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(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, faculty, staff and administration, and I want to see God's best for them," Roberts wrote in his resignation letter. Roberts' decision was effective immediately and came as the school fought a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by three professors who accused him and his wife of misconduct. John Swails, Tim Brooker and Paulita Brooker said they lost their jobs after reporting information indicating that Roberts and his family lavishly spent school money for personal expenses. Roberts and his wife, Lindsay, have denied the allegations. The suit also claimed Oral Roberts University gave a "convicted sexual deviant unrestricted access to students" and evidence in the case had been shredded -- charges the university has denied. In addition, the suit alleged Lindsay Roberts repeatedly spent time with an "underage male" in various situations. She denied any improper behavior, insisting in a statement that she had "never, ever engaged in any sexual behavior with any man outside of my marriage." The Board of Regents, which voted to hire an auditor to look into the claims, will meet early next week to discuss a search process for a new president, according to Friday's statement from Chairman George Pearsons. Roberts announced last month he would step aside temporarily as president, saying he and his family had suffered "heavy damage." The controversy has drawn international attention to the private Christian university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. E-mail to a friend	[ "When did he announce he was stepping aside?", "What did Roberts write?", "Who was fired From ORU", "Did Roberts give a reason for stepping aside as president?", "What did the professors allege?", "Did Roberts resign", "What is Roberts accused of", "Who does Richard Roberts refer to when he says \"I love ORU\"?" ]	[ [ "Friday," ], [ "resignation letter." ], [ "John Swails, Tim Brooker and Paulita Brooker" ], [ "he and his family had suffered \"heavy damage.\"" ], [ "misconduct." ], [ "stepped down Friday," ], [ "misconduct." ], [ "University" ] ]	"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 .
(CNN) -- Richard Strandlof said he survived the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon. He said he survived again when a roadside bomb went off in Iraq, killing four fellow Marines. He'd point to his head and tell people he had a metal plate, collateral damage from the explosion. Richard Strandlof says he didn't mean to cause harm when he lied about being a military veteran. None of it was true. On Friday, the FBI arrested him on the rare charge of "stolen valor." Strandlof, 32, was held "for false claims about receipt of military decorations or medals," an FBI news release said. Charges had been filed in Denver, Colorado, the week before, the bureau said. "The penalty for his crime is up to one year incarceration and a $100,000 fine," it said. Before his deception was revealed, crowds ate up his story. He canvassed Colorado appearing at the sides of politicians. Inspiring and seemingly authentic, he spoke on behalf of veterans at the state Capitol. He formed a group called the Colorado Veterans Alliance. The whole thing was a lie, he admitted to CNN's Anderson Cooper earlier this year. Watch Strandlof discuss case in June. » He wasn't at the Pentagon. He was never a Marine. He never served his country. He never graduated from the Naval Academy. He claimed his real name was Rick Duncan. Where was he on 9/11, the day he said he witnessed heroism firsthand? "I was in San Jose, California, watching it in horror on TV with a few other people," Strandlof told CNN. He was at a homeless shelter at the time. Strandlof denies being a pathological liar. He says he suffered from "some severely underdiagnosed mental illness" and he got caught up in the moment around "people who are passionate and loved what they did." He told CNN he had put on a "production, which I'm sorry for." "Hopefully the people that I hurt can in some way gain closure from that, and I myself don't know what I can do, short of leaving them alone and not being in their lives, to make that happen," Strandlof said. He said he's not sure exactly how he's hurt people. "It's not for me to say, and time will tell," he said. Hal Bidlack, a former Air Force lieutenant colonel, is one of those people. He ran for Congress as a Democrat and had Strandlof appear with him. Bidlack -- who lost to incumbent Republican Doug Lamborn -- isn't too happy. "Once one lie fell apart, the whole series of things ... just cascaded into an ocean of lies," he said. Bidlack was at the Pentagon when it came under attack on September 11, 2001. He now realizes that Strandlof stole portions of his own story. "Now that we know he's a lying fraud," Bidlack said, "I think he was just parroting my own story back to me." "There are an awful lot of things that he kept straight to try to fool an awful lot of people for an awful long time." Doug Sterner has catalogued hundreds of people claiming to be military veterans who never served in the military. He says it's typical for those perpetuating the hoaxes to claim mental illness. "I don't buy that," Sterner said. "What he was doing was looking for a cause to promote himself. I see this repeatedly. I've had a hundred cases just this year like Rick Strandlof's. ... What they're doing is building a kingdom of self and feeding their own ego." Sterner has pushed for a federal database listing the names and citations of all decorated military veterans to help put an end to such cases. He said Strandlof has robbed true veterans of their veracity. "Doing good does not take away from the bad that he did," he said. "Because of Rick Strandlof, the next	[ "Who admitted he lied?", "Who formed Colorado Veterans Alliance?", "What was survived by Richsrd Strandlof?", "What is the fine for stolen valor?", "Who said he survived 9/11 Pentagon attack, Iraq bombing?", "What attacks did Strandlof claim he survived?", "When did he admit he lied?", "What is the penalty for stolen valor?" ]	[ [ "Richard Strandlof" ], [ "Richard Strandlof" ], [ "the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon." ], [ "$100,000 fine,\"" ], [ "Strandlof" ], [ "9/11" ], [ "earlier this year." ], [ "his crime is up to one year incarceration and a $100,000 fine,\"" ] ]	Richard Strandlof said he survived 9/11 Pentagon attack, Iraq bombing . In June, Strandlof admitted he lied . Penalty for stolen valor is up to one year in jail, up to $100,000 fine . Strandlof formed Colorado Veterans Alliance .
(CNN) -- Ricin, a poison thought to have been found in a Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel room Thursday, can be made from the waste left after processing castor beans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ricin is made from castor beans. The toxin comes in the form of a mist or pellet and can be dissolved in water or weak acid, according to the CDC. It works by getting inside the cells of the body and preventing them from making the proteins they need. As little as 500 micrograms -- an amount the size of the head of a pin -- can kill an adult. Here are some ricin cases: • September 1978, London, England: Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is killed by a ricin-filled poison dart fired from an umbrella. Markov, a communist defector working for the BBC World Service, was waiting at a bus stop when he was killed. • 2002, Iraq: A primitive testing facility run by members of Ansar al Islam, a Kurdish Sunni Islamist group, is discovered. Authorities say ricin had been tested on barnyard animals there. • January 2003, United Kingdom: Scotland Yard arrests seven terror suspects from Algeria after traces of ricin are discovered at their homes. A U.S. official later connects the men to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who led al Qaeda in Iraq until his death in 2006. Four of the men were charged with terrorism offenses under Britain's Terrorist Act 2000 and with "being concerned in the development or production of chemical weapons" under the Chemical Weapons Act of 1996. • March 2003, France: Small bottles containing traces of ricin are found in a Paris train station, according to French police. • October 2003, United States: Ricin is found in a sealed envelope in a postal handling facility in Greenville, South Carolina. Watch CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta explain the potency of ricin » • November 2003, United States: The Secret Service intercepts a letter addressed to the White House that contains a vial of ricin. The letter, signed by "Fallen Angel," complained about trucking regulations, and was nearly identical to one discovered October 15 in South Carolina. • February 2004, United States: Ricin is found in the mailroom of the Dirksen Senate Office building in Washington D.C. The mailroom handled correspondence addressed to then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and others. Frist said no one became sick. • January 2005, United States: An Ocala, Florida, man with no known ties to terrorists or extremists is arrested by the FBI after agents found ricin in the home he shares with his mother. Steven Michael Ekberg pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of a biological weapon. E-mail to a friend	[ "What is the equivalent size of 500 micrograms of ricin?", "what can kill an adult", "who was killed?", "What was found in four US cases since 2003?" ]	[ [ "of the head of a pin" ], [ "poison" ], [ "Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov" ], [ "Ricin," ] ]	Ricin found in four U.S. cases since 2003 . Bulgarian dissident killed by dart containing ricin in 1978 . 500 micrograms of ricin, size of a pinhead, can kill an adult .
(CNN) -- Rick Lyke was diagnosed with prostate cancer when he was 47. His response was to set up "Pints for Prostates," an organization that uses the universal language of beer to reach men with its message about the importance of prostate cancer screening. In 2008, at the insistence of a colleague with prostate cancer, Lyke, from Charlotte, North Carolina, had himself tested for illness, even though he had no health problems. His doctor was initially reluctant to have him tested, as men under the age of 50 aren't considered to a high-risk group for prostate cancer, but tests came back positive and Lyke needed surgery to remove the cancer. His surgeon said that if Lyke had waited until he was 50 to be screened, he would probably have only lived another two or three years. "I'm doing great now," Lyke told CNN. "I have to get tested every six months for the next 15 years, but I really feel like I dodged a bullet." Prostate cancer affects one in six men American men, with 27,000 Americans expected to die from the disease this year. The American Cancer Society believes health care professionals should discuss the potential benefits and limitations of prostate cancer early detection testing with men before any testing begins. It says that should include an offer for yearly testing with the prostate-specific antigen blood test and digital rectal exam, beginning at age 50, to men who are at average risk of prostate cancer and have at least a 10-year life expectancy. But Lyke says other groups recommend that men should be screened once they reach their forties. "I think it's a financial issue in a lot of cases rather than a health issue as to why that guideline is 50," he told CNN. "The fact of the matter is not many men are going to have prostate cancer in their forties, but for those who do, if they wait until they're 50 to be tested, their numbers aren't going to look very good." Lyke founded "Pints for Prostates" to spread the message about need for regular prostate health screenings. The organization travels to beer festivals and tries to engage with men in an informal way. "Beer is a universal thing for men," Lyke told CNN. "Where women get together and talk about health issues, men really don't, so we try to use an atmosphere like a pub, where guys are a little bit more relaxed, to talk about prostate cancer." He says prostate cancer is a highly personal disease for men, in much the same way that breast cancer is for women. Treatment for prostate cancer can sometimes result in impotence. "The pink ribbon campaign has really made it possible for women to talk about breast cancer, so we're trying to do the same thing for guys. They need permission to talk about it," said Lyke. As well as setting up stalls at beer festivals and organizing events in pubs, "Pints for Prostates" has run adverts in magazines and Lyke estimates its message has reached about 30 million people. A year after his own surgery, Lyke's first granddaughter was born. He is aware that by being screened for prostate cancer he has vastly improved his chances of seeing her grow up, and he hopes that by encouraging other men to be tested he will give them a similar opportunity. He told CNN, "I'm hoping that there's a whole bunch of other guys out there who'll be able to experience the same thing [as me] -- see their families grow up and grow old." Mark Tutton contributed to this report	[ "Where does the organization travel to?", "When was Rick Lyke diagnosed with cancer?", "How many American men are affected by prostate cancer?", "Who set up \"Pints for Prostates\"?" ]	[ [ "beer festivals" ], [ "47." ], [ "affects one in six" ], [ "Lyke" ] ]	Rick Lyke set up "Pints for Prostates" after being diagnosed with prostate cancer . The organization travels to beer festivals to educate men about the disease . Prostate cancer affects on in six men American men and screening is recommended for men over 50 .
(CNN) -- Rick Perlstein could have called his book "Paranoia." Richard Nixon was "the guy who exploited these tensions to create a new kind of politics," says Rick Perlstein. If Perlstein's history of the 1960s and early '70s in America has a throughline, it's mistrust. Parents don't trust their children. Enlisted men don't trust their officers. Blacks don't trust whites, Southerners don't trust Northerners, the Silent Majority doesn't trust the Intellectual Establishment, and -- soon enough -- nobody trusts the government. And in the midst of it all was Richard Nixon: Red-baiter, former vice president, failed gubernatorial nominee, punch line, political strategist and president, a master at playing both sides to maintain his hold on power. In doing so, he provided a roadmap for his successors. Hence Perlstein's actual title: "Nixonland" (Scribner). "I'm fascinated with how Americans fight with each other," says Perlstein, 39, who was born the year Nixon took office. "And the '60s is the best, the most -- besides the Civil War, I can't think of a more dramatic canvas. And Nixon fits in as the guy who exploited these tensions to create a new kind of politics that we're still living with now." Slideshow: What made the '60s the '60s » Perlstein's book has earned rave reviews. In The Atlantic magazine, conservative writer Ross Douthat praised the author for "the rare gift of being able to weave social, political, and cultural history into a single seamless narrative." Newsweek's Evan Thomas called it "the best book written about the 1960s" in more than a quarter-century. Perlstein says he's long had an obsession with the '60s -- which, in "Nixonland," start with the Democratic landslide of 1964 and end with the Nixon landslide of 1972. The author, now a senior fellow at the left-leaning Campaign for America's Future in Chicago, considers the book a sequel to his earlier work, a biography of Barry Goldwater and the rise of the conservative movement. But "Nixonland" is as much a cultural history as a political chronicle; indeed, in the '60s the two were tightly enmeshed. The decade saw the full flower of youth culture, which was intertwined with Vietnam War protests, increasing drug use and distinctive music. It also saw the rise of what Nixon, in a major 1969 speech, termed the "Silent Majority" -- older, more conservative Americans buffeted on all sides by change, taking refuge in the familiar. Both groups had their pop culture heroes and touchstones, Perlstein observes. "The generational divide went so deep as to form a fundamental argument about what was moral and what was immoral," Perlstein says. "This was how people lived in the world -- through popular culture and through politics. The two feed off each other." Though the era is now remembered through the rosy lenses of the baby boomers, their parents -- the heart of the "Silent Majority" -- didn't look upon the culture so fondly. Many disdained the era's pop music, the most obvious expression of youth. Moreover, some of the highest-rated TV specials of 1969 and 1970 were Bob Hope programs, Perlstein writes, and when a movie such as 1970's "Joe" came out -- about a hardhat who loathes the hippies -- many in the audience came to cheer for the hardhat. Movies may have been the most revealing mirror of society. The rise of the youth culture coincided with the death of the studio system. Some of what emerged were films willing to show the grit and ugliness of the cities ("the cities" being a common euphemism for civic decline). "Midnight Cowboy" and "The French Connection," the Academy Awards' best pictures of 1969 and 1971 respectively, show a weary, cold New York crumbling under its residents' feet. Television tiptoed more gingerly into the new age, Perlstein says. With just three networks	[ "Who wrote \"Nixonland\"?", "Name the central character of the book", "What did Nixon exploit?", "who is Rick Perlstein", "Name Rick Perlstein's book" ]	[ [ "Perlstein" ], [ "Richard Nixon:" ], [ "these tensions to create a new kind of politics,\"" ], [ "the author" ], [ "\"Nixonland\"" ] ]	"Nixonland" is Rick Perlstein's history of the '60s and early '70s . Central character is Richard Nixon, who exploited era's tensions for his ends . Book shows how politics and pop culture intertwined -- and created gaps . End result? We're still living in Nixonland, author says .
(CNN) -- Rick Warren, founder and pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, is one of America's most influential authors and religious leaders. In August, he moderated a discussion on key issues between presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Rick Warren says no matter what problem you have, there's a purpose behind it. His latest book is "The Purpose of Christmas." He was interviewed by Kiran Chetry on "American Morning" on Friday. Here is an edited version of the exchange: Chetry: We always say we don't want Christmas to be commercialized. It seems that at the end of the year, we end up in the same position, worried about buying presents, worried about spending money, worried about holiday cards, and how do you get back to the real meaning? Rick Warren: A lot of people are really hurting because of the economy and because of the fears about what's going to happen, and really those same problems are the problems that Mary and Joseph went through. Housing, no room at the inn, travel, economic unrest, things like that. So I wrote this book really to focus us on what is the true meaning of Christmas. It's a book of hope, and the big idea behind it is that no matter what problem you're going through, there's a purpose behind it. God has a purpose, and that purpose can help you make it through even the stressful times when we decide to write a note to everybody, buy a gift for everybody, redecorate our house, have five or six meals and go to eight or nine parties. Rick Warren: Shop more or pray more? » Chetry: Exactly, because that's usually what ends up happening, and sometimes the spirit of giving and fellowship is lost in that. You also write in the book, remember that God loves you, but for somebody who is facing foreclosure -- let's say you lost a loved one or your job or dealing with an illness -- it can sound pat in a way. What do you say to people who say, pastor, I don't feel that God loves me or I wouldn't be going through this Warren: Actually, sometimes what we think is a problem is actually a protection. For instance, last month my daughter-in-law, who is 25 years old, went through a brain tumor. She had her first child premature, about six weeks early, and when she had that baby early, it was breech. The cord was wrapped around its neck and it stopped breathing and they actually had to do an emergency C-section and resuscitate the child and save the baby's life and save her life. We looked at that and we thought, boy, that's a pretty tough problem, but we now know that she had a three-inch brain tumor at the base of her brainstem, and if she had pushed, it would have killed her. And so actually, seven weeks later, when she should have been delivering the baby, we discovered the brain tumor, and she would have been trying to have brain surgery, three surgeries, one was 20 hours long, at the same time as having a baby. So what we thought was a problem was actually a protection saving her life. And sometimes, we look at a tapestry, and from the top down, you can see the picture. From the bottom up, it's all of these different colors of threads. It makes no sense. It's all jumbled. When God looks down, he sees what he's doing. When we look up, we just see the jumble. Chetry: And she's OK? Warren: She's OK. Chetry: Thank goodness. I want to turn to politics now and ask you about the summit you hosted for both of the candidates. Great provocative questions and interesting answers we weren't hearing on the campaign trail. Now that the campaign is over, what is your reaction to the outcome and to President-elect Barack	[ "what did Pastor Rick Warren say", "did warren say something", "Who says that the problems we face are similar to Mary and Joseph?" ]	[ [ "problem you have, there's a purpose behind it." ], [ "no matter what problem you have, there's a purpose behind it." ], [ "Rick Warren:" ] ]	Pastor Rick Warren: Problems we face similar to those of Mary and Joseph . He says we need to look for the purpose of Christmas and of our problems . Warren: We need to pray for new president and support him where we can .
(CNN) -- Rifts within the Anglican Communion could widen after the archbishop of Canterbury, who has condemned the consecration of openly gay bishops, urged a diminished role Friday for the Episcopal Church. Earlier this month, a Los Angeles, California, diocese ordained the Rev. Mary Glasspool, the first openly gay bishop ordained in the church since 2004, when Gene Robinson took his post in New Hampshire. The U.S. church has been criticized by conservative factions for openly gay ordinations. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the nominal head of Anglican Communion, shared his concern when Glasspool was consecrated, saying then that the move would further divide the 77 million-member worldwide denomination that includes the Episcopal Church in the United States. On Friday, he made an even stronger statement in a letter to the communion. "Our Anglican fellowship continues to experience painful division, and the events of recent months have not brought us nearer to full reconciliation," Williams wrote. "There are still things being done that the representative bodies of the Communion have repeatedly pleaded should not be done; and this leads to recrimination, confusion and bitterness all round. "It is clear that the official bodies of The Episcopal Church have felt in conscience that they cannot go along with what has been asked of them by others, and the consecration of Canon Mary Glasspool on May 15 has been a clear sign of this." Williams does not have the power to issue edicts like the pope, but he issued a five-page statement suggesting that provinces (such as the Episcopal Church) or national and regional churches that have broken agreed-upon "promises" should step down from participating in interfaith dialogues. He said they should also relinquish decision-making powers in a committee that deals with questions of doctrine and authority. Following Robinson's consecration, the communion leadership laid out three promises, or moratoria, according to the archbishop of Canterbury website: -- No authorization of blessings services for same-sex unions. -- No consecrations of bishops living in same-sex relationships. -- No cross-border interventions (no bishop authorizing any ministry within the diocese of another bishop without explicit permission). Glasspool has been in an open same-sex relationship for 19 years, a violation of the moratoria. Robinson also was in a same-sex relationship at the time of his consecration. Conservative Anglicans have long called for Williams to punish the Episcopal Church by not inviting the church to the Lambeth Conference, a global meeting of Anglican leaders held every decade. Williams did not go far enough in his rebuke, a spokesman for a conservative Anglican group said Friday. Robert Lundy of the American Anglican Council said the Episcopal Church shouldn't be involved in any decision-making bodies within the Anglican Communion so long as it continues to ordain openly gay bishops and violate biblical teachings. Williams' statement only keeps the Episcopal Church off of certain committees within the communion, Lundy said. "He [Williams] knows he has to do something because he's under pressure from all sides," he said. "But unfortunately, the step he's taken in our view is not strong enough." Bishop Ian Douglas of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut called Williams' statement "significant" but "not as punitive as it might have been." He said it was an affirmation of the three moratoria, and he made clear that other churches, not just the U.S. Episcopal Church, will be affected for having broken promises as well. "Many churches across the Anglican Communion because of conscience or their belief in what the holy spirit is up to in their local context have lived beyond the moratoria," Douglas said. "While the moratoria are still before us, such actions do have some ramifications. ... If anything, I question the efficacy of the moratoria." He added, "It's another expression of how we're trying to live with our differences with integrity and not alienate one another. I'm still convinced there's so much more that unites us."	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(CNN) -- Rioting has flared near Belfast on Saturday after the arrests of three men in the killings of two soldiers in Northern Ireland last week, police said. Two people in masks prepare to throw petrol bombs Saturday in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. Petrol bombs have been hurled at police in Lurgan, a town in County Armagh, 20 miles west of Belfast, police in Northern Ireland said. There are gangs of youths on the streets, authorities said, but there have been no arrests or injuries. Police announced the arrests on Saturday and said the three men have been taken to the police service's Serious Crime Suite in County Antrim. One of them, a dissident republican named Colin Duffy, is from Lurgan. They are the first arrests in connection with the March 7 shootings, which were the first fatal attack on British troops in the province for more than 12 years. The two British soldiers were shot dead at a base in Massereene, in Antrim, as they were preparing to ship out for duty in Afghanistan. The soldiers, Cengiz "Pat" Azimkar, 21, and Mark Quinsey, 23, had already packed their bags and changed into desert uniforms, authorities said. Two masked gunmen with automatic rifles shot them as the soldiers picked up a pizza delivery at the barracks, authorities said. Two other soldiers and the two pizza delivery men were seriously wounded. The shooting has sparked fears of a return to the sectarian violence that Northern Ireland suffered until the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, a period known as The Troubles. A militant splinter group, the Real IRA, reportedly claimed it had carried out the attack on the soldiers. Two days after the soldiers were killed, a police officer was killed in a shooting southwest of Belfast. Constable Stephen Carroll was one of four officers who were responding to call in Craigavon when his vehicle came under fire and he was killed. Three people have been arrested in connection with the police officer's death. The Continuity IRA, a republican splinter group that does not accept the Good Friday Agreement, said it had killed Carroll, Britain's Press Association reported. Politicians from across the political spectrum have condemned the killings, with Sinn Fein deputy leader Martin McGuinness calling the killers "traitors to the island of Ireland." Sinn Fein is a predominantly Catholic party that wants Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and become part of the Republic of Ireland. The party is widely thought to be linked to the Irish Republican Army. Danny Kennedy, deputy leader of the loyalist Ulster Unionist Party, which wants Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom, also condemned the attack as "wicked and murderous."	[ "Who claimed responsibility for the killings?", "What happened in Northern Ireland?", "Who was held in killing?", "Where did the fighting take place?", "What was hurled at police?", "What type of bombs were used?", "Who is responsible for the killings?", "How many were arrested?", "What kind of bombs were hurled?", "When was the police officer killed?", "What have two republican groups claimed responsibility for?", "How many were killed?", "What were three people arrested for in Northern Ireland last week?", "who used the bomb?", "What was thrown at police?" ]	[ [ "A militant splinter group, the Real IRA," ], [ "Rioting" ], [ "arrests of three men in the" ], [ "Lurgan, Northern Ireland." ], [ "Petrol bombs" ], [ "petrol" ], [ "three men" ], [ "Three people" ], [ "Petrol" ], [ "Two days after the soldiers were" ], [ "attack on the soldiers." ], [ "two" ], [ "killings" ], [ "Two people" ], [ "petrol bombs Saturday in Lurgan, Northern Ireland." ] ]	NEW: Petrol bombs hurled at police after arrests in connection with soldiers' killings . Three arrested over slayings of two soldiers in Northern Ireland last week . Three men also being held in Monday's killing of police officer . Two republican groups have reportedly claimed responsibility for the killings .
(CNN) -- 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, south of Seattle, Washington. "If you're trying to do commerce between Portland (Oregon) and Seattle, there is no way right now," said Bob Calkins, a spokesman for the Washington State Emergency Operations Center in Camp Murray, near Tacoma. "That's the major way into Washington state from Oregon." Flooding south of Seattle near Chehalis covered parts of I-5 with 30 inches of water, prompting its closure until at least Monday, state transportation officials said. And state and local roads were also victims of the water. "The problem is, the one real good detour is just as flooded," Calkins said. North of Seattle, a levee failure in Arlington brought the Stillaguamish River up to the edges of I-5, which remained open although some access ramps were closed, transportation officials said. The rain also caused Amtrak to suspend service between Seattle and Portland until Saturday, "with no alternative transportation," the rail line said Thursday on its Web site. iReport.com: Are you there? Share pics, video Across the state, a number of rivers had crested, but flooded roads remained hazardous. The risk of landslides was high, leading to the closure of all passes across the Cascades, officials said. A meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Seattle said 15 inches of rain that began Monday had ended. The rainfall swept across virtually all of the state, but its biggest effects occurred along the western half of Puget Sound, Calkins said. The swollen Puyallup River threatened the city by the same name, but Loretta Cutter, sprang into action. Watch how Washington copes with wicked weather » The administrator of a group home and a longtime resident there helped evacuate 47 residents from the Valley Community Inn, a home for the mentally challenged and developmentally disabled, to a shelter at a nearby church. And she made sure her husband and a grandson left their one-story rambler house and got safely situated. "It's a situation you don't realize you are going to be in; it's always someone else," she said from the shelter at the Sunrise Baptist Church in Puyallup, a few miles east of Tacoma. "It was pretty traumatizing to all of us." Cutter is one of 40,000 western Washington state residents in at least 19 communities whom authorities asked to leave their homes Thursday amid heavy flooding along the region's rivers and streams. Only 260 of them sought shelter Wednesday night at the 39 shelters for people, Calkins said. In addition, seven livestock shelters and two pet shelters were set up, he said. Meanwhile, the torrential downpours of the past few days transformed Thursday into drizzle, common in western Washington, which typically gets less rainfall in any given year than does Miami. "It just drizzles every day, or so it seems, whereas in Miami, when it rains, it's a bellywasher," Calkins said. This week's flooding was worsened by a warm spell that melted up to 7 feet of snow that had fallen around Puget Sound, he said. Health authorities have issued occasional boil-water orders, but that's not what worries Calkins. "The larger issue is, as people go to their homes, they may be walking through floodwater that is contaminated by sewage," he said.	[ "What amount of rain was reported in some areas of Washington state?", "What is closed?", "Where are more than 40 evacuated from?", "What part of the Interstate is closed?", "How much rain fell in some areas of Washington state?", "Name of train company that suspended service until Saturday?", "When is service suspended through?" ]	[ [ "30 inches" ], [ "Interstate 5 between Seattle and Oregon" ], [ "Valley Community Inn," ], [ "5 between Seattle and Oregon" ], [ "30 inches" ], [ "Amtrak" ], [ "Saturday," ] ]	NEW: A 20-mile stretch of Interstate 5 between Seattle area and Oregon closed . Amtrak suspends service between Seattle and Portland until Saturday . More than 40 evacuated from care home in Puyallup, Washington . Up to 15 inches of rain reported in some areas of Washington state .
(CNN) -- Robert Barnett, a prominent Washington attorney, has worked on eight national presidential campaigns, focusing on debate preparation. He played the role of George H.W. Bush in practice debates with Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and with Michael Dukakis in 1988, and practice debated Bill Clinton more than 20 times during the 1992 campaign. He also played the role of Dick Cheney in 2000 and 2004 and helped prepare Hillary Clinton for 23 primary debates for the 2008 nomination. Barnett spoke with CNNI's Michael Holmes. Robert Barnett has been in practice debates with Democrats from Geraldine Ferraro to Bill Clinton. CNN: How does Tuesday night's town hall format differ from other debates? Barnett: The individuals will not necessarily express the question as a journalist would. So, for example, one of these people will probably not ask about Internal Revenue Service Code section 341, but rather will ask about their taxes and their tax burdens and what they care about with respect to taxation. And so you have to be very careful to be sure you understand what the individual is asking about and you have to be particularly careful to answer the question, because if you don't, you risk alienating the questioner and the audience and the listeners. CNN: You're in a unique position. You have prepped, I think, seven or eight presidential campaigns. You've done debate prep, you've stood in and played the role of Dick Cheney and others. What's that like? What are you trying to do to prepare the candidate, any candidate? Barnett: If I'm playing the surrogate, if you will, if I'm the Republican for a Democrat, I try to prepare myself -- not to imitate; I'm not Darrell Hammond or Dana Carvey. I'm not that talented. But I try to be ready with what my candidate that I'm playing, if you will, has said -- the exact words used, the way they counterattack, the way they attack. And I try to make sure that the candidate I'm working with, meaning the Democrat, has heard just about everything that they could hear from their opponent before they ever walk on the stage. CNN: Do you try to bait them, get them to bite a little and then say that's not what you should be doing? Barnett: Well, it can get pretty contested. When I prepared with Rep. Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 when she was running against then-vice president George Herbert Walker Bush, I baited her a lot and she got so angry with me that she frequently walked over to me and slugged me on the arm. So I left the process black and blue. CNN: When you're doing that sort of thing, how direct can you be with the candidate? Or do you have to treat them with a bit of kid gloves? Barnett: I treat them with no kid gloves. It's fair to say I'm direct, I make sure they hear everything from me before they hear it on the stage and maybe hear it even a little more aggressively so they can be prepared.	[ "How long has Barnett played Republicans in practice debates?", "Who will make the case aggressively?", "Who said he'll make sure to make the cases aggressively?", "Who has played Republicans?", "Who said candidates must make sure they answer town hall questions?", "What party is Barnett associated with?", "What has Barnett played?", "What must candidates answer?", "What does Barnett try to prepare candidates for?" ]	[ [ "eight national presidential" ], [ "Robert Barnett" ], [ "Barnett," ], [ "Robert" ], [ "Robert Barnett" ], [ "Democrats" ], [ "the role of George H.W. Bush in practice debates with Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and with Michael Dukakis in 1988, and practice debated Bill Clinton more than 20 times during the 1992 campaign. He also" ], [ "the question," ], [ "debate preparation." ] ]	Robert Barnett: Candidates must make sure they answer town hall questions . Barnett has played Republicans in practice debates for more than 20 years . Barnett: I try to prepare candidates for the attacks they will face . Barnett says he'll make the case aggressively to prepare candidates .
(CNN) -- Robert Pires is confident Villarreal -- nickname 'the Yellow Submarine' -- can torpedo the Champions League dreams of former club Arsenal in Tuesday's quarterfinal first leg clash in Spain. Robert Pires made his final apearance for Arsenal in the 2006 Champions League final defeat against Barcelona. "We can beat them, for sure," said the former French internationa\. "We would not come on the pitch if we were not convinced that we are good enough to go through. "I would say that I expect a spectacular game between two teams that look like each other a lot. Hopefully we will see many goals." The 35-year-old spent six successful seasons at Highbury, and made his last appearance for the Gunners in the 2006 Champions League final when he was substituted in an early tactical change following the sending off of goalkeeper Jens Lehmann. Such an exit was not the way Pires wanted to bring the curtain down on an Arsenal career which had seen him help guide Arsene Wenger's side through an unbeaten Premier League campaign in 2003/2004. "I have always had a tremendous relationship with the Arsenal fans and these games will be the occasion for me to say goodbye to them," Pires told www.setanta.com. "Not having been able to say goodbye to them is a pain to me. "I wanted to have the chance to thank the Highbury public for their support, but I could not do it because my last game was the Champions League final with Barcelona. "Then I announced my departure to Villarreal three days later and did not see them again. Sincerely, this draw is emotional to me, and fills me with nostalgia as well, that is for sure." Pires was sent off in the 3-0 weekend defeat at Almeria that saw midfielder Santi Cazorla break an ankle in a match that left Manuel Pellegrini's team in fourth place. Spain international midfielder Marcos Senna is, though, expected to be fit to face the Gunners. Arsenal striker Robin van Persie misses the trip to Spain with a groin injury, but Samir Nasri and Theo Walcott have been passed fit for the clash at El Madrigal after a virus and knee injury respectively. Manager Arsene Wenger paid tribute to his players on arrival in Spain and maintained that he is "confident" of a positive outcome over the two legs. Midfielder Andrey Arshavin is ineligible having played for Zenit St Petersburg during the group stages. Striker Eduardo (groin) and midfielder Abou Diaby (thigh) remain sidelined, while long-term absentee Tomas Rosicky continues his recovery.	[ "what does pires believe", "when did Pires' final game for Arsenal come", "Who will miss the trip to Spain?", "what did Arsenal striker Robin van Persie miss", "Who believes Villarreal can upset Arsenal?", "When was his final game?" ]	[ [ "\"We can beat them, for sure,\"" ], [ "2006" ], [ "Arsenal striker Robin van Persie misses the" ], [ "misses the trip to Spain with a groin injury," ], [ "Robert Pires" ], [ "2006 Champions League" ] ]	Robert Pires believes Villarreal can upset Arsenal's Champions League dream . Pires' final game for Arsenal came in 2006 Champions final loss to Barcelona . Arsenal striker Robin van Persie misses the trip to Spain with a groin injury .
(CNN) -- Robert Swan's life reads like a boy's own adventure tale with a modern eco-twist. Robert Swan was the first man to walk to both the North and South Poles. Inspired by the daring age of Antarctic exploration, Swan followed in the footsteps of his heroes; the men who risked, and lost, their lives to reach the South Pole. At the age of 29 he embarked on an expedition to the South Pole that was unsupported -- a trek that required him to pull his own sleigh and that lacked medical support crews. By the time he was 33 he had become the first man to walk to both the North and South poles unsupported. But for Swan, the epic journeys to the Poles, and the sailing and overland adventures that have followed, unearthed more than just a spirit for adventure. He experienced firsthand the impact of humanity on the environment when under the hole in the ozone layer at the South Pole, the harsh ultraviolet rays from the sun burned his skin and permanently changed the color of his eyes. It firmed a desire to preserve the fragile natural world and to educate and inspire others, particularly the next generation of decision-makers to do the same. "As the last unspoiled wilderness on Earth, Antarctica is currently protected by the treaty prohibiting drilling and mining until 2041. Decisions made by today's youth will impact our entire planet's ecosystem and the future of life on earth," he says on 2041.com. His polar icewalks gained international attention and in 1992 he was asked to speak at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, later gaining an OBE and being appointed Special Envoy to the Director General of UNESCO in recognition of his work. At the Earth Summit in Rio he committed to a "global mission" to remove 1,500 tons of waste from Antarctica. Swan and a team of young people from across the world were successful in cleaning up the Russian Antarctic base of Bellinghausen by 2000, making it inhabitable for wildlife again. Foresight, planning and determination then are not alien to a man who spent five years sourcing the funding for his first Antarctic expedition, and Swan's latest project is taking an even longer-term view. Swan founded his organization "2041" in 2003 in order to further his mission of action and education. Named after the year in which Antarctica's protection against mineral exploitation ends, Swan regularly takes business people, teachers and students on expeditions to Antarctica to impress on those with the capacity to enact change that preservation of the environment is essential and achievable. Continuing the green mission on the continent by minimizing the human footprint in the region, his international teams have helped design and build the world's first education station in Antarctica that is run solely on renewable energy. Add to the expeditions, ocean voyages on a boat with sails made from recycled plastic bottles, and it's clear that the veteran polar explorer is a man who is doing all he can to protect and preserve the Antarctic.	[ "Who walk to the North and South Poles?", "when did he walk to the poles?" ]	[ [ "Robert" ], [ "By the time" ] ]	Explorer Robert Swan runs expeditions to Antarctica to promote eco-awareness . Was the first man to walk to the North and South Poles . Works with people from business and education to create new generation of leaders .
