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(EW.com) -- Sara Gilbert is engaged to rock musician Linda Perry -- a surprise development she described in full today on "The Talk." Listen in as she explains how Perry, 47, proposed marriage in a park with musicians ... and special T-shirts. 'Glee Project' not canceled: Oxygen . In 2011, Gilbert, 38, addressed her split from TV producer Allison Adler on "The Talk." The two share custody of son, Levi, 8, and daughter, Sawyer, 5. 'New Girl': Bachelorette party peeks . Perry is the former lead singer of 4 Non-Blondes and has produced several hit songs for Pink, Gwen Stefani and Christina Aguilera. 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. | Sara Gilbert is engaged to rock musician Linda Perry . Perry is the former lead singer of 4 Non-Blondes . In 2011, Gilbert, 38, addressed her split from TV producer Allison Adler on "The Talk" |
(PEOPLE.com) -- It's no secret that Kim Kardashian's personal life has recently taken a bumpy turn, but the reality star is still a big fan of marriage. Asked whether she still considered marriage an attractive choice, Kardashian, who recently announced she's divorcing Kris Humphries, said, "Absolutely. I believe in love, always." Looking fresh in Las Vegas at the opening of The Mirage Resort and Casino's Kardashian Khaos lifestyle boutique, Kardashian, 31, said she learned a lot of lessons in the past year and plans on being "a new me" in 2012. One thing that she won't be having anytime soon: a copilot. Asked whether she will find love again, she simply replied, "I'm not looking." See the full article at PEOPLE.com. © 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | Kim Kardashian said, "Absolutely. I believe in love, always" Kardashian, 31, said she learned a lot of lessons in the past year . Whether she will find love again, she simply replied, "I'm not looking" |
(CNN) -- Winds so strong they knocked over semi trucks have been gusting through parts of Montana and Wyoming. The National Weather Service issued a wind warning until 11 p.m. Monday for Browning, Montana, where gusts of up to 85 mph were recorded Saturday. In Cheyenne, Wyoming, gusts of up to 65 mph are expected and a wind advisory is in effect until 5 p.m. Sunday. Severe weather hits parts of Southeast . Officials warn that driving over mountain passes and on roads running from north to south will be difficult. Several semi trucks blew over Saturday along Interstate 15, according to CNN Great Falls, Montana, affiliate KRTV. No injuries were reported. The gusting winds have toppled trees and bent over power poles. Sustained winds will be between 30 and 50 mph, KRTV reported. | Wind gusts topple semi trucks in Montana . High wind warning is in effect for parts of Montana and Wyoming . Gusting winds bend power poles and topple trees . |
(CNN) -- The smell of smoke was reported in a plane that landed at California's Oakland International Airport late Wednesday, officials said. SkyWest Flight 4454 arrived from Los Angeles International Airport on time, landed and taxied to the gate normally. There were 75 passengers and 4 crew members on board the CRJ 900 aircraft at the time. The reported smell of smoke was noticed shortly after landing, said Delta Air Lines spokesman Russell Cason. SkyWest is a Delta subsidiary. There were no injuries or damage reported, and passengers disembarked at the gate, airport spokesman Scott Witner said. Authorities could not find the source of the smoke, and fire officials have left the scene, he said. CNN's Maria White contributed to this report . | SkyWest Flight 4455 plane lands normally . The smell of smoke is noticed afterward, Delta say . All 75 passenger exit normally, and fire officials leave the scene . |
(CNN) -- FACETIME: Saddek Omar Elkaber, Libyan Central Bank Governor . Libya's stock market is back in business after the revolution forced it to shut one year ago. Restarting the economy, attracting foreign investment and stabilizing the banking sector is a major task for the country's central bank. MME met with the central bank governor, Saddek Omar Elkaber in Tripoli and asked him about the road ahead. IN FOCUS: Egypt lost art . As Egypt tries to move forward after a revolution, the country is still trying to recover its ancient history. Numerous historical artifacts held in government storehouses were stolen after the January 25th revolution. MME follows the Egyptian investigation looking at securing the lost artifacts. Marketplace Middle East airs weekly at the following times (all GMT): . Thursdays: 1545, . Fridays: 0845, . Saturdays: 0615, . Sundays: 0515,1545 . | Libya's stock market is now back in business and the central bank is facing multiple challenges . MME met with the governor of the Libyan central bank and asked him his plans to restore economic stability . Plus, investigations in Egypt to secure historical artifacts lost during the revolution . |
(Mashable) -- If there's one more thing a true Apple fan should have on his or her desk besides an iMac and an iPhone dock, then it's this wonderfully crafted Steve Jobs action figure. Jobs' trademark black turtleneck, blue jeans, and (removable) rimless glasses are all there, of course, but the tiny details like the faithfully replicated New Balance 991 sneakers Steve wears make this one a real winner. Action figure Steve even has a tiny iPhone in his left hand (he's holding it wrong, we think), but perhaps the most amusing parts of this cute toy are the speech bubble cards that you can stick to Steve's head and write your favorite Stevejobsian catch phrase on it. The price is $79.90, but we won't comment on whether that's too much for Apple's boss, immortalized in plastic. Just let your heart decide. © 2013 MASHABLE.com. All rights reserved. | Figure has Jobs' trademark black turtleneck, blue jeans, and rimless glasses . Action figure Steve even has a tiny iPhone in his left hand . Price is $79.90, but we won't comment on whether that's too much for Apple's boss . |
(CNN) -- A ferry crammed with people capsized late Friday night in Bangladesh, killing at least 28 passengers, police said. The boat had a capacity of 1,500, but was overcrowded with about 2,000 people, said Nazrul Islam, the police chief of Bangladesh's southern Bhola district. They were traveling from the capital, Dhaka, to their homes in Bhola for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. The boat toppled as passengers weighted down one side to disembark, Islam said. The dead included eight women and 15 children. About 50 more people were injured. Police and firefighters rushed to aid passengers, many of whom were trapped in the lower deck. The number of people missing remained unclear and rescue teams feared the death toll would rise. CNN's Harmeet Shah Singh contributed to this report. | Overcrowded ferry capsizes in Bangladesh, killing at least 28 people . Boat had capacity of 1,500, but was overcrowded with about 2,000 people . They were traveling from capital Dhaka to their homes in Bhola for Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha . |
(CNN) -- A tornado touched down in central Illinois Saturday, police said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office said the tornado touched down in Elmwood, Illinois, on Saturday night. Pictures from CNN-affiliate WMBD showed a twisted gas station awning and streets covered with debris, branches and broken glass. The tornado ripped through downtown Elmwood and tore the second stories off buildings, WMBD reported. Authorities had closed major roads in the area, WMBD said. Severe weather was reported across much of central Illinois Saturday night as much of the area remained under a tornado warning, according to the National Weather Service. | No immediate reports of injuries in Elmwood, Illinois . Streets covered in debris, branches, broken glass . Sever weather reported across much of central Illinois on Saturday . |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Three people were arrested Saturday after chaos broke out at an "America's Next Top Model" audition at a New York hotel, police said. "American's Next Top Model" is hosted and produced by supermodel Tyra Banks. Six people were injured, and two of them sought treatment at a hospital, authorities said. Police said they didn't know what provoked the bedlam, which resulted in three people being charged with disorderly conduct and inciting a riot in connection to the incident at the Park Central New York hotel in Manhattan. The audition was shut down after the incident, authorities said. Calls to Park Central management were not immediately returned on Saturday. The "Top Model" competition, hosted and produced by supermodel Tyra Banks and aired by the CW network, is in its 12th cycle. | Police: 3 people were arrested Saturday after chaos broke out at a TV show audition . "America's Next Top Model" audition was being held at a New York hotel, police said . Two people sought treatment at a hospital, authorities said . "Top Model" competition is hosted by Tyra Banks and airs on CW network . |
Lima, Peru (CNN) -- A bus carrying 51 people, including children, veered off a cliff in Peru Saturday, killing everyone aboard, an official said. The passengers, who included many members of one family, were traveling to a celebration in the Santa Teresa district, said Juan Carlos Valverde, the under attorney general in the Peruvian province of La Convencion, where the crash happened. An unspecified number of children were among those killed when the bus went off the 200-meter-high (656-foot-high) cliff, he said. Officials earlier said 52 people were aboard but later revised the death toll to 51, saying a boy who was supposed to be on the trip never boarded the bus. No further details were immediately available, he said. CNN's Nelson Quinones contributed to this report. | The busload of people were traveling to a celebration in the Santa Teresa district . An unspecified number of children were aboard . Authorities are still recovering bodies from the cliff, an official says . |
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia declared an end Thursday to its 10-year anti-terror "operation" in the autonomous republic of Chechnya. Russian forces have been operating in Chechnya since Boris Yeltsin's order in 1999. The end to the offensive could see the withdrawal of thousands of troops from the Muslim-majority region, where Russia has fought two wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991. The head of the Federal Security Service "canceled the decree declaring a counterterrorist operation in the territory of the republic as of midnight of April 16," Russia's anti-terror committee said. It said it did so to create "the conditions for the future normalization of the situation in the republic, its reconstruction and development of its socio-economic sphere," it said in a statement. The late president Boris Yeltsin ordered the counter-terrorist operation in 1999. Since then, the region has been relatively stable. | Russia declares end to 10-year anti-terror "operation" in Chechnya . Thousands of troops could be withdrawn from Muslim-majority region . Former president Boris Yeltsin ordered the counter-terrorist operation in 1999 . |
