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(EW.com) -- Chris Meloni has booked his first post-"SVU" gig -- and it's a bloody good one. The former star of the Dick Wolf drama will join HBO's "True Blood" in season 5 as "ancient, powerful vampire who holds the fate of Bill and Eric in his hands." He will be a series regular. Meloni's role on Alan Ball's drama marks a homecoming, of sorts: The actor previously played Chris Keller on the pay cabler's gritty drama "Oz" from 1998 to 2003. Earlier this year, Meloni decided to step down from playing Detective Elliot Stabler on the long-running NBC drama. See the full article at EW.com. CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | Christopher Meloni will join HBO's "True Blood" in season 5 .
He will play an "ancient, powerful vampire who holds the fate of Bill and Eric in his hands"
The actor previously played Chris Keller on the pay cabler's gritty drama "Oz" | 001adf6209be103cb198b8599f236b4d5760a5fe |
(CNN) -- As Barack Obama makes his case to the nation for taking the fight to ISIS, his top diplomat is also trying to make sure America doesn't have to go it alone. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is sweeping through the Middle East to try to convince regional leaders to back America's plan to beat back the terror group, which has seized a large chunk of territory stretching from northern Syria to central Iraq with alarming pace in recent months. So who's with them? . | Barack Obama making case to nation for increasing military action against ISIS .
John Kerry in Middle East trying to get more of the region's leaders on board .
Germany, UK, France to offer assistance; Russia wary of potential U.S. strikes in Syria . | 002756fbd876d0da1c7d6e6d464c25d5316de3e8 |
(CNN) -- An American woman died aboard a cruise ship that docked at Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, the same ship on which 86 passengers previously fell ill, according to the state-run Brazilian news agency, Agencia Brasil. The American tourist died aboard the MS Veendam, owned by cruise operator Holland America. Federal Police told Agencia Brasil that forensic doctors were investigating her death. The ship's doctors told police that the woman was elderly and suffered from diabetes and hypertension, according the agency. The other passengers came down with diarrhea prior to her death during an earlier part of the trip, the ship's doctors said. The Veendam left New York 36 days ago for a South America tour. | The elderly woman suffered from diabetes and hypertension, ship's doctors say .
Previously, 86 passengers had fallen ill on the ship, Agencia Brasil says . | 0054d6d30dbcad772e20b22771153a2a9cbeaf62 |
(CNN) -- Michael Jackson, the show-stopping singer whose best-selling albums -- including "Off the Wall," "Thriller" and "Bad" -- and electrifying stage presence made him one of the most popular artists of all time, died Thursday, CNN has confirmed. He was 50. He collapsed at his residence in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles, California, about noon Pacific time, suffering cardiac arrest, according to brother Randy Jackson. He died at UCLA Medical Center. As news of his death spread, stunned fans began to react and remember one of the most remarkable careers in music. | Video shows ambulance rushing the pop star to the hospital .
Crowds gather at the hospital where Jackson was rushed .
A.J. Hammer: This "is big as it gets"; Rev. Al Sharpton: He was "a trailblazer"
Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. says he's "numbed and shocked" at the news . | 008fc24ca9f4c48a54623bef423a3f2f8db8451a |
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A car bomb killed one of Israel's most prominent crime bosses in Tel Aviv Monday, Israeli police sources say. Police at the scene of the car bomb blast which killed crime boss Yaakov Alpheron. Police say Yaakov Alperon was killed instantly when an explosive device was apparently detonated by remote control on a busy street in Tel Aviv. The blast injured two other people, including a 13 year-old boy. Head of one of Israel's most notorious crime families, Alperon is the most senior figure to be killed and the latest casualty of ongoing mob wars that have left scores of innocent people dead. In the past these mob-style hits have led to more revenge attacks. | A car bomb has killed one of Israel's most prominent crime bosses, police say .
Police sources say Yaakov Alperon was killed instantly .
Explosive device was apparently detonated by remote control in Tel Aviv . | 00962710a65712639b1732041fd9553f5b658749 |
Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- A member of the Shiite militia Hezbollah, who escaped from an Egyptian prison during the recent unrest there, made a surprise appearance Wednesday at a Hezbollah rally in Beirut. The Hezbollah television network al Manar showed Sami Shehab being greeted by rapturous applause as he took the stage at the rally in a southern suburb of Beirut to mark the group's martyrs' day. Shehab, also known as Mohammed Yusuf Mansour, was accused by Egyptian authorities of leading a Hezbollah cell in Egypt and planning attacks in Egypt. He had been in prison for nearly two years before escaping on February 3 along with several members of the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas, Hezbollah officials said. He was described as a "brother in our struggle" as he joined a group of Hezbollah officials on stage. | Hezbollah member escaped from Egyptian prison .
He makes surprise appearance in Beirut . | 00971e34b7c8fb70119ac5c1886bf024b020dca1 |
(CNN) -- A cargo train derailed and crashed into homes Sunday in a sprawling Kenyan slum, the Red Cross said. Rescue efforts are under way to free residents trapped in damaged homes in the capital city of Nairobi, the agency said. At least five people were transported to a local hospital, Red Cross said on its Twitter page. Kibera -- one of Africa's largest slums -- is filled with rows of homes made from a mixture of mud, tin, wood and concrete. A railway passes through the neighborhood. The settlement is home to hundreds of thousands. CNN's Christabelle Fombu contributed to this report . | NEW: At least five people are taken to a local hospital .
NEW: Rescue efforts are under way to free trapped residents .
Kibera is one of Africa's largest slums .
A railway passes through the neighborhood . | 011c6a42c94c5949a234d1a35d88d904ee9db463 |
(CNN) -- The wife of Singapore's first prime minister died at her home Saturday at the age of 89. A private funeral for Kwa Geok Choo will take place next Wednesday, the prime minister's office said in a statement. She was married to Lee Kuan Yew, who is widely credited with molding Singapore into one of the world's most prosperous countries. Lee, 87, was the founding father of the island nation. His son, Lee Hsien Loong, is now Singapore's prime minister -- the country's third since it gained independence from Malaysia in 1965. The elder Lee was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital earlier this week for a chest infection . | Kwa Geok Choo died at home at the age of 89 .
Her husband was Singapore's first prime minister . | 0189c089ec3a8a3f055bb735986e7fb1902a05e7 |
(CNN)The New England Patriots rallied to down the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 Sunday and win Super Bowl XLIX at Glendale, Arizona. Quarterback Tom Brady completed a Super Bowl record 37 passes and threw for four touchdowns. The Patriots are the sixth team to win at least four Super Bowl trophies. Brady overcame two interceptions and threw for 328 yards. Julian Edelman caught nine passes and had the game-winning touchdown with 2:02 remaining in the contest. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson shrugged off a slow start to complete 12 of 21 passes for 247 yards, but he threw an interception at the Patriots goal line with 20 seconds to go. Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch had 102 yards rushing and one score. The Patriots trailed 24-14 before Brady threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter. | Tom Brady threw a game-winning pass to Julian Edelman with two minutes remaining .
The Patriots are one of six teams to win at least four Super Bowls . | 0195f67b88e13308b0c462cd003b3824610b7dfe |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Torrential rains and floods in Pakistan have killed 30 people, and 50 others are missing, a paramilitary official said Friday. More than 30,000 people have been affected by flooding, mainly in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, said Murtaza Baid, spokesman for the Frontier Corps. Water swept away four villages and severely damaged others. Medical camps and shelters have been set up for victims, and 900 troops are helping doctors and emergency teams in rescue efforts. Flooding has also been reported in southern Punjab province. Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report. | Torrential rains have flooded parts of southwestern Pakistan .
More than 30,000 people have been affected .
Hundreds of troops are assisting in rescue efforts . | 01a3ecf33b89551bd5513fcec634704b92f87904 |
(CNN) -- A high-speed passenger train left its tracks on the outskirts of Split, Croatia, Friday, killing at least six people and injuring 45, according to Croatian police. The high-speed train derailed on the outskirts of Split, Croatia, about noon on Friday. The train was on its way from the Croatian capital, Zagreb, when it derailed about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from it's destination of Split about noon, said Marina Kraljevic-Gudelj, a spokeswoman for police in Split. "This is a huge tragedy, so there is no place for speculation," she said. Police had launched an investigation into the cause of the crash. CNN's Per Nyberg contributed to this report. | High-speed passenger train leaves its tracks on the outskirts of Split, Croatia .
At least six people killed and 45 injured, according to police .
The train was on its way from the Croatian capital, Zagreb, to Split . | 01cdb93a75ea0da86ea2905543532d324d717a5e |
(CNN) -- Dancers have put on a dazzling display atop extravagant floats at the legendary annual Rio Carnival. Thousands of revelers cheered as dancers shimmied and shook their colorful costumes through the streets of the Brazilian city. Seven-year-old Julia Lira took her place as the drum corps queen for the Viradouro School of Samba despite criticism that she was too young to fill a role normally reserved for voluptuous adult dancers. | Parade of color during annual Rio Carnival in Brazil .
