweight title fight with Mike Tyson despite both men being into their 40s . Holyfield -LRB- right -RRB- grimaces after being bitten by Tyson in their 1997 fight . Holyfield took Tyson 's crown in an epic bout in 1996 , ... | on what year did Holyfield took the world heavyweight title ? | 56:57 |
./cnn/stories/86c5a21cfe42a9c8377f257e65f98927bb06b350.story | Bali , Indonesia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised China on more than one occasion Sunday during a series of meetings with fellow defense ministers from southeast Asia , but hinted if relations between the United States and China worsen , it could be a threat to `` the security of the world . ''... | What are there concerns about ? | 516:519 |
./cnn/stories/d653a32f345e045c5a1b9ee39049b8c8461eae32.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. Navy has captured seven suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden , the first arrests by a U.S.-led task force set up to curb rampant piracy off the Horn of Africa , a Navy spokesman said Wednesday . Seven men suspected of trying to pirate a tanker raise their hands before their arrest in the Gu... | what found Navy cruiser ? | 146:148 |
./cnn/stories/a9a8ee9839b0dd6f8d716971b1bffa43f8b92216.story | PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said Thursday he will not resign over accounts in a book he wrote in 2005 about paying to have sex with `` boys '' in Thailand . Frederic Mitterrand admitted to paying for sex with `` boys '' in his 2005 autobiography , `` The Bad Life . '' I... | What was published ? | 53:59 |
./cnn/stories/3b0127dfee92f6afca19f34518a3b38a648322fc.story | WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that laboratory tests on popular smoking devices known as electronic cigarettes have found they contain carcinogens and other toxic chemicals dangerous to humans . E-cigarettes are battery-operated and contain cartridges filled with... | What did the FDA lab test find on e-cigarettes ? | 26:36 |
./cnn/stories/a6067be77650dacff1679be33f83df7053e6342c.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man suspected of killing five members of his family and wounding another on Thursday committed suicide after police surrounded him in a house , police in Cleveland , Ohio , said Friday . Police say Davon Crawford , 33 , killed his new wife , her sister and three children . Acting on a tip , police ... | Who shot themselves ? | 40:42 |
./cnn/stories/d5479f618b51f6aba73ef060617f9fa2d549979d.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Top Chef '' host Padma Lakshmi is pregnant with her first child , her publicist confirmed to CNN on Thursday . Padma Lakshmi will be eating for two on Bravo 's `` Top Chef . '' Lakshmi , 39 , has not identified the father . Her representative told US Weekly that the television personality conceive... | what former wife of Salman Rushdie , has not named the father ? | 26:28 |
./cnn/stories/9664c072917307f3804f49a66550f5fb3de09475.story | Atlanta -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ryan Brunn , the man who this week was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering a Georgia girl , apparently killed himself in his prison cell Thursday , a corrections spokeswoman said . Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Kristen Stancil said that Brunn was fou... | Who was found dead ? | 5:7 |
./cnn/stories/6a9cb1b9a7571218694262a27945fb63e5101a7b.story | Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Citing a `` deficit of trust '' in government by the American people , President Obama 's first State of the Union address urged Congress to erode the influence of special interests and work together to confront the nation 's most pressing problems . In the nationally televised speech Wedn... | Who is the US President ? | 63:64 |
./cnn/stories/a6e1fb6b5b1def873c5d88dbbae23670923494af.story | London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The fashion brand created by Alexander McQueen is to survive despite the designer 's suicide last week , the label 's majority stakeholder Gucci Group has confirmed . `` I believe strongly in the Alexander McQueen brand and its future , '' Gucci Group CEO Robert Polet said in a state... | Where was Alexander McQueen found dead ? | 298:301 |
./cnn/stories/1ee1a82d6b5845a29f936ea298a12213732393c1.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` A calculated , cold-blooded predator . '' That was how Connecticut Judge James Bentivegna described a then 22-year-old Joshua Komisarjevsky on December 20 , 2002 , when the defendant was sentenced after being convicted on 12 counts of burglary . Today , Komisarjevsky -- now 31 -- sits in a Connect... | In what year was he convicted ? | 29:30 |