(CNN) -- A train derailed in Florida at the Port of Tampa early Thursday, causing 15 rail cars to topple over and leading to an ethanol spill. Firefighters used foam on the spill to reduce flammability, said Tampa fire department Capt. Lonnie Benniefield. The operation to upright the cars and clean up the spill are expected to last well into Thursday afternoon. There was no immediate word on injuries. | A train derailment leads to an ethanol spill in Tampa, Florida . 15 rail cars are involved in the accident . |
Paterson, New Jersey (CNN) -- A New Jersey judge Monday ordered $338 million Powerball jackpot winner Pedro Quezada to pay $30,000 in back child support to the mother of three of his children. The payment clears Quezada's record, probation officials said during a hearing in Paterson. Quezada told the judge that the children will now live with him. Family Court Judge Ernest Caposela warned Quezada -- who is expected to net approximately $152 million after taxes -- that he'll be approached with lots of investment offers, but the best investment would be in his children. | Powerball jackpot winner Pedro Quezada was ordered to child support . The payment clears his record . The three children will live with him, according to Quezada . |
Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay of execution for Texas death row inmate Gayland Bradford, who was convicted of the 1988 murder of a Dallas convenience store security guard. The inmate's lawyers say he is mentally deficient, with an IQ of about 68. The high court has banned executions of the mentally deficient but has established no clear standard of determining who is in that category. The stay, issued Friday afternoon by Justice Antonin Scalia, gives Bradford's lawyers more time to file a full appeal on the constitutional issues surrounding his conviction and sentence. The court said if this "petition for a writ certiorari" is ultimately rejected by the court in coming days or weeks, this stay of execution would immediately expire. From CNN's Bill Mears . | Stay of execution issued for Texas inmate . Gayland Bradford was convicted of killing a security guard in 1988 . Bradford has an IQ too low to allow his execution, his lawyers say . |
(CNN) -- The Muslim month of fasting, Ramadan, ended this week, marked across the Islamic world by the feasts of Eid el Fitr. Traditionally a time spent with family at home, Ramadan has also become a time for reflection for many Syrians displaced by conflict in the country. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNCHR), the refugee camp at Za'atari in Jordan is home to around 145,000 Syrians who have fled the ongoing violence. Life there is difficult for its residents, and other Syrians who have found themselves living far from home across the region, from Beirut in Lebanon to Egypt's capital Cairo. Photographers from the UNCHR captured the period on camera and discovered that, supported by their memories and dreams, those living in Za'atari could work through the struggles of life as a refugee and still observe the holy period. | Syrians in Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan marked Ramadan in different ways . Many reflected on the lives they had in their home country . It is a difficult recent past and uncertain future for many . |
(CNN) -- Injuries from a bicycle accident could change a NASA astronaut's duties on Space Shuttle Discovery, the agency said in a statement. Mission Specialist Tim Kopra was injured in a bicycle accident Saturday, NASA said. The agency said he "will be OK," but did not release further details, citing medical privacy. But it said the impact the accident would have on Kopra's shuttle duties "is being evaluated." He is scheduled to be on the Discovery mission to the international space station, slated for February 24. Kopra was selected as an astronaut in 2000, has previously been aboard two shuttle missions, and spent one tour of duty on the international space station. | Astronaut Tim Kopra "will be OK," the agency says . The agency is evaluating whether the accident will affect his shuttle duties . The Discovery mission to the international space station is slated for February 24 . |
(CNN) -- North Korea turned up the temperature yet another degree on its neighbors Monday, warning that it would not give any advance notice before attacking South Korea. "Our retaliatory action will start without any notice from now," the North said in a statement carried by its official news agency, KCNA. North Korea said it was responding to insults from the"puppet authorities" in the South, claiming that there had been a rally against North Korea in Seoul, the South Korean capital. It called the rally a "monstrous criminal act." North Korea said last month it was withdrawing from the armistice that put the Korean War on hold in 1953. 5 things we still don't know about North Korea's nukes . Timeline: War of words escalates . CNN's Esprit Smith contributed to this report. | NEW: North Korea says it will strike "without any notice" Tensions have been increasing steadily on the divided peninsula . |
(CNN) -- Running back Todd Gurley, one of the front-runners for college football's Heisman Trophy, was suspended indefinitely on Thursday by the University of Georgia as the school investigates a possible violation of NCAA rules. "I'm obviously very disappointed," Georgia head football coach Mark Richt said in a two-paragraph statement on the school's athletics department website. Gurley has rushed for 773 yards in five games and scored eight touchdowns for 10th-ranked Georgia. He also had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. The Bulldogs are scheduled to play at Missouri on Saturday. Georgia didn't say what kind of alleged violation officials are investigating. Bleacher Report predicted this week that Gurley, a junior from Tarboro, North Carolina, will be a mid-first round pick in next year's NFL draft. | The University of Georgia didn't divulge the nature of the possible NCAA violation . Gurley is a junior and could be a high pick in next year's NFL draft . Coach Mark Richt says: "I'm obviously very disappointed" |
(CNN) -- The Australian navy has destroyed nearly 353 kilograms (780 pounds) of heroin after intercepting the drugs on a smuggling vessel off the coast of Tanzania, the Australian Department of Defense said Friday. Authorities estimate the street value at 706 million Australian dollars ($630 million U.S.). A team from the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne boarded the smuggler ship Wednesday during a sweep, according to a prepared statement. It tested the substance on board, determined it to be heroin, then confiscated it. Members then extracted samples and destroyed the rest. | The Australian navy has destroyed nearly 353 kilograms (780 pounds) of heroin . It intercepted the drugs on a smuggling vessel off the coast of Tanzania, officials said . A team from the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne boarded the smuggler ship Wednesday . |
(CNN) -- A body found in a Dumpster near San Francisco, California, has been identified as missing postal worker Nancy Rogers, authorities said Tuesday. The Hayward, California, police department said Rogers' death is being investigated as a homicide. Rogers, 61 of Fremont, California, went missing from the post office early Monday in Hayward, about 25 miles from San Francisco, said Hillary Rickher, spokesman for the postal inspector's office in San Francisco. "Hayward police department is still the lead agency, but we will maintain support for [them]," Rickher said. The postal inspector's office has already provided lab services, analysts and inspectors to assist the investigation, Rickher said. Rogers was reported missing about 4:45 a.m., according to Hayward police. CNN's Greg Morrison contributed to this report. | Nancy Rogers' death being investigated as a homicide . Rogers went missing from the Hayward, California, post office early Monday . Postal inspector's office assisting in the investigation . |
(CNN) -- At a press conference in Dallas earlier this month, I listened as a hospital administrator made the now infamous revelation that a feverish man was allowed to go home from the emergency room even though he'd recently been in Liberia. That man, of course, turned out to be Thomas Eric Duncan, who died the next week of Ebola. Reporters looked at each other and gasped in surprise. How could they have let Duncan go home? Not me. I thought, "It's happened again." | Communication errors in hospitals can be deadly . The mistake in Dallas got a lot of attention because Ebola was involved . Similar, less high-profile mistakes, happen again and again, Cohen says . |
(CNN) -- A corporate jet crash in western Germany on Sunday killed all four people aboard the aircraft, police said. Witnesses told police that the plane burst into flames after it crashed near the town of Trier. Authorities are investigating what caused the crash. Local fire officials told German public broadcaster ZDF that the plane hit a power pole. There was dense fog in the area at the time of the crash, ZDF reported. The jet had come from England and was scheduled to arrive at a small airfield in Fohren, Germany, ZDF said. The two passengers and two crew members on the Cessna Citation jet are believed to be German nationals. CNN's Sara Mazloumsaki contributed to this report. | A plane crashed and burst into flames in western Germany . All four people aboard were killed, police say . Authorities are investigating what caused the crash . |
(CNN) -- Game show host and comedian Howie Mandel's irregular heartbeat scare is over, his publicist said Tuesday. Howie Mandel had an irregular heartbeat, but he did not have a heart attack, his publicist said. "Howie has been released from the hospital and will be back at work tomorrow," said Lewis Kay. "He appreciates everyone's concern." Mandel, 53, checked into a Toronto hospital Monday so doctors could monitor his condition, Kay said. He was in Toronto, filming segments for a new show "Howie Do It." The hour-long prank show debuted on NBC Friday. Mandel is the host of the American version of the game show "Deal or No Deal," which has brought huge ratings for NBC. | NEW: Howie Mandel released from Toronto hospital . Host of "Deal or No Deal" had been admitted with irregular heartbeat . Comedian was in Toronto, Canada, filming segments for a new show, "Howie Do It" |
(CNN) -- A bus carrying Albanian university students plunged hundreds of feet into a ravine Monday, killing at least 12 people according to police. Rescuers were working Monday to free students who may be trapped inside the bus, located at the bottom of a deep ravine near the city of Himara, about 136 km (86 miles) south of the capital of Tirana. 19 killed in bus accident in Peru . According to police, the driver of the private bus carrying about 49 female students from Aleksander Xhuvani University of Elbasan tried to stop the bus for some reason but failed. The vehicle left the road and fell 150 meters (492 feet) into ravine below. In addition to the dead, about two dozen students were badly injured, according to police. Journalist Auron Tare contributed to this report. | Bus carrying university students plummets into ravine in Albania, killing 12 . At least 25 other students were badly injured . Rescue efforts were continuing Monday, according to police . |