Dancers included seven-year-old Julia Lira, despite criticism that she was too young . | 01d7341b501dc858faad7609cd77772d3db82047 |
(CNN) -- Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored all four goals in Sweden's 4-2 win over England -- but his final shot was something special. His audacious overhead volley from 30 yards was labeled on social networking sites as the greatest ever soccer goal. What do you think? Share your views on Ibrahimovic's wonder goal. | Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores a 30-yard overhead kick .
Ibrahimovic scored all four goals for Sweden . | 024eae075108ae834a2338bab32bf4ca732e1d43 |
(CNN) -- Tired of staying in anonymous corporate hotels? Maybe you should try one of the gorgeous lodgings named by Wallpaper* as its best business hotels of 2012. A panel of well-traveled creatives picked the hotels from a shortlist. Highlights include New York's NoMad, which houses a two-floor library that turns into a cocktail bar, and the Fasano Boa Vista, in Brazil -- a resort that has natural forest and lakes in its vast grounds. More from Wallpaper*: The new breed of designer hostels . But this year's best business hotel is the Georges, a tiny boutique establishment in Istanbul's Galata district, which offers its pampered guests a private butler. Who says you shouldn't mix business with pleasure? For more on travel, visit wallpaper.com. © 2012 wallpaper.com. All rights reserved. | Wallpaper* has picked its best business hotels of 2012 .
The winner is the Georges, a tiny boutique hotel in Istanbul .
Other highlights include New York's Nomad and Fasano Boa Vista, in Brazil . | 02625c8d96d090527fec268f59e75cefa0a6f11a |
(CNN) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro weighed in on the Arizona mass shooting that killed six and injured 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in a column distributed Monday. The column, titled "An Atrocious Act," condemns the shooting, but Castro didn't miss the chance to criticize the right wing of U.S. politics. He said Giffords was an enemy of the Tea Party and described her as a supporter of immigration reform, stem cell research and alternative energy, "measures that are hated by the far right." But despite the differences between the United States and Cuba, the Communist former president said he was saddened by the news. "Even those of us who don't share his (President Barack Obama's) political or philosophical ideas in the least sincerely hope that no children, judges, congressmen or any U.S. citizen should die in such an absurd and unjustifiable way," he wrote. | Castro refers to the mass killing as "an atrocious act"
The former Cuban leader takes a swipe at the far right . | 032d79c7a9d1a09670e603740e27e842f97d2de7 |
(CNN) -- In anticipation of what mini monarch-to-be Prince George of Cambridge will wear in the spotlight, the Museum of London is displaying baby clothes and booties of former royal babies as part of a new exhibit. The small display, titled "A Royal Arrival," is free to visitors until October 2013. Click through the gallery above for a sneak peek into the exhibit. See complete coverage of the royal baby . | The Museum of London displays clothing worn by members of the royal family .
A curator says memorabilia links the royal baby to more than 400 years of history .
Royal garb is on display from King Charles I, George III and Edward VII .
Follow CNN Living on Facebook and Twitter . | 03331ccf9223082a3b003d088cb7e4dad266c7f7 |
(CNN) -- Three crew members aboard a U.S. Navy helicopter that crashed in the Red Sea on Sunday were found alive and in stable condition, the Navy said. Two others remained missing. The MH-60S Knighthawk was operating with the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence when it went down in the central Red Sea, which lies between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Search efforts are under way for the two remaining crew members. The cause of the crash is under investigation; however, the Navy said it "was not due to any sort of hostile activity." Helicopter crashes outside Phoenix with no apparent survivors . Four die in North Sea helicopter crash . Five dead in Pennsylvania helicopter crash . | Three crew members were found in stable condition .
The crash "was not due to any sort of hostile activity," Navy says . | 03ced863d051b6c2892d36460eb5945e6bf5948f |
(CNN) -- From a 16-year-old girl who took over the United Nations to the winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature -- several remarkable women have captured the world's attention in 2013. To honor their achievements, CNN takes a look at some of the most notable women of the year. | Women have excelled in 2013 showcasing how far gender equality has come .
CNN takes a look back at some of the remarkable achievements of women this year .
Who do you think deserves to be in this list? Let us know in the comments below . | 0405e4119ac6c1eb83bff8dcc69953a8691d737b |
An attack by suspected ISIS militants on a border guard base near the Syrian border left at least 16 killed and four others seriously wounded according to Faleh al-Issawi, the deputy head of the Anbar provincial council in Iraq. The militants slaughtered the 16 border guards, including their commanding officer, in a surprise early morning attack on Monday, al-Issawi said. Four others are in critical condition, he said. The base attacked is near al-Waleed border crossing, the only crossing Iraq has with Syria that is still controlled by Iraqi forces. ISIS maintains control of almost all of Anbar -- Iraq's largest province. | Suspected ISIS militants killed 16 Iraqi border guards, official says .
Official: Four others in critical condition .
Base is only one with Syria that is still controlled by Iraqi forces . | 04849a32c3b9571a974c5d6ce1ee6dc3ae77008a |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets -- flying off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman -- crashed Monday night in the Persian Gulf, U.S. Navy officials said. The aircrafts' three aviators were recovered safely after they ejected from the jets -- a single-seat F/A-18E and two-seat F/A-18F. The U.S. Navy did not immediately know the cause of the F/A-18 crash. There is no indication of hostile fire action, the officials said. The incident is not related to Sunday's confrontation between three U.S. Navy warships and five Iranian boats, Navy officials said. E-mail to a friend . | All three aviators recovered safely after ejecting from aircraft; crash cause unknown .
No indication of hostile fire; not related to Iranian confrontation Sunday .
F-18 Super Hornets are attached to aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman . | 04b955901a728b9da10c9278584df59f5869e5eb |
Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- A security guard was killed and five others were injured when a car packed with explosives detonated Saturday in Mogadishu, officials said. The blast occurred in a seaside restaurant parking lot in the capital, Somali police Col. Ali Hassan told CNN. No group had claimed responsibility by late Saturday. The wail of sirens echoed as residents and firefighters rushed to put out flames and smoke from scorched vehicles in the parking lot. | Police say car bomb went off in Somali capital .
One person reported killed . | 04be24e6c3d84bb03911e47d66be3f19b37ee967 |
(CNN Student News) -- February 8, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Montgomery, Alabama; Selma, Alabama; Little Rock, Arkansas; Washington, D.C. China . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
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(CNN) -- A Palestinian diplomat and his wife were injured in an explosion Wednesday inside their house in the northern Prague neighborhood of Suchdol, officials said. Police identified the victims as Jamal al Jamal, 57, and his 52-year-old wife. Al Jamal was taken to Prague Military Hospital, where he was in an induced coma with serious injuries, said Jirina Ernestova, a spokeswoman for Prague Emergency Services. His wife was taken to Motol Hospital after inhaling smoke and suffering from shock, Ernestova said. The couple's son, who was also in the house, was not hurt, police said. | Police identified the victims as Jamal al Jamal, 57, and his 52-year-old wife .
Al Jamal was taken to a hospital, where he was in an induced coma with serious injuries .
His wife was taken to a hospital after inhaling smoke and suffering from shock . | 0573109d9ee241a51843a125be103ae5930ef50d |
(CNN) -- Esquire magazine published a previously written piece by journalist Tom Junod about the powerful "falling man" image of September 11. But somewhere in the site's technology, the image became associated with unrelated content, resulting in an unfortunate online display. . | An image of 9/11's "falling man" was posted with unrelated content .
The mistake quickly spread on Twitter .
Esquire's apology viewed as unsympathetic . | 05aa09afb3f2fa9dcdcf478959bfadcb0597086b |
The 550-foot-tall High Roller has finally opened on the Las Vegas Strip. The High Roller Ferris wheel is part of "the LINQ," a Caesars Entertainment-created shopping and entertainment district. The wheel received its operating license on Friday. Riders will get a 30-minute ride and view of the city in one of two booths in each of the wheel's 28 Italian glass cabins, each 44,000 pounds in weight. Each cabin holds up to 40 people, totally 1,120 people at capacity. Ticket prices range from $24.95 for a standard day ticket to $59.95 for the express that allows you to board anytime without waiting in line. Check out the gallery to see how it compares to other favorites around the world. | Las Vegas is the latest city to add a Ferris wheel to its entertainment options .
The SkyView Atlanta Ferris Wheel has 42 climate-controlled observation cabins .
