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Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- Calling it the most painful injury she has ever had to face, American skier Lindsey Vonn, a medal favorite in five events, has cast doubt on whether she will be able to compete in the upcoming Winter Olympics. "Yeah, that's a possibility," she said when asked at a news conference on Wednesday as to whether a shin injury might keep her out of action. Vonn, a two-time World Cup champion, said she injured her right shin when she fell in practice while in Austria recently. The top of the boot hit her shin at "pretty much the worst place" it could, she said. "It's just a matter of dealing with the pain," she added, indicating there was no structural damage. "We have to see how it is this week," confirmed Vonn -- who added she had not taken any pain medicines while in Vancouver. | Lindsey Vonn cast doubts on whether she will be able to compete in the Winter Olympics . The American Alpine skier is struggling to recover from a shin injury . Vonn said she injured her right shin when she fell in practice while in Austria . |
Rapper Andre Johnson severed his penis and jumped from a Los Angeles apartment building early Wednesday, police said. Johnson was seriously injured, but survived the fall from the second level of the building in North Hollywood, Los Angeles Police Sgt. William Mann said. Johnson, along with his recovered penis, was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was being treated, Mann said. Details about what triggered the incident were not available. Johnson has been a member of Northstar, a Long Beach, California, hip hop group that was part of the Wu-Tang Clan family, according to the Wu-Tang Clan website. He performs under the name Christ Bearer. His recording credits include "When the Guns Come Out," which was included on the soundtrack of the 2004 film "Blade: Trinity," according to the Internet Movie Database. | Andre Johnson is seriously injured, but survives the fall . He is taken along with his recovered penis to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center . Johnson was a member of North Star, a Wu-Tang Clan affiliated hip hop group . He performs under the name Christ Bearer . |
If you thought Apple and North were bizarre baby names, it seems that HBO's hit fantasy series "Game of Thrones" has spurred Americans to name their babies some strange ones. According to data from the Social Security Administration, in 2012, there were 146 female babies born named Khaleesi — the title given to Emilia Clarke's character in "Game of Thrones" after she marries a Dothraki leader in season 1. 'Game of Thrones': Full coverage on EW . This trumps some more common female names such as Brandy (130) and Alex (128). Khaleesi's given name, Daenerys, wasn't quite as popular but still garnered 21 namesakes. With the recent news that "Game of Thrones" was renewed for two more years, hopefully we'll get some even more bizarre names like Ygritte and Bran in the years to come. See the original story at EW.com. | HBO's "Game of Thrones" is inspiring baby names . According to SSA data, 146 baby girls were named Khaleesi in 2012 . That makes the name more popular than more common names like Brandy . |
(CNN) -- Egyptian presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh was carjacked and beaten late Thursday as he was returning from a conference, his campaign manager said. Aboul Fotouh was being driven on a highway when a car carrying masked gunmen intercepted him, said Ali Behnasawy, the campaign manager. The suspects pulled the driver out of the car and beat him with their guns. Aboul Fotouh tried to intervene and he was also beaten, Behnasawy said. The gunmen then stole the car and fled. Aboul Fotouh was taken to a hospital and was in an intensive care unit because of a head injury, the campaign manager said. Aboul Fotouh, a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood, announced his candidacy last year in the presidential election scheduled for June. | Masked gunmen beat Aboul Fotouh and his driver . The presidential candidate was taken to a hospiital . |
Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi walks Anjali Rao through the streets of Tokyo. She stunned global cinema audiences with her controversial and Oscar-nominated performance as a lonely deaf girl in the film "Babel." Rinko Kikuchi is one of Japan's hottest young actresses and models, recently working with Karl Lagerfeld as the new face of Channel. Despite her success, she remains an unconventional figure in Japan, at odds with the traditional demure image of the Japanese woman and forging a career on her own terms. Talk Asia follows her on a modelling assignment, discusses how her life has changed since "Babel" and revisits the unique location of one of the film's most important scenes. E-mail to a friend . | Rinko Kikuchi was Oscar-nominated for her performance in the film "Babel" She has recently worked with Karl Lagerfeld as the new face of Channel . She challenges the traditional demure image of the Japanese woman . |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A three-vehicle crash north of New York killed eight people, including four children, state police said on Sunday. One of the vehicles in the three-vehicle wreck was heading the wrong direction, police said. A fifth child is being treated for injuries suffered in the crash near Pleasantville, about 30 miles north of New York. Police initially reported no survivors. The crash happened when a minivan carrying the five children and one adult was heading the wrong way on a northbound lane of the Taconic State Parkway, police said. It crashed head-on into an SUV carrying three adults. The minivan then careened into a third vehicle before rolling over and bursting into flames, state police said. Watch investigators examine wreckage » . The two adults in the third vehicle were being treated for minor injuries, police said. | Police: Four children, four adults killed in crash 30 miles north of New York . Three other people, including one child, being treated for injuries . Police: Wreck involved three vehicles, including one going the wrong direction . |
(CNN) -- Germaphobes, take heed: This video may be your worst nightmare. Posted Monday to YouTube, it features a parade of wedding guests taking turns swigging from a bottle of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky taped to a GoPro camera. The beaming couple's groomsmen, bridesmaids, family and friends each down a bit of the liquid courage, culminating in the bride taking the last sip. It was being widely shared online Tuesday. It's not clear from the clip when or where the wedding took place. But it's a sweet show of support for the couple that features drinkers young and old -- and some guy holding a baby. Can you feel the love ... and the burn? . | GoPro camera taped to a bottle of Fireball captures wedding guests swigging . Comments on YouTube focused on whether guests were exchanging germs . |
(CNN Student News) -- September 14, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Egypt; Libya; Democratic Republic of Congo . Yemen . New York City; Chicago, Illinois . 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 . |
A lockdown imposed Tuesday afternoon at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has been lifted, according to the school's Twitter account. Students and staff at the university had been asked to take shelter earlier Tuesday afternoon while police investigated a report of an armed person on campus. According to the school's Twitter account and website, students were to "remain in shelter location until an All Clear is received." That all-clear message came at 4:36 p.m. "Now returning campus to normal operations," the tweet read. The school did not say whether any gunman had been found. About 30,000 students go to the school in Indianapolis. | Gunman had been reported at Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis . Campus all-clear issued hours after it was put on lockdown . University did not say whether a gunman was found . |
(CNN) -- London's Metropolitan Police confirmed that officers from the police's Counter Terrorism Command, SO15, have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism. Though they are not yet releasing details on the charges or the man's name, Scotland Yard said the man was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on Saturday and remains in custody at a police station in South London. Scotland Yard also said the arrest is not in response to any immediate risk or threat. Police have searched an address in Camden, a northern borough of London, though no information is being released on that search at this point. From CNN's Joseph Netto. | 19-year-old was man arrested at London's Heathrow Airport . The man was arrested on suspicion of preparing for terrorist acts . Scotland Yard said arrest is not in response to any immediate risk or threat . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan Monday killed 14 people, including three NATO service members and four Afghan police, and wounded 57 others, a spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry said. The bomber targeted a joint patrol of ISAF forces and Afghan police, using an explosives-packed motorcycle, according to Sediq Seddiqi, a spokesman for the ministry, which condemned the attack. NATO's International Security Assistance Force confirmed the attack, saying three ISAF service members and their interpreter died in a bombing in eastern Afghanistan Monday. Their nationalities of the ISAF forces were not immediately available. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack, saying a suicide bomber had killed eight foreign forces and six Afghan security forces. The Taliban regularly reports higher casualty figures than either NATO or the Afghan government. CNN's Esprit Smith contributed to this report. | The Taliban claims responsibility for the attack . The nationalities of the NATO service members were not immediately available . The bomber rode an explosives-packed motorcycle, an Afghan official says . |
(CNN Student News) -- April 20, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . India . Gulf of Mexico; Littleton, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Tennessee . 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) -- Men with knives attacked travelers at the Guangzhou Train Station Plaza in southern China, injuring six people, police said Tuesday. All of the injured were taken to the hospital for treatment. Police said they shot and captured one of the attackers. The incident comes less than a week after bombing and knife attacks at a rail station in western China killed one person and injured nearly 80 others, Xinhua reported. Two suspects, described as religious extremists, also died. The attacks took place Wednesday at Urumqi South Railway Station in restive Xinjiang province. Police said "knife-wielding mobs" attacked people at one of the station's exits following an explosion. There has been a rise in separatist violence in the autonomous region in the northwest of the country. | The violence took place at a railway station in Guangzhou city in southern China . A bombing at a station in western China last week killed one and injured about 80 . There has been a rise in separatist violence in restive Xinjiang province . |