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russia expressed interest in using Cuban airfields during patrol missions of its strategic bombers, Russia's Interfax news agency reported . "There are four or five airfields in Cuba with 4,000-meter-long runways, which absolutely suit us," Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev told Interfax. Zhikharev, who is the chief of staff of the Russian Air Force's long-range aviation, said, "If the two chiefs of state display such a political will, we are ready to fly there." Zhikharev also told Interfax that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered a military airfield on La Orchila island as a temporary base for Russian strategic bombers. "If a relevant political decision is made, this is possible," he said, according to Interfax. Zhikharev said he visited La Orchila in 2008 and can confirm that with minor reconstruction, the airfield owned by a local naval base can accept fully-loaded Russian strategic bombers. | "We are ready to fly there," Russian Air Force official says . Cuba has four or five fields that suit Russia, military official says . Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez also has offered a military airfield . |
(Rolling Stone) -- The Morrissey fan site True to You has reported that the singer recently sustained hand and arm injuries after being attacked by a dog. No specific details of the attack have emerged, though it did happen somewhere in England. He was treated for the injury in Malmö, Sweden, where an x-ray revealed a fractured index finger on his right hand. Photos: Morrissey . Despite the injury, Morrissey will roll on with his European tour, which will resume with a show tonight at the Operaen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Perhaps Danish fans will be treated to an oldie with reworked lyrics commenting on the dog attack -- "Heaven Knows I'm Rabid Now," "The Boy With the Dog in His Side," "Sheila Take A Bow Wow," or something like that. Don't count on it, though. Copyright © 2010 Rolling Stone. | Morrissey sustained hand and arm injuries after being attacked by a dog . An x-ray revealed a fractured index finger on his right hand . Despite the injury, Morrissey will roll on with his European tour . |
(CNN) -- At least three people were killed Sunday when a passenger train derailed near Toronto, Canadian officials said. All three people were employees of Via Rail Canada, Michelle Lamarche, a spokeswoman for the railway, said, calling it a "very sad day for Via." At least 45 passengers were injured, three severely, according to John Marginson, chief operating officer of Via. The derailment occurred around 3:30 p.m. in Burlington, about 40 miles southwest of Toronto, Lamarche said. The train, carrying 75 passengers, was traveling from Niagara Falls to Toronto, according to Lamarche. An investigation into the cause of the wreck is under way. | NEW: 45 passengers are injured, rail line official says . Those killed were employees of Via Rail Canada . The train was carrying 75 passengers . |
(CNN) -- Another day of rainy forecasts has pushed NASA to put off the space shuttle Endeavour's piggyback flight to California for a second day, the space agency said Monday. The orbiter had been scheduled to take off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop its 747 carrier plane on Monday morning. NASA planed to take the craft on a three-day cross-country tour before delivering it to Los Angeles, where it will be put on display at the California Science Center. But storms over the Gulf Coast states forced the agency to postpone Monday's takeoff by a day, and a poor forecast for Tuesday triggered another delay until Wednesday, NASA says. Endeavour was the baby of the shuttle fleet, built as a replacement for the ill-fated Challenger. It made 25 flights into space between 1992 and 2011. A short history of Endeavour . | Forecast pushes Endeavour's final flight back another day . Endeavour will be put on display at a Los Angeles museum . The shuttle made 25 space flights between 1992 and 2011 . |
Tokyo (CNN) -- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Sunday morning off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquake was centered 27 miles (43.5 kilometers) beneath the surface about 114 miles (184 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo, the agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The country's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said there were no reports of problems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant as a result of the earthquake, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK. The plant was crippled by a much more powerful earthquake on March 11. Japan has been struck by hundreds of aftershocks off the coast of Honshu since that quake. | NEW: Fukushima plant not damaged by Saturday quake, broadcaster NHK reports . 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Honshu, Japan . There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage . |
(CNN) -- For some people, it's been an open question: Is six seconds, the limit before a Vine video starts looping over and over again, enough time for real creativity? The answer is yes. About 24 hours into the existence of Vine, Twitter's appropriately brief video-sharing app, it's already clear that users are doing really cool stuff with it -- in much the same way that people found ways to be funny or insightful with just 140 characters of text. Sure, a lot of the Vine posts we're seeing are random images of crap on people's desks, their lunches or their cats. (Would it really be the Internet without cats?) But why focus on the negative when you can accentuate the positive? Here are a few of the most interesting Vines we've seen so far. Let us know of ones we missed in the comments. . | Twitter's video-sharing app, Vine, launched Thursday . Already, some folks are finding ways to be creative with it . From Jimmy Fallon to the Australian Open, Vine clips are flooding Twitter . |
(CNN) -- Every year Apple has a special one-day shopping event on Black Friday, offering moderately lower prices for many of its gadgets, and this year is no exception. Apple's Black Friday sale is now live in the U.S. and internationally, with savings mostly hovering around the 10% mark for more expensive items and climbing to 20-40% for cheaper ones. This year, you can save $41 on an iPad, $31 on an iPad 2 and iPod touch, $101 on the new MacBook Pros as well as MacBook Air and $7-$21 on a range of gadgets, including the Apple EarPods, Apple Magic Mouse and the Time Capsule. Check out the full list of items on sale here and let us know what you think about this year's Black Friday savings at Apple in the comments. © 2013 MASHABLE.com. All rights reserved. | Apple typically puts its products on sale on Black Friday . The sales are modest, but the company rarely offers deals . Most discounts are about 10%, with some products taking bigger cuts . You can save $41 on an iPad or $101 on the new MacBook Pros . |
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. military cleared the F-35 fighter jet to fly again after the fleet of jets were temporarily grounded. The jets, that are designed for use by the Navy, Air Force and Marines, were grounded on February 21 due to a crack in an engine component that was discovered during a routine inspection in California, the Pentagon said. On Thursday, military officials said engineers had analyzed the jets and cleared them. "No additional cracks were found during inspections," the Pentagon's F-35 program office said in a statement. "This decision concludes a cautionary flight suspension." The nearly $400 billion Joint Strike Fighter is the Pentagon's most expensive weapons system. The program has been beset by cost overruns and various technical problems during development. Currently, there are 51 planes in the F-35 fleet. | The jets were grounded on February 21 . On Thursday, military officials said engineers had analyzed them . The nearly $400 billion fleet is the Pentagon's most expensive weapons system . |
(CNN) -- The man revered for yelling "Do you believe in miracles?" as the U.S. hockey team upset the mighty Soviets in the 1980 Winter Olympics was arrested and charged with misdemeanor DUI in Southern California on Friday night, Santa Monica police said. Sgt. Ryan Gradle said Michaels, the current play-by-play announcer for NBC's "Sunday Night Football," was extremely cooperative and was released on his own recognizance Saturday morning. Michaels was arrested shortly before 10 p.m., then spent a little more than five hours in the Santa Monica City Jail, the Los Angeles Inmate Information Center said. He's scheduled to appear at Los Angeles Municipal Court at 8:30 a.m. on June 26. Neither Michaels nor NBC had immediate comment. CNN has reached out to Michaels' representatives for a response. Ortiz of Boston Red Sox tosses F-word, FCC doesn't complain . | Sportscasting legend Al Michaels suspected of drunken driving . He was arrested in Santa Monica, California, on Friday night . Michaels spent five hours in jail, then was released on his own recognizance, police say . |
(CNN) -- Not quite the whole sun will come up Sunday along the East Coast of the United States, but the partial solar eclipse will last less than two minutes. Photos: Skygazers see rare eclipse . The eclipse will be under way at sunrise. While the moon's shadow will cast a total eclipse over the view of the sun from parts of the Atlantic Ocean and Africa, the sun will look like a half-moon or three-quarter moon when sunrise gets to the American coast. By the time sunlight reaches as far inland as Atlanta, the eclipse will be just slightly noticeable. If you try to see the eclipse, be careful not to look at the sun directly. Space.com offers some tips on safe viewing. | Partial eclipse will last less than two minutes . Total eclipse is only for parts of Atlantic Ocean and Africa . |
(CNN) -- A twin-engine propeller plane crashed into a house in North Carolina on Wednesday, killing two people on board, authorities said. The small plane crashed into a High Point neighborhood -- clipping one home before crashing into a second and sparking a fire, said Capt. Denita Lynch of the city's fire department. The people inside the house at the time of the crash were able to escape unscathed. The fire was extinguished. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the plane was a Hawker Beechcraft BE58 en route to nearby Winston-Salem, but was diverted to nearby Greensboro's Piedmont Triad International Airport due to severe weather. | The plane had been diverted from Winston-Salem to Greensboro . Residents of the home hit in nearby High Point escaped without injuries . |
(CNN) -- July 8 will mark the start of the final space shuttle mission and the end of an era, NASA announced Tuesday. The U.S. space agency announced the date for the final flight of Atlantis following a flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. If nothing delays the countdown, the shuttle would depart at 11:26 a.m. The 12-day mission will be the 135th and final flight of the space shuttle program. Atlantis is scheduled to deliver spare parts and supplies to the International Space Station to help keep the orbital lab going, NASA said. It also will fly an experimental rig to test tools and techniques to robotically refuel satellites in space, according to the agency. After the shuttle program is grounded, NASA plans to temporarily use Russian spacecraft to ferry NASA astronauts to the space station. | Atlantis is to blast off at 11:26 a.m. on July 8 . The 12-day mission will be the final flight for NASA's space shuttle program . |