./cnn/stories/310d93d9c81f715794cb79337eaa3fa60010ff95.story | Ercis , Turkey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The death toll from the massive earthquake that shook eastern Turkey over the weekend rose to 570 on Friday , up from 535 the day before , but crews have pulled 187 people alive from the rubble , Turkish officials said . In addition , about 2,555 people were injured by the 7.2-magnitud... | how many years he was the last person alive ? | 212:215 |
./cnn/stories/f4d27831501023a8334e03ab1e794553f8dd507e.story | LAGOS , Nigeria -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nigeria has set its sights on making multibillion-dollar oil deals with China amid peace moves with militants . Hundreds of militants have laid down their weapons in exchange for a pardon and a job . Lawmakers in the west African country -- one of the world 's top producers of oil -- ... | where is the oil coming from | 7:8 |
./cnn/stories/6661db756f0339ca21b890bb9e66f9d1080913d6.story | ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 43 civilians were killed Sunday when they were caught in the crossfire between Pakistani forces and Taliban militants , a Pakistani military official said . The official , who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media , said the incid... | what Swat Valley region used ? | 80:89 |
./cnn/stories/545574e8b8cac6ac72a030dc65862cfb58804340.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Real Salt Lake sealed an upset win over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday night with a 5-4 penalty victory , after extra-time in the Major League Soccer Cup final that ended with the score at 1-1 . Robbie Russell netted the vital spot kick after Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando made two saves an... | In what month is Beckham expected to return ? | 435:436 |
./cnn/stories/346bb8388ba574679ea898c11075de07a786f817.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Skier Paul Wampach , a 49-year-old manager from Chicago , Illinois , hardly matches the stereotype of a hostel dweller : an under-30 backpacker from outside the United States who ca n't afford fancy lodging . Travelers looking to meet new people might consider staying at hostels , say experts . For t... | What are `` flashpackers '' ? | 188:201 |
./cnn/stories/63831b842812b1a3d05b04904a10d160fe7ad2af.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With his hands and feet shackled and his face obscured by his long hair , Chester Arthur Stiles made his initial court appearance in Las Vegas , Nevada , on Wednesday morning on charges stemming from the videotaped rape of a 2-year-old girl . Chester Stiles appears Wednesday in a Las Vegas , Nevada ,... | What is happening to Stiles ? | 66:69 |
./cnn/stories/99608ad0815cfa2d55060d6aa4753391b6b6c8a6.story | Rome , Italy -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Italian government plans to participate in the international troop buildup in Afghanistan by sending 1,000 more troops there next year . The Italian Defense Ministry confirmed the troops would be deployed in the second half of 2010 , a complement to the nearly 2,800 Italians already ... | What does Italy serve under ? | 71:76 |
./cnn/stories/05e8e4ffbf97332dc277d3b097a20203ccdccb25.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As hosts of the largest carnival in world football , the pressure is on for South Africa 's national football team to ignite the imagination of local fans by performing well at the 2010 World Cup . If Bafana Bafana is to succeed in their mission , conventional wisdom would be that coach Carlos Albert... | What other teams has McCarthy played for ? | 179:181 |
./cnn/stories/b59dcb7800fc391b267d04d7b159352002e073af.story | -LRB- PEOPLE.com -RRB- -- Rock that body , Kirstie ! When Kirstie Alley cleared the 100 lb . weight-loss hurdle this summer , it was time for a big , fat celebration . `` When I hit that mark , I went , ` That 's it ! ' '' Alley tells PEOPLE during her stay in a villa outside Florence , Italy . `` I have more energy th... | Alley will also star in the upcoming ABC pilot called what ? | 250:252 |
./cnn/stories/2c486e55b359f09d6db13a28c330c6bc8f0879be.story | Nairobi , Kenya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An English tourist kidnapped from a remote Kenyan resort is being held by pirates in a remote corner of Somalia , according to experts and security analysts in Nairobi . `` Gangs from Southern Somalia took her up the coast and then moved her several times , '' said Andrew Mwangura , a... | Where was she taken from ? | 12:16 |