Washington (CNN) -- A cancer with no place in the 21st Century. A poison opposed with "every breath in our body." Talk is tough against ISIS, the Sunni jihadists rampaging through Syria and northern Iraq, following the group's release of a video showing the beheading American journalist James Foley. But what is the international community actually doing? Here is a breakdown by country of steps taken or announced: . United States . More than two years after President Barack Obama brought home combat troops from a lengthy war in Iraq, a new mission creeps upward. | President Obama calls for friends and allies to take on the ISIS threat . U.S. air strikes are the most significant foreign military role so far . Germany, France and Italy pledge military aid to Iraq; Britain may send trainers . Syria also bombs ISIS forces, but Washington rejects any common fight . |
(CNN) -- Two people were killed and around 100 were injured when a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck central Serbia overnight, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said Wednesday. The earthquake happened at 1:56 a.m. (just before 9 p.m. ET). The epicenter was near the city of Kraljevo, about 80 miles south of the capital, Belgrade. Serbia's interior minister visited Kraljevo Wednesday to inspect the damage. Many buildings were damaged, including the hospital in Kraljevo, but no patients were hurt, the ministry said, adding parts of the city were without electricity or water. | Around 100 were injured . The quake happened just before 2 a.m. (9 p.m. ET) Its epicenter was in central Serbia . |
Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- A passenger vehicle plunged off a cliff into a river in western Nepal Tuesday, killing 14 people, police said. The accident occurred in Myagdi district, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) west of Kathmandu. The victims were identified as seven men and seven women, a police officer told CNN. The passengers were pilgrims going to Muktinath -- a holy site for both Hindus and Buddhists -- in western Nepal near the Chinese border. The cause of the accident is not immediately known. Overcrowding, poor roads, poor condition of vehicles and the treacherous terrain cause frequent accidents in the mountains of Nepal. | The passenger vehicle went into a river . The cause of the accident is unknown . The passengers were traveling to a holy site in western Nepal . |
(CNN) -- At least 14 people, including 10 students, were killed when a Syrian fighter jet bombed a high school in northern Syria, opposition activists said. Dozens of others were wounded at the High School of Commerce, which is located in a rebel-controlled area of Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees of Syria said. The death is expected to rise due to the seriousness of the injuries, the opposition activists said. Graphic amateur video posted by activists showed dismembered body parts strewn across the high school. Blood was spattered on the sidewalk and the walls of the building. CNN cannot independently verify the authenticity of the video . There was no immediate response from the Syrian government through its state-run media. The United Nations says more than 100,000 people, including many civilians, have been killed in Syria's two-year-old civil war. | Opposition activists: The high school was in rebel-controlled territory . Amateur video shows body parts strewn about . There was no immediate response from the Syrian regime through state-run media . |
(CNN) -- More than 30 people are missing after a boat carrying 97 Indonesians sank in waters off Malaysia's west coast, Indonesian authorities said. The vessel, reportedly carrying undocumented migrant workers heading for Aceh in Indonesia, capsized after leaving Carey Island in Malaysia's Selangor state on Wednesday morning, the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said 60 people have been rescued so far, and five bodies have been recovered. However, authorities say the rescue effort is being hampered by low tides. Indonesia's Deputy Ambassador to Malaysia is en route to the scene near Banting in the Strait of Malacca. U.S. Navy rescues 282 apparent migrants in Mediterranean . | 60 people rescued from sea . 5 bodies have been recovered, more than 30 others still missing . Boat capsized in waters off Malaysia's west coast, authorities said . |
(CNN) -- Looks like your iPads and Mac will be getting freshened up in time for the holiday shopping season. Apple on Wednesday sent invitations to media members for next Thursday under the headline, "It's been way too long." Last October, Apple unveiled the thinner and lighter iPad Air and a revamped iPad Mini. The company also used the event to roll out its then-latest Mac operating system, OS X Mavericks. It also updated its MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptops. But Apple's desktop Mac line hasn't gotten a thorough update since June 2013. Most Apple analysts expect to see new Macs at the event, which will be held at Apple's Cupertino, Calif., campus. There's also been talk of a bigger iPad, coming a month after the rollout of bigger iPhones. Some reports have predicted an "iPad Pro" with a massive 12.9-inch screen. | Apple announces October 16 event . New iPads, Macs are expected . Apple could release a huge new iPad . |
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- A series of jewelry store robberies in Baghdad on Sunday led to clashes with police and left at least seven people dead, according to police in the Iraqi capital. Among the killed were three store owners and two police officers. Two of the 10 gunmen, who stormed three jewelry stores in western Baghdad's al-Mansour neighborhood, were also killed as they tried to flee the area. The robbers took gold and cash, and eight remain at large. Iraqi security forces have sealed off the area as they continue to investigate. The al-Mansour neighborhood, the site of frequent insurgent attacks, and has seen a great deal of violence since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Authorities believe insurgents are behind some recent robberies to fund their operations. In May, 14 people died in Baghdad's Bayaa neighborhood where a group of gunmen mounted an 11-store robbery spree. | Gunmen storm jewelry stores in Baghdad's al-Mansour neighborhood . At least seven people are dead, including three store owners . Gunmen fled with cash and gold after clashes with police . |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Singer Natalie Cole underwent kidney transplant surgery at a Los Angeles, California, hospital Tuesday, according to a statement from her publicist. Natalie Cole holds one of the Grammys she received in February for "Still Unforgettable." Cole, daughter of legendary singer-actor Nat King Cole, has been receiving kidney dialysis three times a week since September, the statement said. Cole was "resting comfortably" at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, it said. "Ms. Cole's physicians have advised her to postpone her summer tour dates as she recuperates for the next three to four months," it said. Rescheduled concert dates will be announced soon for Cole's tour, which is in support of her current double-Grammy-winning CD, "Still Unforgettable." | Natalie Cole underwent kidney transplant surgery Tuesday . Singer has been receiving kidney dialysis since September . Grammy-winning Cole scheduled a tour for CD "Still Unforgettable" |
(PEOPLE.com) -- K.D. Lang and her girlfriend are calling it quits. Lang, 50, filed legal documents to end her domestic partnership with Jamie Price, who's been her partner for nearly nine years. Lang filed for dissolution of domestic partnership, citing irreconcilable differences, according to the papers filed on December 28 and obtained by PEOPLE. A rep for Lang did not respond to request for comment. The couple met through their mutual Buddhist teacher, according to New York Magazine. News of the longtime musician's filing was first reported by TMZ. See the full article at PEOPLE.com. © 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | K.D. Lang filed legal documents to end her domestic partnership . Jamie Price has been her partner for nearly nine years . The couple met through their mutual Buddhist teacher . |
(CNN) -- It's a bromance we never saw coming: Paul Simon and Sting will embark on a tour of North America together early next year. The two, who spilled the news to The New York Times ahead of Tuesday's official announcement, show plenty of chemistry in the article, teasing each other and fondly recalling their first gig together, at a fundraiser this spring for the Robin Hood Foundation. "After we finished [the set]," Simon tells the Times, "we both looked at each other and said: 'Wow. That's pretty interesting.' " "Paul Simon and Sting: On Stage Together" will kick off in February, and feature the two playing their hits in combination and on their own. Tickets go on sale a week from Tuesday. See the original story at EW. | Paul Simon and Sting announce a tour of North America . It will kick off in early 2014 . Tickets go on sale soon . |
(EW.com) -- Gwyneth Paltrow will be singing Cee Lo Green's "F-- You" on "Glee" in two weeks, Fox confirmed. I maintain this is a better song for Mr. Schue, but I'm officially curious. Perhaps it will be country strong! The song is going to be sanitized to "Forget You," which is so substantially less catchy, and seeing the world's poshest human sing about not being able to afford a Ferrari will provide some interesting cultural dissonance. But there's a part of me that thinks this could be kind of adorable? If she is all sassy and campy about it? And it's sort of joke-y? Hm. See the full article on EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2010 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | The song is going to be sanitized to "Forget You" Paltrow will be appearing on "Glee" in two weeks, Fox confirmed . In "Country Strong," Paltrow sang four songs herself . |
Mount Ontake erupted late Saturday morning, sending a plume of smoke and ash into the sky, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. At least three people have been injured, said a task force in Otaki village, just south of the volcano. They have observed 17-20 inches (40-50 centimeters) of volcanic ash covering the ground. Local authorities said there were roughly 150 hikers in the area at the time, according to the agency, which raised the Volcanic Alert Level for Ontake from 1 to 3. 'Volcanic unrest' shakes California . The public is advised to not approach the volcano, and police and firefighters have deployed to help hikers near the summit. About 250 people living near the mountain have decided to remain in their homes, police said. The volcano last erupted in 2007. It is located about 155 miles (250 kilometers) west of Tokyo. 10 of the world's most photogenic volcanoes . | A nearby village task force reports 16-20 inches of ash on the ground . Local authorities say there were about 150 hikers in the area when Ontake erupted . The Volcanic Alert Level has been raised from 1 to 3 . The volcano last erupted in 2007 . |