(CNN) -- Roberto Ascencio has lived in the New Orleans area for 30 years, 28 of them on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Thousands of drivers sat in traffic for hours as they fled Gulf Coast ahead of Hurricane Gustav's arrival. The last time he fled the city, ahead of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, he was worried about his restaurant, which was two months away from opening. Once again, as he leaves town, his primary concern is his restaurant, which finally opened little more than a year ago after repairing damage from Katrina. "It was very hard to get back to where we were, because the money was gone," he said. "I'm worried because it's my livelihood. My wife runs the restaurant with my sister-in-law. We worked so hard to get there. If it gets destroyed again, I'll probably go bankrupt. I'm just praying that it's going to be OK." Praying is all he or anyone leaving New Orleans can do as Hurricane Gustav makes its away across the Gulf of Mexico towards the Gulf Coast. View a map of Gustav's projected path » By Sunday night, more than 1.9 million people had fled the city and its surrounding parishes, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said, many of them, like Ascencio, spending hours in traffic. Watch Jindal discuss the progress of evacuations » "I thought it was going to be a piece of cake. As soon as we hit the interstate, it was bumper-to-bumper. It was very, very slow-moving," he said. As the sun set behind him Sunday, Ascencio was driving east on Interstate 10 with his wife, daughter, three cats, three dogs and two birds. After 16 hours on the road, he was closing in on Biloxi, Mississippi, about 60 miles east of New Orleans. iReport.com: Leaving home? Share your story "We just took off," he says. "We don't know where we're going right now. It's just crazy." When Katrina hit three years ago, Ascencio and his family fled New Orleans for Houston, Texas. That trip took 18 hours, he said. Then, like now, the worst part was leaving behind his restaurant. This time, Ascencio said he took all the precautions he could before he left, safeguarding his stocks in the restaurant and moving possessions in his two-story home upstairs. CNN's Susan Roesgen report on evacuations from New Orleans » But supplies were limited. The local home improvement store was out of plywood to board up the restaurant windows when he arrived. But he did what we could and set out on the road, unsure of where he would end up. "Everybody on my side has Louisiana license plates. It looks like we own the whole highway," Ascencio says, almost laughing. But just as quickly, his voice turns serious. "I hope everything is well. I'll need to get back and see how things are going, but right now we've just got to keep going."	[ "How long did he spend on I-10?", "What type of weather event was Gustav?", "How many fled New Orleans?", "What were they fleeing?", "Where does Roberto Ascencio work?", "Who left behind a restaurant?", "Who hopes for the best>", "What highway connects New Orleans and Biloxi?", "How many people fled?", "How many people fled New Orleans?" ]	[ [ "16 hours" ], [ "Hurricane" ], [ "more than 1.9 million" ], [ "fled Gulf Coast ahead of Hurricane Gustav's arrival." ], [ "his restaurant," ], [ "Ascencio" ], [ "Ascencio" ], [ "Interstate 10" ], [ "more than 1.9 million" ], [ "more than 1.9 million" ] ]	About 1.9 million fled the New Orleans area this weekend ahead of Hurricane Gustav . Roberto Ascencio left behind a restaurant that has been open for a year . After 16 hours on I-10, he closes in on Biloxi, Mississippi, about 60 miles away . Ascencio hopes for the best, but right now, "we just got to keep going"
(CNN) -- Rock guitarist and singer Alex Chilton, known for his work with bands the Box Tops and Big Star, died Wednesday. He was 59. Chilton was having heart problems and died in an emergency room in New Orleans, Louisiana, said longtime friend and business associate John Fry. "Obviously, we are all stunned and deeply saddened at this news," Fry said. Chilton started in music as a teen in the 1960s, as vocalist for the psychedelic soul group the Box Tops, Fry said. They were known for the No. 1 hit "'The Letter" and songs such as "Neon Rainbow" and "Cry Like a Baby." After that group disbanded in 1970, Chilton formed the Memphis rock group Big Star. Though that band had a short life, breaking up in 1974, its music catapulted the group and Chilton to cult status. "While Big Star struggled with success commercially, their early '70s, power-pop sound is often cited as directly influencing bands like Cheap Trick, R.E.M. and the Replacements," Billboard magazine said in its biography of Chilton's group. The evidence of that: a song the Replacements released in 1987, called "Alex Chilton." Part of the chorus of that song is "Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round. They sing, I'm in love." In the 1990s, Big Star got back together. Chilton and the band were scheduled to perform at the South by Southwest music festival in Texas this weekend. CNN's Denise Quan contributed to this report.	[ "What was Chilton's age when he died?", "Who was having heart problems?", "which is the name of this guitarist", "What bands did guitarist work with?" ]	[ [ "59." ], [ "Chilton" ], [ "Alex Chilton," ], [ "Box Tops and Big" ] ]	Guitarist known for his work with bands the Box Tops and Big Star . Chilton was having heart problems and died in an emergency room in New Orleans . Chilton was to perform at the South by Southwest music festival in Texas this weekend .
(CNN) -- Roger Federer exclusively told CNN that the stunning shot he executed in his U.S. Open semifinal against Novak Djokovic was the best of his career. Roger Federer hailed his stunning shot against Novak Djokovic as the best of his career. The world number one produced a near-faultless performance to defeat fourth seed Djokovic in straight sets to reach his sixth consecutive U.S. Open Final at Flushing Meadows, but it was an outrageous shot to set up match point that will be most remembered. It came with Djokovic serving at 6-5 down in the third set. At love 30-0 up Federer dashed back to the baseline and hit a winner through his legs that flew over the net and past Djokovic into the corner for match point. "I think it was the greatest shot I have ever hit in my life," Federer told CNN. "I have hit some good ones over all the matches I have played, but I think this one, especially under the circumstances at love 30-up and with having chance to maybe clinch the match, was amazing. "I got a standing ovation and people went crazy -- here in New York the crowds are fantastic -- as it was the perfect shot to hit, at exactly the right time, and I can't believe I pulled it off." Federer also revealed he is producing his best tennis because he is under less pressure than perhaps he was at the same time last year. At this stage in 2008 Federer had not won a grand slam but after winning the French Open and a historic 15th major at Wimbledon this time round he admitted he is more relaxed. "I have a little bit less pressure to prove myself after reaching the 15 Grand Slams everyone was talking about and I also I won in Paris," he added. "Getting through the pregnancy with my wife Mirka and having two beautiful daughters is also something that relaxes you for sure. But at the same time when you walk out on center court there will always be a certain type of pressure which will be there for the rest of my career. "I just have to make sure I handle it correctly. I always play my best tennis towards the end of a tournament and I am happy that it is continued in this match after everything that has already happened this year." Federer will play Argentina's Juan Del Potro who reached his first grand slam final after he crushed Rafael Nadal in the other semifinal. The sixth seed blew Nadal away at the Arthur Ashe Stadium, taking two hours and 20 minutes to take a comprehensive 6-2 6-2 6-2 victory.	[ "Who has hailed a shot against Djokovic?", "Where is Juan Del Potro from?", "What is Federer going in search of at Flushing Meadows?", "Who is the Swiss world number one?", "Who will face Federer?", "Where will the U.S. Open be played?", "Where is the U.S. Open?", "What did Federer call his shot against Djokovic?" ]	[ [ "Roger Federer" ], [ "Argentina's" ], [ "his sixth consecutive U.S. Open Final" ], [ "Roger Federer" ], [ "Juan Del Potro" ], [ "Flushing Meadows," ], [ "Flushing Meadows," ], [ "stunning" ] ]	Roger Federer hailed a shot against Novak Djokovic as the best of his career . The Swiss world number one hit a stunning baseline winner through his legs . Federer is going in search of his sixth U.S. Open title at Flushing Meadows . Argentina's Juan Del Potro faces Federer in what will be a first grand slam final .
(CNN) -- Roger Federer takes on Robin Soderling, who knocked out tournament favorite Rafael Nadal in a fourth-round stunner, in the men's final of the French Open on Sunday. Roger Federer screams in joy after beating Juan Martin del Potro to reach the French Open final. A victory in Roland Garros would give Federer 14 Grand Slams, tying his career wins to American Pete Sampras. The second-seed Federer lagged at first, but beat Argentine Juan Martin del Potro on Friday to make the final. Soderling advanced over Chilean Fernando Gonzalez. Federer, 27, has a 9-0 record over the 24-year-old Swede going into the final. The Swiss star has suffered emotional defeats recently. At England's Wimbledon last year, he lost to Rafael Nadal after a five-year reign. The game, which ran about seven hours with a few rain breaks, was the longest-ever Wimbledon men's final. Nadal also beat Federer in the Australian Open earlier this year. Soderling stunned the top-seed Nadal by handing him a loss in the fourth round of the French Open. The 23rd-seed Soderling was a rank outsider against the world number one who had never lost a match on the clay at Roland Garros and was a short-priced favorite to win a record fifth straight title. In women's tennis, number one Dinara Safina was beaten Saturday in straight sets by fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the French Open at Roland Garros. Safina, who has reached the top of the world rankings despite not having a major title to her name, looked completely out-of-sorts against her compatriot, who secured a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 victory in just over an hour. The defeat was a crushing blow to Safina, 23, who has long had to contend with the accusations that she is not a worthy world number one -- and this third grand slam final defeat will do nothing to silence the doubters. It was the second straight year she has lost in the final here, after going down in straight sets to Ana Ivanovic of Serbia last year. It was also her second successive grand slam final defeat, having lost to Serena Williams in the Australian Open in Melbourne earlier this year.	[ "what That would tie his career wins to American Pete Sampras?", "who will give you 14 Grand Slams at the French Open", "who has a record of 9-0 on the Swedish entering the final", "where Soderling topples favorite Rafael Nadal?", "who is the favorite against Soderling", "what was the score" ]	[ [ "A victory in Roland Garros" ], [ "Federer" ], [ "Federer," ], [ "men's final of the French Open on Sunday." ], [ "Rafael Nadal" ], [ "6-4, 6-2" ] ]	A French Open win would give Federer 14 Grand Slams . That would tie his career wins to American Pete Sampras . Federer has a 9-0 record over the Swede going into the final . Soderling topples favorite Rafael Nadal in a fourth-round stunner .
(CNN) -- Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger played down his status as an iconic rock 'n' roller during an interview to be broadcast Tuesday night, crediting his band's longevity to luck, hard work and loyal fans. "You know, you always need a lot of luck," Jagger told CNN's "Larry King Live." "And I think [the Stones] were in the right place at the right time. And ... when we work, we work very hard." The Stones have been rocking for nearly 50 years, and even though its members are now at an age when most people have retired, the band shows no signs of slowing down. Tuesday marked the re-release of one of the Stones' most famous albums, "Exile on Main Street." The new album features previously unreleased tracks culled from recording sessions in a basement in France nearly 40 years ago. The album's release coincides with a documentary, "Stones in Exile," out on DVD next month. "Exile" is "a special album for me," said Jagger. "It's one of the real good ones," he told King. "And it's a real favorite of people. And we do play a lot on stage of this album. So, you know, I rank it right up there." He said Stones fans are one reason the band is able to continue doing world tours. "What really keeps it going is the audience, because ... you feed from the audience and their enthusiasm," Jagger said. "And if you have an enthusiastic audience, you feel that ... you could give more, you know?" Jagger said he and his bandmates learned how to play to an audience when they first started playing small clubs in England and developed an early following. "We had a super enthusiastic club audience," he said. "And that audience really taught us how to behave, how to have, you know, repartee with the audience and so on. Even from those early days, it's not really that different to the exchange that you get with a big audience." And he also gave credit to the Beatles, calling them both "rivals" and "trailblazers." "They were both rivals and they were also ... showing the way," he said. "They were big international stars. ... Most English people have never really been stars outside of England. ... And the Beatles kind of showed that you could be international." Jagger told King he doesn't know when the band will tour again, but promised when it does, it will be an international tour. "It's always worldwide," he said.	[ "Who did Jagger give credit to?", "What was re-released on Tuesday?", "when was the original release", "Who claimed it was a special album for them?", "What did Jagger say?", "Which album was re-released?" ]	[ [ "luck, hard work and loyal fans." ], [ "Main Street.\"" ], [ "40 years ago." ], [ "Jagger." ], [ "\"You know, you always need a lot of luck,\"" ], [ "\"Exile on Main Street.\"" ] ]	Rolling Stones classic, "Exile on Main Street," re-released Tuesday with bonus material . "Exile" is "a special album for me," says Jagger on CNN's "Larry King Live" Jagger gives credit to the Beatles, calling them both "rivals" and "trailblazers" Jagger to CNN's Larry King: Stones "in the right place at the right time"
(CNN) -- Roman Polanski is regarded as one of the finest directors of his generation, winning an Oscar for "The Pianist" and nominations for "Tess" and "Rosemary's Baby," but he is probably as equally well known for his own tumultuous life. Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate are pictured together in London in the 1960s. Polanski, who was arrested Saturday in Switzerland on a U.S. arrest warrant stemming from a decades-old sex charge, had lived in France for decades to avoid being arrested if he enters the United States. The 76-year-old declined to collect his Academy Award for Best Director in person when he won it for "The Pianist" in 2003. He was en route to the Zurich Film Festival, which is holding a tribute to him, when he was arrested by Swiss authorities, the festival said. Polanski was put in "provisional detention" and now faces the possibility of being extradited to the U.S., where a warrant for his arrest was issued in 1978. The director pleaded guilty in 1977 to a single count of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, acknowledging he had sex with a 13-year-old girl, but fled the U.S. before he could be sentenced. Polanski was accused of plying the girl, then known as Samantha Gailey, with champagne and a sliver of a quaalude tablet and performing various sex acts, including intercourse, with her during a photo shoot at actor Jack Nicholson's house. He was 43 at the time. Nicholson was not at home, but his girlfriend at the time, actress Anjelica Huston, was. According to a probation report contained in the filing, Huston described the victim as "sullen." "She appeared to be one of those kind of little chicks between -- could be any age up to 25. She did not look like a 13-year-old scared little thing," Huston said. Watch as filmmakers rally round Polanski » She added that Polanski did not strike her as the type of man who would force himself on a young girl. "I don't think he's a bad man," she said in the report. "I think he's an unhappy man." Polanski was born in Paris in 1933 of Polish-Jewish parents. Aged three, he and his family returned to Krakow in his father's native Poland. After the Nazis invaded his parents were sent to concentration camps: his mother was gassed at Auschwitz although his father survived the war. The young Polanski survived the Krakow ghetto and "soared out of Poland on sheer personality," according to director Marina Zenovich, whose 2007 documentary "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," paints a sympathetic picture of the exiled movie legend. Growing up in war-torn Poland, the young Polanski found comfort in the cinema and in acting in radio dramas, on stage and in films. In 1962, Polanski directed his first feature-length film, "Knife in the Water." Poorly received in Poland it was a sensation in the West, and won an Academy Award nomination as Best Foreign Film. See images of Polanski's life on cellulloid » He later moved to England, co-starring with American actress Sharon Tate, whom he married in 1968, in the Hammer horror parody, "Dance of the Vampires/The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me But Your Teeth Are in My Neck." Following his move to Hollywood, Polanski was at his peak: he was one of the hottest directors thanks to the critical and commercial hit Rosemary's Baby and he was married to the beautiful Tate. "At a certain point in his life, Roman Polanski had a lot of hope," Zenovich told TIME magazine in 2008. "He was living this great life. He was so talented and everyone wanted to work with him." But that hopeful period ended when Tate, eight months' pregnant, was murdered by followers of Charles Manson in 1969. According to TIME, Polanski spent the first years after her death on a kind of sexual spree, and began spending time	[ "When did he marry Sharon Tate?", "Where was Polanski born?", "Who did Polanski marry?", "When did he plead guilty?", "What year did Polanski plead guilty?", "Who murdered Pregnant Tate?" ]	[ [ "1968," ], [ "Paris" ], [ "Sharon Tate" ], [ "in 1977" ], [ "1977" ], [ "by followers of Charles Manson in 1969." ] ]	Polanski born in France in 1933. Moved to Poland and survived Holocaust . Critically acclaimed as actor and director: Married actress Sharon Tate in 1968 . Pregnant Tate later murdered by followers of Charles Manson . In 1977 Polanski pleaded guilty to having sex with 13-year-old girl; fled to France .
(CNN) -- Ronaldinho's participation in this summer's World Cup finals now appears in serious doubt after the AC Milan playmaker was not named in Brazil coach Carlos Dunga's 22-man squad for next month's friendly international against Ireland in London. The 29-year-old former Barcelona star has been in outstanding form for the Italian giants this season -- but he has still not done enough to force his way into Dunga's thinking for the match at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium. Ronaldinho is not the only high-profile player not selected for the match, with Chelsea central defender Alex also left out of the squad. Manchester City forward Robinho, who is currently on loan for the rest of the season with Brazilian club Santos, is in the squad -- while there is also a place for full-back Dani Alves, although the Barcelona defender is currently sidelined with a calf injury that is expected to keep him out for around three weeks. Brazil squad to face Ireland: Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Doni (Roma). Defenders: Maicon (Inter Milan), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Lucio (Inter Milan), Juan (Roma), Thiago Silva (AC Milan), Luisao (Benfica), Michel Bastos (Lyon). Midfielders: Gilberto (Cruzeiro), Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos), Felipe Melo (Juventus), Josue (Wolfsburg), Kleberson (Flamengo), Ramires (Benfica), Elano (Galatasaray). Forwards: Kaka (Real Madrid), Robinho (Santos), Nilmar (Villarreal), Luis Fabiano (Sevilla), Adriano (Flamengo), Julio Baptista (Roma).	[ "Who has an outstanding form?", "Who is left out of Brazil's squad?", "What happened with Ronaldinho?" ]	[ [ "The 29-year-old former Barcelona star" ], [ "Ronaldinho" ], [ "the AC Milan playmaker was not named in Brazil coach Carlos Dunga's 22-man squad for next month's friendly international against Ireland in London." ] ]	Ronaldinho left out of Brazil's squad for next month's friendly against Ireland . There is no place for the playmaker despite his outstanding form for AC Milan . On-loan Santos forward Robinho has been named in 22-man squad for Emirates Stadium match .
(CNN) -- Rosie O'Donnell and spouse Kelli Carpenter "are working through their issues" and "nothing else will be said" about rumors the couple is splitting, according to O'Donnell's publicist. Rumors have been swirling that Kelli Carpenter, left, and Rosie O'Donnell are splitting. Online buzz about the Carpenter-O'Donnell marriage grew louder this week after O'Donnell did not give a clear-cut denial in a USA Today interview on Tuesday. The former talk show host's publicist echoed her non-denial in a statement to CNN Wednesday. "They are a family and will remain a family forever and are working through their issues," publicist Cindi Berger said in an e-mailed response. "Nothing else will be said." O'Donnell and Carpenter were married in a private ceremony in San Francisco, California, Mayor Gavin Newsom's office in February 2004. The city of San Francisco issued the couple a marriage license two weeks after Newsom said his mayoral responsibility not to discriminate trumped a state law banning such marriages. O'Donnell said on her wedding day that she was inspired to make her longtime relationship with Carpenter official by "vile and vicious and hateful comments" made by President George W. Bush that week. Then-President Bush announced that week that he would seek a Constitutional amendment to mandate that same-sex couples not be allowed to marry. O'Donnell and Carpenter are also business partners. They started R Family Vacations, which organizes cruises tailored for gay couples. Their family includes four children. The three oldest -- Parker, 14, Chelsea, 12 and Blake, 9 -- are adopted. Six-year-old Vivienne -- conceived through a sperm donation -- was born to Carpenter.	[ "What are rumours about Rosie O'Donnel ?", "When was Rosie O'Donnell married?", "When was O'Donnell married?", "What is the name of O'Donnell's spouse?", "When were the two married ?", "On what magazine did O'Donnell not deny rumors ?", "Who is O'Donnell's spouse?", "What are the rumors about the pair?" ]	[ [ "the couple is splitting," ], [ "February 2004." ], [ "February 2004." ], [ "Kelli Carpenter" ], [ "February 2004." ], [ "USA Today" ], [ "Kelli Carpenter" ], [ "the couple is splitting," ] ]	Rumors that Rosie O'Donnell, spouse Kelli Carpenter are splitting . O'Donnell did not deny rumors to USA Today . Publicist: Pair "are working through their issues" Two were married in San Francisco in 2004 .
(CNN) -- Russia will begin the construction of a new naval base this year in Georgia's pro-Russian separatist region of Abkhazia, according to a Russian media report Monday. Russia's Black Sea fleet is based in Sevastopol under a lease agreement with Ukraine that expires in 2017. Russia's Itar-Tass news agency quoted an unnamed official at Russian naval headquarters as saying it wanted to station vessels at the Abkhaz port of Ochamchire on the Black Sea, Reuters.com reported. "The fundamental decision on creating a Black Sea Fleet base in Ochamchire has been taken," the official told Tass, in quotes carried by Reuters.com. "This year we will begin practical work, including dredging, along Abkhazia's coast. "It will take more than a year to implement all works." The official added that the deployment was to protect the breakaway region from Georgian attacks. Georgia launched a campaign against South Ossetia, a Russian-backed separatist territory, on August 7 last year. The following day, Russian tanks, troops and armored vehicles poured into South Ossetia and Abkhazia, advancing into Georgian cities outside the rebel regions. The two sides blamed each other for starting the conflict and have made accusations of ethnic cleansing. Moscow has since recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent regions -- a move which angered many Western governments who suspect Russia of acting to thwart Georgia's ambitions of joining NATO. This latest development comes despite comments made last year by Abkhazia's leader that his territory would not be hosting Russian military bases. "There will be no new bases," Sergei Bagapsh told Russia's Novosti news agency, adding that Russia's Black Sea Fleet will not be based in the republic either. "Only units of Russia's ground forces that have always been based here will continue to be stationed in Abkhazia," he said. Russia's Black Sea Fleet is currently based in the port of Sevastopol which belongs to Ukraine -- another former Soviet state which, like Georgia, aspires to NATO membership. The fleet is due to leave Ukraine for good in 2017, in line with a 20-year lease deal signed in 1997. However, Russia's diplomats and military have said they want the fleet to stay at its traditional home base after the expiry of the deadline, Reuters.com reported.	[ "where is Georgia located?", "What does Moscow recognize as independent region?", "Who does Georgia blame?", "what is the reason of conflict?", "Where is the Black Sea Fleet currently based in?", "Who is to station vessels at Abkhaz port?", "Who blames each other?" ]	[ [ "Abkhazia," ], [ "South Ossetia" ], [ "South Ossetia," ], [ "Russia's Black Sea Fleet is currently based in the port of Sevastopol" ], [ "Sevastopol" ], [ "Russia" ], [ "The two sides" ] ]	Official: Russia to station vessels at Abkhaz port of Ochamchire on Black Sea . Moscow recognizes Abkhazia as independent region following war with Georgia . Georgia and Russia blame each other for starting last year's conflict . Russia's Black Sea Fleet is currently based at the port of Sevastopol, Ukraine .
(CNN) -- Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held talks with Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Beijing Tuesday, as the two countries agreed to bilateral economic and trade deals worth $4 billion, Chinese state media reported. Wen hosted a welcome ceremony for Putin at the Great Hall of the People at the start of a three-day visit, before their private talks and a larger session involving ministers from both sides, Xinhua said. "Russia and China have become genuine and comprehensive strategic and cooperative partners in recent years," Putin was quoted by Xinhua as saying. Bilateral relations have become stable and mature since the forging of diplomatic ties 60 years ago and particularly the establishment of the Russia-China strategic cooperative partnership in 1996, Wen told reporters. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov said the deals included two $500-million-dollar banking deals -- one involving Russia's Vnesheconombank (VEB) and the China Development Bank and the other between Russia's VTB bank and the Agricultural Bank of China, Agence France-Presse reported. Chinese and Russian negotiators also met Tuesday "to exchange views on China-Russia energy cooperation," according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement. In April, the two countries signed agreements on oil cooperation, while a memorandum of understanding on natural gas cooperation in followed in June. But negotiations over the pricing of the gas have reportedly remained a major obstacle to a final deal, AFP said. However, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, who met with Zhukov at a joint economic forum earlier Tuesday, told reporters that the China-Russia oil pipeline project was going smoothly and the loan China pledged to Russia had been implemented, Xinhua said. The construction on the China section of an oil pipeline from Siberia started in May. The 1,030-kilometer (640-mile) pipeline runs from Skovorodino, Russia, to the city of Daqing in northeastern China. It is expected to go into operation by the end of 2010 and carry 15 million tons of crude oil annually from Russia to China from 2011 to 2030, Xinhua added.	[ "What was the multi-billion dollar trade?", "What the two leaders agreed?", "Who met Vladimir Putin in Beijing?", "Who meets Vladimir Putin ?", "What is China's premier ?", "What is the negotiation about?", "What two sides were negotiating over the energy cooperation?", "When the work started?" ]	[ [ "two $500-million-dollar banking deals" ], [ "bilateral economic and trade deals worth $4 billion," ], [ "Wen Jiabao" ], [ "Wen Jiabao" ], [ "Wen Jiabao" ], [ "bilateral economic and trade deals worth $4 billion," ], [ "China-Russia" ], [ "May." ] ]	China's premier Wen Jiabao meets Vladimir Putin in Beijing . The two leaders agree multi-billion dollar trade, cooperation deals . Two sides also negotiating over energy cooperation . Work started in May on oil pipeline supplying China from Russia .
(CNN) -- Russian energy monopoly Gazprom on Wednesday said it would stop natural gas deliveries to Ukraine over a dispute about payments. Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller accused Ukraine of using the issue as "a political bargaining chip." Gazprom chief Alexey Miller said talks with Ukraine have been "unproductive" and accused Ukraine of using the issue as "a political bargaining chip." "The talks with Ukraine haven't brought any concrete result ... Gazprom hasn't received any money from Ukraine as payment for the supplies of Russian gas," Miller said in a statement on the Gazprom Web site. The state-controlled Gazprom said supplies to its other European customers would not be affected by Ukraine's cut-off, which the company said would take place at 10 a.m. Thursday (2 a.m. ET). Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko also assured the European Union that there would be no disruptions in deliveries, the Kiev Post reported. Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko called "for every effort to be made for the earliest possible signature of an agreement with Russia," Yuschenko energy security commissioner, Bohdan Sokolovsky, told the Russian news agency Interfax on Wednesday evening. Watch a report on Gazprom's threats to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine » It is the second time in three years Gazprom has threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine. The company made good on its threat on January 1, 2006, but turned the spigots back on a day later. Russia, the world's biggest producer of natural gas, supplies Europe with more than 40 percent of its imports -- mainly via pipelines that cross the former Soviet republic of Ukraine. Ukraine owes Gazprom about $2 billion for past natural gas deliveries. Ukraine's state-controlled energy company, Naftogaz Ukrainy, initially denied it owed the payment to Gazprom, but later retreated from that claim. The Kiev Post reported Tuesday that Naftogaz said it had paid $1.5 billion toward the debt, but Gazprom said it had not received the payment. Also at issue is Gazprom's contract for 2009 deliveries. Gazprom had wanted to more than double Ukraine's payments, but on Wednesday offered a much lesser payment of $250 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas. Ukraine, which currently pays about $100 per 1,000 cubic meters, balked at that figure. "We have heard a negative reply to the offers from the Russian side on the favorable terms of gas supply to Ukraine in 2009, and we are getting the impression that there are political forces in Ukraine which have a strong interest in the gas standoff between our two countries," Miller said.	[ "Where is Gazprom headquarters?", "What country has an outstanding debt for natural gas?", "What time will Gazprom cut gas supply?", "When did Gazprom resume the flow of gas?", "Who owes Gazprom money?", "What did Gazprom do on January 1, 2006?", "What is the name of the Russian gas giant?", "Date that Gazprom cut supplies?", "Amount that Ukraine owes to Gazprom?", "When did Gazprom cut supplies before?", "When will Gazprom say it will cut the gas supply?" ]	[ [ "Russia,\"" ], [ "Ukraine" ], [ "10 a.m. Thursday (2 a.m. ET)." ], [ "a day later." ], [ "Ukraine" ], [ "cut off gas supplies to Ukraine." ], [ "Gazprom" ], [ "January 1, 2006," ], [ "$2 billion" ], [ "January 1, 2006," ], [ "would take place at 10 a.m. Thursday (2 a.m. ET)." ] ]	Russian gas giant Gazprom says it will cut gas supply 10 a.m. Thursday (2 a.m. ET) Company says Ukraine owes it about $2 billion for past natural gas deliveries . Gazprom said supplies to other European customers won't be affected by action . Gazprom cut supplies on January 1, 2006, but turned spigots back on a day later .
(CNN) -- Rust-colored oil washed ashore on barrier islands off Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday, while more patches of crude offshore appeared to be moving toward those states' coasts, authorities reported. Researchers scrambled to clean up tar balls and puddles of oil from the beaches of Alabama's Dauphin Island, while a strip of oil about two miles long and three feet wide stretched along Petit Bois Island, about five miles away off Mississippi, Gov. Haley Barbour's office reported. It marked the first time oil has hit Mississippi's shores since the largest oil spill in U.S. history erupted in late April. And while tar balls associated with the Gulf spill had hit Dauphin Island, about 35 miles south of Mobile, in early May, residents said that Tuesday was the first time they had seen oil hitting the beach. Only part of the island's beaches have been lined with protective booms, with much of those barriers lined up near a protected wildlife area on the west end of the island. Annette Engel, a Louisiana State University researcher on Dauphin Island, said the oil is believed to be from BP's ruptured well off Louisiana. She predicted much more would be hitting the coast in coming days -- but vacationers remained on the beach, and some were still swimming in the blue-green waters as the cleanup continued. And researchers from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab spotted large patches of the reddish-brown "weathered" oil during a water-sampling expedition offshore Tuesday, said John Dindo, the laboratory's associate director. Dindo said the oil spots on the water ranged from the size of a half-dollar coin to 30 to 40 feet. A half-dozen boats could be seen skimming oil off the surface about 13 miles south of the island, he said. However, "They were covering a very, very small spot in the ocean compared to what we saw," he said. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration had warned earlier this week that the spreading slick from an undersea BP oil well was heading toward the Alabama and Mississippi coasts. Dindo said tides in the area are running east and winds have been out of the southwest, driving the oil toward beach towns on the eastern side of Mobile Bay. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said earlier Tuesday that authorities were investigating reports that the outer sheen of oil was reaching coastal waters off Mississippi and Alabama, but said those reports had not been confirmed. "We've dispatched survey teams to see what the impact is out there, and to the extent that is required, we'll move resources that direction," Allen, the federal government's national incident commander, told reporters in New Orleans, Louisiana. CNN's Patrick Oppmann and Matt Smith contributed to this report.	[ "What did protective booms cover?", "What are the large patches?", "What has been found offshore?", "Where else has been hit?", "What was also hit?" ]	[ [ "a very, very small spot in the ocean" ], [ "crude offshore" ], [ "patches of crude" ], [ "Mississippi's shores" ], [ "Mississippi's shores" ] ]	NEW: Large patches of oil offshore . NEW: Nearby Mississippi island also hit . Protective booms cover only part of the Alabama island . Feds checking out spill, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says .
(CNN) -- Ryan Alexander Jenkins, a reality TV contestant suspected in his wife's slaying, was found hanging from a coat rack in a motel room in an apparent suicide, according to Canadian officials. Police were hunting for Ryan Alexander Jenkins after the death of Jasmine Fiore. Staff at a motel in Hope, British Columbia, found Jenkins dead, officials said. "It was a man hanging by a belt from a coat rack," Kevin Walker, the manager of the budget Thunderbird Motel, told CNN affiliate CTV on Sunday. Walker said a woman, about 20 to 25 years old, dropped off Jenkins at the motel on Friday in a silver Chrysler PT Cruiser with Alberta tags. Police have not been able to identify the woman. Watch how suspect found in hotel » Earlier Sunday, Canadian authorities said they had credible information that Jenkins was in Canada and called on him to turn himself in. He was believed to be armed and dangerous. Watch what led police to hotel room » The nude body of Jenkins' wife, former swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore, was found last weekend in Orange County, California. CNN has not confirmed reports that the marriage was annulled. Fiore's body was found last Saturday in a Dumpster behind an apartment complex in Buena Park, just outside Anaheim, California. Her teeth had been extracted and fingers removed in what police said was an apparent attempt to conceal her identity. Law enforcement sources have told CNN that Fiore was identified through the serial numbers on her breast implants. Fiore lived in Los Angeles and was last seen alive in San Diego at a poker game with Jenkins, the night before the body was found. Jenkins reported Fiore missing last Saturday night to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, authorities said. The body was identified Monday as Fiore. While the cause of death had not been confirmed, a preliminary coroner's report indicated she was strangled. According to court records in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jenkins was charged in June with battery for allegedly striking Fiore in the arm with his fist. And in 2007, Jenkins pleaded guilty in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to assault in a separate case. He was sentenced to 15 months probation, ordered to undergo counseling for domestic violence and sex addiction and to stay away from the person involved, according to court records. Jenkins, who appeared on the VH1 show "Megan Wants a Millionaire," is from Calgary. 51Minds, which produced "Megan Wants a Millionaire," said Thursday in a written statement that it "was not aware of Ryan Jenkins' record when it cast him. "The company did have in place what it thought was a thorough vetting process that involved complete background checks by an outside company for all contestants on its shows," it said. "Clearly, the process did not work properly in this case. 51 Minds is investigating what went wrong and taking steps to ensure that this sort of lapse never occurs again." CNN's Paul Vercammen contributed to this report.	[ "The body of who was found?", "whose body was found", "what does the evidence point to?", "Preliminary evidence points to what?", "what was extracted?", "What was extracted from her body?" ]	[ [ "Alexander Jenkins," ], [ "Alexander Jenkins," ], [ "apparent suicide," ], [ "she was strangled." ], [ "Her teeth" ], [ "teeth had been" ] ]	Body of Ryan Jenkins found hanged in British Columbia hotel, police say . Authorities say preliminary evidence points to suicide . Body of Jasmine Fiore, 28, found stuffed into a suitcase inside a dumpster . Her teeth were extracted, fingers removed, making it harder to identify body .
(CNN) -- Sachin Tendulkar confirmed his status as one of cricket's all-time great batsmen on Wednesday, adding the highest individual one-day international score to his list of world records. The 36-year-old became the first player to score a double-century in the 50-over format as India thrashed South Africa by 153 runs in the second match of the series in Gwalior to take an unassailable 2-0 lead. Tendulkar surpassed the previous record of 194, which was jointly held by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar and Charles Coventry of Zimbabwe, to take his record total of runs to 17,598 in 442 one-day internationals played. He passed three figures for the 46th time, and has now scored 17 more one-day centuries than his closest rival Ricky Ponting of Australia. Tendulkar, one of India's most popular sporting heroes, also holds the records for most runs and most centuries in the five-day Test format. "I don't know how to react to this," he told reporters after being presented with a silver bat to mark his 20 years in the sport. "I would like to dedicate this double hundred to all the people of India who stood with me for the last 20 years. I really appreciate their support. This is for all the people in India." Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hailed his teammate, with whom he added an unbroken 101 at breakneck pace. "Even when he's tired and can't play the big shots, he's very clever to use the pace of the bowler," Dhoni said. "It's very difficult for the bowlers, they don't know exactly where to bowl, so I think he batted really well." Tendulkar made only four in India's victory in the first match on Sunday, but batted throughout the home team's innings of 401-3 as he made exactly 200. Tendulkar put on 194 for the second wicket with Dinesh Karthik after the early departure of Virender Sehwag for nine with the score on 25. Tendulkar scorched to his 50 from only 37 deliveries before Karthik became Wayne Parnell's second victim, having made 79 off 85 balls with three sixes. Yusuf Pathan matched Tendulkar's ferocious scoring rate as he clubbed 36 off 23 deliveries, adding 81 with the man known as "the Little Master." Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni then joined in with a rapid 68 off only 35 balls, hitting four sixes, while Tendulkar reached 200 with a single off Charl Langeveldt in the final over. As well as three sixes, he hit 25 boundaries -- the most in any individual one-day innings -- in his 147-ball knock. South Africa set the record for highest run chase of 438-9 against Australia in 2006, and needed to score the third biggest mark to overhaul India's total. But the tourists did not get close, being dismissed for 248 with 7.1 overs left in their allocation. A.B. De Villiers top-scored with an unbeaten 114, his fifth one-day century, but the Proteas' next best was 34 from opener Hashim Amla. Recalled seam bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth took three wickets for India, while Ravindra Jadeja, Pathan and Ashish Nehra claimed two victims each.	[ "Who has scored the first double century in an ODI?", "What age was Tendulkar when he smashed the record?", "Which country took the unbeatable lead?", "Does he surpass previous record?", "What does Tendulkar score?", "What does Sachin Tendulkar become?", "Who became the first player to score a double century?", "What is the age of Tendulkar?" ]	[ [ "Sachin" ], [ "36-year-old" ], [ "India" ], [ "Tendulkar surpassed the" ], [ "double-century" ], [ "first player to score a double-century" ], [ "Sachin" ], [ "36-year-old" ] ]	Sachin Tendulkar becomes first player to score a double-century in 50-over cricket . The 36-year-old smashes exactly 200 as India thrash South Africa by 153 runs . He surpasses previous record of 194 jointly held by Saeed Anwar and Charles Coventry . Tendulkar scores 46th ton in 442 one-day outings as India take unbeatable 2-0 lead .