(CNN) -- Five Afghan policemen were killed as result of a U.S. airstrike, according to an International Security Assistance Force public information officer, who said the incident was an accident and is under investigation. The strike occurred amid a joint operation between Afghan National Security Forces and the ISAF in the Batikot area of Afghanistan, Tech Sgt. Peter Dean said. Dean would not release any additional details. The ISAF is a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan. U.N.: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan up by nearly a quarter . From CNN's Larry Register. | Deaths of police officers are being investigated, ISAF public information officer tells CNN . The strike occurred amid a joint operation, he said . Dean would not give more details . The International Security Force is a NATO-led mission in Afghanistan . |
Washington (CNN) -- Consumers are being warned to stop riding all models of the tikit brand of folding bicycles after reports of handlebar stems breaking and injuring riders. The bikes are manufactured in Eugene, Oregon, by Green Gear Cycling Inc., with the trade name Bike Friday. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the company had received six reports of breaking handlebar stems causing the riders to lose control. Two people suffered scrapes, bruises and a head laceration that required stitches. The CPSC said more than 3,800 tikit brand folding bikes in various colors have been sold from January 2007 through September 2012. The Bike Friday tikit brand decal is on the bike frame. Consumers are urged to contact the bike company to schedule a free repair. Spinach mix recalled after 16 cases of E. coli . Honda recalls 268,000 CR-Vs over possible fire hazard . | Handlebar stems on the tikit brand of folding bicycles are breaking and injuring riders . Bike Friday's tikit brand decal is on the bike frame . Consumers are urged to contact the bike company to schedule a free repair . |
(CNN) -- A New Jersey woman traveling to an explosives demonstration in California was stopped at Newark Liberty International Airport after land mine casings were found in her luggage, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday. TSA explosives experts were called to the checked baggage screening area in Terminal C when her suitcase set off alarms. Inside the suitcase, officials found three small claymore land mine casings. Two of them were packed with shrapnel, the TSA said in a statement. There were no explosives or detonator in the bag, the statement said. The unidentified woman, from Union, New Jersey, missed her original flight to San Francisco but was allowed to rebook her flight later -- without the weapons, the TSA said. Explosive materials and realistic replicas of explosives are not permitted on planes, the TSA said. | A checked bag at Newark Liberty International Airport tripped alarms . Land mine casings were found in the bag, the TSA said . The woman was traveling to an explosives demonstration, officials said . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least three people were killed and 30 injured in an explosion near the governor's compound in the city of Lashkar Gah in southern Afghanistan Thursday, authorities said. A suicide bomber driving a car apparently targeted a foreign armored convoy outside the town's education department, said Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the governor, who added that three women were among the injured. A spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office said three British nationals who were near the governor's compound were injured when the blast went off. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who's currently in Europe, condemned the attack, a presidential spokesman said. | Three British nationals were wounded in the attack, an official says . A suicide bomber in a car caused the blast, a governor's spokesman says . President Karzai condemns the attack . |
Atlanta (CNN) -- A Nigerian doctor has been diagnosed with Ebola nearly three weeks after a Liberian-American man with Ebola died after traveling to Lagos, Nigerian officials said Monday. Nigerian Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu told reporters that the infected physician had been treating Patrick Sawyer, a top government official in the Liberian Ministry of Finance who died of Ebola in a Nigerian hospital July 20. Eight other people are being quarantined and three are awaiting Ebola test results, the health minister said. Read more about Patrick Sawyer's death . | Diagnosis comes three weeks after Liberian-American man died from virus . "We know what needs to be done," CDC director says . Experts will also help implement stronger systems to fight the disease, CDC chief says . |
(CNN) -- A wind of change blew through Hawaii Monday and thankfully it was gentle enough to allow the PGA's Tournament of Champions to finally get under way. For three days in a row the 30-strong field, all of whom won a PGA Tour event in 2012, had to sit idly by as play was canceled due to strong winds and driving rain. It led to the bizarre sight of Rickie Fowler officially starting the new campaign three times, after his first two attempts were derailed by the weather. But once the action began Dustin Johnson's detailed preparation for the competition showed, as his six practice rounds prior to teeing off in Maui helped him shoot rounds of 69 and 66 to lead on 11-under-par. The U.S. Ryder Cup star leads by three shots from fellow countryman Steve Stricker, with 2012 Masters champion Bubba Watson a further shot back. | Dustin Johnson leads the PGA Tour's Tournament of Champions in Hawaii . Play was abandoned on Friday, Saturday and Sunday due to strong winds . Johnson leads on 11-under after the field played 36 holes on Monday . Steve Stricker, Bubba Watson and Keegan Bradley all in the chasing pack . |
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- A Japanese diplomat was wounded when armed men tried to kidnap him in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Sunday morning, three Interior Ministry officials said. The diplomat resisted and was stabbed by the assailants, the officials said. The kidnapping attempt took place outside the diplomat's residence. The Japanese embassy in Sanaa confirmed the attempted kidnapping and said the diplomat is being treated for minor wounds in a Sanaa hospital. The attackers fled the scene, the Yemeni Interior Ministry said. While kidnapping has long been a problem in Yemen, with tribes often using foreign nationals as a bargain chip in their dealings with the central government, the past 24 months have proven even more dangerous for foreigners. Europeans are considered especially high-value targets. Al Qaeda has been running kidnapping bids for well over a year, targeting foreigners. | The diplomat was stabbed outside his home in Sanaa . Officials: He was wounded after he resisted a kidnapping attempt . Kidnapping foreigners to use as bargaining chips has been a problem in Yemen . |
(CNN) -- The death toll from a massive landslide that struck in Washington state's Cascade Mountains rose to 36 on Wednesday, the Snohomish County medical examiner said. Of those 36 bodies, 32 have been identified, county officials said. Ten people are still missing after a rain-saturated hillside along the Stillaguamish River gave way on the outskirts of the rural town of Oso on March 22. President Barack Obama has announced he will visit the area on April 22, the one month anniversary of the slide, and meet with search crews. Search crews have been digging through deep, gelatinous mud and debris, which is 70 feet thick in some places, to search for the missing. | 32 of the 36 bodies have been identified, Snohomish County officials say . 10 people are still missing . President Barack Obama will visit the area on April 22, the one-month anniversary . |
Washington (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Tuesday to deliver a Veterans Day speech, but perhaps more interesting than what he had to say was just what had happened to his face. Hagel was sporting a large bandage on his left cheek -- which a Pentagon spokesman attributed to a minor kitchen accident. "He simply scratched it on an open cabinet door. Nothing more than that. No stitches. No hospital," said Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman. Hagel used his speech to say that the United States needs to learn from its mistakes of the past before sending troops to war. His comments come as President Barack Obama sends an additional 1,500 troops to Iraq to combat ISIS. | Defense Secretary Hagel was wearing a bandage on his left cheek at Veterans Day events . A Pentagon spokesman said Hagel had scratched his cheek on an open cabinet door . The spokesman said Hagel didn't receive stitches or visit the hospital . |
(CNN) -- Five crew members and a fishing vessel are missing off the coast of Nova Scotia, a Canadian official said Monday. The Miss Ally sent out an emergency beacon about 76 miles (123 kilometers) southeast of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Captain Doug Keirstead of Joint Task Force Atlantic said. Coast Guard units from Canada and the United States are searching for the missing boat, which disappeared late Sunday in an area hit by 30-foot seas and wind that exceeded 74 mph (119 kph). An empty life raft was found Monday morning, Keirstead said. The Miss Ally was registered in Shelburne, Novia Scotia. | The Miss Ally disappeared on Sunday night, sending out a distress radio signal . A crew of five fishermen was onboard, and only an empty life raft has been found so far . |
Congratulations are in order! Comedian Mario Cantone has married his partner of 20 years, musical theater director Jerry Dixon, Cantone revealed Friday on The View. "I got married for the same reasons you did," the "Sex and the City" actor, 51, tells fellow newlywed Joy Behar on the show. "We're older now. We've been together 20 years. After 20 years you're like, 'Thanks for the anti-climactic honeymoon, government!' " Cantone says their wedding was officiated by pastor Jay Bakker, the son of the late Tammy Faye Bakker Messner. "It was beautiful, just my family there," Cantone says, adding of his new husband: "I love him. He's a good man." See full article at PEOPLE.com. | Comedian Mario Cantone and his partner Jerry Dixon tied the knot . Cantone and Dixon, a musical theater director, married after 20 years together . "It was beautiful, just my family there," Cantone said . |
(CNN) -- Richard III is getting people talking all over again. DNA tests confirm that skeletal remains found buried in a parking lot belong to England's most famous king, British scientists announced on Monday. Some CNN commenters did a bit of a double take. don4060: "From the picture, I thought it was Keith Richards." John: "Nah, looks too lively and fresh." Jerry: "HAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! The Strolling Bones ..." But Richard III's suspicious rise to power and ultimate downfall are literally the stuff of Shakespearean legend. The news sent readers scrambling back to their history books, or perhaps Wikipedia. Social media users rushed to talk about it. Who would have guessed 500 years later a former king buried in a dirt hole would have a chance at redemption? . View this page with Storify . | Bones discovered in parking lot belong to King Richard III . Historians hope to repudiate King's villainous reputation . 'Hide and seek win' tweets one parody account . |