The Tianjin Eye in China near Beijing, was built on a bridge across a river . | 05c1ee8da74613178c14535fb199e3e0484bd014 |
New York (CNN) -- A Boston-bound Amtrak train derailed Monday afternoon just east of New York City's Penn Station, the rail service said. No injuries were reported among the approximately 147 passengers and an unspecified number of crew members, Amtrak said in a news release. It called the accident, which occurred at 12:25 p.m., a "low-speed derailment." The passengers were taken back to Penn Station in Manhattan, where arrangements were made to "provide them travel on another train," Amtrak said. The line also is used by the Long Island Railroad. But Amtrak said the East River tunnels, which take trains from Manhattan to Long Island, "are not blocked and Amtrak and Long Island Railroad trains are operating through the area with minimal delays." | A low-speed derailment occurs just east of Penn Station, Amtrak says .
No injuries are reported; Amtrak arranges for the passengers to be put on other trains . | 05c20d2873b79adeeceb3b0602ddd3e02bdff890 |
(CNN) -- The death toll from the devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri, last month has risen to 155, a city spokeswoman said Monday. The previous death toll, reported on Friday, was 154. The most recent death was Edmon A. Cooper, Joplin city spokeswoman Lynn Onstot said. Cooper died from injuries sustained during the May 22 tornado, Onstot said. No other details were immediately available. The Joplin tornado was the deadliest single U.S. twister in more than 60 years, according to National Weather Service records. It left a 13-mile-long trail of destruction through the southwest Missouri city, stripping the bark from trees and smashing homes into unrecognizable rubble. | The previous death toll, reported on Friday, was 154 .
The Joplin tornado was the deadliest single U.S. twister in more than 60 years . | 064f086f49fa410b664d59a0494367c421ed2f8a |
(CNN) -- At least 16 people were killed and 22 injured when a suicide bomber driving an explosive-laden car detonated near a car dealership in a town northeast of Baghdad, police said. Balad Ruz is a mixed town of Arab, Kurd and Turkmen residents, located in Diyala province. Violence was also reported in Baghdad, where shootings and explosions were blamed for six deaths and injuries to more than 20 others, police in the capital said. | The attack occurred northeast of Baghdad .
Balad Ruz is a mixed town of Arab, Kurd and Turkmen residents . | 0689b77badc0cd6372fd3bf28d94b0ad1ac21c2f |
(CNN) -- Administrative Professionals Week is coming to a close, and though the term "secretary" is fraught with negative meaning for some, there have been stellar examples of efficiency, smarts and loyalty shown by administrative assistants both in real life and on the silver screen throughout the years. From Moneypenny to Holloway, these folks know how to get the job done. What does it take to be a great administrative assistant? Information, operations and human resources management, for a start. Take a look at the gallery above to view famous clerical standouts and their specialties. | It's Administrative Professionals Week, a time to appreciate all they do .
Many prefer the term "administrative assistant" to "secretary"
The people who fill these rolls well are efficient, organized and discreet .
Popular culture has seen many examples of indispensable admins . | 069eb764fa0ed896043131caf1919d5fc5b4b70a |
(CNN) -- A car and train collided Tuesday morning in Baltimore, leaving two people dead, police said. The MARC commuter train with about 20 passengers crashed into a SUV with two people inside, Baltimore police Detective Jeremy Silbert said. One occupant died on the scene; the other was transported to the hospital and died. No one was injured on the train, police said. Authorities will look for surveillance videos as part of the investigation, Silbert said. Maryland Transit Administration spokeswoman Paulette Austrich said the accident occurred when the car went around a lowered gate arm at a crossing and collided with a train that was traveling 50 mph. CNN affiliate WBFF quickly reported the crash on Twitter. | A car and train collide in Baltimore .
Both occupants of the car were killed .
No one on the train was injured .
The transit administration says the car went around a lowered gate arm . | 072e9a8865ff9f1e162f7a2a3cf58157911008fb |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suspected U.S. drone strike killed 12 militants in Pakistan's volatile tribal area late Saturday, officials told CNN. Two intelligence officials say a militant hideout was targeted by a missile in the village of Issori in North Waziristan, one of the seven districts of Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Officials asked to not be named because they were not allowed to talk to the media. | NEW: Suspected U.S. drone kills 12 militants in Pakistan's tribal region .
The target was a militant hideout in North Waziristan, officials say . | 078cf91ce33682f797f8d745cea7f93dd5f8ab5e |
(EW.com) -- Right in the midst of Monday night's Emmy pandemonium, 20th Century Fox dropped a new TV teaser for "Gone Girl," David Fincher's upcoming adaptation of Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel. Much of the footage—depicting Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck's perfect marriage gone awry and the media circus that follows after her character goes missing—was recycled from previous clips. But here, we also get a glimpse at their first encounter, in which Affleck's Nick Dunne says, sorta creepily, "I'm the guy to save you... from all this awesomeness." See the original story at EW.com. CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | The teaser was shown during the Emmys .
It was recycled from old clips .
Ben Affleck plays a man whose wife goes missing . | 07a738af2a57dd5695b699056a806d5cf42950ac |
(CNN Student News) -- May 18, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Greece . Russia & Kazakhstan . New York City; Washington, D.C. Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
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(CNN) -- A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii on Monday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck about 6:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. ET) and was 19.3 miles (31.1 km) deep. The epicenter was 13 miles (20 km) southwest of the coastal region of Laupahoehoe and 189 miles (304 km) east of Honolulu, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. | Earthquake struck Hawaii on Monday evening, according to the USGS .
No immediate reports of damage or injuries .
Quake struck about 6:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. ET) and was 19.3 miles (31.1 km) deep . | 0876d7b23cd4c50aae6e6d1ce314860555e3c9b9 |
(CNN) -- Pirates have hijacked a tanker that sailed under a Saudi flag, authorities said Wednesday. The pirates struck in the Gulf of Aden, a body of water between Somalia and Yemen, the European Union Naval Force said in a statement. The Al Nisr Al Saudi was en route to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a crew of 14, when pirates hijacked it Monday, the statement said. The ship's master is Greek; the crew's nationality has not been confirmed, but they are believed to be well, the statement said. Authorities believe the ship is near Garacad, Somalia, which the European Union Naval Force described as a "well-known pirate stronghold." | Vessel hijacked in Gulf of Aden on Monday .
The Al Nisr Al Saudi was headed to Saudi Arabia .
Ship being held near Garacad, Somalia . | 0878d4e06a54247df498a7921d3537a9db25814e |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Two men were arrested in southern Pakistan this week on suspicion of trying to smuggle a batch of heroin disguised as onions out of the country, authorities said. Officials seized 125 kilograms (276 pounds) of heroin Wednesday during the incident in Karachi, said Meraj Mohammad Channa, a customs official. The suspects made the drugs look like onions by using paint and plastic and then stashed them in bags of real onions, Channa said. The drugs and vegetables were set to be shipped to Malaysia until customs officials inspected the shipment. Two men were arrested and authorities were looking for one more suspect, Channa said. | Customs officials seize 125 kilograms of heroin in Karachi .
The suspects are accused of making the drugs look like onions . | 08994306032c826c10fb4311e87cedc14bf5138c |
(CNN) -- Four people died and two others were seriously injured in a boating accident on the Hudson River in eastern New York early Sunday, authorities said. "The preliminary investigation has revealed that the boat, a 19-foot 1999 Chriscraft, was being operated northbound on the Hudson River approximately 10-15 yards off the eastern shore (near the Dutchess/Columbia County line) when it struck a concrete footing," a statement from the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office said. The deaths included three people who went down with the boat and a fourth who was ejected, according to the sheriff's office. The two who survived were able to swim to shore. One of them was able to get to a phone to report the accident. The incident took place near the city of Red Hook, about 90 miles north of New York City. CNN's Jason Kessler contributed to this report. | The accident takes place near Red Hook, New York .
The boat hits a concrete footing in the water . | 08a8a9bb28006e2fd1d32de910300f6313c6fed0 |
(CNN) -- A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California is threatening homes and has prompted evacuations. The fire, which was reported Wednesday, jumped from approximately 300 acres to 5,000 acres, according to Capt. Lucas Spelman with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Some 450 firefighters are working the blaze, which is located in Riverside County. Mandatory evacuations are in effect for the communities of Poppet Flats, Twin Pines and Silent Valley, fire officials said. It was not immediately clear how many people are affected. An evacuation center was set up at an area high school. CNN's Diahann Reyes contributed to this report. | NEW: The fire is estimated at 5,000 acres, up from 300 earlier .
Some 450 firefighters are working the blaze, located in Riverside County . | 08ba55f11eccb1807dc74c60ef8b0c659c4f7e25 |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- It's a boy! Jessica Simpson gave birth to little Ace Knute Johnson via a scheduled C-section Sunday in Los Angeles, her rep told CNN. It's the second child for the 32-year-old singer/TV personality and her fiance, former NFL player Eric Johnson. Ace has a big sister, 1-year-old Maxwell Drew. The "Fashion Star" mentor accidentally revealed that she and Johnson were expecting a boy on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in March. "It's a total different pregnancy. I just feel awful ... I've been vomiting," Simpson told Kimmel. "The crazy thing is, I never knew a wiener could actually make me nauseous." After realizing what she said, Simpson clarified, "Well, I guess I just told the world I'm having a boy." | Jessica Simpson gives birth via scheduled C-section .