(CNN) -- A 3.4-magnitude earthquake rumbled through northern California early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake hit 5 miles southwest of Napa, the center of California's famed wine country. There are no reports of damage so far, the Napa County Sheriff's Office said. It comes a week after a 6.0-magnitude quake -- the strongest in northern California in a quarter of a century -- struck the same area on August 24. Last week's quake injured dozens, damaged historic buildings in downtown Napa and turned fireplaces into rubble. It also caused at least $1 billion in property damage in Napa and other communities. The two earthquakes were a little over a mile from each other. | There are reports of damage so far, the Napa County Sheriff's Office says . The quake hit 5 miles southwest of Napa . It comes a week after a 6.0-magnitude quake struck the same area . |
(CNN) -- Arthur was downgraded from a hurricane to a post-tropical storm on Saturday, as its sustained winds dropped to 85 mph, according to CNN meteorologists. Tropical storm warnings previously issued for Nantucket and Cape Cod have been discontinued. The first named storm of this hurricane season caused street flooding and knocked out power along the North Carolina coast. The area appears to have been spared from large-scale damage. The center of Arthur is forecast to pass over or near western Nova Scotia on Saturday while also bringing heavy rain to New England, CNN meteorologists said. The coast of Maine can expect 40 mph winds as Arthur passes. The hurricane center warns that potentially deadly rip currents can still form at beaches from the mid-Atlantic northward, even though Arthur may be far away. See Images as CNN crews cover Hurricane Arthur . CNN's Greg Botelho contributed to this report. | Arthur weakens to a post-tropical storm early Saturday . Tropical storm warnings for parts of the Northeast are dropped . Parts of New England can expect heavy rain Saturday . |
(CNN) -- Actor-director Mel Gibson and his girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, are the new parents of a daughter named Lucia, his spokesman confirmed to CNN. No other details were released about the baby, who was born Friday at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles, California. Baby Lucia is the eighth child for Gibson, 53, and the second for Grigorieva, 39. Gibson has six sons and a daughter from his marriage to his wife of 30 years, Robyn. The couple filed for divorce in April. Grigorieva has a son with her former boyfriend, actor Timothy Dalton. In August, the singer said she and Gibson have no immediate plans for marriage. "We don't know yet," Grigorieva said of any impending nuptials. "We haven't really talked about it." | Grigorieva gave birth Friday in Los Angeles, California . The baby, named Lucia, is his eighth and her second . In August, Grigorieva said the pair had no immediate plans to wed . |
(EW.com) -- Is putting naked and famous people in music videos the only way veteran indie bands can get attention anymore? Not long after the Flaming Lips got a Badu or two to get naked in their latest clip, Icelandic indie act Sigur Ros is unveiling a never-before-seen short film by Lars von Trier their new video for "Fjögur Píanó" — and it features a lot of Shia LaBeouf. Like, all of him. According the the press release, the Alma Har'el-directed video is meant to depict "a man and woman locked in a never-ending cycle of addiction and desire." Incidentally, it also depicts Shia LaBeouf's penis, so, you know. Click here to watch the NSFW video. See full story at EW.com. CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | Actor Shia LaBeauf appears in a new music video . The video for "Fjögur Píanó" features a full-frontal of LaBeauf . The song is by Icelandic indie group Sigur Ros . |
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(CNN) -- Adam Levine has a new title. "Sexiest Man Alive," according to People magazine. It's the first time the Maroon 5 frontman and coach on NBC's "The Voice" has been named the magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive." "As a musician, you have fantasies that you want to win Grammys, but I didn't really think that this was on the table," the singer told People. "I was just amazed and stunned and it almost seemed like they were kidding, but they weren't, so that's cool." In the People interview, Levine credited yoga and spinning with helping him keep up his stamina -- and physique. The magazine hits newsstands Friday. Adam Levine engaged to model Behati Prinsloo . Levine: Obviously, I don't really hate America . | Adam Levine is the lead singer of Maroon 5 . He also serves a judge on NBC's "The Voice" "As a musician, you have fantasies that you want to win a Grammy," he says . |
Beijing (CNN) -- A van carrying flammable liquid rammed into a bus in China early Saturday, sparking an explosion that left 43 people dead, state media reported. Both drivers were among the fatalities in the accident in Hunan Province, according to Xinhua news agency. Another person in the van was also killed. Six people were injured, four seriously, according to state-run CCTV. The fate of the other passengers is unclear. The bus had a capacity of 53 people, Xinhua said. The accident destroyed five cars. Authorities extinguished the fire, but a rescue effort is under way. CCTV also reported that the bus operator was blacklisted by local authorities for violating safety rules. | NEW: Six people are injured . The accident occurred in Hunan Province . A rescue effort is ongoing . |
At least 26 workers died in a blaze Tuesday at a Mexican gas facility near the Texas border, the state oil company Pemex said. Investigators were working to determine what caused the accident, which occurred near Reynosa, Mexico. Four of the dead were employees of the state oil company and 22 were contractors, Pemex said. The fire, which occurred after a blast at the facility, had been extinguished as of Tuesday afternoon, the company said in a Twitter post. "The fire is extinguished, and the situation is under control," Pemex said. Some pipes and valves were damaged, Pemex said. At the facility, gas is processed from Mexico's Burgos field. In recent years, explosions and fires have been reported after illegal tapping of the state oil company's pipelines. | Mexico's state oil company says 26 workers died . The blast occurred near Reynosa, Mexico . A fire that occurred after the blast has been extinguished, Pemex says . |
(CNN) -- Hundreds of people were evacuated Sunday amid flood concerns after a long-dormant volcano erupted beneath a glacier in south Iceland. It was the first time since 1821 that the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier has erupted. More than 600 people were evacuated as scientists monitored a fissure in the volcano from which lava was erupting. The fissure measured about 1,640 to 3,281 feet (500 to 1,000 meters). Despite the remote location of the eruption, if the fissure "develops further towards the glacier, the melting floodwater ... will create dangerous floods in a populated area in south Iceland," said Gudrun Johannesdottir, a project manager for Iceland's Joint Rescue and Coordination Center. The country's civil protection agency did not immediately record any injuries or damage. Eyjafjallajokull is about 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of the capital, Reykjavik. | NEW: Scientists concerned eruption could melt part of glacier, flood populated areas . First time since 1821 that the volcano under Eyjafjallajokull glacier has erupted . Eyjafjallajokull is about 100 miles east of Reykjavik . |
(CNN) -- A 34-year-old man is in custody in connection with a fatal subway incident over the weekend in New York City, police said Tuesday. A man was pushed to his death from the subway platform into the path of the D train on Sunday. Bronx resident Wai Kuen Kwok, 61, was killed by the incoming subway train, police said. Kwok's wife was with him and was taken to the hospital for trauma, though she was not physically injured. Kwok was standing on the platform at the subway station at 167th Street and Grand Concourse when he was apparently pushed. First responders arrived at about 8:45 a.m., and Kwok was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect then fled the station. As of late Tuesday, no charges have been filed, according to Lt. John Grimpel. CNN's David Shortell and Mariano Castillo contributed to this report. | No charges have been filed against a 34-year-old man being held . A man was pushed to his death from a subway platform . Bronx resident Wai Kuen Kwok, 61, was killed by the incoming train . |
(CNN) -- As Parisians head to the polls for a second round of municipal elections this Sunday, one of two women could become Paris' first "Madame le Maire". On the left is the Socialist candidate, Spanish-born Anne Hidalgo, 54, the deputy mayor under Paris' incumbent Bertrand Delanoë. On the right is Natalie Kosciusko-Morizet, 40, a former minister in Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right government. As women have long been underrepresented in French politics, this upcoming local election is expected to be an historic one. Today, women make up 26.9% of National Assembly députés, while in local politics they account for just 13.9%. Click on the flashing icons above to discover more about the two contenders going head to head in Paris' mayoral elections. Lauren Said-Moorhouse contributed to this piece. | Mayoral elections will be held in Paris this weekend . For the first time the two contenders battling it out for the role are both women . Socialist Anne Hidalgo is the frontrunner but rival Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet is closing the gap . |
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An American soldier in Iraq has been sentenced to two years in military prison on child pornography charges, the U.S. military said Tuesday. At a general court-martial Monday at Baghdad's Camp Victory, Army Pvt. James R. Bickerstaff pleaded guilty to attempted possession of child pornography and communicating indecent language to a child under 16. Bickerstaff also received a bad-conduct discharge. The soldier was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, in August 2006 when he "engaged in a discussion with a 12-year-old girl in an attempt to initiate physical contact of a sexual nature," the military said. In April and May, he downloaded pornographic videos to a personal laptop and an iPod and attempted to download child pornography, the military said. Bickerstaff is with Charlie Company, 1-16th Infantry Battalion, 787th Combat Service Support Battalion, 507th Corps Support Group, at Al Asad Air Base. E-mail to a friend . | Soldier stationed in Iraq convicted in court-martial . Private solicited sexual contact with girl, 12, military says . Soldier gets two years in military prison, bad-conduct discharge . |