./cnn/stories/4620621f8509a5b548bf4a2eec0d9b82458886d5.story | Miami , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He lies in a bed on a balloon-type mattress , to reduce pressure on his burned body . He is covered with bandages ; a ventilator breathes for Michael Brewer because he ca n't do it for himself . He 's hooked up to the marvels of modern medicine that are trying to give the 15-year-old ... | What did teens do to Michael Brewer ? | 221:229 |
./cnn/stories/72d941349c7d559cd47db9c4cdad4c30e7d363d0.story | PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- French Internet users who download files illegally could have their service cut off under a new law enacted by the French government . French filmmaker Luc Besson attended the vote passing the new law into action . The `` three strikes and you 're out '' law will see violators getting ... | How long could users be banned for ? | 77:79 |
./cnn/stories/3d1e748024a5a1622cbe77a6527305a743d04d1b.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- First it was instant messaging during office hours that gave us the thrill of passing notes in class . Then it was ogling ourselves on Web cams , ranting our minds on blogs , uploading our baby photos on Flickr and poking each other on Facebook . These days , as corporate records show , we choose to ... | What challenges are made ? | 672:676 |
./cnn/stories/38649fdccec39afa649297349b2ad2e5e1a39d82.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Susan Atkins , a terminally ill former Charles Manson follower convicted in the murder of actress Sharon Tate , on Tuesday was denied a compassionate release from prison . Susan Atkins , Califorina 's longest-serving female inmate , is shown in her most recent mug shot . Atkins , 60 , has been diagno... | who was stabbed 16 times by atkins ? | 20:22 |
./cnn/stories/5d58585d36453b92dd9932c726b2dffa83a4cf6f.story | DOHA , Qatar -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If there 's anything in which Qatar takes pride -- aside from a massive construction boom -- it is providing its Qatari minority and the hundreds of thousands of expatriates working and living here with plenty of shopping opportunities . City Center Mall booked `` Freestyle Football '' a... | What was the name of the mall ? | 47:49 |
./cnn/stories/ad2af6c1362a3f84000edd71fd752ad60549fec8.story | WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On his final full day in office , President Bush issued commutations for two former U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted in 2006 of shooting and wounding an unarmed illegal immigrant -- suspected of drug smuggling at the time -- and then covering it up . An artist 's sketch shows Ignacio Ra... | What did Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean do wrong ? | 472:477 |
./cnn/stories/25843df7a6e73bbb2e2180a2b0acf4bfb3bc6221.story | LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The death of actress Natasha Richardson , who sustained a fatal head injury while skiing , has reignited the perennial debate around the safety of the sport . Head injuries are the most common cause of death among skiers The 45 year-old died Wednesday , two days after falling on a be... | What are the most common causes of death ? | 35:37 |
./cnn/stories/6becd1695589c9149c89603f8dd54f67f50505aa.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Utah man with chronic health problems died Wednesday from complications associated with swine flu , a local health official said . If confirmed , it would be the ninth U.S. fatality associated with the flu outbreak . Memorials appeared at the door of I.S. 238 in Queens , New York , this week after ... | According to WHO , how many people died worldwide ? | 425:427 |
./cnn/stories/52deb82085c129f7f3910e2d95f0d712bea1b341.story | Fort Lauderdale , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 13-year-old who witnessed another teen being set on fire last month apologized Tuesday , saying he is praying for the boy 's recovery and he is sorry for what happened . Reading to reporters from a statement , Jeremy Jarvis -- whose older brother has been charged in the in... | What were police able to do for the first time ? | 163:176 |
./cnn/stories/f179da432fe224657dcd798b934e934fee0a1e77.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Taliban advances in Pakistan are raising concerns in Islamabad and capitals as far away as Washington . CNN 's senior international correspondent Nic Robertson looks at how the Taliban spread and what could be done to help Pakistan . Students in burqas in Buner district How is the Taliban extending i... | where does taliban influence ? | 57:58 |