(CNN) -- The French Open is the second grand slam of the tennis season, and it is widely regarded as the most grueling to win -- two weeks of often epic, grinding matches on the energy-sapping red clay of Roland Garros. CNN's Open Court talked to the five past women's champions to get their insights into what it takes to be a winner in Paris. Click on the above video to start the story, and then hear from defending champion Maria Sharapova, Li Na, Francesca Schiavone, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Ana Ivanovic by clicking on the panel strips to the side. | Maria Sharapova is the defending women's champion at this year's French Open . There have been five different female winners in Paris in the past five years . Click on the panel strips in the interactive to discover their stories . |
(CNN) -- The search of a pond in Bristol, Connecticut, in connection with the murder investigation involving Aaron Hernandez failed to turn up any new evidence, authorities said Tuesday. "No evidence was recovered and, at the present time, no more dives are planned," Lt. Kevin Morrell told CNN's Susan Candiotti. Investigators have refused to say what they were searching for, but a law enforcement source previously told CNN they were searching for the .45 caliber handgun believed to have been used to kill Odin Lloyd. Authorities have conducted an extensive search at Pine Lake without success. They turned their attention to a small retention pond directly across the street from the lake on Tuesday. Hernandez, the former New England Patriot, is charged with Lloyd's murder in Massachusetts last June and has pleaded not guilty. | Divers failed to turn up any new evidence at the pond . Authorities were looking for the gun used to kill Odin Lloyd, police say . Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez is charged with Lloyd's murder . Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the June slaying . |
(CNN) -- Spanish actors Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz tied the knot in the Bahamas earlier this month, the latter's publicist told CNN late Tuesday night. The wedding took place at a friend's house, said Cruz's publicist Amanda Silverman, without specifying exactly when it happened. It was a small ceremony with just family members, Silverman said. Cruz wore a dress designed by her long-time friend, John Galliano. Both Bardem and Cruz are Academy Award-winning actors. Bardem, 41, won the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in the 2007 movie, "No Country For Old Men." Cruz, 36, won an Oscar in 2009 for her supporting role in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." The couple started dating in 2007 and appeared on screen together in the film. Prior to that, Cruz was linked to Matthew McConaughey and Tom Cruise. CNN's Jack Hannah contributed to this report. | Wedding took place in the Bahamas in early July . Publicist: It was an intimate affair with close friends . Both Bardem and Cruz are Oscar-winning actors . |
(CNN) -- A passenger who landed at Tokyo's Narita airport over the weekend has ended up with a surprise souvenir courtesy of customs officials -- a package of cannabis. Sniffer dogs failed to find the cannabis after it had been slipped into a passenger's bag. A customs official hid the package in a suitcase belonging to a passenger arriving from Hong Kong as part of an exercise for sniffer dogs on Sunday, Reuters.com reported. However, staff then lost track of the drugs and suitcase during the exercise, a spokeswoman for Tokyo customs said. Customs regulations specify that a training suitcase be used for such exercises, but the official had used passengers' suitcases for similar purposes in the past, domestic media reported. Tokyo customs has asked anyone who finds the package to return it. | Customs official slips cannabis into passenger's bag to test sniffer dogs . Cannabis slips through the net, with officials forced to ask for its return . Cannabis hidden in bag of unwitting passenger from Hong Kong . |
(CNN) -- Iran and six world powers ended talks on Tehran's nuclear program with plans to meet again next month, the EU said Friday. The four-day meeting that came to a close Thursday in Vienna brought together technical experts, said Michael Mann, a spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. "There will now be consultations in capitals, in the expectation that technical talks will continue soon," Mann said. The talks come after an interim deal last month aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions in exchange for lifting crippling economic sanctions. That six-month deal, reached between Iran and the United States, Britain, China, Russia, France and Germany, eases some $7 billion in economic sanctions in return for limiting aspects of Iran's nuclear program. Iranian state news agency IRNA said the next round of talks will be in Tehran on January 21. | The talks ended on Thursday . More talks will happen soon, an EU spokesman said . |
(CNN)Bad news, Benedict Cumberbatch fans: The Oscar nominee is officially off the market. The star of "The Imitation Game" and "The Hobbit" married pregnant fiancee Sophie Hunter on Saturday in a quiet ceremony on the British Isle of Wight. "Benedict and Sophie were married yesterday surrounded by their close friends and family," Cumberbatch's representative Karon Maskill told CNN. "It was a magical day." Everyone's favorite modern "Sherlock" announced his engagement the old-fashioned way -- in the newspaper -- back in November. The "Star Trek Into Darkness" actor, who has a massive following online, is expected to attend the Oscars next Sunday, where he is nominated for best actor for "The Imitation Game." Hunter is a British playwright, actress and singer, known for directing theater productions. | Cumberbatch married pregnant fiancee Sophie Hunter . Cumberbatch has a massive following of fans online . |
(CNN) -- An unruly passenger aboard a cross-country American Airlines flight forced the plane to make an unscheduled landing in Phoenix, according to police and a passenger on board. American Airlines Flight 1488 left Los Angeles International Airport Thursday heading for Miami. A 21-year-old Hispanic male started behaving erratically during the flight, according to Sgt. Steve Martos, a spokesman for the Phoenix Police Department. "Two guys and a girl, they held the guy down till we got on the ground," said passenger Janine Sharell. Martos said the flight crew decided to divert the plane and make an unscheduled landing at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Police officers boarded the plane when it landed and removed the unidentified man. "Based on observations from the flight crew and our officers, the passenger was taken to an area hospital where he received medical attention, Martos said. | American Airlines Flight 1488 made an unscheduled stop in Phoenix on Thursday . A passenger was behaving erratically, Phoenix police spokesman says . "Two guys and a girl, they held the guy down till we got on the ground," witness says . Unidentified passenger was taken to an area hospital for treatment, police say . |
(CNN) -- Family and friends attended a military funeral Friday to pay tribute to Lee Rigby, the British soldier killed in an attack in southeast London in May. Crowds gathered outside Bury Parish Church, near Manchester, and lined streets nearby to listen as the service was relayed by loudspeaker. Rigby's commanding officer, Lt. Col. Jim Taylor of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, described the 25-year-old as a man who was "truly charismatic" and "larger than life." Rigby had fulfilled a lifelong ambition to be a soldier and served with enthusiasm and courage, he said. The service was to be followed by a private family burial. Rigby was killed in a daylight attack on May 22 near the Woolwich barracks where he was based. Two men, Michael Adebowale, 22, and Michael Adebolajo, 28, are accused of his murder. A preliminary trial date has been set for November. | Family and friends attend a military funeral service held for slain soldier Lee Rigby . His commanding officer pays tribute to his charisma and courage . Rigby was killed in a daylight attack in southeast London . |
(CNN Student News) -- June 7, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Florida . North Korea; South Korea . 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. Teachers: We're looking for your feedback about CNN Student News. Please use this page to leave us comments about today's program, including what you think about our stories and our resources. Also, feel free to tell us how you use them in your classroom. The educators on our staff will monitor this page and may respond to your comments as well. Thank you for using CNN Student News! | 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 . Use the End of Year Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News this school year . |
(CNN) -- It seems like just yesterday Lauren and Kristin were competing for Stephen. It's officially been a decade since MTV launched "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County," a reality show that followed the lives of a group of students from Laguna Beach High School. The original cast quickly gained attention as they shared their stories of teenage love, drama and friendship during their final years of high school. While the original cast didn't stay on the full three seasons after the September 28, 2004, premiere, the show spun off "The Hills" and some of the crew has gone on to be pretty successful. Cast member Stephen Colletti recently posted a group photo of him and some of the male cast member of the series with the caption: "From wine coolers to fine wine, a work in progress... 2004-->2014. | The series first aired September 28, 2004 . Some of the cast members have found major success . Stephen Colletti recently posted a pic of some of the cast . |
(CNN) -- Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 36 other supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy got life sentences Saturday in Cairo, state media reported. The defendants are accused of inciting violence. An additional 10 defendants sentenced to death in June have had their sentences upheld by Egypt's Grand Mufti, who, by law, must review capital punishment decisions. This is the second sentence handed down to Badie, who was found guilty and sentenced to death in April. He was convicted of taking part in a deadly attack on a police station last year. READ MORE: Egypt court upholds 183 death sentences . READ MORE: Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters face death . | Mohammed Badie sentenced to life in prison for inciting violence . 36 other surpporters of ousted Egyptian president also face life behind bars . Badie, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, was sentenced to death in April . |