(CNN) -- Thousands of people were protesting Tuesday outside the Romanian Parliament against an unpopular austerity plan presented by the government, the Romanian Interior Ministry said. Organizers and local police said there were about 5,000 people in front of Parliament. Romanian national police told CNN the crowd burned effigies of government ministers and that a crew of firemen had to put out the fire. Some 1,000 Romanian policemen were trying to keep the protesters from entering the building, the ministry said. The center-right Romanian government survived a confidence vote Tuesday in relation to the austerity measures by 8 votes, the Agerpress national news agency reported. CNN's Laura Perez-Maestro in London, England, contributed to this report. | About 5,000 protesters burned effigies outside parliament in Bucharest . Protesters demonstrating against planned government budget cuts . 1,000 Romanian policemen tried to stop the crowds entering the building . |
(CNN) -- A study commissioned by digital music service Spotify examined the relationship between music, romance and seduction. These soundtracks were top picks for both men and women, although the study's author, music psychologist Daniel Mullensiefen, also pointed out that men are more willing to adjust their tastes in music in order to ensure "greater success in the bedroom." Top 20 songs considered 'better than sex' . Top 20 tracks to play during sex . . Top 20 tracks for a romantic dinner . . Top 20 tracks to flirt on the dance floor . . Top 20 tracks to get 'in the mood' . | Spotify study: 40% say music is more arousing than touch . Digital music service created playlists to accompany report . |
(CNN) -- The Cleveland Clinic will announce Wednesday the successful completion of a near-total face transplant surgery, a clinic spokeswoman told CNN on Tuesday. Isabelle Dinoire underwent the first partial face transplant; shortly after her surgery (left) and 10 months later (right). In the surgery -- which was conducted two weeks ago by a team of eight surgeons at the Cleveland, Ohio, hospital -- 80 percent of the trauma patient's face was transplanted, the spokeswoman said. The forehead and chin were left intact. The surgery was the first such operation done in the United States. In 2005, French doctors performed the world's first partial face transplant on a 38-year-old woman who was disfigured when she was attacked by a dog. "I hope the successful operation will help other people like me to live again," said Isabelle Dinoire, the French woman who received a nose, lips and chin. | Cleveland Clinic to announce surgeons there performed the first U.S. face transplant . Trauma patient had 80 percent of her face transplanted two weeks ago . French woman Isabelle Dinoire received first partial face transplant in 2005 . |
(CNN) -- A riot at a Sri Lankan prison left 27 dead and 43 injured, officials said. Clashes broke out in the high-security prison in northern Colombo after special task force members began to check the prison for drugs, police said. Authorities used tear gas to try to quell the clashes, but prisoners were able to break through a wall and enter a prison armory. Authorities also deployed armored vehicles to help bring the situation under control, said Gajadeera. The riot will be investigated, said Prison Reforms Minister Chandrasiri Gajadeera. | The riot occurred at a prison located in the northern part of Colombo . The clashes started when authorities searched the prison for drugs . |
(CNN)The national flag of the United States of America can be found hanging off homes across the country, flapping atop Mount Everest and sitting on the moon's surface. Here are some of the most unique places iReporters have spotted America's stars and stripes. Have you seen the American flag in an unexpected place? Share your photos with CNN iReport for a chance to be featured. | iReporters share unusual spots they've seen the stars and stripes . The flag of the United States was first adopted on June 14, 1777 . |
In the widened wake of Friday's horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, The Weinstein Company has canceled Tuesday's planned Los Angeles premiere of "Django Unchained." "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in Newtown, CT and in this time of national mourning we have decided to forgo our scheduled event," said a Weinstein spokesperson in a statement. "However, we will be holding a private screening for the cast and crew and their friends and families." 'Star Trek 2' trailer: What's in it? The bloody exploitation homage to Italian westerns directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington is set to open in theaters Christmas Day. See the original article at EW.com. | The Weinstein Company has canceled Tuesday's Los Angeles premiere of "Django Unchained" Weinstein spokesperson: "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in Newtown" Instead, a private screening will be held for the cast and crew and their friends and families . |
Washington (CNN) -- The same weapon was used in three recent incidents of shots fired at military buildings, including the Pentagon, the FBI said. Tests at the FBI Laboratory showed that the Tuesday night shooting at a vacant Marine Corps Recruiting Station in Chantilly, Virginia, involved the same weapon as earlier similar incidents at the Pentagon and the National Museum of the Marine Corps, an FBI statement said. On Friday, the FBI said that more shots were fired overnight at the National Museum of the Marine Corps building in Triangle, Virginia. No one was injured in any of the earlier shooting incidents, which all involved shots fired into the buildings during overnight hours. The FBI Washington field office's Joint Terrorism Task Force is leading an investigation of the shootings. CNN's Carol Cratty contributed to this report. | NEW: More shots fired overnight at National Museum of Marine Corps, FBI says . Tests show same weapon was used in three earlier shootings . No one injured in those earlier shootings . An FBI task force is leading the investigation . |
Peshawar, Pakistan (CNN)At least 48 people were killed and dozens others injured Friday in what authorities said was a bombing at a Shiite Muslim mosque in southern Pakistan, according to a local hospital. The attack took place just before Friday prayers started in the city of Shikarpur in Sindh province, said Sharjeel Mamon, the city's information minister. Fifty people were injured, said to Shaukat Ali Memon, superintendent of the Civil Hospital in Shikarpur. The militant group Jundallah claimed responsibility for the attack, the group's spokesman Ahmad Marwat said in a statement. Pakistan is a majority Sunni Muslim country. Shiites make up about 10% to 15% of the country's population, according to the CIA World Factbook. Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif strongly condemned the killings and vowed to fight terrorism. | At least 50 people wounded in bombing of a Shiite mosque . The attack occurs just before Friday prayers . |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The IRS has issued a tax lien against singer Lionel Richie for unpaid taxes, the performer said through his publicist Friday. "I was recently made aware of the situation by my new team, and it's being handled immediately," said Richie, 62. The confirmation came on the same day that CBS was scheduled to later air "ACM Presents: Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert" after the Academy of Country Music Awards telecast. The concert is to include solo performances and duets with Richie, and is to feature a number of Richie hits from his country duets album "Tuskegee," which debuted last month. CNN's Rachel Wells contributed to this report. | The lien is for unpaid taxes . "It's being handled immediately," Richie says . |
(CNN) -- A U.S. military aircraft suffered a pressurization loss Saturday morning over the Atlantic Ocean, prompting it to be diverted "as a precaution," an Air Force spokesman said. The C-5, a military cargo plane carrying 25 passengers and crew, was 34,000 feet high "when the aircraft experienced a loss of pressurization shortly after 11 a.m.," said 1st Lt. Andre Bowser, a spokesman at Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts. The plane was supposed to go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, but instead was redirected to Westover, Bowser said. The C-5 was diverted to that base, where it is currently assigned, "for maintenance," he said. "No injuries were reported, and no in-flight emergency was declared," Bowser said. Video footage shot after 2 p.m. showed the C-5 on the ground in Massachusetts, with people leaving the aircraft. | NEW: The plane lands at a base in Massachusetts and people get off . A C-5 plane "experienced a loss of pressurization," military spokesman says . At that point, the aircraft was 34,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean . Spokesman: "No injuries were reported, and no in-flight emergency was declared" |
(CNN)Michael Peres is obsessed with photographing snowflakes with a microscope. He catches the snowflakes on a piece of black velvet, runs into his garage and places the delicate flakes on a microscope slide with a dissecting needle before they melt. Using envelopes or newspapers as background, he captures colors reflected in the magnified flakes. His hobby began 13 years ago, when the photography professor at Rochester Institute of Technology first began tinkering with how to capture the fleeting beauty of individual flakes before they melted. "I have a love-hate relationship with winter," said Peres, who has lived in Rochester, New York, for 30 years. "I hate shoveling and cleaning my car off, but there's no other way to photograph snowflakes if you're not in a place where it snows." Peres shares his photos of snowflakes and other objects on his Instagram account with the hashtag #tinythings. | Michael Peres loves photographing "very small things" He mounted his camera to a bellows to shoot images through a microscope . Peres has 30 seconds to 2 minutes to shoot, depending on the temperature . |
The U.S. House unanimously approved legislation on Tuesday to permit veterans experiencing long wait times for medical appointments to seek care at non-VA facilities. A similar measure has been proposed in the Senate, which could act later this week. An internal Veterans Affairs audit released on Monday found that tens of thousands of newly returning veterans wait at least 90 days for medical care, while even more who signed up in the agency system over the past 10 years never got an immediate appointment they requested. Scandal over delayed wait times has triggered a review of nearly 70 VA medical facilities nationwide by the agency's inspector general's office and forced the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki. Audit: More than 120,000 veterans waiting or never got care . Acting VA leader: Changes start with getting veterans appointments . | Proposal would allow veterans to use non-VA medical facilities . The plan would also end bonuses for VA staff for two years . The measure was approved unanimously, and a similar proposal is in Senate legislation . |