Ace Knute Johnson is the second child for the singer/TV personality .
She accidentally revealed his gender on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in March . | 08dfe2a9d19b686254e56d1f315236e96693a55e |
(CNN) -- A lightning strike from a fast-moving storm in Colorado injured 12 soldiers on Wednesday. One is in critical condition, and the other 11 are in stable condition, Fort Carson said in a statement. The soldiers had been training Wednesday afternoon when they were notified of lightning in the area. They were moving to shelter when the storm overcame them, officials said. "The lightning struck before they were able to get sheltered," said Dani Johnson, a Fort Carson spokeswoman. In electrical storms, few safe places . | One soldier is in critical condition, Fort Carson says .
12 soldiers are injured after a lightning strike from a fast-moving storm .
Spokeswoman: "The lightning struck before they were able to get sheltered" | 08fb9036bc95c12cd6f364fee49f35e719e48034 |
(EW.com) -- A "Firefly" reunion is coming to Comic-Con. Science Channel, which airs repeats of the short-lived Fox cult favorite, is hosting a 10-year anniversary panel for the sci-fi show. Creator Joss Whedon and writer Tim Minear along with stars Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Sean Maher, Michael Fairman are all expected to be on board. The panel is being held Friday, July 13 at 12:30 p.m. See full story at EW.com. CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | Science Channel will host a panel at Comic-Con 2012 for cult favorite sci-fi show "Firefly."
Director Joss Whedon, writer Tim Minear and five of the actors are expected to attend.
The panel will be held in honor of the show's 10-year anniversary.
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It's not going to be Batman versus Superman versus Captain America after all. "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Captain America 3" were both set to arrive in theaters May 6, 2016, but Warner Bros' Caped Crusader/Man of Steel showdown will be released March 25, 2016 instead, EW has confirmed. The Zack Snyder-directed film will star Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, and Jeremy Irons as Alfred. See the original story at EW.com. Your new Thor is a she . Captain America being replaced by African-American partner . Ben Affleck will be a great Batman, Adam West says . Comic-Con: Ben Affleck's 'Batman' makes an appearance . | Both movies were set for May 2016 .
"Batman v Superman" moved to March 2016 .
Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck will star . | 0a597916ed6e684209210094f8104a5131105ad7 |
(CNN) -- Twelve photographers from four continents have been shortlisted for the fourth Prix Pictet award in photography and sustainability. This year's theme of "Power," has "enormous breadth, embracing contradiction and paradox in equal measure that has uncovered images and issues that are both awe-inspiring and disturbing," organizers say. The aim of the award is to use the power of photography to raise public awareness of the social and environmental challenges of the new millennium. The winner will be announced by Kofi Annan, the awards' honorary president, in October at the opening of the finalists' exhibition of the shortlisted works at the Saatchi Gallery in London. The exhibition runs from the 10th to the 28th of October 2012. | Annual Prix Pictet photography prize announces shortlist .
Competition designed to raise awareness of social and environmental challenges .
Twelve photographers nominated; Winner will be announced by Kofi Annan in October . | 0a7427c3a6098c2d06a70aee42a97b0d754a06ae |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Legendary football coach and broadcaster John Madden is retiring, he announced Thursday. John Madden appears at the TV Critics Association Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California, in 2008. "It's been such a great ride ... the NFL has been my life for more than 40 years, it has been my passion -- it still is," he said in a statement released by NBC Sports. Madden, 73, was a Hall of Fame coach for the Oakland Raiders, but is best known to millions as an ebullient football commentator. He won 16 Emmy awards for outstanding sports analyst/personality, NBC said. | Legendary football coach and broadcaster John Madden announces he is retiring .
"The NFL has been my life for more than 40 years, it has been my passion," he says .
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(CNNMoney) -- Here's one way to make your iPhone hacker-proof: Ask hackers for advice. I recently caught up with security researchers at the online security conference Infiltrate. At dinner one evening, I placed my iPhone on the table. I was surrounded by ethical hackers whose jobs are to find vulnerabilities before the bad guys and exploit security flaws. "I could hack your phone pretty easily," security researcher Tomi Tuominen mentioned. Obviously, I took notice. For the next 20 minutes, Tuominen and information security researcher Robert Lee gave me a tutorial on making my iPhone settings hacker-proof. Some of them are basic -- like changing your four character password to something more complex. Others take a bit more work, such as using settings to limit ad tracking. For more tips, check out the video. | Hackers give advice on how to protect your iPhone .
Tips came at the Infiltrate security conference . | 0ac51e091f15a102c144bf51d50c630dac02c2d2 |
(CNN) -- A grenade exploded Saturday during a routine vehicle inspection near a base in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, a spokesman for the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said. The explosion occurred at about 7 p.m. local time near Camp Eggers, Maj. Bryan Woods said. The were no reports of casualties. But the blast forced the temporary lockdown of the fortified base, which sits a short distance from the presidential palace. "The base is secured at this time and has resumed operations," Woods said. In eastern Afghanistan, a suicide bomb attack killed at least one ISAF service member, according to officials. ISAF did not release the service member's nationality or details about the attack. | The blast occurred during a vehicle inspection near Camp Eggers, ISAF said .
No casualties were reported, but the blast forced a temporary lockdown at the base .
In eastern Afghanistan, an ISAF service member was killed, ISAF said . | 0af16250b718402470fd731152ba4c5d5579f022 |
(CNN) -- Zambia's incumbent president bowed out with "grace and honor" Friday after election results showed his main challenger had won, his party said in a statement. "The people of Zambia have spoken and we must listen," outgoing President Rupiah Banda said on the website of his Movement for Multiparty Democracy. "The time now is for maturity, for composure and for compassion." Zambians voted Tuesday in the presidential election. The incoming president, Michael Sata, will be sworn in Friday, party officials said. Sata is the leader of the opposition Patriotic Front and a major critic of China's investment in the nation. Ten candidates took part in the presidential race . Zambia has remained relatively peaceful amid unrest in neighboring Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | 10 candidates take part in the presidential race .
Winner Michael Sata is a major critic of Chinese investment in the nation . | 0b0067abd9ba644e50ccf75dc644efe7881c6558 |
Jerusalem (CNN) -- A Palestinian man stabbed an Israeli soldier Wednesday, killing him, the Israeli military said. The attack occurred at the central bus station in Afula. The soldier was wearing his uniform and was headed to an army base when he was stabbed with a knife, the military said. He was taken to a hospital where he later died. Authorities detained the attacker, but did not release additional details. | The attack occurred at the central bus station in Afula .
The soldier was severely injured and taken to the hospital, where he died . | 0b48e1926c03510dafd2398e8bb607f3fdb85e9e |
(CNN) -- Singer Marc Anthony filed divorce papers Wednesday, seeking to officially end his marriage with entertainer Jennifer Lopez, a court spokesman said. The singer filed the paperwork in Los Angeles Superior Court, the spokesman said. The couple announced that they were ending their marriage in July. Anthony and Lopez wed in 2004, in what was the third marriage for Lopez and the second for Anthony, who had been married to former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres. "This was a very difficult decision," the couple said in a statement released in July. "We have come to amicable conclusion on all matters. It is a painful time for all involved, and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time." CNN's KJ Matthews contributed to this report. | Marc Anthony files divorce papers in Los Angeles Superior Court .
The couple announced they were ending their marriage in July .
The singers wed in 2004; it was the third marriage for Lopez and the second for Anthony . | 0b6e0ef993caeb1339d44a888cb0e6e8ebae8212 |
(CNN) -- A Florida man is accused of strangling a family puppy, chopping it into pieces and cooking its ribs on the stove, Tampa police said. Thomas Elliot Huggins, 25, was arrested Thursday after a family member called police. "When officers arrived, they found the dog's ribs cooked in a pot on the stove," Tampa police said. "The dog's head was in the garbage." Huggins had strangled the 5- to 6-month-old puppy and chopped it into quarters, storing pieces in the freezer for future meals, authorities said. He was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty. Animal control officials took the remains of the puppy. Smugglers drive Thailand's grim trade in dog meat . A national spotlight on animal abuse . | Police say Thomas Elliot Huggins strangled and cut up a puppy .
When police arrived, they found the dog's ribs cooking on the stove . | 0b920d4cf93a3e39bc885630426b62f0e3e4bc41 |
After a bumpy road to the altar, Kandi Burruss has finally said "I do" to her longtime beau. "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star got hitched to Todd Tucker, one of the show's former producers, before family and friends in Atlanta on Friday evening, the show said on its website. Burruss, a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, is a former member of R&B group Xscape. In the Bravo hit TV reality show, Burruss' mother continually expressed disappointment about her pending nuptials to Tucker, whom she described as opportunistic. A clip from an upcoming episode shows Tucker confronting his future mother-in-law about her disapproval of their relationship. The couple dated for years before they got engaged in 2013. | The couple dated for years before they got engaged in 2013 .