(CNN Student News) -- March 2, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Syria . Harrisburg, Illinois; Wyoming; Cape Cod, Massachusetts . 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 . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- All 11 people aboard a U.N. plane carrying military personnel died Friday afternoon when the aircraft crashed into a mountainside in Haiti, a spokeswoman said. The victims were from Uruguay and Jordan, said Michele Montas, the U.N. spokeswoman. The cause of the crash of the Casa C-212 was unknown; an investigation has been launched. The plane, part of the U.N. mission in Haiti, was doing routine surveillance on the border with the Dominican Republic, she said. The plane crashed 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of the village of Fonds-Verrettes in an area accessible only by foot, Montas said. The mission is called the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, or MINUSTAH. | NEW: All 11 people aboard U.N. plane killed in Haiti crash, spokeswoman says . NEW: Military personnel aboard plane were from Uruguay and Jordan . NEW: The Casa C-212 plane crashed into a mountainside . Plane was conducting routine surveillance near Dominican Republic . |
(EW.com) -- Bummer news from the king of the "Bachelor" franchise today. Mike Fleiss answered a fan inquiry on Twitter by saying there won't be a fourth edition of "Bachelor Pad," the cheesy fun spinoff of "The Bachelor" this summer. ABC confirmed that "Pad," which has been a solid little player for ABC in the summer months, will not return this year. No word yet on whether we will ever see the "Pad" again. 'Very Potter Senior Year' hits YouTube . "Pad" launched in August of 2010 as an elimination-style game show that featured contestants from "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette," who competed for a final cash prize. 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. | ABC confirmed that "Bachelor Pad" will not return this year . "Pad" has been a solid little player for ABC in the summer months . "Pad" launched in August of 2010 as an elimination-style game show . |
(CNN Student News) -- February 10, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Georgia . Falkland Islands . 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 . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
Mexico City (CNN) -- A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico on Saturday night, about 100 miles south-southwest of the capital, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, which hit at 7:47 p.m. local time, had an estimated depth of 40 miles, the USGS said. The agency earlier said it was 6.7 magnitude. There were no immediate reports of major damage in the capital, but several areas were without power, Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard wrote on his Twitter page. No injuries were reported in the quake, located in Guerrero state. Some startled residents in Mexico City ran out of their houses and into the streets. Loud sirens sounded. CNN's Jose Armigo contributed to this report. | NEW: Mexico City's mayor reports some blackouts, no major damage . The depth of the quake was some 40 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey says . There were no immediate reports of injuries . |
(CNN) -- Flooding in southern Spain has left at least 10 dead, Spanish state media outlet RTVE reported Saturday. Emergency personnel on Saturday found the body of a man in a swamp in Spain's Murcia region. The victim, believed to be the grandfather of a nine-year-old girl who was killed by the flooding on Friday, was the 10th confirmed fatality, RTVE reported. Five deaths have been reported in Murcia, and five in Andalucia region because of flash floods caused by the rain. Two other people remained missing in Murcia, RTVE said. Heavy rainfall continued to hit the area on Saturday. The girl who died was inside a vehicle that was hit by a sudden rush of water, RTVE reported. Her body was found inside the vehicle. CNN Weather Center . | Flash floods have killed 10 people in southern Spain . One victim was a nine-year-old girl, another is believed to be her grandfather . Heavy rain continued to fall across the Andalucia region on Saturday . |
Tokyo (CNN) -- A magnitude 5.7 earthquake rattled central Japan on Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A second quake -- magnitude 4.6 quake -- struck about 11 minutes later. The Japan Meteorological Agency said no tsunami alert has been issued. The quake, which took place at 4:24 p.m. local time, was centered about 143 kilometers (89 miles) north-northwest of Tokyo at a depth of 9.9 kilometers (6.2 miles), according to the USGS. CNN's Tokyo bureau felt a "slight shake" from the temblor. | Both quakes are centered about 143 kilometers (89 miles) north-northeast of Tokyo . The Japan Meteorological Agency said no tsunami alert has been issued . |
The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Robert McDonald, a former corporate CEO and an ex-Army officer, as the next Veterans Affairs secretary. He replaces Eric Shinseki, who resigned in May amid an unfolding scandal at VA medical facilities. The vote was 97 to 0. McDonald takes over a massive bureaucracy with more than 300,000 full-time employees still reeling from allegations of delayed care and alarming mismanagement at major medical facilities. Investigations continue and Congress appears ready to approve legislation this week authorizing new money and other steps to address cultural and managerial shortcomings at the Veterans Affairs Department. McDonald also has promised to take "immediate actions" in his first 90 days to reform the troubled agency. Who is Bob McDonald? Congress comes up with a deal on veterans . Gingrich Opinion: We owe our veterans real change . | McDonald takes over for Eric Shinseki, who resigned in May amid scandal . He is a former corporate CEO and an ex-Army officer who went to West Point . McDonald assumes the post with the VA reeling over alarming shortcomings in care . |
(CNN Student News) -- March 16, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Syria . Silicon Valley, California . Austria . 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 . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(CNN) -- Somali pirates released a chemical tanker after holding it for more than four months, the European Union's naval protection force said Thursday. The MV Hannibal II was seized November 11 off the Horn of Africa, EU NAVFOR said. All 30 members of the crew of the Panama-flagged vessel are safe and in good health, the naval force said, citing the owner of the ship. The waters off the coast of largely lawless Somalia have become a danger zone for ships in the past several years as pirates seize them for ransom. EU NAVFOR did not say if a ransom had been paid for the Hannibal II. | The MV Hannibal's crew is safe and in good health, the ship owner says . The waters off Somalia are dangerous for ships due to piracy . |
(EW.com) -- Any existing physical copies of Nora Ephron's "Crazy Salad: Some Things about Women" and "Scribble, Scribble: Notes on the Media" are probably well-worn, underlined, and doggy-eared by now. "Crazy Salad" and "Scribble, Scribble" have been out-of-print as solo volumes since 1991 and 1984, respectively. Vintage will give these two landmark books a fresh printing as a single volume come October 16. They will also be available in their entirety as e-books for the first time on that date. "Crazy Salad," originally published in 1975, contains Ephron's famous, oft-quoted essay, "A Few Words About Breasts." After Ephron died in June, did you go looking for her backlist only to have trouble finding these two titles? 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. | "Crazy Salad" and "Scribble, Scribble" have been out-of-print as solo volumes . On October 16, Vintage will publish both titles as a single volume . They'll also be available in their entirety as e-books for the first time on that date . |
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- An insurgent attack on a Thai military camp in the country's south killed four soldiers and wounded six others, a military spokesman said Thursday. "There were about 20 to 30 insurgents (who) attacked our permanent infantry camp in Maruebotok Village, Narathiwart province ... around 7:30 a.m. local time," said Col. Parinya Chaidilok, spokesman of the 4th Division of Internal Security Operation Command. Parinya said the military had received a tip-off information that there would an attack on Thai military posts. "But we are surprised that they launched their attack at our permanent camp instead of small temporary posts," he said. Muslim separatists in southern Thailand have long battled government forces in a country that is overwhelmingly Buddhist. The conflict came to a head after former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra took office in 2004. Several thousand people died in the violence. | Muslim separatists in southern Thailand have long battled government forces . Several thousand people die in a wave of violence that erupted in 2004 . The military had received tip-off information that there would an attack on Thai military posts . |
(CNN) -- A Miami imam convicted of funneling tens of thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Robert Scola levied the sentence against Hafiz Khan, a U.S. citizen and Pakistani native who ran the Miami Masjid, also known as the Flager Mosque. A jury in March found Khan, 78, guilty of four charges that accused him of supporting and conspiring to support terrorists and a terrorist organization. The charges alleged Khan, who prosecutors said ran the Miami mosque since at least 1999, sent money and other support from the United States to the Pakistani Taliban and its supporters from at least 2008 to 2010. The charges also accused Khan of using a madrassa, or Muslim religious school, that he founded in Pakistan to shelter and support Pakistani Taliban militants. CNN's Kimberly Segal contributed to this report. | Hafiz Khan was found guilty in March of supporting the Pakistani Taliban . Khan, 78, funneled money to the organization and its supporters, charges alleged . Khan was imam of the Miami Masjid, also known as the Flager Mosque. |
(CNN) -- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed again to the hospital late Saturday, her family said. The ailing actress was taken from her home to UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, her daughter Francesca Hilton said. She did not provide details. Gabor has suffered major health problems in the last year, including hip replacement surgery and a leg amputation. She has been unable to walk since a 2002 car accident. The Hungarian-born actress, the second of the three celebrated Gabor sisters, is famous for her many marriages and strong personality as well as her acting prowess. Her more prominent films include John Huston's Toulouse-Lautrec biopic, "Moulin Rouge," in 1952, "The Story of Three Loves" in 1953, "The Girl in the Kremlin" in 1957 and Orson Welles' 1958 cult classic, "Touch of Evil." | Gabor has suffered major health problems in the last year . Her daughter does not provide details about the hospitalization . |
(CNN) -- A gunman who opened fire on his co-workers at a Walmart in Reno, Nevada, was arrested without incident Friday after a six-hour standoff with authorities, Reno police said. Three employees were injured and two remained hospitalized Friday night in serious to stable condition, Lt. Mohammad Rafaqat told CNN. John Gillane, 46, will be charged with three counts of attempted murder in the shootings, Rafaqat said. The incident began at 8:30 a.m. (11:30 a.m. ET) when Gillane walked into the store and opened fire on employees before barricading himself in an office. It ended at 2:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. ET) after hours of police negotiations. A possible motive for the attack was not immediately clear, Rafaqat said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with our employees at this time," Wal-Mart spokesman Dan Fogleman said. CNN's Sara Pratley contributed to this report. | NEW: Three employees are injured in the shooting by their co-worker, police say . NEW: John Gillane will be charged with three counts of attempted murder . NEW: Two people remain hospitalized in serious to stable condition . |