(CNN) -- Sachin Tendulkar's wait for a history-making 100th international century continues after the legendary Indian cricketer fell short again in the first Test against Australia in Melbourne on Tuesday. The 38-year-old "Little Master" was dismissed for 73 in the final over of the second day as the tourists reached 214-3 in reply to Australia's first-innings total of 333. Tendulkar is international cricket's record run scorer in both the five-day and limited overs formats but has been stranded on 99 centuries since March. He added 117 with Rahul Dravid after coming to the crease at 97-2, following opening batsman Virender Sehwag's quickfire 67 off 83 balls. Sehwag passed 8,000 runs in Tests as he registered his 31st half-century. Australia lose late wickets against India Tendulkar continued the brisk pace, as he hit eight fours and a six from 98 deliveries faced, reaching his 64th Test half-century before being bowled by Peter Siddle. Dravid was unbeaten on a patient 65 off 185 balls, with the 38-year-old notching his 63rd Test fifty, while Ishant Sharma successfully negotiated the final three balls of the day to leave India 119 runs behind Australia with seven wickets remaining. Dravid is the second-highest Test run scorer of all time behind Tendulkar on 13,162, having extended his margin over Australia's Ricky Ponting (12,718). India, seeking a first series victory in Australia in 64 years in the four-match competition, lost an early wicket when Gautam Gambhir was caught by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin off the bowling of Ben Hilfenhaus for just three runs with the score at 22. Australia had resumed on 277-6, with Haddin on 21 and Siddle unbeaten on 34. Both fell to Zaheer Khan with the addition of only 14 runs as Haddin was caught by Sehwag for 27 and Siddle by wicketkeeper captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for 41. Left-arm fast bowler Khan ended with figures of 4-77 off 31 overs, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took the last two wickets to fall to finish with 3-81. Ashwin said the Indians were not concerned by Tendulkar's failure to reach the coveted landmark. "It's going to eventually happen, no point in bothering about it. We're very happy to be in the position we are presently," the 25-year-old told reporters. In other Test action Tuesday, left-arm paceman Chanaka Welegedera took five wickets for 52 runs as Sri Lanka bowled out South Africa for just 168 at Kingsmead in Durban. It left the tourists with a commanding first innings lead of 170 in the second Test, having lost the first by an innings and 81 runs. Sri Lanka lost captain Tillekeratne Dilshan, dismissed by Dale Steyn, to be seven for one when bad light drew proceedings on the second day to an early close. Welegedera had all his victims caught behind or in the slips and was superbly backed up by left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, who four for 49. Earlier, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 338 with Thilan Samaraweera the last man out for 102. Marchant de Lange took seven wickets for 81 on his debut for South Africa, the best figures recorded by any bowler in Test cricket in 2011.	[ "What score was Tendulkar dismissed for?", "How many centuries has Tendulkar scored?", "Who were India playing?", "Tendulkar has been stuck on how many centuries since March?", "What did India reach in reply to Australia.s first innings total?", "Who has been dismissed for 73?" ]	[ [ "73" ], [ "99" ], [ "Australia" ], [ "99" ], [ "214-3" ], [ "Tendulkar's" ] ]	Sachin Tendulkar dismissed for 73 in final over of second day in Melbourne Test . India reach 214-3 in reply to Australia's first-innings total of 333 in opening match . Record run scorer Tendulkar has been stuck on 99 international centuries since March . Chanaka Welegedera takes 5-52 as Sri Lanka skittle South Africa .
(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 a CBS report, Hussein claimed he didn't anticipate that the United States would invade Iraq over WMD, agent George Piro said on "60 Minutes," scheduled for Sunday broadcast. "For him, it was critical that he was seen as still the strong, defiant Saddam. He thought that (faking having the weapons) would prevent the Iranians from reinvading Iraq," said Piro. During the nearly seven months Piro talked to Hussein, the agent hinted to the Iraqi that he answered directly to President Bush, CBS said in a posting on its Web site. "He told me he initially miscalculated ... President Bush's intentions. He thought the United States would retaliate with the same type of attack as we did in 1998 ... a four-day aerial attack," Piro said. "He survived that one and he was willing to accept that type of attack." "He didn't believe the U.S. would invade?" Correspondent Scott Pelley asked. "No, not initially," Piro answered. Once it was clear that an invasion was imminent, Hussein asked his generals to hold off the allied forces for two weeks, Piro said. "And at that point, it would go into what he called the secret war," the agent said, referring to the insurgency. But Piro said he was not sure that the insurgency was indeed part of Hussein's plan. "Well, he would like to take credit for the insurgency," he said. Hussein had the ability to restart the weapons program and professed to wanting to do that, Piro said. "He wanted to pursue all of WMD ... to reconstitute his entire WMD program." Hussein said he was proud he eluded U.S. authorities who searched for him for nine months after the U.S.-led invasion, Piro said. "What he wanted to really illustrate is ... how he was able to outsmart us," Piro said. "He told me he changed ... the way he traveled. He got rid of his normal vehicles. He got rid of the protective detail that he traveled with, really just to change his signature." Hussein was hanged in 2006. E-mail to a friend	[ "When was Hussein captured?", "What year did Hussein die?", "What program did Hussein want to start again ?", "What is the Iraqi dictator?", "isn't he dead?", "what did the FBI say that Hussein lied about ?", "What did Hussein think?", "what year was Hussein captured ?" ]	[ [ "2003" ], [ "2006." ], [ "weapons" ], [ "Saddam" ], [ "Hussein was hanged in 2006." ], [ "let the world think he had weapons of mass destruction" ], [ "he didn't anticipate that the United States would invade Iraq" ], [ "2003" ] ]	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 .
(CNN) -- Salvador Cabanas remains in a critical condition in hospital as doctors admit they are having difficulty treating the Paraguay international due to increased swelling on his brain. The Club America striker was shot in the head in Mexico City during the early hours of Monday morning after an incident in a city bar. Cabanas was transported to an intensive care unit at a local hospital and was rushed into theatre where doctors made an attempt to remove the bullet lodged in his skull before deciding it would be too dangerous. Doctors revealed he showed favorable signs when they attempted to bring him out of an induced coma but have now been forced to increase the sedation as the swelling on his brain worsens. "Salvador remains clinically stable, nevertheless we have had certain problems because the excess accumulation of water on his brain has grown," Ernesto Martinez Duhart, who operated on Cabanas, told reporters. "We will have to keep him sedated a bit more to protect and improve cerebral function. It could get worse, he continues to be in the same serious condition. The risk of death has not yet passed." Cabanas is one of Paraguay's top players and was part of their World Cup squad in Germany four years ago. The 29-year-old is a prolific goalscorer and was expected to lead Paraguay's attack in South Africa this summer. He has scored over 100 times in the Mexican top flight and has netted 18 goals in 24 matches this season. Around 10,000 Paraguayan fans gathered at the the Estadio Defensores del Chaco, the country's national stadium in Asuncion, to hold a vigil for Cabanas on Tuesday evening.	[ "What happened to him during the early hours of Monday morning?", "What is the name of the Paraguay international striker?", "Who is in critical condition?", "Where was the Club America striker shot?", "What is causing difficulties for the doctors?", "What caused his injuries?", "What do the doctors admit?", "What is his condition?", "What is the difficulty in treating the player?" ]	[ [ "The Club America striker was shot in the head in Mexico City" ], [ "Cabanas" ], [ "Cabanas" ], [ "in the head in Mexico City" ], [ "increased swelling on his brain." ], [ "shot in the head" ], [ "difficulty treating the Paraguay international" ], [ "critical" ], [ "the Paraguay international due to increased swelling on his brain." ] ]	Paraguay international striker Salvador Cabanas remains in a critical condition in hospital . Doctors admit they are having difficulty treating the player because of swelling in his brain . The Club America striker was shot in the head in Mexico City during the early hours of Monday morning .
(CNN) -- Samoa will switch its driving from the right side to the left side of the road on Monday in a move opponents have called ill-conceived and said will lead to dozens of wrecks and fatalities. Proponents tout the change, which no other country has attempted since the 1970s, as making economic sense. Thousands of angry Samoans protested in the streets, and one group -- People Against Switching Sides (PASS) -- unsuccessfully challenged the constitutionality of the change in the country's Supreme Court. Opponents have also aired nightly ads depicting roadsides littered with crosses and vandalized newly-erected signs warning drivers to "keep left." Bus drivers have demanded the government compensate them to change the location of passenger door and the steering wheel. The nation has declared Monday and Tuesday holidays for people to adjust to the change and banned alcohol sales for the next three days. The government said it will strictly enforce the use of seat belts and has built speed bumps to prevent wrecks. Until now, most of the cars in the Pacific island nation have been imported from the United States, where drivers travel on the right side, and Samoa's neighbor, American Samoa. The change will allow the thousands of expatriate Samoans who live in their nation's biggest neighbors, New Zealand and Australia, to send used -- and therefore, cheaper -- cars to their families back home. In both those countries, drivers travel on the left side of the road. "It narrows the bridge between the rich guys and people like us, the lower class people from the rural areas," Fa'aleaga Young Yen told CNN affiliate TVNZ in New Zealand. Watch people speak out about the switch » "Just the freight alone cost me US $3,500 from Hawaii," he said. "To send the same kind of car from New Zealand? NZ$1,400 (US$968)." About 70 percent of the world's population drive on the right side of the road. But many countries -- primarily those that were once British colonies -- remain to the left. Many have gradually switched over the years, including Sweden in 1967, Iceland in 1968, Nigeria in 1972 and Ghana in 1974. All have gone from driving on the left side to the right. Samoa's case seems to be unique because it is steering in the opposite direction.	[ "Which days are declared holidays?", "Who switched from driving on the left to the right?", "Which countries switched from driving on left side to the right?", "Who rejected constitutional challenge to change?", "What days were declared holidays?", "What was declared holidays for people to adjust?" ]	[ [ "Monday and Tuesday" ], [ "Samoa" ], [ "Samoa" ], [ "People Against Switching Sides (PASS)" ], [ "Monday and Tuesday" ], [ "Monday and Tuesday" ] ]	Samoa declares Monday, Tuesday holidays for people to adjust to change . Supreme Court rejected constitutional challenge to change . Drivers in Samoa's biggest neighbors, New Zealand and Australia, use the left side . Sweden, Iceland, Nigeria and Ghana switched from driving on left side to the right .
(CNN) -- Samuel Eto'o has rejected claims his move to Anzhi Makhachkala is all about money and claims he wants to transform the Russian club into a "big" team. The former Barcelona striker signed with Anzhi, who hail from the war-torn Dagestan region of Russia, on Wednesday from Italian outfit Inter Milan. The four-time African Footballer of the Year will be paid around $14 million a season for the length of his three-year deal with Anzhi said to have paid a reported fee of $30 million to seal the capture. Eto'o jetted into Russia on Wednesday and joined up with his new team-mates in Moscow on Thursday as they prepare for the weekend match with Rostov. Anzhi train in Moscow and fly to home games from the Russian capital -- a journey of some 1,250 miles. At a press conference Eto'o, who has won the European Champions League three times, told reporters he was excited by his new challenge. "I'm impatient to play the first home game, but most important to take this project from the base and make it big," he said. "I never say how many goals I'm going to score, my intention is to be happy and make sure that people around me are too. I think that when we are happy we can bring better results. "I'm happy that they have trusted me, with this project, I believe I can return to him (the Anzhi president) inside the field and outside as well, helping the club with good results." In local paper Sovietsky Sport daily the Cameroon striker insisted his move was not purely about finance. "The project is very interesting, money is not so important for me, that's just part of football," Eto'o was quoted as saying. "It was always important for me to be happy -- and now I am happy. I came to Anzhi because it is a new project and they are starting from scratch. I am interested. I have won everything I possibly could have in Europe." In a statement on Inter's official web site Eto'o thanked the club and its president, Massimo Moratti, for a "fantastic" two years in Italy. "I will never forget the affection of the Inter fans who made me feel like one of them and who always supported and helped me." Meanwhile, English club Tottenham Hotspur confirmed Thursday they have signed Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor on a season-long loan. The Togo striker spent part of last season at Real Madrid, where he scored eight times in 22 games.	[ "what is his move about?", "Who wants to transform the Russian side Anzhi?", "The Cameroon striker joined from which club?", "who joins Tottenham on loan from Manchester City?", "who has joined the club from Inter Milan on three-year deal?", "who wants to transform Russian side Anzhi into a big club?", "Who said his move was not about money?" ]	[ [ "money" ], [ "Eto'o" ], [ "Barcelona" ], [ "Emmanuel Adebayor" ], [ "Eto'o" ], [ "Eto'o" ], [ "Eto'o" ] ]	Samuel Eto'o says he wants to transform Russian side Anzhi into a big club . Cameroon striker has joined the club from Inter Milan on three-year deal . Eto'o says his move is not about money despite his $14 million a year salary . Emmanuel Adebayor joins Tottenham on loan from Manchester City .
(CNN) -- San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of choking and restraining MTV reality show star Tila Tequila, police said. Shawne Merriman is accused of restraining reality TV star Tila Tequlia as she tried to leave his home, police say. However, Merriman's attorney denied the allegations, saying more than a dozen other people were at Merriman's house in suburban San Diego, California, at the time of the incident and "witness after witness after witness will back up his story 100 percent." Authorities responded to a disturbance call about 3:45 a.m. Sunday from a woman who said she had been choked and restrained by a male, the sheriff's department of San Diego County, California, said in a statement. When police arrived, "the reporting party identified herself as Tila Nguyen, aka Tila Tequila, and her alleged assailant as Shawne Merriman," the statement said. "Nguyen told deputies she had been choked and physically restrained by Merriman when she attempted to leave his residence," the statement said. Watch Merriman's side of the story » Nguyen signed a citizen's arrest at the scene, and Merriman was taken into custody on suspicion of battery and false imprisonment, according to the statement. Deputies didn't see any physical injuries on Nguyen, but she asked to be transported to a local hospital, sheriff's spokeswoman Jan Caldwell said. Nguyen's condition was not immediately known. Merriman's attorney, Todd Macaluso, told reporters that Nguyen was "extremely intoxicated and inebriated" and that the player tried to make arrangements for her to leave the house. "At no time did Mr. Merriman assault her. At no time did Mr. Merriman keep her against her will," Macaluso said. "His intentions were nothing but good. ... We're very confident that this matter will be resolved without any charges being filed whatsoever." Caldwell said alcohol "was involved" on Nguyen's part. Caldwell didn't elaborate. Merriman was released from jail late Sunday morning. Caldwell said she didn't know whether Merriman was released on bail or on his own recognizance. The district attorney's office will determine whether criminal charges will be pursued, Caldwell said. As Tila Tequila, Nguyen starred on the MTV reality shows "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila" in 2007 and "A Shot at Love 2 With Tila Tequila" in 2008. On her Twitter account, Nguyen did not mention the incident but tweeted about going to meet Merriman on Saturday. In a statement posted on the Chargers' Web site Sunday, team General Manager A.J. Smith said it is "disappointing to hear about the issue involving Shawne Merriman." "We'll continue to monitor the situation and let the legal process run its course," Smith said. Merriman, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, is entering his fifth year with the Chargers and the NFL. He recorded at least 10 sacks in each of his first three seasons, but he was limited to one game last season because of a knee injury that required surgery. The Chargers begin their 2009 NFL regular-season campaign on September 14 in Oakland, California, for a game against the Raiders.	[ "What did Merriman's attorney say?", "Where did the incident allegedly happen?" ]	[ [ "that Nguyen was \"extremely intoxicated and inebriated\" and that the player tried to make arrangements for her to leave the house." ], [ "were at Merriman's house in suburban San Diego, California, at the time of the" ] ]	NEW: Merriman's attorney says NFL player didn't assault Tila Tequila . Police: Tila "Tequila" Nguyen alleges NFL's Shawne Merriman choked her . Incident allegedly happened as she tried to leave Merriman's home, police say . Nguyen starred in MTV's "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila"
(CNN) -- Sandra Herold, the owner of a chimpanzee that was involved in a vicious attack on her friend last year, has died, her attorney said Tuesday. She was 72. Herold suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm Monday night, Roger Golger said. Herold "had suffered a series of heartbreaking losses over the last several years, beginning with the death of her only child, then her husband, then her beloved chimp Travis, as well as the tragic maiming of friend and employee Charla Nash," Golger said. Nash lost her nose, upper and lower lips, eyelids and both her hands in the attack in February 2009, as well as the "bony structures in her mid-face," according to doctors. More than a year later, numerous surgeries and therapy sessions have helped Nash regain some mobility. Her family filed a lawsuit against Herold shortly after the attack, seeking $50 million in damages. Criminal charges were not filed, however, because authorities ruled Herold was not aware of the risk her pet posed. "This past year was particularly difficult for Sandy," Golger said. "She hated living alone in a house where she faced constant reminders of the vibrant and happy life she once led with her family and friends. The stress of defending a multimillion-dollar lawsuit and all that it entailed also weighed heavy on Sandy. In the end, her heart, which had been broken so many times before, could take no more." The attack occurred February 16, 2009, when Herold called Nash for help in getting Travis back inside her house after he used a key to escape. When Nash arrived at the Stamford, Connecticut, home, the chimp, who had been featured in TV commercials for Coca-Cola and Old Navy, jumped on her and began biting and mauling her. Police shot Travis to halt the attack and he later died of gunshot wounds. The mauling has raised questions about whether exotic animals should be kept as pets. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has said that primates and crocodiles should be added to a state list of animals that citizens are not allowed to own. Nash was discharged from the famed Cleveland Clinic, where doctors performed the nation's first face transplant, earlier this month. She is continuing her recovery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, where doctors have said she is a candidate for a face transplant. CNN's Stephanie Gallman contributed to this report.	[ "What was her chimpanzee's name?", "Who died on Monday?", "What was the name of the friend whom the chimpanzee mauled?", "What did her chimp do?", "Who died Monday of a ruptured aortic aneurysm?", "What did the attorney say about Herold's heart?", "Where is Charla Nash now?", "What did she die from?" ]	[ [ "Travis," ], [ "Sandra" ], [ "Charla Nash,\"" ], [ "vicious attack" ], [ "Sandra" ], [ "could take no more.\"" ], [ "Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts," ], [ "ruptured aortic aneurysm" ] ]	Sandra Herold died Monday of a ruptured aortic aneurysm . Her chimpanzee, Travis, mauled friend Charla Nash in February 2009 . Herold's heart "could take no more" after a "difficult" year, attorney says . Nash is still recovering in Boston; doctors say she is a candidate for a face transplant .
(CNN) -- Sarah Palin did not visit troops in Iraq, a spokesperson for the Republican vice presidential nominee confirmed Saturday, as new details emerged about the extent of the Alaska governor's foreign travel. Gov. Sarah Palin's aide confirmed to CNN details of her foreign travel Saturday. In July of last year, Palin left North America for the first time to visit Alaskan troops stationed in Kuwait. Palin officials originally said her itinerary included U.S. military installations or outposts in Germany and Kuwait, and that she had visited Ireland. A Palin aide in Alaska had said Iraq was also one of the military stops on that trip. The Boston Globe, however, reported Saturday that in response to questions about the trip, Alaska National Guard officials and campaign aides said Palin did not go past the Kuwait-Iraq border. In addition, campaign aides also confirmed reports to CNN Saturday that Palin's time in Ireland on that trip had actually been a refueling stop. The Obama campaign -- which has increasingly accused the McCain campaign of deliberately lying in ads and on the stump -- was quick to highlight that story, along with a news report that explored whether the McCain campaign has been sending out wildly inflated crowd estimates. The McCain team has twice pointed to law enforcement as the source for those estimates -- but the same officials denied to Bloomberg News that they had provided the numbers cited by the Republican nominee's campaign. "The McCain campaign said Gov. Palin opposed the bridge to nowhere, but now we know she supported it," said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor in a statement. "They said she didn't seek earmarks, but now we know she hired a lobbyist to get millions in pork for her town and her state. They said she visited Iraq, but today we learned that she only stopped at the border. Americans are starting to wonder, is there anything the McCain campaign isn't lying about?" A Palin spokesperson also confirmed that the governor had visited Mexico on a personal vacation. She has also visited Canada. The Palin revelations Saturday are the latest in a series of barbs between the two presidential campaigns. McCain, appearing Friday on ABC's "The View," was aggressively pressed on Palin's qualifications to be vice president as well as his new campaign ads that several independent fact-check groups have called misleading. Co-host Barbara Walters asked about Palin's reformist credentials, noting McCain has served in Washington for more than two decades and asking repeatedly, "Who's she going to reform, you?" McCain answered by saying Democrats have controlled Congress for two years, but then Walters quickly interrupted: "But tell me who she is going to reform -- we aren't talking about the economy, we're not talking about housing; she was chosen to reform, who is she going to reform?" Appearing somewhat frustrated, McCain said, "The Democrat Party, the Republican Party, even an independent. She'll reform all of Washington." Walters, seeming somewhat exasperated, asked, "How? What will she do? What is she going to reform specifically, senator?" McCain said Palin had a strong record on vetoing earmark spending. Watch more of McCain's appearance on "The View" » "The fact is she was a reform governor, she took on an incumbent governor of her own party and defeated him. She sold the airplane and fired the chef," McCain said, referring to Palin's efforts to put her predecessor's state jet up for auction on eBay and her dismissal of the governor's personal chef. "She sold the airplane at a loss," Walters interrupted. (The jet failed to draw sufficient bids on eBay and later was sold at a loss through an ordinary aircraft brokerage.) Also on Friday, both campaigns accused each other of engaging in lies, unfair attacks and gutter politics in a series of television ads and memos. McCain's campaign released a television ad, titled "Disrespectful," that accuses McCain's Democratic rival of launching desperate attacks and smears against Palin.	[ "What details about Palin emerged?", "Details of what emberged regarding Sarah Palin?", "Where did she visit troops?", "Who didn't visit troops in Iraq?", "What show was McCain grilled at?", "Where did John McCain get grilled?", "What TV show panel grilled McCain?", "Where was McCain grilled?" ]	[ [ "the extent of the Alaska governor's foreign travel." ], [ "extent of the Alaska governor's foreign travel." ], [ "Kuwait." ], [ "Palin" ], [ "ABC's \"The View,\"" ], [ "\"The View,\"" ], [ "\"The View,\"" ], [ "ABC's \"The View,\"" ] ]	New details emerge on Gov. Sarah Palin's foreign travels . Campaign now says she didn't visit troops in Iraq, only the border . Questions surround the crowd size of a McCain-Palin event in Virginia . John McCain gets grilled on "The View" while defending Palin .
(CNN) -- Sarah Palin's selection as John McCain's running mate redefined how vice-presidential candidates influence a campaign. Unfortunately for McCain, the Alaska governor hurt his presidential bid more than she helped. Palin, at McCain's concession Tuesday night, boosted the GOP ticket at first but ultimately became a drag on it. Palin had been unfamiliar to most Americans, aside from some conservative writers and bloggers, who had admired her since she upended Alaska's Republican establishment by knocking off incumbent Gov. Frank Murkowski in 2006. That all changed on August 29 -- the morning after Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention -- when Palin was introduced by McCain. It wasn't just reporters who were stunned. Even McCain staffers at the event itself were shocked. Many assumed McCain would tap a GOP heavyweight like Mitt Romney or Tim Pawlenty. The most daring option, many thought, would be Joe Lieberman, a former Democrat. See Palin's path to the ticket Â» But Palin's debut instantly energized the Republican base, which had long been cool to McCain, and the GOP ticket surged in the polls. McCain took a shine to Palin's anti-establishment streak and her familiarity with energy issues. His advisers believed her "average hockey mom" persona would attract women. The party grass roots admired her devotion to family and her conservative positions on social issues. Watch Palin as McCain concedes the election Â» But because the Alaska governor was largely unknown, her record and background were immediately under scrutiny. Journalists descended on her hometown of Wasilla to examine her record as mayor and governor, though Palin was still sheltered from questioners. The craving for knowledge spread outside the media and paid huge dividends at the Republican National Convention, when Palin took the biggest stage of her life and assuredly presented herself as both a small-town mother of five and a pit bull who could smile her way through a sharp political attack. The speech garnered mammoth television ratings and rave reviews. McCain came out of the convention with a healthy bounce -- leading Obama by a 10-point margin. Palin's ratings were also riding high, with nearly 50 percent of Americans viewing her in a positive light. She got bigger crowds than McCain, an unusual phenomenon that underscored her newfound political clout. But a series of missteps began to harm her image and McCain's standing. Palin was still kept away from the media, even friendly conservative talk radio shows, in a strategy that campaign aides later acknowledged was flawed. Advisers chose to grant interviews only to two networks. When Palin stumbled over foreign policy questions, she undercut the foundation of McCain's experience argument. Her sometimes-rambling answers in the highly-scrutinized appearances formed the basis for Tina Fey's "Saturday Night Live" caricature. Palin held her own on economic and energy issues in the first half of her debate with Joe Biden -- the highest rated of the presidential and vice-presidential debates. But when questioning turned to national security, she seemed to resort to talking points. Back on the stump, Palin began to attack Obama, accusing him of "palling around with terrorists," being a socialist and not as patriotic as herself and McCain. Her offensives were often scattershot, appearing at one rally and disappearing at the next. And while Republicans enjoyed the aggression, Democrats and independents were turned off. Over a month, poll numbers shifted and Palin became more of a polarizing figure. Liberals called her the most divisive politician since Richard Nixon or George Wallace, and some former Hillary Clinton supporters said McCain's selection of Palin was a cynical gambit that wouldn't help him sway female voters. Palin kept up her rigorous campaign schedule but the problems continued. A long-running ethics investigation in Alaska determined she abused her power in firing the state's public safety commissioner, though she broke no laws. News broke that the Republican National Committee had spent $150,000 on her wardrobe, angering her and prompting her to deviate from the campaign's game plan. iReport.com: What's next for Palin? 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(CNN) -- Sarah Palin: politician and mother. iReporters weigh in on the difficulty of balancing those two roles. iReporter Christina Walker says its very challenging to balance work and caring for her 1-year-old child. Since Sen. John McCain named Alaska Go. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential pick, she has been closely scrutinized by both the public and the media. Palin has served as governor of Alaska for almost two years. She also has five children, including a 4-month-old son with Down Syndrome and a 17-year-old daughter who is 5-months pregnant. Her choice to run as the Republican vice presidential nominee has drawn both praise and criticism from the left and right alike. Now iReporters are asking: Was it the right decision? Some feel that Palin's choice to run shows poor judgment. "I think she made the wrong call. It's not her time," said Andy Stably of Salem, New Hampshire. "Given her personal situation and her special circumstances, it does seem more important than the nomination she's accepting. I don't think that should be blanket statement for all moms. But the job she's about to interview for is the job of jobs, and it's going to require her to sacrifice what she has at home." Stably has children of his own, and his wife works full-time. He says this experience has helped shape his views on Palin: "Doesn't everyone, male or female, think about the impact a job offer would have on their personal life before accepting the offer?" "It's not a sexist thing," said Jeanette Lee, who is raising a 15-month-old baby of her own. "If my family was having these sorts of issues, I wouldn't be putting them in the spotlight and making them go through this publicly. For her to walk away from her baby with special needs just shows her character. I feel like she should pay more attention to her whole family." "If her children were older, it wouldn't be an issue," Lee added. Others feel Palin's family situation would have a negative impact on her effectiveness as vice president. "I want my president to be my president. It is a difficult, sometimes thankless, and emotionally devastating job that requires 100 percent resolve at all times," said Carlton Madden, from West Monroe, Louisiana. "I think she has a lot on her plate ... I have no problem with a woman being president, but I'm going to hold her to the same standards I'd hold a man. If [Obama] had a pregnant teen daughter and a child with special needs, I'd have serious reservations about his ability to make a split-second decision, too." Christina Walker, of Austin, Texas, who has a 1-year-old daughter, says her experience as a mom has led her to the same conclusion. "I opted to change my career path so I could spend more time with my child, and I'm trying to manage both the career and the child," she said. "It's very challenging, and I'm not in nearly the type of stressful role that she would be in." But some think Palin's experience as a mom would only make her a better vice president. Carolyn Jasper of Shreveport, Louisiana, says Palin's experience as a mother makes her a better candidate because she knows what it's like to balance life and work and can understand the lives of "regular" Americans. "I can tell you one thing about being a mom. You learn real quick how to work through all of life's huge problems and bring them down to a manageable size," said Jasper, who has three children of her own. "I do think she'll be more capable of understanding what the regular American people need from their government because she is a mom and a family person." So is there a double standard at work? Some iReporters think so. "Why aren't we questioning	[ "what is said about palin", "Who is Sarah Palin?", "What is being mentioned by others about palin?", "what does ireport say", "What do critics say?", "Who weighs in?", "What is the mention given by some about palin?", "What is iReport asking?" ]	[ [ "choice to run shows poor judgment." ], [ "politician and mother." ], [ "family situation would have a negative impact on her effectiveness as vice president." ], [ "its very challenging to balance work and caring for her 1-year-old child." ], [ "balance life and work" ], [ "iReporters" ], [ "poor judgment." ], [ "Was it the right decision?" ] ]	iReporters weigh in on Sarah Palin's roles of politician and mother . Some say she can't be both a good mother and a good vice president . Others say Palin is being held to an unfair standard as a woman . iReport.com: Is there a double-standard?
(CNN) -- Saudi Arabia has had its first death from swine flu, its Ministry of Health said Monday, bracing for more. The patient -- a 30-year-old man who lived in the country's Eastern Province -- was admitted to a hospital in the city of Dammam on Wednesday with a high fever, cough and shortness of breath. He died Saturday. Saudi Arabia has diagnosed more than 230 cases of the H1N1 virus this year. In the past few weeks, a debate about the virus has erupted in the Middle East. Of particular concern is how to keep it from spreading among the millions of visitors expected in Saudi Arabia during this year's Hajj -- a pilgrimage required of Muslims at least once in their lives. On Wednesday, Arab health ministers held an emergency summit in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss the issue. Guidelines were issued, banning various groups from participating in this year's Hajj -- children under 12, adults over 65 and people with chronic diseases. Saudi Arabia recommended that pregnant women stay home as well. At the close of the meeting, Saudi Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah told CNN that, in all, Saudi Arabia had issued 15 recommendations to help ensure the safety and health of pilgrims participating in the Hajj. "The most important of those is, first of all, that they should take the seasonal flu vaccine two weeks prior to Hajj," Al-Rabeeah said. Even with the guidelines in place, World Health Organization spokesman Dr. Ebrahim el Khordany acknowledged that it won't be easy keeping potential pilgrims away. El Khordany told CNN, "It was discussed in detail how it's going to be worked out between the country and Saudi Arabia to find out the best way to do it and, of course, to make sure that people don't try to use their connections to get their visas or to get to go to Saudi, because people are really very keen to go to the pilgrimage." The Saudi government has also said it will set up quarantine centers at airports as another preventative measure.	[ "Where is there concern for the impact of the virus later this year?", "Where will the quarantine center be?", "What did Saudi government say?", "Where did the 30 year old man die?", "What is the concern in Saudi over?", "What will the government set up at airports?", "How many cases of H1N1 has Saudi Arabia diagnosed?", "What has Saudi Arabia diagnosed?", "Who died in hospital?" ]	[ [ "Hajj" ], [ "airports" ], [ "Arabia has had its first death from swine flu," ], [ "a hospital in the city of Dammam" ], [ "swine flu," ], [ "quarantine centers" ], [ "more than 230" ], [ "230 cases of the H1N1 virus" ], [ "a 30-year-old man" ] ]	30-year-old man dies in hospital after suffering high fever, cough, shortness of breath . Saudi Arabia has diagnosed more than 230 cases of the H1N1 virus this year . Concern in Saudi over possible impact of virus on Hajj later this year . Saudi government says it will set up quarantine centers at airports .
(CNN) -- Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry has identified the suicide bomber who attempted to assassinate the country's assistant interior minister last Thursday and released details of a phone conversation between the two men prior to the attack. A Saudi man reads a newspaper featuring a front-page story on Thursday's attack. The disclosures reported by the country's official news agency were highly unusual. The agency, SPA, reported the attacker, Abdullah Hassan Talea' Asiri, a wanted Saudi militant who had been hiding in Yemen, got in touch with Saudi authorities telling them he wanted to turn himself in to Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Naif, the assistant minister of Interior for Security Affairs. After arriving back in Saudi Arabia, Asiri spoke by phone to Mohammed, who agreed to see him during a Ramadan reception at his home in the city of Jeddah. According to a transcript provided by SPA, during the phone call the men exchanged greetings and discussed the importance of the holy month of Ramadan. Mohammed is quoted as telling Asiri that "one should be careful; evil people would like to exploit all of you. Now only you to fear Allah Almighty and come home." Later in the conversation, Asiri asked if a special plane could be dispatched to take him to meet with Mohammed. Asiri, escorted by security, was transported to Jeddah, where he met with the prince at his palace. During the meeting, Asiri explained to Mohammed that other Saudi militants in Yemen also wished to surrender but sought reassurances from the prince. According to SPA, a call was then placed to one of the militants in Yemen. While the prince was on the phone, Asiri blew himself up, SPA reported. Mohammed, who is also the son of the country's Interior Minister, was lightly injured in the attack. Saudi King Abdullah was shown visiting the prince in the hospital after the attack on Saudi TV. The king asked the prince why the militant was allowed to get so close him without being inspected properly and searched thoroughly. Prince Mohammed answered the king by telling him it had been a mistake. SPA adds that "the concerned security authorities opened an investigation into the incident. However, the criminal laboratory and a forensic report have reached conclusions that, for security considerations, will not be announced at this time." Asiri's name was on a list of 85 most wanted suspects released by Saudi Arabia in February. At the time the list was released, Saudi Arabia asked Interpol for its help in apprehending dozens of the wanted Saudis on the list who were suspected of plotting attacks against Saudi Arabia from abroad. The announcement was significant because it is rare for the kingdom to announce that some of its most wanted terrorists are on the loose. It is also unusual for Saudi Arabia to ask for help in finding them. Some of the suspects on the most wanted list had been released from Guantanamo Bay, returned to Saudi Arabia, and had then gone through a Jihadi reeducation program run by the Interior Ministry, before fleeing to Yemen and taking up terrorist activity once more. Saudi Arabia has been battling terrorism since 2003, when al Qaeda launched a series of attacks inside the Kingdom. In the security crackdown that followed, Asiri, like many other wanted Saudi militants, fled to Yemen. Earlier this year, Saudi al Qaeda and Yemeni al Qaeda merged to form "Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula." Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which operates out of Yemen, claimed responsibility earlier this week for the attack against Mohammed. In August, Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry announced that over the past year, 44 al Qaeda suspects across the country had been arrested. While the Interior Ministry is calling the attempted assassination an "action of treachery and treason", SPA reports that the Ministry will not change its "open-door policy" of granting amnesty to militants wishing to surrender - in particular, "those citizens residing outside the country" who wish to "take advantage of the state-sponsored program of advice and care."	[ "Where has the Saudi militant been hiding?", "Who is wanted?", "W\\Who did Asiri meet with?", "Where had Asiri been hiding?" ]	[ [ "in Yemen," ], [ "Abdullah Hassan Talea' Asiri," ], [ "Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Naif, the assistant minister of Interior for Security Affairs." ], [ "Yemen," ] ]	Wanted Saudi militant Abdullah Hassan Talea' Asiri had been hiding in Yemen . Reportedly got in touch with Saudi authorities saying he wanted to turn himself in . Asiri met with Saudi assistant minister of Interior for Security Affairs . He explained other Saudi militants in Yemen also wished to surrender .
(CNN) -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has been called "The King of Hearts" by many of his countrymen, referring to what they believe are his compassionate attempts to reform his ultra-conservative kingdom. He used his power Monday to overturn a criminal court sentence of 60 lashes and a two-year travel ban imposed on female journalist Rosanna al-Yami. Under the travel ban, she could not have left Saudi Arabia. Al-Yami was sentenced for her work on an episode of the television show "A Thick Red Line" that featured a Saudi man who bragged about sexual escapades. The controversial show explores social taboos. It is carried by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corp., for which al-Yami works as a coordinator and guest booker. "King Abdullah's swift revocation of this punishment sends an important notice to the Saudi judicial system that it should not go after journalists for exercising free speech," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director for Human Rights Watch. "King Abdullah should also overturn the sentence against the man at the center of the case, who had spoken about sex on a television show, and initiate reforms to strengthen the rights to freedom of expression and to a fair trial," Human Rights Watch said in a written statement. In the episode, the Saudi man, Mazen Abdul Jawad, 32, bragged about his sex life. Saudi authorities put him on trial and sentenced him to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes. Shortly afterward, the court sentenced al-Yami. Jawad's attorney, Suleiman al-Jumeii, said al-Yami was not involved in setting up the episode in which his client appeared. The lawyer said he is attempting to pursue an appeal for his client and get the case heard in a special court that deals only with media matters. "A Thick Red Line" caused an uproar in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, where sharia, or Islamic law, is practiced. Pre-marital sex is illegal, and unrelated men and women are not permitted to mingle. Saudi authorities shut down Lebanese Broadcasting's offices in Jeddah and Riyadh after the interview aired a few months ago. The king's pardon of al-Yami was unusual, but it was not the first time he has stepped in. In late 2007, the king pardoned a woman who, although she had been gang-raped, was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison for appearing in public with an unrelated male, who also was pardoned, according to the Saudi justice minister. The king concluded in a letter pardoning the woman that her male companion, who was abducted along with her, had suffered torture along with her. Details of what happened to the two were not disclosed. Octavia Nasr, senior editor for Middle East affairs, contributed to this report.	[ "What does Saudi King overturn?", "What was the Saudi man's sentence?", "What was a Saudi man sentenced to?", "What is the name if the Saudi King?", "Who was the female journalist?", "Who was sentenced to five years in jail?", "What was the journalist's sentence?", "Who is the Saudi King?" ]	[ [ "a criminal court sentence of 60 lashes and a two-year travel ban imposed on female journalist Rosanna al-Yami." ], [ "60 lashes and a two-year travel ban" ], [ "five years in prison and 1,000 lashes." ], [ "Abdullah" ], [ "Rosanna al-Yami." ], [ "Mazen Abdul Jawad," ], [ "60 lashes and a two-year travel ban" ], [ "Abdullah" ] ]	Saudi king overturns journalist's sentence of 60 lashes, two-year travel ban . Female journalist worked on controversial TV show on sexual taboos . Saudi man was sentenced to five years in jail, 1,000 lashes for his role in show . Human Rights Watch.calls on King Abdullah to overturn that sentence too .