./cnn/stories/e1df5388068a22e9a525a7b2943fa127e1d836cb.story | FORT CAMPBELL , Kentucky -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The 101st Airborne 's senior commander in effect ordered his soldiers Wednesday not to commit suicide , a plea that came after 11 suicides since January 1 , two of them in the past week . An Army honor guard stands ready to fire a salute at Fort Campbell . `` If you do n't re... | How long did Brig. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend speak to troops about the suicide problem ? | 71:75 |
./cnn/stories/cfc3b70cfea4b9357880da57008fa8ebdce04a2f.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Five people were detained off Somalia 's coast Wednesday after pirates mistook a French ship involved in an anti-piracy operation for a commercial vessel , the French Defense Ministry said . A German-flagged warship taking part in the EU 's anti-piracy mission is pictured in this April 2009 file phot... | How many were detained ? | 4:6 |
./cnn/stories/19d1ba9fb7698f635d465d0fc404c151c55b279d.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama should end the legal seminar on the rights of terrorists . He should instruct the lawyers at the State and Justice departments and Pentagon that the debate is over . The time has come for all to accept that terrorists can not be treated as criminals . The main reason is that security ... | Who ca n't be treated as criminals according to Etzioni ? | 45:46 |
./cnn/stories/d84440effc748f9220c7dde068962e803f566bc7.story | MIDDLESBROUGH , England -- Middlesbrough have confirmed that midfielders Fabio Rochemback and Gaizka Mendieta and striker Dong Gook Lee have all been released . Middlesbrough have decided against taking up the option of re-signing Brazilian midfielder Fabio Rochemback . The Premier League club had an option to extend B... | What did they not take up ? | 30:38 |
./cnn/stories/32eaf09e4fbe23ca792f933cf76629a07ebf5d32.story | Beijing , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A court in eastern China sentenced a man to death Saturday for attacking 29 kindergarten students and three teachers with a knife , state-run media said . The Taixing Intermediate People 's Court found Xu Yuyuan , 47 , guilty of intentional homicide after a half-day trial , Xinhua new... | What offence did the person commit ? | 19:29 |
./cnn/stories/472714309449278285cdcd05b3358e291841a402.story | SARATOGA SPRINGS , New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two years ago , Dawn Warfield was drowning in debt . Dawn Warfield sold one of her two video stores to help reduce her debts . The average American household has $ 8,329 in credit card debt , according to the Nilson Report , a credit industry newsletter . Warfield had near... | What type of service is helping her pay off her debts ? | 380:383 |
./cnn/stories/5526d0f37228c47313f5faeeae1b831c973697d4.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A series of U.S. diplomatic cables from early this year directly accused Syria of supplying advanced weaponry , including SCUD ballistic missiles , to the Shiite militia Hezbollah in Lebanon . U.S. protests to Damascus met with persistent denials , according to the cables , which were published by th... | Who do they accuse of supplying weaponry ? | 16:17 |
./cnn/stories/7f22fbc4fd81e50c632c5853856965aa4d0065d4.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Andre Berto claimed the vacant World Boxing Council welterweight title when he halted Miguel Rodriguez in the seventh round in Memphis . Berto took the WBC belt vacated when Floyd Mayweather retired . Berto -LRB- 22-0 , 19 KOs -RRB- picked up the WBC belt that became vacant when Floyd Mayweather reti... | when did he halt Rodriguez ? | 19:25 |
./cnn/stories/b3d2bad39bce2882642985169c0a3c41e5d90431.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Struck by lightning , caught up in the smell of gas , braving two-inch hail and relentless rain : None of it could stop hundreds of firefighters , police officers , medical personnel , National Guardsmen and more from heading into the devastation around Joplin , Missouri , in a desperate search for s... | What had many of the first responders lost ? | 116:118 |