Burruss, a Grammy-winning singer, is a former member of R&B group Xscape .
A clip from an upcoming episode shows Tucker confronting his future mother-in-law . | 0c090b9038e7657b6578718e10a2b62e5a9cf3ed |
(CNN) -- A new permanent span over Washington state's Skagit River reopened Sunday, some four months after a bridge collapse on Interstate 5. The bridge's failure in late May sent cars tumbling into the river and severed the state's main artery to Canada, on which trucks carry an estimated $13.9 billion annually in cargo. A temporary span went up within a few weeks. NTSB: 'Boom,' then shudder, first sign of problem on bridge . Roughly 70,000 vehicles a day travel on Interstate 5 over the bridge, said the state Department of Transportation, which announced the reopening on its Facebook page. It posted a time-lapse video, showing crews working through the night to put the new span in place. Bearing down: How safe is that bridge you're driving over? | Temporary span went up within a few weeks of the collapse .
The bridge's failure severed the state's main artery to Canada . | 0c14f1a16ad395dd9aff4437452cf555ae8858d2 |
A suspected serial bank robber wanted in incidents in three East Coast states has been arrested in Medford, New York, the FBI said Tuesday. Agents and New York police arrested Luis Alomar, 37, around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, the agency said in a statement. It didn't provide details of where he was arrested in the Long Island community or how he was located. The FBI had sought the public's help Monday in finding Alomar, who is suspected of robbing 20 banks in New York, New Jersey and Delaware. Alomar allegedly flashed a gun at tellers in some of the robberies, sometimes threatening to shoot them if they said anything, the FBI said. | Suspected serial bank robber arrested in Medford, New York .
Luis Alomar is suspected in 20 robberies in three states .
The FBI had asked for public's help in finding Alomar . | 0c709f5f704278d537da9d50a771fd84d20f3a09 |
(CNN) -- Security forces arrested eight members of a group linked to al Qaeda on Friday in a Spanish enclave in North Africa, authorities said. "We have broken up a network responsible for sending combatants to al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups operating in Syria," the Spanish Interior Ministry said in a statement. The suspects were captured in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave that borders Morocco. Authorities said the network was based in Ceuta and the nearby Moroccan city of Fnideq. It recruited, trained and paid for terrorists to fight in other countries. | Group was sending fighters to Syria, authorities say .
Suspects were rounded up in raids early Friday . | 0c7adb8272bd78e5bd642bcf2776a90d02184b5a |
(CNN) -- A tropical depression that is likely to become a tropical storm by Sunday has areas of the islands of the Bahamas on guard. The Bahamian government issued a tropical storm warning Saturday evening for portions of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos. CNN Meteorologist Jennifer Gray said Saturday the storm is a bit "ragged" but over the next day or so is likely to organize and strengthen. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast track, the storm is likely to stay just east of the United States' Atlantic coast. However, Gray said any sort of deviation from the forecast path later this week could result in high surf and rip currents in areas along the U.S. coast. | Tropical depression is likely to become a tropical storm by Sunday .
Tropical storm warnings have been issued in parts of the Bahamas .
NWS forecast puts the storm east of the United States early next week . | 0c88eae5700e7b107d2164b5b2e6410f0e523d6d |
(CNN) -- Actor Anthony Mackie was arrested early Saturday for drunken driving in New York City, police said. The arrest happened at 1:22 a.m. in Harlem, Detective Brian Sessa told CNN. Mackie's camp did not immediately return a call later that day seeking comment. The celebrated actor in theater and television has starred in numerous films such as "The Hurt Locker," which won the best picture Academy Award in 2010. | Actor Anthony Mackie is arrested in New York City, police say .
Mackie was in the award-winning "The Hurt Locker" | 0cb2c5c85a6bda19c0c60d59024d9e0888ed3a08 |
(CNN Student News) -- February 1, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Washington, D.C.; Greensboro, North Carolina . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
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(CNN) -- Pirates have hijacked a Norwegian tanker off the coast of Madagascar and are steering the ship toward Somalia, the ship's owner said. The captain of the UBT Ocean called the technical director for Broevigtank, the company that owns the ship, and reported that pirates had come aboard Friday, said Svenn Pederson, CEO of Broevigtank. Contact with the captain has since been lost. But the company has been tracking the vessel. Pederson said the ship was carrying fuel destined for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and has 21 crew members aboard. | Pirates hijack Norwegian tanker UBT Ocean off the coast of Madagascar .
They are steering the ship toward Somalia, the ship's owner says .
Captain of tanker reported that pirates had come aboard on Friday .
Ship was carrying fuel destined for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and has 21 crew members . | 0cf8c9de6963783f19bd19b4dc446f92d1a32a52 |
(CNN) -- A landslide buried 83 workers in a mining area in the Tibet Autonomous Region on Friday morning, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing local authorities. The incident occurred about 6 a.m. in Maizhokunggar County, east of Lhasa, the regional capital. The victims, including two Tibetans, were workers from Tibet Huatailong Mining Development Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the China National Gold Group Corp., the news agency said. The landslide extended three kilometers (almost two miles) and was made up of about 2 million cubic meters (2.6 million cubic yards) of mud, rock and other debris, the regional government said. | The incident occurred around 6 a.m., Xinhua News Agency says .
The landslide extends three kilometers, or almost two miles . | 0d47c7c8af5749114d8b1e5d09e34228b9a457f4 |
Madrid (CNN) -- Former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez died at a Madrid hospital Sunday after long illness, his family said. Suarez was 81. Suarez was Spain's first prime minister in the transition to democracy after the long dictatorship of Francisco Franco, who died in November 1975. King Juan Carlos, who appointed Suarez prime minister in 1976, issued a televised statement calling him "a great servant of Spain and was not always well understood." "Suarez is the example that we can together overcome the greatest difficulties," King Juan Carlos said. Suarez convened the first democratic elections in 1977. He resigned in early 1981, just weeks before an unsuccessful coup attempt by military officers. People we lost in 2014 . | King Juan Carlos appointed Suarez prime minister in 1976 .
The king calls him "a great servant of Spain and was not always well understood"
Suarez, 81, died at a Madrid hospital after a long illness, his family says . | 0d602ba86e504f2a0f5e5328798e0cc5b0ef029c |
(CNN) -- No doubt, this has been a trying time for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. First, health care workers at the facility sent a feverish Thomas Eric Duncan home the first time he came to the emergency room, even though he'd informed the nurse he'd recently been in Africa. Then, after Duncan was admitted and diagnosed with Ebola, two of the nurses who were closely involved in his care contracted the deadly virus. Earlier this month, Barclay Berden, the CEO of Texas Health Resources, said the hospital had "made mistakes" and "we are deeply sorry." | Dallas hospital not forthright about its missteps on Ebola .
Two Texas Health Presbyterian nurses contracted the virus caring for an infected patient .
The hospital has still not explained how that happened .
It has also yet to explain why it took days to get experimental drug . | 0d64d00a9118fb35178f1978a9737b1f77686877 |
(CNN) -- Twitter lit up Friday with dramatic reports from confused and terrified residents of suburban Boston, where a massive manhunt was under way for a suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombings. Residents of Watertown, just west of Boston, reported seeing hordes of police officers, many with automatic weapons, combing streets, yards and alleys while helicopters buzzed overhead. Here are some highlighted reports from a city under lockdown, listed from newest to oldest. (All information shared in these tweets could not be immediately verified by CNN.) If you can't see these embedded tweets and photos below, click here. . | Many residents of suburban Boston tweeted about Friday morning's manhunt .
Images from Watertown show police combing the streets, weapons drawn . | 0d7c47edd0662af58dbb78d666ef131e3532c2f5 |
Washington (CNN) -- Two FBI special agents were killed Friday during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia, the bureau said in a statement released Sunday. "Special Agent Christopher Lorek and Special Agent Stephen Shaw were assigned to the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group. The cause of the incident is under review." An official who asked not to be identified told CNN that the two agents were killed in a hostage rescue training exercise. The official gave no further details. | Two special agents died Friday in an incident during training, the FBI says .
An official says they were killed during a hostage rescue training exercise . | 0dae6b8f389865069e2d0bc514f41f651bde6b9b |
(CNN) -- Armed militants in southwest Pakistan torched two oil tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, a government official told CNN. Azam Shahwani, a senior government official in Baluchistan province, said four gunmen riding on motorcycles opened fire on a convey of five oil tankers in the area of Mithri, a village in the district of Bolan. Shahwani said the oil tankers were heading toward Afghanistan. No one was injured, but two of the oil tankers were destroyed, Shahwani said. "I could see roaring flames of fire even three hours after the attack," Shahwani said. Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report. | Oil was bound for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, government official says .
