CNNe.ws: 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011

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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Saving a life: A doctor's duty -- a husband's, too

Cincinnati (CNNe.ws) -- As he cradled his wife's limp body in his arms, Tim Delgado told himself, "You have to do this."

The fate of Alison, his wife, best friend and medical school classmate, depended on it. His usually steady hands quivered as he held her pale face steady and fumbled with the tools that could save her life. Her doe-eyes rolled to the ba...

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Actor Charlie Sheen tweets he will host own webcast, 7 p.m. PST

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East Coast Rapist suspect attempts suicide in jail cell

NEW HAVEN — The city man identified as the East Coast Rapist attempted to hang himself in his New Haven jail cell this afternoon, sources said.

Aaron Thomas, 39, was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment. He is now undergoing a psychiatric examination, sources said.

Thomas is schedu...

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Unrest in the Middle East and Africa:country by country

(CNNe.ws) -- Demonstrations have spread across parts of the Middle East and Africa. Here is the latest from each country and the roots of the unrest.

Saturday developments:

LIBYA

Foes of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi claimed successes Saturday on two key battle fronts, preventing pro-gov...

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Irish parties agree to form coalition government

(CNNe.ws) -- The two largest parties after last week's election in Ireland agreed early Sunday to form a coalition government.

The center-right Fine Gael and center-left Labour parties made the deal after lengthy talks, meeting a weekend deadline, Fine Gael leader and Prime Minister-designate Enda Ken...

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Saudi security forces to crack down on any unlawful protesters

(CNNe.ws) -- Coming off two days of demonstrations, Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry warned Saturday that it would crack down on protesters who continue to take their grievances to the streets.

Saudi security forces will be "authorized to take all measures against any...

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Florida mom arrested in death of daughter found in pest control truck

Police in Florida have arrested Carmen Barahona on a murder charge in the death of Nubia Barahona, her adoptive daughter.

Nubia and her twin 10-year-old brother were found in a pest control truck on the side of Interstate 95 in West Palm Beach, Florida, last mo...

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'East Coast Rapist' suspect tries to hang himself, police say

(CNNe.ws) -- The man accused of being the East Coast Rapist tried to hang himself in his jail cell Saturday, police said, one day after he was arrested thanks to DNA from a tossed cigarette butt and an anonymous tip.

Aaron Thomas, 39, was under suicide watch Saturday -- with cameras focused on his cell and a gua...

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Man who fell in Nevada mine dies

(CNNe.ws) -- The man who fell into an abandoned northern Nevada mine earlier this week has been declared dead, an official said Saturday.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokesman Doran Sanchez said the Pershing County, Nevada, coroner made the determination around 12:30 Friday aftern...

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Libyan opposition announces new government amid new clashes

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libyan opposition leaders announced an alternative government Saturday as the United States and other countries helped evacuate refugees of the conflict.

Anti-government forces also claimed two major successes Saturday:preventing pro-government forces from taking the city of Zawiya, near the capital of Tripoli, and capturing the strategic eastern oil town of Ras Lanuf.

The oppo...

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Mother killed protecting daughter during tornado, mayor says

(CNNe.ws) -- A mother died trying to protect her daughter when a tornado hit her home, a Louisiana mayor said, one of at least two twisters tied to a weather system that's caused major damage in the state and wreaked havoc on Mardi Gras festivities.

Rayne, Louisiana, Mayor James "Jimbo" Petitjean told reporters that the 21-year-old woman, who was not identified, was killed wh.....

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Huckabee's surprising misstatement

Sunday school taught me that the most important part of Christ's message is LOVE. It is troubling to me that Huckabee, a former minister (who should know that LOVE message, don't ya think?), is now engaged in a purposeful and mean-spirited form of bullying – spreading false rumors about Obama in order to dimin...

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Sailor says Navy punishing him for sleepover with male sailor

(CNN) -- A sailor is accusing the Navy of baselessly trying to discharge him for "unprofessional conduct" in an effort to get around the recent "don't ask, don't tell" repeal, after being found asleep in the same bed with another male sailor.