./cnn/stories/eaef00e59a4ffb6d880ea8d673a87cd32ef1ae7b.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- She added smart to sexy as a Bond girl opposite Pierce Brosnan 's 007 , and proved her dramatic and action credentials in `` Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon , '' but for actress Michelle Yeoh , life and acting are both all about balance . Michelle Yeoh : `` There are reasons why you do movies . It 's f... | What sort of films is she involved in ? | 22:23 |
./cnn/stories/5957de81c7c1d82f9479617f08daec8bc8b48c39.story | TEHRAN , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iran 's election authority has rejected claims of voting irregularities by a defeated presidential candidate , while acknowledging that the number of ballots cast in dozens of cities exceeded the number of eligible voters there , state-run TV reported Monday . Protesters face Iranian ri... | who are the leaders ? | 176:179 |
./cnn/stories/e00f05efe2038fffc8eaa1e8eecbe9445a9483e5.story | ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- 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 , 3... | what The Army Rangers are ? | 15:16 |
./cnn/stories/191e9bbbc5e3b2b7247b36681f18061a136dc28c.story | -LRB- Tribune Media Services -RRB- -- Be forewarned , Ireland is seductive . Traditions are strong and stress is a foreign word . I fell in love with the friendliest land this side of Sicily . It all happened in a Gaeltacht . As you explore the lush Dingle Peninsula , you 'll see how the Emerald Isle got its name . Gae... | What kind of books does Rick Steve write ? | 965:968 |
./cnn/stories/83693e32ed3819b76d17b6341caff5aa14f8a5a0.story | ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A suspected U.S. missile struck a village Wednesday in Pakistan 's tribal region , killing three Taliban militants and wounding four others , according to local officials and media reports . People inspect the damage from a suspected U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan last... | Where was the missile fired from ? | 80:83 |
./cnn/stories/6a0f9c8a5d0c6e8949b37924163c92923fe5770d.story | LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dr. Sanjay Gupta , CNN 's chief medical correspondent , withdrew his name from consideration as surgeon general of the United States on Thursday . He spoke to CNN 's Larry King about the decision and President Obama 's health care plans . Here is an edited transcript : Dr. Sa... | What would the job have taken him from ? | 256:257 |
./cnn/stories/1370ceb899bf99816b32a92aaeea2a5b336afd43.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Judging by the hysterical reaction in some quarters , to President Obama 's handshake with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez , or his bow to Saudi Arabia 's King Abdullah , you would think that America 's national security rested solely on body language not sound policy . The presidential handshake be... | What body language caused chatter ? | 53:54 |
./cnn/stories/113bc1c570498f5723bf595f8980c30e95711c47.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- River waters spread over highways and farms , towns and parks in Washington on Thursday , shutting down traffic on a 20-mile stretch of heavily traveled Interstate 5 between Seattle and Oregon and threatening the federal roadway north of Seattle . Rescue boats are sent out Wednesday in Pierce County ... | What amount of rain was reported in some areas of Washington state ? | 129:131 |
./cnn/stories/3e63ec9394c3bad46605c1c52cccee8cf256f138.story | PADUCAH , Kentucky -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He arrives in the early morning hours , when the downtown streets here are empty and quiet . Former U.S. soldier Steven Green has been convicted of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl . An electric gate jerks to life as the black sedan with tinted windows pulls into a parki... | Is the death penalty a possiblity ? | 753:758,763:764 |
./cnn/stories/7c1d0782d732946e195a54e752dd19511bc66797.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's not as achingly hip as Barcelona and it 's more manageable than Madrid : Spain 's third city has plenty of flavor , an urban edge and uniquely Valencian oddities . From medieval cathedrals to Calatrava 's futuristic City of Arts and Sciences , Valancia packs in plenty . Where else could you gli... | who 's third city ? | 20:22 |
./cnn/stories/7c1d0782d732946e195a54e752dd19511bc66797.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's not as achingly hip as Barcelona and it 's more manageable than Madrid : Spain 's third city has plenty of flavor , an urban edge and uniquely Valencian oddities . From medieval cathedrals to Calatrava 's futuristic City of Arts and Sciences , Valancia packs in plenty . Where else could you gli... | Which is the third largest city in Spain ? | 50:51 |