Gunmen on motorcycles attacked convoy of five tankers, official says .
No one was injured, but two tankers were destroyed . | 0e0e6bde6266608419cad749698285c72cce9688 |
(EW.com) -- HBO will bow the fourth and final season of "Eastbound and Down" on Sept. 29. Production on the eight-episode season will start Friday in North Carolina. The single-camera comedy stars Kenny Powers as a former major league pitcher. The third season concluded in April 2012 and was thought to be its last, though HBO convinced star Danny McBride and executive producers Jody Hill, Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy and Adam McKay to create more episodes of the cult hit. The upcoming fourth season picks up the action several years later and finds Kenny living the American Dream with his family in North Carolina. See the original article at EW.com. CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | The final season of "Eastbound and Down" is coming .
Production will start Friday in North Carolina .
The third season concluded in April 2012 and was thought to be the last . | 0e194a799611bc5e14761aa58bca8975de7940b7 |
(CNN) -- An explosion and fire at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in central Japan on Thursday afternoon killed five people and injured at least 12 others, Yokkaichi police said. Ealier, the Yokkaichi Fire Department had reported that 17 people had been injured, five critically but did not report any deaths. The incident happened during a maintenance and cleaning operation at the plant, the Mie Prefecture Police Department said. A fire from the blast lasted about 10 minutes, according to police. Yokkaichi is located about 320 Kilometers (200 miles) west-southwest of Tokyo. | NEW: Police say 5 died; fire officials had said previously that 5 were critically injured .
The incident happened during a maintenance and cleaning operation, police say .
The plant is located in Yokkaichi, Japan . | 0e420e6a52f1dd462679b85c30069b6989b82565 |
(CNN Student News) -- December 7, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Egypt . North Korea . Pearl Harbor, Hawaii . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
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(Mashable) -- Lady Gaga is the first Twitter user with over 10 million followers, which is a first for both the singer and Twitter itself. Lady Gaga celebrated this milestone with a tweet saying: "10MillionMonsters! I'm speechless, we did it! Its an illness how I love you. Leaving London smiling." The mega-popular music celebrity is a huge social media star, having been the most popular user on Twitter for quite some time now. She was also the first person to hit 10 million fans on Facebook, as well as 1 billion views on YouTube. Lady Gaga recently partnered up with social gaming company Zynga to launch GagaVille, a Gaga-themed offshoot of Zynga's hit game, FarmVille. See the original article on Mashable.com . © 2010 MASHABLE.com. All rights reserved. | This is first for the singer and for Twitter itself .
Gaga tweets: "10MillionMonsters! I'm speechless, we did it! Its an illness how I love you"
She was also first to hit 10 million fans on Facebook, 1 billion views on YouTube . | 0f1d0bb99b212381b43b62e3b11ce17d04dadccc |
Athens, Greece (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has some apple picking to do. Clinton placed a bet on the women's World Cup finals with her Japanese counterpart -- New York apples for Japanese pears. The Japanese women's soccer team won the World Cup Sunday after defeating the United States on penalty kicks. Clinton alluded to the bet in a phone call she placed to the U.S. team to wish them luck ahead of the game. At the time, she didn't say what the bet with Japan's Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto entailed. "I am sorry I can't be there with you tonight, but I sent my very best good luck charm for one extra bit of luck: my daughter Chelsea," Clinton told them. Her daughter Chelsea Clinton was among those who attended Sunday's game in Frankfurt, part of a delegation that included Jill Biden, wife of the U.S. vice president. | Clinton bets apples for pears with her Japanese counterpart .
She tells the U.S. team she is sending her best good luck charm: Chelsea . | 0f7b58d80baf549f84e0d8cd5b7024e3d367414c |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide bomber attacked a shopping center in Kabul City on Monday afternoon killing at two people, officials said. The attack took place at the City Center shopping mall, said police spokesman Hashmatiullah Stanikzai. He said a guard at the mall was killed, while another was wounded. The second fatality was a civilian, said Kabir Amiri, head of the central hospital. | NEW: A civilian and a guard is killed, officials say .
NEW: Another guard is hurt, police say .
The attack takes place at the City Center shopping mall . | 0fbadf13bf92030f1af6dc4d8d849c1078baeea0 |
(CNN) -- The comic Gallagher, known for smashing watermelons, is "slowly recovering" from a heart attack suffered just before he was to perform at a Texas club, his promotional manager said Thursday. "We will not know the outcome until sometime tomorrow," Christine Scherrer said. Gallagher, 65, is in stable condition at an undisclosed Dallas-area hospital, Scherrer said. He was about to go onstage Wednesday at Hat Tricks, a Lewisville, Texas, club, when he fell ill and was taken to a hospital by paramedics, she said. "His family is with him and Hat Tricks has been unbelievable with the help and support with everything," Scherrer said. His shows in Texas, Oklahoma and Oregon scheduled through next week have been postponed, she said. CNN's Jane Caffrey contributed to this report. | The 65-year-old comic is listed in stable condition in a Texas hospital, his manager says .
Gallagher's shows are postponed through next week, she says .
"His family is with him," the manager says . | 104b58180268fdde348f1dcfc51f00409be481d0 |
(CNN) -- At least 24 passengers have died in a collision in central Punjab, a province in Pakistan. A passenger van collided with a truck on a main street near the city of Bahawalpur on Tuesday morning, Sohail Tajik a senior police official from the area, told CNN. So far, 24 people have died, including seven women and one child from the same family. Twelve other people were injured and have been moved to a local hospital, Tajik said. "We have received and shifted 24 dead bodies and 12 injured to the Victoria Hospital in Bahawalpur so far," rescue worker Majid Saleem told CNN. Journalist Amir Iqbal contributed to this report. | 12 people also were injured when a passenger van collided with a truck .
Accident took place on a main street near the city of Bahawalpur in Punjab province .
The dead include seven women and one child from the same family . | 10a85ffcb8543539c140c5fde2fcbe2f809a58f3 |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)The Afghan Taliban have claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed 3 American contractors at a military base attached to the Kabul airport. The attacker in the Thursday incident was a Taliban agent who "had penetrated into the security forces and was waiting for such a target for a long time," a spokesman for the group, Zabiullah Mujahid, said Friday. "Yesterday in the evening he managed to get to a crowd of invading and infidel American military forces where he turned his gun towards them and opened fire," he added. "During the gun battle, Ehsanullah was also killed by the enemy." A U.S. military official earlier told CNN the three American were contractors, not active duty forces. | The attacker is also killed .
The Americans were contractors . | 10b07f8a8f65883d27f7483eeb2def8172d3f599 |
(PEOPLE.com) -- The bride has spoken! Lisa Ann Russell and "Survivor" host Jeff Probst said, "I do," PEOPLE confirms exclusively. The pair married Monday in front of family and friends in an intimate ceremony at a private Los Angeles residence, says a spokesperson for the couple. This is the second marriage for both. Russell, 40, shares custody of two children with "Franklin & Bash" actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar, 38, who got engaged to advertising executive Catriona McGann this summer. Probst, 50, will preside over the finale of "Survivor: South Pacific" on CBS December 18. His self-titled talk show will debut in the fall of 2012. See the full article at PEOPLE.com. © 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | This is the second marriage for both Jeff Probst and Lisa Ann Russell .
Russell, 40, shares custody of two children with "Franklin & Bash" actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar .
Probst, 50, will preside over the finale of "Survivor: South Pacific" on CBS . | 10b8f29db839d552810d0c5867f23f53a8d32697 |
(CNN) -- A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Mexico's Baja Peninsula Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries as the area around the epicenter is sparsely populated, said a spokeswoman for the Baja California Sur's Civil Protection Office. She said many people there were nervous because earthquakes are rare in the area. The quake's epicenter was 47 miles (75 kilometers) north of La Paz, Mexico, USGS said. The quake was more than 6 miles (10 kilometers) deep, the agency said. | There are no immediate reports of damage .
The epicenter is about 50 miles north of La Paz, Mexico . | 1135f0d32d2577e421c10c7c5658432e88cbf477 |
Washington (CNN) -- An underground transformer fire about two blocks from the White House prompted evacuations of two hotels and disrupted a wedding, officials said Saturday night. Flames shot up through a sidewalk after 8 p.m., said Pete Piringer, a spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire Department. The Willard Intercontinental and the W hotels were evacuated, and a couple of blocks were without power, Piringer said. As a precaution, a nearby wedding ceremony with hundreds of guests was relocated to the JW Marriott hotel as firefighters battled the blaze. The couple completed their ceremony at the hotel. The fire was extinguished by 9 p.m., and power was restored by 10 p.m. No injuries were reported. | Two hotels were evacuated in downtown Washington .
The fire started roughly two blocks from the White House .