Navy Petty Officer Stephen Jones, a stud....

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McCain v. Pentagon: getting personal over Libya debate

Washington (CNNe.ws) - Trash talk and criticism seems the norm in these days of social networking, talk radio and cable pundits. But now it's spreading to the halls of Capitol Hill and the leadership of the Department of Defense.

Secretary Robert Gates may have started it when comme....

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Los opositores de Libia cantan victoria en la ciudad de Zawiya

(CNNe.ws) — Los rebeldes libios afirman este sábado que tomaron dos frentes de batalla clave: festejan que las fuerzas del Moammar Gadhafi salieron de Zawiya, que se ubica cerca de la capital de la nación, y la captura de la estratég....

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Romney back in the New Hampshire spotlight

(CNNe.ws) - When Mitt Romney headlines a Republican party event in New Hampshire Saturday night, he'll emphasize lower taxes and criticize President Barack Obama for the country's current economic conditions.

And as Romney keynotes the Carroll County GOP Linc...

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Brown issues apology for Hitler remarks

(CNN)—Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is apologizing for invoking Hitler and Stalin on the Senate floor.

"I should not have mentioned the hostility of tyrants, like Hitler, to unions," he said in a statement released Friday. "I don't wa...

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Job creation is 'top priority' in presidential, GOP weekly addresses

(CNNe.ws)–President Obama called on America to “step up our game,” during the weekly radio address from Miami Central High School in Florida.

While remarking on the fall of the unemployment rate, he singled out “creati...

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Egypt's former interior minister goes on tria

Cairo, Egypt (CNNe.ws) -- Egypt's reviled former interior minister pleaded not guilty Saturday to corruption and money-laundering charges as the first trial for one of Hosni Mubarak's inner circle opened at a Cairo court.

Outside, angry protesters called for grea....

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Chinese premier pledges to fight inflation, corruption

Beijing (CNN) -- China has made significant strides on the global stage over the past five years, but still needs to solve persistent problems at home, the country's premier said Saturday.

Speaking before the country's parliament, Premier Wen Jiabao pledged that fighting inflation and corruption would be top priorit...

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Tornado hits Rayne, Louisiana

A tornado touched down in Rayne, Louisiana, about 10 a.m. (11 p.m. EST) Saturday, police and fire dispatchers told CNN.

Authorities said they have no confirmation on the number of fatalities or injuries.

First responders were evacuating people from damaged homes in the affected areas one to two miles around the city, police sai....

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DNA links suspect to 'East Coast Rapist' cases

(CNN) -- Police said Saturday that DNA evidence confirmed a man arrested in Connecticut was the so-called East Coast Rapist, wanted for sexual assaults on women over the last 12 years.

Aaron Thomas, 39, was arrested Friday afternoon at his home in New Haven, where one of the ass...

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Gabor refuses amputation, goes home

(CNNe.ws) -- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor headed home from a Los Angeles hospital Friday after refusing to have her remaining leg amputated, her publicist said.

Doctors at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center told Gabor, 94, that she had a 50-50 chance to survive the next yea....

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'The king is dead' at Dior fashion show

Paris -- For the past week British designer John Galliano has rarely been out of the headlines following his alleged anti-semitic rant at a couple in a Parisian bar.

But Galliano's final couture show Friday for Mais...

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Rebels shot down plane near Libyan city of Ras Lanuf

Tripoli, Libya (CNNe.ws) -- Libyan rebels claimed successes Saturday on two key battle fronts, holding off pro government forces from taking Zawiya near the nation's capital and capturing the strateg...

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26 people killed in Brazil tourist bus crash

A tourist bus collided with a truck carrying a heavy load of wood in southern Brazil Saturday, killing 26 people and injuring 21 others, Santa Catarina state officials said...

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Libyan rebels hold ground in Zawiya

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libyan rebels claimed successes Saturday on two key battle fronts, holding off pro government forces from taking Zawiya near the nation's capital and capturing the strategic eastern oil town of Ras Lanuf.

In the eastern city of Bengha....