./cnn/stories/c5dc6f167833bf177a9b65bd8e5e4c0c585b8dc0.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A United Nations court convicted a former governor of Rwanda to life in prison for his role in a 1994 genocide that left about 800,000 dead in the central African country . An estimated 800,000 people -- mainly Tutsis -- were killed in Rwanda in 1994 . Tharcisse Renzaho was found guilty of genocide ,... | What did he order ? | 196:205 |
./cnn/stories/968718765ff5d3347921a44c8deaeab3ab193943.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A woman convicted in the 2002 kidnapping of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty in the attempted kidnapping of Smart 's cousin a month later , court officials said Monday . In exchange for Wanda Barzee 's plea of guilty but mentally ill to one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapp... | Who did Barzee , husband tried to kidnap month after taking Smart ? | 25:26 |
./cnn/stories/1df14bd442bd39ed653aa77a1e77105d4b321db0.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A mining company has found what may be the largest gold deposit ever found in the British Isles , the company 's chairman said Tuesday . The price of gold is at historic highs , making new prospects very valuable . Drill samples indicate more than 1 million ounces of gold may lie below what is now ro... | Where might more than 1 million ounces of gold lie ? | 57:64 |
./cnn/stories/6467c484cf7e0fb84f78426daeff0418505f9cd2.story | Editor 's Note : Donna Brazile , a Democratic strategist , is chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee 's Voting Rights Institute and founder of Brazile & Associates , a political consulting firm . She was the campaign manager for the Al Gore-Joe Lieberman ticket in 2000 and wrote `` Cooking with Grease . '' Don... | What did Brazile say hardly anyone did two years ago ? | 58:72 |
./cnn/stories/e339da0a88c1881b65fe5ca24c10ee19fa7d152b.story | WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pirates in ships are searching for the lifeboat containing four pirates and their hostage -- the captain of a freighter they failed to hijack earlier this week -- according to a U.S. military official with knowledge of the situation . Capt. Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama is being h... | are they okay ? | 436:441 |
./cnn/stories/dec1075b829c1b040d42c5a2d7a7d0f6217c03e1.story | LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ailing `` Great Train Robber '' Ronnie Biggs -- one of the most notorious British criminals of the 20th century -- was formally released from prison to his death bed Friday after being granted his freedom on compassionate grounds . Ronnie Biggs , pictured at a book launch in Rio de J... | what did he take part in | 340:342 |
./cnn/stories/62ac534bf7e3e897b2726dddf2b7b6f7723362d4.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each accused the other of borrowing portions of their presidential campaign speeches Monday . Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick , left , on the stump with Sen. Barack Obama . The Clinton campaign accused Obama of borrowing from a close supporter , and the Illinoi... | What quote did Clinton use ? | 108:123 |
./cnn/stories/af7c0a455d0376e0f159f5f2b774477b11baf52d.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From a small apartment in Toronto , Iranian exile Saeed Valadbaygi is trying to bring news from his country to the world . Using a network of Iranian journalists and eager volunteers back in Tehran , the 27-year-old former student collates reports , pictures and video for his Web site astreetjournali... | Saeed Valadbaygi left Iran after taking part in protests in which month ? | 61:62 |
./cnn/stories/629d8a7a68d3aebd127760d31077a01e8832c848.story | BUENOS AIRES , Argentina -LRB- Reuters -RRB- -- The light from the cell phone screens allowed surgeons to complete an emergency appendix operation during a blackout in a city in central Argentina , reports said on Saturday . Leonardo Molina , 29 , was on the operating table on July 21 , when the power went out in the P... | What did n't work ? | 80:82 |
./cnn/stories/6390895126471a970b9eeb099f1c1a0c2930a2fa.story | London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Something is stirring within the Hamas body politic , a moderating trend that , if nourished and engaged , could transform Palestinian politics and the Arab-Israeli peace process . There are unmistakable signs that the religiously based radical movement has subtly changed its uncompr... | What is Gerges urging the West to do ? | 1550:1555 |