(CNN) -- At least 50 vehicles were involved in a wreck that hurt dozens of people and closed part of a highway in southeastern Texas on Thursday, authorities said. At least 54 people were taken to various medical centers, including four who were in critical condition, said Deputy Rod Carroll of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. Two vehicles caught fire, and several had heavy damage, he said. "We are very fortunate not to have any fatalities," Carroll added. "Not in my 23 years working have I seen anything like that." Poor visibility stemming from a mixture of fog and smoke probably caused the wreck, authorities said. Wildfires produced the smoke. A portion of state Highway 73, about 5 miles west of Port Arthur, was closed in both directions. | NEW: 54 people are injured in a vehicle pileup on a Texas highway . NEW: Four people remain in critical condition . NEW: Texas state Highway 73 is shut down after a pileup involving at least 50 vehicles . It was likely caused by poor visibility stemming from a mixture of smoke and fog . |
(CNN) -- "Two and a Half Men' is staging a "That '70s Show" reunion. CBS has announced that Mila Kunis, who previously played Jackie on the retro sitcom and in real life plays the role of significant other to series star Ashton Kutcher, has been tapped to guest star in an upcoming episode. Kunis will play Vivian, a young, beautiful, free-spirited world traveler who has an instant connection with Kutcher's Walden. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, except Walden meets Vivian, whom he thinks is "the one," just before he was set to propose to another woman. Kunis, who played opposite husband-to-be Kutcher on "'70s Show" for eight seasons, will next be seen in "Jupiter Ascending," starring Channing Tatum, and currently lends her voice to Fox's "Family Guy." See the original story at EW.com. | CBS has announced that Kunis will appear . She will play a young, beautiful, free-spirited world traveler . Kunis will next be seen in "Jupiter Ascending" |
(CNN)Stephen Fry is off the market. The British actor and comedian, 57, married boyfriend Elliott Spencer at a private ceremony in the English county of Norfolk. He shared a picture of the happy couple signing marriage documents. "Gosh, @ElliottGSpencer and I go into a room as two people, sign a book and leave as one," he tweeted Saturday. "Amazing." Earlier this month, Fry talked about his upcoming nuptials. "Oh. It looks as though a certain cat is out of a certain bag," he said. " I'm very very happy, of course, but had hoped for a private wedding. Fat chance!" Fry has appeared in various movies, including "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies." He also hosts the British TV comedy show "QI." | British actor, 57, ties the knot at a private ceremony . Earlier this month, Fry talked about his upcoming nuptials . |
(CNN) -- Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his hovel Wednesday and did not see his shadow, which -- according to tradition -- means that spring will come early this year. Phil, whose first name comes from the Pennsylvania town where he lives, emerged at 7:20 a.m. and hung out with the well-dressed gentlemen presiding over the event without retreating inside. Wednesday's Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney marked the town's 125 celebration of the annual event. Phil's prediction is likely welcome news for residents in the path of a monster snow and ice storm stretching from Texas to New Hampshire. | Punxsutawney Phil emerges Wednesday and does not see his shadow . Tradition has it that that means winter will end soon . |
(CNN) -- Redmond O'Neal, the son of Oscar-nominated actor Ryan O'Neal and actress Farrah Fawcett, was arrested Sunday morning on drug charges, authorities said. Redmond O'Neal was stopped at a jail security checkpoint, and volunteered he had drugs, police said. The younger O'Neal was stopped during a routine search at a jail security checkpoint and he volunteered that he had drugs in his possession, said Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County sheriff's office. O'Neal was arrested on charges of bringing narcotics to a jail facility and possessing a controlled substance, Whitmore said. He would not disclose what drugs O'Neal had, but said he was taken to a jail facility about 40 miles north of Los Angeles. It was not clear whether O'Neal posted bail, which was set at $25,000. -- CNN's Ninette Sosa contributed to this report. | Redmond O'Neal arrested Sunday at jail security checkpoint . O'Neal was arrested on charges of bringing narcotics to a jail facility . It was not clear whether O'Neal posted bail, which was set at $25,000 . |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A bomb planted on a bicycle at a political rally in southwestern Pakistan's volatile Balochistan province killed seven people and wounded 12 on Friday, a senior police official said. The blast occurred as the provincial leader of the Awami National Party, part of Pakistan's coalition government, took the stage to speak, said Wazir Khan Nasar, a police official in Quetta. The provincial leader, Aurangzaib Kasi, was among the wounded, he said. While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, authorities believe Kasi was targeted because of his party's platform opposing extremism in Pakistan. The ANP, as the group is known locally, is the largest Pashtun party. Its strongholds are in Balochistan and Sindh provinces. | A bomb blast at a political rally in Pakistan kills seven people, an official says . The blast is believed to have targeted a provincial political leader, police say . The leader, Aurangzaib Kasi, is among the 12 wounded, the police say . The bomb was planted on a bicycle, a senior police official says . |
(CNN) -- Travel photos open windows to the unknown. For this season of CNN's "Parts Unknown," Anthony Bourdain has been expanding our horizons to show us places such as Paraguay, Vietnam and even New York's often-unexplored borough of the Bronx. Instagram users and CNN iReporters followed along with Bourdain each week, sharing their travel photos from the places he visited. Some of their best travel photos were included in the above gallery. It's halfway through the season, and we welcome you to share your photos from Bourdain's upcoming travel destinations: Tanzania (October 26); Iran (November 2); Provincetown, Massachusetts (November 9); and Jamaica (November 16). Upload them to iReport or tag your images #partsunknown on Instagram. We will add photos from these locations after each episode airs. | Instagram users and iReporters follow along with Anthony Bourdain in his travels . CNN's "Parts Unknown" airs at 9 p.m. ET Sundays . Share your photos from the remaining destinations with CNN iReport . |
(CNN) -- As many as 50 people were injured Saturday afternoon after a car plowed into parade-goers in Damascus, Virginia, a police dispatcher told CNN. Of those injured, at least five or six were "trauma victims," the dispatcher said. The accident occurred during the Hiker's Parade at the annual Trail Days festival, which honors the famed Appalachian Trail, in the town near the Virginia-Tennessee border. Dalton Thomson told CNN affiliate WCYB that he was pushed out of the way of the oncoming car by a hiker. "We all looked back. There were hikers on top, hikers under the car," said the boy. "It was unreal. Nothing could be as scary as that." CNN's Janet DiGiacomo and Jennifer Moore contributed to this report. | Accident occurs during the Hiker's Parade at the Trail Days festival . Of the injured, there are five or six "trauma victims,'' a dispatcher says . |
(CNN) -- At least this time, it won't be a surprise. Chatter heated up over the weekend that Beyonce will be dropping another secret album, and Amazon just gave fans even more reason to be hopeful. According to a product page on Amazon UK, "Beyonce Vol. 2," a four-disc import, will be released on November 24. Rumors started after a picture of a track list featuring collaborations with Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and Nicki Minaj circulated online, but while that may not exactly be credible, it is clear Queen B is planning something. In December, the superstar shocked and delighted fans with a straight-to-iTunes album that quickly went to the top of the charts. Whether the November surprise is a new album or an updated reissue of "Beyonce" remains to be seen. | NEW: Amazon UK lists the release on its website . In December, Beyonce shocked fans with a secret album . It's listed as part of a 4-disc package . |
(CNN) -- A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador late Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported . The epicenter of the quake was about 177 kilometers (110 miles) southeast of the capital, San Salvador, and took place nearly 33 miles underground. Some minor shaking was reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. A tsunami warning was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center for El Salvador and the neighboring countries of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico. A small wave caused by the quake was recorded at Acajutla, El Salvador, measuring about 10 centimeters (4 inches). El Salvador is on the so-called Ring of Fire, an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. CNN's Jessica King, Merlin Delcid and Norman Powell contributed to this report. | NEW: A small wave of about 10 centimeters (4 inches) was recorded at Acajutla, El Salvador . The earthquake took place nearly 53 kilometers (33 miles) underground . There were reports of minor shaking, but no damage or injuries . The region is prone to earthquakes . |
(CNN) -- One of the largest wildfires to hit northern Wisconsin is 95% contained, fire officials said Wednesday. The 9,000-acre blaze scorched forest land and destroyed 47 buildings, 17 of those homes. Bill Cosh with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said the fire was 95% contained as of Wednesday night. No one has been reported injured in the fire, which began Tuesday in an area where loggers were working, CNN affliliate KQDS reported. On its website, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said it was the largest fire in that part of the state in the past 33 years. Drivers in the area were urged to drive with caution Wednesday night because firefighters were scheduled to continue their efforts through the overnight hours. Winds help California wildfire to grow quickly . | The fire is 95% contained but crews will work through the night . At least 47 structures have been destroyed . CNN affiliate reports blaze began in area where logging was taking place . |