An underground transformer apparently caught fire .
Hundreds of wedding guests were relocated . | 11398f279c4dd6dcd8f59e0144a1766df1260a5b |
(CNN) -- At least five people were reported killed and 30 injured Monday evening when a freak dust storm rolled through Iran's capital, Tehran. The storm brought winds that nearly reached 120 kilometers per hour, or some 75 mph, according to Iran's Press TV. It reported the storm plunged the city into darkness, and photographs from Tehran showed giant clouds of sand and dust clogging the air. Some flights were delayed at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport, but operations returned to normal when the storm passed, Press TV said. It was not immediately clear how the victims were killed or injured. | The freak storm plunged the city into darkness .
Another 30 people were reported injured .
Some flights were delayed at Tehran's Mehrabad airport . | 114457dd7c72dcf4c0f45c3ac7744b339a3f18e7 |
(CNN)To photographer Mihaela Noroc, beauty cannot be defined by one country, race or ethnicity. That's why the Romanian photographer travels the world for her Atlas of Beauty project, in search of images of beauty in different countries and cultures. "I love the variety of earth, the diversity of people and I try to go beyond their surface, to discover their sincere and authentic side, to photograph it," Noroc wrote on her website. Noroc has spent her savings traveling to 37 countries for her project, and she hopes to raise funding to continue the project. She's accepting donations through Paypal. "In my opinion, beauty means to keep alive your origins and your culture. To be natural, sincere, authentic, particular, not necessary fashion or skinny." An extensive collection of Noroc's #AtlasofBeauty photos can be found at her Instagram and Facebook accounts. | A Romanian photographer looks for beauty around the world .
She's traveled to 37 countries for her Atlas of Beauty project . | 11f1741be600d449cce41a1af52513959a5ed9fa |
It's the land of Pope John Paul II, Frederic Chopin and really good cheese. To celebrate Poland's 25 years of independence, June 4, 2014, we asked readers to share their favorite things about the country. Don't pay attention to the outdated stereotypes. From gorgeous town squares to wise octogenarians to the uniquely Polish sense of humor, the list above is bound to make you start planning a trip to Poland this year. See all submissions for the best things about Poland in English and Polish via CNN iReport and Polish news network Kontakt24. | View readers' 25 favorite things about Poland above .
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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Pakistani and Afghan forces clashed Thursday near the border of the two countries in a gun battle that left at least one Afghan border policeman dead, an Afghan official said. Zia Durrani, a spokesman for the police chief of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, said Pakistani forces attacked Afghan police checkpoints on the border early Thursday morning. He said that the gun battle between the two sides in Maroof district was still going on, but that the first hour was very intense. The Pakistanis were using light and heavy machine guns, Durrani said. The Pakistani military didn't immediately respond to calls from CNN seeking comment. Drone strike kills at least 10 militants near Afghan-Pakistani border . Rockets, gunfire herald start of Taliban's spring offensive in Afghanistan . | An Afghan border policeman was killed in a clash at a checkpoint .
Pakistani forces attacked the checkpoint, an Afghan police official says . | 120741b136cca248834854b929797cb35c87d49a |
(CNN) -- Sir Elton John and David Furnish are now husband and husband. The two married Sunday in Britain, where same-sex marriage became legal earlier this year. They had a civil partnership ceremony in 2005, after 12 years together. They have two children -- Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John and Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John. The two men invited people all over the world to join them for the ceremony via Elton John's brand new Instagram feed. . | Elton John and David Furnish were married Sunday .
Same-sex marriage became legal in Britain this year .
The men previously had a civil partnership .
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(CNN) -- An inmate serving time for assaulting a police officer escaped from an Oklahoma prison Monday, a corrections official said. Mark Dwayne Smith, 28, was last seen at the Jackie Brannon Correction Center in McAlester at 5:30 a.m. Monday, but was discovered missing an hour later during a routine inmate count, state Department of Corrections spokesman Jerry Massie told CNN. Smith had been at the prison since April 2009, serving sentences for assault and battery on a police officer and auto theft, according to Massie. CNN's Tracy Sabo contributed to this report. | Mark Dwayne Smith, 28, was last seen early Monday .
He was serving time for assaulting a police officer . | 12a9eb91c2843611a0941e7a16b326781f1e56bc |
(CNN) -- Two passenger rail cars jumped the tracks Wednesday near Ann Arbor, Michigan, but no life-threatening injuries were reported in the accident, officials said. The Amtrak train "made contact" with a vehicle at a public highway crossing, Amtrak said, causing the engine to turn on its side and the first two cars of the train to derail. The train involved in the incident was Amtrak Wolverine Service Train 351. There were 71 passengers and five crew members on board, Amtrak said. The train, made up of two locomotives and six rail cars, was heading westbound from Pontiac, Michigan, to Chicago. Amtrak suspended service in central Michigan for several hours and said it will offer refunds or re-bookings without fees for those affected. | An Amtrak train and a vehicle "made contact" at a highway crossing .
Two rail cars came off the tracks .
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Rome (CNN) -- A cruise ship of the Costa Cruises line is adrift off the coast of the Seychelles after a fire in its engine room, the Italian coast guard said Monday. The ship, the Allegra, is a sister of the Costa Concordia, which wrecked off the coast of Italy on January 13, killing at least 21 people. The fire left the Allegra without propulsion, although its communications equipment is intact, the authorities said. The Allegra's fire has been put out, and the passengers are all in good health, the authorities said. The Seychelles is sending a tug, and merchant ships in the area are steaming toward the Allegra, the coast guard said. | An engine room fire leaves the Costa Allegra without propulsion, authorities say .
Its sister ship, the Costa Concordia, shipwrecked last month, killing at least 21 . | 13e139db5477a197e1ea0aca073aece138855678 |
(EW.com) -- TNT's "Dallas" has snagged itself a Six Million Dollar Man. EW has learned exclusively that Lee Majors has booked a two-episode guest spot on the second season of TNT's hit reboot drama. He will play Ken Richards, an old flame of Sue Ellen's who finds himself crossing paths with her once again for business matters. 'Idol': The Anthem of Zoanette Johnson . Majors, who is best known for playing Col. Steve Austin, recently had guest spots on "Raising Hope," "Grey's Anatomy" and "CSI: NY." "Dallas" kicked off its second season on Tuesday, with an episode that notched almost 3 million viewers. See the original article at EW.com. CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | Lee Majors has booked a two-episode guest spot on the second season of "Dallas"
He'll play Ken Richards, an old flame of Sue Ellen's .
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(CNN) -- At least five people have been killed in the grenade attack on a minibus in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, the country's Interior Ministry said Saturday on its official Twitter account. An attacker was among those killed. Other people were injured in the strike, strongly condemned by the ministry. The blast occurred in the predominantly Somali neighborhood of Pangani. The grenade tore through the bus, blew out windows and sent debris flying into the busy street. Security forces were sifting through the wreckage for clues on who might be responsible. The attack is the deadliest in Nairobi since the September siege of an upscale mall by the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab, an affiliate of al Qaeda, where 67 people were killed. | A minibus was attacked .
The incident occurred in the Pangani neighborhood .
An attacker was among the five killed . | 13fc54287b0cb96a6485bbf94e0018a80a886a2c |
(EW.com) -- Get ready for more bad hair, mustaches, funky leisure suits, and laughs. Paramount Pictures has set the theater release date for the sequel to 2004′s "Anchorman" for Dec. 20, 2013. Will Ferrell will be back as deep-voiced newsman Ron Burgundy, along with Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and David Koechner in the comedy directed by script co-writer Adam McKay. McKay has hinted that the sequel will have whole song sequences, and we can only imagine Ferrell's thick Burgundy mustache fluttering in the breeze during a diva number backed by the Channel 4 News gang. See original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | Will Ferrell is coming back as newsman Ron Burgundy .
The sequel to "Anchorman" will hit theaters Dec. 20, 2013 .
Director has hinted that the sequel will have whole song sequences . | 1435263dd87ffb3a57c6600ea4bb297100920da2 |
(CNN) -- A raging fire Saturday at a hotel in the Saudi Arabian city of Medina killed 15 people and injured another 130, state news reported. According to the official Saudi Press Agency, the local government issued a statement saying it first learned about the fire shortly after 2:30 p.m. (6:30 a.m. ET) Saturday. It was under control by 5 p.m. By then, authorities were already sifting through the damage and trying to determine how the blaze began. The hotel had more than 700 guests from numerous nations when the fire erupted. As one of the holiest cities in the Islamic world, Medina is frequently visited by religious pilgrims. "Preliminary indications suggest that those killed died of suffocation," the government said, according to the SPA report. | The fire broke out in a hotel with about 700 guests in Medina, state news reports .
Medina is one of the holiest cities in Islam and is frequently visited by pilgrims .