./cnn/stories/d4583b8aafd1f94e88f76fbe6a63354c51938ada.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A racially-charged word with many meanings may be at the root of a dispute between two sports rivals that reaches far beyond the soccer field , analysts say . Manchester United 's Patrice Evra , who is black , says the word Uruguayan Luis Suarez shouted repeatedly during a match last month was a raci... | What Spanish word was Suarez accused of shouting ? | 159:160 |
./cnn/stories/1f6309c88c5711b2b579e3c0cf699c44d3b56d16.story | BUENOS AIRES , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Argentine farmers are planning their next move after the country 's president announced plans to fund a public works program with revenues from a controversial agrarian export tax . Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has rejected demands for the repeal of an e... | What is the percent tax ? | 121:122 |
./cnn/stories/8809385efb68bf20842cf5411fe05d613eb95210.story | -LRB- LonelyPlanet.com -RRB- -- Vampires and their stories seem to be enjoying an eternal renaissance in contemporary fiction and film . Anne Rice 's `` Interview with the Vampire '' kicked off the modern raft of tales , and the popularity of more recent book and movie offerings like `` Twilight '' and `` True Blood ''... | where is the set of dracula ? | 99:103 |
./cnn/stories/3b0ed227dc7e5292e302183282d8bbe23d7b1db2.story | LAS VEGAS , Nevada -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An intense manhunt was under way Monday for Chester Stiles , a 37-year old man whom police say is a suspect in the videotaped rape of a 3-year-old girl four years ago . Chester Arthur Stiles , 37 , of Nevada is being sought as a suspect in the videotaped rape of a 3-year-old girl .... | What was the age of the rape victim | 35:36 |
./cnn/stories/881f5c1f0347ccddc21af9d45daa91566d699a56.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tax day is an annual stress test for millions of Americans , but Wednesday 's Internal Revenue Service filing deadline may be the toughest one yet for many who ca n't pay their mortgages or rent , let alone a big tax bill . Jonathan Hermosa wears a costume this week to beckon customers to a tax servi... | What are clients using to pay fees ? | 253:257,498:500 |
./cnn/stories/e5685719d330bf84ed7691a9a591e04e6a6226b8.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kuwait 's leader dissolved parliament on Wednesday and called for early elections , after the Cabinet resigned this week following a power struggle with the government . Kuwait 's emir has dissolved parliament following conflict between the Cabinet and govenrment . The emir , Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al... | What has been set ? | 85:87 |
./cnn/stories/a9a8ee9839b0dd6f8d716971b1bffa43f8b92216.story | PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said Thursday he will not resign over accounts in a book he wrote in 2005 about paying to have sex with `` boys '' in Thailand . Frederic Mitterrand admitted to paying for sex with `` boys '' in his 2005 autobiography , `` The Bad Life . '' I... | what did he do for roman polanski | 339:342 |
./cnn/stories/1572706cdc9aad0d0d224f71d16d52313df2c14b.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 47-year-old Virginia man was charged Monday with interfering with a flight crew during a flight last week in which he allegedly became intoxicated and unruly , leading authorities to scramble fighter jets and the pilot to make an emergency landing . The incident occurred Friday when Muhammad Abu Ta... | How many servings of wine is the passenger said to have had | 100:103 |
./cnn/stories/35de22cbae1cc1f19aec072363caf3e98cf15e47.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the Los Angeles , California , area has been accused of desecrating the remains of those buried there , according to a lawsuit . The cemetery holds the remains of celebrities such as Groucho Marx and Lenny Bruce . The suit , filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superi... | What is Eden memorial park ? | 5:18 |
./cnn/stories/98e52c47d113b21331cb6ffd12f4a68c416b8c8c.story | JERUSALEM -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A rocket fired by Palestinian militants fell on a Gaza home and killed two children , Palestinian sources said Friday , the same day Israel opened three Gaza border crossings for the first time in 10 days . A truck carrying grain enters Gaza from Israel on Friday at the Karni crossing point... | who killed Palestinian cousins ? | 10:11 |