(CNN) -- The world's first road capable of turning sunlight into energy officially opened for traffic Wednesday in the Netherlands. It's actually a 230-foot-long bike path in the town of Krommenie. The road is a test route developed by the company SolaRoad. "SolaRoad is a world first that will put the Netherlands on the map as a leader in sustainable innovation," said Henk Kamp, the Dutch minister of economic affairs, at the opening. The path is made of concrete modules with solar cells and covered with a thin layer of tempered glass. The energy created from the road can power things like street and traffic lights or households, according to company officials. Testing will continue for three years to further develop solar roads, officials said. | The world's first road to convert sunlight into energy opens in the Netherlands . It's a small patch of a bike path made of modules that include solar cells . The developer will use it as a test route for three years . Energy created by the road can power traffic and street lights or households, officials say . |
(CNN) -- IN FOCUS: MEDICAL TOURISM . Visiting Jordan can often be an eye opening experience, from its ancient ruins to its vast deserts. But travelers also head to Jordan to enjoy its medical benefits. Advanced expertise at affordable prices make the country a world leader in medical tourism. As MME found out, its also contributing to the country's economy. FACE TIME: ZAID AL SIKSEK . The UAE has a relatively young healthcare system. When the country was established 40 years ago, there were only seven hospitals and 200 doctors. Now, it's attracting some big international names, like the Cleveland Clinic and Imperial College. MME caught up with the man behind Abu Dhabi's health authority, Zaid al Siksek , to get his views on healthcare investment. | Advanced expertise at affordable prices make Jordan a world leader in medical tourism . MME finds out how healthcare tourism is contributing to the country's economy . Zaid al Siksek, the man behind Abu Dhabi's health authority, shares his views on healthcare investment . |
(CNN) -- Two hostages of suspected Somali pirates died after a rescue effort by the Danish navy, an operation that freed 16 other hostages, the Danish military said Tuesday. A Danish warship, the Absalon, tasked with patrolling waters near the Somali coast to ward off piracy, fired warning shots against what the navy described as a pirate "mother ship" that failed to stop, the military said. Military personnel then boarded the vessel and found 17 suspected pirates and 18 hostages, two of whom were critically wounded. Despite medical treatment, navy doctors were unable save their lives, the military said. An investigation into the deaths is under way. The hostages had been the original crew of what became the mother ship. | Danish navy launches operation to free hostages held by alleged Somali pirates . Two hostages die after the operation; an investigation into the deaths is under way . |
Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities said Tuesday they have arrested Jose Jorge Balderas, a suspect in last year's shooting of a Paraguayan soccer player in Mexico. Salvador Cabanas was shot in the head at a bar in late January 2010. He survived. According to police, Cabanas and Balderas had been arguing before the attack. Balderas, 34, was arrested in a wealthy neighborhood of Mexico City, Federal Police Section Chief Ramon Eduardo Pequeno told reporters. Balderas also is accused of having ties to Edgar Valdez Villarreal -- alias "La Barbie" -- an alleged U.S.-born drug kingpin arrested last year. Pequeno said Balderas told authorities he did not fire the shot that hit Cabanas. The suspect blamed the shooting on an accomplice, Francisco Jose Barreto. Authorities arrested Barreto in June. | Jose Jorge Balderas was arrested in Mexico City, an official says . Salvador Cabanas was shot in the head a year ago . The Paraguayan soccer player survived . Police arrested another suspect in June . |
(CNN)Two bombs exploded at the entrance to a popular mall Sunday night in Bangkok, police said. There were no injuries, Lt.Gen. Prawut Thavornsiri, spokesman for Thai police, said on Twitter. Two IED-type bombs had been placed behind an electric converter booth, he said. The blasts took place at around 8 p.m., when the mall, called the Siam Paragon, was crowded. The first explosion forced an elevated train to halt service for about 30 minutes. The immensely popular luxury shopping mall was the most Instagrammed location in the world in 2013. | The blasts rocked the entrance to an immensely popular shopping mall . There were no injuries, police said . The mall was the most Instagrammed place in 2013 . |
(CNN) -- Former "Scandal" actor Columbus Short has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of battery, according to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Superior Court. The actor was arrested in March after being accused of punching and knocking out a patron at a West Los Angeles restaurant. Short appeared in court on Wednesday and must appear again on June 5 so a preliminary hearing date can be set. The actor has had other allegations of violence lodged against him. In April, Short's wife accused him of threatening to kill her and himself with a knife. Tanee Short filed for both a restraining order, to keep him from her and their two-year-old daughter, and for a divorce to end their nine-year marriage. Shortly thereafter, Columbus Short announced he would not be returning to the hit ABC series "Scandal." CNN's Joan Yeam contributed to this report. | Short is accused of punching and knocking out a restaurant patron . His wife accused him of threatening her . He is set to appear in court again on June 5 . |
(CNN Student News) -- April 5, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . North Korea; Guam . China . France . 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) -- Twelve people were killed and another dozen wounded when a bus fell off South Korea's longest bridge Saturday while trying to avoid a collision with a truck, local media reported. The bus was headed to Incheon International Airport, west of the capital Seoul, when it crashed through a guard rail and fell about 10 meters (32 feet) from the Incheon Bridge, the Yonhap news agency said. Police told the news agency that the bus may have lost control while trying to avoid a truck. The truck, in turn, had swerved to avoid colliding with a stalled car in the middle of the bridge. The Incheon Bridge, at 21.38 km (13.2 miles), is the country's largest. | Bus plunges 32 feet after trying to avoid collision with a truck . Incident takes place on country's longest bridge, Incheon Bridge . Bridge is 13.2 miles long . |
(CNN) -- The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station for the last time late Sunday, as the craft nears the end of its final mission. The scheduled 16-day mission began two weeks ago after multiple delays. When Endeavour pushed away from the space station just before midnight, it had been docked for 11 days, 17 hour, 41 min, according to NASA's website. The shuttle is scheduled to land at 2:35 a.m. ET Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Space shuttle Atlantis will make NASA's final shuttle voyage July 8 on a mission to deliver supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station, the agency said. | NASA's final shuttle voyage is scheduled for July 8 . Endeavour spends more than 11 days docked at the International Space Station . The shuttle is scheduled to land early Wednesday . |
(CNN) -- Three Michigan children reportedly left alone in their family's apartment died in a fire Monday afternoon, a public safety official said. The fire broke out around 2 p.m. in Kalamazoo, said Brian Uridge, assistant chief of public safety. Two of the children were 3 years old, and the third was 1, Uridge said. "You could see smoke from blocks away," Uridge said. The main floor of the apartment building was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, and "they found three kids who had already perished as a result of the fire," he said. The cause of the fire is unknown, he said. The children's parents were at the scene, Uridge said. "Initially, we have information that the kids were left alone in the apartment, but we can't talk about charges because it's too early in the investigation," Uridge said. The victims' identities have not been released. | Three children, ages 1, 3 and 3, die in an apartment fire in Michigan . The kids were left home alone, an official says . |
(CNN) -- Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove suffered a broken ankle when her tour bus wrecked on an Illinois highway Thursday morning, her representative said. Five passengers were on the bus when it crashed on Interstate 70, just outside of Vandalia, Illinois, the rep said in a statement to CNN. "At this time, we are told everyone will be fine," the rep said. "Because of this, her tour is postponed until further notice." Cosgrove, 18, has been touring to promote her music, but she is well known for her acting. She's the star of Nickelodeon's hit TV show "iCarly." CNN's Brittany Kaplan contributed to this report. | Cosgrove's music tour is put on hold by the wreck, rep says . The five people on the bus "will be fine," rep says . The crash happened Tuesday on I-70 near Vandalia, Illinois . |
(CNN) -- Authorities have seized more than 1,000 pirate costumes made in China and destined for sale in Washington state because they contained high levels of lead, officials said. Shipments worth $10,000 were on the way to a distributor in Seattle when they were seized by U.S. customs officials. The Consumer Product Safety Commission found the costumes contained more than 11 times the allowable level of lead. Officials did not specify when the seizures occurred but said the tainted products will be destroyed. | Costumes made for children had 11 times allowable lead limit . Shipments were headed to a distributor in Seattle; costumes will be destroyed . |
(CNN) -- The remains of Tropical Storm Karen drifted over the northern Gulf of Mexico after the former cyclone fizzled out Sunday morning, forecasters reported. After being downgraded from a tropical storm to a depression overnight, Karen broke up into disorganized remnants south of Louisiana, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. Top sustained winds had fallen to about 30 mph, and the system was blowing east without a well-defined center, the hurricane center reported. The storm was still expected to drop between 1 and 3 inches of rain over the central Gulf Coast and Southeast through Monday, raising the possibility of localized coastal flooding, but all storm warnings were discontinued late Saturday. Karen formed on Thursday between Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula with 65-mph winds. By Friday, its top winds had fallen to 40 mph, and forecasters said it wouldn't develop into a hurricane. | NEW: Karen no longer a tropical cyclone, top winds drop to 30 mph . The storm is blowing eastward in the Gulf of Mexico . Karen could leave 1 to 3 inches of rain in parts of the central Gulf Coast and Southeast . |