(CNN) -- Saudi Arabia's crown prince was convalescing Saturday in Morocco where he arrived this week after surgery for an undisclosed illness in New York City, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said. Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, right, seen in a 2007 file photo Crown Prince Sultan, who is also the nation's deputy prime minister, completed "all medical tests and treatments in the aftermath of the medical surgery he has previously undergone," the news agency said, quoting a statement from the Royal Court. Sultan arrived in the Moroccan city of Agadir on Wednesday, the press agency said. Speculation about his health has been mounting since he arrived in New York in February. While Saudi officials maintain publicly that Sultan's health has improved, the appointment in late March of a second deputy prime minister has raised more questions about the extent of his illness. Last month, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah issued a royal decree naming the interior minister, Prince Nayef -- the powerful brother of the crown prince and half-brother to the king -- to the post of second deputy prime minster. The appointment appears to mean Nayef is now the country's crown prince in waiting and second in line to be king. In recent weeks, local media have quoted Nayef as downplaying rumors that the crown prince may be seriously ill. "I would like to assure you that the crown prince's health is very good," he told reporters in March, according to the English-language daily newspaper Arab News. "God willing, after the medical vacation he will return to the kingdom in full health."	[ "Where is the crown prince?", "What type of illness did he suffer from?", "Where does the crown prince convalesce?", "What does the appointment raise?", "Where was the surgery performed?", "whois the prince" ]	[ [ "Morocco" ], [ "undisclosed" ], [ "Morocco" ], [ "more questions about the extent of his illness." ], [ "New York City," ], [ "Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud," ] ]	Saudi Arabia's crown prince convalesces in Morocco after surgery in New York . Illness of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was not revealed . Appointment of second deputy prime minister raises questions about illness .
(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 Justice Ministry official saying King Abdullah issued a royal pardon Monday -- the same day that the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, begins in Saudi Arabia. The victim's husband told CNN he has not received an official letter regarding her pardon, but considers it to be legitimate since it was announced in an official Saudi newspaper. He thanked King Abdullah for the pardon, saying: "This fatherly care and noble gesture will help (in) lifting the emotional and psychological stress and suffering that our family has been enduring." "This is not something new because we know that the King was always generous in dealing with his people and the entire world," the husband said. "This week, we have two holidays to celebrate; the Eid and this great news of the pardon." Saudi sources told CNN that the king's pardon was not related to the beginning of the Hajj nor the Eid al-Adha festival that follows, which is normally when the Saudi monarch issues amnesty for prisoners. Watch how Arab media is reporting the story. » Saudi Arabia's Justice Minister Abdullah Bin Mohammad al-Sheikh told al-Jazirah newspaper that the king felt the pardon would be in the best interests of the Saudi people, and the decision did not reflect any lack of confidence in the Saudi justice system. The White House welcomed King Abdullah's decision, but National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe stressed that "this is obviously a matter for the Saudi Arabians and King Abdullah." A Saudi court ruled the 19-year-old had an "illegitimate relationship" with a man who was not her husband, and that she was raped after she and the man were discovered in a "compromising situation, her clothes on the ground." The rape took place in Qatif in March 2006 when the woman was engaged to be married. The case has drawn international attention, provoked outrage in the West and cast light on the treatment of women under strict Islamic law in Saudi Arabia. The woman was meeting with a man -- described by the woman's attorney as a former friend from whom she was retrieving a photograph -- when they both were abducted last March. Seven men, convicted of abducting the pair and raping her, were sentenced from two to nine years in prison. Abdul Rahman al-Lahim, the lawyer who represented the woman, faced a disciplinary hearing for "insulting the Supreme Judicial Council and disobeying the rules and regulations" of the judiciary. The hearing has been postponed. The woman's husband has been outspoken in his support for his wife. He called a Lebanese TV show to defend her, when a former Saudi judge claimed on the program that she "spoil(ed) their marital bed" by meeting an unrelated male "in secret" and admitted her guilt. Al-Lahim has said he hopes the case changes the Saudi justice system. "We want to highlight the rape crimes in Saudi Arabia and the way they are handled and sentenced in court," he added. "This is a new era for all of us." He said that the rape case had elicited a fierce response, including calls for his beheading. U.S. President George W. Bush said last week that King Abdullah "knows our position loud and clear" on the case. Under Saudi law, women are subject to numerous restrictions, including a strict dress code, a prohibition against driving and a requirement that they get a man's permission to travel or have surgery. 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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"
(CNN) -- Saudi King Abdullah has revoked a flogging sentence for a woman who allegedly flouted the conservative kingdom's strict rules that prohibit women from driving a car, two sources with knowledge of the case said Wednesday. Amnesty International said a Saudi woman was sentenced to 10 lashes for getting behind the wheel, and had urged the dismantling of the "whole system of women's subordination." Authorities are not expected to release an official statement, but the woman will not be sentenced, according to a source close to the Royal Court. A source connected to the country's Interior Ministry also confirmed the revocation. The move comes just as the country's ruling elite promised greater political participation for women in the Islamic nation. On Sunday, King Abdullah announced two changes for women that would be historic for Saudi Arabia. He said women will be allowed to serve as members of the Shura Council, the appointed consultative council that advises the king. He also said women will be allowed to run as candidates and nominate candidates in the next set of municipal elections. It is unknown when those may ultimately take place. Amnesty said a court in Jeddah handed down the sentence Tuesday. Two other women are believed to be facing charges for driving, one in Jeddah and one in al-Khobar. The Women2Drive campaign said the woman who was sentenced to 10 lashes has appealed the sentence. She said she did not want to be identified or speak publicly about her case for her own safety. Women2Drive also said police pulled over women's rights activist Madeah Alajroush for driving in Riyadh on Tuesday. She was taken to police headquarters for questioning and released after she signed a pledge not to drive and called for a taxi home, a statement from Women2Drive said. The Women2Drive campaign on Facebook and Twitter encouraged women to drive as part of their normal daily activities rather than converge in one place.	[ "what is The Saudi king?", "What are women barred from?", "Who announced greater political participation for women this week?", "Who was sentenced to 10 lashes?", "who did say a woman was sentenced to 10 lashes for driving?" ]	[ [ "Abdullah" ], [ "driving a car," ], [ "King Abdullah" ], [ "a Saudi woman" ], [ "Amnesty International" ] ]	Amnesty International says a woman was sentenced to 10 lashes for driving . Women are barred from getting behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia . The Saudi king announced greater political participation for women this week .
(CNN) -- Scabby the Rat may not have a word to say, but the large rodent-shaped balloon helped a labor union earn a free-speech victory Thursday before New Jersey's highest court. Big Sky Balloons, based in Chicago, Illinois, rents out "union rats" like Scabby and other inflatables. The seven justices ruled unanimously that the local union had a right to display its 10-foot-tall, black, rat-shaped balloon at a rally held outside a fitness center. At issue was whether a township could enforce a ban on inflatable or portable signs and banners on public property. Lawrence Township police had levied a $100 fine against an official from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers because of Scabby. The court concluded that while townships have a right to maintain an "aesthetic environment" and ensure public safety, its restrictions on expressive displays "do not justify a content-based restriction of non-commercial speech." "There is no evidence to suggest that a rat balloon is significantly more harmful to aesthetics or safety than a similar item being displayed as an advertisement or commercial logo," wrote Justice John Wallace Jr. The balloon and others like it, nicknamed Scabby by the Chicago-based company that made them, have been used by labor unions as street theater since 1990 to protest anti-union activities. IBEW members were marching on the sidewalk outside Gold's Gym in Lawrence Township in April 2005 in response to a dispute with a contractor working at the business. A police officer had ordered the balloon deflated, but returned an hour later to find it blown back up. The labor official in charge admitted he ordered the rat reinflated, and he was given a summons. Lower state courts had ruled the township's ordinance was content-neutral and did not suppress the union's ability to spread its message, since members still could chant and distribute handbills to the public. About 200 Scabby balloons are used by labor unions nationwide, according to Big Sky Balloons. They come in three colors, each showing pink eyes, front claws extended, and two big front incisors.	[ "What did the township ban?", "What is banned?", "What do towns have the right to enforce?", "What did the court say the towns have the right to enforce?", "What do towns have the right to do?", "What's the name of the balloon displayed at union rallies?" ]	[ [ "inflatable or portable signs and banners on public property." ], [ "inflatable or portable signs and banners on public property." ], [ "an \"aesthetic environment\" and ensure public safety," ], [ "maintain an \"aesthetic environment\" and ensure public safety," ], [ "maintain an \"aesthetic environment\" and ensure public safety," ], [ "Scabby" ] ]	Court: Towns have right to enforce aesthetics, but not curb speech . Scabby the Rat balloon displayed at union rallies in New Jersey . Township banned display of inflatables, including 10-foot rat balloon .
(CNN) -- Schalke moved to within a point of German Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen after winning 2-0 away to fellow title hopefuls Werder Bremen on Saturday night. Kevin Kuranyi and Jan Moravek scored in the second half to put Schalke a point above third-placed Bayern Munich, who earlier crushed lowly Bochum 5-1 to cap a memorable week. Former Germany striker Kuranyi put Schalke ahead two minutes after halftime and midfielder Moravek ensured Bremen's first league defeat since the opening day of the season with his 72nd-minute goal. Bremen could also have closed to within a point of Leverkusen, who were held 2-2 at bottom club Hertha Berlin on Friday night, but ended the night two points adrift of Bayern. Louis Van Gaal's Bayern, runners-up to Wolfsburg last season, briefly reached their highest league position since he took over as coach in the summer as Mario Gomez continued his recent scoring run with the opening goal at Bochum and strike partner Ivica Olic netted twice. Bayern, who crushed Italian giants Juventus 4-1 in midweek to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League, moved to within two points of leaders Bayer Leverkusen, Olic set up Gomez's 23rd-minute header for the opening goal, and Mergim Mavraj put through his own net 10 minutes later as the Germany international tried to repay the favor to the Croatian. Olic got on the scoresheet two minutes before halftime from Bastian Schweinsteiger's cross and made it 4-0 four minutes after the break with a header from Holger Badstuber's delivery. Danijel Pranjic extended the lead five minutes later after fullback Phillip Lahm surged into the box and squared the ball to him, while Christian Fuchs scored a consolation free-kick for Bochum in the 76th minute. Fifth-placed Hamburg joined Bremen on 28 points, winning 4-0 at Nuremberg to end a run of seven games without a win. All the goals came in the second half as Eljero Elia's 47th-minute strike opened the floodgates, and he helped set up Marcell Jansen for the second on the hour mark. Tunay Torun made it 3-0 six minutes later with a fierce rising effort after cutting in from the left, and Elia wrapped it up on 74 from Jansen's pass. Sixth-placed Hoffenheim failed to keep pace with the teams above them, drawing 1-1 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt, and have now won just once in five league outings. Sejad Salihovic opened the scoring for the hosts in the ninth minute with a penalty after Selim Teber fouled Vedad Ibisevic, but Pirmin Schwegler equalized for Frankfurt on 61 when his long-range effort hit Luis Gustavo and ballooned over goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand and into the net. Borussia Moenchengladbach triumphed 5-3 at home to Hannover, who conceded three own-goals and had a player sent off in an incredible mid-table clash. Defender Karim Haggui twice put into his own net -- the first an lucky rebound from goalkeeper Florian Fromlowitz's attempted clearance in the 15th minute to open the scoring, and he also contributed the game's eighth goal with his second faux-pas. Constant Djakpa also conceded at the wrong end to give the hosts a 3-1 lead in the 59th minute, while Hannover's Didier Ya Konen scored in each half before being dismissed for his second yellow card on 84. Cologne edged away from the relegation zone with a 0-0 draw at Freiburg as Germany international striker Lukas Podolski -- who has not scored in the Bundesliga since September 13 -- hit the woodwork twice for the visitors.	[ "What place Bayern Munich win?", "Who scored in the second half of 2-0 win at Werder Bremen?", "Who suffer first league defeat since the opening day of the season?", "Which 2 players scored in the second half of 2-0 win at Werder Bremen?", "Which side claimed third place?", "Who claims third place?", "What happens with Schalke?", "Who are the German Bundesliga leaders?" ]	[ [ "third-placed" ], [ "Kevin Kuranyi and Jan Moravek" ], [ "Werder Bremen" ], [ "Kevin Kuranyi and Jan Moravek" ], [ "Bayern Munich," ], [ "Bayern Munich," ], [ "moved to within a point of German Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen" ], [ "Bayer Leverkusen" ] ]	Schalke move to within a point of German Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen . Kevin Kuranyi and Jan Moravek score in second half of 2-0 win at Werder Bremen . Fourth-placed Bremen suffer first league defeat since the opening day of the season . Bayern Munich claim third place, two points behind Leverkusen, after crushing Bochum 5-1 .
(CNN) -- Schools of robotic fish could one day map the ocean floor, detect pollution or inspect and survey submerged boats or oil and gas pipelines, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say. MIT researcher Pablo Valdivia Alvarado works in his lab on a robotic fish he co-created. MIT engineers are showing off the latest generation of so-called robofish 15 years after they built the first one. The latest incarnation is sleeker, more streamlined and capable of mimicking the movements of a real fish. And it's capable of exploring underwater terrain submersibles can't, said Pablo Valdivia Alvarado, a mechanical engineer at the school. "Some of our sponsors were thinking of using them for inspection and surveillance," Alvarado said. "Since these prototypes are very cheap, the idea was to build hundreds -- 200, 500 -- and then just release them in a bay or at a port, and they would be roaming around taking measurements." MIT researchers built their first robotic fish, "Robotuna," in 1994. But Robotuna has gone the way of the dinosaur. Alvarado said the new generation -- modeled after bass and trout -- cost only a few hundred dollars and have only 10 parts instead of the thousands used in Robotuna. At five to 18 inches, the new fish is much smaller than Robotuna and built from a single, soft polymer. And unlike Robotuna, the fish is able to be released in the oceans. "Most of the brains, the electronics, are embedded inside," said Alvarado, who designed the robofish with fellow MIT engineer Kamal Youcef-Toumi. "We have built prototypes with the battery inside, but for my experiments, for simplicity. We have a lot of prototypes that are simply tethered. We have a cable that runs out from the body and connects to a power supply." The new generation has withstood harsh conditions in the lab, including two years of testing inside tanks filled with tap water, which is corrosive to standard robots, according to Alvarado, who says the Robotuna inspired him to take the technology to the next level. The oil exploration company Schlumberger helped fund the research, but Alvarado says the U.S. Navy has also expressed interest in the robofish. MIT's mechanical engineers are now turning their attention to new challenges: A robotic manta ray and a terrestrial robot in the form of a salamander. CNN's Ninette Sosa contributed to this report.	[ "Engineers where have created a new generation of robotic fish?", "What have MIT engineers created?", "When was the first fish built?", "When did researchers built their first robotic fish?", "what could they be used for", "Engineers at MIT have created a new generation of what?", "when was the first one built", "where was created the robotic fish?", "Engineers from where have created robotic fish?", "what does the MIT researchers built?", "What was the name of the first robotic fish in 1994?", "What is one possible use of robot fish?" ]	[ [ "MIT" ], [ "robotic fish" ], [ "in 1994." ], [ "15 years" ], [ "survey submerged boats or oil and gas pipelines," ], [ "so-called robofish" ], [ "15 years after" ], [ "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" ], [ "MIT" ], [ "robofish" ], [ "\"Robotuna,\"" ], [ "map the ocean floor," ] ]	Engineers at MIT have created a new generation of robotic fish . 'Robofish' could be used to map the ocean floor, inspect submerged boats or pipes . MIT researchers built their first robotic fish, "Robotuna," in 1994 . New robofish are modeled after bass and trout and cost only a few hundred dollars .
(CNN) -- Science fiction flicks featuring aliens can be a little formulaic: Aliens invade American territory, mass destruction ensues, and nine times out of 10, Will Smith rides to the rescue A company operative (Sharlto Copley) gets an alien's attention in "District 9." But the alien-infested "District 9," opening in theaters Friday, takes things in a different direction -- if the producer may say so himself. "It's utterly original," producer Peter Jackson -- yes, "Lord of the Rings" helmsman Peter Jackson -- told Entertainment Weekly. "In an industry that's looking to make movies out of every obscure TV show, or sequels, or video games, you look at 'District 9' and it's unlike anything you've ever seen," he said. With its inventive plot and crowd-pleasing special effects, the low-profile, relatively low-budget ($30 million, a pittance these days) film was a hit at Comic-Con, creating a buzz before the film's release. The brainchild of newcomer Neill Blomkamp, "District 9" is a mash-up of the director's love for science fiction with his rearing in an apartheid-divided South Africa. Set and shot in the shantytowns of Johannesburg, the film is a mix of action-movie shock and sociological food for thought. The mayhem begins when an alien spaceship runs out of fuel over South Africa in 1981, and simply hovers idly in the sky. With no attack forthcoming, officials finally evacuate a group of aliens -- it turns out they've fled their home world -- and corral them into barbed-wire ghettos, effectively separating the shrimp-like creatures from the human populace. Overseeing the aliens' camp is the corporation Multi-National United (MNU). It's an obvious nod to South Africa's own violent and divisive history, but director Blomkamp says he isn't aiming for political commentary. "This is an organic thing that has grown out of me living in South Africa. I didn't want to go, 'Here's a whole bunch of people that have been oppressed by this apartheid-esque society' and beat people over the head with it," he told CNN. "I wanted to say, 'This is the city I grew up in, and this is what it felt like,' with a science fiction veneer to it so that it doesn't take itself that seriously." Documentary-like authenticity was of prime importance to Blomkamp, and was the reason for his casting of fellow South African unknown Sharlto Copley as leading man. Copley has no prior acting experience, but critics have lauded his portrayal of Wikus van de Merwe, a private-sector employee who goes from being the oppressor to one of the oppressed after an accidental run-in with some DNA-transforming alien goo. "Having grown up in South Africa, I was exposed to the tail end of apartheid as a child, [and] it's something I felt I could relate to," Copley said. "Playing the character, I saw so clearly how you discriminate. ... The film deals with things that are fundamentally human." "District 9" is also fundamentally a thriller, and there's no shortage of gory, gritty scenes and clever special effects that will appeal to fans who like a little action with their sci-fi. Indeed, the film has been praised for its masterful use of special effects, weaving the technology seamlessly into the documentary-style scenes. Sometimes the two are in the very same shot, Blomkamp said. "One of the first shots completed was a motherboard shot, where [computer-generated imagery] was incorporated into some of the handheld footage, and it felt like it was working, this idea of handheld stuff with [CGI]," Blomkamp said. "It set a good tone; it captured the essence of what I was going for." Not bad for a 29-year-old novice, who had previously directed short films and commercials. But	[ "Who made the film?", "who offers sci-fi thrills with food for thought?", "What genre is \"District 9\"?", "What film involves aliens in South Africa?", "In which country are the aliens?" ]	[ [ "Peter Jackson" ], [ "Neill Blomkamp," ], [ "science fiction" ], [ "\"District" ], [ "South Africa" ] ]	"District 9" offers sci-fi thrills with food for thought . Aliens in South Africa are separated into a township; apartheid similarities obvious . Film made by relative unknowns who bring documentary-style realism to subject .
(CNN) -- Scientists have discovered the first confirmed Earthlike planet outside our solar system, they announced Wednesday. An artist's impression shows what the planet may look like in close orbit with its sun. "This is the first confirmed rocky planet in another system," astronomer Artie Hatzes told CNN, contrasting the solid planet with gaseous ones like Jupiter and Saturn. But "Earthlike" is a relative term. The planet's composition may be similar to that of Earth, but its environment is more like a vision of hell, the project's lead astronomer said. It is so close to the star it orbits "that the place may well look like Dante's Inferno, with a probable temperature on its 'day face' above 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit (2,000 degrees Celsius) and minus-328 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 200 degrees Celsius) on its night face," said Didier Queloz of Geneva Observatory in Switzerland, the project leader. Hatzes, explaining that one side of the body is always facing the star and the other side always faces away, said the side "facing the sun is probably molten. The other side could actually have ice" if there is water on the planet. "We think it has no atmosphere to redistribute the heat," Hatzes told CNN from Barcelona, Spain, where he is attending the "Pathways Towards Habitable Planets" conference. The astronomers were stunned to find a rocky planet so near a star, he said. "We would have never dreamed you would find a rocky planet so close," he said. "Its year is less than one of our days." The planet, known as CoRoT-7b, was detected early last year, but it took months of observation to determine that it had a composition roughly similar to Earth's, the European Southern Observatory said in a statement. Astronomers were able to measure the dimensions of the planet by watching as it passed in front of the star it orbits, then carried out 70 hours of study of the planet's effect on its star to infer its weight. With that information in hand, they were able to calculate its density -- and were thrilled with what they found, Hatzes said. "What makes this exciting is you compare the density of this planet to the planets in our solar system, it's only Mercury, Venus and Earth that are similar," Hatzes, of the Thuringer observatory in Germany, told CNN. They were helped by the fact that CoRoT-7b is relatively close to Earth -- about 500 light years away, in the constellation of Monoceros, the Unicorn. "It's in our solar neighborhood," Hatzes said. "The thing that made it easier is it's relatively close, so it's relatively bright. If this star was much much farther away, we wouldn't have been able to do these measurements." At about five times Earth's mass (though not quite twice as large in circumference), it is the smallest planet ever spotted outside our solar system. It also has the fastest orbit. The planet whizzes around its star more than seven times faster than Earth moves, and is 23 times closer to the star than Mercury is to our sun. The planet was first detected early in 2008 by the CoRoT satellite, a 30-centimeter space telescope launched by the European Space Agency in December 2006, specifically with the mission of detecting rocky planets outside the solar system. At least 42 scientists at 17 institutions on three continents worked on the project. They are publishing their findings in a special issue of the Astronomy and Astrophysics journal on October 22 as "The CoRoT-7 Planetary System: Two Orbiting Super-Earths."	[ "What is the planet known as?", "How much larger is the planet than Earth?", "who detected this", "what is the size of the planet found", "What does it look like?", "what planet was detected", "when was the planet detected?", "What is this new planet known as?", "How much closer to the star is the planet?", "Who says that it may look like dante's inferno?", "What is the planet called?", "How many times more massive is this new planet when compared to earth?", "How much bigger than earth is the planet?", "When was this planet detected?", "What is the size of the planet?" ]	[ [ "as CoRoT-7b, was detected early last year," ], [ "about five times" ], [ "the CoRoT satellite," ], [ "five times Earth's mass" ], [ "Dante's Inferno," ], [ "CoRoT-7b," ], [ "early in 2008" ], [ "CoRoT-7b," ], [ "23 times" ], [ "Didier Queloz" ], [ "CoRoT-7b," ], [ "about five" ], [ "five times" ], [ "early last year," ], [ "about five times Earth's mass" ] ]	The planet, known as CoRoT-7b, was detected early last year . It took months to determine that it had a composition roughly similar to Earth's . The planet is about five times more massive than Earth . Astronomer: It is so close to the star it orbits that it may "look like Dante's Inferno"
(CNN) -- Scientists have discovered the remains of a rodent the size of a small car which used to forage the South American continent. The 1-ton creature is believed to have been about 3 meters in length and 1.5 meters tall. The fossilized skull of the new giant rodent The giant rat's skull, which measures an impressive 53 centimeters in diameter was found by Andrés Rinderknecht and Ernesto Blanco, two scientists from Montevideo, Uruguay. The two paleontologists stumbled upon the fossilized remains in a broken boulder in San Jose along the coast of Uruguay. By looking at the size ratios of the skulls and bodies of existing rodents, scientists determined the bodyweight of the rodent must have approached 1,000 kilograms or a ton, making it the world's largest rodent to have been discovered to date. The relatively small size of its teeth however, suggests it fed mainly upon soft vegetables and fruit. "We can give an educated guess that the rodent would have been 3 meters long -- assuming that it was similar to a Capybara (the largest rodent alive today) and taking it into account that large mammals generally have relatively smaller heads. It's tail probably was closer to the one of capybara or guinea pig (very short) and not like a rat," Ernesto Blanco says. The scientists believe the rodent, named Josephoartigasia monesi, roamed the earth about four million years ago at the same time as other giant creatures, such as terror birds, saber-toothed cats, ground sloths and giant armored mammals. During this period, the now arid region was forested and rich in vegetation. The largest living rodent is the capybara, a 50 kilogram guinea pig found in South America. E-mail to a friend	[ "what did it eat?", "what Scientists say?", "What did scientists say the rodent weighed", "What weighed 1,000 kilograms?", "what did the scientist say?", "where Rodent the size of small?", "What was discovered?", "What does it feed upon?", "A rodent the size of a small car was found where?", "Where has the rodent been discovered?" ]	[ [ "soft vegetables and fruit." ], [ "have discovered the remains of a rodent the size of a small car which used to forage" ], [ "1,000 kilograms" ], [ "new giant rodent" ], [ "long -- assuming that it was similar to a Capybara (the largest rodent alive today) and taking it into account that large mammals generally have relatively smaller heads. It's tail probably was closer to the one of capybara or guinea pig (very short) and not like a rat,\"" ], [ "car" ], [ "remains of a rodent the size of a small car" ], [ "soft vegetables and fruit." ], [ "South American continent." ], [ "broken boulder in San Jose" ] ]	Rodent the size of small car discovered in Uruguay . Scientists say the rodent must have weighed 1,000 kilograms . Small size of its teeth suggests it fed mainly upon soft vegetables and fruit .
(CNN) -- Scientists have found a decline in oxygen levels in the Gulf of Mexico following the BP oil spill but have found no "dead zones" as a result, a federal task force reported Tuesday. Levels of dissolved oxygen in deep water have dropped about 20 percent below their long-term average, according to data collected from up to 60 miles from the well at the center of the worst oil spill in U.S. history. But much of that dip appears to be the result of microbes using oxygen to dissolve oil underwater, and the decline is not enough to be fatal to marine life, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official Steve Murawski, the head the Joint Analysis Group studying the spill's impact. "Even the lowest observations in all of these was substantially above the threshold," Murawski said. The samples were collected from 419 points at varying distances from the ruptured well at the heart of the disaster and at depths as far down as 4,800 feet, the group reported. The task force is made up of NOAA, the Environmental Protection Agency and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The undersea gusher erupted in April, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels (205 million gallons) of crude before being temporarily capped in July. The volume of oil -- and the amount of chemical dispersants used to break it up -- have created concerns about the long-term health of the Gulf. At the same time, the spill delivered a severe economic blow to the region, where fisheries and beach resorts are major employers. Early findings from a mid-August survey led by the University of South Florida indicated oil had settled to the bottom of the Gulf further east than previously suspected and at levels toxic to marine life. At about the same time, a team from Georgia Sea Grant and the University of Georgia released a report that estimates that 70 to 79 percent of the oil that leaked from the well "has not been recovered and remains a threat to the ecosystem." The latest study "does not discuss the broad ecosystem consequences of hydrocarbons released into the environment," NOAA said. But it concludes that the oil is continuing to break up and disperse underneath the surface, making the emergency of a major oxygen-poor dead zone unlikely. In early August, the federal government estimated that about three-quarters of the oil spilled had either evaporated or been dispersed, or had been skimmed or burned off the surface. The disaster began with an April 20 explosion aboard the oil rig Deepwater Horizon that left 11 men dead. The blast uncorked a BP-owned well off southeastern Louisiana that spewed for 87 days before being temporarily capped. Operations are under way to permanently seal the well. BP, rig owner Transocean and well cement contractor Halliburton have blamed each other for the disaster. BP plans to release the findings of its internal investigation of the accident on Wednesday, the company said.	[ "When is the report going to be released?", "that the federal report does not address?", "When did the study track oxygen levels?", "which fell in deep water?", "where did The study tracked dissolved oxygen levels?", "What did the report conclude?", "whats is Deep-water oxygen levels ?" ]	[ [ "Wednesday," ], [ "broad ecosystem consequences of hydrocarbons released into the environment,\"" ], [ "following the BP oil" ], [ "oxygen" ], [ "the Gulf of Mexico" ], [ "estimates that 70 to 79 percent of the oil that leaked from the well \"has not been recovered and remains a threat to the ecosystem.\"" ], [ "20 percent below their long-term average," ] ]	Deep-water oxygen levels are down but not deadly, report concludes . The study tracked dissolved oxygen levels from May to August . Latest federal report doesn't address the spill's "broad ecoystem consequences" BP's report on the disaster is scheduled for release Wednesday .
(CNN) -- Scientists have found a wide-eyed primate -- a clawed fur ball that fits snugly in one hand -- in the first live sighting in more than 80 years of a creature that some thought was extinct. "It was truly amazing," one scientist said. "I couldn't conceive that we had actually caught one." Over a two-month period, scientists working in Lore Lindu National Park on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi caught and released three pygmy tarsiers. They bear a striking resemblance to the Furby, an electronic toy that spoke its own fantasy language and dominated children's wish lists in the late 1990s. They caught two males and one female, said Sharon Gursky-Doyen, a Texas A&M University anthropology professor who led the expedition. The group spotted a fourth -- high in the tree canopy -- but were unable to catch it. The species had not been observed alive in more than eight decades, since they were collected for a museum in 1921. Many scientists had believed them to be extinct until eight years ago, when two scientists trapping rats in Sulawesi accidentally trapped and killed one. "I needed to go myself ... to confirm in my own mind," whether they were there, Gursky-Doyen told CNN on Wednesday, after recently returning from Indonesia. And, on the second night of trapping in August on moss-covered, chilly Mt. Rore Katimbo, her group caught the first small nocturnal creature in a mist net. "It was truly amazing," she said. "My whole body was shaking ... I couldn't conceive that we had actually caught one." The second trapping didn't come until three weeks later, but that first sighting "kept us going," Gursky-Doyen said, amid the cold, drenched conditions. The pygmy tarsier, or Tarsius pumilus, weighs about 50 grams (1.7 ounces), and has dense fur, large, protruding eyes. In addition to seeming as a living, breathing version of the Furby, it also appears as though it ought to have had appeared in the 1984 movie "Gremlins." Unlike other primates, the pygmy tarsier -- endemic to a specific area of Indonesia -- has claws instead of nails on its fingers. It is half as big as the Philippines tarsier, which has similar features. For their part, the pygmy tarsiers may have been more frightened than elated at being discovered. "I was bit once, but I take responsibility for that," Gursky-Doyen said, explaining that the animal nipped her as she was trying to attach a radio collar -- to track its movement -- to its neck. The task isn't an easy one, she said, because the animal can swivel its head around 180 degrees. Despite another person helping to hold the animal still, he turned and bit her, she said. They have "pointy, triangular teeth," she said. It was "very painful." But for the most part, they appeared very "passive," she said. Other tarsier species give alarm calls, but these didn't, at least nothing that a human could hear, she said. Gursky-Doyen said she would like her graduate student, Nanda Grow, also on the expedition, to return to the field site for her dissertation, to learn more about the number of animals and how altitude and other variables affect them. "I do believe that the density of these animals is very low," she said, noting that many villages are located within Lore Lindu National Park. "That threatens them," she said.	[ "Since when was believed extinct pygmy tarsiers?", "how many years were the Pygmy tarsiers considered extinct", "in what national part were the Pygmy tarsiers caught and released", "Where are they found?", "what do they resemble?", "what was thought to be extinct" ]	[ [ "1921." ], [ "80" ], [ "Lore Lindu" ], [ "Lore Lindu National Park on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi" ], [ "the Furby," ], [ "wide-eyed primate" ] ]	Pygmy tarsiers thought to be extinct for more than eight decades . Scientists working in Lore Lindu National Park caught and released three . Primate resembles Furby toy that was popular in 1990s . Scientist says villages near park threaten pygmy tarsiers' existence .
(CNN) -- Scientists have found the oldest fossilized footprints made by a four-legged creature, forcing a rethink on when fish first crawled out of water and onto land. The discovery of the footprints in a former quarry in the Holy Cross Mountains in southeastern Poland are thought to be 395 million years old -- 18 million years older than the earliest tetrapod (a vertebrate with limbs rather than fins) body fossils. The report published Thursday in the science journal Nature says the footprints of the tetrapod measure up to 26 centimeters (10 inches) wide, which scientists say is indicative of an animal around 2.5 meters (7.5 feet) in length. The footprints are also 10 million years older than the earliest known elpistostegids -- creatures which displayed some animal characteristics but retained fins. Philippe Janvier from the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, the reviewer of the paper, told CNN: "It is a really stunning discovery because it's the earliest evidence we have of tetrapods. These footprints are clear enough to attest that tetrapods were there 395 millions years ago." The report's authors say their findings "force a radical reassessment of the timing, ecology and environmental setting of the fish-tetrapod transition, as well as the completeness of the body fossil record." As well as finding fossilized footprints, Per Ahlberg, professor of evolutionary organismal biology at Uppsala University in Sweden, and his co-authors from the Polish Geological Institute in Warsaw also report finding several tracks of different sizes and characteristics. The tracks, they say, have distinctive "hand" and "foot" prints and no evidence of a dragging body. Ahlberg said in a video on the Nature Web site: "The trackway shows pairs of prints -- the sort of tracks a salamander would leave if it walked. In order to make tracks like the ones found you need to have front legs and back legs that are about the same size." Ahlberg said the disused quarry where the fossils were discovered has yielded some of the most exciting finds he has encountered in his career as a paleontologist. Although Janvier describes the lack of skeletal evidence as "frustrating," it doesn't undermine the importance of the discovery. "It changes what we thought about the evolutionary tree concerning the part dealing with transition from fish to land vertebrae." Janvier said. "The divergence between the tetrapods and their closest fish relatives is much younger than previously thought and it obliges us to find actual evidence -- skeletons or complete fossils -- in much earlier strata that could enlighten us between this divergence."	[ "what does the discovery push back", "what Discovery pushes the evolutionary scale back?", "what was found", "what was found in poland", "where was the discovery" ]	[ [ "we thought about the evolutionary tree concerning the part dealing with transition from fish to land vertebrae.\"" ], [ "fossilized footprints" ], [ "the oldest fossilized footprints made by a four-legged creature," ], [ "oldest fossilized footprints made by a four-legged creature," ], [ "former quarry in the Holy Cross Mountains in southeastern Poland" ] ]	Fossilized footprints of 395-million-year-old four-legged creature found in Poland . Discovery pushes the evolutionary scale back by nearly 20 million years . Compared in significance to discovery of the first miocene hominoids .
(CNN) -- Scientists in Colombia have unearthed the remains of a true prehistoric monster believed to be the biggest snake ever to have lived on Earth. An artist's impression of what Titanoboa cerrejonensis would have looked like. Named Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the snake would have weighed 1,140 kilograms (2,500 pounds) and measured 13 meters (42.7 feet) nose to tail tip -- dwarfing the largest modern pythons and anacondas which can grow to 6 meters (19.5 feet). Scientists believe it slithered around the planet between 58 and 60 million years ago. Geologist David Polly, who identified the position of the fossil vertebrae which made a size estimate possible, said in a statement Wednesday: "At its greatest width, the snake would have come up to about your hips. The size is pretty amazing. "But our team went a step further and asked, how warm would the Earth have to be to support a body of this size?" Titanoboa's fossilized remains were discovered at a coal mine in the tropical Cerrejon region of northern Colombia by an international team of scientists. "Truly enormous snakes really spark people's imagination, but reality has exceeded the fantasies of Hollywood," paleontologist Jonathan Bloch, who co-led the expedition, told reporters. "The snake that tried to eat Jennifer Lopez in the movie 'Anaconda' was not as big as the one we found." Based on the snake's size, the team was able to calculate that the mean annual temperature in equatorial South America 60 million years ago would have been about 91 degrees Fahrenheit, about 10 degrees warmer than today, Bloch said. "Tropical ecosystems of South America were surprisingly different 60 million years ago," said Bloch. "It was a rainforest, like today, but it was even hotter and the cold-blooded reptiles were all substantially larger. "The result was, among other things, the largest snakes the world has ever seen...and hopefully ever will." According to Nature.com, snakes are poikilotherms (cold-blooded) that, unlike humans, need heat from their environment to power their metabolism. Therefore research suggests that at the time the region would have had to be no less than 86 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit for the snake to have survived. Most large snakes today live in the tropical regions of South America and south-east Asia, where the high temperatures allow them to grow to impressive sizes. Meanwhile, Carlos Jaramillo -- who was also part of the expedition -- said the tropical rainforest at Cerrejon appeared to have thrived at these temperatures. "This data challenges the view that tropical vegetation lives near its climatic optimum, and it has profound implications in understanding the effect of current global warming on tropical plants," he said.	[ "When did the snakes live?", "what kind of snake was it", "How long was the snake?", "What can the size tell us about the world temps?", "where was the snake found", "How much did the snake weigh?", "What was discovered in Colombia?" ]	[ [ "between 58 and 60 million years ago." ], [ "Titanoboa cerrejonensis" ], [ "13 meters" ], [ "10 degrees warmer than today," ], [ "in the tropical Cerrejon region of northern Colombia" ], [ "1,140 kilograms (2,500 pounds)" ], [ "the biggest snake ever to have lived on Earth." ] ]	Snake weighed 1,140 kgs (2,500 pounds), measured 13 meters (42.7 feet) Scientists believe it lived between 58 and 60 million years ago . Size offers clues about world's temperature at this time . Discovered by scientists in tropical northern region of Colombia .