./cnn/stories/bc515892401dd7beb4a95a81095891b24f843cce.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The murderer of a 16-year-old girl who bragged about his crimes was electrocuted Thursday night , a spokesman for the Virginia Department of Corrections said . Paul Warner Powell was pronounced dead at 9:09 p.m. at a correctional center in Jarratt , Virginia . He did not make a last statement at the ... | Who is Powell accused of killing ? | 73:75 |
./cnn/stories/b6ce014097146c5ce7da43661ed74320f2ef01a9.story | New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was charged with drunken driving after a police officer saw her run over a curb outside a school , authorities said Tuesday night . Mary Richardson Kennedy was arrested Saturday night in Bedford , New York , a sergeant with the town 's police department said... | When did the arrest take place ? | 45:49 |
./cnn/stories/32b452f7f48b7c385da39d44723c68a50ca52f9b.story | BURBANK , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jay Leno ended his 17-year reign as the host of `` The Tonight Show '' Friday with the children of people who met and started families while working at the long-running late-night show during his tenure , according to audience members who attended the taping . Jay Leno stands wit... | Will Leno move to prime time ? | 358:369 |
./cnn/stories/3e507650c66dbd9b32b67bccb887d1593d61958e.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said golden parachute payments would be banned and the salary deals of bankers `` clawed back '' as part of the government 's $ 250 billion bailout of the financial sector . U.S. President George W. Bush announces his government 's bank bailout plan . Meanwhile ,... | who annouced the bail out ? | 41:46 |
./cnn/stories/67a893b72bf49ebda211e169cbce509056222f48.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An armed airman who allegedly barricaded himself inside a building on a Colorado air base is awaiting sentencing on unrelated charges and will likely face additional charges , the base said Tuesday . Airman 1st Class Nico Cruz Santos , 21 , surrendered to authorities late Monday night after an hours-... | Who is being charged ? | 37:43 |
./cnn/stories/022c18def42072e28a37979c622c6ab7e31371de.story | PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three French journalists charged in an alleged plot to kidnap African children for adoption in Europe arrived in Paris on Sunday , hours after French President Nicolas Sarkozy held emergency talks in Chad . But 14 other people remained in custody in the African nation , some facing ser... | Will they take more action to rescue them ? | 352:353,443:450,457:462 |
./cnn/stories/8c838abc5efa4f7cf0dfdf6b6a550031f56def81.story | SEATTLE , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An accident involving de-icing solution being sprayed on an Alaska Airlines plane in snow-covered Seattle sent seven people to a hospital Wednesday , airport and hospital officials said . Emergency vehicles gather around Alaska Airlines planes in Seattle , Washington , on Wednesd... | How many passengers were treated ? | 85:86 |
./cnn/stories/d3b31512ad6dca55d6f1f9faf0d739d6bd5078d9.story | -LRB- PEOPLE.com -RRB- -- There 's another Brady in the bunch . Gisele Bündchen and husband Tom Brady welcomed a baby boy on Tuesday night . Brady announced the news to reporters Wednesday after People.com reported the story . The football star called his son 's birth `` a wonderful experience in my life . '' He also t... | When did the couple marry ? | 97:98 |
./cnn/stories/12c7ae9e202eeeb87153ec5d6e1a7a850a9c4384.story | -LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- From the moment Justice David Souter announced he 'd be stepping down , Washington has been gearing up for a confirmation fight . But as Senator Lindsey Graham -LRB- R-S.C . -RRB- told Judge Sonia Sotomayor yesterday , `` Unless you have a complete meltdown , you are going to get confirmed .... | Who degraded the country ? | 204:206 |
./cnn/stories/66210cb3c7581fe4564a29e67325e6e636a6a06f.story | -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Officials with the Iowa Lottery are seeking the winner of a $ 10.75 million Hot Lotto jackpot who has until 4 p.m. Thursday to claim it . `` Someone legitimately won this money and we want them to take it home , '' lottery CEO Terry Rich said in a news release . `` But you must present the winning ti... | How much jackpot went unclaimed this week in Georgia ? | 16:18 |
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