(CNN) -- A tornado that ripped across part of North Dakota damaged an oil field camp and destroyed at least a dozen recreational vehicles, officials said. The twister touched down Monday evening about six miles south of Watford City, the McKenzie County Sheriff's Office said. Nine people were injured -- eight who suffered minor injuries, and one who was flown to Trinity Hospital in Minot, the sheriff's department said. The tornado's path included an oil field camp five miles south of Watford City, the National Weather Service in Bismark said. The McKenzie County Sheriff's Office said 12 to 15 RVs were destroyed at an RV park. Severe weather is possible again Tuesday for parts of North Dakota. | The tornado struck an oil field camp in western North Dakota . 12 to 15 recreational vehicles were destroyed, the local sheriff's department says . Nine people were injured . |
(CNN) -- A suspected U.S. drone strike killed three alleged militants in Pakistan's tribal region Tuesday, intelligence officials in Pakistan said. The suspected drone fired two missiles on a vehicle believed to be carrying militants in the area of Angoor Adda of South Waziristan, one of the seven districts of Pakistan's volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan, two intelligence officials said. It was the 22nd suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan this year, compared with 111 in all of 2010, according to a CNN count. The intelligence officials asked not be named because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report . | The suspected drone strike was the 22nd this year, according to a CNN count . It killed three suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal areas, intelligence officials said . |
(CNN Student News) -- November 9, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Greece . Guatemala . Japan . Michigan; Utah . 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 . |
(EW.com) -- You know that part in this pop-soul smoothie's songs where the verse launches skyward into the chorus, Gavin DeGraw makes that I'm-pounding-these-piano-keys-so-hard! face, and a bajillion turtle doves explode from a rooftop somewhere? Well, there's a half-dozen good ones on his fourth full-length "Sweeter." 'Grey's,' 'HIMYM': Fresh TV spoilers! Too bad the other half's weighed down by painfully mopey, girl-done-left-me blues. ''Everybody hurts,'' DeGraw sighs. Dude, you're telling us? B- . See 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. | Gavin DeGraw's fourth full-length album is called "Sweeter" Half the album is weighed down by painfully mopey, girl-done-left-me blues . "Sweeter" comes out on September 20 . |
(CNN) -- Jacob Williamson captured our h-e-a-r-t-s at the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals this week in Maryland. The 15-year-old was confident, enthusiastic and wore his emotions on his sleeve -- the perfect ingredients for a viral video. "I know it! I know it! I totally know it!" he said when he was given the word "kabaragoya" (a large lizard native to Asia). His excitement made viewers smile -- and then cringe when he misspelled the word with a C instead of a K. His reaction to learning his mistake was a stunned, "What!?" The video of his final mistake has made Williamson an Internet sensation. One website even set his ordeal to rap music. 1986 spelling bee winner: National contest isn't bee-all and end-all . What to know about the spelling bee . The agony and ecstasy of the National Spelling Bee . | Jacob Williamson captured hearts with his enthusiastic performance . Williamson said, "I totally know it," before misspelling final word . Video has become Internet sensation . |
(CNN) -- UEFA have announced the seeds for the Euro 2012 playoffs, after the final round of qualifying matches were completed on Tuesday. The four teams seeded for the draw are 2004 hosts and beaten finalists Portugal, Giovanni Trapattoni's Republic of Ireland, Euro 1996 runners-up Czech Republic and Slaven Bilic's Croatia. The four other nations in the draw are 2008 semifinalists Turkey and three countries bidding to reach their first major soccer tournament -- Montenegro, Estonia and Bosnia Herzegovina. Denmark seal Euro 2012 spot after beating Portugal . The playoff draw will be made in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Thursday, with the two-legged ties set to be played on November 11/12 and 15. Next year's tournament will be the 14th European championship and will be co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine. | UEFA have announced the seeds for the Euro 2012 playoffs . Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Czech Republic and Croatia are the seeds . Turkey, Montenegro, Estonia and Bosnia Herzegovina complete the draw . The two-legged ties will be played on November 11/12 and 15 . |
Kano, Nigeria (CNN) -- Scores of residents in four villages in the northeastern Borno state of Nigeria, near the border with Cameroon, were killed Tuesday in Boko Haram raids, a lawmaker and residents said. They said hundreds of homes were destroyed. Heavily armed gunmen dressed as soldiers in all-terrain vehicles and on motorcycles attacked Goshe, Attagara, Agapalwa and Aganjara villages in Gwoza district, shooting residents and burning homes. Villagers fled into neighboring Cameroon to escape the onslaughts, said Peter Biye, a lawmaker from the area who serves in the Nigerian lower parliament. | Lawmaker and residents say scores are dead, hundreds of homes destroyed . They say Boko Haram conducted the raids in northeastern state of Borno . One villager believes the attacks were reprisals for losses in previous raids . |
(CNN) -- The 2012 Fit Nation Tri Challenge Team is made up of seven CNN viewers selected to train for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon with Dr. Sanjay Gupta in September. For updates, visit the Fit Nation page, follow the team on Twitter, or like our page on Facebook. Check back with us throughout the week for more photos. | Fit Nation Tri Challenge Team is in Hawaii this week to train . "Lucky 7" will bike, run and swim to prepare for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon . |
Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- A plane caught fire and crashed soon after taking off from the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, killing all 19 people on board, the Himalayan country's Civil Aviation Authority said Friday. There were 16 passengers and three crew members on the plane when it crashed near the Manohara River in Bhaktapur District, the Civil Aviation Authority said. The river is in the same valley as Kathmandu, . The plane was scheduled to fly from Kathmandu to Lukla, a village in northeastern Nepal that is a popular staging post for people on their way to Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. This time of year is the peak season for visitors to the Everest region. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. The plane was a Dornier aircraft operated by Sita Air. | The crash kills 16 passengers and three crew members . The plane was flying to a village popular with people traveling to Everest . The cause of the crash was not immediately clear . |
(PEOPLE.com) -- Heather Locklear was in "medically stable" condition at a Thousand Oaks, California, hospital Thursday night with her parents at her side. "She is in no danger and she's going to be just fine," Bill and Diane Locklear said in a statement issued by Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center. The "Melrose Place" star, 50, was taken to the hospital after the fire department and sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 call at her house northwest of Los Angeles. Reports say she may have mixed alcohol and prescription medication. Los Robles spokesperson Kris Carraway-Bowman declined to disclose any medical information beyond Locklear's condition. The actress arrived at 2:30 p.m. and by 8 p.m. was sleeping, says Carraway-Bowman. See the full article at PEOPLE.com. © 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | Heather Locklear was taken to the hospital after a 911 call . "She is in no danger and she's going to be just fine," Bill and Diane Locklear said . The hospital declined to disclose any medical information beyond Locklear's condition . |
(CNN) -- Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco accidentally shot himself in his left finger while cleaning a gun, police said. He was in surgery Tuesday night, his fiancee tweeted. "This is Leila . Thank you all for the kind words and prayers . Jose is in still surgery and will be ok. Please pray for his finger !!," she said in a tweet posted to his account. | Canseco hit more than 450 home runs . His semiautomatic handgun accidentally went off . |
(CNN) -- A suicide bomber hit an African Union Mission in Somalia convoy on Monday, killing 16 people, Lower Shabelle Gov. Adukadir Mohamed Sidi said. Sidi said the explosion destroyed two buses traveling behind the military convoy, which was transporting the governor as he traveled back from Mogadishu. The blast killed 16 civilians and injured 22 people, including two soldiers, he said. The Al-Shabaab terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack and said Americans and South Africans were among those killed. The bombing comes a week after a U.S. airstrike claimed the life of the group's leader, Ahmed Godane. The group appointed a new leader last week and said Godane's death would not stop its attacks. Somalia has been on high alert for strikes since. Al-Shabaab names successor to slain leader; Somalia on alert . CNN's Faith Karimi, Jason Hanna and Michael Pearson contributed to this report. | 16 killed in Somalia suicide bombing targeting governor's convoy . Two African Union Mission in Somalia troops are wounded, he said . Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for attack . |
(CNN) -- Firefighters in Clinton, North Carolina, discovered six bodies inside what remained of a mobile home that burned early Saturday morning. There was no immediate sign of foul play, the Sampson County Sheriff's Office said, but investigators are processing the location as a potential crime scene until the cause of the blaze is determined and autopsies are completed. The single-wide mobile home caught fire around 1 a.m.. The victims have not yet been identified, the sheriff's office said. The sheriff's office, local fire marshal's office, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are investigating. Clinton is about 25 miles east of Fayetteville. | A mobile home fire kills six in North Carolina . No signs of foul play, but investigation is ongoing . The victims have not yet been identified . |
New Delhi (CNN) -- At least 33 people died and 17 were injured when a train collided Thursday with a bus in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, authorities said. The crash happened around 2 a.m. Thursday (4:30 p.m. ET Wednesday) when a bus packed with passengers tried to cross an unguarded railroad, said North-Eastern Railway spokesman Amit Singh. The bus was hit by the Mathura-Chhapra Express train that was passing through at the same time, Singh said. India's massive rail network, used by hundreds of thousands of passengers daily, has a poor safety record. Official figures show 100 train accidents occurred in the country in the 2009-10 fiscal year and 115 in 2008-09. | Another 17 people were injured in the wreck, which occurred in Uttar Pradesh state . The crash occurred at 2 a.m. Thursday . |