(CNN) -- Scientists say a very rare find of some 20 fossilized pterodactyls has produced the first clear evidence of a controversial theory of evolution. This image shows the fossilized skeleton of Darwinopterus which was found in north-east China earlier this year. The fossils were found in northeast China earlier this year, embedded in rock dating back 160 million years, and have been called "Darwinopterus" after the renowned naturalist Charles Darwin. The creature's discovery has astounded scientists because their age puts them within two recognized groups of pterodactyls -- primitive long-tailed forms and advanced short-tail forms -- and they display characteristics of both. The combination of features indicates that the primitive pterodactyls evolved relatively quickly, and that certain groups of features changed at the same time. Traditional evolutionary theory suggests that one feature -- a tail for instance -- would slowly evolve over time. "Darwinopterus came as quite a shock to us," said David Unwin, from the University of Leicester's School of Museum Studies, which identified the creature, along with researchers from the Geological Institute of Beijing. "We had always expected a gap-filler with typically intermediate features such as a moderately elongate tail -- neither long nor short -- but the strange thing about Darwinopterus is that it has a head and neck just like that of advanced pterosaurs, while the rest of the skeleton, including a very long tail, is identical to that of primitive forms," he said. By comparing the fossil with others from earlier and later periods, scientists have been able to sketch a rough timeline of the pterodactyl's progression. "The head and neck evolved first, followed later by the body, tail, wings and legs," Unwin said. The researchers say more study is needed to substantiate the idea of that evolution could occur relatively quickly, and that whole parts of a plant or animal's body could change at once. The fossils indicate Darwinopterus was about the size of a crow, with long jaws, sharp, pointed teeth and a flexible neck. It had "hawk-like" qualities, scientists say, which allowed the creature to kill and eat smaller, feathered dinosaurs which would later evolve into birds. Pterodactyls were prevalent during the Mesozoic Era between 220 and 65 million years ago. The research has been published in the "Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences."	[ "How many fossilized pterodactyls were found in China?", "Who says fossils show groups of features changed relatively rapidly?", "What scientist says about fossils?", "How many types of pterodactyls are there?", "How many pterodactlys found in china?", "The fossilized pterodactyls were found in how old of rock?", "Who says rare fossil find provides evidence of one theory of evolution?", "How many fossilized pterodactyls found in China in rock dating back 160 million years?" ]	[ [ "20" ], [ "researchers" ], [ "evidence of a controversial theory of evolution." ], [ "two" ], [ "20" ], [ "160 million years," ], [ "Scientists" ], [ "20" ] ]	Researchers say rare fossil find provides evidence of one theory of evolution . 20 fossilized pterodactyls found in China in rock dating back 160 million years . Fossils show creatures had characteristics of two types of known pterodactyls . Scientists say fossils show groups of features changed relatively rapidly .
(CNN) -- Scotland's Susan Boyle gives new meaning to the term "overnight sensation." The "Britain's Got Talent" contestant was expected to be something of a joke when she first sauntered on stage, but she absolutely wowed the audience, the judges -- and then the world via the Internet -- with her stunning rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream." Along with Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden is a judge on "Britain's Got Talent." But like others who stumble upon sudden fame, she found the pressure and scrutiny to be overwhelming. "Talent" judge Amanda Holden and Dr. Drew Pinsky of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" joined CNN's Larry King Tuesday night to discuss Boyle's hospitalization for stress and the toll the spotlight and media criticism might have taken on her mental health. They also discussed whether Boyle will develop the emotional stamina for a high-pressure singing career. The following interview has been edited for brevity and clarity: Larry King: What do we know right now? Amanda Holden: Basically, we've spoken to Susan's brother. He, in fact, spoke on [CBS' "The Early Show"] this morning to say that his sister was very keen to come home as soon as she possibly could and that she was resting up in a clinic in London and that she was very much looking forward to coming out and seeing what was available to her when she felt better. King: Is the show, Amanda, paying for the hospital bills and are they taking care of her? Holden: I have no idea if they're paying the hospital bills. I would imagine that they are. We're a very loyal show. We love Susan very much. In fact, all the contestants that appear on our show are extraordinarily well looked after. King: Your fellow judge, Piers Morgan, has said that there was talk of taking her off the show because of all the pressures on her. Were you involved? Were there any discussions like that? Holden: I wasn't involved in any discussions like that. And I think Piers has a slightly closer relationship with her. ... The only thing I'm worried about with Susan Boyle is that she seems to have a crush on Piers Morgan. ... I think that Piers kind of reassured her during the final that she was doing well and that she mustn't pay any kind of attention to the press and all the other stuff that was going King: Despite all the tumult, there's no disputing that Susan sang her heart out during the finale of the competition. I know the dance troupe [Diversity] was terrific. But, frankly, why didn't she win? Holden: Honestly, I can't criticize the decision because it was the British public that voted in the end. I have no real idea, to be honest. I wonder whether it could be that Diversity was utterly fantastic on the show that night. They decimated the show. They really, really were amazing. And I just wonder whether maybe younger people voted and were quicker on the texts than the kind of people that were voting for Susan. But as I keep saying, if Susan is a loser, then surely she is the biggest and best loser that we have in the world. And coming second is no bad thing. Watch Amanda Holden discuss Susan Boyle » King: She came in, though, [as] a small-town amateur singer, [with] learning disabilities due to suffering oxygen deprivation at birth. Some say the program exploited her and her vulnerabilities. Do you agree? Holden: I couldn't disagree more. You know, she's a grown woman who applied to come on a talent show. She enjoyed every second of every moment that I met her or saw her behind the scenes. She was very excited. She was very proud to be taking part in the show. I think the downturn in press in our country [Britain], I think, maybe stressed her out a	[ "Who applied for the talent show?", "What did doctor say about contestants?", "What stressed out Boyle?", "Who was nervous before the final?", "Who is Boyle??" ]	[ [ "Susan Boyle" ], [ "that appear on our show are extraordinarily well looked after." ], [ "pressure and scrutiny" ], [ "Susan Boyle" ], [ "\"Britain's" ] ]	Amanda Holden: Boyle is "a grown woman who applied to come on a talent show" Holden believes negative press coverage stressed out the overnight sensation . Though Boyle was exceedingly nervous before finale, Holden says she "nailed it" Dr. Drew Pinsky: Contestants on high-pressure shows should get help with stress .
(CNN) -- SeaWorld will resume killer whale shows while the company and two federal agencies investigate the death of a whale trainer at SeaWorld Orlando, company and federal officials announced Friday. The shows, which were suspended at all SeaWorld locations after the death Wednesday at SeaWorld Orlando, will resume Saturday with new precautionary measures in place, said Jim Atchison, president of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. Earlier Friday, the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Agriculture Department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced they were looking into the death of Dawn Brancheau, 40. Brancheau was pulled underwater when a killer whale named Tilikum grabbed her ponytail. A source at SeaWorld said that after seizing her, the whale dove deep underwater. Trainers eventually had to wrangle the animal into a smaller pool before they could retrieve her body about 40 minutes later. WESH: Watch tourist's video just before attack A former head of animal training said Friday that Brancheau left herself vulnerable to attack and that she may have broken the park's training protocol. "Dawn, if she was standing here right now, would tell you that that was her mistake in allowing that to happen," said former SeaWorld trainer Thad Lacinak, who had worked with Brancheau in the past, on ABC's "Good Morning America." Lacinak called Brancheau "one the best killer whale trainers I ever worked with." Still, he said, Brancheau should not have been lying in a slideout -- a platform covered by roughly 4 inches of water -- so close to a killer whale. "When I was there we did have a protocol that you would not do that, you would not lie down in a slideout and get that close to his mouth. "Now, whether she broke that protocol or not I don't know, or if the protocol changed in how they were working with him," Lacinak continued. "But I'm pretty sure it was her breaking the protocol." Atchison said Friday that it's too soon to tell if Brancheau violated protocol. "It's far too early to get to that point," the SeaWorld president said. "We're really still trying to collect information, trying to understand the nature and scope of the event." He declined to discuss SeaWorld's training protocols, saying they are "proprietary documents." Atchison had high praise for Brancheau and said a charitable foundation is being formed to support causes she was interested in. He told reporters that video images in connection with the accident have been made available to the appropriate authorities. Atchison said Tilikum "is a wonderful animal" and "will remain an active and contributing member of the team despite what happened." "He's a very special animal that requires special handling. Obviously the procedures that we've had in place are something we're revisiting at this point," he said. Tilikum's size and weight -- 12,000 pounds, compared with 6,000 to 9,000 pounds for the facility's other killer whales -- was one reason there were separate procedures in place for him at the Orlando facility. When the shows with killer whales resume Saturday at Orlando and other SeaWorld parks, trainers won't get into the water with the animals. "Direct interactions" with the animals were suspended in all three SeaWorld parks after the death. Various other improvements and changes will be enacted, Atchison said. iReport: Photo taken moments before attack Labor Department spokesman Mike Wald said the safety and health agency is looking into whether OSHA workplace standards were violated in the incident. It will complete a report within six months, he said. If workplace infractions are found, OSHA will propose financial penalties, Wald said. If that happens, the company could accept the penalties and make any necessary workplace changes or appeal proposed penalties before an OSHA review commission. David Sacks, Agriculture Department spokesman, said inspectors are looking into the incident from the animal welfare perspective. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wants to know if there were any violations of the Animal Welfare Act, a federal set of minimum	[ "Trainers won't get into what?", "What has been formed in her name?", "who won't get into the water", "What was name of trainer who died?", "What age was she?", "what is being formed", "Who died in the article?" ]	[ [ "water with the animals." ], [ "charitable foundation" ], [ "trainers" ], [ "Dawn Brancheau," ], [ "40." ], [ "a charitable foundation" ], [ "Dawn Brancheau," ] ]	NEW: Trainers won't get into the water with the whales, CEO says . NEW: He says charitable foundation being formed in trainer's name . OSHA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service looking into death . Dawn Brancheau, 40, died Wednesday after whale pulled her underwater .
(CNN) -- Sean Penn could have been walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. Instead, he was under the Capitol Dome in Washington on Wednesday to testify about Haiti. Penn's newest film, spy thriller "Fair Game," will debut Thursday at Cannes, but the day before, the Oscar-winning actor was seated before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as witness to an emergency. "I come here today in the hope that we will address with bold clarity the razor's edge upon which Haiti lies," he said. He called on lawmakers to demand transparency as the island nation moves forward in recovering from the massive earthquake that struck January 12. "In an emergency, donors offer money and expect it to be spent helping people," Penn said. "I hope we are here today to encourage just that." Penn, who founded the J/P Haitian Relief Organization, has been living in a tent in Port-au-Prince, helping manage one of the devastated capital's largest camps for the displaced. The actor turned aid worker testified with experts and policymakers before a committee headed by Democratic Sen. John Kerry, co-sponsor of a bill that would authorize $3.5 billion to help rebuild Haiti over the next five years. About $10 billion in aid was pledged for Haiti over the next 10 years at a donors conference in March. Kerry said donor nations "must now follow through and deliver the funds they have promised in a coordinated manner, and Haiti must work to improve its capacity to absorb the aid it receives." Former USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios offered a scathing assessment of the challenges that lie ahead in rebuilding what he called a failed state. He compared Haiti's devastation and massive death toll of more than 200,000 to that of Chile, which suffered a stronger quake in late February but was not as badly affected. Natsios warned that programs must help end Haiti's dysfunctional cycle by improving governance and fostering economic growth. "I think the worst thing we can do is be nice about this and live in a Disney World assessment of what we are dealing with," Natsios said. "We are dealing with one of the worst-governed countries in the world."	[ "On what date did the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hears testimony on quake-ravaged nation?", "Who hears testimony on quake-ravaged nation?", "what has been founded in Haiti?", "What did Sean Penn found?", "What is the name of the aid agency that actor Sean Penn founded in Haiti?" ]	[ [ "Wednesday" ], [ "Senate Foreign Relations Committee" ], [ "J/P Haitian Relief Organization," ], [ "the J/P Haitian Relief Organization," ], [ "J/P Haitian Relief Organization," ] ]	Senate Foreign Relations Committee hears testimony on quake-ravaged nation . Actor Sean Penn founded aid agency in Haiti . He and others urged U.S. donors to ask for transparency .
(CNN) -- Search and rescue teams on Friday were trying to reach an airplane that crashed with 18 people aboard in the mountains of western Indonesia, an air transportation official said. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the airplane Thursday morning shortly after it took off from the Medan Polonia Airport in North Sumatra. It was bound for the Kutacane district in Aceh province when it crashed in the mountains in North Sumatra, said Henry Bakti, Indonesia's director general for air transportation. The plane was spotted during an aerial search, and it appeared to be largely intact, Bakti told reporters. The condition of the passengers, including two children and two infants, was not immediately known, he said. Nusantara Buana Air owns the plane, which operates nine planes and services destinations in Aceh from the Medan Polonia and Banda Aceh airports. Airplanes are the primary mode of transportation between Indonesia's scattered islands. In May, a plane that crashed off the coast of Kaimana killed at least 15 people. Indonesia's poor aviation record has led the European Union and the United States to blacklist a number of the country's small airlines, including Nusantara Buana Air. CNN's Kathy Quiano contributed to this report.	[ "Where was the plane headed for?", "How many people were on board the plane?", "How many children and how many infants were among the passengers?", "Were there any children on board?", "Where did the airplane crash?", "Where did the plane crash?", "Where was the flight bound for?", "What appeared to be largely intact?", "How many people was the airplane carrying?" ]	[ [ "the Kutacane district in Aceh province" ], [ "18" ], [ "two" ], [ "two" ], [ "the mountains of western Indonesia," ], [ "mountains of western Indonesia," ], [ "Kutacane district in Aceh province" ], [ "plane" ], [ "18" ] ]	The airplane carrying 14 people crashed in the mountains in North Sumatra, an air official says . The flight was bound for the Aceh province when it crashed . Two children and two infants are among the passengers, the official says . An aerial search spotted the plane, which appeared to be largely intact .
(CNN) -- Search crews have recovered the bodies of the flight captain and a steward from the Air France flight that crashed off the coast of Brazil. A Brazilian diver floats on wreckage of Flight 447 earlier this month. The search for more debris continues. The two flight members are among the victims that have been identified, Air France said in a statement Thursday. About a dozen victims have been identified among roughly 50 bodies recovered from the crash of Flight 447, which killed 228 people on June 1, authorities in Brazil said this week. Crews continue to search for bodies, wreckage and flight-data recorders that apparently rest deep on the ocean floor. Data from the recorders may be crucial in helping investigators determine what caused the plane to crash. Watch more wreckage recovered from crash » Autopsies conducted on some of the 50 bodies found so far show they suffered broken bones, including arms, legs and hips, Brazilian authorities have told French investigators, according to Paul-Louis Arslanian, head of the French accident investigation board. Such injuries suggest that the plane broke apart in midair, experts have said. Asked about that theory, Air France Chief Executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon told France's RTL radio this week that he would not go that far. "What I know is that the investigators would like to know the causes of death," Gourgeon said. "That knowledge of causes of death will better clarify what exactly happened. Were the victims killed before the impact, or during impact?" Searchers have found dozens of pieces of debris in the water and think they know the general location of the wreck, but Arslanian said this week that there is a chance the entire aircraft may never be found. Air France plans to pay relatives of the victims an initial compensation equivalent to about $24,500, or 17,500 euros, for each victim, Gourgeon has said. The airliner said this week that it has been in touch with about 1,800 relatives of the people who died when the Airbus A330 crashed, but that it has been difficult tracing the relatives of all 228 victims. "The modern world is different and we often have only a cell phone, and as you can imagine, this cell phone is unfortunately in the aircraft," Gourgeon said. "So we probably (will put in) more hours to access all the relatives." The company is also providing families with counseling, he said. The were 32 different nationalities present on Flight 447.	[ "Where was the flight going?", "How many people were onboard?", "How many people were killed?", "What did search crews recover?", "Whose bodies are recovered?", "How many were killed?", "Which flight crashed?", "How many people were killed in the crash?", "How many people were on flight 447?", "Who did the search crew recover?", "search crews recover whose bodies?" ]	[ [ "Brazil." ], [ "228" ], [ "228" ], [ "the bodies of the flight captain and a steward from the Air France" ], [ "the flight captain and a steward" ], [ "228 people" ], [ "Flight 447," ], [ "228" ], [ "228" ], [ "bodies of the flight captain and a steward from the Air France" ], [ "flight captain and a steward from the Air France" ] ]	Search crews recover bodies of flight captain and steward from crash . All 228 people onboard flight 447 from Brazil to France were killed . None of names of bodies recovered have been released at request of families .
(CNN) -- Search efforts turned into a recovery operation Monday for a U.S. Navy instructor pilot presumed dead after his plane crashed into Lake Pontchartrain, just outside of New Orleans, Louisiana, during a routine training mission, a Navy spokesman said. The student pilot on the plane was rescued about two hours after the crash Saturday night and taken to a hospital for mild hypothermia and moderate injuries, according to the Navy. He has since been released. The missing instructor pilot has been identified as Lt. Clinton Wermers, 33, of Mitchell, South Dakota. The Navy did not identify the rescued student pilot. The two pilots were attached to Training Squadron 6 at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida. Initial reports were that both the pilots were clinging to the aircraft before it sank, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, which is assisting in the search. Lt. Brett Dawson, a Navy air training spokesman, told CNN Monday that the wreckage of the plane has been located and a salvage unit will be working to recover it. The cause of the crash is under investigation, Dawson said. Air traffic controllers at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans notified the Coast Guard at 6:40 p.m. Saturday that a U.S. Navy T-34 training plane was no longer visible on radar, the Coast Guard said in a news release. The plane had been approaching the airport during a routine nighttime instrument training mission, the Navy said. The T-34 is a single-engine, single-prop plane used for primary training for student pilots. It does not have an ejection mechanism, Dawson said. Instead, pilots can open the canopy, slide it back and roll out of the aircraft. At the time of the crash, the temperature was 50 degrees Fahrenheit with calm winds, the Coast Guard said. The water temperature was 52 degrees. CNN's Sarah Aarthun and Sara Pratley contributed to this report.	[ "who survived the crash?", "What is used for primary training?", "who is Lt. Clinton Wermers?", "who is the missing pilot?", "What crashed Saturday night?", "when did the T-34 crash?", "what is a T-34?" ]	[ [ "The student pilot" ], [ "single-engine, single-prop plane" ], [ "The missing instructor pilot" ], [ "Lt. Clinton Wermers," ], [ "plane" ], [ "Saturday night" ], [ "training plane" ] ]	Search efforts turned into a recovery operation Monday after T-34 crashed Saturday night . Missing pilot identified as Lt. Clinton Wermers, 33, of Mitchell, South Dakota . The T-34 is a single-engine, single-prop plane used for primary training for student pilots . Second unidentified man, a flight student, survived the crash .
(CNN) -- Search teams have found the flight data recorder from the Yemenia Airways plane that crashed off the Comoros Islands in June, killing 152 people, the chief investigator said Friday. Search parties continue their operation to locate the Yemenia Airbus A310 off the Comoros Islands in July. An operation to retrieve the recorder has begun, said a statement from investigator Ali Abdou Mohamed. The Airbus 310 crashed into the Indian Ocean, carrying 142 passengers and 11 crew members. It originated in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, and went down just miles from Moroni, the capital of the Comoros Islands. One person, a 13-year-old French girl, survived. The recorder could contain information to help determine what caused the crash. The plane had tried to land at the airport in Moroni, then made a U-turn before it crashed, Comoros Vice President Idi Nadhoim said soon after the accident. A French official said that country had banned the plane after it failed an aviation inspection in 2007, but Yemenia Airways was not on the European Union's list of banned airlines. Passengers on the flight included 66 French citizens, 54 Comorians, one Palestinian and one Canadian, according to Yemeni and French officials. The crew was made up of six Yemenis, two Moroccans, one Ethiopian, one Filipino and one Indonesian. The Comoros Islands are between the east African country of Tanzania and the island nation of Madagascar.	[ "Where are the Comoros Islands?", "Who was the only survivor?", "What could help determine the cause of the crash?", "Who survived the crash?", "What are they looking for?", "Where are the Comoros Islands located at?", "Who survied the plane crash?", "What plane crashed?", "Where are the Comoros Islands?", "Who was the only survivor?" ]	[ [ "are between the east African country of Tanzania and the" ], [ "One person, a 13-year-old French girl, survived." ], [ "flight data recorder" ], [ "One person, a 13-year-old French girl," ], [ "the Yemenia Airbus A310" ], [ "between the east African country of Tanzania and the" ], [ "One person, a 13-year-old French girl," ], [ "Yemenia Airbus A310" ], [ "between the east African country of Tanzania and the" ], [ "a 13-year-old French girl," ] ]	Comoros Islands lie between east African and the island nation of Madagascar . Recorder could contain information to help determine what caused the crash . Thirteen-year-old French girl was the only person to survive plane crash .
(CNN) -- Searchers have recovered the bodies of three people who were aboard a Yemenia Airways jet that crashed off the coast of Comoros in the Indian Ocean, a spokesman for Yemen's Civil Aviation department said Tuesday. A man hugs a relative of one of the victims at an airport in Marseille in southern France. Capt. Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Qadir also told reporters that a child who was reported found alive was a 5-year-old boy. He did not give further details of the child's condition. "The French said that (Wednesday) they will send more French units to the accident location in order to retrieve the bodies and possibly that they may be able to locate people who are still alive," he said. The Airbus 310 went down early Tuesday, carrying 142 passengers and 11 crew members on a flight that originated in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. Qadir said the jet took off from Sanaa shortly before 10 p.m. Monday and vanished from radar when it was about 16 miles from Comoros' capital, Moroni. Searchers have not located the plane's data recorders, Qadir said, and investigators were not speculating on the cause of the crash. "The weather conditions were indeed very troubling and the winds were very strong, reaching 61 kilometers per hour (38 mph)," he said. "That's one thing. The other thing was that the sea was very rough when the plane approached landing at Moroni airport." But French Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau noted that several years ago France banned the plane, a A310-300, because of safety concerns. "People are talking about poor weather conditions, but for the moment, we are unsure," Bussereau said. "It seems the plane may have attempted an approach, put on the gas, and attempted another approach, which then failed. For the moment, we must be careful because none of this information is verified." Qadir said it was too early to blame the aircraft for the crash. "This plane is just like any other plane," he said. "It can have a malfunction, but we don't know what really happened before the investigation is over. And then we can determine if there is a technical issue, bad weather or anything else that may have led to the crash." It was the second crash involving an Airbus jet in a month. On June 1, an Air France Airbus A330 crashed off Brazil while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, France. All 228 aboard are presumed dead. The cause remains under investigation. Recent plane crashes » Former pilot and aviation analyst John Cox said there were no similarities between the two incidents. "These are two dramatically different airplanes flown by two different airlines," Cox told CNN's "American Morning." "The accidents happened at two different regimes of flight. And Airbus has hundreds of millions of hours flying safely. I don't believe that ... we can draw any conclusions because the manufacturer was the same in these two very different types of accidents." At first, Comoros officials said there were no signs of survivors among the dead bodies floating in the choppy waters. But then rescuers found the child. Watch as airline describes child's rescue » Cox said it reminded him of the 1987 crash of Northwest Flight 255 in Detroit, Michigan, in which only a 4-year-old girl survived while 156 others died. "This has come up before, and it's where the toddler was seated (during the impact) that allowed them to survive," he said. "It's a miracle and I'm glad ... the toddler is safe. I'm just saddened for the loss of everybody else," he added. The Yemeni crash occurred as the plane approached the Hahaya airport in Moroni. The plane tried to land, then U-turned before it crashed, Comoros Vice President Idi Nadhoim said. Officials did not know why the plane could not land, he said. Flight 626 was expected to be a four-and-a-half	[ "Which country is sending a team?", "How many people were aboard the Jet?", "Who was recovered alive from the crash?", "How many bodies have been found?", "When did the crash occur?", "How many people was the jet carrying?" ]	[ [ "French" ], [ "142 passengers and 11 crew members" ], [ "a 5-year-old boy." ], [ "three" ], [ "early Tuesday," ], [ "142 passengers and 11 crew members" ] ]	NEW: Three bodies found; French sending team to help search and rescue . A 5-year-old boy recovered alive from Yemeni jet crash in Indian Ocean . Jet was carrying more than 150 people to island of Comoros from Yemen . Crash occurs as plane tries to land at airport, official says .
(CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest world champion in a five-way shootout at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November 2010, and the German needs just one point in Japan this weekend to seal a second world crown. Vettel's dominant form in 2011 has led him to victory in nine of 14 races so far, and the 24-year-old is on the brink of becoming the ninth driver to secure back-to-back titles in the championship's 61-year history. If he does so, the celebrations will come with four races to go -- putting Vettel narrowly behind his legendary compatriot Michael Schumacher, who set the standard in 2002 when he clinched the fifth of his record seven world titles with six of the 17 races remaining. Vettel will also become the youngest double world champion, beating the 25-year-old Fernando Alonso's feat with Renault in 2005-06. Latest F1 standings after Singapore GP Former Toro Rosso driver Vettel needs to earn a 10th-place finish, or higher, in one of the season's five remaining grands prix to complete his triumph. McLaren's 2009 world champion Jenson Button, second in the drivers' standings, is the only driver who still has a mathematical chance of preventing Red Bull celebrations on Sunday. British racer Button would need the unlikely combination of Vettel to score no further world championship points, while also winning the year's five remaining races. Despite Vettel knowing he could win the title with an uncharacteristically low finish -- he has finished outside of the top two in just one race this year -- the one-time Sauber driver insisted he is fully focused on claiming another maximum 25-point haul. "Obviously there's still a chance for Jenson to win the title and for me not to win the title," Vettel told Formula One's official website. "Even if it's only one point. "The moment you decide to fly, sooner or later there's a moment when you will come down as well. You have to, nothing flies for ever. I think it would be wrong to think like that at this stage, the target going into this weekend is not to get one point, in a way it's not to win the championship, the target is to do our best. "Yes, there would be reason to celebrate, even if we finish tenth, but it wouldn't be the same so we try to race as usual and we try to get the best out of ourselves." When asked what the secret behind his success was, Vettel's answer was simple: "Probably a word that is not at first sight that fancy, consistency. And in this respect we have had a terrific year so far and I hope it will not desert us for the final races." The climax to the 2011 season is in stark contrast to last year's finale, when Vettel leaped from third position heading into the final race at the Yas Marina Circuit to overhaul teammate Mark Webber and Ferrari's two-time world champion Fernando Alonso to claim glory. "Going into the last race and being some points behind is a completely different situation to leading the standings by a gap of 124 points," said Vettel, who was 15 points adrift of first-place Alonso heading into November's final race in the gulf kingdom. "What I try to do is not to listen to all these statistics and simply focus on this race, as I always do with every single race -- which has served me well. I have learned from the mistakes that I made in the past and it would be foolish to make them again, so don't wait to see them here. "It is not embarrassing making mistakes if you learn from them, but it would be embarrassing making the same mistakes all over again. " Button signs new multi-year deal with McLaren Button was cautiously optimistic regarding his chances in Suzuka, but admitted the circuit is one which would suit Red Bull's RB7 car. "I think it will be a great race for everyone,"	[ "Who is poised to become the youngest double world champion?", "When Japanese Grand Prix will take place?", "Where is the Grand Prix?", "How much of a lead does the german hold?", "Who is to become the youngest double word champion in F1 history?", "Who will be the youngest champion?", "Who can get a second world title?", "What is the lead in the drivers standing?" ]	[ [ "Vettel" ], [ "November 2010," ], [ "Abu Dhabi" ], [ "124 points,\"" ], [ "Vettel" ], [ "Vettel" ], [ "Vettel" ], [ "Sebastian" ] ]	Sebastian Vettel can clinch a second world title at Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix . The German holds a 124-point lead over Jenson Button in the drivers' standings . The Red Bull driver is poised to become the youngest double world champion in F1 history .
(CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel became the youngest-ever back-to-back Formula One world champion with his third place finish in Sunday's Japan Grand Prix and the German now has an unassailable lead with four races of the season still remaining. Vettel finished behind Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso at Suzuka, a result more than enough to retain his crown following a dominant season which has seen him claim nine victories and four second places from the 15 races so far. With just four races still remaining, Vettel has an unassailable lead of 114 points over Button and cannot now be overtaken, although the battle for the minor placings is still likely to go down to the final race of the season in Brazil. In fact, there were no changes in the top nine of either the drivers' or constructors' championship after Suzuka with the Formula One circuit now moving onto next weekend's Korean Grand Prix at Yeongam, the 16th race of the season Drivers' standings after round 15 in Japan: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 324 points 2. Jenson Button (GB) McLaren 210 3. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 202 4. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 194 5. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren 178 6. Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 90 7. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes 63 8. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes 60 9. Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 36 Constructors' standings: 1. Red Bull 518 points 2. McLaren 388 3. Ferrari 292 4. Mercedes 123 5. Lotus Renault 72 6. Force India 48 7. Sauber 40 8. Toro Rosso 29 9. Williams 5	[ "Who came in third place?", "Who has a lead in the F1 drivers' standings?", "Sebastian Vettel now has an unassailable", "Who has the unassailable lead" ]	[ [ "Vettel" ], [ "Vettel" ], [ "lead" ], [ "Vettel" ] ]	Sebastian Vettel now has an unassailable lead in the F1 drivers' standings . The 24-year-old German is 114 points ahead of his rivals with just 100 points left . Jenson Button won in Suzuka to consolidate second place with Fernando Alonso third . Red Bull continue to dominate the constructors' title ahead of McLaren and Ferrari .
(CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel has blazed a trail in Formula One's history books by becoming the youngest double world champion, but his Red Bull team bosses are already looking for their next star driver. The all-conquering Austrian marque, along with the 11 other teams on the F1 grid, are in Abu Dhabi for three days of testing with some of the brightest young talents in motorsport. Having remained at the Yas Marina Circuit following Sunday's grand prix, which was won by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, the teams will put a number of potential future world champions through their paces between Tuesday and Thursday. Champion Vettel toasts dream year One such prospect is Jean-Eric Vergne, the 21-year-old Toro Rosso test driver who finished second in the 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 series and has been given the chance to drive Red Bull's imperious RB7 car. Despite having an unfamiliar name at the wheel, the results on Tuesday bore an uncanny resemblance to those which have been witnessed in the sport for the last two years. Red Bull once again left the other teams trailing in their wake, only this time it was French youngster Vergne leading the field -- his lap of one minute 40.011 seconds beating Ferrari test driver Jules Bianchi into second place. "That was a fantastic day for me," Vergne, who will drive for Red Bull on all three days, told the sport's official website. "Driving the world championship-winning car is just great and I liked every lap I did out there. Latest F1 standings after Abu Dhabi GP Bianchi has been handed the chance to take to the track for legendary Italian marque Ferrari at the test event for the second year in a row. "It's great to be back at the wheel of a Ferrari on a real track," the 22-year-old said. The Frenchman also races for Lotus ART in the GP2 Series, where he has ended the season third after one victory and five podium finishes. The GP2 Series has long been a production line for F1 talent, with the competition having been the brainchild of former Formula One commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone and one-time Renault boss Flavio Briatore. "I've already driven this car for some aerodynamic testing, but doing it at a real test is a whole different story," Bianchi said. "Now, I am looking forward to a further two days of testing and we hope to carry on as we have started, with a lot of kilometers completed and trouble-free running." Venezuela's Rodolfo Gonzalez is another GP2 graduate being given his chance to shine, taking to the cockpit for the CNN-sponsored Team Lotus on Tuesday. The 25-year-old hopes to emulate compatriot and Williams driver Pastor Maldonado in moving from the GP2 Asia Series to become the fifth driver from the South American country to compete in F1. "It's my dream to drive in Formula One so I'm really very thankful for this opportunity," said Gonzalez. "I think I've showed I have potential with the lap times I did, and am pleased with my times overall. "I've proved I can do the job and have really enjoyed this experience in the car and learned a lot for my future. "Knowing there are two more days still to do, just makes me smile more. It's a great opportunity ... I'm trying to learn as much as possible and get as much as possible out of it." British team Williams are running GP3 champion Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Formula Two titleholder Mirko Bortolotti of Italy. "I really enjoyed my first time driving the car on a proper track today," the 22-year-old Bottas said. "It didn't take too long to get used to the car but there were still a few new things for me. There is much more downforce and power than the cars I am used to driving, but I really liked it and I think the day went well."	[ "How long does the event last for?", "Where is the event taking place?", "How many teams are there?", "where the event takes place three days?" ]	[ [ "three days" ], [ "Abu Dhabi" ], [ "The all-conquering Austrian marque, along with the 11 other" ], [ "Abu Dhabi" ] ]	The 12 Formula One teams are testing young drivers in Abu Dhabi . The three-day event is taking place in Abu Dhabi . Red Bull's Jean-Eric Vergne set the pace at Yas Marina Circuit on Tuesday .
(CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel is on track to become Formula One's youngest double world champion after topping the qualifying timesheets for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix. The 24-year-old headed off Red Bull teammate Mark Webber to claim his 11th pole position this season as he seeks a ninth victory from 14 races. That would give him another championship crown -- the first was clinched at the last race of 2010, but this one would be with five to go as he seeks to build on his 112-point lead in the night event. Vettel can beat the mark of second-placed Fernando Alonso, who was 25 when he won his second title with Renault in 2006. But the Spaniard could delay Vettel's celebrations if he finishes fourth on a testing Marina Bay Street Circuit where he led from the start to win last year from Vettel and Webber -- and also triumphed with Renault in 2008. How the F1 title can be won: Vettel on the verge Alonso will have to improve on Saturday's qualifying, where he was fifth fastest ahead of Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner downplayed chances of the title being decided this weekend. "The moon and stars have got to line up. We haven't booked anything for a party should we win. We're focused on the race," he told reporters in quotes carried by AFP. Vettel set the pace in the first two sessions before clocking an unbeatable one minute 44.381 seconds in his only run of Q3 to give Red Bull a perfect record in qualifying this season. Vettel fastest in Singapore practice "I decided to abort my second run when I made a mistake because it is very easy to damage the car so I went wide," he said. "I was quite happy with my first lap. I think the circuit ramped up at the end and I think it was possible to go faster, but I'm very happy. It's a very difficult track with such a long lap to get everything right. I think we learned from our mistakes that we made last year." Webber then surged into second with 1:44.732 to push past McLaren's former world champions Jenson Button (1:44.804) and Lewis Hamilton (1:44.809). Hamilton was unable to make a second run due to a fuel problem, and watched from the pits as his time was beaten. Alonso timed 1:44.874 to be well clear of Massa (1:45.800) and the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg -- whose legendary teammate Michael Schumacher failed to set a time along with Force India's Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta -- who both opted to conserve tires.	[ "What is Vettel hoping to secure?", "Who can deny Vettel the world title?", "Where did Sebastian Vettel wins his 11th pole position of 2011?", "Who won his 11th pole position?", "Who can deny him by finishing fourth?" ]	[ [ "Formula One's youngest double world champion" ], [ "Fernando Alonso," ], [ "Singapore Grand Prix." ], [ "Vettel" ], [ "Fernando Alonso," ] ]	Sebastian Vettel wins his 11th pole position of 2011 at Singapore Grand Grix . German heads home Red Bull teammate Mark Webber in Saturday qualifying . Vettel is hoping to secure his second world title in 14th of 19 races this season . Ferrari's Fernando Alonso can deny him by finishing fourth in the night race .
(CNN) -- Second seed Andy Roddick is forced to retire with an ankle injury during the first set of his Queen's Club semifinal against fellow-American James Blake, meaning he misses out on a final showdown against British top seed Andy Murray. Andy Roddick feels his ankle injury before retiring from his semifinal against fellow-American James Blake. Roddick, who was bidding for a record fifth title at the London grass-court tournament, injured his right ankle when he slipped at the back of the court in the fourth game of the first set. He eventually called for treatment three games later and resumed only after having his ankle and foot heavily bandaged. However, Roddick was clearly still in some discomfort as he served in the next game and decided to take the safety-first option with Wimbledon starting in just nine days. "I'm going to do everything I can to play at Wimbledon," Roddick told Press Association Sport. "We're scheduled to get it looked at again on Monday and do some scans on it, then we'll see where we're at. "Initial tests have shown the stability and strength is OK. We're looking at days, not weeks. My trainer and doctors don't think anything is torn." Blake, beaten in the 2006 Queen's final by Lleyton Hewitt, admitted he did not take much pleasure from this victory. Speaking after the match, Blake said: "It was unfortunate but Andy is such a great player and he doesn't want to endanger the injury anymore. He normally moves so well and you could tell this wasn't the same Andy Roddick." Meanwhile, Murray swept into his first-ever Queen's final with a ruthless 6-2 6-4 win over unseeded Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero. Murray is bidding to become the first Briton to win the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event since Bunny Austin in 1938. The world number three has not dropped a set in four matches and, in reaching his fifth ATP Tour final this year, he also becomes the first British finalist here since Tim Henman in 2002. "I felt it was a good match. I started well but the second set was very close," Murray said in a courtside interview after the match. "I'm obviously happy to win in two sets. I was very happy with the way I played all round. "I didn't have the easiest draw so it's been a good week all around and hopefully I can finish it off on Sunday," added the Scot. In the other men's grass-court tournament being played, second seed Novak Djokovic is through to the final in Halle after a 7-6 6-4 victory over Belgian Olivier Rochus. The Serb will now face unseeded German Tommy Haas, who defeated compatriot Philipp Kohlschreiber 2-6 7-6 7-6 in an epic encounter. Meanwhile, in women's action, Maria Sharapova crashed out in the semifinals of the Birmingham grass-court event, beaten in straight sets by China's Li Na. Russian Sharapova had been bidding for a third victory in the tournament, after winning in both 2004 and 2005, but went out 6-4 6-4 in a match lasting 90 minutes. Fourth seed Li, the highest-ranked player left in the competition, will face Magdalena Rybarikova in the final, after the 13th-seeded Slovakian beat Indian Sania Mirza 3-6 6-0 6-3.	[ "What is the reason for his retirement?", "Where was James Blake born?", "Who is in the final?", "What is Juan Carlos Ferrero famous for?", "Who will James Blake face in the final?", "Who did Murray beat?" ]	[ [ "an ankle injury" ], [ "fellow-American" ], [ "Andy Murray." ], [ "Queen's final" ], [ "Andy Murray." ], [ "Juan Carlos Ferrero." ] ]	Andy Roddick forced to retire from his Queen's Club semifinal with ankle injury . The injury means fellow-American James Blake will face Andy Murray in final . Murray secures his place with a straight sets victory over Juan Carlos Ferrero .