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Team Coco Solvebusters: Messiest rooms

Andy Richter is looking for the messiest, filthiest, most disgusting and downright nastiest rooms. From yesterday's discarded pizza boxes to today's festering undies, no room is too rank.

As part of Team Coco Solvebusters, the intrepid sidekick from TBS' "Conan" is on a mi....

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Libya moves toward civil war

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- As Libya moves toward civil war, reports of violence and casualties continue to mount between forces loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi and rebel fighters who refuse to let up until Gadhafi's rule ends.

Intense cla...

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China targets 7% growth

NEW YORK (CNNe.ws) -- The Chinese government on Friday issued a target growth rate of 7% for the next five years -- still impressively fast, though a comedown from recent years when growth has topped 11%.

China, the world's fastest-growing economy, is tr....

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Stephen King goes back to 1958 with new novel

What would you do if you could change history?

It’s a question Stephen King raises with his upcoming novel, “11/22/63,” which is scheduled to be released in November.

The book focuses on Jake Epping, a high school English teacher who travels back to 1958 through a time portal found at a friend’s local diner.

Epping becomes George Amberson when he time-trav....

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Paula Abdul fine after frantic 911 phone call

TMZ has obtained a recording of a Valentine's Day phone call Abdul made to 911 in which she appears to be having a spat with her boyfriend as they drive along a Santa Barbara freeway.

"I want out of this car and he wo....

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'Idol's' Chris Medina receives donation from Topher Grace

Chris Medina may not have made it to the Top 13 of "American Idol," but that doesn't mean he's not a winner.

The singer touched the judges and fans alike with his story of sticking by the side of his fiancée, Juliana Ramos, who was involved in a traumatic car accident two months prior to their planned wed...

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6 killed in Russian plane crash

Moscow (CNNe.ws) -- Six people died in a plane crash in western Russia on Saturday, an emergency official said.

The victims were all crew members on an Antonov An-148 plane belonging to an aircraft factory, Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Elena Smirnykh...

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Witness: Peaceful protesters mowed down in Libya

Tripoli, Libya (CNNe.ws) -- "Indescribable" violence rippled through the Libyan city of Zawiya on Friday, according to a witness who said pro-government forces gunned down peaceful protesters there.

The witness said battalions of forces loyal to Moam....

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Mexican authorities deny reports that border state's female police chief fled

A spokesman for the attorney general of Chihuahua State denied reports Friday that Marisol Valles Garcia – the 20-year-old woman who made headlines when she became the police chief of Praxedis, Mexico – has left the country for the United States.

Spokesman Arturo Sandoval was referring to comments in El Diario newspaper attributed to Jorge Gonzalez Nicolas, the attorney gene....

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Police: Body found in landfill believed to be mom of slain children

(CNNe.ws) -- About seven months before two children were found stuffed dead inside luggage and floating in a south Florida canal, the body of a woman police believe was their mother was discovered in a landfill, a Delray Beach police spokeswo...

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Video documents carnage in Ivory Coast

(CNNe.ws) -- A video posted online documents in chilling, graphic detail the transformation Thursday of a peaceful demonstration in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan to a slaughter by what appear to be forces loyal to self-proclaimed President Laurent Gbagbo.

U.S. officials said Friday that the attack left sev...

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Owner of Texas day care, site of fatal fire, now among 'most wanted

(CNNe.ws) -- A Houston day care owner is among the U.S. Marshals Service's "most wanted," more than a week after authorities say she carelessly started a fire that killed four children and then fled.

The federal agency on Friday added Jessica Tata to its "15 Most Wante...

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Wisconsin governor issues union layoff notices

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has issued union layoff notices that could take effect as early as April 1, a governor spokesman said Friday.

The measure "may be able to be rescinded and layoffs avoided" if 14 Senate Democrats return to the state capitol.

"Without Senate action within 15 days, individual emplo...

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Senator: Did ATF unwittingly help Border Patrol agent's killers?

Washington (CNN) -- Two AK-47 assault rifles found near where a U.S. Border Patrol officer was fatally shot were among hundreds of guns federal authorities let pass into the hands of known and suspected gun traffickers in a flawed attem...

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