(CNN) -- Three inmates were shot and wounded by guards Friday during an escape attempt at a Livingston, Texas, prison, officials said. The incident started about 9 p.m. (10 p.m. ET) when inmates were leaving a church service at a gymnasium in the prison, said Jason Clark, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. While walking back from the church service, five inmates jumped an interior fence in an attempt to flee, officials said. Guards opened fire, wounding three of the inmates. All five were captured and the wounded inmates were taken to a hospital, Clark said. CNN's Leslie Tripp contributed to this report. | Five inmates tried to escape from Texas prison, officials say . Inmates had just attended church service moments before escape attempt . Prison guards later opened fire on inmates, wounding three . |
(CNN) -- One-time Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole has his candidate for 2016: Mitt Romney. Dole, a 91-year-old former Senate majority leader and 1996 GOP presidential nominee, said as he introduced Romney, the party's 2012 nominee, during a campaign rally Monday: "I want him to run again." Dole and Romney were in Overland Park campaigning for Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, who faces a stiff challenge from independent businessman Greg Orman. Romney brushed off the remark. "You never know what a 90-year-old is going to say, do you?" he said. "I'll tell ya." | Dole and Romney are campaigning for Senate candidate in Kansas . Dole introduces Romney with a 2016 endorsement . Romney: "You never know what a 90-year-old is going to say, do you?" |
(CNN) -- Ah gay Paris, the City of Lights, the fashion capital of the world (just ignore what New York hipsters have to say on the subject). CNN sent former model and entrepreneur Charlotte Collard, musician and presenter Myleene Klass and our very own Natasha Maguder - a crack team of fashionistas if ever there was one - to forage behind the scenes at this year's PFW... . | CNN went behind the scenes at Paris Fashion Week . And we basically went mad on Instagram. This is the result. |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A Taliban attack near Kabul International Airport ended Thursday morning with all six insurgents dead, the Afghan interior ministry said. The gunmen had taken over a half-completed building in an assault that included explosives, rocket-propelled grenades and machine-gun fire, police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai said . The building where the firefight took place was located in a settlement a few hundred meters outside the grounds of the airport. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the militant group was targeting the military side of the airport. The assault temporarily halted operations on the civilian side of the facility. There were no casualties among Afghan security forces or civilians, the ministry said. | NEW: Six Taliban insurgents die in the attack . NEW: The were no casualties among Afghan special forces or civilains . The insurgents use heavy and light weaponry . The attack took place around 4:30 a.m. local time . |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Another U.S. citizen has reportedly been detained by Pakistani authorities, according to a statement released Friday by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. "We have seen press reports that an American citizen named Aaron Mark DeHaven has been detained by police in Peshawar," the statement noted. "We are arranging consular access through the Government of Pakistan." No additional details can be confirmed until a U.S. government representative meets with DeHaven, the statement said. Relations between the United States and Pakistan were recently strained by the detention of Raymond Davis, an American accused of killing two Pakistani men. U.S. officials originally said Davis was a diplomat but later revealed that he is a CIA contractor. Davis appeared in a Pakistani court Friday, where he was given documents detailing the case against him. Davis is expected to be formally charged on March 3. | U.S. citizen Aaron Mark DeHaven has reportedly been detained by Pakistani authorities . U.S. government representatives are attempting to meet with DeHaven . Pakistani officials previously detained Raymond Davis, who was revealed to be a CIA contractor . |
(CNN) -- Khaled Abdel Nasser, son of late Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and a key figure during a 1980s Egyptian revolt, is dead, a spokesman for the Egyptian general prosecutor said Sunday. He was 62. Nasser was battling liver disease and went into a coma two weeks before his death on September 15, said Adel Saeed, the prosecutor's spokesman. He was accused of organizing a revolt against Egypt's peace treaty with Israel, signed in 1979, and also grabbed headlines after being tried in connection with the deaths of two Israeli diplomats in Egypt. He was eventually acquitted. The late president's eldest son was an engineering professor at Cairo University and had lived in Yugoslavia. Nasser was married to Dalia Fahmy, the sister of former oil minister Sameh Fahmy, who is currently facing trial for alleged corruption involving the exportation of gas to Israel. | Khaled Abdel Nasser was the oldest son of President Gamal Abdel Nasser . He was accused of organizing a revolt in Egypt in the 1980s . He tried and acquitted in connection with the deaths of two Israeli diplomats in Egypt . |
(CNN) -- A suicide blast in northwestern Pakistan Friday killed a 12-year-old boy and wounded five others, police said. The attack took place at a weapons market in Dara Adam Khel, according to Masood Khan Afridi, the police chief of Kohat district. The suicide bomber blew himself up after people thought his actions were suspicious and tried to apprehend him, Afridi said. Dara Adam Khel is about 55 km (34 miles) southwest of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where the attack took place. | The suicide bomber blew himself up after people tried to apprehend him, police say . The attack took place at a weapons market in Dara Adam Khel . |
(CNN) -- Over the next few months CNN will be exploring some of the biggest holidays and events with our iReporters across the world through a special series called CNN Celebrates. We're kicking things off with Halloween, where elaborate costumes, carved pumpkins and haunted houses all combine to make it one of the world's most exciting -- and terrifying -- celebrations. Through your iReports we have been able to see how kids, grown-ups, dogs and the supernatural beasts of the world decided to spend this holiday. If you want to add your own photos or videos of this year's Halloween submit them to the Halloween iReport. | Here are some of your spookiest snaps celebrating Halloween . Images include pumpkin babies and demonic dogs . iReports from around the world, from Germany to the Phillipines . |
(CNN) -- A roadside bomb killed 11 people in Afghanistan, including three election workers, authorities said Sunday. The blast occurred in Samangan province late Saturday night after polls closed. A mini bus carrying a group from a polling center to their homes hit a roadside bomb, said Sediqullah Aizizi , a spokesman for the provincial governor. The victims had just finished the counting and other work at the polling center when the blast occurred, he said. Before the roadside bomb, violence marred Saturday's runoff between former Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Abdullah and former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani. The Afghan Interior Ministry said 46 people were killed on election day, including civilian and security forces. READ MORE: Voting ends in Afghan presidential election . | The blast occurred in Samangan province late Saturday night . Victims had just finished the counting and other work at the polling center . |
(PEOPLE.com) -- Tim Robbins is taking action. The actor, who famously supports liberal causes, joined with protesters Wednesday at the Occupy Wall Street rally in Lower Manhattan. Robbins, 52, participated in the demonstration outside the Federal Courthouse in Foley Square. "This is what an actual grassroots movement looks like," he tells the Financial Times. "It's a bit sloppy and disorganized but full of passion." Demonstrators, who have been camped out in a park near Wall Street since mid-September, are protesting economic inequalities, corporate greed and the influence of corporate money on politics and government. And Robbins, 52, isn't the only star who's been spotted at Occupy Wall Street. On Saturday, "Gossip Girl" star Penn Badgley, 24, was spotted snapping photos of the demonstrators in action. See the full article at PEOPLE.com. © 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | Tim Robbins famously supports liberal causes . "It's a bit sloppy ... but full of passion," he said . Penn Badgley was spotted snapping photos of the demonstrators . |
Three people died and 13 were injured when a German commuter train collided with a maintenance crane Friday morning, German police said. The collision occurred on the track near the city of Offenbach, outside Frankfurt, police said. The driver and two construction workers were killed. Several of the train's 35 passengers were seriously injured and are receiving hospital treatment. German authorities are investigating the cause of the accident, police said. The train, a regional service, was traveling from Frankfurt to Hanau. | The train collided with a maintenance crane on the track, police say . The collision occurred near the city of Offenbach, close to Frankfurt . The train driver and two construction workers died, police say . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan authorities have recovered the bodies of five police officers and three intelligence agents just days after they were kidnapped by insurgents in the country's volatile Wardak province, officials said Sunday. The men had been driving through a mountainous district outside the provincial capital of Maidan Shar on Thursday when gunmen stopped their vehicle and took them hostage, according to Shahidullah Shahid, a provincial governor's spokesman. The Taliban have since claimed responsibility for the killing, according to the group's spokesman. Wardak has long been considered a hotbed of insurgent activity and is the province where militants reportedly shot down a NATO Chinook helicopter last week that killed 38 people, including 30 Americans. | The men were kidnapped Thursday and killed . The Taliban take responsibility for the killing . Wardak has long been considered a hotbed of insurgent activity . |
(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" |
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