(CNN) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that despite President Bush's low approval ratings, people will soon "start to thank this president for what he's done." Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says "there is no greater honor than to serve this country," "So we can sit here and talk about the long record, but what I would say to you is that this president has faced tougher circumstances than perhaps at any time since the end of World War II, and he has delivered policies that are going to stand the test of time," Rice said in an interview that aired on CBS' "Sunday Morning." The secretary of state brushed off reports that suggest the United States' image is suffering abroad. She praised the administration's ability to change the conversation in the Middle East. "This isn't a popularity contest. I'm sorry, it isn't. What the administration is responsible to do is to make good choices about Americans' interests and values in the long run -- not for today's headlines, but for history's judgment," she said. "And I am quite certain that when the final chapters are written and it's clear that Saddam Hussein's Iraq is gone in favor of an Iraq that is favorable to the future of the Middle East; when the history is written of a U.S.-China relationship that is better than it's ever been; an India relationship that is deeper and better than it's ever been; a relationship with Brazil and other countries of the left of Latin America, better than it's ever been ... "When one looks at what we've been able to do in terms of changing the conversation in the Middle East about democracy and values, this administration will be judged well, and I'll wait for history's judgment and not today's headlines." Asked by CBS' Rita Braver why some former diplomats say Americans are disliked around the world, Rice said that's "just not true." "I know what U.S. policy has achieved. And so I don't know what diplomats you're talking to, but look at the record," she said. Rice said she wasn't bothered by criticism about her or the administration's polices, saying if a person in her business is not being criticized, "you're not doing something right." "I'm here to make tough choices, and this president is here to make tough choices, and we have. And yes, I -- there are some things that I would do very differently if I had it to do over again. You don't have that luxury. You have to make the choices and take the positions that you do at the time," she said. Asked about historians who say Bush is one of the worst presidents, Rice said those "aren't very good historians." "If you're making historical judgments before an administration is already out -- even out of office, and if you're trying to make historical judgments when the nature of the Middle East is still to be determined, and when one cannot yet judge the effects of decisions that this President has taken on what the Middle East will become -- I mean, for goodness' sakes, good historians are still writing books about George Washington. Good historians are certainly still writing books about Harry Truman," she said. Rice, 54, said she has enjoyed working in the Bush administration during the last eight years, first as national security adviser, then as secretary of state. "There is no greater honor than to serve this country," she said, adding that there is also no greater challenge. Rice said when the new administration takes over, she plans to return to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and write two books -- one on foreign policy and one about her parents.	[ "What will Rice's book be about?", "What did Rice say she's here to do?", "What is she not bothered by?", "What did Condoleeza Rice say about the policies?", "What is she planning to write a book about?" ]	[ [ "on foreign policy" ], [ "make tough choices," ], [ "criticism" ], [ "this president has faced tougher circumstances than perhaps at any time since the end of World War II, and he has delivered" ], [ "her parents." ] ]	Condoleezza Rice says Bush's policies will "stand the test of time" Rice says she's not bothered by criticism; says she's "here to make tough choices" Secretary of state says historians criticizing Bush "aren't very good historians" Rice says she plans to write a book about foreign policy .
(CNN) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that despite President Bush's low approval ratings, people will soon "start to thank this president for what he's done." Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says "there is no greater honor than to serve this country," "So we can sit here and talk about the long record, but what I would say to you is that this president has faced tougher circumstances than perhaps at any time since the end of World War II, and he has delivered policies that are going to stand the test of time," Rice said in an interview that aired on CBS' "Sunday Morning." The secretary of state brushed off reports that suggest the United States' image is suffering abroad. She praised the administration's ability to change the conversation in the Middle East. "This isn't a popularity contest. I'm sorry, it isn't. What the administration is responsible to do is to make good choices about Americans' interests and values in the long run -- not for today's headlines, but for history's judgment," she said. "And I am quite certain that when the final chapters are written and it's clear that Saddam Hussein's Iraq is gone in favor of an Iraq that is favorable to the future of the Middle East; when the history is written of a U.S.-China relationship that is better than it's ever been; an India relationship that is deeper and better than it's ever been; a relationship with Brazil and other countries of the left of Latin America, better than it's ever been ... "When one looks at what we've been able to do in terms of changing the conversation in the Middle East about democracy and values, this administration will be judged well, and I'll wait for history's judgment and not today's headlines." Asked by CBS' Rita Braver why some former diplomats say Americans are disliked around the world, Rice said that's "just not true." "I know what U.S. policy has achieved. And so I don't know what diplomats you're talking to, but look at the record," she said. Rice said she wasn't bothered by criticism about her or the administration's polices, saying if a person in her business is not being criticized, "you're not doing something right." "I'm here to make tough choices, and this president is here to make tough choices, and we have. And yes, I -- there are some things that I would do very differently if I had it to do over again. You don't have that luxury. You have to make the choices and take the positions that you do at the time," she said. Asked about historians who say Bush is one of the worst presidents, Rice said those "aren't very good historians." "If you're making historical judgments before an administration is already out -- even out of office, and if you're trying to make historical judgments when the nature of the Middle East is still to be determined, and when one cannot yet judge the effects of decisions that this President has taken on what the Middle East will become -- I mean, for goodness' sakes, good historians are still writing books about George Washington. Good historians are certainly still writing books about Harry Truman," she said. Rice, 54, said she has enjoyed working in the Bush administration during the last eight years, first as national security adviser, then as secretary of state. "There is no greater honor than to serve this country," she said, adding that there is also no greater challenge. Rice said when the new administration takes over, she plans to return to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and write two books -- one on foreign policy and one about her parents.	[ "What does Rice plan to write a book about?", "What did Rice say about Bush's policies?", "Rice says she is here to do what?", "Will Rice write a book?", "Will Bush's policies stand?", "What choices were made?" ]	[ [ "one on foreign policy and one" ], [ "are going to stand the test of time,\"" ], [ "make tough choices," ], [ "-- one on foreign policy and one about her parents." ], [ "that are going to" ], [ "tough" ] ]	Condoleezza Rice says Bush's policies will "stand the test of time" Rice says she's not bothered by criticism; says she's "here to make tough choices" Secretary of state says historians criticizing Bush "aren't very good historians" Rice says she plans to write a book about foreign policy .
(CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Cape Verde on Friday, the final stop on her seven-nation Africa tour in which she emphasized good governance and urged officials to implement reforms. Hillary Clinton was in Cape Verde on Friday on the final leg of her Africa tour. Clinton is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Pedro Maria Neves before returning to the United States. The Obama administration describes the island nation on the western coast as an African success story. "Cape Verde enjoys a stable democratic system, high transparency and low corruption," said Marianne M. Myles, the U.S. ambassador to Cape Verde. The relationship between the two countries is based on a long history of partnership, which started in 1818 when the first U.S. consulate in sub-Saharan Africa was established in the country, Myles said. Clinton's 11-day trip started in Kenya, and has included stops in South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Liberia. She arrived at Cape Verde from Liberia, where she applauded the work of pro-American president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first woman elected head of state in Africa. "Today, (Liberia) is a model of successful transition from conflict to post-conflict, from lawlessness to democracy, from despair to hope," Clinton said. "For the last three years, the people of this country have been working to promote reform, reconstruction and reconciliation. Liberia has adopted sound fiscal policy and seen strong economic growth." Clinton's trip comes after President Obama's visit to Ghana in July, where he urged African leaders to improve government stability. During her visit, Clinton echoed Obama's sentiment on government reform. Like Obama, Clinton made it clear that America is willing to help, but from the background. African leaders must take the lead in reforming their own countries, she said. Clinton's message was a mix of praise and criticism. She also addressed other issues including democracy, trade and sexual abuse. Hours before her arrival in Kenya, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said that Africa did not need another lecture on good governance. But Clinton said she was delivering a "tough but lovingly presented" message to the East African nation. "As President Obama pointed out in his speech in Ghana, Kenya has not fulfilled its economic promise because it hasn't yet realized fully what it means to have a functioning, dynamic democracy, and a free press and an independent judiciary," she said. She urged Angolan officials to adopt a new constitution and hold a proper presidential election. However, she also lauded the nation's commitment to fighting HIV as the two countries signed a partnership to combat the epidemic. At a town hall meeting in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Clinton talked about the importance of democracy and warned that though Nigeria produces 2 million barrels of oil a day, its poverty rate has gone up over the past 13 years. She blamed the lack of progress on corruption. "The most immediate source of the disconnect between Nigeria's wealth and its poverty is a failure of governance at the local, state, and federal level," she said. Watch Clinton compare election to 2000 U.S. presidential election » During a visit to Congo, Clinton denounced sexual attacks on women and announced $17 million in funding to help fight abuse in the country. "In the face of such evil, people of good will everywhere must respond," she said. "The United States is already a leading donor to efforts aimed at addressing these problems." Clinton also met with the leaders of Somalia's transitional government in neighboring Nairobi. The country has been waging a bloody battle against al Qaeda-linked militants with help from the United States. The State Department notes it is the earliest trip by a secretary of state and a president to Africa of any previous U.S. administration.	[ "where did she stop?", "how many days will be hillary clinton in africa?", "How long was HIllary clinton in africa?", "what did clinton urge african leaders to do?", "where are the stops for this trip?" ]	[ [ "Cape Verde" ], [ "11-day trip" ], [ "11-day" ], [ "must take the lead in reforming" ], [ "in South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Liberia." ] ]	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton winds up 11-day Africa trip with Cape Verde visit . Clinton's visit has included stops in Kenya, Liberia and Nigeria . Clinton has urged African leaders to continue government reforms .
(CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for tighter controls over tourism and other forms of pollution in Antarctica Monday, arguing for greater global cooperation to help preserve the continent's environmental and scientific research value. The Dry Valley region of Antarctica has seen an increase in visits by tourists. Addressing a joint session of the Arctic Council and the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, Clinton said the Obama administration is concerned about the growing popularity of tourism in the southern polar region. She said the United States is proposing new international limits on the number of landings from tourist vessels, as well as greater cooperation to prevent potentially hazardous discharges from those ships. At the same time, the United States is proposing new requirements for lifeboats on tourist ships "to make sure they can keep passengers alive until rescue comes," Clinton noted. Aside from worrying about the environmental impact of tourism, the U.S. is "concerned about the safety of the tourists and the suitability of the ships that make the journey south," she said. Watch Clinton say how the Antarctic has been protected from war » The issue of tourism in the Antarctic has become an increasingly divisive issue in recent years, pitting scientists and preservationists against a travel industry seeking to capitalize on a growing demand for adventure and nature-oriented tours. Over 46,000 tourists visited Antarctica in the 2007-2008 tour season -- almost four times as many visitors as during the 2000-2001 season, according to the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators. Clinton's remarks came as the United States helped mark the 50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty, a model for "how agreements created for one age can serve the world in another," Clinton said. Clinton noted that President Obama sent the U.S. Senate an amendment to the treaty Friday that would spell out how the international community should better prevent and respond to environmental emergencies in Antarctica. The amendment would cover the question of liability tied to environmental damage in the ecologically sensitive region. In addition, the United States has proposed an extension of the treaty's marine pollution rules "in a manner that more accurately reflects the boundaries of the Antarctic ecosystem," she noted. "The treaty is a blueprint for the kind of international cooperation that will be needed more and more to address the challenges of the 21st century," Clinton said. "It is an example of smart power at its best: governments coming together around a common interest and citizens, scientists and institutions from different countries joined in scientific collaboration to advance peace and understanding." Clinton argued that the treaty "and its related instruments remain a key tool in our efforts to address an urgent threat of this time: climate change." A number of international scientific research stations have been established in Antarctica in part to help explore the probable causes and effects of global warming. Twelve nations initially signed the Antarctic Treaty in 1959; 47 nations abide by it today. The accord specifies that Antarctic territory cannot be used for military purposes. It bans, among other things, nuclear testing and the disposal of radioactive waste material on the continent. It also protects freedom for international scientific research in the region.	[ "What will be limited to achieve this?", "Who signed the Antarctic Treaty?", "What is number of nations who signed the Antarctic Treaty?", "When was the Antarctic Treaty signed?", "Who is calling for limits on tourism?" ]	[ [ "United States is proposing new international limits on the number of landings from tourist vessels," ], [ "Twelve nations" ], [ "47" ], [ "1959;" ], [ "Hillary Clinton" ] ]	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls for limits on tourism in Antarctica . U.S. is proposing new limits on the number of landings from tourist vessels . Clinton addressed Arctic Council and Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting . Twelve nations signed the Antarctic Treaty in 1959; 47 nations abide by it today .
(CNN) -- Security cameras were rolling when a killer whale at SeaWorld's Florida park grabbed a trainer by her hair and pulled her underwater, leading to her death. Now SeaWorld and the family of Dawn Brancheau are fighting to keep videos and photos related to her death out of the public eye. A Florida judge on Thursday granted a request from SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment to join in a lawsuit filed last week by Brancheau's family seeking to prevent the release of the footage, which was captured at SeaWorld's Orlando, Florida, park on February 24. Brancheau was interacting with an orca named Tilikum when the animal grabbed her ponytail and pulled her underwater in front of shocked onlookers at Shamu Stadium. She died from "multiple traumatic injuries and drowning," the Orange County Sheriff's office said. Portions of the incident were captured on two cameras at the park -- one that shows a view from under water and another from that park's Sky Tower, according to the family's complaint, which was filed last week. "The underwater view does not show Mrs. Brancheau until after she had entered the water. The overhead camera was not aimed at the scene until after the incident had begun," the complaint states. "Significantly neither camera shows what occurred in the moments prior to and including Mrs. Brancheau being pulled into the water and offer no insight into the cause of this tragic event." Brancheau's family filed the complaint against the Orange County Sheriff and the District Nine Medical Examiner's Office, who have possession of the footage. Circuit Court Judge William Kirkwood granted a temporary injunction of the release of the footage, noting that the sheriff's office filed a notice with the court stating it had no position on the matter. The medical examiner's office also filed a notice of no objection to the Brancheau family's complaint. iReport: Bob Barker, Tippi Hedren speak out on Sea World incident In a motion filed Monday, SeaWorld claimed it has an interest in the pending litigation because it is the exclusive owner of the footage. If possession of the videos is not controlled, the motion further claims, "it is almost a certainty that they will be made publicly available on the Internet," causing SeaWorld to lose its exclusive right to the video. "Further, SeaWorld's interests are generally aligned with the Plaintiffs' interests, and SeaWorld, as the former employer of Mrs. Brancheau, seeks to assist Plaintiffs in protecting their privacy interests," the motion states. SeaWorld also expressed concern that members of the media will be able to gain access to the videos if they become part of an investigative file with law enforcement. In fact, Florida's broad laws regarding access to public documents creates a great likelihood of such a possibility, said CNN legal analyst Lisa Bloom. "As a general rule, matters of a police file are public record, and the media has access to contents of a police file. Most mainstream media are not going to broadcast someone being killed or someone's remains, but it's a matter of having that access to decide how to use it," Bloom said. "Law enforcement files have to be released in Florida, so the media has a very strong argument not only under federal First Amendment laws but also under Florida access laws," Bloom said. The Brancheau family's lawsuit marks the second time this month that a family has asked the courts to intervene in the release of footage depicting dead loved ones. Earlier this month, another family made a similar appeal to the courts involving the release of photos depicting dead loved ones. The family of slain hiker Meredith Emerson last week asked a Georgia judge to issue an order preventing the release of crime scene photos depicting her nude and dismembered body. A reporter on assignment for Hustler requested the photos for a story he was doing, according to the adult magazine. A judge granted a temporary order in the case preventing the photos' release pending a hearing on the matter.	[ "What was the cause of Brancheau's death?", "which is the reason for this restriction", "What does the family want?", "What killed Brancheau?", "What did judge do?", "What does the family what to prevent?" ]	[ [ "\"multiple traumatic injuries and drowning,\"" ], [ "to keep videos and photos related to her death out of the public eye." ], [ "videos and photos related to her death out of the public eye." ], [ "killer whale" ], [ "granted a request from SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment to join in a lawsuit filed last week by Brancheau's family seeking to prevent the release of the footage," ], [ "release of the footage," ] ]	Judge grants SeaWorld's request to join family's lawsuit restricting access to footage . Dawn Brancheau's family wants to prevent release of videos, photos related to her death . Brancheau died after killer whale pulled her underwater in front of onlookers at Shamu Stadium .
(CNN) -- Security forces patrolled deserted streets in Gabon's capital as citizens of the west African nation awaited official presidential results amid growing fears of violence, witnesses told CNN on Thursday. Police block supporters of opposition candidate Pierre Mamboundou in Libreville, Gabon. Voters in the oil-rich nation went to the polls Sunday to elect a successor to President Omar Bongo, who died in June after more than four decades in office. Bongo, 73, was Africa's longest-serving ruler. His son, Ali Bongo, a candidate for the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party, was one of the main contenders. Local media reports indicated that the younger Bongo had won, but CNN was unable to confirm those results. "The Gabonese have come out of 42 years of dictatorship; they don't care who will be the next president, as long as it is not Bongo," Andriankoto Ratozamanana told CNN by phone from the capital, Libreville. "They want change. They don't want Bongo, because he is his dad's son." Libreville was deserted because residents had fled to villages for fear of post-election violence, Ratozamanana said. "The citizens won't accept if Ali Bongo wins, because that will mean the government stole the vote," Ratozamanana said. The younger Bongo, a former defense minister, was one of 23 politicians originally in the ballot. Several candidates pulled out a few days before the vote to support the opposition, said Archippe Yepmou, a media activist. Bongo, main opposition leader Pierre Mamboundou and former interior minister Andre Mba Obame have all claimed victory. The elder Bongo took power in 1967, seven years after the country's independence from France. He imposed one-party rule a year after succeeding the country's first president, who died in office. He allowed multiparty elections after a new constitution in 1991, but his party retained its grip on the government despite that. The nation of about 1.5 million has a per capita income four times that of most sub-Saharan African nations, according to the CIA World Factbook. Despite its wealth, which also comes from timber exports, a large percentage of its population lives in poverty because of poor financial management and a huge gap between the rich and the poor. CNN's Umaro Djau contributed to this report.	[ "Where did tension grow?", "What is the capital of Gabon?", "When did voters go to the polls?", "Who did the voters elect?", "Who was the president?", "Which city are residents fleeing from?", "When is the presidential election?", "Who is the president to be succeeded?", "What was the reason for holding an election?" ]	[ [ "Gabon's capital" ], [ "Libreville," ], [ "Sunday" ], [ "a successor to President Omar Bongo," ], [ "Omar Bongo," ], [ "Libreville" ], [ "1991," ], [ "Omar Bongo," ], [ "President Omar Bongo, who died in June" ] ]	Tension grows in Gabon, West Africa as citizens await result of presidential election . Capital Libreville deserted as residents flee the city through fear of violence . Voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect a successor to President Omar Bongo .
(CNN) -- Security forces were burning the bodies of the dead this week in a Jamaican neighborhood ravaged by a failed attempt to arrest a suspected drug kingpin, according to residents, who said their entire neighborhood had been a war zone. Kingston's deputy police commissioner, Glenmore Hinds, denied the reports. "We have no evidence of any body been burned," Hinds said Thursday. "There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that any of the bodies been burned." Jamaican authorities launched an all-out attempt to arrest Christopher "Dudus" Coke over the weekend, but they were met by barricades and gunfire that resulted in at least 67 deaths and the arrests of hundreds, mostly on weapons charges. "Our best information is that he has not been arrested," Hinds said. "His whereabouts, I cannot tell you." Throughout the week, a discrepancy between the government's body count and that of local media raised eyebrows. Some residents of Tivoli Gardens, where much of the violence was focused, told CNN they fear the authorities are trying to cover up its extent. None of the residents who spoke with CNN would agree to use their names, fearing reprisal from the authorities. One man told CNN on Wednesday he could see the burning from his window, which overlooks the front of the public works compound. "I literally saw them wrap up men in sheets and put tires on them and burn them," one man told CNN. The men were already dead, he said. He said he was shocked by what he'd seen. "Never known Jamaica would become like this," he said, adding that he'd seen soldiers searching houses to see who lives where and taking men and women outside to separate places. When the shooting started, he said he hid under his bed. "We are decent people living here, and they are shooting everywhere," he said. Another resident called the violence a "war" and said she saw teenage boys picking up bodies. "And they are not finished yet," she said. "They say they have more bodies to collect. ... 70 maybe." "Some of the bodies" -- maybe 5 or 6 -- "were burnt up" by police, she said. By Wednesday, she said, "War done. Nobody is here, just women, old people and little youths." Another man described police dragging people from their homes and beating them. "Happened to me, too," said the Tivoli Gardens resident, who has since fled to another neighborhood. "Kick me down in the gully and made dirty water enter my mouth. I am traumatized." "Whole heap of people dead," he said. "They are burning some bodies and sending the rest away, don't know what they do with the rest. They are cleaning up. ... The police and military man. No war is going on in Tivoli, it's just them alone. They are in there, in house on rooftops. They are cleaning up. They move all the sandbags and making it look like something else. The whole place mash up." He guessed he had seen 100 to 150 bodies, but couldn't say for sure because of "the way they were stacked up, nuff people dead. They are running them out in white vans, covering bodies in white sheets." All three residents said Tivoli Gardens is in ruins. Journalists reported being unable to get into the shattered neighborhood at the beginning of the week, but on Thursday, security forces whisked reporters through an area of Tivoli Gardens they said was under government control. There, the neighborhood was quiet but the buildings were pocked with bullet holes and the streets littered with the remains of barricades. The tour was fast, officials said, because the area remained volatile. Hinds said Thursday that 73 bodies had been recovered from the battle sites, but six, he said, may not have died from the violence. All, he said, were civilians.	[ "What is the death count?", "what is the official death count", "What did officials deny?", "What do officials deny?", "reporters are whisked through portions of what?", "what do witnesses say" ]	[ [ "67" ], [ "73" ], [ "the reports." ], [ "forces were burning the bodies of the dead" ], [ "an area of Tivoli Gardens they said was under government control." ], [ "forces were burning the bodies of the dead" ] ]	Officials deny any bodies have been burned . Witnesses say dozens of bodies lay in the streets . Official death count is at 67 . Reporters whisked through portion of Tivoli Gardens .
(CNN) -- Security was tightened in and around Kabul on Sunday with 7,000 additional police officers deployed ahead of Monday's 89th observance of Afghanistan's independence from Great Britain. An Afghan policeman stops a vehicle at a checkpoint in Kabul, where security has been tightened. Police were seen at newly established security checkpoints looking at every passing vehicle Sunday. Increased foot patrols were also apparent. An Interior Ministry official said it was the biggest police operation in Kabul in several months. Also on Sunday, dozens of Taliban militants were killed after they ambushed a convoy carrying supplies for NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said. Five security forces who worked for a private company were killed in the attack, in Zabul province, said Gulab Shah Alikhail, the deputy governor. After the ambush, Afghan army forces were called in, Alikhail said. Alikhail put the militants' death toll at 32. On Saturday, a roadside bomb killed 10 Afghan police officers in Kandahar province, according to Police Chief Matiullah Khan. Khan blamed the Taliban and their al Qaeda associates for the attack. "Who else is conducting this kind of cowardly acts except for the Taliban and al Qaeda people," he said.	[ "Who do officials blame for attacks on police?", "When were dozens of Taliban militants killed?", "For what reason were extra police deployed around Kabul?", "Independence from what?", "How many officers were killed?", "Who is to blame for the bomb?", "What city has extra police officers?" ]	[ [ "Taliban and their al Qaeda associates" ], [ "Sunday," ], [ "Monday's 89th observance of Afghanistan's independence from Great Britain." ], [ "Great Britain." ], [ "10" ], [ "Taliban and their al Qaeda associates" ], [ "Kabul" ] ]	Extra police deployed around Kabul ahead of independence celebrations . Dozens of Taliban militants killed Sunday after convoy ambushed . Roadside bomb kills 10 Afghan police officers in Kandahar province . Official blames Taliban and al Qaeda associates for attack on police .
(CNN) -- Segway scooter inventor Dean Kamen freely admits it: He often suffers sleepless nights wrestling over whether to quit a project that's not panning out. Knowing when to quit a fruitless project is difficult, says the father of the Segway, Dean Kamen, left. "You end up lying there saying, 'I'm not stopping. It would be an act of shallow cowardice. Or you decide to quit and you say, 'This is one of those ideas that just isn't going to work,' " said Kamen, speaking by phone from his home office in Manchester, New Hampshire. When to quit -- said Kamen, also the inventor of health care technologies and the Slingshot water purifier -- is "the toughest question there is" for any entrepreneur who survives on creativity and instinct. "It's not nearly as glamorous as people think to keep working on something and to keep hitting roadblocks and to keep going," he said. Stubborn, delusionally optimistic, creative, fearless, flexible and focused are some of the ways psychologists and business people describe the personality of an entrepreneur. Surprisingly, another word is ignorant. Quiz: Do you have the right stuff for entrepreneurship? » "You need to be in denial or in ignorance about the huge challenges you face," laughs Guy Kawasaki, a former Apple executive and entrepreneur who's starting the self-described "magazine rack" alltop.com. "You have to believe that it wouldn't be hard for you to succeed." Research by Harvard Business School psychology professor emeritus Abraham Zaleznik has unveiled a darker side to the entrepreneur's psyche. "Entrepreneurs tend to have a singular weakness that allows them to do things without checking their conscience," Zaleznik said. "Juvenile delinquents act and then try to sort things out afterward. I think entrepreneurs have this tendency." Another academic researcher on the topic, professor Kelly Shaver of the College of William & Mary, told Forbes magazine in 2002 that successful entrepreneurs "really don't care as much" about what other people think. "They're just happy to go ahead and do what they're doing." In a recession that has forced employers to eliminate 2.6 million jobs in 2008, people who might otherwise start a business at a time of their own choosing find themselves being pushed into entrepreneurship. "More people often become self-employed in tough times like this," said John Challenger, CEO of a top employment firm for executives and middle managers. Between 5 percent and 7 percent of clients at Challenger, Gray & Christmas are choosing to start their own businesses, he said. Workers are more open to starting a small business in the dot-com era, Challenger said. "I think we're in a more entrepreneurial period than we were in the '80s and '90s," he said. Recessions can be "crucibles" for at-home start-ups. "Some of the best new businesses start in recessions because what they have really makes a difference if the market is interested in it," Challenger said. "There's not a lot of easy money to go around, and they have to fight their way forward." Great entrepreneurs, said Kawasaki, do more than just fight hard to win their market share. They have vision. They ask what he calls the "fundamental question": Wouldn't it be neat if ... ? Kawasaki said Apple would have failed without the unique contributions of its co-founder, Steve Jobs. "He asked the question, 'Wouldn't it be neat if people could carry all their music with them wherever they went?' " Result: the iPod. Psychologist Lynn Friedman, whose clients often include entrepreneurs, said many of them are "tuned into consumer needs." They tend to grow up in nurturing families and learned to value the concept of trying new things. Jobs described fond memories of his California childhood during an 1995 interview with the Smithsonian Institution, saying his father "spent a lot of time with me . . . teaching me how to	[ "What personality traits can help an entrepreneur's busness?", "Who shares tendencies with entrepreneurs?", "What can influence a business?", "Are successful entrepreneurs similar to juvenile delinquents?", "What helps fend off scary challenges?", "Whose personality can influence a business?", "What did the Harvard professor say?" ]	[ [ "Stubborn, delusionally optimistic, creative, fearless, flexible" ], [ "\"Juvenile delinquents" ], [ "sleepless nights" ], [ "have this tendency.\"" ], [ "\"You need to be in denial or in ignorance" ], [ "entrepreneur." ], [ "\"Entrepreneurs tend to have a singular weakness that allows them to do things without checking their conscience,\"" ] ]	An entrepreneur's personality can influence a business . Harvard prof: Entrepreneurs have some tendencies similar to juvenile delinquents . Many people choose to start their own business in bad economy . Expert: Delusional optimism helps fend off scary challenges .
(CNN) -- Seiji Ozawa is Asia's most successful conductor, a maestro in a quintessentially Western art form, and a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan. But the affable 74-year-old is used to crossing cultural boundaries. Born in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation - his father a Buddhist, his mother a Presbyterian - he was raised in Tokyo, and greatly influenced by western culture and a Christian upbringing. His love of music was first explored through the church, but later he studied at the Toho School of Music in Tokyo. A career as a pianist was curtailed when the 16-year-old sports-loving Ozawa broke two fingers during a rugby match. From Toho he traveled to Europe and New York to further his studies. It was a steep learning curve where he learnt how to deal first-hand with other cultures and prejudices. "I have many problem, beginning. Um... maybe now, I don't know, but beginning especially. It was difficult. Some people ask me, 'You came from China, you came from Japan, do you really understand Bach or do you really understand Mozart?'" he told CNN. After years abroad, his return to Japan in 1962 to conduct the NHK Symphony Orchestra for six months was far from a happy homecoming; the orchestra rebelled and refused to play for him. "I made mistake, and I think it was too soon [for me] to take a professional orchestra for six months and at the end I think they had enough. "I think I was a little bit stuck up... I mean, I was conducting the best orchestra in Japan already I'm still 26 or 27. Very young. And I think I'm sure during rehearsal I say something not so nice. And in Japan very bad if conductor say something not so nice. But I learned, so I become more careful and I think I started more studying, so not make mistake. "But in a way, it may sound very strange, but really it did me good that boycott." It meant Ozawa explored opportunities outside of Japan, directing festivals and orchestras across Europe, Canada and the U.S. He became musical director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra a post he held for 29 years until 2004. He left Boston for Vienna to embrace a new challenge with the State Opera. As well as the challenge of a new city and repertory, Ozawa believes it was a move that rounded out his musical education, even if he was 68-years-old at the time. When a young conductor his interest in opera had been fostered by his early tutor Herbert von Karajan. "He said if you don't study this, one half of Mozart you'll never touch and almost 99 percent of Wagner, almost 100 percent of Puccini and Verdi, you know, half of Mozart is gone." While Ozawa will step down from his position at the Vienna State Opera next summer, he will remain active in directing, conducting and educating the next generation in classical music. "I have big hope all Asiatic people and countries... everybody love music basically," he said. "Teaching has become, I think, more and more important my life, really."	[ "For how many years was Seiji Ozawa the musical director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra?", "What is Ozawa's racial background?", "Which orchestra was Ozawa the musical director of for 29 years?", "How long was he the musical director of Boston Symphony Orchestra?", "What was Seiji Ozawa the musical director of?", "What kind of director was Seiji Ozawa?", "Who had to deal with prejudice and expectation?", "Seiji Ozawa was musical director of Boston Symphony Orchestra forhow many years?", "Who was musical director of Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years?", "What did Ozawa struggle with in his career?", "Who was musical director of Boston Symphony?" ]	[ [ "29" ], [ "Manchuria during the Japanese occupation" ], [ "Boston Symphony" ], [ "29 years" ], [ "Boston Symphony Orchestra" ], [ "musical" ], [ "Ozawa" ], [ "29" ], [ "Ozawa" ], [ "other cultures and prejudices." ], [ "Ozawa" ] ]	Seiji Ozawa was musical director of Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years . Successful career has seen Ozawa conduct some of world's greatest orchestras . Had to deal with prejudice and expectation as Asian in Western dominated art form .
(CNN) -- Self-confessed BlackBerry addict President Barack Obama may not have to kick the thumbing habit after all, despite the concerns of a notoriously technophobic White House. Obama was a self-confessed BlackBerry addict during his White House campaign. "The president has a BlackBerry," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday, clearing up weeks of speculation about whether President Obama would be able to hold on to a cherished method of communicating. The decision to allow Obama to keep a smartphone is "a compromise that allows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends," Gibbs told the media in his first press conference since the inauguration. "Use will be limited and the security is enhanced to ensure his ability to communicate but to do so effectively," Gibbs also said. "And to do so in a way that is protected." The press secretary refused to provide more details about the new president's device, already being called the "BarackBerry." Watch CNN's Errol Barnett reports on the president's new phone » Obama was often seen hunched over the mobile e-mail cell phone device during his election campaign and even featured at No. 2 on one celebrity Web site's list of obsessive BlackBerry users. But, like previous Oval Office incumbents, Obama had been expected to take a vow of technological celibacy following his inaugural oath on Tuesday, despite telling CNBC in an interview that security officials would have to "pry it out of my hands." He said a mobile device would help him stay in touch with the real world. Should President Obama be allowed to keep his BlackBerry? Tell us what you think E-mail has long been treated with suspicion by the Secret Service because of fears it could be hacked into by foreign espionage agencies, or that sensitive information could reach the public domain via a single mistaken strike of the "send" key. President George W. Bush was forced to give up using e-mail when he took charge, while President Bill Clinton sent just two e-mails during his administration -- one to test that the system worked and the second to veteran astronaut John Glenn before his trip into space in 1998. There are also concerns that mobile devices such as the BlackBerry, which contain built-in GPS technology, could be hacked, revealing the president's location within a few feet. But according to reports Thursday, Obama may actually have been issued a spy-proof alternative to his favorite toy. Writing on his blog for the Atlantic magazine, Marc Ambinder reports that the National Security Agency has approved a $3,350 smartphone -- inevitably dubbed the "BarackBerry" -- for Obama's use. The exclusive Sectera Edge, made by General Dynamics, is reportedly capable of encrypting top secret voice conversations and handling classified documents. But Obama may have pushed his Secret Service handlers' technological patience far enough. Ambinder also reports that instant messaging in the White House will still be a definite no-no. CNN's Martina Stewart contributed to this report.	[ "What could be used to locate the President?", "What is the value of the phone?", "What type of phone was approved for Obama?", "The phone is capable of handling classified documents and what else?", "What did Obama use during his campaign?", "Who was approved to get a $3,350 smartphone?", "Whar did security officials approve for Obama?", "What kind of smartphone did Obama use during his campaign?" ]	[ [ "BlackBerry, which contain built-in GPS technology," ], [ "$3,350" ], [ "BlackBerry" ], [ "encrypting top secret voice conversations" ], [ "BlackBerry" ], [ "President Barack Obama" ], [ "$3,350 smartphone" ], [ "BlackBerry" ] ]	Report: Security officials approve $3,350 smartphone for Barack Obama . Obama was an inveterate BlackBerry user during his campaign . Security concerns that e-mail could be hacked, or GPS used to locate president . Phone capable of encrypting voice conversations, handling classified documents .
(CNN) -- Self-help guru James Ray was arrested Wednesday after a grand jury indictment charging him with three counts of manslaughter in the deaths of three participants at an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony he organized last year. Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh said Ray was arrested at his attorney's office in Prescott, Arizona, Wednesday afternoon. He will eventually be housed at the Camp Verde Detention Center, the sheriff's office said, and his bond has been set at $5 million. Ray is charged with the deaths of Kirby Brown, James Shore and Liz Neuman. Ray's attorney, Luis Li, said that the charges were unjust and that Ray would be exonerated in court. "This was a terrible accident -- but it was an accident, not a criminal act," Li said. "James Ray cooperated at every step of the way, providing information and witnesses to the authorities showing that no one could have foreseen this accident." As many as 65 visitors, ranging in age from 30 to 60, attended Ray's "Spiritual Warrior" program at the Angel Valley Retreat Center near Sedona in October. They spent as long as two hours inside a dome-like structure called a sweat lodge, which was covered with tarps and blankets and had hot rocks and water inside to create steam. Three people died after spending time in the sweat lodge October 8 and nearly 20 others were sickened. Brown and Shore were pronounced dead shortly after they arrived at a local hospital, and Neuman died October 17 after being hospitalized since the incident. Native Americans used sweat lodges in spiritual and physical purification ceremonies. Ray is widely known for programs that claim to teach people how to create wealth from all aspects of their lives -- financially, mentally, physically and spiritually. He has appeared on various national programs in the United States, including CNN's "Larry King Live."	[ "Where was the sweat lodge ceremony?", "What is he charged with?", "Which guro was arrested on wednesday?", "Who says the charges are unjust?", "When was Ray arrested?", "What did his attorney say?", "Who was arrested?" ]	[ [ "Arizona" ], [ "the deaths of Kirby Brown," ], [ "James Ray" ], [ "Ray's" ], [ "Wednesday" ], [ "said that the charges were unjust and that Ray would be exonerated in court." ], [ "James Ray" ] ]	Self-help guru James Ray was arrested Wednesday after a grand jury indictment . He's charged with manslaughter in deaths of three at Arizona sweat lodge ceremony . As many as 65 people spent as long as two hours inside the sweat lodge . Ray's attorney says charges are unjust and Ray would be exonerated in court.