In addition to those killed, 130 were injured in the fire . | 14565788fa0b04a27a5a24043ee6c16a6167c0b7 |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A blast at a busy market in northwest Pakistan killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 60 Tuesday, an official said. The explosion occurred in the Jamrud Market in the Khyber Agency, one of seven districts in Pakistan's volatile tribal region, which borders Afghanistan. The bomb was placed in a vehicle belonging to a local militia group fighting against militants in the area, said Jameel Khan, a government official. The bomb was then remotely detonated, he said, citing the initial investigation. The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad condemned the bombing. "By targeting innocent people going about their business, the extremists who plan and perpetrate these attacks show their contempt for the value of human life," an embassy statement said. Journalist Saboor Khattak contributed to this report . | The Khyber Agency is one of seven districts in Pakistan's volatile tribal region .
The bomb was placed in a vehicle and remotely detonated, an official says . | 149b6b47bc149975ba5615831f75a2f18dfa485f |
(CNN Student News) -- August 26, 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina & Virginia • Libya . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
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(CNN) -- A fuel tanker rammed into a bridge and exploded into a ball of fire Thursday, killing 22 people and sending flames sweeping over the Saudi Arabia capital, state television reported. In addition to the fatalities, at least 111 others were wounded, according to the report. The accident occurred at a busy intersection in Riyadh. It affected an unknown number of cars and left buildings with gaping windows. Read more: Electrical fire kills 23 at Saudi wedding . | NEW: More than 100 hundred are wounded in the Riyadh accident .
Explosion sends flames sweeping over the Saudi Arabia capital . | 14e517e4141e2c7dc20c4e3bb3e888f13b5a5899 |
(CNN) -- Actress Halle Berry and her fiance, French actor Olivier Martinez, are expecting a child, Berry's representative told CNN on Friday. Berry has a daughter, Nahla, from an earlier relationship with Gabriel Aubry. See more pregnant celebrities . Berry and Aubry have engaged in a long battle over custody of the child, culminating in a driveway brawl between Aubry and Martinez. The parents later reached a legal agreement, details of which are not known. Berry, 46, won the Academy Award for best actress for her performance in 2001 "Monster's Ball." | Berry is engaged to French actor Olivier Martinez .
She has a child from an earlier relationship with Gabriel Aubry .
Berry and Aubry had battled over custody of their daughter . | 152909648b39fcd53a968c2ab19d7f2ae50e6a80 |
(CNN) -- Clipped wings no more, the Blue Angels are soaring again. The blue and gold jets are returning to the sky after being grounded much of last year because of forced spending cuts. The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron kicked off the 2014 air show season with its first show Saturday, March 15, at Naval Air Facility El Centro in California. The nation's best military fliers halted their iconic aerobatic performances in April 2013. But aerospace and military fans are rejoicing as the Blue Angels return this year for more dynamic aerial demonstrations. The team is scheduled for 68 performances at 35 locations between now and November 8. | The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels are back after being grounded last year .
Federal forced spending cuts led to cancellations .
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(CNN) -- FACETIME: Iyad Malas, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim . As the CEO of real estate developer Majid Al Futtaim, Iyad Malas is at the forefront of retail and leisure in the Middle East and North Africa. Along with malls and hotels, the group he heads is best known for Ski Dubai -- a self contained, ice cold ski resort in the middle of the desert. Iyad Malas sits down with MME and explains how the Arab Spring has been impacting the company. IN FOCUS: From The UAE to the world...with falafels . From McDonalds to KFC, beloved American fast food chains are all over the Middle East. But one UAE food and beverage brand is hoping to export its famous fast food to the West. The chain "Just Falafel" is ready to take on the U.S. giants. | MME sits down with the CEO of a real estate developer to learn about the Arab Spring's impact on business .
UAE food and beverage brand is preparing to enter Western Markets .
MME explores whether "Just Falafel" is ready to take on the U.S. giants . | 1576b53a78d0ba77f412dc5d6c57af94e0a1d5c8 |
Baghdad (CNN) -- The head of a television station and a human rights activist were shot dead by gunmen who attacked their car with small arms fire Friday, Iraq's interior ministry said. Taha Hameed, the director of al-Massar TV, and Abed Farhan Thiyab, the director of Iraq's political prisoners association, were killed in southern Baghdad. Hameed was also a senior official with the governing Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organization. He was killed immediately when gunmen intercepted his car and fired on it, interior ministry officials said. Separately, two civilians were killed and four others were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in a residential area in the northern outskirts of Baghdad on Thursday night. | Gunmen intercept a car and spray it with bullets, Interior Ministry officials say .
One of the victims is Taha Hameed, the head of al-Massar TV and a political party official .
The other is Abed Farhan Thiyab, the director of Iraq's political prisoners association . | 1602e1b939060067be19edb59697310003dfbb87 |
Gleneagles, Scotland (CNN) -- If you're a U.S. golf fan, or Tom Watson, look away now. After a heavy defeat to Europe in the Ryder Cup, it's time for soul searching and reflection. With the next competition taking place at Hazeltine in Minnesota in 2016, here are five lessons for all involved to ponder over the coming two years. 1. Fergie time . There aren't many better figures in the world of sport to impart a few words of wisdom, or the hairdryer treatment when necessary, than former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. European captain Paul McGinley's decision to harness the mind of English soccer's most successful coach was a stroke of genius. | Europe retained the Ryder Cup after a resounding win over the U.S. in Scotland .
It was Europe's third successive win in the biennial contest .
Phil Mickelson appeared to question the methods of U.S. captain Tom Watson in press conference .
Watson previously captained the U.S. team in 1993 . | 162b930bdbc883e065b2766839f2ec04c5d3ab4f |
(CNN) -- The New York Police Department gave an "all clear" Monday after an unattended, suspicious vehicle prompted authorities to shut the Brooklyn Bridge. The vehicle was found in the right lane of the Manhattan-bound side of the bridge, mid-span, a police spokesman said. Traffic was diverted, as video from CNN affiliate WABC showed police vehicles blocking access. Video also showed someone in a protective body suit combing through the vehicle. Afterward, an officer wearing no protective gear walked right up to it with a dog. The SUV had no plates, nor did it have a vehicle identification number, according to Christopher Miller, a spokesman with the New York City Office of Emergency Management. CNN's Rob Frehse and Jason Kessler contributed to this report. | Person in protective suit and a dog investigated the unattended vehicle .
Traffic was diverted away from the famed Manhattan-to-Brooklyn corridor .
The vehicle had no plates, nor an identification number . | 16eb8fd3baeec8de20fc65ede92606b441c87b0a |
(CNN) -- Planning to dress as a plain old witch or scarecrow this Halloween? Sorry, that's not going to cut it anymore. In the age of Internet memes, creative and punny costumes are becoming the norm. Dressed as Mitt Romney? Boring. Dressed as "binders full of women?" Now that's more like it! At CNN iReport, we asked for your best photos of Internet-inspired costumes. From "The Most Interesting Man in the World" to "dog shaming," you didn't disappoint. Click through the gallery above to see the cleverest costumes we received. CNN's Jareen Imam and Rachel Rodriguez contributed to this story. | Internet memes are becoming increasingly popular as Halloween costumes .
Among the most popular meme costumes this year was "binders full of women"
Click through the gallery above to see clever and creative meme costumes .
CNN iReport: Dressing as a meme this Halloween? Share a photo . | 170cd57c0f2b6c521c300d861d2fcad9a393a517 |
(CNN) -- A man stabbed four people aboard an Amtrak passenger train from Chicago, including the conductor, authorities said. The train was on its way to Port Huron, Michigan, when Amtrak called 911 on Friday night to report a passenger who appeared agitated, CNN affiliate WBND reported. It stopped in Niles, Michigan, where police responded to the scene, authorities said. By the time they arrived, the man had stabbed several people. The three men and one woman were hospitalized, but their condition was unavailable. One of the men was the conductor, the affiliate reported. The suspect is a 44-year-old from Saginaw, Michigan, according to the affiliate. It's unclear what his motive was. CNN's Greg Morrison contributed to this report . | The train was on its way from Chicago .
Report: Amtrak called 911 to report a man who appeared agitated .
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(CNN) -- The recent incident involving Chelsea and England captain John Terry and Queens Park Rangers' Anton Ferdinand has seen the issue of racism in football dominate the headlines. The decision by London's Metropolitan Police to launch an investigation into what occurred during the October 23 match follows allegations made by Manchester United's Patrice Evra of racial abuse from Liverpool striker Luis Suarez during an English Premier League clash. These two incidents are just the latest in a year which has seen the issue of race and football at the forefront of coverage of both club and international soccer. | London's Metropolitan Police are to investigate incident between Terry and Ferdinand .
Man Utd's Patrice Evra has also accused Liverpool's Luis Suarez a using a racial slur .
2011 has seen numerous incidents a racism in football . | 1761fc8c2518e3cd880f00c149f4027f482f07b6 |