(CNN) -- An explosive device hidden inside a newspaper exploded when a Vacaville, California, man picked it up near his doorstep Sunday morning, a city official said. The wounded man was airlifted to a hospital, and residents of a dozen neighboring homes were evacuated, Vacaville city spokesman Mark Mazzaferro said. It was not immediately known if the victim was targeted or if any other bombs may be hidden at other homes, Mazzaferro said. His condition was not immediately known. No other explosive devices have been located, but a bomb squad from Travis Air Force Base and federal investigators are combing the neighborhood with explosives-sniffing dogs in the Brown's Valley section of the town, he said. Residents have gathered at a community center while the search and investigation is conducted, he said. CNN's Chuck Johnston contributed to this report. | Police are searching for other bombs in the neighborhood . No other explosive devices have been found . About a dozen homes in Vacaville, California, are evacuated . The wounded man was airlifted to a hospital . |
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 36 people were killed and 71 hurt Monday in three vehicle bombings that rocked Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The blasts targeted hotels in central Baghdad. The three explosions happened in quick succession near the Palestine, Babil and Al-Hamrra hotels, the Iraqi official said. Some news organizations have offices in the Palestine and Al-Hamrra hotels. | NEW: More than 70 also hurt in three vehicle bombings in Baghdad . NEW: Blasts targeted hotels in Iraqi capital . |
Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- An unintentional fireworks explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Thursday, injuring five civilians who were working with a local non-governmental organization, a Lebanese interior security forces source told CNN. The blast, which occurred around 8 p.m. (1 p.m. ET), left a crater on fire next to Martyr's Square. Those hurt were working with the fireworks for a celebration on Thursday, which is Army Day in Lebanon, when a large firework never launched and instead exploded on the ground, the security forces source said. They'd been working on a grassy area, which is one reason that there was no significant damage to nearby buildings, despite the substantial size of the blast. Ambulance crews and firefighters converges on the scene, the latter trying to put out flames that had spread into the grass. Watch: Fireworks disasters . | An accidental fireworks explosion rocks downtown Beirut . 5 who'd been working with the fireworks are hurt, a security forces source says . A large firework never launched and exploded on the ground, he adds . |
(CNN) -- Rubber ducky, you ARE the one -- the chosen one, that is, for this year's induction into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The rubber duck shares the honor with the game of chess as a fellow 2013 inductee, announced today on the hall's website. Inductees are selected on the basis of several factors including icon-status, longevity and innovation. Rubber duck and chess squeaked and check mated past 10 other finalists, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pac-Man and My Little Pony to win this year's honor. Toys previously inducted into the Hall of Fame include Monopoly (1998), roller Skates (1999), jack-in-the-box (2005) and last year's inductees: Star Wars action figures and dominoes. The National Toy Hall of Fame is in Rochester, New York. Which toy got your vote? Tell us on CNN Living's Facebook page, or on Twitter @CNNLiving. | The National Toy Hall of Fame inducted two toys from 12 finalists . This year's inductees: the rubber duck and chess . Finalists included Pac-Man, NERF toys and My Little Pony . |
(CNN Student News) -- January 20, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Syria . Italy . Tampa, Florida . 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 . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(CNN) -- Edward Gough Whitlam, the former Australian Prime Minister who strengthened ties abroad, has died, the Australian government said Monday. At 98 years old, he was the longest-lived Prime Minister in Australia's history. He served as the country's 21st Prime Minister, from 1972 to 1975. "We remember his lifetime of service to Australia in the Royal Australian Air Force, as a parliamentarian, as Prime Minister and as an ambassador," the government announcement said. "Gough Whitlam was a giant of his time." Under his leadership, Australia entered into a number of international agreements that shaped Australia's economy. Whitlam established diplomatic relations between Australia and China, and was the first Australian Prime Minister to visit there, according to the government statement. China is now Australia's largest trading partner. People we've lost in 2014 . | Former Australian Prime Minister Edward Gough Whitlam has passed away . Whitlam, who was 98, was Australia's longest-lived Prime Minister . He is remembered for the international links he created . |
(CNN Student News) -- February 15, 2013 . Download a PDF map related to today's show: . Mobile, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia. 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 . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(CNN) -- Dark smoke rose from the upper floors of Radio France's headquarters in Paris on Friday as a fire prompted an evacuation of the building. There were no reports of injuries, Radio France spokeswoman Marine Billoir said. Firefighters eventually extinguished the flames, reported France Info radio, part of Radio France. The fire started in an unoccupied section that was under construction, Billoir said. Information on what caused the fire wasn't immediately available. Pictures distributed by Agence France-Presse and Getty Images showed smoke billowing out of several upper-floor windows of the circular facility. Photos on social media also showed smoke rising above the Paris skyline, visible from some distance. | NEW: Firefighters put out flames at Radio France's headquarters in Paris . NEW: There were no reports of injuries . The fire started in part of the building that was unoccupied and under construction . It wasn't immediately clear what started the fire . |
(CNN) -- A gunman shot four people in Greenville, North Carolina, before being shot by police, Mayor Allen Thomas told CNN. Shortly before noon, the gunman approached and shot one person in a parking lot at the Kellum Law Firm and then three people in the parking lot of a Walmart, police said. The man, armed with a shotgun, was walking through the Walmart parking lot when he disobeyed police orders to drop the weapon, police said. He fired the shotgun at police officers, who returned fired and shot him, police said. Even after he was wounded, the gunman refused to comply with police commands to surrender, and officers used the cover of a vehicle to approach and arrest him, police said. The victims were transported to a hospital. Their conditions and that of the gunman were not known. The incident occurred near Landmark Street and Greenville Boulevard, police said. | A man with a shotgun shoots one person in a Greenville law firm parking lot . He then shoots three people in a Walmart parking lot . He is shot by police after he disobeys orders to drop the weapon . |
(CNN Student News) -- November 18, 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . New York City . Azerbaijan . 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 . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor James Farentino, whose television acting career began in the early 1960s, died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, according to a hospital spokeswoman. He was 73. No other details about Farentino's death on Tuesday could be released because of federal health privacy laws, hospital spokeswoman Sally Stewart said. The Brooklyn, New York, native won the 1967 "Most Promising Newcomer" Golden Globe. He was nominated for a best supporting actor Emmy in 1978 for his portrayal of Simon Peter in the TV mini-series "Jesus of Nazareth." His 50-year acting career included more than 100 TV roles, including as the father of George Clooney's character in "ER." Farentino also appeared on stage and the big screen, including the military science-fiction film "The Final Countdown" in 1980. People we've lost in 2012: The lives they lived . CNN's Jane Caffrey contributed to this report. | Farentino's acting resume includes more than 100 TV roles . He played the father of George Clooney's character in TV's "ER" Farentino won the 1967 "Most Promising Newcomer" Golden Globe . |
(CNN)Are you a female artist or designer? If so, CNN International is looking for your help with a voluntary project for International Women's Day on March 8. We asked our audience, our journalists and our partners around the world to select the quotes by women that inspire them. We've been inundated with quotes -- and now we need your help to bring them to life by creating beautiful illustrations. If you would like to help promote the inspiring words of women and have your work seen by CNN's global audience, please email [email protected] by Wednesday, February 4. We'll send you a quote and all the information you will need to produce your illustration. Your work could appear in a gallery on CNN.com and on a CNN International Women's Day Pinterest board. | Are you a female artist or designer? CNN needs your help for a voluntary International Women's Day project . We'd like you to illustrate the inspiring words of a great woman . Your work could be seen by CNN's global audience . |
(CNN) -- A Virginia Military Institute cadet has been charged with rape and sodomy after a female cadet reported she was the victim of sexual assault. Stephen J. Lloyd, 21, is being held in the Rockbridge Regional Jail in Lexington, Virginia, according to a spokesman for the Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office. The alleged assault took place over the weekend, VMI superintendent retired Gen. J.H. Binford Peay said in a statement, and Lloyd was arrested by VMI police on Tuesday. "After the female cadet made her report, the systems and procedures that are in place to address the safety of all cadets and to provide support were immediately placed into operation," Peay said in the statement. The case has been referred to the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney and the state's criminal justice system, Peay said. Of VMI's 1,428 cadets, 111 are women, school spokesman Lt. Col. Stewart MacInnis told CNN affiliate WSLS-TV. | Accused cadet is being held in the Rockbridge Regional Jail in Lexington, Virginia . The alleged assault took place over the weekend . Case has been referred to the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney . |
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London, England (CNN)Ever had a question that you wanted to ask to Nneka? Now's your chance! CNN's African Voices will sit down with the soulful singer on Monday, 23 February -- and we want to hear from you. Send in your questions by leaving a comment below or using the hashtag #AskNneka on Twitter, and we'll put the best of them to the Nigerian artist, who is now back with new music -- her latest track "My Love, My Love," was released in early 2015 has the distinct sound and influence of one of her heroes, Bob Marley. Watch this space for the full interview! More: Nneka tells of love, injustice in Nigeria . More from African Voices . | CNN interviews Nneka Egbuna, a Nigerian-German singer/songwriter Monday . What questions do you have for fabulous soul singer? Send them to CNN via the hashtag #AskNneka or in the comments below! |
Lac-Megantic, Quebec (CNN) -- Five more bodies have been recovered from the scene of runaway train disaster in Quebec, raising the death toll to 33, a Canadian provincial police official said Saturday. The bodies were pulled from where a train crashed in the town of Lac-Megantic, Capt. Michel Forget said. More than two dozen people are still believed to be missing, and the explosion and subsequent fire following the train derailment may have vaporized some of the victims, authorities have said. Investigators are working to determine how the train, parked in nearby Nantes, began rolling toward Lac-Megantic after midnight on Saturday, July 6 -- unbeknownst to dispatchers and rail traffic controllers. Most of the 73-car train derailed in the center of the town, and tank cars full of oil exploded and burned. | Death toll in the train disaster in Lac-Megantic rises to 33, police say . More than two dozen people are still believed missing . It's possible some of the victims were vaporized in an explosion . |
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- An explosion at an Indonesian navy ammunition warehouse near Jakarta killed one person and injured dozens of others, authorities said. The blast took place Wednesday morning at the warehouse on an island off the Tanjung Priok port complex in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, the military said. Most of the 87 people injured were responding to the fire, said military spokesman Rear Adm. Iskandar Situmpol. Situmpol said the possible cause of the explosion was an electrical short circuit that first caused a fire. | The blast takes place on an island off a Jakarta port complex . Official: The explosion was caused by an electrical short circuit . |
London, England (CNN) -- Passengers on a British Airways flight from London to Hong Kong got a scare this week when a recorded announcement said the plane was making an emergency landing. The recording, however, was triggered by a computer glitch -- not by an actual emergency -- and the cabin crew immediately told passengers it had been a mistake, a BA spokesman said Friday. "We would like to apologize to passengers onboard the flight for causing them undue distress," the airline said in a statement. The Sun newspaper reported it happened as the plane, carrying 275 passengers, was over the North Sea. It quoted one passenger who said people were terrified to hear the recording, which said, "This is an emergency announcement. We may shortly need to make an emergency landing on water." CNN's Bharati Naik contributed to this report. | The recording said the plane was making an emergency landing . Cabin crew immediately told passengers it had been a mistake . It happened on a British Airways flight between London and Hong Kong . |
(CNN) -- At least 40 people were killed in an airstrike on a key hospital in the besieged city of Aleppo, a rebel leader there told CNN. Ralib al-Omar, with the Yusif al-Asma rebel group, said the attack targeted the Dar al-Shifa Hospital and that the dead included two nurses. The hospital is one of the main sources of medical help for people in Syria's commercial hub. Video posted by activists showed a collapsed building adjacent to the hospital. The blast appeared to have hit the hospital's front lobby, which is often crowded with patients, civilians and rebels. The hospital had been attacked this year when an artillery shell hit its maternity ward. | The dead include two nurses, says rebel leader . Dar al-Shifa Hospital is a primary source of medical help in Syria's commercial hub . Its maternity ward had been attacked earlier in the year . |
(CNN) -- Disney has announced the return of "Toy Story" with a fourth installment due out in 2017, according to the official fan site D23.com. Chairman and CEO Bob Iger said during Disney's quarterly earnings call Thursday that the flicks starring Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Mr. Potato Head aren't finished, contrary to chatter after "Toy Story 3" wrapped up the trilogy with an emotional ending in 2010. Director John Lasseter, who made the first movie, will return to direct "Toy Story 4," according to D23. "Toy Story" debuted in 1995 and starred Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Don Rickles. It was famously touted as the first computer-animated feature film. The third "Toy Story" movie grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, according to industry tracker Box Office Mojo. Paul Reubens teases long-rumored 'Pee-Wee' movie . | Disney's "Toy Story" is returning for a fourth installment in 2017 . John Lasseter, who directed the first movie, will return to helm the fourth . "Toy Story 3" grossed more than $1 billion at the box office worldwide . |
(CNN) -- Sepp Blatter's controversial comments about racism in football are the latest in a long line of incidents that have embarrassed the FIFA president in the past decade. From matters such as accusations of financial mismanagement and corruption at world football's governing body, to his infamous declarations on homosexuality, women footballers, marital infidelity and sporting slavery, the 75-year-old is rarely out of the headlines. Blatter, now in his fourth and final term of office, has vowed to clean up FIFA's image but his legacy will forever be tainted by his public outbursts. CNN takes a look at some of his more memorable statements, and the controversial moments of his reign as head of one of the planet's most powerful organizations. Blatter: There is no on-field racism in football . | FIFA president sparks anger by declaring that racism is not an on-pitch problem . Sepp Blatter has a history of causing controversy with his public comments . World football's ruling body has been tainted by charges of corruption during his reign . |
(CNN) -- Six people, including two children and the suspected shooter, were found dead in Greenwood County, South Carolina, an official said Tuesday night. All died from gunshot wounds, said Greenwood County Sheriff Tony Davis. Authorities believe it's a "domestic-related incident." The crime scene was along Callison Highway, according to South Carolina Law Enforcement Division spokesman Tom Berry. Four crime scene investigators and three regional agents from that agency have been sent there to assist local authorities, Berry added. About 80 miles west of the state capital of Columbia, Greenwood County has roughly 70,000 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. | Children and the suspected shooter are among the dead . All died from gunshot wounds, a sheriff says . Greenwood County is located about 80 miles west of the state capital of Columbia . |
(CNN) -- Eighteen people were killed and 43 seriously injured after the bus they were traveling in plunged into a ravine in a mountainous area south of the Indonesian capital, authorities said. The crash took place Wednesday morning in Puncak, West Java, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the national disaster agency. The passengers on the bus were members of different churches in Jakarta who were returning from a retreat. The cool, mountainous area of Puncak is a popular holiday destination for Jakarta residents. Nugroho said there were indications that the driver lost control of the bus after its brakes stopped working. The bus then rammed into a parked truck and fell into the ravine, he said. The injured are being treated in hospitals in the area. The rugged area is prone to road accidents, and road safety is generally poor in most parts of Indonesia. | The crash took place Wednesday in Puncak, West Java, authorities say . The bus was carrying members of churches from Jakarta . They were returning from a retreat in the mountainous area . There are indications the brakes stopped working, an official says . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An attack in eastern Afghanistan killed four NATO service members and 12 others Tuesday. The Czech Defense Ministry said the four soldiers killed were Czech nationals. The soldiers were patrolling an area in Bagram when a suicide bomber on a bicycle detonated his explosives vest, said Wahid Sediqi, a spokesman for the governor of Parwan province. In addition to the service members, the blast killed two Afghan police officers and 10 civilians. Eight others, including a child, were wounded, Sediqi said. The Taliban claimed responsibility. Children among 10 people killed by rocket attacks in Afghanistan . Afghan police officer wounds 2 coalition members . CNN's Ivana Kottasova contributed to this report . | The four soldiers killed were Czech nationals . The soldiers were on patrol when they were attacked . Official: A suicide bomber in bicycle detonated his explosives vest . |
(CNN) -- Sprint-king Usain Bolt showed he could again prove dominant in the sprint distances by running the fastest 100-meters of the year in Daegu, Korea on Wednesday. The Jamaican, who is world and Olympic champion -- as well as world record holder -- in both the 100m and 200m recovered from a slow start to power to an explosive time of 9.86 seconds. Compatriot Michael Frater was almost three-tenths of a second slower in 10.15 seconds, while American Mike Rodgers finished in third place. New American hope Travis Padgett, who many believe can run Bolt close this season, trailed home in a disappointing fifth position. Bolt will next race in the 200m in Sunday's Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, China. | Usain Bolt runs the fastest 100-meters of 2010 in a meeting in Daegu, Korea . The Jamaican world and Olympic champion clocks a time of 9.86 seconds . Bolt will next race in the 200m in Sunday's Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, China . |
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China's first lunar probe landed on the moon in a controlled collision Sunday, marking the first phase of the nation's three-stage moon mission, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The second stage involves sending a second probe to practice soft landings, the Xinhua news agency said. The mission will culminate with the launch and landing of a rover on the moon to collect mineral samples in 2012. The probe -- Chang'e-1, named after a legendary moon goddess -- launched into space 16 months ago on October 24, 2007. China became only the third nation, after the United States and Russia, to send a manned spacecraft into orbit. It did so in October 2003. | Chang'e-1 ends its 16-month mission with controlled collision on moon surface . Xinhua: Second stage involves sending second probe to practice soft landings . Third stage involves landing of rover . China becomes only third nation to send manned spacecraft into orbit . |
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