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama blasted Congress for not passing a financial rescue package Monday, while Sen. John McCain's campaign accused Obama and Democrats of putting "politics ahead of country." The House of Representatives rejected a $700 billion plan to bail out the financial system, putting a roadblock in front of the largest government intervention in the market since the Great Depression. The bill failed by a vote of 205 to 228, with 140 Democrats and 65 Republicans voting in favor and 95 Democrats joining 133 Republicans against. "This is a moment of national crisis, and today's inaction in Congress as well as the angry and hyper-partisan statement released by the McCain campaign are exactly why the American people are disgusted with Washington," the Obama-Biden campaign said in a statement released shortly after the vote. The statement went on to say that every American "should be outraged that an era of greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street and Washington has led us to this point." Watch more on the vote » Also after the vote, McCain touted his role in last week's negotiations on the bailout bill. "I laid out principles" including "responsible oversight," transparency and a cap on so-called golden parachutes --the big bonuses Wall Street CEOs would receive despite their involvement in the economic crisis, he said from Des Moines, Iowa. "I worked hard to play a constructive role." He said he was satisfied with the way the bill was written, though "it wasn't perfect." Earlier, McCain's campaign accused Obama and Democrats of injecting politics into the American economy. "From the minute John McCain suspended his campaign and arrived in Washington to address this crisis, he was attacked by the Democratic leadership: Sens. Obama and [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid, Speaker Pelosi and others. "Their partisan attacks were an effort to gain political advantage during a national economic crisis. By doing so, they put at risk the homes, livelihoods and savings of millions of American families," Doug Holtz-Eakin, a senior policy adviser for McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, said in a statement. "Barack Obama failed to lead, phoned it in, attacked John McCain and refused to even say if he supported the final bill. ... This bill failed because Barack Obama and the Democrats put politics ahead of country," Holtz-Eakin said. Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for the failure of the bill, which President Bush had urged Congress to approve. Obama had earlier Monday spoken with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and congressional leaders. Watch Pelosi say Democrats 'delivered' » McCain and Obama had both said Sunday that they would probably vote for the legislation, as long as it included some key principles they had pushed for. McCain announced last week he was "suspending" his campaign events to focus on the financial crisis, but Democrats accused him of pulling a political stunt. iReport.com: Do you support a Wall Street bailout? The economy has dominated the campaign trail this month, and both candidates have been trying to convince voters that they will do a better job of getting the financial crisis under control. Earlier Monday, McCain told voters that Obama isn't being honest about his tax votes and said the Democrat is "always cheering for higher taxes." iReport.com: Share your stories from the campaign trail In response, the Obama campaign called McCain's remarks "false attacks" and an "angry diatribe." "Two times, on March 14, 2008, and June 4, 2008, in the Democratic budget resolution, he voted to raise taxes on people making just $42,000 per year. He even said at the time that this vote for higher taxes on the middle class was 'getting our nation's priorities back on track,' " McCain said at a rally in Columbus, Ohio. "Then something amazing happened: On Friday night, he looked the American people in the eye and said it never happened. My friends	[ "Who did Obama criticize?", "Who criticized Congress?", "What did Obama fail to do, according to McCain's campaign?" ]	[ [ "Congress" ], [ "Sen." ], [ "lead," ] ]	NEW: Barack Obama criticizes Congress, statement from John McCain . McCain's campaign says Obama "failed to lead" VP candidates' debate is Thursday in St. Louis, Missouri . Joe Biden, Sarah Palin spending much of the week in debate prep mode .
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama cautioned supporters Thursday against becoming complacent during the final days leading up to the election, noting he lost the New Hampshire primary despite a lead in the polls. After debating Sen. John McCain, Sen. Barack Obama says there's still plenty of campaigning to be done. "For those of you who are feeling giddy or cocky and think this is all set, I just [have] two words for you: New Hampshire," the Democratic presidential nominee said during a fundraiser breakfast in New York. "You know I've been in these positions before where we were favored and the press starts getting carried away and we end up getting spanked. And so that's another good lesson that Hillary Clinton taught me." About 10 hours after debating Sen. John McCain, Obama urged top campaign contributors at the Metropolitan Club in Manhattan to not be overconfident, despite leading in a number of national polls. A CNN Poll of Polls calculated Wednesday showed him leading 51 percent to 42 percent. "We've got 19 days," Obama said. "We're going to have to work absolutely as hard as we've ever worked in our lives in order to just to get to the start of what is going to be a very difficult and very challenging but ultimately a very fulfilling four years where we can get this country back on track." Watch more of Obama's comments » Hours later, Obama spoke to a crowd in Londonderry, New Hampshire, lashing out at McCain's debate tactics. "Well, New Hampshire, last night we had a debate. I think you saw a bit of the McCain attack strategy in action," he said. "But here's what Sen. McCain doesn't seem to understand: With the economy in turmoil and the American dream at risk, the American people don't want to hear politicians attack each other -- you want to hear about how we're going to attack the challenges facing middle-class families each and every day." Obama urged McCain to "debate our genuine differences on the issues that matter" rather than making the Arizona senator's campaign "all about me." "The truth is, this campaign is about you. It's about your jobs. It's about your health care. It's about your retirement. It's about your children's future," he added. Watch Obama discuss the economy » McCain, speaking at an event in Downington, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, touched on his debate performance. "We had a good debate last night. It was a lot of fun. ... I thought I did pretty well," he said to loud cheers. McCain reiterated his position for taking America forward as economists say a recession is all but inevitable. "We can't spend the next four years waiting for our luck to change ... I'll take us in a new direction," he said. "Our troubles are getting worse, our enemies watch and we have to fight, and that's what I'll do for you ... I'm not afraid of the fight, I'm ready for it." McCain also urged voters there to help him win Pennsylvania -- a state where a CNN Poll of Polls shows Obama leading his counterpart 50 percent to 40 percent. "I need your vote. We will carry Pennsylvania. ... We need your help. ... It's a close race, my friends," he said. McCain also responded to Obama's assertions that his crowds are unruly and use dangerous language to describe the Illinois senator. "I cannot tell you about how proud I am of you," he said. It was a line that he used in Wednesday night's debate. iReport.com: Obama survived knock-out punch Obama and McCain are scheduled to speak Thursday night at the Alfred E. Smith dinner, a political tradition that dates back to 1945. It honors the first Catholic ever nominated for president and was begun by Francis J. Spellman, the archbishop of New York's Roman Catholic Archdiocese at the time. The	[ "Did Obama win in New Hampshire", "What did McCain say?", "Did McCain say he did well in the debate", "What did Obama say about John McCain to the crowd in New Hampshire?", "what mccain says?" ]	[ [ "he lost the" ], [ "\"We had a good debate last night. It was a lot of fun." ], [ "pretty well,\"" ], [ "doesn't seem" ], [ "\"We can't spend the next four years waiting for our luck to change" ] ]	NEW: Palin in North Carolina: Pay "close attention" to Obama's record . Obama to New Hampshire crowd: McCain has become "all about me" McCain says "I thought I did pretty well" in Wednesday's debate . Obama: I was ahead in New Hampshire, and we wound up "getting spanked"
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama claimed a significant victory in the South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday, telling supporters "we are hungry for change." Sen. Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, celebrate his South Carolina win. The Illinois senator earned more than twice the vote that rival Sen. Hillary Clinton did, 55 percent to 27 percent, unofficial returns showed. Former Sen. John Edwards was third with 18 percent. "Tonight, the cynics who believed that what began in the snows of Iowa was just an illusion were told a different story by the good people of South Carolina," Obama said to supporters Saturday. Watch a recap of Obama's big win » A win in South Carolina was considered crucial for Obama, who won Iowa but finished second to Clinton in New Hampshire and Nevada. See what the results mean » "I did not travel around this state over the last year and see a white South Carolina or a black South Carolina. I saw South Carolina," he said. "The choice in this election is not between regions or religions or genders," Obama said. "It's not about rich versus poor; young versus old; and it is not about black versus white. "It's about the past versus the future." Watch Obama speech With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Obama had 55 percent of the vote. Clinton was second with 27 percent, followed by Edwards, with 18 percent. Obama's victory capped a heated contest in South Carolina, the first Democratic primary in the South and the first with a largely African-American electorate. Obama, who is hoping to become the the nation's first African-American president, did well with black voters, who made up about half of Saturday's electorate, according to exit polls. Black voters supported the Illinois senator by a margin of more than 4-to-1 over his nearest rival, exit polls indicate. Among white voters, Obama took about a quarter of the vote, with Clinton and Edwards roughly splitting the remainder, according to exit polls. Clinton congratulated Obama and said she was excited to move forward to the Super Tuesday contests on February 5. "Millions and millions of Americans are going to have the chance to have their voices heard and their votes counted," she told supporters at Tennessee State University. Watch Clinton speak to supporters » Edwards also looked ahead to the next contests. "Now the three of us move on to February 5, where millions of Americans will cast their vote and help shape the future of this party and help shape the future of America," he said. Watch Edwards rally supporters » "Our campaign from the very beginning has been about one central thing, and that is to give voice to the millions of Americans who have absolutely no voice in this democracy." Clinton beat Obama only among elderly voters, according to exit polls. Among voters 65 and older, Clinton beat Obama 40 to 32 percent. But Obama handily defeated Clinton in every other bracket, and overall garnered 58 percent of the vote among 18 to 64-year-olds while 23 percent of those voters picked Clinton. And half of those polled said both candidates shared blame for the rancor between the two camps. Of those who said one of the contenders was more to blame than the other, 21 percent blamed Clinton, and 6 percent said Obama. "It's fairly obvious it's not going to be over February 5," Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said. Edwards was born in South Carolina and won the state's primary four years ago, when he was making his first bid for the White House. See voters head to the polls in South Carolina » Edwards had touted his native status, and as the Clinton and Obama camps have squabbled, Edwards continued to talk about the issues and suggests he's the only adult in the field. Watch Edwards reach out to voters » "I'm keeping moving no matter what, but I feel good about how things are moving right now here today,	[ "Who conducted exit polls?", "Who did Clinton finish ahead of?", "where did obama win", "Who won the election in South Carolina?", "Who did Clinton beat?", "what is the percentage of votes" ]	[ [ "(CNN)" ], [ "Sen. John Edwards" ], [ "South Carolina" ], [ "Sen." ], [ "Former Sen. John Edwards" ], [ "55 percent" ] ]	NEW: Blowout win for Obama in South Carolina . Clinton finishes ahead of Edwards, CNN projects . 47 percent decided on vote at least a month ago, exit polls indicate . Edwards: "I feel good about how things are moving right now"
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama decisively defeated Sen. Hillary Clinton in North Carolina Tuesday, but Clinton's narrow victory in Indiana will likely send the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on to the next round of primaries. Sen. Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, greet supporters in Raleigh, North Carolina. As polls closed in Indiana, Clinton had a double-digit lead over Obama, but by the end of the evening, Clinton's lead had shrunk, dragging the race out until early Wednesday. A clear winner did not emerge until 1:15 a.m. Wednesday -- seven hours after the polls closed -- because results were slow to come in from Lake County, a Chicago suburb in northwestern Indiana with several precincts that went strongly for Obama. By Wednesday morning, all absentee ballots had been counted in Lake County and the final results showed Obama had taken the county by 12 percentage points. There were 115 delegates at stake in North Carolina and 72 in Indiana. Because Democratic delegates are awarded proportionally, Obama added four delegates to his lead, according to CNN estimates. Obama earlier claimed a decisive victory in North Carolina. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Obama held a 14-point lead over Clinton. Watch analysis of NC, IN primaries » "Some were saying that North Carolina would be a game-changer in this election. But today, what North Carolina decided is that the only game that needs changing is the one in Washington," Obama told supporters in Raleigh, North Carolina. Watch Obama thank his supporters » Obama took an overwhelming 91 percent of the black vote in North Carolina, according to exit polls, while Clinton claimed only 6 percent. Clinton took 59 percent of the white vote compared to 36 percent for Obama, according to the polls. Clinton told her supporters in Indianapolis, "it's full-speed on to the White House." Watch Clinton greet her supporters » Clinton made a strong pitch to blue-collar workers in Indiana. She pulled a majority of the votes in rural and suburban Indiana during Tuesday's primary. In CNN exit polling, Clinton took 53 percent of the vote in suburban areas, compared with 47 percent for Obama of Illinois. She took 68 percent of the rural vote compared with Obama's 32 percent. In all, 1,738 voters were polled. Clinton had pitched herself as the candidate best-suited to turn around a flailing economy and consciously courted working-class voters in the state -- even driving a pickup truck up to a gas pump once to help promote her proposed temporary rollback of federal tax on gasoline. "I believe that Americans need a champion in their corners," she said at a rally in Indianapolis. "For too long we've had a president who has stood up and spoken out for the wealthy and the well-connected, but I don't think that's what Americans need. "Standing up for working people is about the American dream and about the Democratic Party; standing up for the middle class is who we are and what we can be if we stick together." Eighty-nine percent of Indiana voters said they have been affected by what they called a recession. Clinton had a slight edge when voters were asked who is most likely to improve the economy -- taking 49 percent to Obama's 47 percent. The candidates now turn their attention to the upcoming contests in West Virginia, Kentucky and Oregon. According to early exit polls, half of Clinton's supporters in Indiana would not vote for Obama in a general election matchup with Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Watch what the exit polls show » A third of Clinton voters said they would pick McCain over Obama, while 17 percent said they would not vote at all. Forty-eight percent of Clinton supporters said they would back Obama in November. Obama got even less support from Clinton backers in North Carolina, where 45 percent of Clinton supporters said they would vote for him over McCain. Thirty-eight percent of Clinton supporters said they would vote for McCain while 12 percent	[ "Who dominates in Lake County?", "What was the final tally" ]	[ [ "Obama" ], [ "taken the county by 12 percentage points." ] ]	NEW: Final votes counted in Indiana's Lake County; Obama dominates . Clinton wins squeaker in Indiana; Obama cruises in North Carolina . Obama says he does not believe his party is "inalterably divided" 187 delegates were at stake in Tuesday's primaries .
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama defended his patriotism Monday, telling a crowd in Independence, Missouri, that his "deep and abiding love for this country" is the reason he is running for president. Sen. Barack Obama's speech on patriotism comes days before the Fourth of July. "At certain times over the last 16 months, I have found, for the first time, my patriotism challenged -- at times as a result of my own carelessness, more often as a result of the desire by some to score political points and raise fears and doubts about who I am and what I stand for," he said in President Harry Truman's hometown, just days before the Fourth of July. Obama vowed to never question the patriotism of others in the campaign, adding "I will not stand idly by when I hear others question mine." Obama has been defending his patriotism ever since the beginning of the primary season, when he was first criticized for not wearing a flag pin -- which he now does much more frequently -- and when false rumors began circulating that he did not say the Pledge of Allegiance. Watch excerpts of Obama's speech » A widely distributed photo also seemed to show him failing to place his hand over his heart during a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Obama's wife, Michelle, also was criticized about her patriotism, after telling an audience at a campaign event, "For the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country." Obama's campaign said she was just excited about the campaign's grassroots support, but her words still provided fodder for her husband's opponents. At his appearance Monday, Barack Obama appealed to unity. "Given the enormous challenges that lie before us, we can no longer afford these sorts of divisions," he said. "None of us expect that arguments about patriotism will, or should, vanish entirely; after all, when we argue about patriotism, we are arguing about who we are as a country, and more importantly, who we should be. "But surely, we can agree that no party or political philosophy has a monopoly on patriotism. And surely, we can arrive at a definition of patriotism that, however rough and imperfect, captures the best of America's common spirit." Obama said that for him, "patriotism starts as a gut instinct, a loyalty and love for country that's rooted in some of my earliest memories." Obama described how as he grew up, his patriotism matured to something that "would survive my growing awareness of our nation's imperfections: its ongoing racial strife; the perversion of our political system that were laid bare during the Watergate hearings; the wrenching poverty of the Mississippi Delta and the hills of Appalachia." Obama said he learned that "what makes America great has never been its perfection, but the belief that it can be made better." Patriotism, he said, must involve the willingness to sacrifice. He called attention to the service of John McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate. McCain's campaign has been calling on Obama to condemn comments from retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who said this weekend that McCain's service in Vietnam did not necessarily mean that he was qualified to serve as commander-in-chief. Read about what Clark said Clark is a military adviser for Obama. In his speech Monday, Obama did not directly address Clark's comments, but after calling attention to McCain's service, he said "no one should ever devalue that service, especially for the sake of a political campaign, and that goes for supporters of both sides." "We must always express our profound gratitude for the service of our men and women in uniform. Period," he said. Just as Obama was finishing his speech, his campaign released a statement about Clark's remarks. "As he's said many times before, Sen. Obama honors and respects Sen. McCain's service, and of course he rejects yesterday's statement by Gen. Clark," Obama campaign spokesman	[ "What did Obama vow never to do?", "what does obama vow about patriotism?", "what did Clark mention about obama camp?", "What does Obama vow to do?" ]	[ [ "question the patriotism of others in the campaign," ], [ "to never question the" ], [ "McCain's service in Vietnam did not necessarily mean that he was qualified to serve as commander-in-chief." ], [ "never question the patriotism of others in the campaign," ] ]	NEW: Obama vows to never question the patriotism of others in the campaign . NEW: Obama camp: "Of course [Obama] rejects yesterday's statement" by Clark . NEW: McCain's campaign launches a Truth Squad to defend his military record . McCain unveils new campaign airplane .
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama is saddled with a potentially toxic image problem: that he has an elitist attitude. Sen. Barack Obama mingles at the Penn State dairy farm. It has made him a target of attacks from Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. John McCain, the presumed Republican nominee. It's ironic that one presidential candidate could hang that label on another, said Dr. Drew Westen, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and author of "The Political Brain." "If you think you should be president, by definition you are an elitist, only because you believe that of the 300 million people in America, you are the best person to run it," he said. "There can't be a more elitist statement than that." Obama's opponents made the elitist charge after the senator from Illinois said some small-town Pennsylvanians are understandably "bitter" over the government's failure to reverse their economic decline and, in their frustration, "cling to guns and religion." He made the statement at a recent fundraiser in San Francisco, California. Watch how Obama is fighting the elitist label » Obama defended his remarks but said he could have worded them better. Clinton said his comments were "elitist, out of touch and frankly, patronizing." McCain agreed that the remarks were "elitist." Branding a rival elitist is not new in politics. Republicans for years have successfully labeled Democratic presidential candidates as the liberal elite. Portraying their rivals as latte-sipping, sushi-eating insiders, Republicans have connected with some voters by arguing that they understand the values important to the everyday person. "It's a little like when politicians charge politicians with being politicians. It has the same feel to it: that if it sticks, it's because a candidate hasn't handled it well," Westen said. Republicans painted George W. Bush's Democratic opponents Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004 as elitists who were detached from average Americans, and the strategy worked. How damaging the blow is, Westen said, depends on the target's response. "The mistake that Kerry and Gore both made was to let that brand stick to them," he said. "The only question is whether Obama fights it back and offers a different brand for himself than the brand that is starting to be given to him." By definition, all the candidates exhibit the aura of elitism, because it's difficult to get a presidential campaign started without some degree of personal wealth. It's ironic, Westen said, that of the three standing, the only one who isn't demonstrably wealthy is Obama. Since leaving the White House, the Clintons have earned more than $109 million from book sales, speaking engagements, the presidential pension and her Senate salary, among other sources. McCain, whose father and grandfather were Navy admirals, married into wealth. His second wife, Cindy, has a stake in her father's multimillion-dollar beer distributor company. The Associated Press estimated her worth at more than $100 million. Whatever their current financial status, the candidates all like to convey the impression that they are not much different than the people they are trying to persuade to vote for them. Obama, 46, who graduated from Columbia University and received a law degree from Harvard, often mentions growing up in a single-parent home. He says he and his wife just paid off their school loans in the past five or six years. "I wasn't born into a lot of money. I didn't have a trust fund. I wasn't born into fame and fortune. I was raised by a single mother with the help of my grandparents," he said. "My mother had to use food stamps at one point." Clinton, who has been reaching out to blue-collar voters with stories of how she learned to shoot a gun in Pennsylvania and photo ops hoisting a shot and a beer, often talks about her middle-class upbringing	[ "What does Westen say about presidential candidates?", "Who are Barack Obama's rivals?", "what does the author Drew Westen says about presidential candidates?", "Who says that candidates are elite by definition?", "Who is accused of having an elitist attitude?" ]	[ [ "could hang that label on another," ], [ "Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. John McCain," ], [ "It's ironic that one" ], [ "Dr. Drew Westen," ], [ "Sen." ] ]	Barack Obama's rivals have accused him of having an elitist attitude . Presidential candidates are elite by definition, says author Drew Westen . Charge of elitism is not new in politics . The toxicity of the charge depends on how it's handled, Westen says .
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama on Monday blamed lobbyists, special interests and "an ethic of irresponsibility" in Washington for the financial crisis that has swept the country in recent weeks. Sen. Barack Obama said Monday there needs to be more oversight in Washington. The senator from Illinois sided with congressional Democrats, who say a government bailout of the financial sector must include government oversight. "We cannot give a blank check to Washington with no oversight and accountability, when no oversight and accountability is what got us into this mess in the first place," Obama said. President Bush's top economic advisers this weekend presented a $700 billion plan to Congress to take control of "illiquid assets," including bad mortgages. Bush urged Congress to pass the plan as is, but Democrats on the Hill already are circulating a counterproposal. Sen. John McCain, Obama's Republican rival for the presidency, said Monday that the government's proposal puts too much power into the hands of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. In a conference call Monday with reporters, McCain's top campaign officials refused to say how the senator from Arizona would vote on the plan because it is not yet clear what the final version will contain. At a campaign event Monday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Obama laid out the reforms he would pursue as president to avoid another economic crisis. Watch Obama talk about the crisis on Wall Street » First, Obama said that he would reform "our special interest-driven politics." He said members of his administration would not be able to use their position as a steppingstone for lobbyist careers. Watch what Obama says about McCain's role in the situation » Obama said he would make the government "open and transparent" and put any bill that ends up on his desk online for five days before he signs it. Secondly, Obama said he would "eliminate the waste and the fraud and abuse in our government." He pointed to fixing the health care system and ending the war in Iraq as ways to cut costs. Obama also said that he and his running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, would crack down on excessive spending from both parties and close loopholes for big corporations. Obama said he would pursue "updated, common-sense regulations" in the financial market. Earlier Monday, McCain told voters he was "greatly concerned" about the government's proposed rescue plan. "Never before in the history of our nation has so much power and money been concentrated in the hands of one person," McCain said at a town hall meeting in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Republican candidate said that while he admires and respects Paulson, "this arrangement makes me deeply uncomfortable." McCain said a high-level oversight board should be created to shepherd the government's proposed $700 billion bailout plan. McCain criticized Obama for not putting up a plan to address the financial situation. "At a time of crisis, when leadership is needed, Sen. Obama has simply not provided it," he said. Watch what McCain says about Obama's leadership » Obama has said several times since the recent Wall Street crisis that, in meeting with top economists, he was encouraged to not roll out a specific plan for fear of overly politicizing the work of Congress on a government bailout of financial firms. He has, however, offered ideas for the plan -- including limiting pay for executives of businesses that are bailed out by the government and making sure the effort includes a specific plan for the money to be repaid. McCain on Monday proposed creating a bipartisan oversight board that would be able to "impose accountability and establish concrete criteria for who gets help and who doesn't." The Republican presidential candidate said the board should be made up of "qualified citizens who have no agenda." He pointed to Warren Buffett, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as potential board members. Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, supports Obama. Romney backs McCain, and Bloomberg is an independent. McCain also called	[ "What did Obama lay out his plans for?", "Whati s Obama hoping to avoid with his plan?", "What is Obama's plan to avoid another crisis?", "What did McCain express reservations about?", "What kind of blank check can not be given to Washington?", "What plan is McCain critical of?", "What kind of oversight board does McCain want?", "What did Obama say we can't do?", "Who says there should be a bipartisan oversight board?", "What does Obama's plan lay out?", "Who recommended a bipartisan board?" ]	[ [ "reforms he would pursue" ], [ "another economic crisis." ], [ "more oversight in Washington." ], [ "government's proposed rescue plan." ], [ "with no oversight and accountability," ], [ "$700 billion bailout" ], [ "high-level" ], [ "\"We cannot give a blank check to Washington with no oversight and accountability," ], [ "Sen. Barack Obama" ], [ "reforms he would pursue" ], [ "McCain" ] ]	NEW: Sen. Barack Obama lays out his plan to avoid another economic crisis . NEW: Obama: "We cannot give a blank check to Washington with no oversight" Sen. John McCain expresses reservations about government's rescue plan . McCain says there should be a bipartisan oversight board .
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama won Guam's Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday by just seven votes, according to a Guam election official. Voters line up Saturday in Dededo, Guam's largest village. With all 21 precincts reporting, Obama finished with 2,264 votes, or 50.1 percent. Sen. Hillary Clinton got 2,257 votes, or 49.9 percent. Each candidate picked up two delegates. The presidential candidates were battling for Guam's four pledged delegate votes. Eight delegates will be elected, each with half a vote at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, this summer. According to CNN's latest estimate, Obama now has a total of 1,736 delegates (1,493 pledged delegates, 243 superdelegates). Clinton has a total of 1,599 delegates (1,334 pledged delegates, 265 superdelegates). The Democratic contest moves to North Carolina and Indiana, which hold their primaries Tuesday. Also on the ballot Saturday was the race for chairman and vice chairman of the U.S. territory's Democratic Party. The winners of that race will serve as superdelegates. According to the election official, the slate of Pilar Lujan and Jaime Paulino leads the slate of Joseph Artero Cameron and Arlen Bordallo. Lujan remains uncommitted in the race for president, but running mate Paulino has endorsed Obama. Both Cameron and Bordallo have endorsed Clinton. Incumbent Chairman Tony Charfauros and running mate Mary Ann Cabrera are in third place. Neither has endorsed a presidential candidate. Although called "caucuses," Saturday's event in Guam functions more like a party-run primary. Voters cast secret ballots in polling places as opposed to publicly aligning themselves in presidential candidate preference groups, as in more traditional caucuses, such as in Iowa and Nevada. Polls closed in Guam at 6 a.m. ET. Guam is 14 hours ahead of Eastern time. Cathleen Moore-Linn stood in line for more than an hour outside the old police precinct in Dededo, Guam's most populated village. Despite the 90-degree tropical heat and a lack of air conditioning at the polling site, she said, "Nobody left. A lot of manamko' [elderly people] came out to vote. And people were filling out the forms to join the Democrat Party." At villages in the southern end of the island, which is far less populated, election committee member Nancy Weare says the voting is running smoothly. "There's a constant flow of traffic and good voter turnout." Vying for Guam's delegate and superdelegate votes in their tight race for the nomination, the two remaining Democratic presidential hopefuls have inundated the island with radio and TV advertisements, each promising long-awaited political gains: the ability for Guamanians to be able to vote for president, lifting the territory's cap on Medicaid and, perhaps the most coveted prize of all, war reparations in the form of more than $120 million. A war reparations bill, sponsored by Bordallo, would issue payments to the survivors of Japan's control of the island during World War II and would create educational and research programs about the occupation. The legislation is stalled in the U.S. Senate. CNN Research Director Robert Yoon, CNN Political Producer Ed Hornick and special contributor Jayne Flores contributed to this report.	[ "How much of the vote did Obama get?", "What percent of the vote did Obama get?", "What number of delegates were at stake?", "Who else were on the ballot", "Who is also on the ballot?", "Who received 50.1 percent of the vote" ]	[ [ "50.1 percent." ], [ "50.1" ], [ "Eight" ], [ "Sen. Hillary Clinton" ], [ "Sen. Hillary Clinton" ], [ "Obama" ] ]	NEW: Obama gets 50.1 percent of the vote . At stake Saturday were four pledged delegates . Also on ballot: chairman and vice chairman of Guam's Democratic Party .
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama's reference to "lipstick on a pig" has Republicans demanding an apology and Democrats accusing Sen. John McCain of a "pathetic attempt" to play the gender card. Barack Obama used the "lipstick" line at a campaign event in Lebanon, Virginia, on Tuesday. McCain's campaign said Obama's remarks were offensive and a slap at Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin -- despite the fact that the Arizona senator himself used the phrase last year to describe a policy proposal of Hillary Clinton's. Obama shot back Wednesday and accused the McCain campaign of engaging in "lies" and "swift boat politics." "I don't care what they say about me. But I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and swift boat politics," he said in Norfolk, Virginia. "Enough is enough." Watch Obama deliver his harsh words » The phrase "swift boat" comes from the 2004 presidential election, when the group "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" launched an attack ad campaign against Democratic candidate John Kerry. Read more about what Obama said Obama made his controversial "lipstick" remarks at a Virginia campaign stop late Tuesday afternoon. Watch what happens with politics and lipstick collide » "John McCain says he's about change too, and so I guess his whole angle is, 'Watch out George Bush -- except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics -- we're really going to shake things up in Washington,'" he said. "That's not change. That's just calling something the same thing something different. You know you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. You know you can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change, it's still going to stink after eight years. We've had enough of the same old thing." Watch how tensions are rising on the trail » The crowd erupted in applause when Obama delivered the line. The Illinois senator then praised both McCain's "compelling story" and Palin's "interesting story," and said his "hat goes off" to anyone who's looking after five kids -- "I've got two and they tire Michelle and me out. ... "That's why John McCain's campaign manager [Rick Davis] said this campaign isn't going to be about issues, this campaign is going to be about personalities." Within minutes, the McCain campaign announced a conference call focused on the remark, which they said was a deliberate reference to Palin's line: "You know the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick." Palin used the line in the opening remarks of her convention speech, and she frequently uses it on the campaign trail. In Iowa last October, McCain drew comparisons between Hillary Clinton's current health care plan and the one she championed in 1993: "I think they put some lipstick on the pig, but it's still a pig." He used roughly the same line in May, after effectively claiming the Republican nomination. McCain spokesman Brian Rogers told CNN the campaign saw a "big difference" between the two references: "McCain was referring to a policy proposal. Obama was referring to [Alaska] Gov. Sarah Palin. It's obviously disrespectful and offensive. ... "Who has been talking about lipstick lately? It was obvious. The crowd went crazy because of it." It wasn't the first time Obama used the line. In a phone interview with The Washington Post last September, he used it in reference to the situation in Iraq. "I think that both Gen. [David] Petraeus and Ambassador [Ryan] Crocker are capable people who have been given an impossible assignment," Obama told the Post. "George Bush has given a mission to Gen. Petraeus, and he has done his best to try to figure out how to put lipstick on a pig."	[ "What did Barack Obama slam Republicans for?", "Who slammed Republicans for lies and swift boat politics?", "What did Barack Obama slams Republicans for?", "What did Obama say on Tuesday?", "Who on Tuesday said you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig?" ]	[ [ "\"lipstick on a pig\"" ], [ "Barack Obama's" ], [ "\"lies\" and \"swift boat politics.\"" ], [ "\"lipstick" ], [ "Barack Obama's" ] ]	NEW: Barack Obama slams Republicans for "lies" and "swift boat politics" Obama said Tuesday "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig" McCain camp says line was an attack on Palin; Obama camp says it was not . Many politicians have used the line; former McCain adviser used it in her book title .
(CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton got her campaign back on track with projected wins in the Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island primaries. Sen. Hillary Clinton claimed victory in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island. Delegate-rich Texas and Ohio were considered must-wins for her campaign. Obama, who claimed victory in Vermont, had won 12 straight contests since Super Tuesday on February 5. Texas also held Democratic caucuses Tuesday, but it was too close to declare a winner. "For everyone here in Ohio and across America who's been ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up -- this one is for you," Clinton said before supporters in Columbus. "You know what they say," she said. "As Ohio goes, so goes the nation. Well, this nation's coming back and so is this campaign." Obama congratulated Clinton on her victories but downplayed his losses. CNN's political team weighs in on the results » "We know this: No matter what happens tonight, we have nearly the same delegate lead as we had this morning, and we are on our way to winning this nomination," Obama told supporters in Texas. Sen. John McCain swept all four Republican contests on Tuesday to become his party's presumptive nominee. Read about McCain's victory McCain won primaries in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island, giving him more than the 1,191 delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination. "I am very, very grateful and pleased to note that tonight, my friends, we have won enough delegates to claim with confidence, humility and a great sense of responsibility, that I will be the Republican nominee for president of the United States," McCain told supporters Tuesday night. Watch McCain claim victory » Mike Huckabee dropped out of the Republican race after the results came in. "It's now important that we turn our attention not to what could have been or what we wanted to have been, but now what must be -- and that is a united party," Huckabee told a crowd in Dallas. Watch Huckabee bow out » McCain is slated to go to the White House on Wednesday to receive the endorsement of President Bush, according to two Republican sources. The Arizona senator's campaign -- his second run for the White House -- was largely written off for dead last summer amid outspoken opposition from the party's conservative base, a major staff shakeup and disappointing fundraising. But McCain said earlier Tuesday that he was confident he would emerge as the presumptive nominee by the end of the night. McCain overwhelmingly won moderates and conservatives in Ohio, but he lost the evangelical vote to Huckabee, according to exit polls. Obama's campaign pressed to extend voting by one hour in two Ohio counties. See county-by-county results in Ohio "Due to reports of ballot shortages in Cuyahoga and Franklin counties, we requested a voting extension in those counties," said Obama spokesman Bill Burton. A judge ruled to keep parts of Cuyahoga county open an extra hour. In Texas, Clinton held a two-to-one advantage over Obama with Hispanic voters, while Obama had the overwhelming advantage with black voters in the state's Democratic primary, according to CNN's exit poll. See county-by-county results in Texas Eighty-three percent of blacks voted for Obama, while 16 percent supported Clinton, according to the exit poll. Meanwhile, 64 percent of Hispanics backed Clinton, while 32 percent went for Obama. Early exit polls indicate a distinct "age gap" in both states. Obama appealed most strongly to younger voters while older voters favored Clinton. Among Ohio Democratic primary voters aged 17 to 29, 65 percent went for Obama, and 34 percent went for Clinton. Among those age 60 and older, Clinton led Obama 67-31 percent. The same pattern held true in early exit polling from the Texas Democratic primary. Among voters	[ "Who won vermont?", "what state has Obama just won", "McCain won where?", "who is winning in Ohio", "Where did Clinton win?", "Who won in Ohio, Texas?", "who has clinched the GOP nomination" ]	[ [ "McCain" ], [ "Vermont," ], [ "Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island," ], [ "Sen. Hillary Clinton" ], [ "Texas, Ohio" ], [ "Sen. Hillary Clinton" ], [ "John McCain" ] ]	NEW: Clinton wins in Ohio, Texas, CNN projects . NEW: McCain clinches GOP nomination; Huckabee drops out . NEW: Clinton wins Rhode Island; Obama wins Vermont .
(CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton on Thursday sharpened her attacks on Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama as she faces what even her supporters admit are must-win situations in Texas and Ohio in the weeks ahead. At a campaign stop at a General Motors Corp. plant in Youngstown, Ohio, the senator from New York accused Obama of caving in to special interests. "My opponent says that he'll take on the special interests," she said. "Well, he told people he stood up to the nuclear industry and passed a bill against them. But he actually let the nuclear industry water down his bill -- the bill never actually passed." Clinton was referring to a 2006 bill that Obama drafted after an Illinois nuclear power plant was found to have released radiation into surrounding groundwater. Obama's original bill would have required power plants to notify the public and government officials when any radiation was released, but subsequent versions had less stringent reporting requirements, The New York Times reported. The bill was never voted on by the full Senate. Clinton also accused Obama of supporting "billions of dollars of breaks for the oil industry" by voting for an energy bill she opposed and said he did not support the workers of a Maytag Corp. plant that closed in his home state of Illinois. Watch Clinton attack Obama » Reacting to Clinton's charges, Obama spokesman Bill Burton said his candidate "doesn't need any lectures on special interests from the candidate who's taken more money from Washington lobbyists than any Republican running for president." "Sen. Clinton may have said that attacks and distortions are the 'fun' and 'exciting' part of the campaign, but they're exactly what everyone else in America is tired of," Burton said. In recent days, Clinton has challenged Obama's ability to deliver on his rhetoric. "There's a big difference between us -- speeches versus solutions, talk versus action," she said. "Speeches don't put food on the table. Speeches don't fill up your tank or fill your prescription or do anything about that stack of bills that keeps you up at night." Her remarks in Ohio echo statements she made a day earlier in McAllen, Texas, when she said, "I am in the solutions business. My opponent is in the promises business." Clinton was set later Thursday to hold events in Dayton and Columbus, Ohio. Obama was to be in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, and had no public events scheduled. CNN contributor and Clinton supporter James Carville said the senator must do well in the March 4 Ohio and Texas primaries if she is to stop Obama's momentum. Carville said he thought Clinton could still win the nomination. "You know, this thing is close. Not all the Democrats have been heard from. ... If anybody can do this, I think she can," said Carville, a major force behind President Clinton's successful 1992 campaign. Clinton's aggressive stance may be in reaction to Obama's momentum after he won eight contests in a row -- including victories by wide margins in Tuesday's primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Watch how the so-called Potomac primaries put Obama on a roll » In those contests, Obama also outpolled Clinton among demographic groups she had carried earlier -- women, lower-income voters and Latinos. Clinton is banking on those groups to carry her to victory in Texas and Ohio. The wins in the Potomac primaries gave Obama a lead over Clinton in the delegate count for the first time -- 1,253 to 1,211, according to CNN calculations. "In my neighborhood, you know, you had to win games if you wanted to brag," said Jamal Simmons, a Democratic strategist and Obama supporter. "And I think right now, Barack Obama is ahead in delegates. He's ahead in states. He's ahead in the popular vote. He's winning. "Sen. Clinton has got to win some of these contests, you know, to get to the finals." Neither Clinton nor	[ "What did Carville say?", "Who accuses Sen. Barack Obama of caving to special interests?", "Who doesn't need lectures on special interests?", "Who has challenged Obama's ability to deliver on his rhetoric?", "What did Clinton challenge?", "What did Clinton accuse Obama of?", "Who challenged Obama's ability to deliver on his rhetoric?", "Who says Obama \"doesn't need lectures on special interests\"?" ]	[ [ "said he thought Clinton could still win the nomination." ], [ "the senator from New York" ], [ "Obama" ], [ "Clinton" ], [ "Obama's ability to deliver on his rhetoric." ], [ "caving in to special interests." ], [ "Clinton" ], [ "Bill Burton" ] ]	NEW: Spokesman says Obama "doesn't need lectures on special interests" Sen. Hillary Clinton accuses Sen. Barack Obama of caving to special interests . Clinton has challenged Obama's ability to deliver on his rhetoric . Clinton supporter James Carville says she must win in Texas, Ohio on March 4 .
(CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton received the most votes in two pivotal Democratic primary contests Tuesday, scoring wins in Texas and Ohio that were considered critical to keeping alive her White House hopes. Sen. Hillary Clinton is the winner in Ohio and Texas primaries, but trails in the Texas caucuses. With 99 percent of precincts reporting in Ohio, Clinton had 54 percent of the vote compared to 44 percent for Sen. Barack Obama. The race was closer in Texas where, with 99 percent of precincts in, Clinton had 51 percent to Obama's 48 percent. A complicated formula in Texas that weighs delegates more heavily in highly populated areas and includes a caucus that was still being tallied Wednesday afternoon meant the delegate count there remained unclear. Obama was leading Clinton in the caucus vote 56 percent to 44 percent with 38 percent of the state counted, party officials said. The party will split 67 delegates between the candidates in proportion to the final caucus results. Watch an I-Report video from a Democratic caucus » A final tally was not expected until Thursday afternoon, officials said. Regardless, the two wins were crucial for Clinton, who would have found it difficult to continue the race if Obama won big Tuesday. "For everyone across America who has been counted out but refused to be knocked out, for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up and for everyone who works hard and never gives up, this one is for you," Clinton said to a cheering crowd in Columbus, Ohio. Watch Clinton thank backers » After a month of losses to Obama, Clinton had been expected to do well in Ohio -- where the blue-collar workers who have consistently supported her throughout the campaign make up a large chunk of the Democratic base. But with polls showing the Ohio contest neck-and-neck in the days leading up to the primary, Clinton got a boost from female voters and those who only recently made up their minds. According to CNN exit polling, 59 percent of the voters in the state's Democratic primary were women. Those female voters favored Clinton over Obama, 58 percent to 40 percent. In the past week, Clinton sharpened her attacks on Obama -- questioning whether he has enough experience to lead the nation and attempting to cast doubt on his opposition to international trade agreements that many in Ohio feel have led to job losses. Poll results suggest it may have worked. Among those polled, 64 percent of those who decided their vote in the last three days chose Clinton. Clinton was believed to need strong performances in Tuesday's contests in Ohio and Texas to halt Obama's momentum in the race and stay alive in the hunt for the 2,025 delegates needed to win the nomination. As early returns were counted Tuesday, Obama ran a string of consecutive victories to 12 with a lopsided win in Vermont. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, he led Clinton 59 percent to 39 percent. But Clinton snapped that streak in Rhode Island. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton had taken 58 percent of the vote to Obama's 40 percent. Speaking in San Antonio, Texas, Obama told supporters he expected to hold a similar delegate lead over Clinton after Tuesday's races to the one he held before. "We know this -- no matter what happens tonight, we have nearly the same delegate lead we had this morning and we are on the way to winning this nomination," he said to cheers and chants of his trademark phrase, "Yes we can." Watch an excerpt of Obama's speech to supporters » With Texas' delegates still to be awarded, Clinton had picked up 22 delegates after results in Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont were tallied. Obama entered the day holding a lead of just over 100 delegates, with 1,369 pledged delegates and superdelegates to Clinton's 1,267, according to CNN estimates. In Ohio, harsh weather and balloting problems stretched the polling well into the evening. With polls slated to close at 7:30 p.m., state elections officials decided to extend voting until 9 p.m. in northern Ohio's	[ "Who leads Clinton?", "Who wins Vermont?", "didn't obama win?", "Who wins Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island primaries?", "Whose primaries did Clinton win?" ]	[ [ "Obama was leading" ], [ "Obama" ], [ "Sen. Hillary Clinton is the winner" ], [ "Hillary Clinton" ], [ "Texas" ] ]	NEW: Obama leads Clinton 56 percent to 44 percent in tally of Texas caucuses . Clinton wins Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island primaries . Obama wins Vermont, leads race in total delegate count .
(CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton will stop telling an emotional story about a uninsured pregnant woman who died after being denied medical care, Clinton's campaign said. Sen. Hillary Clinton was repeating a story she heard from someone on the campaign trail. A hospital has raised questions over the accuracy of the story, and Clinton's campaign has said although they had no reason to doubt the story, they were unable to confirm the details. In the story, Clinton describes a woman from rural Ohio who was making minimum wage at a local pizza shop. The woman, who was uninsured, became pregnant. Clinton said the woman ran into trouble and went to a hospital in a nearby county but was denied treatment because she couldn't afford a $100 payment. In her speeches, Clinton said the woman later was taken to the hospital by ambulance and lost the baby. The young woman was then taken by helicopter to a Columbus hospital where she died of complications. Watch why the story is raising questions » The New York senator heard the story during a campaign visit to a family's living room in Pomeroy, Ohio, in late February. Bryan Holman was hosting the candidate and told Clinton the story. She has repeated it frequently since then. As recently as Friday night in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Clinton said she was "just aching inside" as she was listening to the story. "It is so wrong, in this good, great and rich country, that a young woman and her baby would die because she didn't have health insurance or a hundred dollars to get examined," she said. While Clinton never named the hospital in her speech, the woman she was referring to was treated at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio. The hospital said the woman did indeed have insurance, and, at least at their hospital, she was never turned away. Hospital Chief Executive Officer Rick Castrop in a statement said, "we reviewed the medical and patient accounts of the patient" after she was named in a newspaper story about Clinton's stump speech. "There is no indication that she was ever denied medical care at any time, for any reason. We clearly reject any perception that we ever denied any care to this woman." A hospital spokesperson confirmed to CNN the woman had insurance. She said the hospital decided to come forward after people in the community began to question if they had denied her care. Clinton's speech accurately reflects what she was told that day, but the campaign admits they were not able to confirm the account. Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee said, "She had no reason to doubt his word." "Candidates are told stories by people all the time, and it's common for candidates to retell those stories. It's not always possible to fully vet them, but we try. For example, medical records are confidential. In this case, we tried but weren't able to fully vet the story," he said. Elleithee added, "If the hospital claims it didn't happen that way, we certainly respect that, and she won't repeat the story." "She never mentions the hospital by name and isn't trying to cast blame. She tells this story because it illustrates the point that we have a very serious health care problem in America. That's a point very few people will dispute." E-mail to a friend	[ "What did she die from?", "who says no reason to doubt story", "what says Hospital?", "What did the woman have?", "who died from complications", "who is repeating a story" ]	[ [ "died of complications." ], [ "Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee" ], [ "\"There is no indication that she was ever denied medical care at any time, for any reason. We clearly reject any perception that we ever denied any care to this woman.\"" ], [ "insurance," ], [ "a woman" ], [ "Sen. Hillary Clinton" ] ]	Clinton had been repeating a story she heard about an uninsured pregnant woman . In the story, the woman was denied treatment, later died from complications . Hospital says woman had insurance, was never denied care . Clinton campaign says they had no reason to doubt the accuracy of the story .
(CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton will win Florida's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, CNN projects, although party sanctions have stripped the state of its convention delegates and no Democrats campaigned there. Hillary Clinton addresses a crowd in Davie, Florida, after winning the state's primary. Published polls showed the New York senator and former first lady was heavily favored in the state. Her leading rivals, South Carolina primary winner Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John Edwards, did not campaign in Florida. They opted to concentrate on next week's "Super Tuesday" contests in states such as New York, California, Missouri and Georgia. CNN's projection is based on precincts reporting results, entrance polls and other statistical models -- including the number of votes outstanding in areas where Clinton was expected to do well. The sanctions make Tuesday night's results largely meaningless to the Democratic presidential race. Obama described the primary as a "beauty contest" Tuesday, and his campaign issued a statement declaring the race a tie in the delegate count: "Zero for Obama, zero for Clinton." But Clinton has pledged to fight to have the state's delegates seated at the August convention in Denver, and has increasingly stressed the state's importance since losing Saturday's hotly contested primary in South Carolina to Obama. Though Democrats agreed to leave the state off their itineraries in a show of solidarity with the national party, Clinton attended permitted fund-raisers in Florida on Sunday and planned to appear with supporters there after polls closed. And turnout was high for the race even though no delegates were at stake. Nearly 400,000 people cast early or absentee ballots ahead of the primary, and Tuesday's vote was expected to top the nearly 800,000 who turned out in 2004. Donna Brazile, who managed former Vice President Al Gore's presidential bid, said many Democrats were likely to turn out to vote on a state constitutional amendment that would limit property tax increases and expand homestead exemptions. "People are very afraid this will cut public services, cut back education," said Brazile, a CNN analyst. "So the Florida Education Association and all of the unions are spending millions of dollars to get voters to turn out." E-mail to a friend	[ "What state did Obama and Edwards NOT campaign in?", "What states did the two men's focus on instead?", "What is the reason both men did not campaign in Florida?", "What are the rivals concentrating on", "What was the reason for no campaigning in Florida", "Who did not campaign in Florida", "what Rivals Sens. Barack Obama and John Edwards did?" ]	[ [ "Florida." ], [ "New York, California, Missouri and Georgia." ], [ "They opted to concentrate on next week's \"Super Tuesday\" contests in states such as New York, California, Missouri and Georgia." ], [ "next week's \"Super Tuesday\" contests" ], [ "They opted to concentrate on next week's \"Super Tuesday\" contests in states such as New York, California, Missouri and Georgia." ], [ "Sen. Barack Obama" ], [ "not campaign in Florida. They opted to concentrate on next week's \"Super Tuesday\" contests" ] ]	Rivals Sens. Barack Obama and John Edwards did not campaign in Florida . There were no delegates at stake in Florida . Obama and Edwards concentrated efforts on Super Tuesday states .
(CNN) -- Sen. John Ensign of Nevada admitted Tuesday to an extramarital affair with a woman who had worked for him. Sen. John Ensign of Nevada is considered a rising star in the Republican Party. Ensign, 51, would not identify the woman but said she and her husband had been "close friends." Her husband, he said, also worked for him. "Last year, I had an affair," the Republican senator said outside his office in Las Vegas. "I violated the vows of marriage. It's absolutely the worst thing I've done in my life. "I take full responsibility for my actions. I know I have deeply hurt and disappointed my wife, Darlene, my children, my family, friends, my staff and those who believed in me. And to all of them, especially my wife, I'm truly sorry," he said. The senator's office also released a statement from Ensign's wife, saying, "Since we found out last year, we have worked through the situation and we have come to a reconciliation. This has been difficult on both families. With the help of our family and close friends, our marriage has become stronger. I love my husband." Ensign's spokesman, Tory Mazzola, said Ensign and a campaign staff member carried on the affair from December 2007 through August 2008. Her husband was an official Senate staff member for the senator. Neither remained in Ensign's employ as of May 2008. Ensign, a veterinarian, is considered a rising star within the Republican Party. A member of the party's Senate leadership, Ensign last year took over as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. He was elected to the Senate in 2000 and comfortably won re-election in the midterm elections of 2006, when Democrats won back Congress. He is up for re-election in 2012. This month, Ensign spoke to a conservative group in Iowa, stoking speculation that he might have interest in running for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012. CNN's Ted Barrett contributed to this report.	[ "How long ago was this?", "Who has sparked speculation about 2012 presidential race?", "What did Ensign say?", "Which couple have come to a reconciliation?" ]	[ [ "December 2007 through August 2008." ], [ "Sen. John Ensign" ], [ "\"I violated the vows of marriage. It's absolutely the worst thing I've done in my life." ], [ "Sen. John Ensign" ] ]	Ensign doesn't name woman but says she and her husband worked for him . "I take full responsibility for my actions," he says . Statement from senator's wife says couple have come to a reconciliation . Senator has sparked speculation about 2012 presidential race .
(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain has inched ahead of Sen. Barack Obama in national polls, but the Democratic candidate holds a steady lead in the most recent Electoral College estimates. John McCain and Sarah Palin are campaigning hard in battleground states. In national surveys, McCain leads by 2 points, 47 percent to 45 percent, according to CNN's poll of polls released Monday night. In the Electoral College standings, the most recent survey shows 243 electoral votes either safely in Obama's column or leaning his way. At this point, McCain can claim only 189. Many of the state polls used to determine the Electoral College standings, however, were conducted before the conventions. Monday marked the first time McCain passed Obama in CNN's poll of polls. Watch how the race has tightened » On Saturday, Obama was up by 3 in the poll of polls. That lead shrank to just 1 point Sunday before disappearing Monday. In the most recent survey, 8 percent of respondents said they were still unsure about who they were going to vote for. The poll of polls is an average of five surveys: CNN (September 5-7), ABC/Washington Post (September 5-7), CBS (September 5-7), Gallup (September 5-7) and Diageo/Hotline (September 5-7). The poll of polls does not have a sampling error. The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Monday shows McCain and Obama tied at 48 percent. The poll, which was conducted Friday through Sunday, carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. It was based on 1,022 telephone interviews. Republicans are hoping that if McCain can close the popular vote gap, he can also make gains in the electoral gap. The Electoral College will ultimately decide who takes over the White House. Watch what the different standings mean » Although polls across the country are open on one day, the election is not a national poll but a series of 51 state-level elections that decide the members of the Electoral College. Technically, voters aren't choosing a candidate but a slate of electors who have pledged to vote for that candidate when the Electoral College meets. With 538 electors up for grabs, the candidate with more than half -- 270 -- wins the presidency. The number of electors from each state equals the number of senators and representatives the state sends to Congress Both candidates are turning their focus to battleground areas as they try to stack the states in their column. According to CNN's electoral map, the states that could go either way are Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia. McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, are campaigning Tuesday in Lebanon, Ohio, just 30 miles from Obama, who is in Riverside. No Republican has won the White House without winning Ohio. Obama's running mate, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, is campaigning in Missouri. Both parties are putting a lot of emphasis on Missouri. For the past century, the state has voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election except one. (Missouri picked Adlai Stevenson over Dwight Eisenhower in 1956.) McCain and Palin campaigned there Monday. They're hoping the state's landscape will help them take its 11 electoral votes. The state has the 13th oldest population in the country, and Obama has struggled with older voters. Also, 37 percent of Missourians are evangelical Christians, according to the Pew Forum. That's substantially higher than the 26 percent nationally. If McCain can take Missouri and tilt the toss-up states of Florida and Ohio, which also have older populations, he will pull ahead of Obama. CNN's Tom Foreman contributed to this report.	[ "What is the main focus of the candidates?", "Who is ahead in Electoral College count?", "how many electoral votes are needed to win?", "Who is leading in CNN polls?", "What battleground states are candidates focusing on/", "How many electoral votes are needed to win election?", "Who is leading in the polls?", "What is the number of votes needed to win the election?", "Which poll shows McCain ahead?" ]	[ [ "battleground areas" ], [ "McCain" ], [ "270" ], [ "McCain" ], [ "Virginia." ], [ "270" ], [ "Sen." ], [ "270" ], [ "of" ] ]	CNN's poll of polls shows John McCain leading Barack Obama, 47-45 percent . Obama ahead in Electoral College count, but some polls taken before convention . Candidates focusing on battleground states like Missouri, Ohio . Candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the election .
(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain on Monday called for a $300 million prize to whoever can develop a battery that will "leapfrog" the abilities of current hybrid and electric cars. Sen. John McCain wants someone to develop a battery that can "leapfrog" those available in current electric cars. Citing high oil prices, the Republican presidential candidate said he wants his offer to "deliver a power source at 30 percent of the current costs." "[The prize would amount to] $1 for every man, woman and child in the U.S. -- a small price to pay for helping to break the back of our oil dependency," McCain said during a town hall-style meeting at California's Fresno State University. McCain said the new automobile battery should have "the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars." Watch more on McCain's $300 million reward » "In the quest for alternatives to oil, our government has thrown around enough money subsidizing special interests and excusing failure," McCain said. "From now on, we will encourage heroic efforts in engineering, and we will reward the greatest success." McCain also called Monday for a "Clean Car Challenge" for U.S. automakers, hoping to spur them to develop and sell vehicles with no carbon emissions. The challenge would allow $5,000 tax credits to buyers of such cars, making those vehicles more appealing to consumers and thus easier to sell. "We're going to see technology for electric-powered cars that are going to be [made cheaper] with our incentives," McCain said. McCain also spoke against policies that he said "prevent consumers from benefiting" from ethanol not made from corn. He cited the U.S. subsidies for corn-based ethanol and tariffs on sugar cane-based ethanol from Brazil. "Instead of playing favorites, our government should level the playing field for all alcohol fuels that break the monopoly of gasoline, both lowering gasoline prices and carbon emissions," he said. McCain's remarks came a day after his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, called for greater oversight for energy traders. Obama's campaign said many economists believe speculation could be adding between $20 and $50 to the price of a barrel of oil; the price per barrel closed near $135 on Friday. On Monday, the Illinois Democrat turned to the subject of working women, criticizing McCain for opposing a bill that would have made it easier for people to sue over pay discrimination. Watch Obama court working women » The bill, dubbed the Fair Pay Restoration Act, would have rolled back a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that a person who claims pay discrimination must file a complaint within 180 days of that discrimination taking place. Senate Republicans blocked the bill, which Obama co-sponsored, in April. Obama, in a speech to women at the Flying Star Cafe in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said McCain "thinks the Supreme Court got it right." "He opposed the Fair Pay Restoration Act," Obama said. "He suggested that the reason women don't have equal pay isn't discrimination on the job -- it's because they need more education and training. That's just wrong." Obama said that in the United States, women earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. Obama claimed that McCain said the Fair Pay Restoration Act would have opened "us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems." "But I can't think of any problem more important than making sure that women are getting a square deal on the job. It's a matter of equality. It's a matter of fairness," Obama said. "I'll continue to stand up for equal pay as president. Sen. McCain won't, and that's a real difference in this election." Meanwhile, monthly campaign finance reports filed in June show the candidates are nearly level in the amount of money they have available to spend before their parties' conventions. According to a report filed with the	[ "What does Barack Obama criticizes McCain over?", "What did McCain say?", "What bill does Obama criticize McCain on?", "Who did Obama criricize?", "Who wants battery operated vehicles to surpass those of commercially available hybrids?", "What does McCain what?", "What are the candidates nearly level in?", "What are Sen. John McCain's thoughts on oil dependency?" ]	[ [ "for opposing a bill that would have made it easier for people to sue" ], [ "said the new automobile battery should have \"the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars.\"" ], [ "the Fair Pay Restoration Act," ], [ "Sen. McCain" ], [ "Sen. 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(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain played offense against Sen. Barack Obama during much of the final presidential debate as he challenged his rival on his policies, judgment and character. Obama said he is the candidate who can bring "fundamental change" to the country and continued to try to link McCain to President Bush. In one of the more forceful moments of the debate, McCain turned to Obama and said, "I am not President Bush." "If you want to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago. I'm going to give a new direction to this economy and this country," the Arizona senator said. Watch McCain say he's no Bush » McCain aides said they had been working on him to be more explicit in drawing a distinction between himself and Bush. With less than three weeks before the election, it was one of several jabs McCain took at his opponent, who is leading the race in most national polls and has an 8-point lead in CNN's average of national polls. A CNN/Opinion Research poll of people who watched the debate found 58 percent said Obama did the best job while 31 percent said McCain did. Watch entire debate: Part 1 » \| Part 2 » \| Part 3 » The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points, and the sample of debate-watchers in the poll were 40 percent Democratic and 30 percent Republican. McCain touted what he called his "long record of reform" and said to Obama: "You have to tell me one time when you have stood up with the leaders of your party on one single major issue." Obama said he has a "history of reaching across the aisle" and pointed to his support for charter schools, pay for performance for teachers and clean coal technology. See scenes from the debate » "Sen. Obama, your argument for standing up to the leadership of your party isn't very convincing," McCain said. The third and final presidential debate took place at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, and was moderated by Bob Schieffer of CBS News. Analysts weigh in on the debate » As McCain tried to put the pressure on Obama, he told the Illinois senator that voters need to "know the full extent" of his relationship with Bill Ayers, a former 1960s radical who belonged to the Weather Underground. "Mr. Ayers is not involved in this campaign, he has never been involved in my campaign, and he will not advise me in the White House," Obama said. McCain's campaign has charged that Obama's association with Ayers should cause voters to question his judgment. Ayers was a founding member of the radical Weather Underground, a group that was involved in bombings in the early 1970s, including attacks on the Pentagon and the Capitol. Obama said Ayers had committed "despicable acts" 40 years ago, but pointed out that he himself had been 8 years old at the time. Watch what Obama says about Ayers » Obama said Ayers has become the "centerpiece" of McCain's campaign and said the fact that McCain keeps bringing Ayers up "says more about your campaign than it says about me." The Republican nominee also brought up comments made last weekend by Rep. John Lewis and pushed Obama to repudiate them. Lewis on Saturday compared the feeling at recent GOP rallies to those of segregationist George Wallace. "I think Congressman Lewis' point was that we have to be careful about how we deal with our supporters," Obama said. "I do think that he inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate," he said. As the candidates butted heads over tax policy, both made frequent mention of "Joe the plumber." Watch voters react when 'Joe' comes up » Last weekend, while Obama was canvassing for support in Holland, Ohio, the	[ "which candidate did more viewers think won the debate?", "What person did McCain and Obama mention a lot?", "Who started the debate of economic plans?", "Viewers say who won the debate?" ]	[ [ "Obama" ], [ "Bush." ], [ "Barack Obama" ], [ "Obama" ] ]	NEW: More viewers say Obama won the debate, poll shows . NEW: Candidates debate Bill Ayers, John Lewis, negativity . NEW: McCain, Obama make frequent mention of "Joe the plumber" McCain, Obama start debate with talk of economic plans .
(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that if the financial rescue bill fails in Congress again, "the present crisis will turn into a disaster," and Sen. Barack Obama told lawmakers it's time to "step up to the plate." Both presidential candidates stressed bipartisanship as they called for Congress to act before heading to Washington to vote on the $700 billion financial rescue plan. "We are square in the greatest financial crisis of our lifetimes. And I am pleased to report that today, I will be returning to the floor of the Senate to vote on a bill that marks a decisive step in the right direction," McCain said at a campaign event in Kansas City, Missouri. "Today, with the unity that this crisis demands, Congress will once again work to restore confidence and stability to the American economy," McCain said. Watch what McCain says about the bailout Â» The Arizona senator and Republican nominee said there will be time later to assign blame for the situation, "but our duty right now is to fix the problem." Obama also warned that the crisis could turn into a "catastrophe" without swift action from Congress. The Illinois senator and Democratic nominee said he has been reaching out to leaders of both parties to help pass the plan. See bailout tracker Â» "To the Democrats and Republicans who have opposed this plan, I say this: Step up to the plate and do what's right for the country, even if it's not popular, because the time to act is now," he said in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Watch Obama speak out about the bailout Â» As part of his lobbying efforts, Obama has called members of the Congressional Black Caucus to support the bailout. When the bailout came up for a vote on Monday, caucus members split 21 against and 18 for the bill, CBC spokeswoman Keiana Barrett said. Obama campaign Co-chairman Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Illinois, was one of the CBC members who voted against the bailout but said he would consider switching if more protections for homeowners are added to the bill. Republicans accused Obama of failing to show leadership as the economic crisis unfolded. McCain said last week that he was suspending his campaign to focus on the situation. Democrats accused him of slowing down negotiations, while Republicans said he helped sway some reluctant lawmakers. Although McCain did not mention Obama by name Wednesday, he made what could be seen as a swipe as his opponent. "This is a moment of great testing. At such moments, there are those on both sides of this debate who will act on principle. Of course, there are always some who think first of their own interests, who calculate their own advantage instead of rushing to the aid of their country," McCain said. Meanwhile, Obama blamed the current crisis on greed and irresponsibility in Washington and on Wall Street. "Let me be perfectly clear. The fact that we are in this mess is an outrage. It's an outrage because we did not get here by accident. This was not a normal part of the business cycle. This was not the actions of a few bad apples," he said. After their campaign events, McCain and Obama were both returning to Washington to vote on the bailout package. Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, was also expected to vote on it. The bailout proposal failed in the U.S. House on Monday. The version going to the Senate adds provisions, including raising the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. cap to $250,000 from $100,000 per account, and will be attached to an existing revenue bill that the House also rejected Monday, according to several Democratic leadership aides. McCain and Obama both support raising the FDIC insurance limit as a way of reviving talks on Capitol Hill. The Senate vote is scheduled for after sundown, in observance of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. After pointing fingers Monday, Obama and McCain have both tried to strike a more bipartisan tone as they work on selling the financial	[ "Where are Obama, McCain and Biden heading to?", "Who is returning to Washington?", "What did Obama ask the Congressional Black Caucus to do?", "Obama asks who to vote for bailout?", "What did Obama ask?", "Who calls on Congress to act?", "What is Congress asked to do?" ]	[ [ "Washington" ], [ "John McCain" ], [ "support the bailout." ], [ "Congressional Black Caucus" ], [ "Congressional Black Caucus to support" ], [ "Both presidential candidates" ], [ "vote on the $700 billion financial rescue plan." ] ]	NEW: Obama asking Congressional Black Caucus members to vote for bailout . John McCain, Barack Obama call on Congress to act . Obama, McCain, Joe Biden returning to Washington for vote . Former President Clinton campaigns for Obama in Florida .
(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain was touting U.S.-Canadian economic and energy ties in a visit north Friday, while Sen. Barack Obama hammered his GOP opponent for embracing offshore drilling and other energy policies. Sen. John McCain is in Canada on Friday, while Sen. Barack Obama talks to Democratic governors. Obama, speaking to Democratic governors in Chicago, Illinois, hit McCain hard for his support of the gas tax "holiday" as well as drilling off the U.S. coasts. Obama told the 16 governors attending an economic summit at the Chicago History Museum that McCain "has essentially embraced" President Bush's energy policy. "When I hear McCain say that he is now in favor of the same oil drilling off the coast that he was opposed to just a week ago, what he doesn't tell you is that George Bush's own energy department has said that this would have no impact on consumers until 2030," he said, "no appreciable impact for the next 22 years. Something they're not telling consumers." Watch more of Obama's speech » At an afternoon news conference in Jacksonville, Florida, Obama continued to lash out at McCain's oil drilling policy. "John McCain's proposal, George Bush's proposal to drill offshore here in Florida, and other places around the country, would not provide families with any relief, this year, next year, five years from now," he said. "Believe me, if I thought there was any evidence at all that drilling could save people money who are struggling to fill up their gas tanks by this summer or the next few years, I would consider it, but it won't." At the Chicago summit, several governors touched on the economic woes affecting their respective states. "There is a deep recession, and frankly, I believe it's actually gathering momentum. I don't think we're halfway through this," New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said. Ted Strickland, governor of the swing state of Ohio, pledged his support to Obama to "make sure that you're the next president." The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said, "What you need, I believe, is a partner in Washington that understands your people, understands the hopes and dreams of the American people, and is not expected to solve every one of their problems but is willing to give them the tools they need to succeed and prosper and live out the American dream." Also Friday, the Obama camp announced he would make a campaign appearance with Sen. Hillary Clinton on June 27. The campaigning will follow a Democratic fundraiser Thursday that will mark the first time the former rivals have appeared together publicly since the New York senator ended her presidential bid. Watch more on next week's campaign event » This week, Obama said, "I have not had conversations with Sen. Clinton because she has been getting a well-deserved vacation. And we will be speaking, I think, in the next few days, certainly within the next week, and we'll be having an ongoing conversation." The Obama campaign said details of the pair's itinerary would be released later. Meanwhile, the presumptive GOP nominee was in Canada on Friday, focusing on U.S. relations with its northern neighbor. At the Economic Club of Toronto in Ottawa, McCain said that although there "aren't any electoral votes to be won up here in the middle of a presidential election ... there are many shared interests that require our attention today, and many Canadians here I am very proud to call friends." "And today, the strength of that partnership is more vital than ever. The economic community we have founded, together with our alliance and the values we hold in common, have served our people for decades and has served us well. It will fall to the next president to strengthen these ties still further, adding to the security and prosperity of all of North America." McCain said he will seek to expand trade and diplomatic ties if elected. Watch more on McCain's speech in Canada » David Axelrod, chief	[ "Who blasts McCain?", "What country is McCain touting the US ties with?", "Who touts US Canada ties?", "Who does Obama blast?", "Where was Obama when he blasted McCain and Bush?", "Whose offshore oil policy is at a stop in Florida?", "Who will Obama campaign with next week?" ]	[ [ "Sen. Barack Obama" ], [ "U.S.-Canadian" ], [ "Sen." ], [ "John McCain" ], [ "Chicago, Illinois," ], [ "John McCain" ], [ "Sen. Hillary Clinton" ] ]	Obama blasts McCain, Bush offshore oil policy at a stop in Florida . Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton will campaign together next week . Sen. John McCain touts U.S.-Canada ties, including energy policy, NAFTA . CNN "poll of polls" shows Obama leading McCain by 6 percentage points .
(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain's campaign rebuked Sen. Joe Biden on Tuesday, saying the Democratic vice presidential nominee had "sunk to a new low" by raising a debate over who cares more for special needs children. Sen. Joseph Biden embraces a supporter during a campaign stop in Columbia, Missouri, on Tuesday. The Republican camp's sharp response came after Biden said GOP advocates for children with birth defects should support stem cell research. During a campaign event in Columbia, Missouri, Biden did not mention his Republican counterpart by name but said, "I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in dealing with parents who have both the joy ... and the difficulty of raising a child who has a developmental disability, who were born with a birth defect." Biden's support of stem cell research is at odds with the position taken by the Republicans' vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose 5-month-old son, Trig, has Down syndrome. Palin, an evangelical Christian, opposes stem cell research because it involves the use of human embryos, but her running mate, GOP presidential nominee McCain, does support stem cell research. "Well, guess what, folks? If you care about it, why don't you support stem cell research?" asked Biden, the running mate of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama. Those comments brought a sharp response. "Barack Obama's running mate sunk to a new low today, launching an offensive debate over who cares more about special needs children," McCain-Palin spokesman Ben Porritt said. "Playing politics with this issue is disturbing and indicative of a desperate campaign." Biden spokesman David Wade insisted that the Delaware senator's comments were not directed at Palin. "This is a clash of policies, not a clash of personalities," Wade said. "We've heard not a dime's worth of difference between the McCain-Palin ticket and the Bush administration on medical breakthroughs that millions of parents and doctors believe could save lives and transform the quality of life for countless Americans." During her acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention last week, Palin told parents of children with disabilities that she would be "a friend and advocate in the White House." But the Alaska governor's support for the disabled has come under scrutiny since McCain chose Palin to be his running mate nearly two weeks ago. Before her run for the vice presidency, advocacy for special needs programs had not been a central part of her political campaigns or during her administration, despite her sister's autistic son. Watch more on Palin's budget priorities » Palin signed a bill this year increasing special needs funding but frustrated some of the bill's co-sponsors by stepping in only at the last minute. Sonya Kerr, an Anchorage attorney specializing in disability rights, filed a lawsuit against the state and Palin, alleging that there are not enough services for kids with special needs, specifically a child with autism. "I would say, welcome, Gov. Palin, to our reality and what we've been trying to deal with for a long time," Kerr said. "I hope that it means that there will be support on a bipartisan basis for what people with disabilities need so we are not a bargaining chip in the political process." CNN's Deb Feyerick, Alexander Mooney and Rachel Streitfeld contributed to this report.	[ "What comments were a new low?" ]	[ [ "a debate over who cares more for special needs children." ] ]	Biden says GOP advocates for special needs kids should support stem cell research . McCain camp says Biden "sunk to a new low" with comments . GOP VP pick Palin has a son with Down syndrome, opposes stem cell research . Biden spokesman says vice presidential nominee did not target Palin .
(CNN) -- Sen. Ted Kennedy would have had a "very, very difficult" time politically surviving the drowning death of a young woman if it happened in the era of blogs, talk radio and 24-hour news cycles, experts said. Sen. Ted Kennedy hit the airwaves to say it was "indefensible" he didn't immediately report the accident. Mary Jo Kopechne, 28, drowned after Kennedy drove his Oldsmobile off a bridge following a regatta party in July 1969. The incident on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, helped dash the youngest Kennedy brother's chances at the Oval Office in 1972 and 1980. Massachusetts was more forgiving than the rest of the nation, however, backing Kennedy by a 3-to-2 margin in his 1970 bid to keep his Senate seat. That his brothers, John and Robert, had been assassinated in recent years may have been a factor, experts said. Watch Kennedy attend brother Robert's funeral » "Great expectations and great tragedy has always been the storyline of the Kennedys," said Christopher Arterton, dean of George Washington University's graduate school of political management. "The people of Massachusetts were prepared to forgive a lot of transgressions." Kennedy vanished to the family compound for days after the incident, huddling with advisers before emerging the following week to plead guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. A judge suspended his two-month jail sentence. Critics saw the plea as an attempt to stifle details that would have emerged during a trial. In a display of the senator's legendary oratory, he delivered a nationally televised explanation and apology, saying it was "indefensible" that he hadn't called police until the day after the accident. See how Chappaquiddick fit into Kennedy's legacy » "If at any time, the citizens of Massachusetts should lack confidence in their senator's character or his ability, with or without justification, he could not in my opinion adequately perform his duty and should not continue in office," Kennedy said. Jim Baughman, author of "The Republic of Mass Culture: Journalism, Filmmaking, and Broadcasting in America since 1941," said he recalls Kennedy's address being "less an explanation to the country than to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." The nation's response was tepid. According to a Time-Harris poll in August 1969, about 44 percent of respondents said Kennedy failed "to tell the real truth," 51 percent said his explanation was inadequate and 77 percent said he was wrong not to report the accident immediately. However, 58 percent of respondents said "he has suffered, been punished and should be given the benefit of the doubt." Watch a timeline of Kennedy's tragedies, triumphs » "I think the national repercussions would have been more severe [today]," Baughman said. In 1969, the national media were dominated by three TV networks and a handful of magazines and newspapers. New media and talk radio would be a "much more ferocious force" today, he said. Media reports from the time indicate few mysteries were solved by Kennedy's address. Then-Edgartown Police Chief Jim Arena was often lambasted for his handling of the case. He said Thursday he would handle it no differently today except that he would charge Kennedy with vehicular homicide, a charge that did not exist in 1969. "I will always contend that what happened that night was an accident. What happened afterward has never been completely explained," said Arena, who is now 79. In his national address, Kennedy said he was driving Kopechne to a ferry landing because she was tired. He denied "widely circulated suspicions of immoral conduct" and also refuted reports that he was "driving under the influence of liquor." Watch Kennedy's explanation » Kennedy said his unfamiliarity with the bridge, which had no guardrails and met the road at an awkward angle, caused him to drive off the side and into Poucha Pond. "The car overturned in a deep pond and immediately filled with water," Kennedy said. "Water entered my lungs and I actually felt the sensation of	[ "where was the incident credited with ending Ted Kennedy's presidential hopes?", "who says he would have charged Kennedy with vehicular homicide?", "According to the ex-police chief, what would he have charged Kennedy with today?", "When did the Chappaquiddick incident take place?", "The Chappaquiddick incident ended what person's presidential hopes?" ]	[ [ "Chappaquiddick Island," ], [ "Then-Edgartown Police Chief Jim Arena" ], [ "vehicular homicide," ], [ "July 1969." ], [ "Ted Kennedy" ] ]	Media "more ferocious" today, wouldn't have left questions unanswered, expert says . Ex-police chief says he would have charged Kennedy with vehicular homicide today . Chappaquiddick incident credited with ending Ted Kennedy's presidential hopes . Chief: "What happened afterward has never been completely explained"

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